There ain't half been some clever bastards

[Prokifiev]

Bought this single when I was 13. Wonderful video, thanks. Good man, Ian, RIP

[baldy1]

miss him 1 of the uks best,,,saw him on the be-stiff tour in dundee when i was a wee punk-rocker,,,,11ears old

[ButherLi55ett]

nice vid u've made there! some clever bastards for me to check out!

[kernowgreyx70]

The wordsmith at his best

[deanedgx]

PMSL rest in peace Mr Dury.

[Anglichanen]

love the song but many of the images were not of clever people at all, actually terrorists such as Nelson Mandela and the communist Jew shit Karl Marx ;)

[georgeowers]

You racist, ignorant moron.

[Anglichanen]

the usual answer from people who dont want to hear the truth

[georgeowers]

Nelson Mandela indeed did sanction violent methods against the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Marx was indeed of Jewish heritage and a Communist. What of it?

[OriginalFrancOPhile]

Your racism is show in your description of Karl Marx. More than this what Nelson Mandela approved of was far less the actions of terrorists than what was perpetrated on indigenous South Africans by the European interlopers.

[iamhobo08]

so montipython

[deadkennedy1]

if i recall it was the B-side of "hit me"

I bought this when i was about 11,i remember my mothers horror to what she saw written on the flip side :)

[mush1955]

@deadkennedy1 ...flipped out did she ?



[PeteGeeza86]

I've always liked Ian Dury and the blockheads.However,i only discovered this song today......brilliant....clever­,funny,funky lyrics and tune.....Dury's Essex accent you can't fault. :-)

[spews1973]

What an excellent video to accompany an excelent song! Thank you for including some of the most notable clever bastards who were sadly left out of the lyrics, not the least of them being Mr. Dury himself. Priceless stuff!

[reedski57]

I might include Benjamen Franklin, Nicoli Tesla, and Philo T Farnsworth.

[kevteop]

That last shot of Ian is mint.

[matsiouxno]

As a writer/poet you were ace Ian. RIP

[MehefinHeulog]

Galileo, Darwin, Mozart, yes, I think so. Even Houdini. And that Satre was too clever by half, ad nauseam.

But wait, ... Henri Toussaint the Black Napoleon of Haiti!? oh well. haha

Let you off for putting Malcom X next to old Bill.

Superb video!!! Laughed my socks off.

[syscothong]

bastard my nipple

[orphandrift]

:D

All hail Senor Lampoon!

[gasjam]

this is good quality sound - been looking for this. Remember it on B side of Hit Me - hilarious, love it. Thanks.

[sparklebtt]

LOL! Good one!

[oakfield8]

great vid remember it well 1979 i think b side to hmwyrs!!!!!!!einstein love that part ......splitting mis!

[jonesed209]

I was given Hit me on 12" when I was about 4. I was never allowed to play the B side which had this track on! LOL

Love the Einstein bit!!

[anarchynotchaos]

Cheers Jonesed209

I really want to do Plaistow Patricia but the neonazis who run Youtube won't allow "inappropriate content"

so fuck 'em.

[jonesed209]

TOP BANANA!!

[timberplod66]

nice job