Clarke was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1949. One of the greatest and coolest things I've always been able to tell people is that, not only do I live in the town where Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Humpty Dumpty were written, but that the captivating individual that is John Cooper Clarke lives here. He eats out a lot more these days than in the throes of his well-documented drug addiction where he survived on sugary cakes and pastries. One of. He never relies on style. JCC goes into fascinating detail about his early life in Manchester leading up to punk superstardom, drug addiction and then the massive comeback as major poet he enjoys today. First book of 2021. After a 40 odd year career, its perhaps surprising that John Cooper Clarke has only actually released two books of poetry. [2] He returned to live performance in the 1990s, appearing again with Suns of Arqa in 1992 at The Witchwood in Ashton-under-Lyne. Depressing, we know, but the acclaimed slapstick of his poetic creations doesnt waver. That's the one thing I miss about living in Manchester. "Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt", Vintage . But what they refuse to see is the absolute madness of it all. Feargal Kinney gave us his top 10 John Cooper Clarke poems. It also contains the line 'Keith Joseph smiles and a baby dies, in a box on Beasley Street'. John Cooper Clarke is an English poet who is regarded as a "punk poet." He became famous in the late 1970s and released several albums. Best line: Dancin In The Daylight, Singin In The Smog, You Aint Nothin But A Hedgehog., All Selections by Banjo you can find his authors archive here. [12], Clarke released Zip Style Method in 1982, but thereafter performed his live act less frequently, spending much of the 1980s mired in heroin addiction, living in a "domestic partnership" with singer and fellow addict Nico. The subject of the piece remains unnamed (lucky guy), but the ambiguity of the poem deems it one of the Salford lads finest pieces. I Married a Monster from Outer Space is a top ten MUST. When I saw this show listed in the Fringe guide I initially thought "that's funny this guy has the same name as that crazy UK singer. JCC goes into . Its notoriously difficult to pin down why, but we agree that a song is not a poem. The poem is also the inspiration behind the single's video, in which clowns brawl. It refers to macaronis who were kind of pre-Beau Brummel dandies from 200 years ago. Poems covered in the Educational Syllabus. And, no, I will not burn my copy of "Ou est la Maison de Fromage," for I love you live and solo as you are best heard. You call the shots, I wanna be yours. Salford poet John Cooper Clarke has certainly led a fascinating life and documents it in - a lot of - detail in this memoir. I got hold of your stuff last night and I like your style, the overcoat, the look, the voice, these are all the ingredients to make great records. It doesnt say much, but it goes to great lengths to say it. 9.50 GBP. This book was not for me there were too many references to other muicians, which for some people would be of interest, but not me. People think the internet is as reliable as a newspaper. Above a pretty upbeat musical backdrop, his abrupt dictation is all the more compelling. As the acclaimed punk poet turns 70 today, weve delved into his lyrical archives and sourced his best works. The Arctic Monkeys song using the same lyrics can be found on their AM album from 2013. I ask John what he thinks of modern poets like Kae Tempest who he says he likes and describes as "a river to [their] people". He believes The Guardian now pushes a narrow set of beliefs, insisting he was always more of "a red top guy. First shown: 05/02/1979If you would like to license a clip from this video please . I've got MediaCity to thank for introducing me to the genius that was Sean Locke. Fact: I Wanna Be Yours is a metaphorical masterpiece. He's the most straightforward interpreter of a song that it's possible to get. Poetry and I have a difficult relationship. He first encountered Mark E. Smith when the late singer was a schoolboy, and Clarke ended up becoming an unofficial uncle to the future Fall frontman you know, the type of uncle who doesnt give a fuck what you get up to, as he puts it. Are you happier now than you have ever been? I got into it Michael Gove style, learning it off by heart without even understanding anything about it. His set is characterised by lively rapid-fire renditions of his poems, usually performed a cappella. In the 1800s, poetry was perhaps akin to rock n roll, with its proponents being declared mad, bad and dangerous to know. Nay lads! John Cooper Clarke punk poet, bard of Salford has had a chequered life, from growing up in post-war austerity Britain, through hardcore drug abuse, to being a kind of national treasure. What is John Cooper Clarke most famous poem? But I'm glad they don't. What it sounds like is the most important part of any poem. Earning the epithet of Punk Poet, John Cooper Clarke managed to somehow ride the zeitgeist of punk as a poet while looking like a skinny, burst Bob Dylan. Somewhere between a