Exploring Ian Dury, The Blockheads & HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK | New British Canon

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  @TrashTheory · 4 years ago (edited) · pinned

  So what&apos;s your favourite Ian Dury song? Comment down below!<br> <br>Trash Theory playlist - Spotify: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yxp32pjf">tinyurl.com/yxp32pjf</a> &nbsp;Apple Music: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2p83px9m">https://tinyurl.com/2p83px9m</a> &nbsp;Deezer: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y2mdp8h2">tinyurl.com/y2mdp8h2 </a><br>Also if you want to help support the channel, here&apos;s my patreon link: <a href="http://patreon.com/trashtheory">patreon.com/trashtheory</a>

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• JA

  @janinebedfordl · 4 years ago

  At the risk of sounding exactly like the old fart that I am, I&apos;m so glad I grew up at a time when the pop singles chart was full of such diverse music / artists. Ian Dury - a huge talent and a fascinating man

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• ME

  @meboppie · 4 years ago

  One piece of trivia is that Ian’s funeral was paid for by his label mate at Stiff Records, Kirsty MacColl (who I also adore). &nbsp;Nine months later she was killed in a careless boating accident in Cozumel. &nbsp;She died saving her oldest son.

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• IA

  @iainjohnson1235 · 4 years ago

  worth remembering that his song &apos;Spasticus Autsticus&apos; was banned at the time by the BBC. &nbsp;But used at the opening of the Paralaympics in London 2012. I&apos;m sure he would have enjoyed that!

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• JO

  @jonnyfalimarcos · 2 years ago

  The funny thing for me is that although he was the man who put cockney on the world stage his band reflected the whole of London life, Jankel was Jewish, Watt Roy was Asian, Charley Charles was black, a real cockney mix of all the people in the shit together, and as the video explains their musical influences were deep and varied, and completely original in their reworking of jazz, funk, soul and rock riffs. I loved them!

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• RI

  @RingoDeathstar · 4 years ago

  The Blockheads are hugely underrated as musicians!!!

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• PC

  @pcno2832 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_82awqsQJ14&amp;t=88">1:28</a> Gene Vincent kept performing not only after his 1955 motorcycle accident, but even after his body was wrecked further in the Wiltshire crash that killed Eddie Cochran. As his career waned, he developed a habit of pointing guns around recklessly and in 1968 he even took a few shots at Gary Glitter. For better or worse, he missed.

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• CO

  @cogsnbanjo · 4 years ago

  Seriously, Ian Dury and the Blockheads was the best live act I ever saw. So much energy and humour. He was exhausted at the end of the gig - he gave it everything.

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• NE

  @NewFalconerRecords · 4 years ago

  The new wave era was a remarkably open time for artists in their 30s to suddenly be cutting-edge rock artists (which would have been unthinkable in earlier times). People such as Dury himself, Debbie Harry, Lemmy, Andy Summers of the Police and Dave Edmunds all had a new lease on their careers.

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• FR

  @franklindickens5762 · 1 year ago

  been listening to &nbsp;Ian Dury since the mid 70&apos;s. still kicking him now. RIP Ian

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• PL

  @plasticsoundwavecult · 4 years ago

  My dad was in the USAF and our family were stationed in England. I still remember when “Hit Me…” was in the charts and watching it on TotP. 1978 was a wonderful year to hear all of that new music.

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• MA

  @martinmcwilliams · 4 years ago

  Meet Ian Dury years ago in Belfast such a delightful guy he was everything you wanted him to be.

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