Ian Dury was such an amazing musician miss his fun music

"Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers He must have been a pencil squeezer He didn't do the Mona Lisa That was an Italian geezer." Really funny lyrics, and like the best comedy, very clever too. They certainly don't write them like this anymore. Ian Dury was always a great wordsmith. The lyrics to "Reasons to be cheerful (part 3) and "What a waste" are pure poetical genius. Great to see you GP and thankyou

Nice one, thanks for reacting to this little gem. My brother had the 7" single and i used to listen to this back in the day, it made me giggle so much. Ian Dury was a bit of a clever bastard himself

Thanks GP, good to see you back. Always loved this one, I loved Ian Dury full stop.He was One of top signings to "Stiff" records, He died at 57 in March 2000, An obituary in The Guardian called him "one of few true originals of the English music scene" He was described by Suggs(Madness) as "possibly the finest lyricist we've seen". You can hear his influence with many early Madness track's the heavy sax, jaunty bass lines - brilliant fun, but pointed lyrics, The Album "New boots and panties" is a classic as is "Do it yourself" Not to forget The bus driver's prayer; Our Father, Who art in Hendon Harrow Road be Thy name Thy Kingston come Thy Wimbledon In Erith as it is in Hendon. Give us this day our Berkhampstead And forgive us our Westminsters As we forgive those who Westminster against us. Lead us not into Temple Station And deliver us from Ealing, For thine is the Kingston The Purley and the Crawley, For Iver and Iver Crouch End Thanks GP girl, take care

i loved this as a kid as my brothers used to play ian dury,s album and singles, so thanks for the memories.

Ian was a master of lyrics and many of his songs could stand alone as poems. I love Sweet Gene Vincent and Clever Trevor (which is a real tongue-twister)

Ian dury was the master of words ,and a very clever man All his tunes were about life mainly in London ,and every day stuff ,with an element of fun and risqué lyrics 😁🎶.. The blockheads were talented musicians too .. H m w y r s was my favourite too

Loved this and miss him loads. Spasticus Autisticus is tremendous with funny clever lyrics with a message too. I'll be whistling this track for weeks. it's on his jukebox dury album which came out later

This was a great reflection on Science and progressive thinkers. Ian Dury was a hell of a nice fella. We miss him terribly.

Blockheads are still at it ,, go see em live .

Ian Dury & The Blockheads were brilliant. "Reasons To Be Cheerful" was another great track. I keep thinking of "The Nag's Head Pub" & the cast of "Fools & Horses" after hearing the song you just played. The theme song of "Fools & Horses" sounds like something that Ian Jury would have composed!

Great to hear this little nugget again, he was a genius writer and his band were all great musicians, good to see you back gp :)

The Guy and the Group are Leg Ends 😎😎😎😎😎

Genius, and a lovely soul.

The track was from the album 'do it yourself'

One of the best lyrics ever.

Great catchy tune, awesome lyrics, amazing live band.

His music was always many cuts above what the english/gringo folk were doin' then . Though I always had a soft spot for Nina Hagen and Wendy O' Williams . Yet the Tubes , Oingo Boingo and Wall of Voodoo made some thought provoking music also . Gabba Gabba Hey !!!😃

It's an added track on the 1996 CD release of "Do It Yourself" on Repertoire Records and it's a nice little favorite of mine. . . .Oh. . .Segovia!

Been years since i last heard this 'B' side and what a great 'B' side it is.

B side to "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", excellent from a great band.

I just caught a touch of the Bonzo Dog Band there

ian dury is a poetic genius .

The live album "Warts and Audience" is fantastic. I have to go through my old CDs to find which one this song was on.

This song was based on the "vaudevillian"sound of the early 1900s,the genius that was Ian Dury.

As a 10-11 year old, I was told off for playing this song. The single it's the B side of belonged to my older brother. I fully intended to play the A side, (Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick), but got it wrong! My Mam wasn't very amused.

Subbed because you did a Status Quo song. My group in the 70s along with Bad Co, Rod Stewart/Faces, Eagles, Camel, Barclay James Harvest.

Instantly likeable. As always clever lyrics. More of poet than a pop star.

Loved this - I’ve never heard it before either 😍

new to me. sounds absolutely great

Hi GP! Just joined so hi from Australia! Love this! Have a listen to CLEVER TREVOR. Another hilariously brilliant song.

An excellent choice GP. Saw the film about Ian recently. Worth a watch.

It's a cheeky little number

Always been favourite 😊

The film Sex and drugs....with Andy Serkis is a must watch brilliant film.

Stone cold classic.

Track Twelve. Do It Yourself, one of 7 bonus tracks. REP 4547-WY 1996. Have it.

brilliant!

brilliant.

Einstein can't be classed as witless when he did a bit of splitenemous scared everybody shitless ,classic

The bit about "probably got help from their mum" I think was a bit of self depreciation along the lines of "I couldnt do what they did - so they must have had helop". Of course Ian was one of teh clever bastards - exceedingly so. His lyrics and wit indicate him being very clever, but if you ever watch an interview with him, there's no question he was a clever one.

Brave.

I don't think it would have made it as an A side - at the time you could never get air play with "bastards" in the title and lyrics.

Ain’t there just.where are they nowadays,come on mums drop a pearl now!!!

Don't apologise for an ordinary word for goodness sake.

One really funny thing I noticed in the video. Among all those famous faces was Daniel O'Donnell - the pride of Donegal and a drip of a country and western singer (to this day he is unbearable - to the point of being funny...the way he talks is even funnier. Check him out). So I don't know who's insertion that was into the video but it turns out that Ian Dury's mum was from Donegal. Curious.

sadly missed

How about the Foo Fighters?