Without doubt the most underated British talent, everyone talks about Bowie, Elton John, lennon and McCartney etc etc, but Ian Dury is up there with them

What a charming bloke. You can feel how the whole room are hanging on to his every word.

Ian Dury was a bloody marvel! Way ahead of his time... tough as nails... and a true words-smith.

Ian Dury, Dianna Dors and Arthur Scargill - what a line-up!!

We Don't get the like's of him any more, honest, funny, intelligent and enormously talented. Thankyou Mr D.

I met l lan dury he came to my disabled school several times in South London back in the 1970s what a great man he was one of the best. Nice one

Ian used his difficulty, rather than get depressed about it, he used it to his advantage. Ain't been any band like the blockheads before or since.

This is why Michael Parkinson was a great interviewr because he let the celebrity talk

This guy is an inspiration. With the right mental attitude you can achieve. RIP legend.

Ian Dury did more for the 'Disabled' by 'DOING' rather than merely 'BEING'

I saw Ian at Hammersmith in 1979 on the 'Do it yourself' tour, when I was 15. It was one of the best gigs I've ever been to, fantastic!

Spent many school days singing to New Boots & Panties album.I still play Ian's songs now.What a top man.He just wrote fantastic songs about real life.....A supreme Talent

'1948 was it Arf?' Loved this guy.

A very talented man, very clever song writer. Still with us by way of his recordings.

I remember seeing Ian and the blockheads at the lyceum in London. He fell over and a roadie picked him up. He just laughed if off and turned it into a rhym. Great man , great band, great memories.

Coolest guy in history. Rest in peace, genius!

Ian Dury very much under appreciated here in the States. I've loved him from the late 70s. What a character, and the world is a colder place without 'im.

So much respect for him coming out without even a cane. True inspiration and an icon.

Wow I never realized he was crippled. What an amazing talent & such an inspiration for overcoming his limitations! Absolute legend.

My band played alongside Ian Dury in 1996

I grew up in the 70's and loved Ian Dury. Totally unique talent. I didn't know until today that he had a disability.

I didn’t know he had this issue. I have only known and loved his music. Remarkable.

Man was way ahead of the system. His lyrical talking talents were and are just amazing. Legend

am i the only one who only sees talent rather than disability? great guy RIP

1948 was it ARF ... Brilliant 😂😂 .. Ian dury pure genius .. Loved his music brilliant entertainer .. Feel honoured I got to see Ian and his blockheads perform at Hammersmith .. Sadly missed 🙏

RIP Ian you were one of a kind.

Love this man. very talented!

Ian, I know you see this from beyond; so proud of your strength through your challenges. I sure love your music. I share with those that feel sorry for themselves for they need to hear your story. My daddy died in 1947 of polio, he was in an iron lung. So hearing you survived this journey is very touching to my soul. RIP I am a new Fan. They treated children so cruelly that were not what the public opinion was set at as Normal. What the shiiiite is normal anyway? Your music is magnificent.:-)

There ain't half been some clever bastards

A truly Remarkable Man, one of a Kind!

New Boots and Panties One of my all time favourite albums

Top lad, an inspiration to us all.

A very funny intelligent talented wordsmith no one like this now he was a one off true legend miss U Ian RIP

Just a charming, incredibly engaging guy. I could listen to him talk for hours. Love the cockney accent.

Just stumbled on this vid - glad I did! Ian Dury was a genius and a truly good human. And the sense of humour!

You cannot deny the man's uniqueness or determination. His hard start made him the man he became. A total one-off.

I seen Ian's concert in Preston & He was Fantabulous! I will never forget Him, Big Love To You in Heaven🌈🌅🌌🙏

Every one with a physical problem should see this, he is humour and grace...and a wee bit of the naughtiness. I am a Canuck and I loved his stuff and him. Hit me Ian!!!!

I didn't know him, friend of mine played his music and I fell in love with him and Blockheads, just can't believe how amazing and smart their songs were, i regret i found out so late, he is a legend for me :)

What a fantastic guy ! Brave and honest ❤️🙏❤️

Fantastic, please never delete this!

He stil hits me with his music!! Wonderful man!

I clicked this because I have Parkinsons and I love Ian Dury... then I found out the interviewer is called Parkinson and Dury has Polio. Mind blown. I always assumed he was just messed up from drugs or something when I saw his clips, pretty bad assumption.

He's beautiful has a tangible vulnerability that draws people in. He has a fantastic presence. RIP Ian.

What a talent, thank you Ian for being such an inspiration!

One of the best of British.

I just loved his concerts . Always a lot of fun. Miss him so much.

I had the pleasure of getting on it with Ian after his Wellington New Zealand Concert. Early eighties and man what a GREAT concert, huge brass section and they blew us away with their sounds. RIP sir. He had tobacco mixed with his and we Kiwis cannot cop it that way,we have it straight pot naturally but Ian warmed to it and liked our Maori Wowie

Marvellously talented individual despite his physical struggles. I never appreciated him when he first appeared on Top.of the pops but came to appreciate him soon after. Greatly respect him now even more since my disability. RIP Ian Dury.

Ian Dury doing what he does best... keeping it real.

