Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 (Official HD Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @stehughes75
    @stehughes75 10 месяцев назад +103

    Iam now 60..This was All Part of Growing Up..F*****G LOVE IT ❤ 😍

    • @pontiacssholden2032
      @pontiacssholden2032 6 месяцев назад +6

      64 and bought this album new,fkn great band and and still sound fantastic

    • @gertstraatenvander4684
      @gertstraatenvander4684 3 месяца назад +2

      True. 62 myself.

    • @ninja12lawbreaker
      @ninja12lawbreaker 3 месяца назад +3

      I am nearly 60 and totally agree. I once endured a whole Saturday with my ex wifes best mate as her chaperone to Finsbury Park. She wanted to see Madness, I told to f. off and then she said Ian Dury was playing support. I had to go. Ian was in his sailor suit and stole the show obviously

    • @gertstraatenvander4684
      @gertstraatenvander4684 3 месяца назад +3

      @@ninja12lawbreaker Ian playing support is kinda tragic, but I would've gone too.

    • @maryhinge5853
      @maryhinge5853 2 месяца назад +2

      lucky bleeder

  • @andycole3442
    @andycole3442 Год назад +120

    My god there is no one like this man or band anymore .

    • @smoly37
      @smoly37 8 месяцев назад +3

      No. There's no man like Bach anymore, either. And I'm sure there are people like Ian Dury around, but not in the mainstream scene. That's been ruined by money, as so many things are. I'm from '63, people will continue to make and create music.

    • @smugsheep3307
      @smugsheep3307 5 месяцев назад +3

      Not one person with a fraction of his intellect. No even close!

    • @savethezombies
      @savethezombies 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@smugsheep3307 I don't think anyone sweats like him anymore either. Imagine if James Brown, Meatloaf, and Ian went on tour together? People would drown.

  • @helenstillburn7311
    @helenstillburn7311 10 месяцев назад +79

    The Blockheads, best backing group ever, bar none.

    • @skooshy621
      @skooshy621 8 месяцев назад +7

      Funketeers, every one 👯👯👯

  • @justkidding9751
    @justkidding9751 11 месяцев назад +93

    I have really great memories of Ian, I was the assistant sound and light engineer at the Top Rank Birmingham in 1979, they were a great live band. It was great working with them. Happy Memories and great times. We were free in those days proper free.

    • @suzpro8165
      @suzpro8165 10 месяцев назад +5

      The behind the scenes crew is never ever spoken for nor acknowledged!:)

    • @dianamiino7391
      @dianamiino7391 6 месяцев назад +1

      ❤❤❤

    • @1betterthan
      @1betterthan 21 день назад +1

      Lucky so and so 😂😂

  • @deanosaur808
    @deanosaur808 7 месяцев назад +44

    The world is f**ked, but we've still got Reasons To Be Cheerful! 😎

    • @glynn4302
      @glynn4302 5 месяцев назад +2

      For sure mate...😂❤

    •  4 месяца назад +2

      👍

    • @ianhinds3480
      @ianhinds3480 2 месяца назад +1

      123

  • @hyerculezaxkillis440
    @hyerculezaxkillis440 3 года назад +144

    he was spitting bars better than half the rappers today

    • @manweller1
      @manweller1 Год назад +2

      True

    • @darrylmars
      @darrylmars Год назад +5

      better than all of them lol

    • @suzpro8165
      @suzpro8165 Год назад +4

      And much more colorful imagery! The smile of a parrot! Gotta love it!:)

    • @Juliofiasco
      @Juliofiasco Год назад +5

      @@darrylmarsnot all of them, the wu tang clan is one of the most incredible and luxurious pieces of art of the 20 century

    • @RobertWarman-i9l
      @RobertWarman-i9l 10 месяцев назад +1

      Cutting edge whats not to love just like a great wine

  • @bokehintheussr5033
    @bokehintheussr5033 2 года назад +165

    the most life affirming song... helps me in my depressed phases. This wonderful intelligent man and his lust for life will never cease to be an inspiration to me.

