Ian Dury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 1978

[ScarletVarlet]

So funky!

[Darthmalak12]

Thumbs up if the Doctor Brought you here

[francecroatia777]

Lovely, spirited, a tremendous song and word dance mixture---it rocked me back in college.

Thanks very much!!!

[markyboythewolf]

That aint a rhythmn stick Ian, you'm off shooting after the gig!

[NunoPlague]

I am Dave! Yognaught

[tonicviper]

number one the day i was born :D

[samspadexxx]

44 people should stick to their pretty boy bands

[JACKANDJAY10]

I come from Billericay and i love this guy,legend.:-)

[dazincalculation]

0:06 & 0:47 have seen artists these days rip that riff off, but nothing beats it in the original -daz in oz

[Ritasheba]

Very nice, love the sSaxophone playing

Rira

[Kittielips]

5*****.

Jennie.

[uwebde]

Very Nice

Who is there at the Saxophone playing ?

[97manningro]

I know its cliche, but they really don't make em like this no more.

[bananasplitsable]

Wish I'd seen him live.

[CaptRowboat]

Screw your disco stick!

[MrJETCITY]

As fresh as a daisy. Great Track!

[ExcelsiorProduction1]

...Continuing the Legacy of Great British Bass Players. Gosh...

[Caedmon25]

If you don't love this you haven't got a soul.

P.S Get your children immunised against polio because this is what it does (and worse)

[neilsamples]

Born before his time and died before his time

[MrPENGTINGZ]

HERO! <3

[65veto]

sehr sehr klasse - Man;)

[Vanpants]

Great song, still not sure how I knew it at age 8 though.

[alanmeires]

@Vanpants same as me are mums and dads listion to it thats how we no it ...and the stones and beatles and henderx were do i stop ?

[MikeMuk1]

Ian Dury told Malcolm McClaren that Johnny Rotten had stolen his act when they ---[ie the sneering attitude and manipulation of the mike stand]--- both watched the Pistols' live gig... ...immitation is a form of praise.

[JennaJoker]

Reminds me of the doctor in Tooth and Claw, David  Tennant singing this

[nulramma]

@JennaJoker i went hunting for this cause of this song. =w=

[nulramma]

@nulramma 

[nulramma]

*episode DERP

[schetta01]

Fantastic,hit meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,aber das geht noch etwas besser

[bloodnokian]

Dat Bass

[kanegills]

Norman is taking that bass for a WALK.

Truly a legendary piece of bass playing.

[Mr3sheds]

@kanegills I'd say he was taking it for a brisk run!

[joosman123]

I saw ian on his last tour when ill with cancer-one of the great gigs I went to.The band were awesome, and Ian was and remains a bona fide legend. I love this track.

[equitis1]

He was a legend

[Raiders81166]

what CRAP!!

[PassionBonsai]

37 oddities!

[eyelivehere]

Proper drums!

[2tonsolid]

cool

[stephen88hox]

rip

[higmedia4]

We like the shades/gloves situation.

Cheers

hig media

[sandyman1960]

awesome lyrycs great bass and saxaphone the mans a legend

[ddayrocks]

I once went for a kebab with Norman, and I used to play in a band with his nephew - I am truly blessed!

[Snarf]

@ddayrocks Dude, that is awesome. Norman is a freakin' legend.

[apacolipps]

Funny song. Have started to become interested in this guy since watching the biopic. Unique voice and presence, to be sure.

[MrPariah29]

its nice to be a lunatic. fuck aye

[6520975]

real class

[serioussam40]

NOW THIS IS WHAT I CALL GODDAMNED FUCKING REAL MUSIC!!!

[Mw2xGamingg]

@serioussam40 Uhmm no..???

[CreamedCheesed]

this is a song that I never think I like, but then when I listen to it I love it.

[paulchiuk]

This is the stuff that favourite's are made of. I'm greedy, I want to hear/see more work of this quality... but there's nothing near it is there?

[1jackiea]

Hit me with your Buddha stick!! OH YEH!!

[MrCriticOfAll]

@1jackiea Havent seen 1 of them in years well not a true 1 anyway i always end up with tied sticks

[Pepperami369]

I always thought he said wilds of Waterloo

[TechUnadept]

Lol, song about cock-slap!

[sergino035]

ah!what a band!..

[mycal64]

The docks of Tiger Bay - Caaaaaaardifffffff!!!!!!!!!!

[beinndorainjames]

Poet, social commentator, musical genius and backed by a brilliant band. Miss you Ian. God bless.

