Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Billericay Dickie

[Jlipnicki]

'her rum and her ribena' : does anyone know what the rhyming slag this is for ? I know a bit, but never worked this out.

[moonsugar1]

@Jlipnicki To be blunt, I always thought it meant her bumhole and pussy. If its not, then its just my filthy little mind, but I've been calling them Rum and Ribena's ever fucking since! lol.

[Morthund]

gosh, now I learned you should never hold a cancle if you don't know where it's been... profoundly invaluable wisdom from an elder;)

[tony671]

REVOLVER WAS A GREAT SHOW

[tony671]

great gezzer!!!!one the best poets the uk ever turned out and with paul weller the best thing to come out of "the new wave"

[SnoreBear44]

can't remember who turned me onto him...haven't heard him in awhile --thanks for uploading.

[kingharryannis]

Got an A Level in English.

[alanrp360]

oi oi !!

[jactays]

im from billericay ... still looking for dickie

[messymazza]

I LIVE IN BILLERICAY

[Jlipnicki]

@messymazza Nothing wrong in that. Did you know Dickie ?

[Pepperami369]

1:07 to 1:13!!!! Gotta watch

[MMBurns88]

@Pepperami369 he just proved that not all black people can dance.

[Pepperami369]

@MMBurns88 LOL. Thinking about that cha cha slide song. I think that was made by blacks

[jonnyevsky]

All I want for my birthday is another birthday."

— Ian Dury

[jonnyevsky]

Happy Birthday Ian. A true original. Used to sing this song going out with mates in the car on a Friday night in south Essex. It was our anthem.To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die.

[MrRoryfan]

went to see ian and the blockheads at the town and country club WHAT A NIGHT!! couldnt get the smile of my face for days. Met him at LWT spoke to him and managed to get him to sign my ticket. its the only autgraph iv ever asked anybody for and i treasure it. R.I.P Mr dury you gave me and my mates many smiles for many years

[MarlonOwnsYourCake]

Jeez, I'm such an American. The longer the song goes, the less I know what he's saying.

[Jahoosafat]

YouTube exists to ensure that performances like this are never lost and forgotten.

[loujack1011]

billericay all the way

[Punkyadam2k8]

Pure talent !

I was unfortunate enuff to never have seen ian dury live (Due to the fact i'm 14) i often listen 2 rowdy punk

And very shouty punk rock

But more often than not i like to go back to what could of been back in the real generation of true sole music

Instead of the new heartless and frankly emotionless world that is a world that blanks out anything diverse

RIP true inspiration

[davesgcr]

@Punkyadam2k8

Good on you for appreciating class - saw the great man once at a student do (I was young once) - what a great chap>

[davesgcr]

What a star - so glad I saw him live !

[CaptainRockNRoll]

You should never hold a candle, if you don't know where it's been!

[happyenjoytime]

Video spoiled by that dickead's intro. Just wanna hear Ian thank u very much!

[firestartertwistedfi]

@happyenjoytime Peter Cook wouldn't thank you for calling one of Britain's comic geniuses that. And it lasts about ten seconds!

[RebelSpiritof77]

David Copperfield of the 1970's music scene...

[happyenjoytime]

Wotcha Ian ... we just ate your ashes down that fackin pizza joint !!

[slylittlei]

2nd gig I ever went to @ Gants Hill Odeon, must have been '79 or '80?

A real loss... gawd bless yer, Ian!

[grovesis1]

used to see Ian circa 75/76 (could be earlier) at the Nashville in Fulham, remember him pre punk with about 8 safety pins in his ear. I think they did Tuesdays there sometimes=. Amazing live, totally uplifting.

[tjrxk7]

I got the 1977 Stiffs album.

[2HB2HB]

Star.



[botman9822]

xxxxxx

[moonansfit]

LOL at the black guy 1.08 - 1.15

nothing racist meant by that its just funny :)

[appleshed11]

Blinder... anyone who says otherwise needs a kick up the April in Paris. Recommend Dickie Balls' biography (he must be 'avin a giraffe) "Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The Life of..."

[helenuc]

rock on dude!!!!

[dshishod]

Bet their glad tht other band cancelled

[gigantorize]

Great tune........"She took me to the cleaners {and other misdemeaners}!"

"So you asked Joyce and Vicky.....if I ever took the mickey."

[OneWomenProductions]

omg 2:04 wattta prick in the audience :L

[dfarmbrough]

Thanks for posting all these difficult to get hold of clips. It's nice to see Peter Cook introducing them too.

[ecnalubma696969]

Mick Jones is a commie cunt.

[MrDavy86]

mick jones is the boy chap my door and and say hes commie cunt and i ll grab you bye the ears and use you as a space hopper ya knob

[OneWomenProductions]

@ecnalubma696969 and your rude... keep your opinions to yourself

[ecnalubma696969]

@OneWomenProductions Blow me whore

[OneWomenProductions]

@ecnalubma696969 i don't blow off dirty HIV dicks thanks

[ecnalubma696969]

How about a clean non-HIV one.

