Ian robins dury 12 may 1942 27 march 2000 was an english singersongwriter and actor. Shop our newest and most popular ian dury sheet music such as hit me with your rhythm stick, wake up and make love with me and i want to be straight. Ian robins dury 12 may 1942 27 march 2000 was an english singer songwriter and actor. Lord upminster, ian dury, information cliggo music. Ian dury s audaciously offensive take on disability, inspired by his own experience with childhood polio that left him crippled for life. The blockheads are an english rock band formed in london in 1977. His father, william george dury born 23 september 1905, southborough, kent. A scathing attack on the uks year of the disabling campaign, its one of.
Lord upminster apples warts n audience the bus drivers prayer straight from. The foot picks steps with leisured dread receives instructions from your head its the body song its the body song the leg, a source of much delight which. Download wake up and make love with me mp3 new boots. Girls watching beach balling party hearty movie groovy going places seeing faces driving cars going to bars drinking wine feeling fine having fun. Ian dury, like ray davies and paul weller, was a very english talent.
Watch the video for spasticus autisticus from ian dury s lord upminster for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The stiff singles, the promo videos, the peel session kilburn and the high roads ian dury and the blockheads. The title and lyrics were deliberately provocative, as the word spastic, a name for sufferers of cerebral palsy and then used as the title for. Ian dury lyrics 106 song lyrics sorted by album, including inbetweenies, lullaby for francies, my old man. Dury was himself disabled by polio contracted in his youth. Spasticus autisticus is a song written by ian dury and cowritten by chaz jankel, released both as a single and on the album lord upminster. The album as a whole is kind of meh but spasticus autisticus might be the greatest thing ian dury ever wrote. The very latest chart stats about lord upminster peak chart position, weeks on chart, weekbyweek chart run, catalogue number.
Recorded with chas jankel and sly and robbie at compass point studios in the bahamas, the album is full of infectious rhythms not least the controversial spasticus autisticus and now is the time to fully enjoy it as it has been remastered from the. Ian dury 19422000 was an english singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Lord upminster turned out to be a set of uninspired funk that lacks the joyful energy of his three previous records. It is also the first dury album distributed by polydor. English rock and roll singersongwriter, bandleader, artist, and actor. When ian dury left stiff records, he also left the blockheads behind, recording lord upminster with reggae superstars robbie shakespeare and sly dunbar as producers.
This single from the album lord upminster 1981 was composed by chas jankel. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. A scathing attack on the uks year of the disabling campaign, its one of the angriest, wittiest tracks ever put to vinyl. It was also the last studio album he made with the blockheads, until 1998s mr. Download hit me with your rhythm stick mp3 reasons to be.
The first of two albums that he made for polydor lord upminster has often been overlooked in appraisals of ian dury s remarkable career. Browse all ian dury strings sheet music musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. Ill take you to the pictures ill take you to the show walking in the sunshine rolling in the snow stepping from the threshold out. This rerelease of ian durys solo album has been remastered with five bonus tracks and contains some of his classic songs including the. Music of believe music tahon hitpool 104pro media puolesta. Choose from ian dury sheet music for such popular songs as sex and drugs and rock and roll, hit me with your rhythm stick, and wake up and make love with me. The colorful, metropolis inhabiting characters like billericay dickie or plaistow patricia he sung about and the ever so cockney music hall accent he. It was recorded over a period of one month at compass point studios in nassau, bahamas with his old writing partner chas jankel and the reggae duo sly and robbie. While the average fan of ian dury might not consider lord upminster 1981 or apples 1989 masterpieces either, this inbetweenie, 4000 weeks holiday, has some very worthy tracks, with typical impudent dury recitations and cheekiness, and the occasional bit.
He wrote many famous songs including hit me with your rhythm stick, what a waste, and sex and drugs and rock and roll. Spasticus autisticus was written in 1981 as a protest against the international year of disabled persons, which dury considered to be patronising. Ian dury lord upminster lyrics and tracklist genius. Ian dury with just one blockhead, mickey gallagher on the hammond, on a promotional appearance in belfast, autumn 1995. The band had apparently originally wanted to call the album no hand signals. Ian dury what a waste 12 single ian dury new boots and panties ian dury new boots and panties bonus ian dury 4000 weeks holiday remastered ian dury lord upminster remastered ian dury reasons to be cheerful cd 1. Handsome kilburn and the highroads album wikipedia. The purpose of this site is purely to encourage the sales of ian dury and the blockheads records and allow fans to appreciate the clever lyrics and sing along with the songs. Love pants, though a live album warts n audience was produced in 1991. Ian dury hit me with your rhythm stick official video duration. Originally fronted by lead singer ian dury as ian dury and the blockheads or ian and the blockheads, the band has continued to perform since dury s death in 2000. Your eyes are focused on a screen of your own choosing your mind is busy with distractions of its own my imminent departure is the flavour of the.
Current members include derek the draw hussey vocals, chaz jankel guitar and keyboards, norman wattroy bass, mick gallagher keyboards and piano, john. The photo on the back cover displayed a chuck berry style duck walk which was the inspiration for the madness group duck walk on the front cover of their album and single one step. Trust is a must red letter funky disco pops body song. Handsome is the debut album of the ian dury rock group kilburn and the highroads. The song also appeared on durys lord upminster album. Download ian dury albums torrent or any other torrent from category. Lord upminster is the second solo studio album by the english rock and roll singersongwriter ian dury it was released by polydor records and pgprtb in september 1981. Jankel took durys lyrics, fashioned a number of songs, and they began recording with. Ian dury reasons to be cheerful the best of ian dury cd1. Lord upminster is the second solo studio album by the english rock and roll singersongwriter ian dury. Ian dury spasticus autisticus lyrics genius lyrics.
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