Ian Dury & The Blockheads : Spasticus Autisticus

[HOMEnHIGH]

this is shit

[nearlyoutofideas]

@HOMEnHIGH Ah, so the noble art of considered thoughtful criticism isn't dead then.

[HOMEnHIGH]

@nearlyoutofideas ..i like ian, love his persona, love the film, his band were awsome with that whole jazz funk thing they did, i think the band out shone him to the point where i think he was the wrong front man for them,although he was a good front man, his cheap school boy lyrics ruined their music, the only two songs that stand out were the very commercialized "hit me with your rhythm stick" and "reasons to be cheerful", and that is only due to the chorus, the actual lyrics are crap

[oo1ooo1oo]

This is nothing less than a battle cry.

Gawd bless Ian Dury.

Dig the full 5 minute version!

I'M SPASTICUS!

[peppiskane]

im a spastic and i love this



[wietze01]

This is it.

[ferretyluv]

Anyone who gets any shit from those R-word idiots, send them here and watch their heads explode.

[rhonaify]

an anthem for spazzers everywhere. I am one and it crack me up every time,

[rhonaify]

I fucking love this

[tattooreptiles]

TUNE!

[dazincalculation]

Another quirky gem from these guys....

[xesionprince]

Just love pissing off the PC brigade.

[p0ptr0p]

.... huh? wut is he again?



[HanzelundGretylZN]

I have Asperger's Syndrome. This is going to be my favourite song.

[thewysiwyg]

God this man was an absolute bloody genius! Although what he sings about here would be politcally incorrect nowadays he wasn't singing it back then to have a go at anyone in particular. Good for you beepbopdoodoo so glad you could laugh at it.

[poshhammers]

probably the best video on youtube. i keep coming back to it.

[TheUpchucks]

WORST SONG EVER

[Lysbanen]

@TheUpchucks

And....Why are you watching this if you don't like it?

[JamicanSmurf]

@TheUpchucks why is it the worst song ever, he wrote this about the people used to look at disabled people in the 70s and 80s

[PooTillYouWin]

norman and wilko :D

[EveryDayPunk]

I love the fake fried egg on his coat , and that it's got wilko from dr. Feelgood ;D

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.

[KingxJamie]

I dident know wilko was in this band

[shlabotnikj]

WILKO.

[Kats987124]

even though Ian dury is a legend, you really can't go around the streets singing this!!!

[Barboutzis]

I'm neolithicus...hmmmm.

[DeathlySyndrome]

SWIM!

[heartagramBryar69]

i love this song<33

[extrastype]

seen these on Glastonbury main stage 1985 one of the best gigs i was ever at. great musicians

[Barboutzis]

I'm ROBOTICUS

[stephanieboyla]

Somehow I don't think this would go down too well these days....

[187uccop]

I am DOMINUS

[TheTako400]

I'm Spartacus.

[mrbattlenet]

@TheTako400 And im Testicules...

[Davidb327]

This is really great. Ian Dury was a true artist that is sadly missed. The Blockheads sound great.

[punkrocklives13]

how are these guys punk

[xxDanielTM93xx]

It's not an insult, it's a warcry!

[300359alann]

Only people who are disabled or marginalised can make fun of themselves

[VFXJarnold]

@300359alann He was, he got polio as a child, ended up in a full plaster cast and it has effected him ever since

[66Gman66]

awesome song long live his songs

[SpocksSister08]

Spasticus autisticus was written to show his disdain for 1981's International Year of Disabled Persons, which he saw as patronising and counter-productive —it was banned by the BBC. Dury was a disabled person himself, having been left crippled by childhood polio. (wiki)

[anonUK]

@SpocksSister08

Considering 1981 was the year the BBC children's show Blue Peter put Joey Deacon on the TV- yes it was extremely counterproductive. That's kids for you.

[redmeph10]

@anonUK And how is it, that a disabled singer like Ian Jury, gets slagged for singing about his own experiences? He was raised in a special school, 'where they let you lie down if you fell down' , according to his own words. This song is about saying something truthful about being disabled, and not sweeping it under the carpet. Or allowing it on Blue Peter once a year.

[ConstantineRobbins]

helo can ayone tell me whatt tis soung is aout??? somon told me as a opersonj with disabailittes (FSA that i suhld listen tho this soing brcause it is about m e but i do not unerdstand it!!!

[CockneyRebel1979]

You'd never get away with a bloody song like this, in this day and age- (never in a month of Sundays!) :/

[senshiryumaster]

@CockneyRebel1979 he didn't get away with it when it came out, it was nearly banned and taken off the shelves, the only thing that stop them was him arguing the fact supposedly

[piragna64]

el bajista está re puesto mannn!!

[elfnday]

it's punk meets funk lol

[manaciano]

It´s like a tongue twister and it´s incredible that he never fails.

