Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Official HD Video)

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“Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick” reached number 1 in the UK singles chart in January 1979 as well as being a hit in several other countries. Here’s the original video updated in glorious HD.
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LYRICS:
In the deserts of Sudan
And the gardens of Japan
From Milan to Yucatán
Every woman, every man
Hit me with your rhythm stick
Hit me! Hit me!
Je t'adore, ich liebe dich
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick
Hit me slowly, hit me quick
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
In the wilds of Borneo
And the vineyards of Bordeaux
Eskimo, Arapaho
Move their body to and fro
Hit me with your rhythm stick
Hit me! Hit me!
Das ist gut, c'est fantastique
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick
It's nice to be a lunatic
Hit me! Hit me! Hit mmmeeee!
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
In the dock of Tiger Bay
On the road to Mandalay
From Bombay to Santa Fé
Over the hills to Brixton Academy!
Hit me with your rhythm stick
Hit me! Hit me!
C'est si bon, ist es nicht
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick
Two fat persons, click, click, click
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
#IanDury #TheBlockheads #HitMeWithYourRhythmStick

[@christicar4]

Even though i am an old git of 81 it reminds me to get old disgracefully. Rock on Ian 😇😈❤❤

[@luisepenna2189]

😘😘😘

[@user-bo8sn6dh9d]

Pure Proppa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ninaevans4501]

Never too old bless you!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@simeonorive145]

My Dad made it to 78 miss him every fucken minute. He loved few "pop" songs this was one of em. I did not not grow up in London or England even but that vernacular "Git" is part of my vocabulary. Thank you Chris.

[@Ian_owl]

Top s you to 👍🦉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥷🏿🏴‍☠️💙

[@lubilou64]

That bass line!! Norman Watt-Roy is a bass playing genius!

[@garethanthonyforsyth5303]

My favourite x

[@pittiplatsch9635]

Genau! Und nicht diese ganzen anderen Bass-Idioten, wo viele immer denken: Oh! Ist das toll....

[@NormAppleton]

A man named Norman Watt-Roy must grow up to be an epic bass player.

[@NormAppleton]

Like all men named Bernard

[@davidc2588]

👍

[@lynnynmick.1243]

No words..This geezer is and forever will be a genius. Sax bloody brilliant.

[@user-gy3cs9wl3g]

A lovely GEEZER

[@user-uj9ke1iw4l]

There's a fine line between genius and insanity...

[@user-uj9ke1iw4l]

I'm 62 and LOVE Ian Dury!

[@ingridthurner3651]

65❤

[@TheOBOM]

I'm 63 and absolutely don't give a fuck about what you like or dislike.

[@c.c.6320]

@@TheOBOM Idiot!

[@elizabethcurtin4468]

Well i like shame on you.

[@jaypotrykus2391]

@@TheOBOM I'm 25 and like to hear about mutual loves of music because enjoying music collectively brings me great joy. you moody git

[@FishpondsLady]

I adore Ian Dury and the Blockheads. My mum had polio (my dad did too, but he recovered fully). My mum lived life from the age of four with a withered leg and arm due to polio, she still gave birth to me and my sister, and at one point she was the biggest employer in Stourbridge. She always held up Ian Dury as a role model for people living with polio, and I love him because he was a great singer! And obviously, he reminds me of my lovely Mum.

[@angelamason3526]

Great story.xx

[@wollaminfaetter]

Polio or not.. they rocked my world before i knew! I wish pop music would be as good today as then.

[@rintintin7529]

wonderfu; story amy

[@jimmybehan1645]

Great roll model,fair play loved the block heads,

[@grahammorgan3194]

Just checking in. Hope you are ok.

[@bartlemy]

British at it's very finest. Mad, accentric and funky as heck. Was a young child and loved it then, love it now

[@drghostboy8319]

@baxterdury

[@Awibrahor]

Saxentric

[@jacquelinefox2632]

Ian Dury has a chair. In Hyde Park. Google it.🥰

[@ECCENTRICERIC69]

@rumbottom Yawn, bore off!!

[@sourjellybaby4286]

@rumbottom According to Wikipedia (it's not the most scientific but still), Ian Dury was born in Harrow and spent some of his childhood in Cornwall. He moved to Essex at the age of 7 after a short sorjourn in Switzerland. Don't think that makes him Cornish. His heart and soul was of an Essex lad.

