An amazing group of real musicians in the punk era with a lead vocalist who was like nothing that came before or after .Ian was a real one off ,What a legend

Aside from the killer band and songwriting, Dury was a phenomenal performer. His movements were so theatrical and precise, the expressiveness of his eyes alone could carry a music video. I love his spontaneous reaction when the mic causes some feedback. I guess he knew that his body was limited in movement so he made the most of what he had, and he used it fantastically. Not every frontman can be this charismatic while standing in one spot. An actor, a musician, a mime and a sad clown.

Damn they were good. Not many bands with such talented players. Never a band that had the funky, punky, jazzy, rocking multi-flavours like the Blockheads. Still miss Ian.

Johnny Turnbull, what a great guitarist!

Brilliant. I was a Blockhead. I followed them round London that year. I’d give anything to be back there.

Norman Watt Roy! Bass killer

Charlie Charles was a fantastic drummer, perfect fit for the band. Sad about his illness and demise. They were all great musicians, every one of them ! RIP Ian & Charlie !

I been a musically myopic blues guy for my entire life...now 76 years...but recently checked these guys out on youtube...couldn't believe how expert their musicianship is...I feel like a fool tho' for not hearing them while they were on the scene...

What I'd pay to see this band today!

Newcastle Australia 1981 Civic Theatre - I was a teen, blown away, stood up and danced my arse off to the whole set - to the chagrin of the bouncers . My best friend and I loved 'New Boots and Panties' and 'Do It Yourself" (and Kilburn and the High Roads) and we used to sing all the lyrics all the way to school every day. Then they came to town and we saw them, it was the best band ever! to this day. In that year we saw Bowie, Cold Chisel and Ian Dury and the Blockheads and those three gigs were mind-blowingly great. I've seen great gigs since (including Wilco and Norman Watt Roy - twice!) but that particular gig remains an outstanding experience in my life.

Charlie Charles wasn't flashy, but you get the impression he could handle anything at all, and play through an earthquake without missing a beat. And the combination of him and Norman ... just perfect.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads are all my brain and body need.

New Boots and Panties. Great Album. Ian Dury. Genius.

I saw the gig in German TV when I was 15. I'll never forget these feelings...

He reminds me a bit of Oliver Reed. I friggen love Ian and the Blockheads. Great musicianship and he is quite a presence. Ian is an entertainer.

What a tight band and Dury is a legend. One of the bands I really wish I'd seen live.

Wenn man den Auftritt miterleben durfte, hat es sich bereits gelohnt geboren zu werden...🎈

If you are not from East London or Essex a lot of the lyrics might go over your head. A lot of in jokes, wordplay, innuendos and double entendres. God only knows what this German audience made of it all. But top marks for Ian Dury trying to converse with the audience. Still this band can’t half groove and that’s a universal language

One of the greatest vibrant punk rockers ever!RIP IAN

Ian's brilliant (of course) but the band are so good and so well timed - this is a work of genius.

ThAnks So Much!!! Greatings From Barcelona Spain; North California and Caracas 🔊🔊🔊💃🏻🕺🏻🕴🏻🐾🐾😋👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👍🏻👌🏻 We R Blockheads!!! Forever ❤

Love Ian Dury & the Blockheads... Ian’s song writing genius is right up there with the very best of them!

I was working in Travemunde on the east German border used to play this on the beach the Germans eventually got it ended up loving the music that was about 1979 new boots and panties great place lovely times might go back one day

Thought I had seen every bit of Ian Dury footage out there but this is a new one and an absolute corker. Seen them live so many times I lost count. This is a great reminder of why I love them so much. Maybe they worked that bit harder to coax some life out of the audience. RIP Ian, Charlie, Strangler and now sadly Derek.

I was lucky enough to see them at Buffalo State College , Buffalo NY April 28, 1978. To this day the BEST! live show I've ever seen. Right from the moment Kozmo Vinyl introduced them to the final note of the show pure magic. That night is burned into my brain. The ticket cost $4 AND they spelled Dury wrong on the ticket. We loved Lou Reed but the Blockheads blew him off the stage. Just saying

Such raw energy from the whole band, especially Ian ... made up for the moribund audience :-)

Amazing poet raconteur, vaudeville entertainer, intelligent man about life. The best.

