John Cooper Clarke SUB89 22.06.12 Lydia The Girl With the Itch through to Rotten Here In Gaol AboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy & SafetyHow. The bloody chief's a bloody swine. John Cooper Clarke is touring now. "From way back. That's half an hour of my life you've saved me, having to explain it to you. Grayclaret I won't be the one whose life is turned into legend. Be kind to people. Alone. I found your poem Kung Fu International on one of my dads punk CDs when I was eight (Im 33 now), and I remember listening to it over and over, and pausing so I could write each word down and learn to recite it. That glorious bank of french horns bleeding into a mess of cellos and strings. But if I were ever to be asked for my rider requirements they might well involve a box of Mr Kiplings French Fancies, which I would stash for a 3am snack. Cooper Clarke has lived here for the best part of 25 years with Evie, his Picardy-born wife; the couple have a grown-up daughter, Stella. What wisdom would you impart to young girls who look up to you in 2018?Young girls who look up to me? Imagine trying to read in the interval for" It is quite hard to convey the venom with which he delivers the next three syllables. It was once observed of Alan Bennett that the world invariably becomes an Alan Bennett sketch around him. Didn't his dick almost drop off once? "Well, I'm with Coleridge there. "Remember that poem you wrote about Lowry?" I like a high waist if anything, like a flamenco dancer that rakish, swashbuckling look. All of my tomorrow's. Are lousy coz of you. "I've never really known," he says. I pray that you are successful. Because they weren't prejudiced. Because I'm prejudiced. and Football Focus. It was just terrible.". However, I am interested in what you get out of it. The brown ones Id give away. John Cooper Clarke was born on January 25, 1949 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Nobody likes their own hair but Im glad Ive got hair to hate. Get it wrong by even half a syllable, and you are condemned to an eternity of spitting on your ancestors, after committing ritual suicide in a public place. 'Yes, mother. Someone asked him, 'Why a lobster?' I dont have a problem with the leisure bit though. "Evidently Chickentown" (recited by Christopher Eccleston) is featured in the made-for-television film Strumpet. First it's great, then it isn't; then it's hell." For the latter event, touts have been demanding more than 200 a ticket. Ex-Israeli spy boss attacks Netanyahu and Barak La Trobe 'torture' study anguish What he did was extremely brave, especially for a self-confessed coward." What else have we got?, Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give: 'Books play a huge part in resistance', 'Silly question!' John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is a performance poet from Salford, Lancashire, England, affectionately known as the Bard of Salford. Look whos played there: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, you name them. You're late home.' "Keats, Baudelaire, Poe," I suggest to Cooper Clarke. And since you ask, Chickentown is among my favourites, not least because of that and its appearance in the penultimate episode of The Sopranos. It is a kind of a dream town, as Im sure Wilko knows, coming as he does from nearby Canvey Island. As the great Bill Withers once said, the writing of songs involves a kind of magic I dont mess with. I know for many people our departure from the EU is the worst thing thats ever happened. Culture Show - John Cooper Clarke (10.03.09) Video unavailable. And he said, 'Because it does not bark, and it knows the secrets of the deep. -In Conversation withTim Wellsabout his Ranting Project- I did a separate couple of interviews last year for creative writing students, -Reviewed by Dana Bubulj Published by Stewed Rhubarb Press, Treasure in the History of Things by Katherine McMahon (of, reviewed by Charlotte Henson Towards the end of last year Apples and Snakes put on a number of, They dragged him from the podium the mic fell slack and squealed and back inside his hotel room his tortured, -Reviewed by Claire Trvien Now in its third year, Stoke Newingtons Literary Festival already has the reputation of an established. Because it's very unusual that somebody manages to kick it. I remember thinking, this must be what Stalingrad was like. In his case there were more than 15 years of struggling, moribund times where he was writing little and barely going out. I think," Costello continues, "this might be why he is not greatly regarded by literary snobs. ", His time in rehab is