IAN DURY Sweet Gene Vincent

Théâtre de l'Empire Paris 26/11/1978

[@twt3716]

My old mum died yesterday in her sleep. I'm dedicating this tune to her. Thanks for everything you did to help mum. I miss you already. Godspeed.

[@TelBil2010]

Sorry for your loss

[@moe17moe]

Title should be Ian Dury and the Blockheads. The Blockheads: One of the best live bands you can find.

[@jafar4marva]

Yep

[@tigerflicks5958]

Actually the title is correct. But so are you. Just technically less so. The Blockheads were the backing band but the album it was from was credited as just Ian Drury. Oddly the single did include the Blockheads.

[@moe17moe]

@@tigerflicks5958 you are right about the album and the single cover. But this is a video of the legendary Ian Dury AND The Blockheads live.

[@LesTearne]

Ian Dury didn't let anything hold him back great man band My son is named after his son Baxter the kid on the kBaP album I think I got that right

[@mclekrell]

I think people know.

[@markroberts868]

Imagine the shit that Ian went through because of polio and he came through smiling,God love you Ian.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

Meanwhile some spoiled parents today refuse all vaccines for their kids

[@thomasreed49]

Frightening to think what we would’ve missed if he hadn’t fought it. Thank Ian

[@yokobono3324]

God speed, Ian.

[@carlosrubiotapias3275]

DDT caused polio

[@Stephg128]

He had such amazing band mates! Everyone of them top of their game.

[@rockyroadblues100]

IN MEMORY OF GENE VINCENT AND IAN BOTH GONE

[@cousinsister69]

I can remember with clarity + utter JOY, grinning like idiots, the first time I listened to New Boots and Panties. In Adelaide Australia. My friend had sent to England for the uncut version + he unwrapped it with reverential care. It blew our minds! Love you Ian Dury. RIP 👏💜🙏

[@LarzGustafsson]

Great album.

[@rjjcms1]

It is.

[@ianddavidson1]

And the legend that is Norman Watt-Roy.

[@keithleivers4061]

True talent never dies may the legacy last forever

[@andycole3442]

I love this man.

[@twt3716]

One of the tightest bands on earth. Glorious.

[@paulcoleman3081]

Perhaps the best ever tribute to another artist in song.

[@adammartin8047]

Both artists lived through physical impediments and made their mark on music

[@amandasmythe3274]

So handsome and that voice.

[@williamweiss6128]

Love them. Just listened to them today, 5-15-24 here in Idaho!!

[@jeffkaufman9875]

Rippin’ rock-n-roll at its finest, and as such, a most-fitting tribute to the late, but immortal Virginia Ripper!..

[@ianandy1234]

Tight as a drum, love Davey Payne’s statue impression

[@bartydulake1]

SO funny just stood there not moving

[@ianandy1234]

@@bartydulake1 yeah he’s an original

[@cousinsister69]

How could anyone not "be moved" to move hearing this rollicking tune?! He is funny. I love his boots. 👏

[@dillydallys1]

I saw him live in Hemel Hempstead about 1978 I had got several records, but his live performance was tremendous, Blockheads brilliant,🥰. great memories

[@triggerfish999]

Ah yes…I was there for that gig!

[@rjjcms1]

The Pavilion?

[@jackypackham7666]

❤

[@terrymcgill2798]

My first ever album new boots and panties brilliant R I P ian

[@MoshpitExperience]

terrific album

[@cousinsister69]

So many great memories of this album. My first experience of listening was mind blowing. No one like him. Ever. 🙏

[@markbarber7839]

The sax guy is just love'n it

[@simonthomas5113]

I've watched and listened to Ian Dury a lot more this month and it sounds just as good as always, even better.

