How Ian Dury overcame CULTURAL CRINGE with New Boots and Panties!!

Support me on Patreon, if ya like:   / mickybeatz   So yes, I am fat now. Doesn't help that I filmed this on the single hottest day of the year. I also forgot to say that the album title refers to the only items of clothing that Ian Dury would buy new. Chapters: 1. Introduction 00:00 2. About Ian 16:07 3. Themes 24:51 4. Wake Up and Make Love With Me 34:34 5. Blue Jean Baby 37:37 6. I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra 40:13 7. My Old Man 41:56 8. Billericay Dickie 43:43 9. Clever Trevor 46:27 10. If I Was With a Woman 49:42 11. Blockheads 51:06 12. Plaistow Patricia 53:07 13. Blackmail Man 54:52 14. Final thoughts 56:06 Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer, songwriter and actor best remembered as the frontman of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Described by The Guardian as "one of few true originals of the English music scene", Dury drew from music hall and punk traditions, often incorporating observational humour and word play in his lyrics. Dury initially performed with the pub rock band Kilburn and the High Roads before signing to the new wave-oriented independent record label Stiff in 1977. With the Blockheads, he scored several UK singles chart hits in the late 1970s, among them "What a Waste", "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" and the chart-topper "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick". In the 1980s, Dury initiated an acting career in film and television. His best-known later recordings include "Profoundly in Love with Pandora", written for the 1985 ITV series The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, and the 1981 single "Spasticus Autisticus". The latter, a protest song reflecting Dury's life with polio and his opposition to contemporary attitudes about disability, was performed during the opening of the London 2012 Paralympics. New Boots and Panties!! is the debut studio album by Ian Dury, released in the UK on Stiff Records on 30 September 1977. The record covers a diverse range of musical styles which reflect Dury's influences and background in pub rock, taking in funk, disco, British music hall and early rock and roll, courtesy of Dury's musical hero Gene Vincent. Consisting mostly of love songs and character stories based on the working-class people of the East End and Essex Estuary areas where he grew up, the songs are frequently ribald and profane, but also contain humour and affection for his characters. Widely considered to be the best album of Dury's career, it is also his biggest selling, having been certified platinum status in the UK for 300,000 sales. Sales of the album during the first few months after its release were modest, and the album's only single, "Sweet Gene Vincent", failed to chart. Subsequently, three stand-alone singles, "What a Waste", "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" and "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3", all reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, and their success kept the album in the spotlight and ensured consistent sales over the next two years. New Boots and Panties!! was among the UK's top 30 best selling albums of both 1978 and 1979, and eventually peaked at number five in the UK Albums Chart in February 1979, 17 months after its release, after "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"'s chart-topping success. The album's title derives from Dury's habit of buying clothes second hand and refers to the only items of clothing he insisted on buying new. According to Ian Dury & the Blockheads: Song By Song, the name was chosen by Dury from a list of twenty potential titles drawn up by compere Kosmo Vinyl. New Boots and Panties!! has been reissued several times, including a three-disc edition for its 30th anniversary and a five-disc box set for its 40th anniversary. Names dropped/discussed: Kylie Minogue Nick Cave Tame Impala King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard AC/DC The Drones The Beatles Mick Jagger Robert Plant Elton John Gene Vincent Joni Mitchell Sly Stone Jerry Lee Lewis Paul McCartney David Bowie Bryan Ferry T.S. Eliot W.H. Auden Charles Dickens Taylor Parkes Artful Dodger Peter Blake Betty Rathmell Kilburn and the High Roads The Blockheads Sex Pistols Dr Feelgood The Who Sly and the Family Stone Chaz Jankel Steve Nugent Peter Jenner Andrew King Ornette Coleman Bernie Taupin Normal Watt-Roy Charley Charles Davey Payne Steely Dan Boston Guns N' Roses The Strokes Manfred Mann James Brown Chic Monty Python Eric Idle The Rutles Frank Zappa Max Hall George Formby Max Miller Ray Davies Elvis Costello Barry White Phil Daniels Blur Mike Skinner The Streets Geoff Castle Elvis Presley Eddie Cochran Alan Partridge The Carpenters Chris Morris Bee Gees Bobby Womack Derek and Clive John Turnbull Mick Gallagher Nick Lowe Wreckless Eric Larry Wallace Chris Gabrin Barney Bubbles R.E.M. Billy Joel Wilko Johnson Sly and Robbie Sophie Tilson Neil Innes