not a period he is keen to revisit. "Trafford Park looked like the gates of hell. [10], Clarke appeared in a 1982 music documentary compilation Urgh! [2] He lived in the Higher Broughton area of the city and became interested in poetry after being inspired by his English teacher, John Malone,[3] whom he described as "a real outdoor guy, an Ernest Hemingway type, red blooded, literary bloke". But you have to keep your request down to three words. Let's say you and me were in Peckham. "Her writing has this effortless quality. US 'Blackmails' EU Into Agreeing To Hand Over Pas North Korea Threatens Seoul With Military Action, Tim Burgess's golden rules of rocknroll excess. It is a romantic picture, that idea of Cole Porter always writing lyrics on the back of cigarette packs and menus. Thirty Six Hours I dont graze. "Sometimes," the actor Steve Coogan once said, "I ask people: 'Have you ever heard of Cooper Clarke?' As for people who sneer at him as a 'performance poet' - didn't Homer declaim?". They have one child. She does the business. His recorded output has mainly relied on musical backing from the Invisible Girls, which featured Martin Hannett, Steve Hopkins, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson, and Paul Burgess. John Cooper Clarke - What's In My Bag? We had to learn The Lady of Shalott, by the late, great Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which was 12 pages long, and I have to say I am all the better for it. "His saving grace," Costello added, "was that he was really fucking funny.". His father George was a skilled engineer. The Autism Epidemic and Disappearing Bees: A Commo Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo - The First Tim Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Dream Baby Dream. Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans, Arundhati Roy: The point of the writer is to be unpopular, Lily Allen: We need to fight back against these forces, David Shrigley: Self-delusion is quite important if you want to be an artist, Zadie Smith: I have a very messy and chaotic mind, Liam Gallagher: Rocknroll saved my life, Yuval Noah Harari: Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so, Stewart Lee: I dont know where the ideas come from and its terrifying. And the people werent soulless at all; they were quite chummy in my recollection. He is an actor and writer, known for Control (2007), Rust and Bone (2012) and The Souvenir (2019). Why? It included the lines: "Rotten here in jail / The communal TV has gone, / Everyone knows that one of us has got it / But we don't know which one / And he's too scared to turn it on. Clarke has lived for the past 25 years in Colchester, Essex. I was in Salford when I saw that. He has his set pieces, such as 'Home Honey, I'm High.' John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet, who first became famous as a " punk poet" in the late 1970s. His vocals from both of his Suns of Arqa tracks have been used on numerous remixes by the band ever since. The third punter - Jewish guy - hands over his fiver and says, 'paint my house. Astra-nomical Official Sites. Ive done everything the wrong way. I first met him in his so-called lost years, in the mid-Eighties, when he was living in an epically depressing mnage in Salford, with a broken down Mercedes parked outside his front door. John Cooper Clarke, TV Smith, Joe Cairo, Ann Ziety 26 March 1993 at Covent Garden Community Centre (182) Immortalised on the earliest video recording of an A&S show at Covent Garden Community Centre - which reveals that the 'special guests' promised on the flyer are, in fact, Joe Cairo. Imtheaudioslave If you haven't previously encountered his work, you might start with 'I Married A Monster From Outer Space', a poem inspired by the 1958 film of that name. What a fabulous band.". At bloody fun and bloody games . coastangel His book choice was Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, his luxury item was a boulder of opium twice the size of his head and his favourite track was "How Great Thou Art" by Elvis Presley. It can be done, clearly, but it aint easy. 