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. Apart from them, I hated every second of school. I never put a geographical stamp on it. But all poetry - all writing - is aural. This includes lines like "I've got amnesia and dj vu at the same time. Be kind to people. 'Yes, mother. However, I am interested in what you get out of it. "People tell me I shouldn't. They were built as holiday chalets, but people now live permanently in them. ", But the lost years do feed into his writing and his comedy. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. That's half an hour of my life you've saved me, having to explain it to you. Steve2505 Who ever asked for that? I didnt meet her then, but she was in the audience. His physique has become an integral part of act. 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. Some questions have been submitted by famous admirers of his, others by Observer readers. 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. "I did," is all he will say, "all of those things that you have to do. It is things that he might eat if he ever did turn up to my show: which is to say various heavily flavoured, deep-fried, lavishly salted snack treats. I really like the idea of being a poetic hack. Look whos played there: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, you name them. ", I remember John Humphreys on Celebrity Mastermind, earlier this year, beginning to tease Cooper Clarke by asking him what the difference was between 'performance' poetry and [by implication], 'proper' poetry. "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. "How," I ask the poet, "did you hear that she'd died?" I hate that idea: eating on the go. You couldnt have that in stereo. [Mimics doorbell] 'Oh, hello Audrey. If you had any sense you wouldnt look to me for any life lessons. John Cooper Clarke concert schedule will typically have 25-50 tour dates. 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. wilburysteve British Rail, like any monopoly, had undoubtedly got complacent. As for people who sneer at him as a 'performance poet' - didn't Homer declaim?". In October of 1981 Clarke appeared in episode 2 of series 3 of The Innes Book of Records (TV series), reciting "Evidently Chickentown". [2] His first releases were on Tosh Ryan and Martin Hannett's independent label Rabid,[7] starting with the EP Innocents in October 1977. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . He was a magic realist right to the end. TheRealDavidF ericte You get out of bed late in the day and nobody calls you a lazy bastard. Poet; Movie star; Rock star; TV & radio presenter; Comedian; Social & cultural commentator. "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. But I have to say that view was by no means unanimous. "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. "If there's a gene, I got it from my ma," he says. (By some bizarre coincidence, I find out later on that, at the same time as we begin this conversation, Channel 4's Countdown had as its guest the comedian Jon Culshaw, who gave an impression of the poet reading one of his finest pieces, 'I Wanna Be Yours', which is covered by the Arctic Monkeys on their 2013 UK number one album, AM). "I was too late. Dont ever do it. 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". Two words: Hitler, Nuremberg. "I've lost that. Read John Cooper Clarke's poem for Topman's show at London Collections Men. I was on drugs. Chicken Town E John Cooper Clarke 3. You see, I've been there before. -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. Phone orders min p&p of 1.99. 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. 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, . And it caught on. Consider the dinosaurs. I hate the word itself. Pink first, then yellow. The Kray family had a bolthole there. The Flaming Lips gummy skull with marijuana flavo Joy Division - Live at Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Alt Megaupload Trial May Never Happen, Judge Says jrn1elvis He has at least stopped Kim Wrong Un from exploding his bombs. I begged the poison I abhorred. Thats another thing I have always avoided: peg tops. Many people have told me that they do use the writing of poetry to concentrate their mind on some pressing metaphysical problem. I cant talk that guy up enough. "Bloody hell," says Cooper Clarke. "They were unusual in that they were very nice, if that isn't an insulting word; very shy and immediately endearing. Of course he does share certain qualities with other performers: things like a sharp wit, fearlessness in the spotlight, and a peculiar and restless imagination. His predecessor as the people's Poet Laureate, John Betjeman, never performed to this size of crowd. Thats more or less the way Ive dressed since 1965. For that reason, perhaps I am not best placed to objectively gauge the enigmatic appeal of Jon the Postman. These are the very reasons for our survival as a species. AMRN Neither marriage nor routine employment suited him at the time. To bloody keep it bloody clean. [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. Why is the drug addict spat upon, and the climber of Everest revered? "Keats, Baudelaire, Poe," I suggest to Cooper Clarke. Saboteur Awards Festival 2022: The shortlists! Now the spitting on your ancestors push comes to shove, I could live with that. They deserve it. Is that a stage name? His vocals from both of his Suns of Arqa tracks have been used on numerous remixes by the band ever since. 1980 O est la maison de fromage ? Launcelot But we couldn't live with that. ", His father worked at Trafford Park, the biggest industrial estate in Europe. Everybody has gone home and all the stores are shut. on sale a riot of our own by johnny green & garry barker. Nobody likes their own hair but Im glad Ive got hair to hate. There are good reasons, he argues, for judging by appearances. It is a romantic picture, that idea of Cole Porter always writing lyrics on the back of cigarette packs and menus. "I was ill all the time as a boy," he says. He's developed a routine in which he describes being invited to perform at the Bulimic Society's New Year's Eve Party, in Kensington. Caius Caligula? Its like men wearing short trousers. The Nationwide adverts, along with collateral backlash, have been sparking debates among poets on social media for several weeks now. There is no Japanese term for. 