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Ian Dury & The Blockheads - I Wanna Be Straight (1980)

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Uploaded by on Sep 7, 2009

1980 promo-music-video-clip by UK artist/band taken from Australian music program 'rage'.

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  • @JohnnyLovely2

    There is more than one mean here for the word straight.

    He probably means straight as in 'an ordinary bloke', normal, or if you prefer, boring. Straight also means drug free. It could mean physically straight, as he had been left disabled by polio as a child. If you like it could also mean hetrosexual.

    Either way he is clearly being sarcastic.

  • A'am Johnnie. Hoo ye deein? Aalreet? Champion! Bit odd having one lone Geordie lad in amongst a bunch of Essex boys. Nevertheless, a great band. Sad that Ian himself and drummer Charlie Charles are no longer with us. :(

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  • @Morthund No dude, that's the keyboardist being drawn...

  • massa

  • or maybe that he suffered a physical deformity due to polio...

  • Is that Donald "The Cunt" Trump at 1:34 then?

    the fucker being the epitomy of being straight and being a Cunt and looking like a miserable Cunt?

  • Wow what an awesome old tune! Havent heard this in 20 years!

    Thanks for posting.

  • Ian - you rocked xo

  • @AnElephantsChild Im from Essex near Ian's home. The "straight" refered to here is what we use to say when we werent stoned, eg "You straight?" Its got sod all to do with any sexual stuff.

  • Dury et al, classic - also, totally awesome that you uploaded this with the rage theme (kinda :P) at the end, haven't heard it for ages tbh (*thanks youtube*)

  • Love the bassy sound of the blockheads...nice phat bass!!!

  • @designad

    Yes, it's just that UncleSlim was referring to the Geordie chap at 0:20.

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