Too Young To Be A Blockhead

Today's shot is the front of one of my brother's favourite t-shirts and is a multi-coloured mage of Ian Dury in his heyday.
Ian Dury was the lead singer and lyricist for the band Ian Dury And The Blockheads (and prior to that a member of a band with an even better name - Kilburn And The High Roads) who rose to fame in the late 70's during the punk and new wave era of rock music.
Their sound was drawn from its members' diverse musical influences - including rock n' roll, funk, reggae and Dury's love of musical hall - exemplified in songs such as Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, What A Waste and Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3.
Dury's lyrics combine lyrical poetry, word play, observations of British everyday life, character sketches and bawdy humour. Here is just one example from What A Waste:

I could be a lawyer with stratagems and ruses
I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises
I could be a writer with a growing reputation
I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway station
What a waste (repeated four times)

I would love to say that I was cool enough to be listening to their music at the time but I would have been a bit too young - I was much more likely to be listening to Abba, Bony M, 10cc, The Police and Status Quo (not that there's anything wrong with that! :-) ) - but discovered it later with my brother watching reruns of The Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC2 and loved it.