[@oolongoolong789]

Ian Dury - the people's bard. A true original.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Nobody can ever come close to Ian Dury.

[@ninaevans4501]

Thanks for your lovely comment to the late Ian Dury. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@kevinmcgrath3591]

it never gets old, does it !

[@gaild4048]

Hahaha…nope!!

[@badgercentralist]

No it do not

[@ninaevans4501]

It certainly doesn't Sir 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@neilneil7911]

A standout in a crowd of poets. He tangled words and rhythms into our being and I thank him for it.

[@user-pf6ib3ue5s]

Hit hit me with you rhythm stick

[@BillODriscoll-jo2ve]

Ian Dury and the blockheads were a great band in the 70s Rest in peace ian Dury 🙏 😔 💔

[@ninaevans4501]

Here, here. A lovely sentiment to a genius, no longer with us. Thanks for your comment. 💗💗💗💗💗👍👍👍👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@neilphelan145]

Real musicians with Real talent playing Real analog instruments !! No digital crap !!!!

[@user-bo6rv6ox8t]

The Blockheads were the best

[@christicar4]

I always sing this and do the dance when performing on Karaoke as it normally goes down a storm. What a brilliant wordsmith Ian Dury so sadly missed.

[@ninaevans4501]

Bless you Sir. Ian Dury (and the Block Heads). A talent gone, and so sadly missed. ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Ian Dury (May 12, 1942 - March 27, 2000), age 57 You will be remembered as a legend

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

ian has a bench in some park a bit near london. google it.

[@josephasghar]

How he ever managed to assemble such a wealth of talent in one band, I’ll never know.

[@waggafletcher]

Charisma mate.

[@MaitreMark]

@@waggafletcher That would be it ;)

[@Dlweta57]

Right on brother, took the words straight outta my mouth

[@nickhall5959]

Norf London for you mate,

[@tonyzed6831]

@Scott Alexander Chaz Jankel had a succesfull career. And (although it's not one of his most remembered songs) I think "Now you're dancing" is a spirit successor to this.

[@TJPenitencia]

Punk, funk, disco, and pop all rolled up in a brilliant late-70s burrito. This song and Blondie's "Rapture" are planets orbiting the same sun.

[@salvadordeadly723]

Bass player deserves an award for this one. Awesome.

[@user-xh2so8ef3o]

He was paid by the note : )

[@starlingsplanettv2950]

absolute completely f*cking brilliance. still as amazing over 40 years on as the day I first heard it.

[@TomKappeln]

Same here ..

[@marbo6429]

you that old bag

[@spello8191]

Absolutely agree!!

[@paureh9573]

3.23 coolness personified 😎

[@mg6844]

Well said 👍

[@marcwilliams2364]

I'm 66 and still love Ian..Brilliant.

[@ingridthurner3651]

65❤

[@idd1954]

70

[@warrenbrown4229]

57😁

[@shelleycheeseman8904]

I can remember my parents taking me & my brother to see Ian Dury & The Blockheads play live at Crystal Palace park U.K as little kids we must have only been 5 & 4 years old they couldn’t get a babysitter that night so took us with them ! The crowd having a great time laughing at seeing these two little kids me & my bro sat high on our parents shoulders going crazy at this song ! Still a favourite song of ours to this day now in our late 40’s - great memory to have 😊

[@richardvandervlies8003]

It will be with you , the rest of your life !!!!

[@l.b.2592]

❣That is so great!!!!!!!❣Thank you for sharing your wonderful memory❣

[@Baydzone]

This is awesome!! HIT ME WITH YOUR RYTHM STICK!!!

[@bigboibenz]

I'm envious of that. Got into Ian Dury too late to see him live. Treasure these memories!

[@user-zt2wc3uh1l]

56 yo bassist here, child and disciple of the 70s and 80s. I....never...heard...this...till.... today. How did I miss this? I am blown away, jaw wide open.

[@blindsquirrel7802]

68 yo bassist and Im going nuts trying to figure it out. 3 tutorials, 3 slightly different versions all in the same place and none sounds exactly like this. NW-R is from the future.