Whatever happened to genuine people and performers like this guy? Truly missed.

legend, inspiration, talent, geezer, love him..............

'A seasoned up hyena could not have been more obscener'. Impossible not to love someone who could write that.

Thanks for posting this... He was a beautiful person and an inspiration to use all !!!

I love Ian ... I was born 1978 but I loved his music still do , top man

This is fucking unbelievable. Great interview and Ian Dury is so charming and honest and open.

great artist love his music & lyrics! R.i.p.!

Thank you for putting this up .

His role in the Cook the thief his wife and her lover was totally underrated

A Gem. Don't make em like Ian Dury no more.....

Madness thought a lot of you too Mr Dury. R.I.P.

Brilliant. Thanks for uploading this.

Absolute genius rest in peace maestro

saw him in Bath in about 1976 brilliant

Good man Ian Dury . His songs spoke to you .

Omg,tell me he doesn't look like Ray Liotta on this cover,holy shit.they say everybody has a double, Ray is his and vise versa. Incredible!

i loved and still listen to his music. Thank you Ian up in the sky

My Pa also had polio down the left side, and the things he could still do, and always worked too.

Thanks so much for posting this, I had no idea that Ian had been on Parkinson... what a great interview!

Thanx Ian dury a legend and a brilliant lad that in spite of his obvious physical probs he did something a hell of a lot just couldn't have done ! He was loved 4 being himself and achieved everything he's a miss but won't be 4got how can we ,his band cheers me up still his unique presence made the blockheads a stand out band ✌️👏👍😎❤️

I so love this man. One in a billion

nice to hear a beautiful true London accent

Genius lyricist, and talented conveyor of a song. R.I.P. Ian.

Parky, Diana Dors and Arthur Scargill, all "giants" in their fields. All three of them should have stood up and saluted this genuine GIANT.

1948 was it Arfur?? Scargill on the spot! Ian's lyrical, musical, humourous songs will eventually be recognised for the true genius it was! The perfect platform for his talent were the unbelievable Blockheads!

im australian and i love how cockney ppl are so down to earth loved ian dury had the cassette jukebox jury in 82 used to flog it to death rip ian musical poetic cockney genius xox 😊❤💐🥀

Good to see. Love his songs.

RIP Sir Michael Parkinson (March 28, 1935 - August 16, 2023), aged 88 And RIP Ian Dury (May 12, 1942 - March 27, 2000), aged 57 You both will be remembered as legends

a fkn great guy---n some song n music writer---thanks uploader

Did not know this about Ian really good music !

Wonderful!! So Wonderful!!! Thank you! So Sweet!!

I love that even here you get snippets of his deliberately playful use of language and wordy sense of humour. Just because he’s working class, doesn’t mean he’s not one of the most interesting, erudite, articulate men you’re likely to hear.

Love his songs , unique !

I thought that was Andy Serkis when he came out. Andy did a cracking job.

Writer, actor, musician and great character, not bad from such a dreadful start. I really miss Ian, but then again I would venture we all do

Amazing guy, never knew his story. God Bless him.

Sweet ,we take it in our stride, miss you Ian

What a soldier. Much respect to Mr Dury!

Channelled into a fantastic voice 👌

He has every reason to be cheerfull

I was stationed in the U.K. In '77-80. My room dog and I were crazy about Ian ! "Hit me!"

What a strange, delayed reaction for me. My uncle contracted polio as a boy in the 30s. Made himself walk again by the weird expedient of trying so hard and so violently that he forced a new band of muscle to grow from his upper thigh to his lower back and ribcage, a sideways hump that eventually made him fully ambulatory. By the time I knew him, in the 60s, he didn't even use a cane anymore. Very powerful, soft-spoken, strange dude. Fast forward to Ian Dury when he began infiltrating college radio in America's hinterland, which I massively enjoyed. But, until seeing this little clip all these years later, I never even knew that Ian, too, had been polio-ed. And there is just something so undeniably and very obviously similar to me now about Ian and old Uncle Ray. Absolutely amazing. Loose, strangely related strings over many decades suddenly, coincidentally tied together by a random U-Tube video 90 years later? Hah! Maybe all the terrible crap about this platform is actually worth it, if only for these rare epiphanies and accidental amusements. Even if we do have to contend with the idiot godling Algorithm and the millions of wacked-out loonies, perfectly gullible conspiracy theorists and very strident but equally dim naziboys who haunt and troll these comment fields. Sudden, tangential, unexpected insight bubbling up from a river of mostly raw sewage propelled by a tsunami of proud, rank stupidity. (!) It's great--it's ironic, it's bizarrely random...and that means that these very occasional gems that make it all worthwhile were completely unintentional and not the result of the hidden, benevolent Buddha genius of the McGoogle engineers. And so it always goes.

Inspiration and genius was Ian Dury ❤️

Rare insight into a hidden world. I’ve never heard him talk about those years.

Did anybody ever get Ian he was proud . I get him ever day . He's legend . Not easy him but he showed them all

Highly intelligent man and SORELY missed.

Nice one, thanks for uploading this.

A true poet!

Aww you left good memories rip Ian love your music clever

A true genius.