OMG!!!! IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK (REACTION) 

Shout out to Norman Watt-Roy for one of the greatest Basslines in popular music.

Ian Dury was great ..he had a hard life 1st catching polio from a swimming pool then cancer which took his life..never be another ian Dury..

I'm not sure what's more enjoyable to watch,the genius of ian dury,or the traumatised innocents listening to it for the first time.brilliant

Ian was a poet nothing less and the Blockheads were tighter than tight. Ian always had to use a stick to walk due to polio so he would stumble about on stage continually holding on to the microphone stand so he wouldn't fall over but the audience just thought that he was just feeling the music. At it's essence his delivery was born of the 70's pub rock which was a precursor to British Punk as they felt big bands had lost sight of their roots and what the fans wanted so they advocated a back to basics style. Many great act's came out of this style Elvis Costelo, Dr Feelgood, The Stranglers, The Meteors, Joe Strummer of the Clash and of course Ian Dury. Pub rock was primarily a London and Essex scene but bizarrely it was also huge in Central Scotland (where I'm from) so we got to hear and see bands you would normally only see in London as word got out that people in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Stirling and Glasgow got it.

They were a surprising band. They look like a basic 3 chord punk band, but their musical skill was off the charts.

Ian Dury was crazy, but a very creative and talented crazy, as were the Blockheads.

The funky bass player is one of Britain's finest. - Norman Watt-Roy

In the dock of Tiger Bay… love the reference to Cardiff in this. Mr Dury was an often unsung genius in his lyrics

Still one of the greatest bass lines ever.

A well loved personality in the English music scene - he never let his disability stop him from rocking out!

Ian Drury and the Blockheads, brilliant British band, saw them live several times and they always delivered. Ian Drury was quite badly disabled and would often struggle on stage to stay up right while performing with great passion. He was a great poet performer and larger than life personality. this world needs people like him, so sad he is gone.

In Richmond Park in London there is a park bench there in memory of Ian - on which you can sit and plug in to it to hear his music !!!

The album "New Boots and Panties" by Ian and the Blockheads is a masterpiece.

This song just is my childhood in the UK in the 70's ... Ian was so underrated ....

A timeless pop masterpiece.

Okay. You haven't stumped me once with a song and a band I've never heard until now. Are you kidding me? I've got to listen to everything they do now. Thank you

So many happy memories of the late 70s and early 80s from this song. Rest in Peace Ian Dury. A true original.

Ian Dury was a really fascinating guy. There’s a biopic on him called Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll where he’s played by ANdy Serkis

One of the best bands I have ever seen. The bass player Norman Watt Roy was sensational.

Reasons to be cheerful part 3 is my favorite. They're something else 🔥 Another artist with great partyvibes is Kid Creole and The Coconuts. Annie, I'm not your Daddy is their biggest hit

Ian Dury was a great character and the blockheads were fantastic musicians, reasons to be cheerful part 3 is another great track .loved your reaction

I had the privilege of seeing them live several times. When he got animated, Ian often fell over on stage. A roadie would rush on and pick him up. A genius, and a great loss to the world.

Bassist, Norman Roy-Watt was once quoted as saying he "thought he was being paid by the note" when they recorded this monster hit.

He looks rough and ready, but his heart was all there. He was a poet who moved me with much of his work. I recall going into Woolworths when I bought his album Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll. The manager served me and gave me such a dirty look. He had no idea of the musical quality and the excellent lyrics.

"Music is a natural high" Absolutely. It is the ultimate drug nothing can lift you and evoke emotions like good music.

One of the best songs of all time.. period!!!!

This cheered me up no end simply because you looked so happy and into the music. More power to you and keep your rythem sticks flailing.

Absolutely brilliant and hear that monster bass.

Ian Dury was an icon - and when he says "hit me with your rhythm stick, he ain't just talking about the rhythm, he wants the stick!

I love his Noddy song and there ain't 'arf been some clever bastards. Ian was a singer, songwriter, producer, mentor ,manager, actor, film producer, screen writer, disability advocate. And is missed by so many for so many reasons 😎

Cheers to you 2 for digger that much deeper.........The British music scene in the late 70's early 80's was amazing...check out Elvis Costello "Pump it up!"

Ian Dury...what a character. He was left disabled by Polio when he was a child....but he was one of the coolest men to ever grace rock and roll.

First time I saw him in tally ho pub in Kentish Town come on stage on crutches. He was a talented artist as well,rip my friend

All I can say is this band was a music education, unique. and mind blowing. Try his song ,clever trevor. Great reactions guys 😎❤

Correct superb Bass work 10/10

Amazing - thanks for playing Ian Drury - great musician - great guy overcame a lot in his life - great passion🙂

Kudos to you for doing this, very much a Londoncentric, Quirky Poetic brilliance, I was 8 years old when I first heard this - living far away from London - still amazing!

Greetings you lovely people from sunny London! I've loved this since 78, Ian was a London legend. The best group in Britain at the time. Going to watch that again now :) X

Great Reaction to Ian,Guys:)

1978 no less. RIP Ian !

Dear wonderful folks ! All his stuff is dope !!!!!! There is so much more !!!! RIP IAN DURY !

My parents did not approve of me liking "Hit me with your rhythm sticks". But the jazzy beat just drew me in like a magnet.

The Blockheads arguably the best backing band of the time, certainly my favourite still

My favourite track of his is 'There ain't half been some clever bastards' lyrically fantastic

Loved this song, makes you really go off on the dance floor, great party song.

Love this group, please check out “I wanna be straight” by them. Enjoyed.

So happy you guys have discovered Ian Dury. Reasons to be Cheerful Part 3 is another one of his hits worth checking out.