[@janemortimore6081]

Wow!

[@edhoughton2609]

you're 56 and you have never heard of this track? get out! i am 59 and we used to sing this on the bus on the way to school

[@user-zt2wc3uh1l]

@@edhoughton2609 , I'm in America. These guys were basically unheard of.

[@johnfone758]

Not possible was you raised in a bubble

[@dotdotdotdotdot6229]

Ian Dury should have been made Britain's poet laureate. His lyrics are so sublime and sharp.

[@usandthem73]

After John Cooper Clarke. Maybe.

[@pigknickers2975]

@@usandthem73 JCC is number one, Ian burnt out after a few years. JCC is superb. But I love this.

[@usandthem73]

Yeh it is good.

[@1953beetle]

Under rated as an actor.

[@deemdoubleu]

Too sharp for the establishment

[@jillsommerville7828]

I'm 67 and it still gets me up dancing and the old foot tapping, what a blast! 💥

[@SAHB]

That is good fantastic 👌😊

[@terrymcginness1405]

I'm 64 and LOVE this song loved it since it came out 😁🏌🎶🎶

[@fcassmann]

Same here. Greetz from a dutchie.

[@26095]

Me too!

[@axelgebauer799]

I'm with you! Listen to this fucking nice piano!

[@deborahmorgan1736]

The Blockheads were all fantastic musicians- unmatched as a band. And Ian Dury- fabulous lyricist and beyond cool. Gorgeous man xx

[@brendanayres7920]

There's been nothing like this brilliant song since. A wonderful mix of rock, punk, jazz and skiffle. Such a shame we lost Ian D so young.

[@luchoalzu4408]

Pero si no murió joven...

[@craiglong5442]

Don't forget that funk

[@chrisbennett6260]

more funk rock and jaz then skilful or punk do me a favour

[@chrisbennett6260]

the base line is basically funk rift

[@brendanayres7920]

​@@chrisbennett6260 Yes, magic funk base.

[@williamcoram6492]

Probably one of the most underated artists of our time. Plus, the difficultes that he had with polio. Well, what a fabulous artist and despite what he had to face, day to day, he did this with great humility and dignity. That's why he'll always be great. . He's a gent, a great musical artist, and frankly, a gentlemen .

[@rippi37]

Nope ...never was or will ever be "underrated

[@ianlowden6168]

@@rippi37 Exactly. He was universally celebrated.

[@jacquelinefox2632]

Not yet... Its nice to be a lunatic... Sax a my phone 🎤🎼💖🎶Tigress Bay??????

[@nickimorley536]

Totally agree

[@nickimorley536]

@@rippi37 vastly underrated at the time

[@TheLemonShines]

a unique and clever band , top musicians and a great front man

[@PETERGRIFFIN21380]

Superb. Hit me slowly hit me quick…it’s nice to be a lunatic 😂😂

[@countiblis1246]

That bass line is a serious finger-tangler. Fantastique indeed.

[@colinjennings3661]

The blockheads were a fantastic band.

[@aquamarine99911]

I use this line to practice with. It really limbers up the fingers. But then when I try to play along with the original, it's actually 25% faster than I was expecting. I can't believe how the bass player is able to keep playing that many notes at that speed for five minutes. And I see live versions where he plays faster and for longer while they stretch out the song. Point being, the more you know about bass, the more you realize how amazing this bass line is.

[@dynasticlight1073]

@@colinjennings3661 Oh Yez Thay weir

[@DennisCarney1976]

Yeah, it’s a proper fucker to play, but bloody inspired! Talent….

[@barrylongden7]

@@aquamarine99911 Before I quit bass I found using three fingers instead of two tho pluck made it easier (in a way) to play smoothly. I was surprised to find that Norman Watt Roy played it with the standard two fingers

[@DoctorDave5]

My gran used to wave her walking stick around when this was on Top of the Pops.

[@MONK-7]

One of the best bass lines ever!

[@Andrew-cl7kg]

Sensationally brilliant

[@ExiledStardust]

Ian Dury taught me that it's nice to be a lunatic.

[@tonyzed6831]

Raises hand - Yesss, be a lunatic, it helps in this world.

[@randallalan4221]

Maybe it will keep us from going insane? I remember hearing this song on FM radio late 70's and like it more today!