This album holds a peculiar spot in the pantheon of brilliant and original music. An absolute favourite that never fails to thrill. From an era where originality and talent were paramount.

I saw them that year. Right by the stage in the middle in a small venue. Probably the best live band I've ever seen.

I miss this guy and his music, I really do.

Saw the band two times in "Duseldoof". Once with Third World, second time with the Mr.Pugh Puppet-Show (the best I've ever witnessed) Love the band, Love Mr. Dury, Love the Funk, Love the Kilburn, Love the bass, the sax,m the guitar, the drums, the keys, the ATTITUDE !

It was a great time to be a teenager. Their punk stuff was so cool !

what a band and the lyrics and performance of those lyriics, unique

So much better live than in the studio. I remember there's a documentary on the "Stiff" label where they said nobody wanted to play after Ian Dury and that's easy to understand. They were just explosive, what a band!

I'm 55. How the hell did i only now find this genius?! What conspiracy kept it hidden from me!?!?!!

I made it to my mid-50's and never gave these guys a listen. What a maroon I am. These guys jam.

At 12:00 Ian Dury quotes from a German poem by Ludwig Hölti (1748 - 1776): "Die Luft ist blau, das Tal ist grün, die kleinen Maienglocken blühn"

first quality choice !

Oh my, oh my: this gig is so HOT, so PERFECT - I must laugh (cry) at Ian's epic struggle to get that audience to live a little... Wonderful Ian and those hottest Blockheads!

The wisdom of your waste, best line ever!

I need a time machine...this is the most amazing and original punk ever. The band is SMOKIN' !! Thanks for posting this, Snaggletooth!

Pure class. Extremely underrated.

Holy shite. Fecken amazing. So sorry I missed that scene. Cheers!

i was lucky enough to see them live in bournmouth... had a beer afterwards with a couple of the band ....great drummer..he had a double bass drum that night ..all black...ian drury is 1 of a kind

Saw Ian and the Blockheads Newcastle City Hall brilliant think around 1980

lou reed street hassle tour in minneapolis minnesota at the state theater. did not know who ian dury and blockheads were as i was there to see lou reed. WOW. instant fan of ian dury.

Split Enz is the only other band I can think of who were ever this entertaining. These aren't just songs to be sung, they're art to be preformed.

I saw this line up a few times, never saw them do a bad gig, they were always exciting, exhausting and perfect. Ian was simply unique.

i saw Ian dury and the blockheads in Gants hill odean in Essex UK in 1980 and they are still the best band 'ive ever seen.

Love Iain Dury, never saw him live,wish I did?

Brilliant, just brilliant. Pure quality.

What an effin genius ... love ye Ian ( from one effin Blockhead to another ! )

It goes without saying how eyewateringly tight the Blockheads are...but this set is really exceptional. Instantly 'In the pocket' with German precision.

Handsome man xx as well as brilliant

Ian. He freaking terrified half of them. Love. The whole band. -thanks for posting!

Never forgotten

That microphone is the Black Mamba of Rockpalast charmed by Ian's articulate prescence.

“Sweet Gene Vincent, I’m back!” It’s hard to believe a obsure quote from one my favorite tv shows would lead me to find this.. gd the blockheads rock!

Thanks for putting this up mate,! I saw the Blockheads in Torquay last month, and they're the best! Still.

Thanks so much for posting.

I was lan dury at the Palace Park in 1981 London with my brother phill and his mate Ian very good gig and a great day out one of the best gigs I ever when to.nice one

what a band!!!!!!!!!! and how crazy was Ian!! Cheers the Bheads!

what an icy audience for the hottest concert band

Amazing Ian & Blockheads, I listen to this and make me remember to Sumo from Argentina. It's fun & rock and madness at the same time. Rip dear Ian!!!!!

Marvellous, everyone of them. So fresh still so powerful.

Danke Ian.