[Barboutzis]

In the wilds of BORNEOOOOO (with that deep voice)..Classic - Love it!!!

Great Bass by the way - funky slappin bass, they don't do it like that any ore.

[ASTMA193]

32 people have not been hit ;)

[Tonewheeldude]

Hammond B3 and a CP70!

[face1972able]

hit me

[TheJacob1961]

HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM SCHTICK!....HIT ME

[waimaukuphoenix]

Decades ago, saw Ian D and the B'heads when they came out to NZ. We were well up for it going into the 'arena' and whilst we knew about his history with polio, we were kinda stunned when he we saw he needed a minder to help him onstage. But after that it was f**ng magic. He was tne man , great songs, great band..

[Spacemonkeyuk01]

Fantastic! Reminds me of my childhood. Happy memories!

[t0md4111y]

jeeziz listen to that bass

[icantgetitup]

cant stop laughing

[MrJordocandace1499]

hit him already!!!!

[flattermuus]

Das ist gut sein,fantastick

[markmarktarmann]

@flattermuus Das ist gut. C'est fantastique.

[yolatreacy]

Question: What group and track uses a sample @ 1.56 to 2.04?

[markmarktarmann]

@yolatreacy I don't know who sampled THIS. but this exact groove ian d and the b heads took from a Dr. John song the early 70's "right place wrong time" (i think that was the title.) probably the groove was initiated by a. toussaint, the producer and groovemeister. some deep swampy louisiana creole voodoo groove.

[eamonlaser]

@markmarktarmann I've just found Right Place, Wrong Time on YT and if it is the song you mean I can't hear anything that suggests Rhythm Stick was stolen from Dr John... Right Place, Wrong Song?

[Ezael]

Dual sax FTW!

[trioptimumscapes]

just bloody awesome...........the horns snap my mind and make me wanna throw out some shapes lol.

[McKSpooky]

WHAT a tune...

[MissesJoplin]

i freakin love this song

[65veto]

It's about LOVE;)

[damazywlodarczyk]

Isn't it about sex and that it's universal?

[SKOTP69]

On of my favourites, an incredible influence on me, ever since I first heard it in '79 when I was 10!

[kato7547]

henryroebuck3547,,,,,,I know that !!!!! i dont think i implied THAT at all,,,wake up plz

[ardbucho1]

R.I.P IAN DURY, we miss ya!!! Having polio from such a young age must of been brutal.Think of the stick he must of got at school.

[ardbucho1]

R.I.P IAN DURY, we miss ya!!!

[floppybollox3]

The blockheads, the best band of the era!

[socalmax]

"Das ist gut, c'est fantastique, hit me, hit me, hit me!" Cheers to you'll, Ian and the band.

[calboy64]

brilliant,,,dury was an early rap star,,,,just listen

[1jackiea]

fucken awesome!!! LOVE the SAX Player.R.I.P. IAN.

[Turbosonic98]

This is terrible.

[floppybollox3]

@Turbosonic98 silly 12 year old.

[Turbosonic98]

@floppybollox3 Lol. Actually, I admit, it's very catchy but just...a little creepy.

[jaymally23]

its not just the sond its the lyik,s ,n the time it came out

[64river19]

this is t.o.t.p s lip sycncing was the norm, and the savy bands sung outta sync which i thought was great ....lol

[ryoko65]

he's gotta be lip syncing .... don't see how he could sing worth a darn chawing on that gum the whole time.... lolz.....

[insideahorse]

@ryoko65 ha ha, you think that is singing worth a darn? How much is a darn because his singing is bobbins... it's great mind you, but is it really good singing?

[jaymally23]

@insideahorse youve not got a clue then mate

[insideahorse]

@jaymally23 I would never be so crazy to claim I have a clue... to which part specifically do you consider my cluelessness to be worthy of remark here? is the singing actually worth a darn? and seriously how much is a DARN worth these days? By his own admission he said he couldn't sing but that knew a lot of cockney rhyming slang... great fella, great music, darn good singing

[GordonKeeble100]

@insideahorse  Don't know either, don't care, maybe I'm a Blockhead, but loved this man's music.

[ryoko65]

@insideahorse -- very clever retort :) I set you up to deliver a great line......I guess I should have also said that the song is fun and his original performance is great... but you try singing with gum in your mouth sometime ..... lolz :)

[TheMRmadhatt]

got love the sax player I'm not sure how much of a sax player playing two at the same time makes you but impressive all the same

[SuPeRsTaR71679051]

lol we sang this all scout camp...even at campfire and during midnight feasts, wide games...etc...never realised it was this much of a proper song xD

[timeeagle77]

Geiles Stück ABER am Ende wo das beste kommt und Ian und die E-Gitarre voll austilen......................­....... abgwürgt!!!

