Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Peel Session 1977

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  • The complete session recorded by Ian Dury & The Blockheads on 30 November 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 12 December 1977.
    Tracklist:
    1. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (0:07)
    2. Clevor Trever (4:12)
    3. Sweet Gene Vincent (9:23)
    4. Blockheads (13:10)

КОМЕНТАРІ • 199

  • @britsinsf
    @britsinsf 4 роки тому +43

    Magnificent... These guys kept me going through my teenage years. So sad when Charlie and Ian died, but the remaining Blockheads are still going strong! Imagine finding one in your laundry basket ;-) Oi Oi!

    • @storiesopendoors
      @storiesopendoors 3 роки тому +5

      We're all Blockheads too...

    • @andrewhillis2269
      @andrewhillis2269 3 роки тому +4

      "And pissing in your swimming pool ! ! !" 👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @esling77
      @esling77 2 роки тому +2

      Well said

    • @mycroft1905
      @mycroft1905 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, helped me thru challenging times in my 20s... and again now.

  • @arthurtwoshedsjackson4336
    @arthurtwoshedsjackson4336 5 років тому +40

    This music is complex stuff . Punk in spirit with expert musicianship .

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 5 років тому +8

      Chaz ankle had to be the funkiest white guy to ever exist

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 5 років тому +5

      **Jankel **

    • @charliecroker7005
      @charliecroker7005 2 роки тому +4

      Ian was the only Do It Yourself-er. The band were all seasoned professionals. Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks were proper punks, according to Ian's doctrine- self-taught have-a-go merchants (who were great).

    • @indoorminer8243
      @indoorminer8243 Рік тому

      @@annother3350 Indeed, he wrote (and recorded) Ai No Corrida, a hit for Quincy Jones, but Dance of the Screamers on Do It Yourself, is as funkeee as it gets for this Essex Boy

    • @eckeynecker
      @eckeynecker Рік тому

      @@charliecroker7005 And he himself had been round the block before The block heads having been in Kilburn and The High roads since 1971 , i was watching the Madness documentary on Sky arts last night suggs cited K&THR as a main influence on Madness .

  • @wheelie52
    @wheelie52 4 роки тому +16

    And The Blockheads were one very tight band.

  • @robertobee3198
    @robertobee3198 5 років тому +20

    Best punk singer by a distance. Ian Dury is responsible for turning me on to music, at the age of ten. Brilliant Peel session. Briiliant band. Genius singer.

    • @littleghostfilms3012
      @littleghostfilms3012 3 роки тому +9

      I think of him more as the guy who's at the cross roads of ska, funk, and vaudeville. He definitely is a category all unto himself! RIP dear Ian.

    • @devilsforkdigital1490
      @devilsforkdigital1490 Рік тому +3

      Ian Dury had nothing to do with the original punk movement, just happened to come to prominence around the same time and shared some of the same sensibilities and anti establishment attitudes of punk. It was a very, very fertile time in British music.

  • @artemisshaffer8654
    @artemisshaffer8654 6 років тому +21

    Remember this broadcast. On watch in a radio room at the US navy facility at RAF Brawdy, Wales. Had the next couple of days off. Went into town and the record shop didn't have anything. Next day got on the train to Swansea. Mission accomplished. Same thing, different date with Elvis Costello. I could not have picked a better time to be there.

    • @edtyler1495
      @edtyler1495 2 роки тому +1

      Haverfordwest wasn't the best place to go record shopping in those days!

  • @234cheech
    @234cheech 6 років тому +20

    two greats ian dury and john peel

  • @mikedenny1712
    @mikedenny1712 7 років тому +20

    This is just a big flash back to a time of brilliance , when we were young and daft and pissed/ experimenting!! and loving all this different music .

  • @TiedoGroeneveld
    @TiedoGroeneveld 3 роки тому +2

    And what a great photograph.

  • @roygiffin6827
    @roygiffin6827 4 роки тому +5

    Ian was the tops, saw him in 1978. Loving these tunes ( The Best) in Lockdown. Really Appreciate these Recordings thanks.
    Blockheads Oi,Oi!

  • @EffemeyJon
    @EffemeyJon 5 років тому +8

    A genius word smith with one of tightest bands every, pure genius wright!