    • @KevinWatson-hv5io
      @KevinWatson-hv5io Год назад

      8

    • @suzpro8165
      @suzpro8165 10 месяцев назад +2

      This is one of those songs that salespeople need, before they start their work day!:)

    • @bokehintheussr5033
      @bokehintheussr5033 10 месяцев назад

      @@suzpro8165 no what salespeople need is to get a job that isn't in sales

    • @skooshy621
      @skooshy621 8 месяцев назад +2

      @bokehintheussr5033
      Your comment is another reason to be cheerful 😃
      This song means exactly the same for me. And so does Ian.

  • @timothygrayson
    @timothygrayson 2 года назад +145

    This man did so much for disabled people and deserves recognition for his musical contribution to a sad period where I was lacking direction. Ta bro.

    • @stevet603
      @stevet603 Год назад +4

      Never mind that bollocks, it was good stuff!

    • @timothygrayson
      @timothygrayson Год назад +1

      @@stevet603 Indeed

    • @smugsheep3307
      @smugsheep3307 5 месяцев назад

      The funkiest spaz on the planet.

    • @corvideity
      @corvideity 4 месяца назад

      *why don't you get back into bed* hits hard lmao

    • @silaslizzie43
      @silaslizzie43 4 месяца назад

      It's so popular to view things through the lens of his disability. Fuck that. He was a great musician.

  • @stevet603
    @stevet603 6 месяцев назад +38

    The original rapper? But with brilliant musicians with him? Tight as!

    • @Petrus-d2f
      @Petrus-d2f Месяц назад +1

      I am american and yes, IAN the original rapper❤

  • @MikeSamuelsII-ve8gp
    @MikeSamuelsII-ve8gp Месяц назад +12

    Ian and the Blockheads put me in a good mood, always.

  • @andycole3442
    @andycole3442 Год назад +31

    We will never see the like of this kind of talent ever again

  • @willemschudspeer9569
    @willemschudspeer9569 2 года назад +41

    I (at the time a Dutch tourist in London) saw Ian Dury and his band when I was young and green, some time early in the '80s. My friend and I liked his hit record 'Hit me with your Rhythm Stick', so we bought the tickets. The venue - I can't quite remember what the name was, might have been a cinema, red seats - but it didn't take the band long to get the spectators standing on top of these seats, jumping up and down, moving to the music. Great experience, great time, great band. An unforgettable landmark.

  • @herrbohnen
    @herrbohnen Год назад +24

    Ian was a great wordsmith

  • @daveluck5717
    @daveluck5717 2 года назад +57

    That sax break .... Damn !!!

    • @Alji3dom
      @Alji3dom 2 года назад +10

      Out of nowhere comes the sax..like it was a different song. Great memories of that summer.

    • @suzpro8165
      @suzpro8165 10 месяцев назад +3

      This is a song that has absolutely everything!:)

    • @liambowbrick3917
      @liambowbrick3917 9 месяцев назад +4

      Goddamn SO sweet

    • @Ash_18037
      @Ash_18037 6 месяцев назад +3

      John Coltrane's soprano

    • @AndrewTurner-k6h
      @AndrewTurner-k6h 4 месяца назад

      ❤l. Love. This😊

  • @zetetick395
    @zetetick395 Год назад +25

    Ian Drury
    Never not awesome!
    Life passed him *a BIG ol' pile of lemons* - and 50 years later, we're ALL still enjoying his delicious sweet lemon-based beverages! \😸/

  • @sharonsmithers3711
    @sharonsmithers3711 2 года назад +113

    Ian Dury was a true a legend he made words make sense with his great songs such as this ! How can you not love his music ? Thanks Ian .

    • @annamac7551
      @annamac7551 2 года назад +1

      Great memories

    • @garyproffitt5941
      @garyproffitt5941 2 года назад

      Truly marvelous character Ian Dury and the Blockheads and great songs😇👍

    • @westboundbadger
      @westboundbadger 2 года назад +1

      His son is also talented, Baxter Dury !

