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Only a person lacking a soul could hate Ian Dury. 😀
In Gene Vincent's time, Rock and Roll was referred to as Bop, which resulted in his breakaway hit "Be Bop Alula" - Ian makes a reference to it in his song.
It's hard to explain why, but I find this song incredibly moving. It probably helps if you know Gene Vincent's unfortunate history, his importance to rock and roll, and can pick up the biographical references in the lyrics. Perhaps Gene Vincent was someone Ian Dury could relate to physically and emotionally? For me this is a perfect marriage of poetry and rock and roll, and a profound epitaph for someone now long gone.
You may not have heard of Gene Vincent, but you've definitely heard his music. Be Bop A Lula is a genuine rock 'n' roll classic.
Thats how we talk in Essex. Ian Dury caught Polio from my local pool . and my friend was in a band with members that joined his band from Glencoe a short lived but great band
Can't wait till you get to Billericay Dickie. Oh the confusion that will ensue!!
Genius lyricist
Great track. Please keep going through New Boots and Panties, every track will surprise and delight you and one in particular might shock you (Will you self censor it?)
I can't wait!
Justin you definitely need to do an immersion in rockabilly genre. Maybe a different long song saturday, a 50's party to fill the gaps in your knowledge about rock and roll. It'd be fantastic and such a fun. Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, Little Richards, Buddy Holly and much more.
amen to that...
it is so important to know history if you want to understand everything that came after
Love Ian Dury, more please.
The Blockheads, Ian's band had a terrific rep in British music circles. They were also the actual musicians who played on Frankie Goes to Hollywood's big hits.
Norman Watt-Roy also played the bassline to The Magnificent Seven by The Clash!
Ian Dury wot a geezer! 🧐🇬🇧Huge in late 70s brilliant lp new boots and panties, he suffered from polio as a child which left him one leg shorter than other. Talented man.
Hi Justin , this is a barn burner of a song ,it is really a great album!!! when you lifted up your feet to show your socks you may have fallen from your chair lol ,..., there are some lyrics on this album which might make you fall your chair ( spoiler alert) . keep the Ian dury train rolling ,JP .👍
Plaistow Patricia may be an age-restricted video 😀
Gene Vincent had a lovely soulful voice. He had a motorcycle accident when he was young and this badly damaged his leg giving him a limp. He would lean forward and hang onto the mic stand with his damaged leg dragging behind. Ian had one of his legs in a calliper due to childhood Polio and would also walk with a limp and would lean forward clutching the mic stand like his idol. You have a more manic version of this stance from John Lydon, AKA Jonny Rotten, who similarly used the mic stand to prop himself up although as far as I am aware, had perfectly formed legs.
i want to give you a hug for acknowledging and seeing the sheer mad wonderfuness of the day...
A long time since I listened to Ian Dury, it brings back memories... I loved this song then and appreciate it even more now... My mum introduced me to Gene Vincent in to mid 70's, the funny thing is she brought home the Eddie Cochran Legendary Masters album from the library instead, insisting that I must listen she quickly became aware that she had mixed up Gene with Eddie, a great mistake for me Eddie became my idol but Gene Vincent was a revelation to me also... She managed to see them both in Sheffield 1960, shortly before the crash that killed Cochran (21 years old) and badly injured Gene....
Wow. That’s R&R history. Like Dylan seeing Buddy Holly a couple nights before the plane crash.
I once read that John Lydon got some of his initial Johnny Rotten persona from watching Ian Dury when he was the singer of a pub group called Kilburn and the High Roads.
Back in 1977/78 there was the disco vs punk dramafest (as in, which style was going to stay in the charts). Ian Dury had scored with "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" and then came in with "Sweet Gene Vincent" - both on the same side of his first album. I remember going to a party (with the Cars first album) when unless Sweet Gene Vincent was not on high rotation (along with the Cars) an instant Greek chorus started intoning "boring".
Thank you so much for the happy memories
I heard this song as a teenager in 1978, and decided to try this Thunderbird Wine mentioned in the song. A bit sickly. It’s what today would be called Lady Petrol. Something consumed by females hoping to get fuelled up on drink.
Great Album .
What kind of tribute shall we create - mournful eulogy or something in his own style? Can't decide, let's do a bit of each.
Wonderful stuff ♥ 😊.
A classic song, and an astute reaction as always. Thank you so much for what you do. I must recommend Kevin Coyne again as an amazing and comparable artist from this period - such a strange eclectic mix and such a distinctive singer (who was briefly considered as Jim Morrison's replacement in The Doors, allegedly and astonishingly), but when he rocks, as he often does, there is a very similar feel-good, carefree, pub-rock vibe to his work. I sometimes wonder whether the title of his 1975 album "Matching Head and Feet" might have inspirited Dury, or maybe it's just my fanciful mind associating the two records. The place to start with Coyne, and you really should start soon, is Marjorie Razorblade - take the first two tracks together. I'll say no more or it'll be a spoiler...
Nice homage. Thumbs up. It is less of a sudden turn that you think. They are just showing the two sides to music of that era.
Great track as usual from this album.
You don't know Gene Vincent?! The leather clad cat who was one of the founders of rock and roll and rockabilly in the late fifties. Crucial figure in music history. This tribute from Ian Dury isn't glam rock, it's aping the style of rock and roll from Vincent's heyday. Glam rock, in turn, drew from that well, but it didn't invent that style.
Wiki fact - Ian went to art college with Peter Greenaway and was later cast in his film "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover". This is a must watch film. The colours, the music, the acting, the story, and the ending. What an ending. Some might find it disturbing. Or distasteful. (Wink)
Love this song.
Ian Dury was early rap -- I'm more and more convinced!