Spasticus - Autisticus... Spasticus - Autisticus. :-)

[jasonu95]

omg wilko johnson!!!

[TheMichaelseymour]

a million aussie kids went "hurr..what a spastic" - iknow , i was one ....oh , the irony

[Wizbang2u]

p.s .... base on real life

[jdo3000]

@nearlyoutofideas Wow, great job synching the audio and the video.

[nearlyoutofideas]

@jdo3000 Thanks! Just a matter of choosing the right gizmo to transfer, really.  (I use an ADSTech DVDXpress DX2 that advertised proper synching, but I don't think it's available any more.)

[MrFirthguy]

@nearlyoutofideas why did you you not use the actual live sound?

[nearlyoutofideas]

@MrFirthguy Ah, people are assuming I put the audio over a live recording. No no, this is how it went to air, with the Blockheads miming.

[MrFirthguy]

@nearlyoutofideas realy is that true

[breixomourino]

@jdo3000 En Argentina Luca Prodan (Sumo band) se declaraba admirador de Ian, y Sumo recreaba el estilo de blockheads, sugiero vean los videos de Sumo

[Hrko1992]

tjos os xwqqpy

[caz4777]

In 1981 Ian Dury and the Blockheads came to Australia on their "Antipodean Progress Tour". I saw them at the Capitol Theatre.

Ian Dury came on announcing: "Hello all you out there in Normal Land!" and I still remember watching a guy dancing to this song.

[12celibi]

im kinda scared

[SNCOMPUTING1]

Saw Sex Drugs and Rock n' Roll this week...blown away!!! Don't doubt he was hard work, but what a talent.....listened to this in my youth and didn't really get it...now I feel guilty that I didn't really know what it was all about...he's been gone 10 years now....and boy in this PC world we seriously need another Ian Dury

[MPedroful]

I heard his songs in the 70s, but I'm just now discovering him after watching sex drugs and rock n roll

[451harri]

So, christmas no. 1 for 2011? anyone?

This shit is still as relevant as ever...

[Pasion4MyPassion]

@451harri

and cause he had polio it makes it ok :)

[451harri]

@Pasion4MyPassion It was OK anyway. Guy's message? "show the disabled some respect". He doesn't have to be a victim himself just to be able to preach something that needs preaching.

[lewisgraves43]

ahhh have not been able to stop singing his songs for a week now ... there stuck in my head but im ok with that

[sunboy1000]

you won't get on Xfactor I miss Ian........

[444Bam]

I'M SPASTICUSSSSSSSS........I miss the 80's / real music / true stories

[154mick]

i love this snge and i love the move

[alisonjones1]

gotta to give to the man, he took the pain of his condition and made people aware of the stupidness of peoples stigma on the subject

[huwfylt]

1:33 Davey is ultracool.

[ICE420]

Brilliant.

[poplug]

No! I am Spasticus!

[YouriCarma]

Epic Song!

[beepbopdoodoo]

I am disabled and so is my sister. We just laughed our arses off at this, it's epic!

[LordShivasServant]

@beepbopdoodoo hah, yeah, Ian Drury's the hero of the 80's. Crashed right through that awkwardness!

[YodaTalksShit]

Love this song.... Ian Dury is a fucking legend

[indio77777]

Ian Dury, the best ever.

[hfdpayner]

i love the synthesizers and stuff, to think that great stuff like this inspired some the crap we have nowadays

[Uranija28]

Love the glasses... give ettt

[CF1975]

He was great: brilliant songs, hilarious lyrics and performance: a true original.

[happyenjoytime]

Hello ... we aren't all "normal". We enjoy that!!

[Jamiethewookie]

It's always amused me how the only people that got offended by this song back in the day were the able bodied people and not disabled folk.

It's a classic song and was Dury's way of giving the finger to the twats that thought a "Year of the Disabled" would be a good idea.

The BBC banned it. Idiots.

[bigboss25262]

He had such energy on-stage, it was just infectious.

[CockneyRebel1979]

You'd NEVER get away with a song like this nowadays! :/

[BettyVanSneeIV]

"Lord Upminster" was Ian, Sly and Robbie; I believe it was recorded in Jamaica, when Mr. Dury took a break from the Blockheads (the temporary departure of Chas Jankel --"Musical Diector" --hurt the band musically, although "F***ing Ada" and "Superman's Big Sister" stood out as vintage Ian) -- "Laughter," with Wilko Johnson, was okay, but Chas is a bloody wizard ("Do It Yourself" may have been their finest hour), and his return was a relief for us Blockheads ...

A charity song -- banned ...

[revjemima]

Is that the guitarist from Dr. Feelgood?

[revjemima]

Is that the guitarist from Dr. Feelgood?

[geffel]

@revjemima

I believe so. Wilco Johnson, is it?