    • @sharonsmithers3711
      @sharonsmithers3711 2 года назад

      I know Baxter Dury is very talented too thank you.

  • @hifibrony
    @hifibrony 10 лет назад +543

    The Blockheads were one of the truly brilliant and sadly underappreciated bands. They had that great tight-as-a-duck's-arse but still loose quality that can't be faked or learned. You can either play like that or you can't. Norman and Charley were one of the greatest rhythm sections ever. Period.

    • @allertonoff4
      @allertonoff4 7 лет назад +24

      nobody else seems to know who Chaz Jankel iswas .. only the secret mastermind behind that audacious groove.

    • @g13flat
      @g13flat 5 лет назад +14

      @@allertonoff4 Imho Chaz Jankel is one of the best bass players of all time along with Will Heggie of the Cocteau Twins and Bernard Edwards of Chic.

    • @eckeynecker
      @eckeynecker 5 лет назад +5

      The only one ird say is better ,is Kieth Moon and The Ox ,

    • @kenbrooks6517
      @kenbrooks6517 4 года назад +5

      Saw them live so many time's Classic

    • @martingemmell1401
      @martingemmell1401 4 года назад +6

      @@allertonoff4 chaz jankel on guitar. Norman Watt Roy on bass. Chaz left and was replaced by Wilko Johnson. Saw Wilko and Norman playing together at Queens Hall Edinburgh 2019 with @mark Robinson.

  • @TerryTanktop
    @TerryTanktop 8 лет назад +306

    A talented man whose disability did not get in the way of success. Amazing man.

    • @EllaBananas
      @EllaBananas 4 года назад +2

      @bill Bloggs I didnt know they were disabled.

    • @hebneh
      @hebneh 4 года назад +8

      @bill Bloggs In the USA we never saw Ian interviewed on TV, or in person, so the extent of his polio-caused infirmity wasn't really obvious or known.

    • @banditman62davis
      @banditman62davis 4 года назад

      WHAT WAS HIS DISABILITY ?

    • @pherrington13
      @pherrington13 4 года назад +8

      @@banditman62davis He was left partially paralyzed by the effects of contracting Parkinson's Disease at an early age. Although some of the paralysis went away over time, the muscle damage became permanent. His passion for performing is what made him an over-achiever and his denial that he was disabled. He wouldn't accept that label.

    • @bgtrev
      @bgtrev 4 года назад +16

      @@pherrington13 Polio not Parkinson's but the rest you are spot on with, humble and honest bloke.

  • @bsdgffishtuna5186
    @bsdgffishtuna5186 3 года назад +19

    from a different planet. thankfully ian visited us.

  • @cheezencrackers
    @cheezencrackers Год назад +6

    “…coming out of chokie…” So VERY Ian!

    • @sports872
      @sports872 11 месяцев назад

      What's the chokie?

    • @Tony-FN61
      @Tony-FN61 26 дней назад

      @@sports872 I think jail

  • @Alji3dom
    @Alji3dom 2 года назад +72

    Incredible musicians Totally underrated wow 👌

  • @sheilawells100
    @sheilawells100 Год назад +26

    The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot. Love it.

  • @tyroon81
    @tyroon81 Год назад +24

    The guitar solo at the end is probably the best ending to a song ever!!👏👏👏😍

    • @grahamelliott7276
      @grahamelliott7276 11 месяцев назад +3

      The great, great John Turnbull.

    • @carolshaw8916
      @carolshaw8916 8 месяцев назад +3

      I agree but the saxophone in the middle is wonderful

  • @starjunkie2804
    @starjunkie2804 4 года назад +352

    Ian Dury is the best reason to be proud of being British. He was the original rapper before rap was a "thing." What a talent, shame he is no longer with us.