You JP are a geg (a laugh) it was mad wonderful days as i am sure you have picked up....
You’ve never heard of Gene Vincent?!?!?! Now that is tragic! 🤯
Gotta warn you Justin that when you come to the track “Plaistow Patricia” you’ll going to be in for a bit of a shock.
The bass is played by Norman Watt-Roy one of the finest. (Listen to Hit Me With Your Rythmn Stick)
Very few albums grab you by the gahones on the first listen. This is one of them. Just great from start to finish.
@@Katehowe3010 Absolutely ! ...and Do It Yourself is equally so with its 34-version album cover !!!
Ian Dury was a legend & The Blockheads such a great band. The 1st 2 albums are well worth reviewing. Also tracks like "I Wanna Be Straight" "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" "Reasons To Be Cheerful" which I spin on vinyl 45 as often as I can.
Yea both styles are fun and beautiful
So many amazing tracks on this album. Reminds me of my childhood.
I've always loved this track, and thought it was a lovely tribute to Gene Vincent.
I think it's about time to you dug into some early rock 'n roll. Especially since you're getting into early punk. They took quite a bit of inspiration from the early days of rock. You can hear rock developing out of a primordial stew of blues, gospel, country and New Orleans jazz.
Check out Blue Jean Bop by Gene Vincent and you'll see what inspired Ian Dury.
It's a brilliant album from start to finish.
Great track. I warned you Justin, Ian Dury & The Blockheads can do everything (from rock, pop and disco or funk to punk-rock, reggae and so on...) and from now on you will have to expect anything musically !!!
Try Clever Trevor by Ian and Blockheads
Almost every line of the song has a reference to Gene Vincent. Either the person or one of his songs
Ian Dury was a subtle inspiration at the time of not only can I do it, I can hit it with my rhythm stick. Even my dad liked him.
I'd like you to review the band 'The Dickies'. Manny, Moe & Jack, Stuck in a Pagoda with Tricia Toyota or Fan Mail ... still to hear your reaction to David Sylvian, Achemy, parts 1, 2 & 3 - review them all at the same time OK! Cheers
Maybe you should react to Gene and Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Duane Eddy, Bill Haley etc
You wouldn’t be doing this without them! 🤔
It would be phenomenal if you listened to Stan Ridgway's "Big Heat", from 1986. A true gem from a great undervalued artist. Please, check it out! 😊✌ Have a good day!
Got the album
Gene Vincent was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, which crushed his leg and left him virtually lame. He would cling to his mic stand for support while performing, playing it off as stage antics. His disability was kept secret from his fans.
Ian Dury had Polio as a child, which left him with shortened limbs on one side and impeded his ability to stand, meaning he had to cling to the mic stand in exactly the same way.
The weird thing is, Dury had been unaware of Vincent's disability. He was just a fan of his music. When he found out about it, Dury said that he felt a special bond with Vincent.
''Shall I mourn your decline
With some Thunderbird wine
And a black handkerchief?''
So perfect!!! If you lived in Britain in the 70s/80s, you will appreciate the juxtaposition between the poetry of those lines and the prosaic nature of the cheap gut-rot that was Thunderbird Wine. You will also know EXACTLY why he did that and be forced to concede that Dury was a genius.
This song is best live. There are some great versions on YT. One with Wilko Johnson on guitar and another with Mick Jones of the clash. I think it's also in the "Rock for Kampuchea" concert film. (If you've never heard of Rock for Kampuchea that's a whole new rabbit hole to go down!)
Give a live perfomance of this a go. Wilko Johnson coming in!
Hi Justin, great music and video as always! I had a quick question about mailing something to you. I wanted to send you some music by a local band but I only have a homemade CD of my favorite songs of theirs. Is it ok to send you a CD I burned myself or do you not accept those? Thank you so much, take care and stay safe!
Its not my favourite of theirs but I appreciate the quality and musicianship and this guy gets it too
the only way till here any song is live so if some one names a song that you like just watch it live you will love it and so will eveyone watching
Can’t believe you have never heard of Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps
Another song that pays tribute to Gene Vincent (and Eddie Cochran)... Stray Cats - Gene And -Vincent- Eddie 🙂
I don't normally do this and I am sure you know but it's Stray Cats "Gene & Eddie"... It's a good choice...🙂
@@ste.6026 Damned dyslexia 😛
@@grega8586 I don't post many comments that doesn't have a plethora of typos and missing words... 🤗
If you like this watch the song. Resines to be cheerful one of first rap songs
I think you would like Sia performing "Soon We'll Be Found" (on Letterman - that's the awesome version). Since you like romantic lyrical stuff like Rhapsody in Blue
@@Katehowe3010 Thank you for putting what should be in its rightful place !
It is almost an insult to anyone who enjoys rock n roll to not know Gene Vincent. Please correct this by listening to Be-Bop A-Lula by Gene Vincent. Legend has it that Elvis' mother heard the song on the radio, thought it was her son and called him to congratulate on the great recording. Gene Vincent was a kid from Virginia who enlisted in the US Navy at 17, later busted his leg in a motorcycle incident which caused him great pain throughout his life. This before he became a rock star, which he did with the song Be-Bop-A-Lula. With a sexy image and undeniable charisma, Gene Vincent was one of the early rock n roll greats.
Wait... you don't know who Gene Vincent is?
Be bop a lula!
...not to be confused with Be Bop Deluxe :-D
So this is what 'Colour My World' would sound like if Ian Dury wrote it. Sorry, couldn't resist... by the way, who is Ian Dury?
So you're saying you don't know who Gene Vincent was ?Good grief .
I could imagine Ian Dury's response to your obvious lack of musical history/knowledge would have been found on the opening line of Plaistow Patricia.
There's a lot I don't know, but im open to learning