  • @misterbonzoid5623
    @misterbonzoid5623 Місяць тому +1

    I saw them on the Stiff Tour to Essex Uni in about 1978. The one Elvis Costello bottled out of for some reason...
    Played pinball all afternoon with two blockheads then saw the gig right at the front in the middle. Tightest band and Ian with charisma to burn.
    Unforgettable.

  • @clivep3515
    @clivep3515 8 років тому +30

    Still miss Ian, met the man in 77.Just a down to earth guy!! RIP!

    • @jeremiah123z
      @jeremiah123z 6 років тому +6

      I met him as well, maybe a later, and found him to be a real gentleman -- he was kind & generous to a new journalist who sported Elvis Costello-style eyeglasses and was wearing a suit. Called me "Clark Kent," but with a twinkle in his eye.

  • @zigzogoid4591
    @zigzogoid4591 5 років тому +10

    Saw them at the Roundhouse, Camden London, way back in 1977. They tore the house down. Ian had great stage presence.

  • @Iano1049
    @Iano1049 5 років тому +14

    Never knew he did a session for Peel. He was an interesting character with a troubled background. Was watching the film about him on the telly recently and it brought tears to my eyes. I think he was genuine at heart despite all the aggro he caused. There's good in all of us and Ian had plenty in him. A loveable rogue. Very proud to share my name with him!

    • @frankgoodall329
      @frankgoodall329 4 роки тому +5

      Andy Serkis played him to a tee. The right man for the role indeed.

    • @andrewhillis2269
      @andrewhillis2269 3 роки тому +3

      He was a true diamond geezer & not a pencil squeezer ! ! ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @peterbustin2683
      @peterbustin2683 3 роки тому +2

      @@andrewhillis2269 True dat ! He took me to the cleaners, and other misdemeanours....

    • @devilsforkdigital1490
      @devilsforkdigital1490 Рік тому +1

      @@frankgoodall329 Although at least a foot taller, which somewhat diminished the fact that Ian was tiny in body but massive in spirit.

  • @isabelclinton9229
    @isabelclinton9229 3 роки тому +3

    What a wicked session, such a brilliant tight band and London's poet laureate. Some of the best gigs I ever saw.

  • @condal32
    @condal32 2 роки тому +1

    Saw the Blockheads in '79 at the tender age of 15! My brother took me to the Michael Sobel Sports centre in north London. Remember the roof being some sort of canvas tent thing, and all our sweat condensing and dripping back on us all. FANTASTIC!! Dury was good too!!

  • @stevenmitchell5319
    @stevenmitchell5319 3 роки тому +3

    Even my kids love this stuff now.Brilliant!

  • @robertcaffrey6097
    @robertcaffrey6097 8 років тому +61

    Thanks for uploading this sounds great. The world of music and art is not the same without Ian. I have always thought it ironic that Ian's name, Ian Dury, sounds very much like a play on the word injury, considering the physical damage that Polio left him with. I am surprised that no one has ever picked up on his word play sounding name. R.I.P Lord Upminster.

  • @johannegrant1364
    @johannegrant1364 2 роки тому +3

    First saw them at Streatham Odeon when I was 15. Can't tell how many times after that. Still a Blockhead at 59 😁 a Blockhead forever! Oi oi

  • @WahPopWah
    @WahPopWah Рік тому +1

    A genre and class of their own. Huge for me and my friends on release. Glad we were there. Good times/bad times.

  • @lesthomson6236
    @lesthomson6236 3 роки тому +3

    Absolute genius and what a band, was only 9 yrs old when they recorded this, so a tad before my time. BUT ....First heard new boots and panties in 1989 and OMFG what an album....its in my top 3 albums of all time and would be first choice in my desert island discs!! Saw them at Finsbury Park at the first/original Madness reunion....drove 250 miles to see them and tho I think Madness are OK....Ian was the reason I bought that ticket!! Wasn't bothered about Madness by the time they hit the stage I'd seen who I wanted to see .RIP Ian. OI OI!!

    • @andrewmoulding30
      @andrewmoulding30 2 роки тому

      Yeh he was ACE briliant at colne municipal hall pal STILL LOVE ❤️ the old GEEZER!❤️👍😎👍😎😍

  • @mrubbish1
    @mrubbish1 5 років тому +5

    Having a bad day so came back here, thanks again

  • @heikowloka1261
    @heikowloka1261 4 роки тому +6

    Ian dury and the blockheads also funkmaster great!!!!!!!!