narrative film, a series of music videos and a documentary, the film features interviews and performances by Clarke and Linton Kwesi Johnson among others. It's a terrific song. We practised at home, and got to be pretty good, Clarke claims. (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space(I've Got A Brand New) Track Suit23rd36 hoursA Distant RelationAction ManApart From The RevolutionAre You The BusinessArts N' CraftsBeasley StreetBelladonnaBronze AdonisBunch Of TwigsBurnleyConcussionConditional DischargeCycle AccidentDay My Pad Went MadDay the World Stood StillDrive She SaidDumb Row I'm smiling. The term poetic is often used to describe all manner of art: movies, paintings, photographs. Lets just say its a lot. Best line: Poverty and pollution have all swept away. Take a tip from John Cooper Clarke Any amateur review cannot do justice to the genius of JCC, so I just urge you to read it! But you might be surprised to learn that hes not a fan of its modern-day iteration. In this autobiography he is engaging and pretty honest (irritating as well). I've never been one of those people that writes poetry as a means of self-expression alone. Especially not in Australia. Best line: I pleaded for mercy, I wriggled on the ground. Technique. There is the PE teacher Mr Durcan who arranged for arguing students to duke it out, Marquess of Queensbury style in the ring after school. Anybody with a pen and a piece of paper can do it. Interspersed with the most unlikely offerings that came with the disco era. Theres a whole wide world in those two words; it calls up an emotional response. It is an immensely engaging memoir that fizzes with wit, and it is simultaneously a chronicle of a lifetimes worth of extraordinary culture. But little do I care. Could anyone, I ask, with enough time and dedication, learn how to be a poet or is it something youre born with? [20] On their 2020 eponymous debut album, English band Working Mens Club pays homage to the poet in the track John Cooper Clarke, referencing his poem "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman" and book The Luckiest Guy Alive. If it's got some kind of lasting value, you say it's poetic. Best line: The boys are on the wagon. Please check for alternative titles or spellings. I'm not usually one for autobiographies and thinking about it now, I think maybe the only proper autobiographical writing I've read is Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter. See Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves paintings for evidence of how broad his impact still is. Theres a reason why John Cooper Clarke was dubbed the first punk poet: his words have long delivered an honest exposure of urban Britain. I don't know why more people don't do it. Each day repeats on easy, cheesy, greasy, queasy, beastly Beasley Street. Id consider killing you if I thought you were alive. Not all of his groups were such a shambles, however. It draws on his childhood perceptions specifically, the poverty he came across on the streets of Salford while Britains backdrop was entirely Thatcherite. It's consciously antediluvian., Hes a fan of rap music though, How could I possibly complain? If nothing else, I Wanna Be Yours stands as a thrilling document of some of musics most exciting moments of the last century. Its a great word. Every single person that visits Poem Analysis has helped contribute, so thank you for your support. I've got to check them out. Felt wrong listening to it at my usual 1.5 speed so I set it at normal pace and 15 hours in John's company later I'm going to start again at the beginning. Unusually, I was more interested in reading this biography for the company the man kept, rather than the man himself. [22], 2015 saw Clarke present a documentary on Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater in the BBC's second series of The Secret Life of Books. John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet". Here are the biggest talking points. Apart From the Revolution They were speaking my language. The rest is history. It's kind of Dickensian. In 1979, he had his only UK top 40 hit with "Gimmix! All rights reserved. Igr kvll underhll han hela Hammersmith Apollo med sin legendariska performancepoesi och den dr clarkeska deadpanhumorn. Media City ain't Ordsall any more than The Vatican City is Rome, he says, The modern priestly class of show-business is kept apart from the hoi polloi of Ordsall. Famous fans include Ben Drew, aka the aforementioned Plan B as well as Alex Turner and his Arctic Monkeys. Barrett Strong - the guy that wrote Money, one of the first lyricists with the Motown label - went to Berry Gordy when he was just starting up the label with a book of poetry and said, if you can use any of these for lyrics, that'd be great. In memory of Bernard Nyland who has finally got to He has a great deal of respect for the tabloid hack who puts themselves in danger for a good story. Written in the style of what I did on my holiday, liberally sprinkled with old man type groovy speak, eg natch kinda. Well bet that when you listen to its leading lines, youll naturally prescribe a name in your head. Cant find it anywhere :-(. I Wrote the Songs Its onomatopoeic innit? Around this time, he performed on stage with several punk and post-punk bands and continues to perform regularly. He was the original punk. A live performance of the same poem appears in the film Control, with Clarke portraying himself in a re-creation of a 1977 concert in which he supported Joy Division, despite being 30 years older than the events depicted in the film. This poem may be tailored towards a past decade, but its atmospheric despair still rings today. Maybe it's a limitation in me. Australian Premiere/UK] THE POPEYE, FEB 27, 2023. "My paternal grandfather had been a regular soldier in India until 1948, and bore an uncanny resemblance to Mahatma Ghandi (who apparently suffered from corns and bad breath, in other words a supercallousedfragilemysticplaguedwithhalitosis, as Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke almost sang).". In fact it is extremely dark but, given that it looks at the worst excesses of slum dwelling, how could it not be. The constant use of the word fucking functions as a hammer, used to drive the points home. Dr. John Cooper Clarke is a Salford-born poet and performer who has shared bills with the likes of Joy Division, the Sex Pistols and the Fall, and released multiple albums. There are pharmacy-robbing brothers Angie and Marcel, and there is moustachioed jazz aficionado Spanish Fred, dressed with psychotic attention to detail in a pinstripe suit with his hair slicked back. I didn't get any encouragement. A brief summary of his concerns: political turbulence, tacky holidays, people you cant help but hate, walking down streets of squalor and being a hopeless romantic. Ive worked with the best of them, but The Fall I would watch night in, night out, Clarke remembers. (For adults and teenagers). Beasley Street is one of John Cooper Clarkes darker poems. John Cooper Clarke has always been adjacent to musicians, but in I Wanna Be Yours he recounts his many attempts at forming bands of his own. His vocals from both of his Suns of Arqa tracks have been used on numerous remixes by the band ever since. Hes done a great deal and drops a lot of names. Apart from the revolution, its another working day.. Extra charming, in fact, because I clandestinely downloaded the audio book to hear the great poet's self-defined adenoidal Mancunian Yiddish and Cockney slang-laced voice reading his life to me. The most surprising influence of all, however, is the agony aunt section of his mothers Womans Own magazine, one of the first places he fell in love with the written word. There is Bill Man Mountain Benny, a local gangster and nightclub owner with his own theme tune. John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original 'people's poet'. Since my main imperative was now the acquisition of ever-increasing amounts of heroin, there was always something better to do than write poetry. So in celebration of his birthday, we've delved into Clarkes archives and handpicked his top pieces of poetry. He also starred in another 1982 film titled John Cooper Clarke Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt produced for the Arts Council of Great Britain and Channel 4. He would approach a song as though it were a poem and then he would decide how to sing it. Each performance seemed unique., Clarke got to know Arctic Monkeys in their early days at the Boardwalk in Sheffield. Endless name dropping and lists of songs, even ad jingles. He was comparatively old - in his late twenties - by the time punk hit, but he looked and sounded every inch the punky malcontent, and he . 14.00 GBP. I mean, crikey! Evie. "Don't do it.". Came across JCC through the Arctic Monkeys. [21] In October 2020 Clarke published an autobiography which took its title from his poem I Wanna Be Yours. I Wanna Be Yours explores the feelings of love and want, cleverly articulated by Clarke wishing to be the everyday things that come into close physical contact with the object of his affection, such as raincoats, vacuum cleaners and coffee pots. I will say that I did miss some sort of lead up to his performances. [2] His first releases were on Tosh Ryan and Martin Hannett's independent label Rabid,[7] starting with the EP Innocents in October 1977. I didnt want the 15+ hours of this to end, and had I the time, Id listen to it again right away. Website. Bob Mortimer has taken on the role of John Cooper Clarke. The most striking thing about hearing this poem performed live is the staccato call-and-response nature of the delivery. A five star no-brainer for me, but I really wonder how others not having a similar background might feel about it. Clarke also recorded a song with the band entitled "Dead Man's Shoes". Its at this point Clarke, then a local favourite in the working mens clubs and casinos of the North West, transforms in an instant into the nationally known poet laureate of punk hes still venerated as today. Everybody else has been teachers, librarians or whatever. It's Working Men's Club. It's the only thing I ever had a natural aptitude for. He layers them over melodies, relaying a sort of spoken song that makes his compositions an outpour of awareness rather