[@jackypackham7666]

Revisiting my youth. Love the honesty of we're the lyrics came from in the album sheets. Mint

[@dianawatt1657]

Love this song - and can't imagine liking another version

[@andrewwinning4548]

Love you Mr dury and the blockheads, thanks for the music

[@patrickpayne8330]

MASSIVELY MISSED... Ian durey.... When remembered. ..he will always be kept alive

[@raydevon5458]

this man had more class than any body i have ever seen miss him with al my heart lots of love bro

[@simonbyrne3854]

Ian Dury sweet Gene Vincent..... there’s one in every town! How true! Seriously it really is!

[@MrPomdownunder]

Great to know our French friends also love Ian Dury !

[@ichbin4122]

u should hear what Ian did to our sleazy impresario numero uno when he was invited to dinner (it's all in a book I read, I'm not that intelligent)

[@robertbeasley5595]

Just got a shit load of my need to get my shit together...Ian had suffered with polio,and still didn't let his dream of escape him...what a trooper!!!!

[@SyntaxErr19287]

Hope you’re still chasing it and didn’t let it fall by the wayside

[@inthestates2461]

Raw and absolutely f’king brilliant !!.

[@frankiemorris5866]

Real music 🎵 one legend singing about another legend … 👍

[@phatzwave4424]

One of my favorites from Ian Dury of my favorite 50's rock and roller. I miss both Dury and Vincent.

[@captainkenzie6873]

How old do you think he was?

[@phatzwave4424]

​@@captainkenzie6873 Ian Dury was 36 at the time of this release which was coincidently the age of Gene Vincent when he died. Have a nice day!

[@awotnot]

Sweet Gene Vincent. There's one in every town. Catch Ian's cameo in the 1985 film Number One if you haven't seen it. Absolute classic.

[@mbogucci1]

He also had a part in Judge Dredd.

[@MiettinenJari123]

Best of bests, Gene and Ian!

[@garyhosty9874]

love the frozen brass player...

[@MrBillydill]

15 yrs of age this hits u in the face

[@scotthares]

Oh gosh that's so much fun!!!!!!!!

[@larrylegs6012]

one of the underated singers songwriters and group of musicians

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Love it... Ian is a total legend, his genius lyrics are easily on a par with that other great R&R wordsmith Chuck Berry... Ian also had a much better band!

[@harvey1954]

Yes, Berry doesn't get much credit for being the best lyricist of the 50s. Dury picked up the slack in the 70s.

[@garymorgan4924]

I totally and completely agree .

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Back in the days before in-ear monitors, when rock stages were littered with massive speakers to enable musicians to hear what they were doing but which no doubt resulted in many of them developing tinnitus and other hearing problems. The hot lights have largely been replaced by low-energy modern equivalents, so stages are no longer the uncomfortably hot working environments they used to be.

[@LarzGustafsson]

Brilliant!

[@michaelthomas-hq2fd]

Saw this at Hammersmith Odeon. Bliss.

[@renecross392]

Beautiful

[@kimsherlock8969]

So f ,,,,,,,king brilliant 😊🎉

[@colinknightknight7286]

SAw G V. LIVE AT SUTTON Granada what a show Blue Caps rocked it out!!

[@paulbrennan3996]

Legend 👏 singing about his Hero Gene Vincent class 👏✊👊

[@simonthomas5113]

Pearly Kings and Queens are so prevalent in London these days. They have to dodge the typical London residents all singing "Consider Yourself".

[@jadepixie2719]

Wow 😯 Davey is really the real life human statue. 2:26

[@lupodelupis3672]

He was such a nice bloke from Harrow Weld

[@jamesdean1143]

Skinny white sailor The chances were slender The beauties were brief Shall I mourn your decline with some Thunderbird wine And a black handkerchief ? I miss your sad Virginia whisper I miss the voice that called my heart Sweet Gene Vincent Young … And old … And gone

[@benkelly2190]

To all the thumbs down! WTF is wrong with you!..peace! Out!

[@hullaballu007]

He was so gorgeous ....

[@AALONSO1962]

Thanksss...!!! ;)

[@nicholasmole-md8jw]

Brilliant fab song

[@Broonzied]

I love this song.

