All the fuss Spacticus Autisticus caused for Ian Dury when he made it and they banned it and then they used it for the 2012 paralympics, good that someone finally grew some balls and understood its message.
@davidjones64703 жыл бұрын
Yeah you got a bloody point there!!
@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou3 жыл бұрын
I came here to say the same thing. IO was just watching an interview with Ian Dury who said he knew it wouldn't get played on the radio when he wrote it, but that wasn't going to stop him recording it and releasing it. I remember all the fuss at the time and it came from non-handicapped people. What a journey
@pault1964 Жыл бұрын
Did the same to Jonny rotten about Savill
@simonbrowning42298 жыл бұрын
I shed a tear a tear at the time, Ian would have been so pleased. He song finally was understood by the masses.
@RastaSaiyaman4 жыл бұрын
Same here man, I can't help but to tear up. Autistic and proud!
@kylesmith35553 жыл бұрын
So very true, well said
@stevecostello42783 жыл бұрын
Agreed, he was speaking for the voiceless back then and is still doing so now. An important song.
@markyg2542 жыл бұрын
Ian's subversive intent was shunned through fear and disgust. In yer face!
@lesliemackay78532 жыл бұрын
I vehemently disagree! The state stealing His Song, while still treating The People like Shite! I think The Gentleman I met would've sued! A Blockhead!
@willhouse Жыл бұрын
This part of the Opening Ceremony is *amazing* all by itself but it gets even better when you realize that in the audience was *The friggin' Queen herself,* at least a dozen foreign dignitaries, a few other British royals as well as the Mayor of London *and* the Prime Minister... *all screamed at with noble purpose and utter badassery by a dedicated group of disabled folks.*
@OlafProt Жыл бұрын
I’ve rarely been more proud of my country than at this moment .
@Ewtube10112 жыл бұрын
my dad was getting really bored and said to me"right,im going to bed" two seconds later "oh no im not thats an ian dury song!!! fantistic version of it, im really surprised they allowed it
@boowh010 жыл бұрын
ian would have loved this
@kimfletcher34054 жыл бұрын
He would of brilliant bloke well before his time ;)
@RastaSaiyaman11 жыл бұрын
I'm Autistic, at school my peers used to justify their bullying by telling me "You're different, that's why we always go after you." I'M SPASTICUS AUTISTICUS!
@tatemitchell14792 жыл бұрын
I had the same experience. They didn't say it to me outright - I was too self-aware as it was that something was "wrong" with me, so they didn't have to. But I too am proud to say... I'M SPASTICUS AUTISTICUS!!
@grumpyoldman34582 жыл бұрын
I'M SPASTICUS AUTISTICUS!
@RastaSaiyaman Жыл бұрын
@@tatemitchell1479 A few years ago, I went to the UK and visited the places where Ian Dury made a name for himself. It was an emotional journey.
@electrogeek776 жыл бұрын
This was pure, unapologetic disability pride. It probably made some nondisabled people uncomfortable, and I'm glad if it did!
@djp91553 жыл бұрын
Makes this non disabled person uncomfortable with not having a disability, thats the power this song and performance has
@jack06092 жыл бұрын
It didn’t for me I think we should be proud of who we are not apologise for it
@fishwatch86772 жыл бұрын
@@jack0609 Absolutely. At the 2024 Paralympics there will be a paedophile pride parade, because as you say, we should be proud of who we are and not apologise for it.
@jack0609 Жыл бұрын
@@fishwatch8677 you can’t cure anything like autism but you can cure paedophelia with a little thing called chemical castration
@seansands424 Жыл бұрын
good
@nacekozo7 ай бұрын
I am proud of my autism, and I have told my son to be proud of his as well. When I heard this at the 2012 Paralympics I burst into tears as I had never heard my condition being celebrated before and it broke down a huge wall.
@craig362715 күн бұрын
Two mongs don't make a right
@V8AmericanMuscleCar5 ай бұрын
I'm not disabled but I get goosebumps when I listen to this. I think the acceptance of this song even after 30 years is a big step in the "evolution" of humanity. Here we can see how ahead of his time Ian Dury was. We are still far from all disabled people being accepted equally and everywhere but I hope we are moving towards that. I love you all! ❤
@sjukfan10 жыл бұрын
Fucking amazing performance. Brings tears to my eyes.