This is perfection.

One for the ultimate concerts list. They were always in it just for the music, an outstanding sound and band. Ian subtly winds the Germans up, due to low response.

Everything about this concert is f-ing legendary, I cannot watch it enough!

28:26 Was listening to this on my headset at work... laughed out loud. People must think I am nuts.

I was lucky enough to see them in February 1979 in the very week that Rhythm Stick was #1. I was working at Chesters, a concert venue in Portrush in Ireland. We booked them a few months earlier, and some weeks before they were due we received their latest single from Stiff - Rhythm Stick c/w Clever Bastards. On the night my job was to look after them in the green room and they were lovely people. Ian was so friendly. I was wearing a silly hat I’d bought at a jumble sale and he signed his poster 'Bryan is a cocoon of hattie'. They were totally brilliant. His personality just filled the place. I’ve seen lots of live music and he is up there with the best. The following night they played at Queens University Belfast as part of the Rock Goes to College series. I also saw him with the Music Students in Dartford. They were great, and Ian was Ian, but they weren’t the Blockheads. We also had the second Be Stiff Tour at Chesters which was by far the biggest event we staged. Most of that tour was done by train but the Irish section was by road. Quite a small venue, and they turned up - a party of 52 in a coach with two artics. Dave Robinson was there, dandling a baby on his knee.

Ian Dury, phenomenal, charismatisch! Ein aufrichtiger ehrlicher Mensch.

00:00:07 Sex And Drugs And Rock 'n' Roll 00:04:20 I'm Partial To Your Abacadabra 00:07:24 Wake Up And Make Love With Me 00:12:18 Clevor Trever 00:17:28 Woman 00:21:50 Fair 00:26:28 Billericay Dickie 00:30:20 Sweet Gene Vincent 00:34:32 Upminster Kid 00:39:05 What A Waste 00:43:25 Plaistow Patricia 00:48:12 I Made Mary Cry In A Lonely Bus Shelter 00:51:27 Black Mail Man 00:54:10 ** Introduction of the band 00:54:54 My Old Man 00:58:35 Blockheads 01:04:08 ** Credits

The best !!!

Saw them in '79 at the Michael Sobel Sports Centre at the tender age of 15! Fuck, they were good!

Oh, how great! I saw this broadcast in the late 70s on TV. I was thrilled! And I recorded it on cassette and of course I don't have this tape anymore... 😀😁😎😅

Possibly the tighest rhythm section at this time. NWR and CC

I wish I could be like Ian.......

Gorgeous

first saw him on the stiff tour still with me. Legend

Amazing

I was very very lucky to see them live in Rotterdam at that time. A seated concert, but not for long... What a party! What a band! What an artist!

what a band!

sweet Ian Dury was not a perfect saint^^ but a pure Genius of Rock

my first vinyl

What a band I would have loved to see them live

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Beyond belief that this is over 40 years ago 😢

Wow. What a stonking gig. *Fabulous* stage exit by Dury at the end of 'Blockheads' 01.03.25 spreads his arms and falls gently off the front of the stage onto Spider Rowe (I think) who carries him away

Funky man - some serious musicianship flying around here, as well as some pretty unconventional musical decisions - love it.

One of the grooviest funkiest bands ever incredible performance 🎵🎵✌️

really good- f.....g good !

"She never quite understood"... Bah, moi non plus mais qu'est-ce que j'aime ce groupe aussi ! Jamais démodé, jamais

I love how he gets all weird during "I made Mary Cry" like it's nobody's business. :)

Oh from a distant loved the music that Ian and the blockheads produced. One of my real regrets in life.. Never seen this group of fantastic musicians live. However they are indelibly stamped on my life. Not so bad after all. 😁😁

27.43 - when the band pull the song back into time after Ian’s gone miles off script! Beautiful.

So so so good, this needs 2 million views. It puts today's shit music to shame. The blockheads were at the time the best band in Europe. Pity about the audience, most of them had no idea what the fuck was going on.

素晴らしい！ from Japan.

mindblowing! huge fan of his and son & co now, huge respect to them all ❤