Weve teamed up with thirteen london poets to bring poetiquette to all travellers across the network. He was the lead singer of ian dury and the blockheads and before that of kilburn and the high roads. Ian dury had unexpectedly become a superstar in britain, and american record companies were suddenly very interested in him. In may 1998, dury announced that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 1995 and that the disease had spread to his liver. Our father who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon give us this day our berkhampstead and. Ian robins dury 12 may 1942 27 march 2000 was an english rock and roll singer, lyricist.
Bus drivers prayer paroles par ian dury lyrics et parole. Ian robins dury 12 may 1942 27 march 2000 was an english rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader, artist, and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. The slippery ballerina mit moe tucker, wreckless eric, col. I make no claim to the of the music or the artists visual appearances. He is best known as founder and lead singer of the british band ian dury and the blockheads. All of the band, however, except bassist norman wattroy, appear on the album. The bus drivers prayer and other stories ian dury songs. The words are apocryphal and have been around since 1960 at least. Ian dury lyrics 106 song lyrics sorted by album, including inbetweenies, lullaby for francies, my old man.
Ian dury and the blockheads bus drivers prayer lyrics. Despite being recorded after the successful live reunion of ian dury and the. Below is a version predating dury s recording, with alternate versions given in the notes. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it. Bbc radio 6 music reasons to be cheerful ian dury and the. Mar 27, 2000 ian dury, who has died of cancer aged 57, was one of few true originals of the english music scene, the only man to successfully combine the energy and excitement of rock n roll and funk with. Oct 24, 2017 bus drivers prayer traditional, arranged and adapted by ian dury 0. Ian dury wrote the song spasticus autisticus knowing it would cause trouble, and hoping it would be banned.
The reunion was so successful that further shows followed over the next two years, and several members of the band collaborated on dury s 1993 album, the bus driver s prayer and other stories. Dury used only those place names that refer to locations in london. Straight from the desk live mit the blockheads 2012. Despite being recorded after the successful live reunion of ian dury and the blockheads, inspired by the death of their drummer charley charles, the album is not a blockheads record. Compra vinili, cd e altro di ian dury nel marketplace di discogs. Esplora tutte le pubblicazioni di ian dury su discogs. Read or print original bus driver s prayer lyrics 2020 updated. Paroles officielles bus driver s prayer lyrics par ian dury. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy. The bus drivers prayer by ian dury, read by richard purnell. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon. Our father who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon give. Ian dury performed solo for much of his career, but had earlier fronted kilburn and the high roads. Dury returned to recording in 1992 with the bus driver s prayer and other stories.
In 1989, he wrote the musical apples with mickey gallagher, and he also appeared in the stage production of the play. Ian dury sang mit seinem unverwechselbaren cockneyakzent vorwiegend selbst geschriebene lieder. Fking ada is dury s bellow of rage at all of life s indignities. Mar 27, 2000 ian robins dury 12 may 1942 27 march 2000 was an english singersongwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. Picking up where apples left off it even includes that record s the bus driver s prayer, a clever cockney rewrite of the lord s prayer, as the title track the bus driver s prayer and other stories is an engaging collection of character sketches and stories from ian dury. Spasticus autisticus youtube ian dury speaks about spasticus autisticus inc. To capitalise on this, stiff records launched a concerted ian dury marketing campaign, resulting, in the spring of 1978, in the top ten hit what a waste. A metropolitan police officers version, entitled the laws prayer, has also been devised. Ian dury and the blockheads bus driver s prayer song page loading time. Yes and no paula has him careening through disconnected sentences and somehow having it all add up. Superman s big sister is in the grand tradition of dury s bawdyhouse singalongs. Arista won the rights to distribute dury s stiff recordings in the u. Our father who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon give us this day our berkhampstead and forgive us our westminsters as we forgive those who westminster against us lead us not into temple station but deliver us from ealing for thine is the kingston the purley. Ians new band, now augmented by guitarist johnny turnbull and keyboard player mickey gallagher, was christened ian dury and the blockheads and the group became the surprise hit of the tour.
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