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. The poem is also the inspiration behind the single's video, in which clowns brawl. He was previously married to ?. "Who caught it off whom?" Thats an intelligent question too, from Ben, because lyricists have probably influenced me more than any other poets. He was previously married to ?. 271 people have seen John Cooper Clarke live. "I first saw you opening for bands at clubs like The Electric Circus in Manchester when I was still at school," I tell him. (I Married a) Monster from Outer Space John Cooper Clarke 8. He had it all. .and this years most read reviews are. 'BEYOND THE Sidi Tour with Yehiya Arby - Artiatanat. We had a brilliant English teacher called John Malone, who somehow conveyed his love of 19th-century poetry to an entire class of rough kids at Higher Broughton secondary modern school. Radiohead 'Lotus Flower' (Austin City Limits - be Megaupload: Data access talks to begin on 26 April. He still seems a little bewildered by his recent trajectory, which has seen him appearing on shows like Have I Got News for You? 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. It won't be me. The brown ones Id give away. 20.00 gbp. "I went to get the Buzzcocks," Oberstein once told me. 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. Is there any better way of saying 'stool pigeon'? No. It is also more true to life. 'Yes mother. As the great Bill Withers once said, the writing of songs involves a kind of magic I dont mess with. 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. 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. Why? He leaves, tired but happy. And they have followed me all my days, because as you get older you keep finding some new dimension even in the simplest love song. This was at Bernard Mannings Embassy Club in Manchester. Cooper Clarke had not been deemed worthy to participate in that event. And he said, 'Because it does not bark, and it knows the secrets of the deep. '", The emaciated figure, the shades, and the obsessive attention to the minutest detail of his wardrobe ("the only casual item I own," he tells me, "is a Levi's jacket") mean that he is occasionally mistaken for the Rolling Stones' Ron Wood. [on choosing to become a poet] You get to wear fine clothes and perfume and nobody pulls you up on it. Show business isnt easy and it instinctively goes against the grain to do my fellow performers down. John Cooper Clarke SUB89 22.06.12 Lydia The Girl With the Itch through to Rotten Here In Gaol AboutPressCopyrightContact usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy & SafetyHow. [1] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums. 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. Poet; Movie star; Rock star; TV & radio presenter; Comedian; Social & cultural commentator. Charley Barnes hands over Sabotage Reviews Director to Heddwen Creaney! Grayclaret After closing time. Beasley Street (Live) E John Cooper Clarke 6. This period is chronicled in keyboard player James Young's outstanding memoir, Songs They Never Play On The Radio. There also can be a performance at music festivals across the country that include Coachella, Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo Music Festival. "Trafford Park is working well / Its pestilential ethers swell /, Malodorous clouds like sombre shrouds / Dividing heaven from bloody hell / Where idle hands are the devil's dowry / Knock-knock rent-man Mr. I've got an STI.' nicoleec Those lyrics hit me like poetry. Publicity Listings "Evidently Chickentown" (recited by Christopher Eccleston) is featured in the made-for-television film Strumpet. Im not a handsome man and its damage limitation. Otherwise they would have been opening for me. "From way back. She was well, and recovering, and looking forward to Spain. This line needs further research. Fire away at me at random, Tim, he said. I mean that crowd wanted crooners, strippers; they might fleetingly tolerate a magician. "I remember that Manchester air was officially declared the worst on the planet back then," he says. ", The poet laughed. Bonnaroo is held in Manchester, Tennessee. John has a brilliant and retentive mind and an exhaustive knowledge of all kinds of culture. ", The work, once a struggle, is flowing freely from him. Gazing at those windswept hills and imagining the unspeakable horror of actually being out there. And if so, how did you combat it?I didnt get it too bad. Your germs are splattered about. Kind of literate punk, he said. He'd just finished a show in a small theatre and we were looking for somewhere to eat. One of the more fortunate breaks in his poetic career, he suggests, was that he looked like a punk before punk rock arrived. Cale, who was 'in his vodka period' was, the poet recalls, 'a lovely guy, but a bit of a handful. "Time flies, slides down the wall," Sievey said, from memory, his eyes half closed. He connects with a young audience precisely because he has never attempted to deny his years. [6] He began his performance career in Manchester folk clubs, where he began working with Rick Goldstraw and his band the Ferrets. But you have to keep your request down to three words. Where will it end? 'Haiku #1' I call it: 'To convey one's mood / In seventeen syllables / Is very diffic.'". "I've never really known," he says. Wright, 31, has clearly modelled himself on Cooper Clarke, but has developed his own distinctive voice, and humour. What a fabulous band.". 