'BEYOND THE Sidi Tour with Yehiya Arby - Artiatanat. [2], Clarke has attributed his early success in part to the influence of the English poet Pam Ayres. Why? His perennial UK tours he is just about to embark on another are invariably sold out to audiences of all ages. They have one child. poetry quote black t-shirt. Its an intelligent question, Phil, not least because I am old enough to have a historical perspective of the railways, but not yet too old to have lost my memory of how things were. ", I spent three months, off and on, on the road with Cooper Clarke for this article, and this monologue has found its way into his act. ("This paper's boring, mindless and mean / Full of pornography, the kind that's clean / Where William Hickey meets Michael Caine / Again and again and again and again / You see all kinds of ugliness and hideous excess / But you never see a nipple in The Daily Express."). "But once I got in there," he tells the audience, "I knew I was in the right place when the clock struck twelve and a cake jumped out of a girl. 'Move to another country, you sick, dripping, filthy, home-wrecking little bitch. Capacious trouser pockets are like a new living-room shelf: the moment you put it up it becomes occupied not only by favoured ornaments but by half-squeezed-out tubes of Neutrogena hand cream and stuff. ", The work, once a struggle, is flowing freely from him. I can't remember what happens next" and his list of "songs I wrote where I made one mistake in the title, that later became big hits for other artists." I prefer to see it as a sexual relationship that is recognised by the police. "They did but she basically just moved in on me in Brixton. In the mid-Eighties he shared a flat in Brixton with the music entrepreneur Alan Wise, and Nico, former member of the Velvet Underground, and one time partner of, among others, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison and Alain Delon. I hope so. ", STIs, he continues, "are what STDs used to be called and before that - give it a name - VD. The sad truth is I never get to pick. The Day My Pad Went Mad - Radio 1 Live Version, (I Married a) Monster from Outer Space (Live), I Dont Want to Be Nice (Alternative Take), Limbo (Baby Limbo) (Live [Rafters, Manchester]), Night People (John Peel Session 15th March 1982), Intro and Salome Maloney (Manchester Ritz), (I Married A) Monster from Outer Space (Manchester Ritz), Gaberdine Angus - Live [Rafters, Manchester], The Day My Pad Went Mad (John Peel Session 15th March 1982), Midnight Shift (John Peel Session 15th March 1982), (I Married A) Monster from Outer Space (John Peel Session 3 October 1978), Health Fanatic (John Peel Session 3 October 1978), Mustnt Go Down to the Sea Again (Hulme Playhouse 1983), Spilt Beans (John Peel Session 3 October 1978), Readers Wives (John Peel Session 3 October 1978), Never Seen a Nipple in the Daily Express (Hulme Playhouse 1983), (I Married A) Monster from Outer Space [Live Version], (I Married A) Monster from Outer Space [Bonus Track - Live Version], The Day My Pad Went Mad (Radio Live Version), John's in the Money (Evidently John Cooper Clarke, Vol. (? [4] He also duetted with Reverend Jon McClure at a Reverend and the Makers concert at London's Spread Eagle, performing the poem "Last Resort", which would later be released as the B-side for the band's single "Heavyweight Champion of the World". Wrong on both counts, Jim tee many Martoonies. Prison had become like a never-ending party. The 2,000-seat venue, which has hosted entertainers including Bob Dylan and David Bowie, has proved to be a little small for Cooper Clarke. [11] The film featured live performances of mainstream artists (the Police, the Go-Go's, XTC, Devo) as well as more obscure bands (Pere Ubu, Invisible Girls, the Alley Cats, Athletico Spizz '80, Chelsea) using concert footage from around the world. I had friends but they were out indulging in robust pursuits, which I was excluded from because I had to stay indoors. The sun has set. I figured I had to sign somebody." He worked in the fairground cafe in Rhyl, "and then in the laboratory stores at Salford Tech". present) (1 child). ", That last word, Costello says, "was rendered hilarious by his voice in a way which is just impossible to replicate in print. [1] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums. Youre like a dose of scabiesIve got you under my skinYou make life a fairy tale Grimm! I have another reason to thank Linton: we went on tour together in 1981, all around the UK, and when we appeared in Essex, that is when my wife was first introduced to my work. Actually if it sounds like anybody, it's Rimbaud. A few lines later it was like I was king of the fucking nick. You give me the horrors. PMgep My answer is this, though: they all have their uses; its invariably a matter of context. The It Man John Cooper Clarke 5. Ever! "If there's a gene, I got it from my ma," he says. If I have a cup of coffee, Ill sit down at a table. evidently john cooper clarke - dvd. On the Page vs On the Stage Frankie Vah by Luke Wright. This period is chronicled in keyboard player James Young's