In the early Nineties, in a pub in Withington, South Manchester, Tony Wilson, the late founder of Factory Records, stopped in the middle of a sentence concerning another of his favourite subjects, himself, then told me: "You know, it isn't me. It's called "Get Back on Drugs, You Fat Fuck". What do you want to listen to the bass player over your left shoulder for? goldthing 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. I operate on a capsule wardrobe because I spend a lot of time on the road, so I aint got the whole rainbow spectrum of colours in my luggage. You couldnt have that in stereo. 20.00 gbp. Clarke, who claims [bogusly] on stage at Shepherd's Bush that he is half-Jewish, delivers old school gags such as: "Hooker opens up in a new area. She loved John Betjeman, and she introduced me to his writing. I wish I had an answer. Erstwhile louts trying to out-verbal each other, in a flamboyant, slightly foppish way. British Rail, like any monopoly, had undoubtedly got complacent. present) (1 child). You're late home.' Dr John Cooper Clarke at the Firestation Arts Centre - 21/06/17. "Keats, Baudelaire, Poe," I suggest to Cooper Clarke. Armys Magic Bullet Will Hang Out in Midair, But Murdochs UK political friendships backfire on all, The Neurological Roots of Lingering Regret, Trentemller (ft. Marie Fisker) - My Dreams. However, I am interested in what you get out of it. "I don't want that again. But theoretically, on planet Bizarro, where Superman is bad and Lex Luther is good, that is what I would do. "I've been in Time magazine," he says, "but don't wait to hear me on [BBC Radio Four's] Poetry Please." December 17, 2017 December 22, 2017 Editor David Colmer, Diane Lockward, Fay Roberts, Jo Mazelis, John Cooper Clarke, Lydia Towsey, Mark Pajak, New Orleans Poetry Festival, Nina Bhakoo, . Anybody who calls themselves Genesis is well overdue a good hiding, you know what I mean? And he said, 'Because it does not bark, and it knows the secrets of the deep. As the great Bill Withers once said, the writing of songs involves a kind of magic I dont mess with. Costello's musicians debated where to dump the pillow case in which they'd hidden the shattered glass from a picture frame above the poet's bed. Wright, 31, has clearly modelled himself on Cooper Clarke, but has developed his own distinctive voice, and humour. One of the more fortunate breaks in his poetic career, he suggests, was that he looked like a punk before punk rock arrived. Clarke's poem "Out of Control Fairground" was printed inside the Arctic Monkeys' 2007 single "Fluorescent Adolescent" CD. "I'm not joking. Clarke's recording of "Evidently Chickentown" from his album Snap, Crackle & Bop was also featured prominently in the closing scene of The Sopranos episode Stage 5. You helped the Fall in the early days, letting them rehearse in your house, and you were a lifelong friend of the other Bard of Salford, Mark E Smith. After 20 years of performing the same material, Clarke re-established contact with guitarist Rick Goldstraw, who had founded Blue Orchids and played with The Fall and Nico. His predecessor as the people's Poet Laureate, John Betjeman, never performed to this size of crowd. Be kind to people. Prison had become like a never-ending party. 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. Cooper Clarke doesn't bear a grudge. TA: Would not doing it ever be an option?Not for me. English punk poet John Cooper-Clarke first began performing his verse backed by a local folk group called the Ferrets, but with his rapid-fire verbal delivery and stinging social commentary, he quickly emerged as the poet laureate of the punk movement. I dont graze. All rights reserved. Back then there was only me and him doing poetry on stage, so we cranked it up a gear, not least because our audiences often had no prior interest in poetry. ", But the lost years do feed into his writing and his comedy. "Time flies, slides down the wall," Sievey said, from memory, his eyes half closed. Around this time, he performed on stage with several punk and post-punk bands and continues to perform regularly. Now the spitting on your ancestors push comes to shove, I could live with that. Four of Clarke's five lots made a loss, giving a total loss of 233.54. Poet; Movie star; Rock star; TV & radio presenter; Comedian; Social & cultural commentator. I am so glad that they have had the huge success they have. There is little question that Cooper Clarke could, should he so wish, fill that historic Kensington venue single-handedly. The template was the 1933 Busby Berkeley movie 42nd Street. 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. You are not going to understand The Lady of Shalott you are a 10-year-old boy in Salford and it was written by a 33-year-old bloke 150 years ago. Is there any better way of saying 'stool pigeon'? Cooper Clarke's audience, once a sea of grey, now has a healthy quotient of 16-25s. "Great that, innit, that 'Fool'?" While there's nothing affected about his accent, the poet luxuriates in its extremes much in the way that fellow poet Linton Kwesi Johnson savours the cadences of Jamaican patois, or George Sanders revelled in the languid elegance of old-school English. "They did but she basically just moved in on me in Brixton. "The haiku," he tells Shepherd's Bush, "is a three line discipline perfected in the 17th century in Japan by a poet called Matsuo Basho. A long renaissance in the years since has resulted in perhaps greater popularity now than ever. No. "Now that I come to think of it," he adds, "Spitting on my ancestors is what I do best. I have to confess that jeggings were one solution. He still seems a little bewildered by his recent trajectory, which has seen him appearing on shows like Have I Got News for You? Official Sites. Poetry is a phonetic medium. Beasley Street (Live) E John Cooper Clarke 6. Not with the laudanum, but The Lake District. And I thought I would do that, but with a lousy street. The fury of the crowds really was quite alarming at that time. If you had to choose one adjective that least well described him, as a person or as an artist, it would be 'orthodox'. In January 2018 Clarke appeared as a contestant on an academic version of BBC One's Pointless Celebrities partnered with historian Suzannah Lipscomb; they reached the head-to-head round. I dont try to explain it. I was unemployed at the time. dth64 This is my default look. ", One of his regular companions on the road, in the early days, was Elvis Costello. 