Mit das Beste fehlt!!!

Trotzdem THX

[cloudbuster66]

great musicians,great song

[crazychemo]

i think its slightly sexual

[trashcanalive]

Was it Chas Jankel who phoned his mum immediately after recording this and said, 'we've just made our first number one.' No wonder. A piece of absolute genius.

[jonnyevsky]

All I want for my birthday is another birthday."

— Ian Dury

Happy Birthday Ian, a true original, much loved.

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die

[DrimnaghRoad]

The basist looks like Dudley Moore.

[gewglesux]

@DrimnaghRoad  Dudley Moore or not he's playing the hell out of it

[jackbrightside]

idk if he could do the voice, but robert downey junior looks like a good match although the movie already came out

[mrmole28]

I just listened to Friday so I need something to get it out of my head now!

[brianab31]

I LOVE Ian Dury!

But, uh, Holy smokes! His sax guy is playing 2 sax's at once- phenomenal!

And....wot happened to the rest of the freakin' song, mate?

[squinkque]

I've just been given 30 minutes to live, how many ian dury videos can I watch in that time? Oh, crap just wasted a minute

[MrBiggi1995]

such a gentalman

[MildPsychedelic]

Double Saxophone... It's so inten... No i'm not gonna go there.

[aleksandrahtee]

hit me 

[SamLee500]

Great song, and he looks like Van Damme

[SuperKnoblauch1]

das ist gut für Phantasie

[funkfanNo1]

Awesome! Norman Watt Roy, Charley Charles and of course the mighty Ian Dury. The sounds of my youth and one of the songs that inspired me to play.

[shaver1961]

very under appreciated band.

[choclatesaltyballz]

great song writer

[kingmodo]

Genius - top fella, saw Mr Dury and his Blockheads at Finsbury park when they were backing Madness. Aswad were they too, but Ian Dury did the business.

[matelot95]

Norman Watt-Roy...what a bass player!!!

[toy200sx]

@matelot95 Indeed. Fantastic to listen to isn't he. Rolllllllllin along :-)

[8corporal]

@matelot95 Too bloody right mate! I suppose it should be classed as a `Blocheadonian` bass line!

[twoslices]

@matelot95 The white James Jamerson!

[Zoboomafoobar]

Who in the world would dislike this??????????? 25 people do, apparently!

[davieboymc]

strange strange classic. brilliant.

[FranHu75]

he wrote this song about himself: "It's nice to be a lunatic" 8-DDDDD

[xtcpino]

How are there 25 who don't like this?  Morons

[Memale2009]

Pas grand chose, mais tout de même - tiens, comment dirais-je... eh bien, pas mal du tout. Je crois qu'il faudrait être ivre, qu'on devrait danser comme un fou au rhythme de ce titre idiot sans réfléchir. Gut, um die Sau rauszulassen... Honi soit qui mal y pense :)

[RainPoetry]

What great disco. 

[universalself]

neat...disco classic

[happyenjoytime]

Sch talent comes along rarely.

[b00mhauer]

3:02 serious dandruff.

[00Rorschach]

DA WARS!!! " ICH LIEBE DICH"

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[drummermizike]

bad ass band!

[radbasstist1234]

hey, i watched the other video of this song, and ian looks like a midget?? is he? i dont mean any dis-respect by the way (:

[drummermizike]

@radbasstist1234 he wasn't a midget but he had a disease of sorts,not sure what though

[SunnyJim33]

@drummermizike & radbasstist1234

Ian caught polio when he was a kid and so one of his legs and hands didn't develop properly. We don't see much polio these days coz of vaccines but there was a fair bit of it around in the 40s when Ian was born. Didn't seem to stop him though, did it! What an artist, sadly missed.

[drummermizike]

@SunnyJim33 absolutely..i always remember the song sex,and,drugs,and rock and roll..i just recently really started to listen to ian and the blockheads...man soooo good...

[matelot95]

@radbasstist1234 He had polio as a child

[shweet0161]

My band supported Ian dury and the blockheads in the 90's just before he died. It was a bit sad really as not many turned up. Now he's massive again. Even though he was on his way out his performance was exceptional - especially this track!!

[jkoff76]

Man. Ian was one funky mother!