His most memorable work was "Spasticus Austisticus" which he wrote as a protest against International Year of the Disabled, it caused contraversy (which he intended) with lyrics like ""I dribble when I piddle 'cos my middle is a riddle".....

Wake Up and Make Love to Me is a great song by Ian Drury.

That bass line is beyond amazing.......loved your reaction!

What a singer, what a band! R.I.P. Ian.

Well, that was a blast from the past!!! I haven't heard that song in a long long time. And tbh, when it was released I didn't like it. But I really enjoyed watching you enjoying it. And not even half way through the song, I was singing along and bouncing in my seat. Thank you for that. ❤💙🎵🎙💃😎

You gotta do "What a Waste" you can get well into Ian Dury and the Blockheads with that one .

God, I LOVED Ian Dury and the Blockheads. His lyricism from MY OLD MAN to SEX AND DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL, or I WANNA BE STRAIGHT. And Norman was a beast.

So much great music from that group, I was lucky to see them a few times. There was great controversy about his song spasticus autisticus which the radio stations would only play after 9pm, but in the end was played at the 2012 Paralympics Rest in peace Ian and Charley Charles

You helped make my day by feeling for Ian Dury, as listening to him is more of a sensation than a sound, keep up the good work

Glad to see someone react to Iain Dury. He had some great songs..

Clever Trevor.

New Boots and Panties. By Ian Dury. One of the greatest albums ever. 🤠❤👌🙏

I remember when this came out. I'd never heard his work before. It's the only time I've said, "this should be a number one record" and I was proved right. Still rocks and pumps excitement. Love the unusual sudden ending too. I even bought the single (I bought albums usually).

He is ace. Try Sweet Gene Vincent next. Thanks for reviewing this.

Ian Dury of the Blockheads was disabled, that explains his jerky movements. He was awesome. He had Polio as a child, hence is physical looks, and eventually died from Colon cancer.

I swear I am so glad my boy Ian is getting recognition...he deserves more

RIP the late great Ian Dury.

My sister and I used to bop around the living room back in 1979 to this. Our parents said this song would be forgotten. It's still fantastic - the Blockheads were one of the best backing bands ever.

You guys should react to Ian Dury and the Blockheads song “Wake Up and make love with me” live at Ronnie Scott’s. It’s a sad but incredibly funny video, the music is quite good too. Heck you guys can watch any of Ian & the Blockheads’ music because it’s so interesting and funny and rewatch able.

Glad you enjoyed it! I was 14 when this came out - 58 now! Can you imagine a song like this being written today?

Haha your expressions guys were priceless. This went to number 1 in England if I am not mistaken. Great vibe to this tune.

A great artist, who actually had polio, try his "Sex & drugs & rock & roll" 🙂

Hi Shawn. Hi Mel It's nice to be a lunatic. Hit me, hit me, hit meeeeeee. Your first response to the Bloke heads is priceless.

Glad you liked it. Classic, unique British music.

Imagine your driving in your car….you look in your rear view mirror….and you see that *BASSLINE* coming at you top speed!!! *WHAT DO YOU DO?!?!*

A Rabbit hole to go down for sure. You will lover these guys. Wake Up and Make Love to me and Sueperman's Big Sister and Billericay Dickie. great songs.

The band were absolutely phenomenal musicians and Dury was one of the most charismatic front men of all time and one of the very finest poets His use of humour and righteous anger in spreading a positive message are pretty much unmatched. Lovely to see people enjoying them for the first time, well worth exploring their entire catalogue.

In 1981 I used to call WNEW every night and request this song. They would put it on right away.

It was a massive hit in the late 70s/80s. It was played constantly. I loved it. Also loved your reaction. Subscribed.

You guys are so funny, finding out about the soundtrack of my (long) life.

It's so so cool to see you guys diggin' what i was diggin' over 40 years ago 😎😆

The subversive lyrics, energy and visuals of punk. The smooth, hip instrumentals of jazz funk. This is the very definition of cool.

Check out his first album, New Boots & Panties. It's a bang-to-rights masterpiece.

I was a teenager when this song first came out - you have no idea just how popular it was in Australia

Norman watt Roy’s base line is just fantastic and the mixing of this record is second to none

I can remember when I first heard this! I was about 6, or 7. Nobody in my family wanted to get hit with anything, so I found it hilarious that someone wanted to be hit & the method they demanded was a stick!! 😂😂🤣

Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll!

Shawn and Mel digging the groove 😆😆 of this classic. Great to watch 👌😊♥️

Omg 😎 🙏 😂 finally you and the RU-vid universe have discovered Ian and the Blockheads 😍😎🙏

Both of your jaws dropped and stayed that way until the sax break. So funny!

Dury was class never forgot where he came from he called his home cat shit mansions so talented

I saw Ian Drury and the Blockheads in Paris in 1979. The best concert ever.

The bass player Norman Watt Roy is a friend of mine! What a fantastic band.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

Great genuine reaction, even after all these years this still sounds fantastic

“Two Fat Parsons click click click” is a Bingo call.

I’d forgotten how brilliant this song was. Thank you both, you’ve made my day ❤️😊

tremendous band. Got loads of their records. You got to do 'Reasons to be Cheerful(Part 3) amazing song.

Ian Dury was huge here in the uk… sadly passed away far too young! What a voice what a character very much missed 😢 x

You need to listen to' Reasons to be cheerful part 3' credited to be one of the first rap songs ever! The bass player Norman Watt-Roy is so funky.

Bass line from another dimension

Oh yeah, now you are talking! Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll is a banger as you say, tis a tune! 🌟

Timeless classic. If you can’t groove to this you must be either deaf or dead.

I was 8 years old when I first heard this 44 years ago and it still makes the hair on the back of my head stand up. Fuckin tune