Ian Dury - Taxi T-Shirt

Ian Dury 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 the bawdy humour, wit and home-spun philosophy of music-hall and of his native Essex. Ian Dury's lyrics were a unique combination of lyrical poetry, word play, observation of British everyday (working-class) life - e.g.

'I had a love affair with Nina
In the back of my Cortina
A seasoned-up hyena
Could not have been more obscener
She took me to the cleaners
And other misdemeanours
But I got right up between her
Rum and her Ribena...'
-  from Billericay Dickie