[edwards21416]

all in an English accent he knew it would make him stand out and he did ,outstanding and very clever move maybe more people should try it instead of singing with a black accent or and American one.

[Rockaryify]

Come on, Hit me NOW , cause Ich liebe dich !!! 

[JohnnyLovely2]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[Hunter9113]

Stick me with your rhythm dick.

[horn63de]

Großartige Nummer!

[HELLO2YOU3]

God fookin love ya lad rip my friend see you one day mate.

[RememberToday4ever]

Classic 80's :-)

[chickitakoowan]

@RememberToday4ever don't you mean classic 70's

[kato7547]

Ian Dury was a cripple & this is about the Police beating him up thinking he was drunk,,,,,,,,,,,

[henryroebuck370]

@kato7547 No its about fucking

[dom33332]

The saxophone guy is amazing. He can play two at the same time

[ribblock1]

How do you not like this?

[addioalre]

star!!

[MrMallyd]

great band,they dont make em like this anymore......more's the pity........r.i.p mr dury.

[JFROXY]

A cripple, Asian, ageing funksters, saxophones, keyboards, tuxedos....good old Punk Rock eh? And not a sight of jumping on the bandwagon!

[rovercrew]

@JFROXY genius

[iguanna41]

This is real music today's music sucks!! why can't this kind of stuff be in the charts today? if it was i would know the top 10 but because its so shit now i am ignorant & i have no clue of the music of today, so as far as i am concerned long live the 70's & 80's.

[visceral81]

@iguanna41 I know,what happened .

[MrCriticOfAll]

This is the truth>I was back stage with Ian Dury and the Blockheads in 1980 for 2 nights at the Canberra Theater in Australia.And he threatened my boss not to fire me cos he busted me drinking jugs of bourbon (Which i had to supply the band with)and what topped it off was i had a joint in my hand when he walked in.God rest your sole Ian.

[neebs56]

@MrCriticOfAll yeah. right!!!!

[MrCriticOfAll]

@neebs56 Dont believe me i dont care but just look up his tour dates , where he stayed and most of all where the band ate.OK smart arse!

[neebs56]

@MrCriticOfAll that doesnt make any sense!! and any way u can get tour dates and places any where!!

[sonidos1000]

@MrCriticOfAll hahahah and your boss didn´t fire you?

[MrCriticOfAll]

@sonidos1000 No I didnt get fired because Ian had a lot of influence in the English music industry and he said that if i lost job that he would make the Canberra Theatre and Seasons resturant name mud in England.He was a great guy

[ICE420]

@MrCriticOfAll Nice one.

[TheVoidedPresence]

@MrCriticOfAll You have no idea how envious i am. I always thought Ian Dury was a cool guy. Now if Netflix willing I am gonna go and watch Sex & Drugs and Rock N' Roll.

[playstation1980]

@MrCriticOfAll He told your boss not to fire you?

[eedobee]

@MrCriticOfAll why did your boss care?

[MrCriticOfAll]

@eedobee Because I was representing Canberra's most snobbiest restaurant at the time.I also served.and met Peter Allan and Andrew Sacks to mention a few.

[MrOribear]

@MrCriticOfAll Just like to share my story.I swear this is true.I met Princess Di at the Festival Centre for a youth convention.I wasnt meant to chat but she approached and we had a small chat about youth issues. She asked me if It was hard to work with Y/ P and i replied It was a bit stressful but i smoke pot and it calmed me down. She looked straight into my eyes and said "mhh i will go back home and try that myself" Stunned turned to laughter. I do believe she misunderstood me!!

[MrCriticOfAll]

@MrOribear she was a beautiful lady murdered by money grabbing photographers.i did see her once when she visited the Banardo's Centre in Atherton street Downer Canberra ACT Australia and my brother was the guard of honor for the Australian Army at their wedding.But and i will say this "Fuck man how cool was it talking to her! I WISH

[MrOribear]

@MrCriticOfAll She was a cool lady, i wish I had offered her a joint!! I still have the photos of that day (courtesy of the british media) and I look at them every blue moon and ponder what a beautiful lady she was. I do recall her speaking very "proper" and I was the envy of all my mates.Even 20 years down the track I am still chuffed at meeting the peoples princess.I just wished I had spoken to her for longer!! (and given her my phone number-lol)

[MrCriticOfAll]

@MrOribear lol i think your phone number would have been in an extremely long list of wishers.I still remember the royal blue outfit she wore the day i saw her it was like her FLAWLESS.

[Arcusinoz]

@MrCriticOfAll well,it was just a Canberra thingey.thing then lol lol