@sjukfan7 жыл бұрын
Still does. Blubbering like a baby and laughing at the same time.
@MagpieSue2 жыл бұрын
@@sjukfan I tear up every time I watch this.
@jack06092 жыл бұрын
Ian Dury would be proud his song is used the way he intended be proud of who you are as long as your not hurting anybody ❤️
@MrKavan826 жыл бұрын
Ian Dury is an absolute legend, so sad he is no longer with us, as with Stephen Hawking.
@craig362715 күн бұрын
Yep old Stevie is sitting drooling on Epstein's island in the sky
@ajaxt9333 Жыл бұрын
Ian Dury would have loved this and laughed too. I have a life changing leg injury but I,m thankful for being just able to walk normal and not be stuck in a wheelchair. Disability is still looked at in negative ways but watching this made me feel humble and in awe of the people who,s disability is their normality.. ✌️❤️
@Dermacrosis11 ай бұрын
He would have been part of the performance if he was alive at the time.
@JohnBlaney12 жыл бұрын
Ian would have been so proud. Thanks for posting this uplifting performance of one of Ian's most under rated songs.
@strumbadstroller73502 ай бұрын
What a wonderful tribute to one of the Greatest Lyricists of our time....Beautiful!
@Tomversal2 жыл бұрын
Simultaneously such a rocker and meaningful whilst also being hilarious, Ian was genius, RIP
@janetfinn255 жыл бұрын
Finally acknowledged for his genius & what a great performance by all!♡
@litofernandez112 жыл бұрын
From one of the performers.it was awesome.
@VelvetClawOfficial2 жыл бұрын
I have spoken to a person who has physical difficulties,this is his go to song with his friend at a kareoke night. This song is all about giving people RESPECT . May all the atoms and energy give respect to Mr Ian Dury bless
@jonblackburn76342 жыл бұрын
That has absolutely destroyed me. 12 years too late for Ian to see it, 30 years too late to be proved right.
@christinemccrea4371 Жыл бұрын
same, mate. same.
@jamesphlames74984 ай бұрын
Ian was a wise man. He knew he was right all along. He didn't need to be vilified by others.
@caramuyo3 жыл бұрын
I came to watch this because I'm a big Ian fan. But for some reason I was getting so much dust in my eyes 👀 but so happy too. I'm sure he is happy they finally got his msg. Wish he would have been alive to see this.
@DonsMeadow11 жыл бұрын
I'm proud to count the lead singer (John Kelly) as a friend. The Graeae Theatre Company's production of 'Reasons to be Cheerful' was fantastic and I loved it so much that I saw it twice - I'm not even a great fan of Ian Dury's music but I loved the musical.
@Krugsie19792 жыл бұрын
The best opening to any event ever.
@MobinKiadeh11 жыл бұрын
God bless you Ian Dury!!! you would've been so proud R.I.P
@18Hongo12 жыл бұрын
Well that was probably the most Punk thing the world has seen since the mid 80s...
@gj753611 жыл бұрын
Never have i wished someone was alive to see this. Rest in Paradise Ian!
@lessismore598 жыл бұрын
What an aknowledgement -
@Cruzy18922 жыл бұрын
This make’s me so proud to be AUTISTICUS!!!!!
@fraserkatie6 жыл бұрын
Im proud and honoured to know Graeae Theatre Company who commandeered this song in this and Mik Scarlet , Mat Fraser and others who Ive befriended over many years being part of this , love them! Im friends with some of them that appeared in the opening show!
@444Bam6 жыл бұрын
Ian is up there smiling from ear to ear .....ARTistiscus!!!
@wesmatron3 жыл бұрын
Ian would, I'm sure, be chuffed that people FINALLY got the meaning of the song. As he said himself, it was a song to declare "We will no longer be enslaved"
@MrPants19702 жыл бұрын
I can hear Orbital in there, love Ian Dury, god rest his soul
@kiwifarmsdotnet7 жыл бұрын
i cant believe they actually played this song
@TWENTYSEVENSTORIES3 жыл бұрын
Good on them for playing it though.
@Bram252 жыл бұрын
They banned it for years but the way we look at handicapped people has changed a lot. Yes. Sometimes still awkward having no idea what to when, say, someone in a wheelchair falls and struggles to get up. But hey. We got a lot further and we understand the idea now not all handicapped are sad, poor, unhappy, needy idiots.
