John Cooper Clarke - I Don't Want to Be Nice (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978)
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- John Cooper Clarke - I Don't Want To Be Nice (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978)
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Lyrics
Here he comes now...
The fast fingers, the expert eyes
And the same old 'how'd you do'
Disgust is just his dumb disguise
He wants a word with you
His problems are the end
His mouth needs exercise
The last thing I need is another friend
I don't want to be nice
I don't want to be nice
I think it's clever to swear
Better seek some sound advice
Better look elsewhere
Your face is an obvious case
You shouldn't put it about
This is neither the time nor place
To sort these matters out
What you see is what you get
You only live twice
A friend in need is a friend in debt
I don't want to be nice
No we never met before
I'm very happy to say
Far from perfect strangers
I'd like to keep it that way
I'm not your psychoanalyst
I'd rather talk to mice
You're so easy to resist
I don't want to be nice
I don't want to be nice
I think it's clever to swear
Better seek some sound advice
Better look elsewhere
Your face is an obvious case
You shouldn't put it about
This is neither the time nor place
To sort these matters out
What you see is what you get
You only live twice
A friend in need is a friend in dept
I don't want to be nice
One of the most overlooked genius in modern history.
Only by the uneducated.
genius is not the word, neither are the other words you use
@Jimmy Scutts ..& don't forget Robert Calvert too!
JCC aint bad either
@@gwendolynemaeystadt7531 Lol
That bass line is sick
Is it Martin Hannett playing it?
@@andrewwreck6261 It's Martin Hannett. A great man of music
Aye, and the rest of it!
Reminder: send ya kids to The J J Burnel School of Bass
@@InterestingFingz Nah, Hooky could eat JJ for breakfast. Send your kids to the Hooky School Of Bass, but remind them to wear their instruments somewhere in-between the two extremes of Hooky and Mark King in order to retain a healthy posture as they grow up.
If the flood comes again
And they're building an Ark
I hope they find two
Of John cooper Clarke
dude i love the rhythmic gum chewing
For those of you new to John... The bass player is legendary producer to Joy Division, Happy Mondays and many others. He's responsible for mating John's lyrics to music perfect for it. Martin is legendary among the "Manchester Sound" musicians for good reason, but IMO his 2 1/2 albums he did with JCC are some of the best rock ever made. Numerous famous musicians from that era played with the Invisible Girls which was really the name for Martins fluid band, Bill Nelson, members of the Buzzcocks. Pianist Steve Hopkins had a PhD in experimental Physics and even more impressive to me was a plumber. I'm a fan since the early 80s maybe the 70s. John Cooper Clarke - Vocals, Martin Hannett - Bass Guitar. Steve Hopkins - Piano. Paul Burgess - Drums. ----- If you'd like great poetry mated to rock music try: Jim Carroll "Catholic Boy"
Not Paul Burgess on drums.
An incredibly underrated artist.
did he ever receive a low rating though?
@@Jamie-js3qw If I were judging from this comment section at least, I’d say probably not. Which makes me happy.
Never underated
What a genius. Absolute legend. Love this.
what a time it was to be young and full of beans keep on pushing through the bull shit folks
"The less I like someone the nicer I am to them" - quote from someone somewhere.
"I think its clever to swear" love that line, can't count how many times my parents and grandparents asked me in my teens if i thought I was clever for swearing lol I had thay Johnny Clarke attitude from an early age
Class act love him !!☘️☘️
Does this bass guitar SLAY in this mix or what??
played by none other than Martin Hannett. RIP
A friend in need is a friend in debt. Brilliant line!
I’m English I have no idea what these Guys are singing, but its the best rock and roll I’ve heard for years. They are brilliant
A friend in need, is a friend debt
Feeling a bit down and this doesn't exactly fix it but it makes it a whole lot better, the power of music and poetry!
Was on desert island discs today.he picked Ella Fitzgerald,Sinatra, Jerry Lee, and Elvis.then to go with Shakespeare and the Bible,he requested a lump of opium twice the size of his head.hilarious and original.
poetic genius.. every syllable and word match perfect with the beat.. it's a perfect example of rock and roll poetry
The John Cooper Clarke of the BEHS!!