[@Rosie-tv3ki]

Definitely 🤭

[@howardchambers9679]

Taught me to love spastics.

[@user-nv3ze7yw3e]

64 here and i still remember the first time i heard this ........... like a hurricane at mach 3 ! brilliant !

[@jamesfestini]

I have never heard of this guy. Add 51 years old I look forward to diving in real deep because this guy is my kind of guy

[@Chewligan1]

You've lived under a rock then

[@ACNC1]

Ian never cracked america in the late 70's

[@ezeee595]

Are you kidding me? That’s like saying you’ve never heard of Mozart before.

[@jamesfestini]

@@ezeee595 so many good musicians that people somehow never know of. I actually consider myself a seeker of this. Imagine those who don’t even try?

[@toppepp]

Big in Canada back in the day. Madness, the Clash, English Beat, Orchestral Manouvres in theDark. The The, Jam, Style Council, etc, etc.

[@74kid]

I was born in 74 and this was one of the first pieces of music I was aware of. I was fascinated by it. Loved the combo of different languages and found it both hilarious, outrageous and brilliant. I must have been 4 or something. Love it so much.

[@g2macs]

If you actually listen to this on vinyl, your jaw will drop at the thickness of the bass and drums.. ...you couldn’t get a better mix, everyone in that studio that day were at the peak of their game.

[@WedgePee]

I have a second-hand copy (sadly with the centre pushed out, as the label had a big bubble). Lots of old music has good bass. Peggy Lee’s Fever and Cliff Richard’s Living Doll are great examples, and they came out 20 years before this!

[@terkelalgevind529]

Man my spine shivers at many points with my digital bullcrap. I can imagine the shivers. ;p Hmm maybe I should get a rig.

[@limbobilbo8743]

Oh yeah the bass in this is thumping Im teaching myself it. Its difficult but its good

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Totally agree....

[@unitedstatesofavalon6760]

Heehee..my first ever vinyl..I was 5

[@puttypiss]

Ian Dury was absolutely brilliant....he sums up British music perfectly.

[@cynic252]

why british..just music

[@lionheartroar3104]

Nothing else screams 80's like this classic!

[@gregculverwell]

@@cynic252 OK, but tell me what other country would have published music like this? I'm not born British, but this style is unique and very stylish in its own way. (sadly now deceased)

[@dean-gm1lg]

@@gregculverwell spot on sir it's eccentrically British to the core

[@rogerb5615]

This track was pressed on a 45EP and included as a bonus with Dury's first LP - at least it was in Canada. 76 y/o now and I still dig this track.

[@jamescox8402]

That was a one of a kind band.

[@jen3800]

fucking incredible performer and artist and band. despite his disease he made this happen. the voice of defiance and courage right here. makes a glass eye weep.

[@RodFleming-World]

I saw him many times. On several he actually fell off stage. OK it might have been stunted but jings a 12 foot drop into the orchestra pit? Some boy

[@zapkvr]

BOOM!!!!

[@danbalazs9088]

Oi, oi! Fucking right, mate! I love and miss this gritty bastard. God save him but not so much the queen or king or whomever so identifies as the him/her/it of a random birth.

[@janicejones8598]

Yes, brilliant performer and didn't let his disability stop him.

[@viol8r007]

good music ALWAYS comes from hard times, dreaming about , singing about good times , good people and Good sex ....Always ... There are obviously songs that are great about not good times but those need to be cherry picked ....The exception to the rule one would say not the norm .....Bog Geldofs Boomtownrats Mondays comes to mind .

[@shaunloynds5317]

Norman Watt Roy is exceptional on this track. The whole band were and are as incredible as they are unique. saw them loads live and they are super tight.

[@philmus1]

One of the hardest basslines to learn and play. Has even professional bass player's spitting feathers!

[@ReecePoolinho]

Probably one of the greatest basslines of all time, from the legendary Norman Watt-Roy

[@diamonddog4708]

The baseline on this wonderful song gives me chills the minute it starts

[@Idcanymore510]

The Blockheads, quite easily the most musically accomplished band of that whole era and widely recognised by their peers as such.

[@johnhetherington8922]

They couldn't play for toffee, I've never heard such amateurish codswallop. Still, if that's what floats your boat I can understand why your wife's tooling the milkman.