@gazza12525 жыл бұрын
So good. Kick arse. Well done to you all.
@nuardanuarda90309 жыл бұрын
Wow - amazing! Tears in my eyes!
@alice21510 жыл бұрын
Stephen Hawkin dancing, this whole big FU/statement/performance/art is so damn cool. beautiful. Ian would have loved this. it's not revolt into style, not to those people there or me.
@wizardryuk5 жыл бұрын
@Zombiecraft I think I can guarantee he was; inside.
@GWaites10 жыл бұрын
Visual effects in the stadium were amazing
@mredwards30008 жыл бұрын
Spasticus was originally released as a single to mark The Year of the Disabled, who I.D. did a lot for. It was completely misunderstood, banned from the radio by the BBC and the Broadcast industry, then withdrawn from sale. The result was that the charities got less exposure and less money. Just in case you didn't know! God bless, Ian, shame you weren't there to see this.
@WillyJunior7 жыл бұрын
mredwards3000 didn't ian dury think year of the disabled was patronising and therefore wrote this song?
@Lozzomatic7 жыл бұрын
There was an interview a little while back confirming it. He said something to the effect of "Giving the disabled one year to be pitied and 'helped'-just this one year" Not his exact quote, but yeah, he saw it as an empty gesture, which it was.
@intentions6664 жыл бұрын
Trouble is Dury offended a lot of disabled with the song. Something that's conveniently overlooked in this so called more enlightened age.
@robokill3874 жыл бұрын
@@intentions666 no, he offended a lot of non-disabled who saw disabled people through a patronising, infantilizing lens.
@GrilloTheFlightless2 жыл бұрын
@@robokill387 Yes. The main person who showed offence was the guy who ran The Spastics Society charity, who wasn’t, as far as I know, disabled himself. He later admitted that after a while he realised the reality of the song and changed his view of it. It also really upset the media who, back then just as they are now, we’re keen to show how morally superior they were by defending people who never asked for them for defence and who never asked for someone to be outraged on their behalf. I don’t know if many disabled people were offended at the time. Ian Dury was, himself, disabled and I’ve heard him say that a lot of disabled people got what it was about. That being said, my wife, who was only born only a year before the song came out and didn’t know it, was really upset when I played it to her and doesn’t like to hear it. She’s partially deaf and has learning and speech difficulties and she was regularly called ‘spastic’ by kids at school. For her the word ‘spastic’ is, I suppose, the equivalent of the ‘n’ word to black people and it conjures up bad memories for her. But then her school years were spent after the medically correct word ‘spastic’ had been hijacked and used almost exclusively as an insult. This is true of the time the song came out too, but it was still also used in a medical context at that time too. Ian said this of the song: “Spasticus was written in the Year Of The Disabled. I was going to start a band called Spastic And The Autistics, because the word ‘spastic’ was a swear word. There was that girl group Bananarama who used to talk about ‘Spazz Dancing’. Their ignorance is their own affair. I wanted to do something for the Year Of The Disabled, so I wrote Spasticus knowing it would be unacceptable to the BBC. They banned it as they did ‘Wake Up And Make Love With Me’ and ‘Sex And Drugs And Rock n’ Roll’. They actually don’t ban it. They just don’t play it. Apparently you could only play it after dark with written permission. I did about 140 interviews related to the song that year. It was a war cry for my brothers and sisters who are disabled. Only a spastic could fully understand that. It’s not describing a condition, it’s just being spirited.
@hempmaiden2 жыл бұрын
RIP Ian Dury - pure genius
@TWDsLeftBack Жыл бұрын
We have come a long way, when Ian released this it was banned by most if not all stations who refused to play it.
@bgbreakdown11 жыл бұрын
Greatest. Thing. Ever.
@RastaSaiyaman11 жыл бұрын
Okay I might have a psychic disability but I'm not stupid and to know that other people like me stand up for WHO they are rather than WHAT they are is heart warming. I'M SPASTICUS AUTISTICUS!
@RabidLeroy6 жыл бұрын
Watching because remember that Hawking played his part in a Paralympic Ceremony excellently.
@bambruto64937 жыл бұрын
FUCKIN AWESOMENESS, I can see Ian's face now
@AlfredWaz12 жыл бұрын
I know the lead singer... a fellow AFC Wimbledon supporter... Rocking Paddy! Fantastic!
