Ian Dury interview, ireland 1998
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- British singer-songwriter Ian Dury on his cancer treatment, campaigning for UNICEF and his love of performing with The Blockheads.
Ian Dury tells Gay Byrne about the cutting edge treatment he is undergoing for cancer of the colon, which he is happy to report, is in remission.
I’m very lucky, it’s early diagnosis, plus I’m with the top of the range doctors.
A premature report of his death was broadcast by Bob Geldof on his London radio station XFM show.
He got it slightly wrong.
Ian is in Dublin to play two gigs at The Olympia with the band The Blockheads. He considers performing to be an integral part of his recovery.
My blood’s flying round, my adrenaline is soaring, my spirits up there.
He loves being on stage, particularly with The Blockheads,
The best team of musicians I’ve ever worked with.
Ian contracted polio when he was seven years old and has been working with The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Africa on a polio immunisation programme. Over a two day period, two million children in Zambia were vaccinated against polio and Ian was present as an observer.
Ian also travelled with singer Robbie Williams into the Sri Lankan war zone where a ceasefire took place so children could be immunised.
They wouldn’t let us go to Sudan or Afghanistan, or anywhere like that, it’s basically too bloody dangerous.
While he may have refused to write the libretto for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ‘Cats’, words come easily to Ian,
I ’m a people kind of person, I’m a geezer kind of guy.
This episode of ‘The Late Late Show’ was broadcast on 9 October 1998. The presenter is Gay Byrne.
Wot a top geeza he woz. One of a kind. Still love listening to his music!
Poor chap he was dead two years after this. He was the real deal. Great artist and a good human
My old neighbor from down the road was one of the very best, he is now rocking around heaven all day with nothing else to do
Artist, Poet, awesome geezer, A great man to his friends and family and above all a true warrior. miss him every day wish the world produced beautiful people like him still. We may have brave men but we'll never have better
R.I.P. Ian Dury. ...Respect!
Such a shame he only lasted another two years after this interview, life is so cruel. Lovely man and a top notch performer.
What an absolute specimen of a human being just incredible what a man god bless you sleep tight up there
It's great to hear the outpouring of love for Ian! He obviously touched a lot of lives. Mine included!
Legand! Humble, intelligent, creative, and positive in the face of adversity. Ian left us some amazing music and I for one am thankful for that!
Master of lyrics and performance. His bands of the late-70’s and ‘80’s were incredible.
Ian Dury, Amazing, Strong, Confident…..What a Man and Utterly, Truly, Wonderful and Inspirational! RIP Ian.
gawd bless sir Ian RIP
What a man....,brought up listening to his poetic music. God bless you Ian.
I remember watching Ian on This Morning talking about his cancer and he was administering morpheme by then. I think he was the first of his kind (artist/pop singer/celebrity etc) to openly discuss his illness in such detail. Either way he made an important contribution and gave so many people (particularly men) living with cancer a voice. I have nothing but respect for Mr Dury, and honoured to have seen him perform at one of the first concerts I ever went to.
My Mom really hates it when celebrities announce that they’ve cancer but don’t say what type of cancer they have and keep details of their diagnosis private it really annoys her because she felt that these celebrities are not being helpful by not telling the public what type of cancer they have. She wishes more celebrities would be open about it, she seemed to really like the way how Ian talked about his illness and cancer treatment and found it very educational and funny.
Legend of a poet in music! Loved by my dad and me I had “what a waste” played at my dads funeral. Rip both.
I love Ian almost as much as I love Thin Lizzy. Very sad when he passed
I am in total agreement you
@@jamesbradshaw3389 greatness always recognizes greatness, my friend. Hope all is well with you and yours, sir.
Same. Philip and Ian were friends too. Both appreciated the others poetry and music.
Beautiful humble Guy.
Grew up with his music R.I.P xx
The great Ian Dury!
Bless him...would love to have met him. Music is the great easier of the troubles you go through in your life from time to time and Ian and the lads certainly provided plenty of that over the years they were together.
Always loved Ian's clever beat poetry...so sad that he was cut down just as he rekindled that amazing chemistry with The Blockheads. Mr. Love Pants is as addictive as their greatest music...glad i found this footage...emotional though it is...Thank you CR's Video Vaults & RTE...
I still listen to these days,I'm a musician myself he's been a great infuance and inspiration for most of my life RIP IAN X)
A warrior's warrior, fighting till the end.
What a fabulously unique talent. Loved this man, his lyrics were something else. A favourite in my youth and I'm still amazed by his creativity and that he was somewhat overlooked by the big shots. Quite sure he wouldn't have given a rat's arse but he was one of the heroes of music history.
If only every human being was made like Ian ❤
Definitely..Life would be pretty great if that were so👌
He could be a bit of a sh!t according to his son... Believable.
