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This is a link post I wibble when I piddle 'cos my middle is a riddle
Ian Dury & The Blockheads, "Spasticus Autisticus",1981.
Song banned at the time by the BBC, then used in the paralympic opening ceremony in London 2012 (here).
(SockCooker ПТН ПНХ, Sun 19 May 2019, 20:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Always a pleasure to hear some Dury...

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sun 19 May 2019, 22:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ian McKellen looking lost in the 2012 vid
"this can't be my bit"
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Mon 20 May 2019, 10:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post This was commissioned for the International Year of the Disabled
- you know, with Joey Deacon and all.
[So I heard, anyway]

Strangely, they didn't use it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 9th Level Pissant, Mon 20 May 2019, 19:42, , Reply)
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No, it was a protest against the "International Year of the Disabled". Dury thought that it was patronizing - like, suggesting they get fair treatment that year, instead of all the time.
BBC just decided it was offensive, so banned it.
 (SockCooker ПТН ПНХ, Tue 21 May 2019, 15:29, , Reply)