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. John Cooper Clarke is touring now. Every time I obtained a tubular Ivy League blazer that didnt have padded shoulders I had to treat it like it was made out of gold. Lowry." Nick Cohen, our columnist, broke off from columnising to recite extended passages of Clarkes verse first committed to memory when the poet was sharing spittle-flecked stages with Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols back in the day. Much the same is true of Clarke, from the other side of the Pennines. [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". He came into the office pulling a suitcase and immediately he sat down he was unzipping it to reveal his latest pride and joy, a handsome hardback collection of his poetry, entitled The Luckiest Guy Alive. nicklawrance They have one child. There's only you and me have not been up there Robert, but then the night is still young.". 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. Thats the gold standard, not just for me, but worldwide. Free UK p&p over 10, online orders only. That performance undoubtedly made him a popular figure in the Manchester pub scene of the mid-1970s. I began with a question from one of the many performers who, no doubt, owe just a little bit of their style and delivery to watching Clarke with an audience, seeing how it might be done. reviewed by James Webster What it is? The performer, who is still occasionally stopped in the street and asked how much he charges to haunt a house ("That," he replies, "would depend how many rooms you have") is the sort of figure that cab drivers don't stop for. You might look up a piece by our former Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, written to commemorate Prince William's 21st birthday. And I thought I would do that, but with a lousy street. John Cooper Clarke performing at the 3rd International Moscow Open Book Festival (3 ) at The . Is the father of a daughter, named Stella. How much has privatisation bettered or worsened things? I don't need to inquire whether the poet is wondering if this is how he himself might have wound up. That is the story of the Donald, and because in this business I learned long ago you should never knock success, I cant help admiring the crazy fucker in some way. If I have a cup of coffee, Ill sit down at a table. ", Nico and Clarke were never lovers, Alan Wise told me, over tea in his local caf in Manchester. 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. It will be John Cooper Clarke. "It's hard to convey the aggression of those audiences." Where do you get your trousers from?The short answer, Jarv, is River Island or Marks & Spencer, the skinniest they do. I dont like low-rise, hipster trousers on men. djkeos Clarke's poem "Out of Control Fairground" was printed inside the Arctic Monkeys' 2007 single "Fluorescent Adolescent" CD. If you read the lyrics to Its Magic, that very sexy Doris Day song, for example, you are already singing the song they leave you no other way to go. Im thinking of withholding my tax until they call a halt to HS2. Didn't his dick almost drop off once? 1982 Snap, Crackle & Bop. I used to think trees were dirty, because when I was a kid in Salford you'd climb them and come off filthy, it was like you'd been up a chimney and even if you got a stretch of park you just had to scrape the grass and there were, like, cinders underneath it was horrible[5], His first job was a laboratory technician at Salford Tech. For details and tickets visit johncooperclarke.com, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. I recall sitting in his back kitchen while he read me new poems: outstanding work, but not the sort of thing he cared to perform live. But not me. Elvis and Frank, though, was the first glimpse of an eternal conflict I could never resolve. [4] During an April 2018 episode of Steve Jones' radio show Jonesy's Jukebox, Clarke revealed one of his early inspirations to be the poet Sir Henry Newbolt, reciting from memory a portion of Newbolt's poem "Vita Lampada". I think he moved to the States for a while, but Im not sure the act travelled with him. I'm a much more confident person than I was. However, their grandfather may be Thomas COOPER of Fluton with Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. harryrossgorman Like a recently disinfected shit-house, you're clean round the bend. "They all had this desire to exclude the world." 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. Like a Night Club in the morning, you're the bitter end. To enjoy a renaissance, Cooper Clarke concedes, you must have been dead for a period. But once I'd had the disease, it left me prone to every kind of pulmonary disorder. Thirty Six Hours Ive never been offered an honour by the Queen, but Id be happy to accept. Seven young guys are approaching us, wearing hoods. 2, The Trip: Curated by Jarvis Cocker & Steve Mackey, Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984, Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus, Streets: Select Highlights From Independent British Labels. Poetry, especially, is meant to be heard. You would persuade yourself that they could be Franciscan monks. He is married to Evie. He speaks with love of the life he has created there, referring often to his wife, Evie, and daughter, Stella, his guiding lights. Because he was confident that in whatever borscht-belt dive he found himself theyd immediately get the reference: Hey, thats the place the Queen of England goes. What a thrill walking out there. 1978 Disguise in Love. In 1988, he made an appearance in two UK adverts for Sugar Puffs, taking second billing to the Honey Monster. "Those gigs could be tricky," Cooper Clarke says, referring to the punk era, "but at least broken glass and saliva are an acknowledgment that you are actually in the room. Sub89 22.06.12 Lydia the Girl with the Itch through to Rotten Here in Gaol usCreatorsAdvertiseDevelopersTermsPrivacyPolicy. Than I was ill all the stores are shut ; SafetyHow Itch through to Here! 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