One of my all time British treasures,and all round good guy.His life an music still influences even these days.And not forgetting his awsome band the Block Heads.Miss you Ian RIP good man X)
Great man , great poet . His music will live forever 👏
I also Love Ian Dury and his Blockheads, He was a rare one, he was a brilliant man, you could not box him in, years after Ian sadly passed away I found out that Ian lived just around the corner from me, it the next road, about 300 yards away, How come I did not get see him walking down the street to catch the buss or hop on the train,
I have a recording of saint Charlie Gillett interviewing Chaz Jankel on a London radio program (called ping pong I think) they both talk about Ian and how the music happened, it is like being at the bar having a drink as you listen in on the most interesting conversation, Once in a while, I play that old tape and each time I listen to it is like fresh news to my ears. I still miss Ian, Phil & Rory & Jimi
Love Ian's ability to play with the musicality of words...he was funny, surreal, profane, philosophical, abstract...James, you mentioned Lynott, Gallagher, Hendrix who also achieved what all artists strive for...singular individuality...like Cagney, Buster Keaton et. al...their influence is endlessly rewarding...
@@philiphalpenny3783 I am with you all the way, those rear people only come along once in a very long while, their efforts, brilliant and rare skills are treasured gifts for all the people that will last forevermore
@@jamesbradshaw3389 Eloquently put, sir...
@@philiphalpenny3783 Thank you Philip
Was that in his Hammersmith days? When Charlie lived in Dollis Hill ?
So sad, to hear him talking about it all going well :| An amazing artist and an all around great guy too.
I've had the advantage of listening to people who have gone through certain modalities for their cancers. 6 times now I've been through it. Chemo seems less invasive, but I noticed over the years before I ever got cancer that its results don't measure up to what you can get with surgery or radiation. So those are the two things I've used.
Amazing lyricist! R.I.P.
Great guy
What a man! ❤
You can see why he was a writer/front man - so naturally elequant
Too bad ,he didn´t made it...I always loved his arat ..As am musician as well as an actor....Great and unique.
Wonderful to see Ian in such good spirits here, with his mind & humour as sharp as ever. I used to work on outside broadcasts for a TV news program & we did a live 2 x way interview with him once & I was having some difficulty getting his earpiece to stay in place… Ian goes “you’ll ‘ave trouble wiv that mate… I’ve got very small ears!”
Sure enough, he did have very petite ears!
Legend.
It's poignant that while I'm watching this brilliant recording in 2024, babies are dying in Gaza from polio - Ian would be outraged.
RIP Dear Ian Dury....from KILBURN
What a gent! x
I know how he felt suffering from incurable prostate cancer my cancer is very small but it's still sitting there waiting to attack I've just got to keep fighting
Good Bless Ian ...RIP.... ABSOLUTE TOP DRAW❤!!!!!!
Ah, Ian Dury and Gay Byrne. I had no idea about this interview but used to enjoy 'The Late Late Show' in the 90s. I miss these two characters.
No one gets out alive. Miss you Ian Dury.
What a legend i love this man ❤
top man
The Kilburn highroad best band I’ve ever seen 👍
❤ I could be Poet and I wouldn’t need to worry. Rest easy Ian
My all time hero.
We are the BLoCkHeADs 🎤🎸🥁 ✌🏻🇬🇧 R.I.P Ian ♥️
Qué tipo tan acojonante fue Ian Dury
Great guy god bless you Ian 🙏
Great guy a legend
r i p ian the best
Fkn superstar
Was he in a band called Kilburn and the High Roads or have I gone spastic?
Yes was the leader and founder...Handsome was the name of the lp
That is, was...and always will be...Ian Drury... anyone out there, check out..."reasons to be cheerful....one, two three....", Just saying...x
very intelligent, very direct and honest, great humour, did NOT get victimized by his fate early in life, WHAT A LEGEND. 20 years dead, i found out about him only last year, and i do miss the guy.
have you got the full interview - start to finish?
r,i p ian
Gay Byrne was terrific and warm. Amazing how crap Pat Kenny was, not to mention his unspeakable replacement.
Sounds like the sort of bloke you want to have a pint with.... A true character in the music scene, not like the boring manufactured crap we have today... Shame he's gone
The mind contiues with your colabirators
Sadly missed
A rare intetview.
unabridaled respect
Miss him so much. Read his autobiography and when he caught polio and went to the special school it really moved me.
😥😥✌✌✌✌✌✌
Top geezer was Ian Drury, Saw him with the Blockheads in late 70`s in Olympic Ballroom, off Camden Street. It`s now an office block. Ian`s son Baxter is a chip off the ol` block. Check him out.
Electric Ballroom not Olympic lol . I think it was 1980. The support band was Johnny Funk with my Cousin Melanie singing.
Just another pawn in the great game
true
Too geezer
Richard still not dead..
Steer clear of toxic chemo. It's a quick fix but rarely effective long-term. So sad. I would love to hear the music he would be producing today.
Nobody wants to hear about illnesses... remember Tony going on about his gunshot wound... he lost respect.
little bit THINNER?
(Looks either way)
(staying together as a band? Just as well. Feck knows what was holding you together at all there mate.
(HOIWEVER... let's also THINK about this.... serious like.....
Polio? get rid of? Why would any sex or drugs or rocik n roll would have been needed?
or reasons... (to be cheerful?)
1
2
3
(or get back into bed)
He had a great collection of ABC robots but they were non-functioning like his wife