Quote Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman View Post
It seemed the problem was when people came to see him, especially plodders from the sticks, they expected him to be some kind of chirpy, lovable cockney geezer type and the real man was not that. Mistakenly referring to him as Ian Drury, a common error, would invoke a particularly unpleasant response. It's the same problem comedians have when confronted by fans away from the stage. Let's downgrade him from nasty piece of work to 'a little difficult to deal with.'
He did have a valid excuse, no? That mental health thing he didn't like to make a big issue of. They kept asking him to do a song for a mental health charity but he didn't want to. So when he finally agreed he did Spasticus Autisticus.