  • @landscape7734
    @landscape7734 Рік тому +1

    I was 12 and it was the begining of Punk for me. Jörg Strummer and 101er‘s came next …. Thanxs RIP Ian

  • @paulevans4334
    @paulevans4334 2 роки тому +1

    R.I.P Ian. Sadly missed but fondly remembered

  • @stevewilson9479
    @stevewilson9479 4 роки тому +3

    i cannot beleive the lack of likes on this lead..ffs its ian dury...

  • @dwwd6320
    @dwwd6320 2 роки тому +3

    This stuff ages like a fine wine. I'd forgotten how terribly, terribly good they were. Thanks for uploading this

  • @davidcrespin6987
    @davidcrespin6987 Рік тому +1

    Reminds of concerts when I saw him, one in particular when the audience all got up on stage and were all dancing around Ian, it was one big party with no rock star pretences.

  • @PauloF1959
    @PauloF1959 7 років тому +12

    Keep rocking great VibraCobra23
    Thanks for all your shares

  • @arthurtwoshedsjackson4336
    @arthurtwoshedsjackson4336 5 років тому +2

    Awesome musicianship . Masterful . Beautiful .

  • @danielwalker3535
    @danielwalker3535 3 роки тому +2

    Absolutely stunning band god bless you Ian you were one in a million👏👊🙏🏻

  • @TheOriginalPickleRick
    @TheOriginalPickleRick 3 місяці тому

    All the parts fit together perfectly.

  • @ducastellaurent-lucien9680
    @ducastellaurent-lucien9680 6 років тому +5

    Thanks for this REAL moment of pure intensity.

  • @federicoborghesi1949
    @federicoborghesi1949 5 років тому +5

    Absolute masters!

  • @andrewhillis2269
    @andrewhillis2269 3 роки тому +6

    There ain't half been some clevor bastards ! ! ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @juanpabloarena2724
    @juanpabloarena2724 5 років тому +5

    Magnífico!!! Época dorada,artistas legítimos...Brindo por ellos!

  • @pigknickers2975
    @pigknickers2975 7 років тому +42

    This version of Sex & . . . . . . . is actually my favourite. It's got one foot in the Sly Stone camp somehow.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 5 років тому +3

      I'll give you that

    • @davemustabstain7093
      @davemustabstain7093 4 роки тому +4

      Very funky 👍

    • @deejannemeiurffnicht1791
      @deejannemeiurffnicht1791 3 роки тому +3

      yes, and aspart from the Sly influence, it is riddled with Average White Band-isms. Beautiful, and lovely the way it glides in on the same groove with Clever Trevor.

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 3 роки тому +1

      @@deejannemeiurffnicht1791 yeah, you're right. You're a musician arent't you too?

    • @blindpink
      @blindpink 3 роки тому +2

      Yep....all on the one...

  • @richardparsy9134
    @richardparsy9134 3 роки тому +1

    Fabulous concert at Mogador theater, Paris, back in 1979

  • @frankgoodall329
    @frankgoodall329 4 роки тому +2

    Class Utter Class.

  • @popatyourecords
    @popatyourecords 7 років тому +24

    the greatest English lyric writer ever

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 6 років тому +1

      Shane McGowan is better.

    • @eddieredmond7674
      @eddieredmond7674 5 років тому +1

      I love Ian Dury, and the Blockheads, what an amazing band. He was undoubtedly a genius-level writer and his Lyrics are up there on the higher end of the spectrum. However, it's a stretch to imply he wrote goodder English even dan moi.

    • @zetetick395
      @zetetick395 4 роки тому +1

      @@FFM0594 McGowan was Irish, but I take your point......Personally for me, the music may not be for everyone, but the greatest English lyricist has to be Mark E Smith
      - By a MILE! (Also Roger Waters is pretty fabuloso)
      The Fall "New Puritan" ua-cam.com/video/KfYwnsMjPEs/v-deo.html (The lyrics are all in the comments section by fan-tastic lil me!)
      The Fall "I'm into C.B. ua-cam.com/video/LnunhozizjM/v-deo.html
      The Fall "IN The Park" ua-cam.com/video/M2rYrJzVP_Y/v-deo.html
      ......It takes some a while to adjust to the flavour, but when the light-bulb comes on.....You will stand *amazed!*

    • @written12
      @written12 4 роки тому +2

      Zetetik -
      I’m a big fan of the Fall, but I have mixed feelings about Smith’s lyrics.
      They’re always full of great images, original similes, and great verbal rhythms.
      But they’re so cryptic much of the time, built up of private references and bits and bobs of ephemeral cultural references. Fall records ought to come with footnotes.

