I saw them live in Paris in 1979. The song was no 1 in Europe. What a fabulous concert.. the best ever…

When my wife was posted to London she saw them live, the gig was amazing.

I remember it well in 1979. There was an aspect about them that they were ordinary folk who tried their hand at music and accidently found they were super. Ian Dury was inspirational and a man with great ability. RIP.

He says a few sentences in German. This was the music in my youth in West-Germany and i still dancing now. RIP Ian Dury (* 12. Mai 1942 in Harrow, Middlesex; † 27. März 2000 in London) 🎤🎤🎷🎷👏👏

What a band! R.I.P. ian.

The man is a legend… remember my brother coming home with the 7” and then putting the b-side on… as a young music fan this very quickly became a regular listen and still listening to his poetry to this day.

I remember it at the time in the UK, what a shame it never got airplay in USA, deserved to be a hit there too

There’s a lot of music hall, poetry, funk, British humour with a large slap of punk. We will never see the like of these artists again.

I remember this on Top of the Pops for the first time 😁 in 1979 when it was first released. I was 15 . It came off the back of the punk era and in theUK we were used to seeing crazy, mad stuff happening…. But even so, this track stood out as brilliant and we all loved it at school. We used to sing it in our breaks/recess and danced to it at our youth club discos too because if the funky back beat. Brilliant 🤩.

Fun Fact: The keyboard player in the grey jacket, Chaz Jankel, wrote 'AI No Carrida', recorded by Quincy Jones.

I agree - Blockheads were one of the great playing bands

Great track, fantastic bass, along with “What a waste” 2 of the best tracks of that era

He was a wonderful poet, and he was all for love, peace and compassion. I got a dirty look from the Woolworths manager when I bought the album Sex and Drugs and RocknRoll. He clearly was prejudiced by the title.

Love your energy watching this what a band! Recommend "There ain't half been some clever bastards" by these guys. 😆

Thank you for this video, I remember when it come out in the UK , brings back such good memories 👍👍

I never knew they had even one foothold in your country,amasing to hear,thanks my friend.

Great reaction video!

The Funk oozes out of this tune 💯….Bass line 🔥🔥🔥🔥….. and the sax break always gets me, check out Pigbag “Papas got a brand new Pigbag”…….Ian Dury should have been the 🇬🇧 poet laureate

Nice one glad to here it

Thanks you so much! They WEREa fantastic band! I miss this stuff!

Norman Watt-Roy cites Jaco Pastorius (who he'd just seen with Weather Report) as the inspiration for his bass line on this.

Another great choice to review Todd really appreciate your critiques. This didn't sound like the UK single release or else my memory of it is fading. This will prompt me to get my vinyls out of the attic and check it out. Cheers, take care.

Excellent reaction video.

Another track you should listen to by Ian Dury & The Blockheads is Reasons to be Cheerful Part 3.

I was 9 when this hit number 1. My mum wasn’t so sure but dad loved it. So did I.

He was BRILLIANT

I bought this as a present for someone and never gave it. It's still in the paper bag knocking around the house somewhere, saw it a few months ago.😁🇬🇧

Great song, remember buying it. Very popular in Essex.

RIP Ian

The Dock in Tiger Bay is (was) in my home town

First record I ever bought :)

Yo Joe!!

My fave is Sex and drugs, great tune.

I've always wondered what Ian Dury meant in the 3rd verse by "2 fat persons click click click"

Like that retro of a track that I haven't heard for a long time. Maybe you could wipe away the dust on this one as well: stretch - why did you do it. Still worth a listen ...

Funky Punk!

There is a really odd cover of this song in Swedish by the Finnish artist M A Numinen which really kills the punk feeling: "Slå mig med din rytmenpinne". It was a hit in Sweden. Numinen's odd voice + Pedro Hietanen on accordion sounds just stupid (and the title is sort of fake Swedish). Also there is a live version on KZfaq with large jazz orchestra added. It gives a third dimension to the song! Check both of them out!

You should check out the David Bowie version seriously 🙂

Listen dude....check out Elvis Costello "Pump it up!" jesus wept its MEGA!

..react to volixe - chupacabras

one of the best pop records ever made no doubt. Like the Clash they were a pre-punk "pub rock" band who came to prominence on the back of the punk scene. This is anther banger by Chaz Jankel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMV7q7eI2buVooU.html