@russellmoxham56252 жыл бұрын
Thank you for again reminding me that I was lucky enough to catch a big chunk of the London Paralympics and to attend both the closing ceremony and the Team GB parade through central London. Happy days. And this use of this song was, for me, about the best part of it.
@uncoolahol11 жыл бұрын
If only Ian could have seen this.........Oi Oi
@PRAR19668 ай бұрын
❣So glad that this is still up.
@etontrifle7 жыл бұрын
Just watched the Ian Dury biopic with Andy Serkis. Dury would have been delighted at this. Or maybe not, he was a contrary bastard.
@Dermacrosis7 жыл бұрын
I am with you on the contrary part. He did write it as a protest song original against "World Disabled Persons Day" or whatever the hell they called it. I am not sure how he would react to this.
@deanosaur808 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure he would've said What a liberty! I wasn't invited, and they cover my song and put a f*cking techno beat on it! 😅🤣
@teamcrumb4 жыл бұрын
wish he'd been alive to perform it with them
@simongibson94853 жыл бұрын
Just come here after watching the anniversary video. This is tremendous, what a mash up and what a performance!!
@jaspercooper17413 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this.
@MagpieSue3 жыл бұрын
Wow! That is amazing! Well done all of you
@claudettedalton32817 жыл бұрын
this is awesome!
@vitorinobarcelona69903 жыл бұрын
Ian Dury would have cried at acceptance of his wonderfully enlightening song
@Dermacrosis3 жыл бұрын
You are wrong. What would have made him cry is that thanks to antivaxer morons Polio has not been wiped out. Until those morons got involved Polio was going in the same direction as smallpox. If he was alive now I am betting he would release a song to shame those pillocks.
@julesfarns87297 ай бұрын
1st time I've seen this, pretty awesome !
@teamcrumb4 жыл бұрын
get up get up get up fall over!! lolllllzzzzzzzz Ian was one of the world's greatest poets
@deanosaur808 Жыл бұрын
Fantasticus Musicus! 🤘🤘🤘
@robertmitchell941510 ай бұрын
I missed all this when it happened, good effort by the performers.
@RastaSaiyaman11 жыл бұрын
Ian would be so proud.
@chuckleheadwatson41637 жыл бұрын
So cool.
@MultiPetercool4 жыл бұрын
Two of my heroes: Ian Dury and Stephen Hawking. Epic!
@Kwales6612 жыл бұрын
Love this video
@homosaur11 жыл бұрын
It was well known by friends and the English disabled community both the point of the song and the fact that Drury was partially disabled himself. It was only suits that didn't get the joke that cared. PUNK AS EFF
@deanosaur808 Жыл бұрын
F*ck em! the joke is on them now! 🥳🥳🥳
@GrilloTheFlightless2 жыл бұрын
Hang on a moment - was that Sir Ian McKellen at 1:55 holding a placard?
@efa6662 жыл бұрын
Yes he was part of the opening ceremony.
@adamtzsch10 жыл бұрын
I am Spartacus! This song was viewed as distasteful on its release. This is progress.
@ThunderChunky1019 жыл бұрын
People don't understand irony mate. It was meant to be a celebration of how people who have "different abilities" (the new politically correct term?) stand up to ignorance. Love the fact that hawking, who's a fan btw, was there with them! I thought I'd missed out on their last gig, but then this happened and I was even more gutted!
@ThunderChunky1019 жыл бұрын
***** Sorry, but I'm pretty sure you got my comment exactly backwards. I don't know what your rant at me was about ...
@ThunderChunky1019 жыл бұрын
***** Oh right, that's fair enough.
@barbarella222611 жыл бұрын
that was liberation and genius....
@ChefZak2 жыл бұрын
phenomenal
@gmttdan12 жыл бұрын
Ian would have loved this
@VTtom623 жыл бұрын
Thank god for Ian
@PassiveSmoking11 жыл бұрын
The Olympics gets a 5 Blu Ray box set and this only gets one? That sucks. I so want the whole thing!
@qtpieplayz45612 жыл бұрын
Beautiful xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@freelyfarmexploits88549 ай бұрын
Banned by the BBC as it was offensive, was never played on the radio, then it pops up at the Paralympics, society is weird, well the elements of society who never get it, always offended, you all should have got it first time around., jeez what a world.