outstanding memoir, Songs They Never Play On The Radio. One of the more fortunate breaks in his poetic career, he suggests, was that he looked like a punk before punk rock arrived. Here [at the Contains Strong Language spoken word festival in 2017] Ive also got a bolo tie, which chimes in with the snakeskin boots by Jeffery West. (I Married a) Monster from Outer Space John Cooper Clarke 8. I hate that idea: eating on the go. The game's up, Clarke.' His predecessor as the people's Poet Laureate, John Betjeman, never performed to this size of crowd. It is a small part of what he does. [18], In July 2013, Clarke was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts by the University of Salford in "acknowledgement of a career which has spanned five decades, bringing poetry to non-traditional audiences and influencing musicians and comedians." 'Yes mother, I had to go to the doctor. But if I'd have been around in Bavaria in 1935, I could have told them. "That was great for a while," he tells me, "Until Ron was in the news for having that fight with his wife. The bloody cops are bloody keen. Cooper Clarke is largely indifferent to them. I should say that all my characters are an amalgam or something, Craig, but Vince was the bloke in the downstairs apartment when I lived in Plymouth for a while, real name Frank. ", His father worked at Trafford Park, the biggest industrial estate in Europe. He moved back to Manchester, focussed on his art and was eventually spotted by the head of CBS, the late Maurice Oberstein. everything is fine love your government, John Cooper Clarke - (Not) Lydia Lydia (Northcote Social Club 4/4/12). afrobeat, afrofunk, afrojazz, afrorock, african boogie, african hiphop RE-UPLOAD: The Sisters Of Mercy - No Time To Cry - German TV - 1985 (Proshot DVD), [request] Private Tapes Vol.1 : Tsunematsu Masatoshi (1981), William Eaton - Music by William Eaton (1978), The Trauma of Beautiful Things Audio Recording, Update: Signed copies of the Barney Bubbles book available. He and Garry are usually to be found supporting the older star. "Fancy Tony saying that." Pinchy & Friends - Sleepy The Bug (ft. Warrior Queen) - Aktion Pak. What is it that mono can do that stereo cant?Hi Lauren. But theoretically, on planet Bizarro, where Superman is bad and Lex Luther is good, that is what I would do. I occasionally ask him about it: In all my years on the road, Phil, have you ever seen me eat a cheese and chutney sandwich, or a single Dorito? Im no snacker. But since then, now I dont get a bad time from hecklers, and invariably enjoy the love of the poetry-reading public, it has become a much more relaxed affair. He was previously married to ?. His gentleness of manner means that, even at venues in his adopted home county, he can get away with tormenting audiences with their own vowel sounds delivered in an excruciating tone of laryngeal menace that might frighten Ray Winstone. Often referred to as "the bard of Salford",[9] he usually refers to himself on stage as "Johnny Clarke, the name behind the hairstyle". (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 Cooper Clarke's Salford vowel sounds remain untarnished by two decades in the South East. August 24, 2017 October 21, . Very good-John Cooper Clarke was on form and did some of his new poems as well as some old favourites. They died out. I think he moved to the States for a while, but Im not sure the act travelled with him. TA: Do you do much Skyping?Never. The way poetry works is this: you learn the sound of the words first. First, theres my domestic situation, my wonderful wife and family. DJ JetSet - Fifty minutes of Marko Frstenberg (th How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death. Mr_Jones The latter band's former tour manager, the writer and cycling journalist Johnny Green, now looks after Clarke on the road. Stereo is some nerd twiddling his knobs. [Mimics doorbell] 'Oh, hello Audrey. The outfit was another form of fighting talk, one he has stuck with in a journey that has seen some extremes. TA: You were more Sinatra than Elvis back then?No. ", The poet laughed. Is Chickentown about Stevenage? See full bio And it seems hilarious now, when you read biographies about Wordsworth striding out on the fells, whingeing on about Coleridge lying zonked out on the couch on laudanum. The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke is published by Picador (14.99). Every style of English suburban house is represented there, but all at two-thirds scale. ", Clarke looks uncomfortable. I spent quite a while thinking of the right adjectives: greasy, cheesy and so on, and then