[Mimics doorbell] 'Oh, hello Audrey. They died out. I'd seen her not long before. HelenK Like a Night Club in the morning, you're the bitter end. Keep it quiet, but I plan to make a movie in Jaywick some day. LancsMark [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. But mostly it is down to his brilliant rambling dramatic monologue of a stage show, which has become less staccato over the years. I mean Elvis was a world-changing event for me. "I've never really known," he says. And that," adds the poet, who is 66, "is why I have lived to be considerably older than you are. Of course you still occasionally have that voice in your head that says: 'You are going to get rumbled; what you're doing is just a piece of piss. TA: You were more Sinatra than Elvis back then?No. He arrived in traditional garb: pointed boots, strides clinging to stick-insect legs, dark jacket, buttoned-up white shirt, generous shades, Ronnie Wood hair beneath a tall grey felt hat. Too bad to be true. Their only shared interest, he insists, was hiding heroin from each other. Because it's very unusual that somebody manages to kick it. For details and tickets visit johncooperclarke.com, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. So I came up with this. They have one daughter, Stella. Sexy Little Swine It will be John Cooper Clarke. The poet-performer talks to Tim Adams about his new book and tour and, further down, answers questions from readers and famous fans. And you know what I say? Cooper Clarke rid himself of his own 16-year habit for good in 1992. Plus its very asexual you should like that at the Guardian looks just as right on Joan Jett as it does on Keith Richards. When this piece was used in The Sopranos, there was a communal surge of pride among Cooper Clarke's longstanding admirers, at the knowledge that this work by the poet could resonate as powerfully with New Jersey as it does with Moss Side. Clarke was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1949. Because it is fabulous the first time. Much the same is true of Clarke, from the other side of the Pennines. I keep it simple: a dark suit with a pale shirt. .and this years most read reviews are. For that reason, perhaps I am not best placed to objectively gauge the enigmatic appeal of Jon the Postman. New Avalanches Mixtape? Whereas I, in that situation, tend to err on the side of caution. And I am very lucky to be here really. John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet, who first became famous as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. I really do. Cooper Clarke is largely indifferent to them. "People tell me I shouldn't. He really does look more and more like Max Wall as he gets older. He rang me one evening, a couple of years ago, and read me the first draft of what evolved into a piece called 'It's Rotten Here in Jail'. "I believe I was thinking you know that bit in On the Waterfront where they throw the informer off the roof, and the line is: "He could sing, but he couldn't fly". Many people have told me that they do use the writing of poetry to concentrate their mind on some pressing metaphysical problem. Ive never been offered an honour by the Queen, but Id be happy to accept. Publicity Listings drew1992 John Cooper Clarke Albums Anthologia Miscellaneous Snap, Crackle & Bop O Est la Maison de Fromage? I explained to him the format of this interview. windymiller 'BEYOND THE Sidi Tour with Yehiya Arby - Artiatanat. In the past, I have worn a more adventurous colour palette but Im red/green colour blind so its an area of anxiety for me. It was National Poetry Day. The Veil over Society Got Removed for a Moment Jeff Buckley: Grace (SACD Version) *Hi-Res FLAC*, GREAT AMERICAN HOME IMPROVEMENT THE OLD SCHOOL BASEMENT BAR, Mike Brooks & The Roots Radics - One Love [Vista LP, 1983], Kellen303 interview 2022: "Life's Different Now". "Now that I come to think of it," he adds, "Spitting on my ancestors is what I do best. ", His celebrated haiku has developed into a routine that can last 20 minutes. 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'Yes, mother. Shards. "I was sent to Rhyl, to live with my auntie Eileen; she died of tuberculosis." There are two pubs: the Three Jays and the Sheldrake. It will be Murder on the Bus Replacement Service. I learned a long time ago that if you wear trousers where you can put something in the pockets, you will put stuff in those pockets and before you know it you are clad in jodhpurs. But you have to keep your request down to three words. ", The definitive poem about drug addiction, Cooper Clarke told me back then, '"is 'The Vampire' by Charles Baudelaire. Often referred to as "the bard of Salford",[9] he usually refers to himself on stage as "Johnny Clarke, the name behind the hairstyle". But we couldn't live with that. 1980 O est la maison de fromage ? This is a poem of rigidly defined structure: five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. John Cooper Clarke has, arguably, not only the most recognisable silhouette in show business, but also the most infectious of poetic voices. The reason John Cooper Clarke has been so patronised, Liverpool poet Adrian Henri once argued, "has to do with his association with music. harryrossgorman It would be wrong to dismiss John Cooper Clarke as nothing more than a nave creator of knockabout rhyme. Thats more or less the way Ive dressed since 1965. 