THIS IS CLASSIC TIMELESS PIECE OF MUSICAL GENUIS .IT NEVER GETS OLD!!THE NOB JJC SINGS ABOUT IS ALWAYS ABOUT IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE !!ONCE YOU GET SOMEONE PINNED OR PLACED AS A NOBHEAD AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE OR IN MODERN TIMES AVOID LIKE COVID 19!!!MARTIN HANNETT'S BASS IT OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD!!NO WONDER JOY DIVISION WERE SO GOOD WORKING WITH A MAN OF MARTIN'S CALIBER!!!JOHN COOPER CLARKE'S WORDS,SINGING ,RAPPING AND VOCALS ARE TOP OF THE PRODUCTION LINE OD GREAT PERFORMERS!!LOVE THIS!!
thanks
1st guy I ever saw on a stage. I was at my 1st gig, Siouxsie and the Banshees in Cardiff. I was a 14 year old punk with a green mohican (mohawk for all you in the U.S,) right down the front leaning on the chest high stage and this bloke comes on. I expected him to introduce the support band but he starts reeling out poetry, I thought "what the fuck?" but within 20 seconds I was a fan and have loved his stuff ever since. A damn fine introduction to gigs and the world of punk poetry. Shit!! I just realised how long ago that was. Today the doctor told me I have a shadow on both my lungs. I wonder if I got cliff Richard on one of my kidneys. This gettin old shit is a bit of a twat init. Never mind, I'm looking forward to using the best excuse in the world. My mates grandfather was found pissing in a phone box by two pigs. He looked at them and said "Fuck off I'm old" Brilliant! What could they say? "No you're not" I can't wait to use that one. Still a few years yet. Then again I might not get there. That will be a disappointment.
And , made it ?
What year was it, 81 ?
Hope you get a chance to tell off a couple pigs cos you're "old"!
You are a lucky lucky bastard !
three years since you posted this....hope you re still about silverhand290
Great baseline! Greater singer.
JCC, you ROCK!!!
This is so much better than the studio version, love it.
I love John Cooper Clarke. I bought tickets for 6 to see him in Boston USA. I got a message that his visa was having some bullshiiite difficulty. I hope it gets reschuled. This happened once before when he was scheduled to appear at the Linwood Grille in Boston about 8 years back. I'd won tickets to see the show on college radio. (all respect to Sarah's 'Gorilla Got Me' show). I got a call shortly before the show saying that it got cancellec. FREE JOHN COOPER CLARKE for chrissakes.
I believe he's due to do a show in Evanston @ SPACE, Chicago venue Tues Sept 12th.
His collaboration with the Honey Monster was the pinnacle of his career..
Feeling some serious Manc pride right now ;D
One of the many great Manchurian talents, Smiths etc.
@@warrengarfield309 *Mancunian
Manchuria is a region of China.
@TomGibbons-ll2wy thanks for explaining that to someone whose entire family come from Salford. As if anyone really cares. As far as I'm concerned, anyone from Greater Manchester counts as a Manc
wow! I never heard this guy....is quite amazing!
Beasly Street and Valley of the Lost Women next...
Still a better singer than Bob Dylan
the guy worshiped dylan just look how hes dressed its dylan 66 .
dumb
True, as evidenced on his album with Hugh Cornwell
@@brubeck1 Also true
Anyone is.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ooh weee!!! I gotta learn this song. This would kill at a campfire.
I write my own stuff, aone man band and no two ways about it. JCC is a huge influence, lyrically. Absolutely brilliant.
One of the best poetic influences to have!
He is the original, the genre is his...
Only 47k views? impossible. I myself only watched it 500k times.
Well, we have a lot of work to do.
so this is where blur go the idea for parklife, and sleaford mods took great inspiration
Brilliant!
Took me a long time to find JCC, but better late, than never!
He’d be the first to tell you that you don’t need the commas
"I think it's clever to swear." It most certainly is.
Wot a great band.he had
Real Legend x
Outraged that we Americans have been cheated out of JCC and I won't stand for it a minute longer! I'm organizing a black boots/skinny jeans march to raise awareness.
I hate acting nice
Check out Jake Thakray
One of the few times he played in the US he was booed off the stage after 2-1/2 numbers when he opened for Rockpile at The Palladium in NYC. Nick Lowe came out and swore at the crowd that he'd have to play for in a few minutes.
Lol...nice one. Johnnie got noticed in the States when they chose 'Evidently Chicken Town' to end one of The Sopranos episodes !
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I will subscribe to this revolution.