[OneWomenProductions]

Even if it was i wouldn't suck it coz it's probably 12 cm

[ecnalubma696969]

So there's hope.

[OneWomenProductions]

No there is no hope you fucking pervert go an pay someone!!

[rudey2shoes1]

looks like Bruce Foxton to me - well spotted! Looking forward to the new Ian Dury movie.

[anth160473]

its bruce foxton!

[badmartianshrew]

There's someone in the audience 0.17 who looks like a member of the Jam

[goonerbrain59]

classic !! thanx 4 postin.

[TheCalum12]

Im from Billericay! best town eva. Gavin and stacey set there aswell =]

[redredreds100]

yea right, i lived in Hockley

[optimus57]

But filmed in wales.

[firestartertwistedfi]

Never understood the appeal of that show!

[rugshort]

2:02 what a dickie!

[8barrbarr8]

1:08 - 1:14

hahah nice moves

[vicpur]

This is my anthem!!! Romford Boys!!!!

[8barrbarr8]

Too Right!! :P

[Roythewonderboy]

Feckin' genius

[DarkMark999]

Thanks for uploading :D

[mullen49]

I wonder if Damon's ever heard this? I suspect that he has.

Essex poetry.

[05tandj]

my dad saw theese and eva since i came along he has had me listening to them! and im bloody glad now him and blockheads r fuking brill! cant beat them

[haroldturkeypants]

This is poetry to the whole world baby :-)

[kevster1340]

@haroldturkeypants abso fuckin lutely!

[Hendrix0strat]

"the jackpot is in the handle on a normal fruit machine" HA! this song is so true, living in the London and essex area to me this is poetry.

[dadswizz]

great band , show , compare , 10/10

[cliff277]

wild , raw , pithy , lewd , funny and brilliant in a twisted Bristish music hall tradition .

'I had a love affair with NINA in the back of my Cortina ? A seasoned up hyena could not have been more obscener / She took me to the cleaners and other misdemeanors / But I got right up between her rum and her Ribena . .. Genius cockney slang .. nuf said .

[haroldturkeypants]

Cliff baby you are a true coniswaray!

Stay tuned.

[gutgutgutgut]

I don't understand the Ribena reference, any chance you could explain it to me please?

[jmharrison51]

Ian playing with near rhymes: rum/bum, ribena/vageena. References to a ladies naughty bits I'm afraid :-)

[redredreds100]

@cliff277 I come from HOCKLEY, and I know Billericay, very well

[redredreds100]

@cliff277 pillock

[shorol]

sore him twice wat a clever basterd

[EastsideEddy]

I was 15 in 77 and he was playing with the Blockheads in Dublin, where I lived.

Unfortunately, cash was in extremely short supply in those days so I never got to see the show.

Sniff!

[S1Z3M]

spewing...

[jimbaker87]

Ian Dury was brilliant. Such a sad loss. A truly great man.

[hizzyrider]

A seasoned up Hyena, could not be more have been more obscener....you HAD to be poet to come up with that. I got into the Blockheads when 'New Boots and Panties' came out, and I saw the Blockheads at the Hammersmith Odeon. I was 14 and it was my first concert and I came out of it nearly deaf, with a grin from ear to ear. Lyndon Kwesi Johnson was the opener, and that was an education in itself.

[uchoobin]

"RUMBLED HER RIBEENA!!!!!!!

[dfarmbrough]

A characteristically idiosyncratic performance there from Sir Ian.

[WestLondonDroog]

Brilliant track from New Pants.... Prog is Revolver I think.

[bassmickeyd]

Great band, great Ian.

[rongatai]

very clever RIP Ian

[bobpremier]

Ian Dury - brilliant...should have been poet laureate

[dangerousprimate]

its peter cooke

[pachero4711]

who's Peter Cooke - & wot connect him with Ian Dury ..

##Z - maybe twice thinking - they are not so important -

& doing a very good  "job" for the crowd

[lamancha2]

Peter Cook had a job introducing the show - it was aimed at punks, and he was a bit edgy (probably on account of the Derek & Clive albums) and needed the work!

[nikakios]

is that tony wilson?

[goonerbrain59]

proper essex boy !! lol

[ascnaruto]

how quite -.-

[astronomerroyal]

Serious question of a serious nature:

Ian Dury & Blockheads music video. They're in a building. Ian's wearing lots of make-up, face almost white. Saw it here on YT. They introduce themselves during the song. Can you name it, or point me to it?

Million thanks in advance. And Harold, thanks for all the videos.

[crom08well]

The recording of "I wanna be straight" has the band introducing themselves.

[jiggawoo]

where did you get a dvd of revolver from ?!?

[fionad88]

Woo! Burnham on Crouch... Lmao Rock on.

[pachero4711]

Ian done it very well - I'm a Kraut - but when I saw a life session of him - 25 years ago - I thought ---

WOT's this ... I was so in love with the music & his show ...