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. But all poetry - all writing - is aural. I remember thinking, this must be what Stalingrad was like. ", His fragile frame is the result not, as some assume, of his years as a heroin addict, which are long behind him, but a legacy of the TB he suffered as a child. To make the hips the focal point of a pair of trousers is, to me, a fashion mistake. He has his set pieces, such as 'Home Honey, I'm High.' Astra-nomical Even though quite often you literally couldn't see it for the smoke. He moved back to Manchester, focussed on his art and was eventually spotted by the head of CBS, the late Maurice Oberstein. I need some encouragement. Partly that was because ever since I was a teenager I had been taking what you might call pep pills, so I was invariably a little bit artificially jazzed up when I walked out on stage. But the ritual suicide; that's not really my cup of tea. LightninDave Writing is the prism through which you see the world. "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. Its the same with trouser pockets in my experience. Zip Style Method Zero: A Martin Hannett Story 1977-1991 North by North West Me and My Big Mouth Disguise in Love The Very Best Of New Wave Post Punk: 1977-1981 John's in the Money (Evidently John Cooper Clarke, Vol. "I didn't find out they'd chosen it," Cooper Clarke says, "until after they'd made it. "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 didnt get into show business to be pushed around by the likes of Mark E Smith. 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%. bands to watch for '92 (Melody Maker, January 4 1992), Ted Lasso Season 3 to Premiere Spring 2023, Motionographer | Motion graphics, design, animation, filmmaking and visual effects, Gugun Power Trio - Far East Blues Experience/Solid Ground/Soul Shaker, Art BOOOOOOOM! "Well," Cooper Clarke says, "he was a rent man, wasn't he?". "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. 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. ", That last word, Costello says, "was rendered hilarious by his voice in a way which is just impossible to replicate in print. | It plays over the closing credits of 'Stage 5', from the final series, in which Christopher Moltisanti relapses into opiate addiction. Series 1 - Twisted Romance (2 Nov 2016) . Apart from the one collection [Ten Years in An Open . "The bottles were bad. And I thought I would do that, but with a lousy street. They deserve it. 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. Tickets available here, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Poetry in motion: John Cooper Clarke photographed in London earlier this month by Antonio Olmos for the Observer, TheSpecials: Respect people. Neither marriage nor routine employment suited him at the time. 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. 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. I don't need to inquire whether the poet is wondering if this is how he himself might have wound up. [1] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums. When two dozen paramedics have to put on high-vis tabards and possibly die in trying to rescue him? I rest my case. So, to answer Jarviss inquiry: by default, during the low-rise years, I strolled the feminine range on the ground floor of Marks & Spencer. His predecessor as the people's Poet Laureate, John Betjeman, never performed to this size of crowd. That could be the Ramones, or Hogarth, or Yevtushenko - who, incidentally," he added, "really loves John's work. ", But the lost years do feed into his writing and his comedy. There's only you and me have not been up there Robert, but then the night is still young.". However, I am interested in what you get out of it. In an hour long conversation, Wise emphasises the foolishness of underestimating Cooper Clarke. [citation needed]. Beasley Street E John Cooper Clarke 7. 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. "Frontal lobes just had a trim," it begins, "or did you meet the Moonies? Cooper Clarke doesn't bear a grudge. Why? 'Haiku #1' I call it: 'To convey one's mood / In seventeen syllables / Is very diffic.'". It is merciless about Trump, but even so, you cant ignore the fact that even then he somehow still tends to come out on top. Very good-John Cooper Clarke was on form and did some of his new poems as well as some old favourites. I dont like low-rise, hipster trousers on men. [26] He has also been a panellist on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Imagine trying to read in the interval for" It is quite hard to convey the venom with which he delivers the next three syllables. [2] He returned to live performance in the 1990s, appearing again with Suns of Arqa in 1992 at The Witchwood in Ashton-under-Lyne. Clarke has lived for the past 25 years in Colchester, Essex. To order a copy for 12.89 go to guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846. I dont graze. "Well, I'm with Coleridge there. What else have we got?, Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give: 'Books play a huge part in resistance', 'Silly question!' His wisest recourse at such moments is to start talking. Anybody. (De rouille et d'os) [Original De xido y Hueso (Orginal Motion Picture Soundtrack). Thirty Six Hours l33wilko I had friends but they were out indulging in robust pursuits, which I was excluded from because I had to stay indoors. Is Chickentown about Stevenage? 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