When I met Ivor Cutler in the early 70s he gave me one of the two best pieces of advice I've ever had: that life is better if you wear pretty socks. I have endeavoured to do so ever since.

@robertlee2262

4 жыл бұрын

Come on then - what's the other piece of advice?

100 years old today!! The world is a sadder place without him!!

He was my teacher at primary school,Paddington green school,a lovely man.

@descartesdonkey4291

6 жыл бұрын

are you now nuts too?

@ritamargherita

5 жыл бұрын

@@descartesdonkey4291 'Cutler also wrote books for children and adults and was a teacher at A. S. Neill's Summerhill School and for 30 years in inner-city schools in London' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Cutler

@clairduffy60

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! My dad says he knew him . In more lucid moments.. Ye auld Alzheimer's! Proud Scot.

@scribblypics

4 жыл бұрын

Marie Darling Lucky you!!!! Amazing man!

@EeezyNoow

3 жыл бұрын

@@ritamargherita My two older sisters had him as a teacher at Summerhill. They painted his head green.

Wonderful man, I used to live near him in Camden in the early nineties. He once came up to me, on the towpath, and warmly congratulated me for clearing up after my dog. He said he normally wouldn't, but given she was a great dane, he thought it best to appreciate my effort. He was lovely, very easily irritated, but lovely.

He was a teacher at my school, Fox primary school in Notting Hill between mid 60's to 1974 where he taught drama. He had an amazingly creative spirit. Occasionally he'd sit at the piano during our dinner hour and play and sing. Something about Saturday night rings a bell. In his deer stalker hat and non conforming ways i cannot see any school allowing past the front door these days, which is such a shame. One of a kind Andy Mullins

hats off to Mr. Cutler, thanks for being yourself. It was the best gift.

Now in 2021 we need his unique gentle humour more than ever . Heartwarming X

@cliffhughes6010

2 жыл бұрын

I think John Shuttle worth is heavily influenced by Ivor

As mad as a box of frogs but he still brings a smile to my face after all these years.

Well said, Bruckner, I totally agree. For me, his eccentric Scottishness always added to the fun. And how bizarre, but strangely satisfying, to hear him providing THE ecstatic musical climax to Robert Wyatt's amazing album "Rock Bottom". An unforgettable moment. Sadly missed.

I think it was through John Peel's shows that I discovered Ivor. I still miss them both terribly.

I love Ivor Cutler

@1258-Eckhart

3 жыл бұрын

why?

The Beatles once asked if they could cover one of his songs..... He said No 😂 Legend

@hernanm6

3 жыл бұрын

The Beatles admired Ivor. Especially Lennon. So much so that they hired him for the Magical Mystery Tour movie.

A good freind of mine had the honour of having this man as an art teacher. The freind in question is now well into his sixties, and was nicely influenced by Cutler. He certainly had a great outlook , and that rubbed off on his pupils .

truly original, thats how 2 impress your grandkids!!!!, the great man is sadly missed,

great to find Mr.Cutler here. RIP Ivor.

Cutler never gets enough credit for the swing in his grooves. Play that funky music white boy...

happy 100th birthday, Mr. Cutler

I've got Ivor Cutler and Bernard Manning tapes in the cupboard; thank God they both belong to the same beautiful cosmos.

Saw/heard him and Spike Milligan at the Comedy Theatre in Son of Oblomov about 1961. Zany experience, never equalled.

No need for us lovers of Dada and comedy to let it go though. Get behind the tractor!

I just discovered this guy, and I am an instant fan. I note the other disparate comments and would add that it's o.k. not to "get it." Part of the charm for me is that I KNOW not everybody and his dog will "get it." But to me, it's funny and delightful. I'm going right now to see what else this guy has posted.

Here is Ivor addressing the socio economic situation that has become a major criminal contemporary crisis . Well done Mr Cutler .

This is so wonderful!!!! Thanks teardrop!

This is the best video ever, i watch it every single day

I met him when he played a gig at the Folk Club at the old Bay Hotel in Cullercoats, a good pub which disappeared some years ago. I wanted to do a Drama course which he was then running but I was a penniless student and the LEA wouldn't stump up the readies.

what an amazing and original talent! thanks for posting this ;)

Joyous!!

An absolute joy.

Genius!

Quality poetry. This is what comes from eating too much cheese before bedtime

RIP Bernard! We can look forward to Cutler & Manning heading the heavenly hilarity in the hereafter - & to think I just missed him at Blackpool a couple of weeks back too...

I C such uplifting memories

so good.

The best poet in Scotland. Now who is there?

excellent stuff from an icon of the british music scene

ivor is unique never heard the likes before and he describes a scottish room so well

i love this!

Amazing

made ,e smile. Thats good enough.

genius, this guy's a hero!

AWSOME.

bless him

double awesome

Anyone got Faces of People? The one where he says "..you don't get Fruitbats in April.." Awesome.

someone i matched on tinder sent me this?

@thomasreilly5246

3 жыл бұрын

Then he's a keeper.

We had this you have X factor.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Corks, he's the best. Wish I'd got to meet him. I wouldn't have known what to say, except, 'Melon!' 'Melon' remains my favourite piece of ... what? poetry? ... ever.

'Good morning, how are you? Shut up!'