[@marcosottone]

Love it!!!

[@danielboard9510]

The amount of love for his DAD...fuck that!!!

[@hankbukowski2240]

Great line up! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@user36945]

Charismatic!

[@danielbeggan8024]

CLASS 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎺

[@jasontimperley9199]

Fucking brilliant.

[@Ihiggins]

I miss the miss....

[@kahlodiego5299]

Sax player froze like a zombie.

[@thomasrose7713]

NWR ❤

[@user-nl1gz3gt6k]

Yeah

[@alanscott6836]

Killer ending

[@jackypackham7666]

LEGEND

[@timdevries11]

Yes.

[@stellamorris8078]

Genious

[@mojojojojuniper6122]

The french dub. Lolla lolla loving😎🤸🏼‍♀️🤭🤭

[@ichbin4122]

it seemed filmed for French TV. I think it's in Theatre de l Empire. a big old venue i never went to. Also Wilko played there with one of his bands but he played to a packed house. I think this sequence here is a rehearsal and it s all LIVE! which is a performance for the French (TV) because they did a lot of dubbed rubbish or what they call PLAYBACK, I feel Antoine De Caunes was possibly behind that programme. Cool Years.

[@user-nl1gz3gt6k]

We are all clever ❤

[@danielboard9510]

trolleys ware are you, we van do anything!!

[@normantrowpoole4755]

Sweet gene vincent lyrics

[@janetmackenzie-cohen5142]

So many

[@raymondpatterson5218]

I came here for the star trek sid burns

[@charleshossack4899]

Legend 😂

[@almadelichalar7505]

❤️

[@whatsthestory2612]

Watch the Sax player. His performance is statuesque. He never moves. Epic! This is where the Viagra Boys got their blueprint.

[@mbogucci1]

Davey Payne

[@raphaelrousso7124]

j'adorais ça quand j'étais jeune , est ce un hommage ou une parodie ou les deux ? En plus Gene Vincent est mon all time Rock'n'Roller. Ha okay Ian est fan aussi

[@tiotgris1]

C'est un hommage, Ian Dury était un grand fan de Gene !!!

[@raphaelrousso7124]

@@tiotgris1 ouais j'ai cru comprendre après , la bonne soirée Gars !!

[@raphaelrousso7124]

@@tiotgris1 et merci pour ce chouette post

[@tiotgris1]

@@raphaelrousso7124 Tout le plaisir est pour moi !!!!

[@seanqueripel6230]

He's singing about mr rockabilly the man who killed

[@seanqueripel6230]

Is singing about Gene Vincent the man who killed Eddie Cochran😢

[@graemestarkey7524]

Here comes Duck Tailed Danny dragging Uncanny Annie, she's the one with the flying feet.

[@user-eu1rm2vu8s]

A stunning lyric! Sheer genius. x

[@mickeycrouch7771]

Chairman of Blockheads.

[@kinexkinex971]

I got the polio and I also sing

[@michaelmcdonald5175]

Ashtray eyes...

[@mehitabelgill6711]

What's with Davey Payne? He shuffles his feet a bit at the beginning of the song, then he just stands there and doesn't play , or move. On the other "live" version of this song, he is playing, even has a solo.

[@laylabeggs1954]

Is there even such a thing as a bad song from the blockheads?

[@frankcarter6427]

nope - and one of the best bands I ever saw live, even better than the attractions

[@user-nl1gz3gt6k]

Killin me ❤not love to Ian

[@brianhoffman4861]

Ian..... got any other songs

[@TheSeafordian]

Hundreds.

[@chrishaps6846]

Bass layer rocks ,is he " davey davis " ? i had the record " new boots and panties " , LP really long time ago , like1978 ?/ is that right ?

[@chrishaps6846]

no one ever comments on my posts - loser of the highest degree

[@MrBillydill]

guess there age when they come back stage

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

This should have been on The Rocky Horror Picture Show 😉

[@harvey1954]

Can this be posted in just English?