    • @irielion3748
      @irielion3748 4 роки тому +1

      @@FFM0594 Who?

  • @hackmankgp
    @hackmankgp Рік тому

    Miss old Ian, a gentleman and a scholar.

  • @mikebryan7060
    @mikebryan7060 2 роки тому +1

    One of the top rockers ever.

  • @johnsheldrick7523
    @johnsheldrick7523 Рік тому

    Saw Ian and the Blockheads at the old Capitol Theatre in Sydney in 1982 when they were on tour in Australia. Brillo.

  • @debiholdaway8095
    @debiholdaway8095 7 років тому +13

    They don't make em like they used to....My late brother met Ian backstage many many moons ago and. took his t-shirt of and signed it for him.Still love his music

  • @scottmcfadyen8921
    @scottmcfadyen8921 6 років тому +3

    Excellent

  • @robertmitchell9415
    @robertmitchell9415 4 роки тому +5

    This has really nourished my soul! Thanks for the upload!

  • @koont666
    @koont666 6 років тому +11

    I've met him he used to take disabled kids swimming wicked geezer ...and the blockheads wow

  • @dobbsy87
    @dobbsy87 Рік тому +1

    Top notch.

  • @tombeithemist5255
    @tombeithemist5255 2 роки тому

    Thanks for posting. What an incredible band!! RIP Ian.

  • @adesmith3031
    @adesmith3031 8 років тому +4

    Vibracobra, you fucking beauty!

  • @jamesbrannigan5620
    @jamesbrannigan5620 6 років тому +1

    musical brilliance across a few genres thks for the upload

  • @bugeanuflorin1531
    @bugeanuflorin1531 Рік тому

    Fabulous music, thanks for posting. Favourite artist. Good time for you

  • @c.d.macaulay66
    @c.d.macaulay66 4 роки тому +12

    I must admit to being a little chagrined when I bought New Boots & Panties. I got a very strange look from the sales clerk. But the first verse of Wake Up and Make Love to Me is hilarious.
    “I come awake / With a gift for womankind / You’re still asleep / But the gift don’t seem to mind”. Priceless.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 8 років тому +5

    Great stuff.

  • @garethhjones
    @garethhjones 6 років тому +2

    Wow so, so tight!

  • @rossmckenzie9985
    @rossmckenzie9985 3 роки тому +3

    ‘See my tailor, he’s called Simon, I know it’s going to fit...’ wordsmith of the proles.

  • @FFM0594
    @FFM0594 7 років тому +6

    Damn, that was soooo good!

  • @robbiesize
    @robbiesize 8 років тому +5

    Excellent!

  • @Davejf27
    @Davejf27 Рік тому

    I heard this session when I was 13 laid in bed late at night with my headphones on when it was first broadcast, been a Blockhead ever since... Geniuses the lot of them...

  • @steveamurray59
    @steveamurray59 6 років тому +2

    Magic

  • @PaulJohnPurnell
    @PaulJohnPurnell 8 років тому +4

    Excellent ... As alway's ....

  • @gordoncarter348
    @gordoncarter348 5 років тому +1

    Fucking brilliant

  • @davidcrespin6987
    @davidcrespin6987 Рік тому

    Brilliant, thanks for posting.

  • @zedata57
    @zedata57 6 років тому +2

    This is so good. Rock on!

  • @JamesCampbell-cg5xr
    @JamesCampbell-cg5xr 4 роки тому +3

    Sweet Gene Vincent...., Wow

  • @aartman01
    @aartman01 6 років тому +2

    This is great!