IC 'twere a mofoin' genius.

crazy

I love this video "_ ) :))))))

wata amzin man brov

Nice.

He was my courier.

This shit really bypasses the logic circuits.

@iwakuraSanta

9 жыл бұрын

No it does not ,there is nothing to get nothing to see here or learn

dat guy sa besta

sweeeet

Garden Rug, you have great taste (check out the Robert Wyatt video from BBC Four´s recent programme) Ivor Cutler R.I.P.

Love Ivor Cutler but just heard the Mission Severina at the end of it.you dont have shows like the Whistle test anymore wth variation.away to look for the Mission now.

very well put... I agree entirely. throovest's the only one around now, I suspect

@rabbitpi Dear Rabbit, Thank you. No, I'm serious- your comment is a needed bit of redirection. Actually, I'd completely forgotten I'd posted here. But the real epiphany for me- that is, the realization that your advice is spot on- is that when the video came on, I had no memory of it whatsoever. Of course, I knew who Ivor Cutler was- I watched this in the first place for him- but the song was completely unfamiliar, which showed how overcome I'd been by a poster's political comments.

Great - An age when you could do your thing in music....and didnt have a few pricks telling you it should all sound like The X Factor...We need more whispering Bob's and Peelies to give invention it's day

@ianclarke1852

4 жыл бұрын

Dont we just

loook! said fatha. Apatch of grass! go and sit upon the grass and feel your lumps

does anybody know the song starting after cutler´s song?

@chethanks5538

6 жыл бұрын

sounds like the intro to achilles' last stand by zeppelin

Massive thanks to Ivor for the inspiration - what a legend kzread.info/dash/bejne/imui27tsl6SyadI.html

Wow! Cutler and Manning? Talk about a mixed bill. I must confess I would hope Ivor was on first so I could leave early and catch the Heavenly bus home to my cloud.

Missing song from The Marble Index.

she thought she was going to die!

The face of Louis Suarez, The face of Louis Suarez

Does anyone know what year this was? The only thing i could find mentioned was 1986, but i'm not sure if that's correct... I Know the Old Grey Whistle Test started 1971, so, obviously, its post 1970.

@MrGreeenGenes

2 жыл бұрын

Nevermind. I found another video on here from the same set that's dated 1986.

@skawashers The Mighty Boosh, Milton Jones and maybe David Firth all could easily described as "odd".

I think that Ivor was a genius.People who don't find him funny probably have a complete set of Bernard Manning tapes in their cupboard!

You are.

I thought my songs was strange ha lol great weird is good

There's plenty of room in the blue

@nonsociopathskin What's the other?

i know i have commented before, but just to correct a couple of comments that people have made about my comments, my father was a pal of ivor's and even he thought he was shit!

Hello Alex

Great British eccentrics, don't ya love them? Where is Ron Geesin these days?????

last year he thought he was the driver

I think he was a bit of a genius.

Dear Ivor, hes' bee an inspiration to me for 30 years. Though I must admit this is not one of his best.

It's not supposed to be funny! but brilliant!

You can do beer OR cakes, but not both.

I prefer the dance version.

🤣🤣🤣

Man this guy makes fun of my name :P

yes, you are missing the joke. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaahaahahhahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahah p.s hahaahahahahahahaahahahah

Madder than a bag of rabid squirrels.

Just another case of 'the king's new clothes' I'm afraid I'm not that clever.

@petermills2061

7 жыл бұрын

Rus. You have the first 8 words wrong and the last 6 spot on.

and what your basing the on the one video and song you've seen? your not very bright

But Eoin wouldn't touch alcohol. His fan base wouldn't allow it. And anyway, he might have to share it with other people ...

Syllogism snaps. Attention all jellyfish.

I'm happy to be uplifted to a shop in the sky - where we can all get all we want - for instance - to find a magic dust that one can sprinkle over all war torn and disaster areas and alleviate the misery of the suffering endured by its people, particularly the plight of the Japanese right now. Libya fighting for the one chance of being liberated from a monstrous regime. Palestine, whose voice is has been deafened by Israeli belief that its rights are above the rights of others, its neighbours.-

lol y r u all taking it so seriously like thers hidden meanings in his music or sumthing its js a guy singing in an eccenrtric kind of way, to make people laugh not think about 'what its like looking into another human being's soul' he cld b putting on an act bt pretty likely he escaped from the nut house

C r a p !!

@written12 *sigh* just listen to the silly music, there's plenty of political discussion boards elsewhere.

I am concerned for you to enjoy yourselves within the limits of British decency

@maryarthistoryartist How about the Palestinians of Gaza who are being crushed by their own kind- the religious fanatics of Hamas. What about the Congo? And you think Gaddafy is bad? He is, but about the regime in Iran? Where were you- or where would you have been if you're too young- when Jordan occupied the West Bank and Egypt, Gaza between '48 and '67?

Ivor Cutler has been an inspiration to me not to play such fucking awful shitty music

@iainscott5702

10 жыл бұрын

Are you a coldplay or U2 fan by any chance ?

@cardiacade

10 жыл бұрын

Dan Druft Christ that band are shit.

@spr66

9 жыл бұрын

Dan Druft FFDP are for spackers.

@gromitpesley

8 жыл бұрын

five finger death punch? What are you even doing on this video lol.