[@sammcclurg7333]

Sir Ian, the greatest

[@davidmellish3295]

The most musically accomplished band,where did you get that nonsense from ? Your personal favourite band I can except, but easily the most musically accomplished band is pure bollocks

[@GilbertNeal]

@@davidmellish3295 XTC was, player for player, better.

[@davidmellish3295]

@@GilbertNeal erm re read my comments mate,I was disagreeing with the original comment, I don't think they were the most musically accomplished band,I said that was bollocks

[@brenkelly1474]

Played this for my 15 year old son today ...he loved it....he then said "music from the 70s and 80s is so good"...being an old codger myself, I simply smiled and nodded.!!☺️☺️

[@gary8219]

Not just the bass line, which is awesome, but how that lead gets to sing " hit me" at the end. Pure brilliance!!! Sorely missed Ian Drury. 🙏😎

[@User-jk8wq]

The Blockheads are quite possibly the greatest backing band of all time

[@TimScottSuiGeneris]

I hate life sometimes, it's 2017 and this is my first time hearing this song and listening to Ian's music. How in the bloody hell did this guy not cross my music timeline ? I have some homework to do, Ian's in my head now and I'm not letting him go.

[@henkpaardevet]

Tim Scott Don't worry kid. When I was your age Sir Ian ruined my home work many times. It inspired me too though B-) But even nowadays I discover old and new tunes that rock me off me chair. Now get back to yer home work, for fok sake :@

[@Dan-ty8rv]

Tim take a look at all the music of 78 to 80 I guarantee you will find lots tracks that will make you wish you were there. I was and it was special time for music.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

+Tim Scott Or, looked at another way, you discovered an amazing song from 40 years ago through the internet. I don't know how old you are, but 'homework' suggests you weren't alive when this was released. It's actually easier for old farts like me to hear music from back in the day now than it was back in the day. Same for new music and everything in between. As consumers of music, we are blessed. Musicians looking to make a living: not so much.

[@harrycooke6349]

Ha ha ha yeah man

[@harrycooke6349]

Nice to see this again

[@edmondthomas282]

Blockheads were a bloody brilliant, tight band. The topping on the cake was Ian Duty’s word play and charisma

[@Nttmf]

His talent and lyrics are under-rated, he was very intelligent. Stuck in hospital trying to recover reading poetry. Will always be remembered.

[@maggiefollett636]

Highly rated, actually.

[@nicko9802]

Where the fuck did all of this talent come from and how is it that they all came together at the one time to form this one band! It can't be by chance! This proves the existence of a God and that she is funky!!!

[@markmcallan973]

Damn straight bro 👍

[@matthewrawlings9207]

Killer bassline. Absolutely beautiful. What a band. All the right ingredients and all the right minded Messrs coming together to create perfection! Magic!!!

[@stevecarter8810]

I could listen to the blockheads grooving for twenty straight minutes before even layering the vocals on top. So many instrumental parts so tastefully ducking and weaving around one another leaving room for each other. Fantastic.

[@Ystadcop]

Norman Watt Roy. The best.

[@maurajakksenbyrne9628]

What an sublime group of musicians everyone exceptional

[@robertgetz4511]

what a serious amount of musicianship. all top notch players

[@zoltanpinter1975]

Never Forget Ian Dury!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@armanicomio1610]

Probably the best bass line ever in history in music... Absolutely superb fantastic band..real Musicians..Ian Dury a real genius nothing less

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Wrong. The history of music started with someone called Bach. Ever heard of him!?! If it wasn't for him you would never have heard this.

[@toddbrittain1060]

certainly one of the best on a pop record

[@kevingraf7080]

Talent

[@carlmackenzie7418]

5⭐️awards to you, it is the best bass line ever !

[@FONEternal]

We got an autist here folks

[@felixwinter1084]

Soo good, especially musically, and yet so spit and rough! A brilliant tune that doesn’t care what people think about it! More Punk without being punk is hardly imaginable!

[@monacaravetta]

I LOVE the bassline !!!!

[@SilverfoxJB]

2024 here - Fricking loved Ian Dury. And the Blockheads were such an amazing tight back up band,

[@petercolledge8204]

What a song and what a talent Dury had. Complex orchestration, truly original.

