Ian Dury & the Blockheads ~ Spasticus Autisticus (Studio version)
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2011
- This single from the album Lord Upminster (1981) was composed by Chas Jankel. Music of Believe Music Tahon Hitpool (104pro Media) puolesta. Lyrics:
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I wiggle when I piddle
'Cos my middle is a riddle
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I dribble when I nibble
And I quibble when I scribble
Hello to you out there in Normal Land
You may not comprehend my tale or understand
As I crawl past your window give me lucky looks
You can read my body but you'll never read my books
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm knobbled on the cobbles
'Cos I hobble when I wobble
Swim!
So place your hard-earned peanuts in my tin
And thank the Creator you're not in the state I'm in
So long have I been languished on the shelf
I must give all proceedings to myself
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus autisticus
54 appliances in leather and elastic
100,000 thank you's from 27 ... spastics
Spasticus, spasticus
Spasticus autisticus
Spasticus, spasticus
Spasticus autisticus
Spasticus, spasticus
Spasticus autisticus
Widdling, griddling, skittling, diddling, fiddling, diddling, widdling, diddling, spasticus
I'm spasticus, spasticus
Spasticus autisticus
Spasticus, spasticus
Spasticus autisticus
Spasticus, spasticus
Spasticus autisticus
Spasticus, spasticus
Spasticus autisticus
I'm spasticus!
I'm spasticus!
I'm spasticus!
I'm spasticus!
I'm spasticus!
I'm spasticus!
I'm spasticus!
Spasticus!
"Spasticus Autisticus" was written in 1981 as a protest against the International Year of Disabled Persons, which Dury considered to be patronising. Dury was himself disabled by polio contracted in his youth. Fed up with repeated requests to get involved with charitable causes, Dury wrote an "anti-charity" song.
The song was a cross between a battle cry and an appeal for understanding: "Hello to you out there in normal land. You may not comprehend my tale or understand." The repeated refrain "I'm Spasticus, I'm Spasticus, I'm Spasticus Autisticus" made explicit reference to the line "I'm Spartacus" from the 1960 film Spartacus. Dury had been considering touring under the name "Spastic and the Autistics", playing on his disability and the term "blockhead", before his friend Ed Speight suggested: "No, it should be Spasticus Autisticus - he's the freed slave of the disabled
which it was of course
A beautiful copy and paste from Wiki. 🤣
As an autistic individual, after a while I just got tired of trying to mask and please everyone. I love this song because it gives me the freedom to truly be myself
I have been diagnosed autistic myself & also love this lol
Ye your definitely a spasticus mate
@@illllllillilliillll3189 cool! *puts on shades*
I’m sorry. I don’t normally swear but. “FUCKING A!” He nails it. He owns it. It’s art. He know how to express authentic pain. Fuck me, I know authentic pain.
Couldn't have put it better!
The intersting thing was that the people who were 'offended' by this at the time were non-disabled businessmen who didn't want it released as they thought it was inappropriate.
Fancy asking a disabled person to write a song about disability then not accept it because they thought it would upset people.
Totally insane and indicative of how self-righteous people seem to enjoy being offended on behalf of someone else.
Its only getting worse
@@Amabellasintuition He released it to protest national disability year after being asked to speak about his polio and stuff
Also lets point out this was in The 80s or something, dont let The edgelords tell you its A new thing, as stupidity is a human condition
Also lets point out this was in The 80s or something, dont let The edgelords tell you its A new thing, as stupidity is a human condition
You know, that could really offend me. Certainly could offend me on behalf of those who cannot help but express being offended when, on behalf of themselves, they seek (by proxy) to express the discomfort of being offended by one another for one thing or another.
This includes me, both as an offended person or group by proxy and also one who is offending myself by proxy (out of sympathy).
WHOEVER LISTENS TO IAN DURY IS A FRIEND OF MINE 👍
I'm Spasticus!
Hey! I have a new friend! How are you today??😮😂❤😅
@@smoly37 Autisticus.
Metoo
Me, leaving Aspergers and Dyspraxia, I can't believe I only discovered this song today. Fantastic. It makes me feel, "Yep, this is the way I am. I'm different but I get by - Deal with it.”
You're not different at all my friend , as someone who's Aspergers myself although that term is kinda ground upon now by some snowflakes in the community due to what Dr. Hans Asperger actually did.
