I Wanna Be Yours: John Cooper Clarke

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I saw John Cooper Clarke on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and found his audio book on Libby. l am glad I got to hear the works read by the poet - it is always great knowing you are hearing the poem the way it should be read, and John Cooper-Clarks voice and accent contribute to the experience. John Cooper Clarke honoured by University of Salford". BBC News. 19 July 2013 . Retrieved 9 October 2015. Poets, Punks, Beatniks and Counter Culture Heroes (2010), Ozit – includes rare JCC film footage from the 1980s Adams, Tim (5 April 2014). "John Cooper Clarke interview: 'Poetry is not something you have to retire from' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 July 2016.

He said: “It can be done, clearly, but it ain’t easy. I like to say I did it in two ways: gradually, and suddenly. The fact is you need help, though. My message is always the same: don’t even do it once. I’ve worked with the best of them, but The Fall I would watch night in, night out. Each performance seemed unique.” On December 20, 2021, Clarke made a guest appearance in We Wish You a Mandy Christmas, a Christmas episode of Mandy (TV series), playing the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.Michigan. Supreme Court , Randolph Manning , George C. Gibbs , Thomas McIntyre Cooley , Elijah Wood Meddaugh , William Jennison , Hovey K. Clarke , Hoyt Post , Henry Allen Chaney , William Dudley Fuller , John Adams Brooks , Marquis Eaton , Herschel Bouton Lazell , James Reasoner , Richard W. Cooper

The poems can be witty and funny, but along with some bitterness and cynicism and a lot of crudes and foul language, so it's not to everyone's taste if you are not aware of the poet and you are just taking it off the shelf. Not all the poems are as good as this, of course. There are one or two that read as mildly homophobic or transphobic (nothing outright, really, but I noticed regardless) and some that I maybe don't get because they're more specific to Britain. However, for the most part, I enjoyed this little book quite a lot. His sense of humor is biting and slightly dark, which suits me right down to the ground, and his way of playing with language is just...fun. A book of two halves by Britain's "bargain basement Baudelaire" as poet John Cooper Clarke writes an autobiography of sorts. The first half of the book is an exercise in nostalgia as Clarke details growing up in the 1950's, 60's and early 1970's and the social and cultural developments in Britain during those decades with a welter of information about his favourite films, books, comics, songs, bands and much more. Vinyl. Condition: Gut. TOSH 103. 1 Vinyl-Single. Insgesamt in guter Erhaltung. Vinyl G, einige Kratzer und kleine Bestossung am Rand. Cover VG+. Optische Bewertung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

In ‘Wanna Be Yours’, Clarke recounts his life from early years growing up in Salford, to dedicated follower of fashion, via failed attempts at a music career, through embryonic proto punk poetry to life as a household name, playing the London Palladium and residing in Colchester (of all places).