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. Brooshski 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. The phlegm could be equally intimidating in its own way. on 14 August 2015[24] and again on 7 January 2022.[25]. It can't have been easy, I suggest, opening for the Sex Pistols and The Clash. Budd Schulberg, Clarke adds, "what a writer. Looking at one, I remember the poet once telling me that he had "never seen a work of art that would not be improved by the addition of tropical fish". I know for many people our departure from the EU is the worst thing thats ever happened. He was previously married to ?. Der Geschmack von Rost und Knochen (Orginal Motion Rust og bein (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). ", He seemed to have arrived fully formed, performing brilliantly incisive poems such as 'You Never See a Nipple In The Daily Express'. "Which is odd," I suggest, "because, just to take one couplet from 'Beasley Street' [from Snap, Crackle And Bop]: 'There's a dead canary on a swivel seat / There's a rainbow in the road'; these are lines that any poet from TS Eliot to Betjeman would have been very proud to have written. 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. Steve2505 I keep it simple: a dark suit with a pale shirt. 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. I mean Elvis was a world-changing event for me. This video is unavailable. ijmanchester In the way I imagine that rappers subsequently did in Compton, Los Angeles. The Bard of Salford John Cooper Clarke became a doctor today after receiving an honorary degree in his home city. 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Cooper Clarke's Salford vowel sounds remain untarnished by two decades in the South East. Clarke was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1949. 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. That could be the Ramones, or Hogarth, or Yevtushenko - who, incidentally," he added, "really loves John's work. And get it off my shoulders.'". I like to say I did it in two ways: gradually, and suddenly. She was also an unpublished poet. I need some encouragement. Neither marriage nor routine employment suited him at the time. Mine is arbitrary I keep meaning to get a favourite word. Imagine trying to read in the interval for" It is quite hard to convey the venom with which he delivers the next three syllables. 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Sievey, who was sharing the dressing room and about to go onstage, started reciting Cooper Clarke's poem '36 Hours', a gruesome meditation on joblessness, incarceration and death. His physique has become an integral part of act. But I know by their name that I hate them. John died 25 Feb 1684 in Barnstable. I hate that idea: eating on the go. John Cooper Clarke SUB89 22.06.12 Lydia The Girl With the Itch through to Rotten Here In Gaol AboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy & SafetyHow. He is married to Evie. Poet; Movie star; Rock star; TV & radio presenter; Comedian; Social & cultural commentator. "I just never dreamed," he tells me, "that things could ever get this good.". "You," he quoted from memory, sitting in the half light, "who like a dagger thrust, entered my complaining soul; sweet and potent as a host of demons, came wild, beautiful wretch infamous to whom I'm bound, like the convict to the chain, a stubborn gambler to his dice, the drunkard to his revelry. I keep it simple: a dark suit with a pale shirt. "They all had this desire to exclude the world." His vocals from both of his Suns of Arqa tracks have been used on numerous remixes by the band ever since. Poetry, especially, is meant to be heard. "And I've never heard their albums. I've got an STI.' Movement: BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions 19771979, Greatest Ever: Punk & New Wave: The Definitive Collection, De rouille et d'os (Bande originale du film), Rust and Bone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). John Cooper Clarke is touring now. When we eventually arrived at the one diner that was still open, the owner, not being a man of letters, was initially reluctant to let him in. TA: You were more Sinatra than Elvis back then?No. Oh dear! The poet, Elvis Costello recalls, taking up the story, eventually appeared and announced that he'd left a sign reading: "Beware. "I always assumed she must have had it first, being older. First it's great, then it isn't; then it's hell." He had Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Sinatra obviously the great American songbook. Ross' film has been one of a number of factors in the poet's belated but rapid ascent from cult artist to international icon. and Football Focus. He is married to Evie. [26] He has also been a panellist on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. It was once observed of Alan Bennett that the world invariably becomes an Alan Bennett sketch around him. HelenK With horrible results.". Many people have told me that they do use the writing of poetry to concentrate their mind on some pressing metaphysical problem. Two words: Hitler, Nuremberg. Queues round the block, as you can imagine. Can I make you cocoa? He connects with a young audience precisely because he has never attempted to deny his years. The only stereo I like is a jukebox: two speakers but both on the same piece of furniture. Call for Applications: Saboteur Awards and Festival 2023, Ludd Gang, edited by Alex Marsh, Dom Hale and Tom Crompton. "That," I suggest, "can't have been easy". Lowry." He is married to Evie. To approach a poem as if it is a puzzle to be understood is to miss the point. Surely theres some dead bloke? "Genesis. Thirty Six Hours At one point in London he addressed the problem of "The social menace of STIs - sexually transmitted infections, by which Britain leads the world by a sizzling 64%. Who bloody draws a bloody line. Was Jon the Postman the real voice of Manchester?Id obviously argue not, Jason. ", The work, once a struggle, is flowing freely from him. Like Ranulph Fiennes. 