Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit Me @Glastonbury

[bangform]

the best performance i have ever seen,rain for three days,proper glastonbury

[eelpieandmash]

Incredible!!!He is one of the very few people i,ve heard whose live recording sounds better or as good as the original public release!

[zuton100]

Norman wattroy is very much still alive and still playing regulary with wilkohnson hes also still with the blockheads who have got a great new album out

[fuzzilu]

Cheers for posting this .. I was there too I seem to remember that mud was being thrown n they walked off for a bit?

Aww what a tune n what a man

[nancyg022]

He came from Essex, in case you couldn't tell. His given name was Ian and his songs have lasted well....I remember having a drink with him in the Holiday Inn in Plymouth after a gig in about 1976. Great Guy. Oh and the Glastonbury Gig was brilliant too. Still got the T shirt somewhere.

PS I am Nancy's dad crashing her site...sorry!

[canonbury5479]

Saw him at Dingwalls years ago.  The Biz

[zazz63]

@canonbury5479 if that was the music students gig ..i was there too!!

[housingrisk]

I was in the front row when he sung this at Glastonbury. I remember when he first came out the lights went down and then they turned the laser on behind him with all the smoke and started playing...fantastic

[refrodmiel]

@housingrisk Absolutely. I remember it being something of a mudbath down there at the front. Awesome. I don't think I've seen better.

[dbencic]

ju hoo

[Purvi30]

Thank You

[LavalampMeltdown]

Cockney Funk! Never an equivalent since. RIP

[Sauerlaender66]

Danke Ian!!! Du wirst niemals vergessen!!! rest in peace...

[flapette]

was ment to c ian and the blockheads at Finsbury Park some years ago but my f@ing stupid ex sister in law posted teh bloody tickets to someone when she was at work sending out invoices ,they were supporting madness .But i have been lucky enough to see the blockheads 6 times in the last 2 years and was really lucky to be able to photograph themin milton keynes ...IAN DURY IS A LEGEND ..and the rest of the survivors rock Norman i love you

[52barney]

F the bassline, How many people can play double sax?

[mirobaldo]

David Jackson from Van Der Graaf Generator. Grat IAN!

[52barney]

Remember them fondly. Thanks!

[mirobaldo]

A little error on my comment: not 'Grat' but GREAT, GREAT IAN DURY, obviously. Rest In Peace, great man...

[benb12]

F the bassline? Goddamnit, 16 note to the bar bassline, it's awesome. The current Blockhead sax player, Gilad Atzmon, can also play two saxaphones at once. Every member of the Blockheads are very talented musicians.

[davcolli]

This song is classic. The bassline is tremendous. Thanks for posting.

[petgerco]

Norman annd Charlie, now also sadley dead, were surely one of the greatest rhythm units of all time.

[mycheezyhelm]

cheers. happy memories of when glastonbury was a proper festival

[MartinIrma]

This song made me feel better when I made my homework!

[CityWok203]

Thanks for posting this!