What you are, is unique :) not different
I have cp which is spastic but can't use that word now ive just said it lol❤❤😂
I've known a lot of disabled people in my day. This song is NOT offensive. To the contrary it makes me happy and proud to have had them in my life.
❤❤❤❤
The parody of the movie "Spartacus" only now sinks in....he's amazing!!
If I was a wrestler, or MMA fighter....this would be my entry song
The Bloke was an absolute LEGEND (he deserves capitals) even at the end of his life he appeared and performed with Madness for 'Drip Fed Fred'. What a Bloke! At the Last Chance Saloon He'd certainly be one bloke I'd buy a drink for!
Here here!!!
THE FU anthem for the different, utterly misunderstood in its day. Lots of us are Spasticus, just as we are all Blockheads.
+WildwoodClaire1 Indeed!
+WildwoodClaire1 & anybodygetting offended needsto listen again, & note the "I'm..." part. . .
I have a vague memory of Ian performing this on British TV back in 1981 and it ruffling more than a few feathers then. I think the BBC may have even banned it, being the moral guardians of the nation that they are.
Ian Dury’s rejection of what he believed to be the patronising International Year of the Disabled Persons was controversial at the time, but it was gratifying to see it embraced and performed at the 2012 Paralympics.
Ian had polio as a child. He knows what it's liked to be judged for your difference than accepted for your sameness.
F the British Brainwashing Corporation they are living on borrowed time
WHOEVER IS LISTENING TO IAN DURY HAS EXCELLENT TASTE!!!👍
Mr. Ian Dury was as authentic as only a great artist can be.
XXX🔊🎶🦌🦌🦌🥁🎤📃🌹
Anyone who can write a song like this whilst being disabled themselves is a genius .
All respect Mr Dury .
He was! He had polio as a child. He had withered arm & was In a leg iron all his life. I thought it was well known.
Aside from the fact that the whole thing was groundbreaking, the playing on this track is absolutely top notch. That guitar sounds fucking awesome...
Have a listen to the live version of Rhythm Stick...that bass guitar..holy moly!!!
Yep one of my favourite rhythm parts, Chaz Jankel with sly/Robbie laying down the beat
Absolutely! The blockheads are such an insane band, they are so tight
One of the all-time best empowerment anthems.
@connieismusical You do know Ian had polio in his younger years and was disabled from it?? He wrote this song in 1981 to show his disdain for that year's 'International Year of Disabled Persons', which he saw as patronising and counter-productive. He's awesome.
I was recently diagnosed with autism, and I wear that label proudly
Better to know so you can help yourself.
not quite the same but Ok if you wanna join the family
I've got adhd it's caused ne depression and I've lost jobs because of it ,bullied at school lost relationships because of it .
Was put into care in the early 89s because of it ....
Ian Dury is a total fucking hero.
You have failed
I'm happily married to a Spasticus and so is my wife ♥️
I bet you all shake the bed a lot.
@@Evemeister12 Hell Yeah!
0:37 that key change gives me chills every time.
I listen to this song every time people are mean to me for having autism.
Punch them as hard as you can...they won't do it again. Smile at them just before you do it...
@@Warpedsmac dont do that, just know youre a better person for not stooping to their level
Courteney Love is also autistic if you want more songs to scream along to, ha
Its good when you are autistic nobody wants to know you until you have money well that's want I fawned out, people isn't what they seem
@@bizarreisthenewblack Nah, she's just an alcoholic prick.
Art at the very highest level. RIP Ian Dury.
Ian Dury was more punk than the entire punk scene.
I'm ONE ("aspie"),and I'm waving my FREAK-FLAG high!!!
I'm Spasticus and so is my wife!
TheBigMclargehuge - I go spasticus when my missus is on my testiculas
Shehc
Sounds great. I want a spazzy wife now to complete my whimsical life.
That made me lol 👏
Ian Dury was to Disability Equality what Martin Luther King Junior was to Racial Equality. He was a trailblazer both musically and in his efforts to have a voice for disabled people.
This song was turned down by the Year of the Disabled people after they heard it, horrified by the lyrics.
They wanted something along the lines of 'aw, look at the poor liddle cripple', Dury gave them reality. Dury was right and they were wrong.