[johnmcluskey]

@revjemima Yeah, it's definately Wilco Johnson alright. He joined the Blokcheads a few years after his departure from Dr. Feelgood and is a great player. Ian Dury was always a hero and a true british treasure. A real good poet that got get the right band working around him. Just so glad we had him..

[nospeedlimit73]

@revjemima

sure is!

[elvirakotopoulo]

perfect

[MissJezebel61]

Released in 81...year of the disabled...fantastic song that turns disability on its head...written/performed by an incred talented+sexy man,,who just happened to be disabled...lol.

.all the f*cking stuck up BBC tv viewers who complained about this vid,,,,funny because I;m disabled myseldf+totally understand the irony..RIP Ian Dury x

[metalmaster126]

2:13 - 2:18 haha

[metalmaster126]

67 likes 0 dislikes =D They should play this on Kerrang =p

[Uranija28]

Brilliant

[MissMiffed]

Fab!!!

[toodyface]

Tune!

[dravidwake]

Brilliant...



[Pokal777]

SUPERB

[jaabadie200]

great

[huwfylt]

davey payne's so stoic..

[damswedon]

@EmperorMarcusNovius they didn't get it back then, they banned it from the BBC effectively banning it from the mainstream.

[goatshredder]

I never heard of this song until today, which is odd because my bastard friends called me it at school.

[abi4253]

i love this songg, so clever and full of respect <3

[pauljrchef]

very clever lyrics from a disabled man, and not the piss take song that many believe

[joseluisperezbarrale]

La letra de esta canción es la ostia ! Ni siquiera nativos de Inglaterra la pueden extraer .... Nos queda bajarla de Internet ... Pero esto es autentico funkie ! Y yo lo vi en Directo, en Sevilla, sobre 1983 .... Ian Dury Ya esta muerto, pero no su música !

[JohnBoulter]

wilko



[xemopengyx]

@JohnBoulter EVERYONE LOVES WILKO.

[ludo45]

genial, musica que permanece.

[CravenCottage123]

just watched the film sex drugs and rock n roll.....what a character!.... oozes rock n roll this guy..... RIP Ian Dury

[KoRnOnTheKob90]

Just saw the film : Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll i would highly recommend watching it, good film.

[raygabmiamizzi]

yay

[trollfinger]

I was watching that show shameless and Frank was passing out with tons of pills in his mouth declaring "I am spasticus"

[nixon2k6]

Ian Dury, what a LEGEND!! propa rock n roll if ther was any

[Uranija28]

Brilliant..........

[samanthatynee]

I seriously wish with all my heart that he wasn't dead.

[MATALE0N]

anyone else think that the song 'plastic beach' by the gorillaz was influenced by this song????

[ParanoidAndroid1985]

@MATALE0N I Think Damon Would take great influence from the blockheads as they have a way with words similar to maybe the kinks (narrative, describing places) and this was pretty much what he did in blur ( for 3 albums at least ) so Yeah I reckon so

[GeorgeBradJohnson]

I wish my friend never sent me this. Once you listen to it you can't get it out of your head.

[Pokal777]

@GeorgeBradJohnson Very true!!

[Cougari72]

@GeorgeBradJohnson  I agree.. I cant stop coming back to this track lol....

[melonnell123]

I dedicate this fav to: janicedeenamour and all the hostages in her, and her hubby's basement (she says she's from Calcutta but we reckon she's got a cheap council basement in Brent, London)

[artysmokes]

Countdown without Carol Vorderman? "Spasticus" is a 9 letter word. What a conundrum!

[artysmokes]

Countdown without Carol Vorderman? "Spasticus" is a 9 letter word. What a conundrum!

[RyanDiamond100]

So politically incorrect :L

[teamcrumb]

@RyanDiamond100  thankfully

[twibzprime]

@RyanDiamond100 he was aprooached to write a song for national disabilities awarenes week. Druy himself suffered with polio he wrote this song to try and stop people from pitying the 'poor disabled people' in his own words: "Its a hard f*ckin life and noone knows this more than us [the disabled] we dont need pity we need nothin, coz thats all we usually get'

[RyanDiamond100]

@twibzprime I knew, he was a great character. Fantastic sense of humour, not to mention his music!

[CockneyRebel1979]

@RyanDiamond100 but shit-hot, all the same, Ryan, me old son! ;)

[balberto14]

this song is siccccccccccccccckkkkkkkk i love it!!!

[s2trash]

Dyslexic , eperlepsy , my tune lol . Just spotted Wilko on guitar , photographed him a couple of years ago , top bloke .

Tom

[fierymrjingles]

i can only describe this song as a chillis sound with tenacious d lyrics , and i dont mean to be offensive this is class

[spasticus95]

so sad about the lipsinc but just glad for the song