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07 Aug 08
"Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" while unnervingly gay and bizaare sounds beautiful. I like Dury's voice, especially when he speaks French or verbally plays with British accents (maybe that's just his regular voice), but I listened to "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" and "Roll Over and Make Love With Me" and I was not impressed.
Does this band have any other good songs?
Here's a particularly good recording of it:
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What kind of an accent does Dury have? That's not Cockney, but I don't know the names of any other English accents.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungWait, the video says he is cockney! But why then does use H's?
"Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" while unnervingly gay and bizaare sounds beautiful. I like Dury's voice, especially when he speaks French or verbally plays with British accents (maybe that's just his regular voice), but I listened to "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" and "Roll Over and Make Love With Me" and I was not impressed.
Does this b ...[text shortened]... ry have? That's not Cockney, but I don't know the names of any other English accents.
Originally posted by AThousandYoung'Reasons to be Cheerful'. Maybe.
Does this band have any other good songs?
What kind of an accent does Dury have? That's not Cockney, but I don't know the names of any other English accents.
You're better off with Devo.
Ian Dury came from Harrow, went to school in High Wycombe -- isn't that where Sicilian Smaug comes from? -- so I guess it's a Buckinghamshire accent.
He doesn't qualify as cockney.
Originally posted by Bosse de NageI'm not having luck finding [Buckinghamshire accent] on youtube.
'Reasons to be Cheerful'. Maybe.
You're better off with Devo.
Ian Dury came from Harrow, went to school in High Wycombe -- isn't that where Sicilian Smaug comes from? -- so I guess it's a Buckinghamshire accent.
He doesn't qualify as cockney.
I particularly like the way he says "gardens" and "slowly", dragging out the vowels.
"Cheerful" sounds good too in "Reasons to be Cheerful"
Originally posted by AThousandYoungPeople talk about a 'Bucks' accent:
I'm not having luck finding [Buckinghamshire accent] on youtube.
I particularly like the way he says "gardens" and "slowly", dragging out the vowels.
http://www.livingarchive.org.uk/hidden/docs/accents4.html
But that might be a thing of the past. Hope it works.