    • @patriciofernandez2711
      @patriciofernandez2711 3 года назад +38

      Not really, I love Ian but by 1979 hip hop had already taken off in the New York underground. Like many of Ian's songs this was influenced by funk and disco, which also were essential to the rap music being developed overseas.

    • @MrNemo-oi8cl
      @MrNemo-oi8cl 3 года назад +28

      @@patriciofernandez2711 he was doing his own thing and it was bloody great.

    • @sharonrebibo6015
      @sharonrebibo6015 2 года назад +6

      @@patriciofernandez2711 A kind of rap - music plus rap was made popular by The Liverpool Scene in the 60's and 70's in Liverpool and of course by your own Beat poets before then.

    • @jonserp783
      @jonserp783 2 года назад +7

      He was a dynamite writer and arranger

    • @Soundpj
      @Soundpj 2 года назад +1

      I agree xx

  • @patrickkelly4619
    @patrickkelly4619 3 года назад +23

    Ian Dury ... The BEST FRONTMAN IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK N ROLL !!! And what a band .
    Signed : PROUD to be BLOCKHEAD !!! And ...You're all BLOCKHEADS TOO !!!

    • @davidbroadley126
      @davidbroadley126 Год назад

      Nah paul rodgers and free love ian and the blackhead thou👍

  • @retrosad
    @retrosad Год назад +132

    The English citizenship test should include being able to recite all the words to this song accurately

    • @moneymentum
      @moneymentum 10 месяцев назад +5

      ...with that accent only.

    • @dustysmitty2783
      @dustysmitty2783 9 месяцев назад +1

      Unless you're a filthy Arab or Hindu, in which case you can come into the UK and not assimilate.

    • @spacealien2174
      @spacealien2174 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@moneymentum whatevershire?

    • @moneymentum
      @moneymentum 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@spacealien2174Oi! Innit!

    • @AngelApprentice
      @AngelApprentice 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes!!

  • @geminirhythmspirit2573
    @geminirhythmspirit2573 7 месяцев назад +32

    Flipping heck these guys, truly amazing, Ian Drury rapping way back when❤

  • @willsmith6150
    @willsmith6150 Год назад +14

    One of the best ever.

  • @danieltaylor3359
    @danieltaylor3359 Год назад +17

    Strewth how much funk is there in these few minutes ?!?!?!?! What a band with Dury as the cherry on the cake

  • @terryrussell1385
    @terryrussell1385 10 месяцев назад +1

    In my personal opinion this Gentlemen were a bloody genius weren't you Ian? But also what a brilliant Saxophone Player my favourite instrument stay safe everyone Pompey Trucker Tex ✴️🌙✴️🌙play up Pompey!!!.

  • @harman1967
    @harman1967 4 месяца назад +10

    I'm glad I lived my childhood in these years, god bless you Ian and the band, thanks for the great tunes.

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 Год назад +20

    the NME dissed this as just a shopping list - but it's without doubt one of the best in pop history. fantastic sax solo.

    • @grahamelliott7276
      @grahamelliott7276 11 месяцев назад +6

      The music press is full of poseurs and under-achievers.

  • @shortofalength
    @shortofalength 15 лет назад +84

    The guy wasa fighter for the downtrodden and those who get a rough deal in life. The ability to make songs that either take the piss or make us look at ourselves and think was his gift. Onya Ian you will be missed!!!

  • @stylincarrie1
    @stylincarrie1 2 года назад +27

    the first Rap single...came out 6 months before Rapper's Delight.

    • @MrRyan-wu4jx
      @MrRyan-wu4jx 2 года назад +1

      King Tim by Fatback Band predates this by another few months. This very well may be second.

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 11 месяцев назад

      @@MrRyan-wu4jx There's actually an Italian guy who did it way back in 73. It was an answer on QI, I forget his name, sorry.
      Edit It's Adriano Celentano, thanks to @markrothwell6001 for the name.

