Ian Dury’s eight favourite songs and how they shaped his sound
A perfect playlist
Ian Dury and the blockheads
Ian Dury credited childhood polio for his sense of rhythm: “A freedom thing”
“I used to do the ‘William Tell Overture.'”
A reason to be cheerful: The resurgent understated legacy of Ian Dury
Why don’t you get back into bed?
Ian Dury and The Blockheads perform ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ in Paris 1981
One of the finest lyricists ever