  • @hymatwat9412
    @hymatwat9412 5 років тому +2

    Brilliant

  •  7 років тому +1

    Una verdadera joya 💍 de sesión!!! 👍 Ian Dury en estado de gracia absolutamente... 🔥

  • @martinnorris2262
    @martinnorris2262 6 років тому +2

    Ian Durry ,legnd .punk artist

  • @JohnLovesSpain
    @JohnLovesSpain 6 років тому +1

    Brilliant, genius and top quality

  • @scottmcfadyen8921
    @scottmcfadyen8921 6 років тому +2

    Super tune

  • @DondeArandas
    @DondeArandas 6 років тому +1

    fucking brilliant Punk rocker.. RIP Ian

  • @annother3350
    @annother3350 5 років тому +3

    Wake up.... Was always my favourite

  • @philipcurnow7990
    @philipcurnow7990 5 років тому +5

    So London, so British. Real British.

  • @richardfreeman8915
    @richardfreeman8915 7 місяців тому

    At there best, great band🎼🎼🎼🎼❤️🐸

  • @adrianbrowne7962
    @adrianbrowne7962 2 роки тому

    " On The Surface " At least Ian Dury And The Blockheads Would Have Seen 2 Have " Possibly Been Out Of Kilter " With The " Burgeoning New Wave/ Punk Scene At The Time , Such Was The " Brilliance And Eclecticism Of Their Musical Style At That Time !! " But The " Individuality Of Ian Dury And His " Undoubted Charisma " Enabled Him To Be " Embraced By Enthusiasts Of " All Things Rebellious " During This Epoch " RIP Mister Dury!!! From Adrian Browne 1965

  • @marcusrogers6917
    @marcusrogers6917 6 років тому +1

    love it.. pure class

  • @234cheech
    @234cheech 6 років тому +16

    ANOTHER PART OF BRITISH CULTURE

  • @Jabberwoc
    @Jabberwoc 7 років тому +3

    *CHEERS, MAN!!*

  • @garylowe6043
    @garylowe6043 Рік тому

    0h, the original rapper,peace love and dope Trevor!!!.

  • @jpe4006
    @jpe4006 6 років тому +3

    Reasons to be Cheerful Part 3 single consistently features in DJ Top 20's. No surprise there.

  • @FunkyThinkersShorts
    @FunkyThinkersShorts 7 років тому +2

    Genius

  • @trashiscool1
    @trashiscool1 8 років тому +2

    Superb.

  • @hotdays9945
    @hotdays9945 8 років тому +4

    Cool.👍

  • @gilesstevenson8050
    @gilesstevenson8050 5 років тому +1

    Ian and Vivian we miss you more and more very day

  • @DK00758
    @DK00758 3 роки тому

    The unfaded Ian Dury and the Blockheads RIP Ian

  • @nellolaviano2977
    @nellolaviano2977 6 років тому +1

    Piccolo grande uomo. R. I. P.

  • @paddycampbell576
    @paddycampbell576 7 років тому +1

    Top notch!

  • @misslemon6032
    @misslemon6032 4 роки тому +1

    ily

  • @JASPERZAP1
    @JASPERZAP1 7 років тому +3

    Thank you :)

  • @reggaechicken
    @reggaechicken 8 років тому +38

    who disliked this?! ffs

  • @butlincat1507
    @butlincat1507 3 роки тому +1

    classic

  • @siniestrodrmortis5906
    @siniestrodrmortis5906 2 роки тому

    I love Ian Dury.....!!!!!
    He is Luca Prodan in Argentina.
    2 great of rock funk and reggae!!!!!!

  • @tonykinsella2105
    @tonykinsella2105 2 роки тому

    Love him..bastard.

  • @paulgroover283
    @paulgroover283 6 років тому +2

    Enjoyed listening to vibracobra version of John Peel. I could never afford to buy all the eps. I managed to get a few it seems

  • @UberSynth
    @UberSynth 4 роки тому +2

    Ian dury was a coolio 😎
    Too was his blockheads 😎
    I myself struggle to write lyrics to my songs, Ian did it with ease..to him it was like breathing.. In and out.. Giving it clout!! Who's a clever boy then? they shout!

  • @andrewmoulding30
    @andrewmoulding30 2 роки тому

    I LOVE THE MAN ! Still ❤️

  • @bb-of3qz
    @bb-of3qz 7 років тому +2

    Oh, those Fair Oaks days. Cleaning up and running out before the creepers come to get me.

  • @Perfectrequire
    @Perfectrequire 8 років тому +2

    thumbs up

  • @lavaluzsolar6066
    @lavaluzsolar6066 7 років тому +1

    check out the band's credencials: "loving awareness" radio caroline. Times change but great music is forever!