    • @DS-qu2rs
      @DS-qu2rs 9 месяцев назад

      Way ahead of his time, I went to see the Who in 1974/75 and Kilburn and the Highroads were supporting, punk rock 2-3 years before Malcolm McLaren 'invented it'. (the Who fans hated it!)

    • @douglasparkinson4123
      @douglasparkinson4123 8 месяцев назад

      Noah by the Jubalaires predates every record put forward by people on this thread.

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 7 месяцев назад

      he's not rapping, no point even comparing the two entirely different genres

  • @rickdee7179
    @rickdee7179 2 года назад +59

    Love the guitar solo at the end - everything about this song is perfection.

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer 8 лет назад +319

    Right now I feel SO lucky that I grew up in England in the 70s and 80s.

    • @Lynnimod
      @Lynnimod 8 лет назад +14

      Me too! What's good about youtube is we can re-live it all over again :)

    • @VixenEve
      @VixenEve 8 лет назад +3

      god damn it your lucky :/ i grew up here in the late 90s

    • @Lynnimod
      @Lynnimod 8 лет назад +10

      Not so lucky in other ways, I'm nearly 54 now lol!

    • @stevebez2767
      @stevebez2767 8 лет назад

      macronencer how many times you recall that?

    • @Marzy5821
      @Marzy5821 8 лет назад +4

      50s and 60s not too bad too ...

  • @sholaebofin6090
    @sholaebofin6090 4 месяца назад +6

    Listening to this and realising how blessed we were growing up with seriously talented inspirational musicians what a great time to be alive 😎

  • @tjwright-df2cu
    @tjwright-df2cu 3 месяца назад +5

    Way back before all the new misogynistic. criminal Gangsta Rap... We had Ian Dury & the Blockheads. Funked up, eccentric feel-good & in yer face. Bloody beautiful!

    • @andreahoffman2449
      @andreahoffman2449 2 месяца назад +2

      Such a neat comment by you! I agreeeee🎉❤❤

  • @MrSeaSquirtz
    @MrSeaSquirtz 10 месяцев назад +4

    When I was a 19 yr old kid, just learning who I was in the world, this was the fun track to my life....in fact, all their hits. I knew they made me feel great but I never thought beyond it. Life was just to packed with new adventures to think about it. Now, 45 yrs or thereabouts, later, I am listening to the Blockheads again and wow, how did I not notice the musicianship from all these guys? Well done Ian and all the Blockheads, you really did enrich so many peoples lives. Thanks.

  • @AcousticUplift
    @AcousticUplift 14 лет назад +61

    I had no idea this was an actual song until my mum just started singing it. What great production! So funky. I like the sunny jazz interlude.

  • @colinforrestal3819
    @colinforrestal3819 2 года назад +32

    A brilliant ensemble. What a privilege to have had them in my life.

  • @bobblowhard8823
    @bobblowhard8823 2 года назад +27

    A musical masterpiece.

  • @j.f.greaney
    @j.f.greaney 3 года назад +18

    Ian was a genius in my opinion. And the band, damn.

  • @banditman62davis
    @banditman62davis 8 лет назад +281

    THIS SONG WAS VERY BIG IN AMERICA BACK THEN ,
    EVEN IF WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HALF OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING .
    WE STILL LOVED IT .

    • @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic
      @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic 6 лет назад +17

      Why? CAN'T you speak English?

    • @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic
      @TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah. I remember when the net was GOOD! (You only met SMART people!)

    • @hsmith1180
      @hsmith1180 5 лет назад +11

      Awww I think they were just being funny. It's not a bad comment.

    • @lilianaverona355
      @lilianaverona355 4 года назад +1

      Which words didn't you understand?

    • @donmcbass
      @donmcbass 4 года назад +9

      @@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic Like us Scots we don't speak LONDON which is a weird language of its own.

  • @markmitchell450
    @markmitchell450 3 года назад +5

    Loving the guitarist

  • @markmoore2625
    @markmoore2625 3 года назад +69

    That sax and the killer guitar solo at the end, elevate this song to true greatness, it's better than 'Rhythm stick' in my opinion.