FrankChickens Reality as it used to be known doesn't exist nowadays cos of the iddle lidl "poor me. Give me sympathy" types, reality is now what people say it is. Cracked globe
He don,t want there patronisation
Yup.
He didnt even die from polio
Blood disease, I think.
Clair Duffy cancer
@@artdecade2275 Cancer gets every body i hate the illness it needs to be eradicated a bit quick
Also inspired by the Kirk Douglas film 'Spartacus' - Douglas is in the 'thanks to' credits in the Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll film.
Fucking brilliant artist and band, super tight mofos.
Ever since '85, I've dug them
I think this song is a true contribution to feelings u don't hear about whether peeps get offended or not this song is excellent contribution to how Ian felt about life and how you live with a disability, truly fantastic song from a master :)
I remember this song....when we finished school we went into a bar and ther was always this song into a jukebox....1982...maybe......
Ian’s own words about this song:
“I’d written this in the Year Of The Disabled”. I was going to start a band called Spastic & The Autistics, because the word ‘spastic’ is a swear word. There was that girl group Bananarama who used to talk about “Spazz Dancing”. Their ignorance is their own affair. I wanted to do something for the Year Of The Disabled so I wrote ‘Spasticus Autisticus’ knowing it would be unacceptable to the BBC. They banned it as they did ‘Wake Up And Make Love To Me’ and ‘ Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll’. They actually don’t BAN it. They just don’t play it. Apparently you could only play it after dark, with written permission. I did about 140 interviews related to the song that year. It was a war cry for my brothers and sisters who are disabled. Only a spastic could understand that. It’s not describing a condition. It’s just being spirited”
You could dance to this song any way you wanted .
I've heard this song several times before and specifically searched for it in order to give it another listen. What prompted me to do so was the recent "controversy" over a new song by Lizzo that included the word "spaz" and some people began to complain. She had the song edited in order to remove the word within days of the complaints. I'm all for being sensitive to others but this song from 1980 by Ian Dury & The Blockheads was different since it was written by someone who actually suffered from a physical disability and it was his way of protesting how some people are treated. I'm very impressed that it was performed during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games. They understood the meaning of the song. Context means a lot.
I might purchase the album now. The musicians that recorded it were top notch. You can never go wrong with Sly & Robbie on drums and bass!
i’m autistic and i love this
what would your fight name be? it has to be autism related.
I’m Spasticus Dyslexicus.
Excellent tune. If he was even allowed to record this today a lot of people would be literally shaking.
No that's Parkinson's your thinking of. 😉
@Scooter People love those who get offended on the behalf of others are the last one's to put their hands in their pockets
That what is good about it
record it anyway who cares
I love this song as it makes me feel comfortable to be a spazmo
Best bass line!!!
A True Gentleman and Musician! I've been listening to this song for over 30 years When it was played in NYC Clubs like The Garage and Silver Shadow etc, etc! This Song was made so ahead of it's time! Alot of Us where unfamiliar or never heard of Autism bak then. But now with Social media and sharing information, We are a little bit more informed! Though , this song was freaking amazing and so danceable. There is a Message that He was telling Us about a Group of individuals that we didn't even know about! Thank You for Your ahead of our time info!! And making Great Music!
Being newly disabled I find this funny as fuck!
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! 😂
Too right
More of the good stuff can't get enough of the blockheads.Durring those transitional '70s I was initially turned off but once I really listened I couldn't get enough of Ian Dury and his band and still inspiring me today tonal and phrasing never boring I don't think they held back much The studio recorded album with Betweenies one of my all time listening favorites.
I wonder when the studio version of Spasticus Autisticus will be on Spotify?
probably will never be bc spotify sucks balls
Norman, the bass guitarist, is my uncle through marriage and I happen to be autistic.
Whooda thought.
Cracking bass player is uncle norman 👍
Amazing bass from Norman Watt-Roy.
i can't believe they played this at the parylympic opening ceremony
I can. People are slowly waking up.
And why Not! It's an anthem for all us disableds
That is absolutely priceless.
Ian Dury suffered polio as a child. He wrote the song about himself. No need for anyone to be offended.
I'm autistic. I wasn't diagnosed until I was just short of 47. That was eight years ago pretty much to the day. I finally understood myself, but it didn't erase the horror of my school days. I was called every ablest slur just because my brain processes information differently. I am now just a few months off getting a PhD. Thirty years after I could have done if only things had been different.