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. First, theres my domestic situation, my wonderful wife and family. "When we walked out, tentacle in hand / You could sense that the earthlings would not understand / They'd go nudge-nudge when we got on the bus / They'd say, 'It's extra-terrestrial, not like us / And it's bad enough with another race / But fuck me. Now you, being unprejudiced, would give them the benefit of the doubt. It was the beginning of the end." Apart from the one collection [Ten Years in An Open . '", His delivery, stage presence, and an enviable ability to think on his feet, mean that, like a great actor or musician, he bears repeated viewing. Popular John Cooper Clarke albums This Time It's Personal. [2] His first releases were on Tosh Ryan and Martin Hannett's independent label Rabid,[7] starting with the EP Innocents in October 1977. He is an actor and writer, known for Control (2007), Rust and Bone (2012) and The Souvenir (2019). Charley Barnes hands over Sabotage Reviews Director to Heddwen Creaney! everything is fine love your government, John Cooper Clarke - (Not) Lydia Lydia (Northcote Social Club 4/4/12). He is a genius,' I think, 'Oh, thank God for that. There's only you and me have not been up there Robert, but then the night is still young.". "They married you off in the music press, didn't they?" If its true, as I claim in the title poem of my book, that I am the Luckiest Guy Alive, its for two reasons. [13][14] He described this period of his life: "It was a feral existence. These are the very reasons for our survival as a species. "The hotel roof is decided on," Thomas wrote, "but the parcel needs a warning message. If memory serves, you are marginally safer in the Three Jays. Even though he's lived in the South for 25 years, one thought recurs, as I travel to meet him in his adopted home town: What can they make of him in Colchester? She'd been in Italy. I cant take the credit for anyone emulating my style everybody copies somebody. ', 'Anything wrong?' To make the hips the focal point of a pair of trousers is, to me, a fashion mistake. 12.99 gbp. He will turn 70 next year. TA: Do you do much Skyping?Never. "But where did you get the dead canary from?" I figure any town in the whole world has an equivalent of the fictional neighbourhood I describe. I like a high waist if anything, like a flamenco dancer that rakish, swashbuckling look. Youre like a dose of scabiesIve got you under my skinYou make life a fairy tale Grimm! 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.Throughout the '60s, he was a member of a comically . Cooper Clarke is largely indifferent to them. And since you ask, Chickentown is among my favourites, not least because of that and its appearance in the penultimate episode of The Sopranos. An added complication for the guys who The Yardbirds - Dazed And Confused (1968), David Bowie - Can't Help Thinking About Me. His agents saying: Dont go screwing it up again, youre opening for Doris Day at the London Palladium. And why did Lenny choose the Palladium for that routine? "I was sent to Rhyl, to live with my auntie Eileen; she died of tuberculosis." "Fancy Tony saying that." People used to go on about how soulless life in those new towns was, but that was not my experience of Stevenage. I may be prejudiced. She was exemplary. Look whos played there: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, you name them. [Mimics doorbell] 'Oh, hello Audrey. louisdj coastangel It wasnt easy: it is an unnatural act to get out there and draw that much attention to yourself. Now that he's enjoying his unforeseen Indian summer, I ask the poet, what can he find to trouble him? Read John Cooper Clarke's poem for Topman's show at London Collections Men. Anyone would dig it. [15] That same year, Clarke featured in rapper Plan B's feature film Ill Manors and subsequently the Ill Manors album. The retreat Psychic TV - Live @ Shiva's Erotic Banquet LA (24 Linda Lovelace and Deep Throats 40-Year Legacy. It won't be me. Jon the Postman would climb up on stage at any gig he attended and do an impromptu a cappella version of Louie Louie by the Kingsmen. 1980 O est la maison de fromage ? She does the business. 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. John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is a performance poet from Salford, Lancashire, England, affectionately known as the Bard of Salford. It was created originally as a holiday place. It runs every teatime on television in the States. (Play Loud)". There are many subjects he does not enjoy broaching on the record, and heroin is chief among them. His set is characterised by lively rapid-fire renditions of his poems, usually performed a cappella. 9.50 gbp. -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. on sale a riot of our own by johnny green & garry barker. I could have saved the world a whole lot of heartbreak. "On one tour," Costello told me, "John went on between Richard Hell and The Voidoids and ourselves. reviewed by James Webster What it is? 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