@dannyhussain225411 жыл бұрын
this is a very good song
@cmonmappleys10 жыл бұрын
Finally
@LadyJessicaWilliams6 жыл бұрын
Ian would have been drunk with joy over this!
@alisonmahoney69133 жыл бұрын
How can you post a video from the Paralympics that is a performance entirely about the disability experience and *not* include closed captions????
@paticalamaro5 жыл бұрын
If only Ian could have been there!
@chandrandev911 жыл бұрын
I got one that had three cd's in but they edited out the athletes parade which was the longest performance for volunteers nearly 3hrs.
@z00ts00t776 жыл бұрын
Who was the person behind this, was it Danny Boyle? This is an absolutely fantastic thing to see, I didn't know about this at the time at all.
@willhouse Жыл бұрын
Boyle didn't do the Paralympics... Jenny Sealey and Bradley Hemmings were the artistic directors for this show & the Graeae Theatre Company produced the Spasticus Austisticus performance portion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics_opening_ceremony
@claudettedalton32817 жыл бұрын
cool ian drury song cool!
@kickcanlurky71473 жыл бұрын
It took over 30 years for art to become relevant ? The bbc said Esq Ian Dury and his band,s song, was banned until after dark and then only with special permission?? What a joke!! in 1981, Then more than 30 years later and after Ian had passed, they are suddenly all not offended? Art imitating life or life imitating art. I wonder what Ian Dury and Peter Blake, all of the band would of thought of these hypocrits. If you take nothing else from this comment 'Stop paying your T.V. licence' which just keeps the poor, poorer and the rich, richer. But also stops great art reaching us, and yes, i know other terrestrial T.V. channels do the same, but they have not just taken your grans licence concession away. The B.B.C. is not fit for purpose, in my humble and often incorrect opinion. #1❤️ to u all.
@barbarella222611 жыл бұрын
yes indeed....
@adamprowse327211 ай бұрын
Is that Ian McKellen at 1:55?
@FloweredUp-n4t8 күн бұрын
Yes.
@MrYoungarmy3 жыл бұрын
Such a shame he wasn’t there to scream along with them
@barbarella222611 жыл бұрын
oooh yes thats what i thought.....how fucking liberating is that song...far to clever and radical for most who thought it was offensive....Oi Oi
@bizarreisthenewblack3 жыл бұрын
is that the guy from ahs on the drums?
@GI.Jared19846 жыл бұрын
you never would get away with it now
@rowanc886 жыл бұрын
That's Sam The Illustrated Seal from 'AHS: Freak Show' on drums!
@generalmanager3843 жыл бұрын
Thee bbc banned it so able-bodied people won't be offended but they kept jimmy Saville on the pay roll...... Ian Dury a legend .....
@stevennicholas41602 жыл бұрын
Able bodied people are not offended by it. Those offended at the time were actually disabled people.
@generalmanager3842 жыл бұрын
@@stevennicholas4160 Those who were offended by it at the time WAS able bodied people.
@robokill387 Жыл бұрын
@@stevennicholas4160 no, it was able bodied people getting offended on behalf of disabled people mostly.
@ilselangley6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Ian would not think this event just as bad as he thought the International Year of Disabled Persons was. On the other hand you cannot let the disabled compete against the abled cause that would not be fair. Just wondering.
@randomroses14946 жыл бұрын
Ilse Langley I get where you're coming from, but a disabled person(like myself) could never hope to run as fast someone able bodied, even if they trained every day from birth(with time off for surgery and recuperation). Same goes for women competing against men. What I think would be really fantastic, would be to hold the Paralympics and Olympic Games together, with disabled categories included, in the same way as events for men and women and people of different body sizes in boxing and weightlifting for example. It would make these games far more exciting and relevant to humanity Of course humanity may not yet be evolved enough to embrace the reality of runners with prosthetic limbs being(a lot)faster than the so called "able bodied" world record holders.
@Ipwnnoobslegitlike2 жыл бұрын
wow more human than the real olympics
@katymcgrath28783 жыл бұрын
This is so fucking punk, I love it ♥️♥️
@daveholly90052 жыл бұрын
wow
@barbarella222611 жыл бұрын
your response did make me laugh thou.....sooooo punk....