The song that made me interested in Dury
Godspeed Ian
Great song. Funky as hell too!
heard this in the 80s wonderful
God bless you Ian Dury wherever you are. 💕
Spartacus is showing on TV at the moment and I can't stop thinking of this great song
Way ahead of his time - making light of a subject that generally speaking, people who it does not concern, always seem to find offensive !! Legend
You mean like Graham Linehan interfering in the rights of trans people? I know, right? Getting all offended about stuff that doesn't concern them. I hear you brAh
probably the best band ever.
I'd listened to this song many times in my life. However, today was the first time I listened to it and realised he was singing for me.
People are NOW so easily offended because there is something to gain.... People who object to the chorus of this song need to listen to the verses carefully.
I’m disabled and I reclaimed this word years ago. Proud to be a spazz 👍
No I'm Spasticus.
No I'm spasticus
I an retartion. We same.
I'm Spasticus and so's my wife!
@@Futurevenomzone no im spasticus.
What a Great Loft Song.
Still listening on November 2020.
I am asd so is my three children I am not offended. Thankyou Ian. RIP
I went and joined the Regiment and this Guy was the real a special time to let the bad things out
Simply a genius !!!!!! Wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!
Yes brilliant he should of been nominated for an award nothing did he get he was f brilliant
Love this song, all his work. Such a powerfull song.
Fucking Bass is off the charts . Love Norman.
Wow, he's literally me
Love this song,........
I found another Paradise Garage classic today.
Yes indeed you did. Larry absolutely loved this joint!!! Ill never forget how it sounded when he played it, which was often.
Gold.
Brilliant.
Ian Dury rocks!
Saw him at Lisbon Coliseum don't remember the Date around 1980? love it, a great fan since there
Brilliant
THIS IS MY KIND OF BADASS!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
the best song ever Chicago's r2 underground
What a musician!
Some random guy who was blasting this on the metro train from laverton to Newport bought me here
you know i may be one in a million but I have a disablity and I love this song, because I can see it as strangely true, I am not offended
Well high-functioning autistics tend to be more systematising, more right-wing, more conservative, and often *harder to offend*.
I don't know if you're autistic yourself, but I know a bunch of spergs who love this song and fall into all of those categories, and there seem to be a lot of spergs in the comments of this video.
XXX 👌👌🔊🎤🥁🥁📃😋😋😋🎶🎵📃🦌🦌🦌
@@MBKill3rCat If you think Ian Dury was right-wing or that conservatives are hard to offend I have some news for you.
@@jphuffinstuff4661 I am not saying he was, only pointing out a number of trends.
And conservatives in recent years have shown themselves to be much more tolerant of ideas that do not align with their own.
@@MBKill3rCat which ideas?
Lyrically luminescent against the modern tripe we are forced to ear-plug ourselves. No auditing and editing of image in video - shows the wonderful maturity of a young mind that wrote this stuff whilst still in school.
Shikiraamzingly so big word make smart sounds
number 1 song in Nicaragua year 1982
I have ADHD and I think this song is kickass
I have AC/DC
Only a guy with polio can get away with a song like this
SHAME THAT ARSEHOLE AT THE BBC TIM YEO BANNED THIS SONG BECAUSE HE JUST DIDN'T GET IT!!!???🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👺👺👺👺👺👺👺
great words great sound , soooo missed
love this music
LEGEND!
Im spasticus autisticus✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️👏👍👍😇🤶🧞☠️💀😈👽🛸
Thank you sir ☺
Love Ian dury
The man was just a genius this is awesome genius
Norman Watt-Roy. Brilliant.
great that so much people luv that bass me tooo
the base is everything!
When I heard this song for the first time, it even reminded me of Jackhammer Rap from Muppets on Wheels!!!
THIS AIN'T ROCK THIS IS BADASS!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
stunning song...
Love it!!!
Genius!
He would crucify pip assessors today
haaaa shout
@Anon Ymous Just like them, when money involved there patronising go,s out the window and give you crappy very low pay jobs, they patronise you but don,t put their hand in their pockets, very two face, they did the same to ww1 veterans who had their limbs blown off just stuck them out off way in a home after the great war and for gotten, there,s a good pay off for you after they gave there services
The TV stations decided this song had no legs