  • @michaelcandon2971
    @michaelcandon2971 9 месяцев назад +2

    This song should be played multiple times on daytime radio...bring back great music and happiness.

  • @ernstslaats745
    @ernstslaats745 Год назад +4

    So glad i found this again😊😎

  • @Haberdashery22
    @Haberdashery22 Год назад +14

    The very best of live bands. We were so lucky back then. Love you, Ian Dury and every Blockhead. . . .

  • @thingsss
    @thingsss 8 лет назад +60

    one of the funkiest bands on the planet, right up there with the JB's, parliment and Fatback

    • @JuiceSkyy
      @JuiceSkyy 4 года назад +1

      You heard 🤘🏾

  • @Nae395
    @Nae395 2 года назад +4

    Pure Class Mr Dury was

  • @chrisrosales4219
    @chrisrosales4219 4 года назад +39

    True originals. Ian Dury was a proper poet and the Blockheads are one of the tightest backing bands in the history of history. Unfortunately it's getting harder and harder these days to answer why we don't all just get back into bed. At least there's still Ian Dury and the Blockheads videos to keep us going.

  • @paulconnelly4050
    @paulconnelly4050 Год назад +3

    I love this song. RIP Ian Dury.

  • @BR0K3NM1ND
    @BR0K3NM1ND Год назад +5

    My dad used to play this to me when i was young, never appreciated it until now (35) .. Now i cant get anough of Ian Dury. PROPER music.

  • @jacquelinekirwan6543
    @jacquelinekirwan6543 Год назад +3

    Was this one of the first raps?
    Because listening now it certainly sounds like it. Even the rhythm breaks are like hip hop.

  • @xaviermartinez7325
    @xaviermartinez7325 Год назад +4

    An incredible musician and person. Ian liked to me since I was young, and now to my daughters😂.
    What a special music

  • @karensouren3130
    @karensouren3130 Год назад +5

    This song keeps me sane 🎶💕🎶💖🎶

  • @rowley1950
    @rowley1950 6 лет назад +44

    70's and 80's: This bloke made it for me. God Bless you Ian RIP mate

    • @walterceuppens6988
      @walterceuppens6988 5 лет назад +2

      Totally agree

    • @Soundpj
      @Soundpj 2 года назад +1

      Me too Steve...I feel 18 again....Ian dury helped me alot...to feel its OK to be a bit quirky.

  • @johnmccabe1974
    @johnmccabe1974 5 лет назад +42

    I been looking for parts 1 and 2 for decades.

  • @cymro6537
    @cymro6537 8 месяцев назад +8

    Sterling musicianship , amazing front man and lyrics 👏

  • @philipmartin183
    @philipmartin183 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ian Dury and the band were absolutely brilliant. The Band are still.

  • @hertfordable
    @hertfordable 3 года назад +7

    I’m originally from Watford but worked on a holiday camp in the 70s, Warner’s in Seaton Devon. I remember people all singing this song, loved Ian Dury.

  • @victormartial2668
    @victormartial2668 4 года назад +12

    I am sure that Prince was a big fan of The Blokheads ever, this sax solo is pure style of what Prince wanted in some breaks sessions, and at last but not least this musical diction of Ian inspired him . Love these two genius of the po music.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 4 года назад +1

    So Gooddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

  • @tracymillsom4171
    @tracymillsom4171 3 месяца назад +2

    The man is one of my favourite heroes this is one of my favourite songs of his what a beautiful classic song rip Ian still love you from 1979 god bless you ❤ ❤❤

  • @saanzacs
    @saanzacs 2 года назад +5

    Yes, yes, dear dear, perhaps next year or maybe even never, in which case.....

  • @ian_jenkins
    @ian_jenkins 6 месяцев назад +2

    Loved these lyrics at school, still love them now, a truly timeless classic. Superb musicians led by a supreme talent.