UK wins always the CUP for best musican ... the rest you can forget

##Z

[GrantonianDan]

fucking gay noob

[haroldturkeypants]

On what do you base your intensely profound critique ,oh wise one?

[pachero4711]

I like UK - & especially there musi-cans - & I had never a bad adventure with the Britain's

- I love music & the UKs are my favourites - Bowie. Ringo Star ... & now Damon Albarn &&&& ..

##Z - all the Best - wot my Gordie "pa - he's now also dead" said

[pachero4711]

I'm clever enough - that I know, that I know NOTHING - only to survive

## - but so on - wot's ure favourite film

[NapalmTheElf]

One of English musics true genius'

But fuck me, wot a load of weird bastards in the audience......80's casualties.

[haroldturkeypants]

That was the 70,s man!

[NapalmTheElf]

Fair enough mate, slightly picky but hey, I was about 10, things blurr at that age

[haroldturkeypants]

Slightly picky,you were only a decade out mate!

[jellyfishinthebath]

Loved you and your band Ian! :)

[bluensunshine]

loved ya, Ian

[CJOKUSAP]

drwalpurgis....fack orrrfff!

[bluensunshine]

There ain't no posh in Burnham on Crouch :(

[pachero4711]

cose´malanchor - Ian Dury yx biigus Dichus .. estla Billericay Dickie - PERSONA NON GRATA

##Z

[georgegillette]

Nice to see a studio audience augment a live band (and how!) rather than blot them out by clapping the upbeat. Great video %")

[narcissustree]

his sarcasm was great

[burgesmate]

Ian was a star but the Blockheads were the tightest band of their generation. I recall a concert at the Cardiff Top Rank when they blew the crowd away.

[nubient]

@burgesmate they are still pretty tight!!

[drwalpurgis]

Which half of Chas and Dave was he?

[northwestcassy]

A MASTER OF HIS ART

[Christoffski]

LEGEND.

[BMayhew60]

Chris, Agreed, in my other comment to you, the "you" meant anyone or someone if you couldn't tell, not you specifically. Take care...

[Christoffski]

Gotcha. xD

[haroldturkeypants]

If it is he,s shrunk by about 3ft!

[mark919]

Is that Chuck Berry dancing away in the audience.....at about 1:08 mins in??

[declan1961]

what a class act.

[exproggo]

A majestic song...Ian was a true punk poet.

[xEmmaJamesx]

Ian Ian Ian you are the the best RIP

[fifiroo]

Woo! <3 Ian Dury

R.I.P

XXX

[rottro]

R.I.P Ian  you are still the man.

[haroldturkeypants]

Yeah he got moves!

[pw3uk]

1:10, that person's loving it!!

[fishlycoxwell]

peter cook AND ian dury in the same clip?

class!!

[heckmacbuff]

No-one better

[dan68king]

smoked a joint with ian{r i p ) at the t & c club,camden.what a geezer

[bigcompt12]

classic

[martinevans123]

I believe in 'Bob-a-Job'

And life in outer space

I believe an open gob

Does nothing for your face

a seasoned up hyena could notta been more obscener!

[vizionman]

Thankx for you life, the world is a sadder place since you left us...OI OI till we meet again

[hismotherspride]

He certainly was no bleedin' thickie. Cheers for this!

[isaniac]

Billericay all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Great song for our town

[GrumblingGrognard]

The song I always think of when Ian's name is mentioned. As long as we enjoy his work, he will always be with us. RIP Ian.

[bukvic161]

very good song :)

[dazrazuk]

CHEERS LOVED IT !!!

[alsmed]

the jackpot is in the handle

[sandman892]

several hours down from cleveland to topmost kentucky with this blasting out the windows...you think the church group would have been more strict with what music we brought...

[haroldturkeypants]

Amen Brother.

[Pitsku]

Loved the man. Imagine him taking America by storm. Love to know what the average American makes of the great Dury. RIP

[kgordon855]

he was brilliant saw him in 77 in Bath - a friend saw him at the Roxy in Hollywood opening for Lou Reed and nobody got it - typical US

[louswire]

I liked I.D. back in the 70's... along with Sparks... Joe Jackson, and so many others

[chaldonherring]

Speaking as a Brit who loved ID, my girlfriend in 1978/9 -- from Iowa -- could not stand him and his music. She just hated him.

Years later I saw him live in Oxford and it was the loudest gig I have heard.

[floppyman1]

lol my cuzan lives in billericay and hes name is richard but we call him dickie lol he made a video 4 dis song wiv him just mimeing it

[bomilbourne]

great stuff i rember it well just spotted myself in the audience you have anymore revolver stuff

[GaryNull]

you can't dance . . j/k . . lol

[paul4003]

Just classic - cheers

[NJRuzzock]

great - thanks for posting

[phoeberose93]

haha thankyou to my wonderful parents to this song haha. i'm from billericay did you know :D

[Skippy1411]

Always brings a smile to my face. Dear old Ian.

[sham64]

Funny enough Ive just added "Blockheads" from Revolver lol . Classic stuff mate !