[@dlphcoracl9645]

3:20 - 3:40: The interplay and exchange between bassist Norman Watt-Roy and Chaz Jankel is electric.

[@stevebrazilio]

Every now and then I catch a cold and my voice goes deep... then I get those sooo low notes from Ian Drury... effing genius

[@kathleenjohnstone9014]

My dad thought this song was absolutely fantastic 👏 👌 he passed away 2 years ago but he would always sing along 2 it if it was on the radio!! Miss u loads dad xx 😪😪 but u had great taste in music!!

[@tonyzed6831]

Your dad was right. Your dad had great taste in music, yep!!

[@freddysquirenaranjo4859]

My father passed in 2000, 24 years ago... back in the day we sung this in the car and full blast.... lol 1978.... he played sax and loved this tune..... wonder way? lol 😂 😂 your father had great taste like mine lol 😂😂

[@raymondpatterson5218]

atta girl

[@tone3817]

This song blew me away in 78, I was 14 and music mad, everything from abba, the who & pistols I loved it all..great time to be growing up, thanks for memories..

[@edhoughton2609]

yea - Abba were fantastic - also Sparks, ELO, the Beegees, Queen, 10cc, and many many others a good time to have music all around

[@Morgann140]

This is brilliant. Loved it when it first came out. Still love it now, at age 73. Can't beat that era. Great times.

[@Craigard100]

Just amazing! I remember every word. Great to see them again. RIP Ian.

[@djmarie2058]

Great underrated tune! Thanks poster, forgot how much I enjoyed this tune... Recall: working At 16 yrs. of age, at "The Gap" folding those coveted Levi's jeans, while we danced in the when aisles when there were no customers the store! Thanks for jogging out those lovely moments. ❤❤❤❤

[@spiderreed350]

I saw Ian at Toads Place in New Haven Ct,they did a 23 minute version of this crazy tune,it was insane,Ian was so coked up he could barely talk but his singing was spot on,funny how that happenes... peace to all!

[@sammurphy5573]

Ian Dury! What a blast from the past! Still a favorite. I remember when I was little and looking on an ATLAS to find out where SUDAN was cause of this guy! And learnt he gave so much of himself when alot of people in his shoes would've had trouble getting out of bed.... Ace. X

[@ambrosejeremiah7869]

The energy. just fire

[@stevefinn618]

Lyrically nothing comes close this gem

[@user-pf6ib3ue5s]

Amazing band genius Ian

[@lionheartroar3104]

Friggin great song and the bass riff is killer

[@r4h4al]

He's so awesome RIP Ian Drury

[@Rippedflesh69]

Growing up in the 70's and 80's was awesome! That bass line!

[@diamonddog4708]

Phenomenal band, phenomenal song, phenomenal era. A wonderful time to be young, it was brilliant thanks to people like Ian Dury.

[@SAHB]

Same here I went watch them in 1977

[@diamonddog4708]

@@SAHB Wonderful 😃👍

[@SAHB]

Well did you get too watch them live ? And I'm not being bitchy I will tell you how good he was

[@SAHB]

Thanks 😊😊👍

[@SAHB]

Let's keep listening 🎧

[@rickyraw5457]

Genius of Ian Dury and the blockheads .... Timeless 👍👍

[@alm5966]

I was 10 when this came out and I thought it was fantastic. Recorded it off TOTP onto a tape recorder and told everyone to keep quiet until it was over. 79 was the best year I can remember...the music, summer holidays, playing out with mates til the sun went down. Ah, the good old days.

[@ninaevans4501]

God Bless you Ian Dury. Life hit you hard. With polio and a bloody walking stick. But you hit back, you hit back quick. A lovely guy with a heart so strong. But a elephant hide that don't break quick. We miss you all Mr Fantastic The warm and loving guy with his walking stick. God Bless Fella A True Legend ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@RomeTokyooneway]

I always loved this song and Ian Dury!

[@steveberti7060]

Ian owned the stage superb intertainer and his amazing band

[@davycoioi6839]

Awesome. No other word for these guys. ❤

[@johnd8538]

Proper musicians, Ian Dury was a one off and brilliant.

