...finally, I've got tickets to see The Fall today. I've been a fan for many years, but I'm really stoked about seeing them in Edinburgh soon.
Not least because supporting them is John Cooper Clarke.
I'm not an authority on JCC, but the stuff of his I've heard is fab, of which I include a selection below.
A few years ago, My Da came up to Edinburgh for a wedding of a family friend. He'd been asked to read John Cooper Clarke's 'I Wanna Be Yours' which I'm told is now a set text for the English GCSE syllabus, or at least, was at any point.
My Da is many things, but quite possibly the only two things that he and JCC share is that they were born in the same decade and were born north of the Watford Gap. Anyway, using a handful of punk compilations and rehearsing we got it sorted for the big day.
I knew those years of listening to punk was going to pay off some day. My Da had it so damn well sorted he got an even bigger cheer than the bride and groom. Serious respect.
So, can John Coooper Clarke read as well as my Da? I'm waiting to see...
John Cooper Clarke -'Psycle Sluts (Part 1).' mp3
John Cooper Clarke -'Suspended Sentence.' mp3
The Massed Carnaby St John Cooper Clarkes (sic!) -'The Day My Pad Went mad.' mp3
John Coooper Clarke website/Myspace
9 comments:
Nice one Ed, Beasley Street is still one of the most chilling tales of urban decay ever committed to tape.
And Kung Fu International one of the funniest poems ever :)
cheers, Craig
Amen to both of those, Craig!
Ed
Just rememberd who Johnny is via the song "Chickentown". Should be a good night.
SW
Glad you got tickets, will also be there, looking forward to it, if they are as good as earlier in the year, you are in for a treat.
Took my mate to one of the Renfrew Ferry nights earlier this year and now he finally gets what I have been going on about.
Looking forward to JCC, read an interview recently with him and he talks about his relationship with Nico which I hadn't been aware of. Majorca is one of my favourites.
Drew
An excellent night is promised, cannot wait...just one parents' night to survive in the meantime...
"the bloody clubs are bloody dull
the bloody pubs are bloody full
of bloody gals and bloody guys
with bloody murder in their eyes ..."
I can't wait...
btw that sounds like an accurate description of a lot of wetherspoon's pubs...
Or a night out in my home town of Stevenage, where he moved to during early 80's allegedly in order to take drugs.
Only ever went through stevenage on the train from Peterborough, itself a fairly hideous place...
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