  • @rossspenser8314
    @rossspenser8314 2 месяца назад +3

    I love this and all he did

  • @deanhodgetts1177
    @deanhodgetts1177 2 года назад +19

    All these years later and it is still SOOOOOO good. Ian Dury on the lyrics and Chaz Jankel on the funk. Timeless.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 12 лет назад +44

    This came into my brain this afternoon, and I haven't heard this song probably for nearly 30 years. I'd forgotten how strongly dance-oriented it was. It's really good, especially the end.
    Not being British, I never understood most of the lyrics and still don't, but that's OK because all you need to hear and understand is "Reasons to be cheerful - 1, 2, 3."

    • @cjstore8416
      @cjstore8416 4 года назад +4

      This song came into my head last nite. It's 12th July 2020 now, with Covid19 rife around the world. I grew up with this music. My brother Barry, was always the first on the scene when new music came out..Talking Heads, U2, Bauhaus, American Funk, etc. He bought all the latest records and this album was one. It was never off the turntable and we knew all the songs. Singing and dancing around the house. Top of the Pops was our programme! Yes the 70s and 80s were the best years of our lives ..just didnt know it. I'm in Victoria, Australia now and hope that we all stay safe and that I get to see my family again in the UK.

    • @MjKestrel
      @MjKestrel 4 месяца назад

      Same as me rediscovered this tune and forgot about it and how uplifting it is especially during hard times. From MJK Wales 🦅⚪✴️

  • @theraubyreport
    @theraubyreport 11 месяцев назад +1

    The sax shift at 2:40 is nothing short of genius.

  • @paullee3660
    @paullee3660 7 месяцев назад +5

    The greatest wordsmith in rock, ever.

  • @saphireblue3374
    @saphireblue3374 2 месяца назад +1

    Brings back fond childhood memories❤
    Love this band.

  • @steveoshow4832
    @steveoshow4832 2 года назад +4

    The wonderful and brilliant Ian Drury who put Brap on the map😎👌

  • @karensouren3130
    @karensouren3130 Год назад +1

    Highlight for me was seeing you all play ❤

  • @steveportsmouthevans
    @steveportsmouthevans 4 года назад +32

    20 years ago today we lost the legend, the genius Ian Dury. I was very fortunate to see him perform live in 1999. Im now listening to his son Baxter Dury and he is just as fantastic as his dad. RIP Ian & long live Baxter

  • @codzy3532
    @codzy3532 Год назад +1

    musical cockney poetic genius love ian dury an his music this is xllent song too 😊❤🎶🎵🎤🎸🎹 rip ian xox

  • @davewilson9738
    @davewilson9738 3 года назад +21

    Its an eclectic mix of sounds that could be 3 or 4 different songs and they just nail them all - effing amazing.

  • @suzpro8165
    @suzpro8165 Год назад +4

    One of the best lives recording ever!:)

  • @sheilamaclean968
    @sheilamaclean968 5 лет назад +33

    Wow..brilliant blistering guitar riff. What a great group of musicians and this playing live - you won't get that calibre nowadays - anywhere.

    • @eyebrowes1886
      @eyebrowes1886 3 года назад +1

      The riff is out of the blue and makes the song

  • @spiritfulled
    @spiritfulled 3 месяца назад +1

    Takes me back. Bloody awesome

  • @kimspanswick883
    @kimspanswick883 3 года назад +12

    Bloomin Brilliant 😋
    My Only Regret
    I never Got to See Em Live
    Legendary
    Ian Dury And The Blockheads 🎼🎤🎸🎹🎺🎷🥁📻🎧

    • @paulgosling6886
      @paulgosling6886 2 года назад +2

      I managed to see him live as a supporting act for Madness at Madstock back in 1992. He was amazing & a very funny man.

    • @Soundpj
      @Soundpj 2 года назад

      That's funny and true

  • @mitergelaj7691
    @mitergelaj7691 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thinking about this song.
    Remember this toooooo well.
    Amazing fun.