[@RaminTork]

As a teenager I was blown away with this song. Years later I recognized and I'm not sure if it is acknowledged by anyone else that there is a Fela Kuti AfroBeat influence there. Specially when the two Saxes come in. The repeated patterns etc. its all there. Still, Ian Dury and The Blockheads were one of a kind.

[@FHIPrincePeter]

Good observation. Back then the musical influences were everywhere, just low hanging fruit. We all took it for granted.

[@BarrieVee]

HMWYRS moves me today just as much as the day it was released.. magical !

[@ingeposch8091]

a great musician... RIP Ian, we still miss you.

[@robbiedubbelman3024]

My parents showed me this as kid, my brother and I were OBSESSED with this song. Then years later I decided to listen to it again and was blown away by the musicianship 🤯😵‍💫🫨

[@final_mile_music9713]

Superb musicianship. Such a sound. Iconic.

[@louisbudjac4917]

I had to say one more thing. With all this man put up with in life, he was a Rock star! But those challenges in life bring forth that greatness. Love you 4ever Ian. Hit me!!!

[@user-wh7so3qt3o]

Ian Dury was a true visionary well ahead of his time !!! Like a fine wine this gets better with time !!!

[@Posttrip]

Absolutely BRILLIANT! Ian Dury, what a GENIUS! And, his IN-SANE band, the Blockheads! Only recently got past ‘the hits’, which are so few on free radios, and got into his albums. WHAT THE HECK HAVE I BEEN MISSING?! Can’t get enough!!!

[@michellebowers8652]

This song just popped in my head out of nowhere, I bet it’s been 40 years since I heard it last. It’s good to hear it again.

[@stevedennis6733]

Had the pleasure of spending a day with Ian Dury - what a nice, modest bloke he was.

[@mossygreen2790]

the band were great too, good fun to be around, not standoff-ish, very modest. Met him & the band through his brother who was in the Q Tips, another great live band. We shared some notorious water fights in a pub (forgotten the name, I think it was in Luton somewhere?) But it was great, a fantastic era for real live music of so many genres.

[@royfearn4345]

Yes, he comes across like that.

[@mossygreen2790]

In my previous message, I should have stated that I was referring to the brilliant bass player, Norman Watt-Roy

[@antonystringfellow5152]

And this is such a rare characterstic among successful, talented artists. I really envy you! Never knew him but wishing I did and trying to get to know him now. More loved than he ever knew.

[@cartimandua_]

Ian Drury - magical band - what a performance. Us of Ian Drury's generation we all grew up with Polio victims in family or school pals who recovered - having withered arm or legs with callipers. It was all too common - before they came with the Polio vaccine and no one had to suffer anymore.

[@h.robinson9711]

We (my father in law and I) were looking for a "mood ring" song. He knew this one and we enjoyed it.

[@dennistomlinson1682]

This came out when I was at school. The kids loved this number.

[@sunderwood121]

One of the best songs ever written. Performed by a genius. ❤️

[@sallyjoan]

this, one of the best songs? You must be joking...

[@sunderwood121]

No, it’s my opinion which has the cube root of feck all to do with you.

[@sallyjoan]

you're still talking out of your backside like the idiot you are. If you think this crap is good you seriously need your ears cleaned out.@@sunderwood121

[@davidweatherstone956]

I can’t even begin to try and tell you all what an utterly mind blowing experience was to hear this for the first time as a 12 year old and 42 years later my mind is blown still . This s one ☝️ of the most perfect songs ever written..........!!!!!

[@caseyfitch2330]

I was about 7 or 8 when I first heard it, I remember thinking I'd never heard anything like it, and I still haven't!

[@NormAppleton]

I was born in 1966 so Dury hit me at 13. Blessed that he did. It's funny I always knew there was an army of Ian Dury fans out there. Yet I didn't know know that the impact was like mine. It was.

[@flohoo9918]

I love Black Mirror! :)

[@Greg-io1ip]

Ian Dury created his own musical niche. The Blockheads agreed to try out the songs Dury had been working on for years. The musicians loved the songs so much, they jumped in. I understand Norman Watt Roy was the guy Ian Dury bonded with closely to make it happen. Thank you Norman. Saw one of your KZbin videos. You sir are a proper chap indeed!