I asked him what they were called, and he said The Arctic Monkeys. We are still experiencing political turmoil, after all. I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke is available to buy now from all good book shops. John Cooper Clarke", "BBC One Would I Lie to You?, Series 9, Episode 3", "Would I Lie to You? "Don't do it.". Beasley Street is one of John Cooper Clarkes darker poems. Fortunately, Clarke did. The state of urban living has long been a strong concern for Clarke, and in Beasley Street he relays that with power. [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. A prime example: I Dont Want To Be Nice. Sinatra sings it. John Cooper Clarke - Wikipedia Poems covered in the Educational Syllabus. With kind-of-terrible, kind-of-hysterical comments Like a nightclub in the morning, youre the bitter end every claim is unleashed like a bomb. Pest February picture of the month: the extremes of city life. But hes never mannered. Anybody with a pen and a piece of paper can do it. Leading line: I cant go back to Salford, the cops have got me marked. But you might be surprised to learn that hes not a fan of its modern-day iteration. It was too good. John Cooper Clarke's memoir 'I Wanna Be Yours' - the big talking points Features John Cooper Clarke's bracing new memoir 'I Wanna Be Yours' - the big talking points The veteran poet. Evidently John Cooper Clarke - a poem by OldCodger - All Poetry I wanted to know more about his writing but this isn't that sort of memoir. The memoir all obsessives of the self-professed Bargain Basement Baudilaire have been waiting for. A book that I did not want to end, so I tried to eke it out rather than devour it. Credit: Getty Images. I knew nothing about Clarke but had listened to his interview for Desert Island Discs. John Cooper Clarke | Rock Music Wiki | Fandom It refers to macaronis who were kind of pre-Beau Brummel dandies from 200 years ago. Johns thrilled that people too young to remember punk rock may have discovered him on a compulsory basis when his poems were added to the GCSE syllabus in the 90s. This one is all about violence. Few and far between, we say. "What a great name! Beasley Street- a punk poem by John Cooper Clarke Far from crazy pavements - The taste of silver spoons A clinical arrangement On a dirty afternoon Where the fecal germs of Mr Freud Are rendered obsolete The legal term is null and void In the case of Beasley Street In the cheap seats where murder breeds Somebody is out of breath His unique poetry and delivery style was recorded and put to music by legendary producer Martin Hannett.
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