  • @diceyr6056
    @diceyr6056 8 лет назад +17

    This bloke was a genius. Does anybody remember 'Really glad you came'?

  • @PandoraNYC1
    @PandoraNYC1 4 года назад +12

    My mom bought this record for me in 1978 when I was ten years old. I still have it.

  • @leestarkey7584
    @leestarkey7584 Год назад +4

    Original rapper awesome 👌

  • @tonyburns9430
    @tonyburns9430 4 года назад +2

    The original rapper. First and the rest followed.

    • @deanosaur808
      @deanosaur808 7 месяцев назад

      First white maybe 😅 Ian definitely didn't invent it 😂

  • @DrCrabfingers
    @DrCrabfingers 3 года назад +15

    Man these guys are just having it large...the lyrics and funky Latino influence...so cool!

  • @laurawilliams4113
    @laurawilliams4113 11 месяцев назад +2

    Brilliant ❤

  • @franklinfuentes
    @franklinfuentes 9 лет назад +73

    ian dury was not only a character..
    but, he was a brilliant performer, writer, & wordsmith.
    mind you, this video really 'only' consisted of ian, several bandmates, & a black screen.
    still, it is infectious.
    & even, within it's own boundaries.
    though, orig., very ahead of it's time..
    always timeless.
    when, music 'was' music!!

  • @davidbroadley126
    @davidbroadley126 2 года назад +2

    Great track

  • @ellenatkinson6912
    @ellenatkinson6912 4 года назад +16

    This never fails to cheer me up - Masterpiece then, now and forever ❤️

  • @chrisbowers85
    @chrisbowers85 9 лет назад +22

    A GREAT LONDON SOUND!.........WILL NEVER TIRE.....LISTENING TO THIS!

  • @MsEsCee
    @MsEsCee 13 лет назад +7

    Weird reading your comment this morning. And heartening. The reason I chose to listen to this song this morning is that I have a dear friend going thru a very difficult time in the acute phase following brain surgery, and then a stroke, which has nearly paralyzed his left side and much more. He has a long way back to recovery, health and walking again. He's a young 53. You do have reasons to be cheerful, almost all of us do, and it's so cool you know it. Thanks for the attitude and inspiration.

    • @banditman62davis
      @banditman62davis 4 года назад +1

      I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE HAD TO OVERCOME THOSE OBSTACLES , WE STILL LOVED HIS MUSIC .I WOULD SNEAK THIS TUNE INTO THE MIX WHEN I D.J.'D AT WEST INDIAN CLUBS , AND THEY LOVED IT .
      AND TO THOSE WHO COMMENTED ABOUT IF I SPEAK ENGLISH , YES I DO .

  • @waterstreet68
    @waterstreet68 8 лет назад +1

    Cheddar cheese and pickle
    SLAP AND TICKLE!!!
    I recall a DJ--either Garth or Jeno--playing this as the "last" last song well after the lights had gone on. It was at this monthly club night called Community at a club called 1015 Folsom put on by the boys of Wicked soundsystem on a Tuesday night. They were famous for throwing in an "oldie" not from the house or techno genre as a last song; my other fave was Bill Withers "Use Me". Anyhoo, this track sent people who had already been up dancing since the previous Thursday into spasms of utter rapture. People were losing their minds to this track; pure genius.
    Great memories of the still *very* underground house/techno/rave scene in the San Francisco of 1989 - 1992 or so.

  • @sparkymlarky
    @sparkymlarky 11 месяцев назад +3

    Just .........incredible
    The End

  • @novo611
    @novo611 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ian a poet. Genius 🙏🇮🇪

  • @BigDaveC001
    @BigDaveC001 7 лет назад +12

    This man and his band made me smile so much my face hurt!

  • @frankgoodall329
    @frankgoodall329 3 года назад +2

    Watching this makes me even more cheerful....Part 4.

  • @lubilou64
    @lubilou64 5 лет назад +24

    This song makes me so happy! What a legend Ian Dury was/is.