looked for a street name that toned in, but was credible. Yes. John Cooper Clarke performing at the 3rd International Moscow Open Book Festival (3 ) at The . John Cooper Clarke has, arguably, not only the most recognisable silhouette in show business, but also the most infectious of poetic voices. It was a mistake in the 60s and it doesnt look any better on some fat fuck in Shoreditch now. Im fashionable once every 15 years, for about three months. You see, I've been there before. Shards. AMRN When you first started out, did you get stage fright? Neither marriage nor routine employment suited him at the time. [21] In October 2020 Clarke published an autobiography which took its title from his poem I Wanna Be Yours. John Cooper Clarke: 'I've dressed the same way since 1965' The poet and performer on keeping his clothes simple, stapling them back together, and being fashionable once every 15 years for. I am so glad that they have had the huge success they have. Ive never been offered an honour by the Queen, but Id be happy to accept. We meet in the Kings Arms, a genteel coaching inn in the main street. 9.50 gbp. "How," I ask the poet, "did you hear that she'd died?" Ninkasi "I've lost that. "Now that I come to think of it," he adds, "Spitting on my ancestors is what I do best. Free UK p&p over 10, online orders only. What is the worst act you opened for, and why? Kind of literate punk, he said. And you know what I say? They may appreciate 'a voice' when it comes from 'the underclass', and they can indecently patronise it; but do they ever recognise 'a delivery', as in performance? My influences are people like Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis that kind of American, smart, preppy look. It's his reluctance to discuss narcotics - "and it always, always comes up" - that mean that he will very rarely subject himself to interviews of any length. Everybody has gone home and all the stores are shut. goldthing No way do I ever approach my work as a way of working out my own problems. Phone orders min p&p of 1.99. If they say, 'John Cooper Clarke? Phil Spector is obviously out of circulation right now, but I am keeping the faith alive. I discovered your music and spoken word when I was a teenager, and it was very inspirational to me. For that reason, perhaps I am not best placed to objectively gauge the enigmatic appeal of Jon the Postman. John Cooper Clarke at Latitude 2010. "Great that, innit, that 'Fool'?" "The rainbow I imagine is oil in a puddle" "Right." What could possibly go wrong? Thats more or less the way Ive dressed since 1965. Around this time, he performed on stage with several punk and post-punk bands and continues to perform regularly. TA: Would not doing it ever be an option?Not for me. And the private sector has upped the standards of concourse retail in general, which used to consist of a couple of broken cig machines. But mostly it is down to his brilliant rambling dramatic monologue of a stage show, which has become less staccato over the years. This video is unavailable. An edited version of Wilson's observation, reproduced as graffiti on the wall of an underpass, served as the opening scene for Evidently John Cooper Clarke, director John Ross' remarkable 2012 documentary for BBC4. Cooper Clarke had not been deemed worthy to participate in that event. I could have saved the world a whole lot of heartbreak. An added complication for the guys who The Yardbirds - Dazed And Confused (1968), David Bowie - Can't Help Thinking About Me. Who bloody draws a bloody line. newmanshh Whats your favourite word? But there is one attribute, very commonly found in lesser talents, that, you sense, John Cooper Clarke is never going to develop: an unshakeable belief in his own greatness. It runs every teatime on television in the States. 'Haiku #1' I call it: 'To convey one's mood / In seventeen syllables / Is very diffic.'". But I persuaded my wife to drive me there one weekend and on arrival I turned to her and said: Weve never been here before, sweetheart, but I sure have dreamed about this place. The streets are all sand. [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. "I went to get the Buzzcocks," Oberstein once told me. His occasional Sunday afternoon shows for BBC 6Music have been a joy to compare with Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour. Those lyrics hit me like poetry. He has at least stopped Kim Wrong Un from exploding his bombs. Im thinking of withholding my tax until they call a halt to HS2. lennie7 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. 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