Fabulous intro: 'Here he comes now!'
I love him with a full band!
Music lifted directly from Stranglers
So many inspiration for other artists in these lyrics! Happy mondays (What you see is what you get), Arctic monkeys (I don't want to be nice), maybe even Placebo (A friend in need is a friend in debt)?
That heavy bass line and the style of the vocals reminds me a lot of Sleaford Mods. If you like this, you may also enjoy them.
superb.
The punk poet .....What can you say amazing.
I understand now why I love Sleaford Mods so much.
Punk Dylan
Turn the sound off and it's just, Dylan. lol
Anarchy along the Watchtower
God Save the Quinn
Hey Mr Policeman
Tangled up in bollocks.
I give this performance Four Out Of Five
got the jokes man
4? Be nice
Absolute f***ing LEGEND.....!!
Thank fuck this got re-uploaded to youtube
sopranos brouht me here - good music
jcc is the kiddie no messing about
This Legend is over looked by the ill informed .. my dad put me onto him in the 80s.. one of Manchester's Finest
Your dad sounds like a decent bloke. Hi to you both.....J
76 to 79 saw him many times....Rabid Records..Manchester Music Force. The Ritz, Rock Against The Dole with LKJ, Manchester Art College, Hole in the wall
Mellow Four20 hi, very true.Such clever lyrics. Have you seen him live?p
@@barriejackson965 I have. lol
He's mate. 😁😂
he should have told you that overlooked was in one word
I can't get this out of my head I love it.
I've come to listen J. C.C. on a comedy show and appreciate his poetic lines ....great work ,,, thanks for posting...keep rolling until the kids learn those lines at Uni.
"A friend in need is a friend in debt"
I saw him live about this time. One of the best gigs I ever went to and I am a jazz fan. His words are always easy to listen to, unlike many today. Still going strong.
Great guitar solo.
BRILLIANT.
Jisr discovered this and insta love it ❤
Funny funny fella chatted to him after a gig in Wakefield a couple o years ago . No one can call him a cult .
You are so easy to resist
similar to Idles(Joe Talbot) vocals..but 40 years earlier!!! Only Love for JCC
I bet that got whispering Bob clutching his pearls in indignation
It is clever to swear. 👍
Love
Love it
Thee Best.
One of my mum's best friends back in the day,and no ,she didn't wanna be nice .......
Never seen this before, it's great. I'm betting the Sleaford Mods have seen it though 😉
I don't wanna be nice and you know that
take it easy for a little while
Genius.
this is geart!
Wow, this is fucking great
What a legend
I have a sudden hankering for Bubblicious
that was nice
Just the best
Love John he has so much mojo and rythm even when he is just scratching his ass on stage.
Sensibilities are vastly different to mine; study the mystics and you find, their minds rarely move in a line, but it does not matter.
My mantra for 2021
That bassline is better than that guitar solo.
I wish people listened to me a few years ago when I said "listen to sleaford mods", sounds like JCC...
Nobody wanted to be nice in 1978.
It was awesome.
but we were
How about Mother Teresa?
I still don't!
@@1990hennesy Dammn 😂
Muito top demais
The last thing I need is another friend 😂
I don't want to be nice and you know that
And featuring Wythenshawe's Paul Young of sad Cafe and Mike and the Mechanics fame on Percussion
He wrote a song with the Lyrics….Everyone looks like Ernest Borgnine….So Bob, how are you going to combat that?
Nice work son :)
Bob Dylan, john Lyndon, lou reed , Robert Smith. Influences.
not
He looks and sounds like a hybrid of Keith Richards, Shane McGowan and Johnny Rotten
i think you forgot dylan '66
It IS clever to swear.
with robert charlebois doing the second drums, how far can it get?
Top
If Bob Dylan had a younger, and way cooler brother who was raised elsewhere... County Borough of Salford, say.
cooler than dylan does not exist
Salford Mods here we go
@@punkisinthedetails1470 Yeah, that's where JCC is from. itsa joke.
I saw him at the Salfords Lads Club. I told 'im: "Lancashire is that way, you fookin' wanker!"
He's still brilliant today, although he looks a bit worse for wear. Ha Ha
He looks like an old granny.
Ima start chewing gum just cause I saw this.
Fucking awesome!
boomshanka
they draged him off the street, still chewing gum, he said you only live twice, we said we were only trying to be nice, the bard of Salford