In between “Sweet Gene Vincent” and “Hit Me with Your Rhythym Stick”, Ian Dury penned a ditty about doing the right thing – in his case playing the fool in a six piece band.

As far as I recall, back in 1978 waste as a topic only made the news under the umbrella of “The Winter of Discontent”; pictures and VT of bin bags taking over the streets, juxtaposed with picket lines of bell bottoms, platforms and sideburns.

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