than just forms of entertainment. I didn't want to work for a living when I was a teenager. The result of that time was this a piece of poetry that feels more like a piece of meditation. I listened to it as an audiobook, and Clarke is so engaging and skilled at storytelling that this book could've been twice as long and it still wouldve felt like no time at all. I was in it to win it so I always wrote with a kind of loosely specified audience. Failure to hang yourself justified the axe.. The state of urban living has long been a strong concern for Clarke, and in Beasley Street he relays that with power. Hes even on the GCSE curriculum these days! Whenever I cite Pam Ayres as being an influence on me - which she was because of her success - it would always be met with laughter. But hes never mannered. When you hear his version of Lost In Music you realise that even when Sister Sledge did it, it was always a Fall tune.. His life and career spans a big timescale, and with his constant demons this is no mean feat. 9.09 GBP. Well, he admits, I got drunk with another fella whod just brought up a previous paella. This may have been the artists worst nightmare, but at least he saw the funny side of it. John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet, who first became famous as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the early 1900s, poetry was taken seriously enough that it was part of the Olympics. From squid-gaming to gladiator-duelling, love is a battlefield with these unconventional Manchester date nights. Meet the men who get turned on hearing about their partners sexual past, Simone Rocha is the incumbent Cool Guy brand, An entirely accurate ranking of the 15 best comedy films ever, Print copies & Digital access for only 1. In one particularly grim passage he has to arm himself to try and score in the perilous underworld of late-70s New York. John Cooper Clarke rose to fame as a 'people's poet' in the 1970s, and is one of Britains best known spoken word artists (Photo: Paul Wolfgang Webster) By Louise Rhind-Tutt October 13, 2017. Famous fans include Ben Drew, aka the aforementioned Plan B as well as Alex Turner and his Arctic Monkeys. I cant prove this, because sadly there is no recorded evidence, but youve gotta believe me.. Contents 1 Quotes 1.1 BBC Four - Evidently.John Cooper Clarke (30 May 2012) 1.2 BBC Radio 4 - Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC (Nov 2016) Is solo dating the most romantic act of all? Much later down the line, now a successful performance-poet, he spent time as the de facto frontman of The Invisible Girls, a band assembled to provide musical accompaniment that included an eye-watering number of bona fide legends including Buzzcocks Pete Shelley, Joy Division and New Orders Stephen Morris, The Falls Karl Burns, 10ccs Paul Burgess, Be-Bop Deluxes Paul Nelson and the Durutti Columns Vinni Reilly. At first, theyre known as The Mafia, an unquantifiably bad blues covers band, who play their first gig with matching full-on metallic-Christmas-tree-decoration gold hairstyles after buying the wrong shade of dye. City curiosities: an alternative tour of Manchester Part One, Mundane Magic: Oxford Road, River Medlock and a Frenchman. 4. Cooper Clarke spent some time in the 80s sharing an apartment in Brixton with notorious femme fatale Nico - famous for singing in The Velvet Underground with rock legend Lou Reed. S lycklig ver att vara samtida med John Cooper Clarke. Its really my only skill. Ten years on Paul Evangelista updates the list to 12 of the best JCC poems with links! I was going to preface this by saying its not really a poem, but it would be better to say it isnt a poem at all. In addition, he published two poetry collections, Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt and The Luckiest Guy Alive. It involved people that are much younger than myself in the gangster world of East London. A RIOT OF OUR OWN BY JOHNNY GREEN & GARRY BARKER. He released several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and continues to perform regularly. His life is as extraordinary as youd expect and had me wondering if it is actually a privilege to be working class. Dr John Cooper Clarke's 2019 autobiography, named after his most famous poem I Wanna Be Yours, (Macmillan), is a groundbreaking piece of literature. A book of two halves by Britain's "bargain basement Baudelaire" as poet John Cooper Clarke writes an autobiography of sorts. "Two ugly sisters from Fordham Took a walk one day out of boredom On the way back A sex maniac Jumped out of a bush and ignored 'em." John Cooper Clarke 8 likes Like "I don't have any lifestyle advice." John Cooper Clarke 5 likes Like "Hooker goes up to a Yorkshireman and sez: "Will you sleep with me for a 100?" I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke In a way it kind of cramps my style.. He toured with Bill Nelson's band Be-Bop Deluxe in 1978 and was signed by Epic Records, who issued the studio album Disguise In Love, produced by Hannett, in 1978. Was Jesus Christ a decent bloke?. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address!
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