JCC - The Man , The Mod ... this fella clambered straight out of a Colin MacInnes novel looking sartorially sharp razor edged & has bin slowly makin existential sense of this strange business we call ' living ' for us all fer over forty years now ... cutting to the chase - a ONE OFF ... 100% genuine - the real deal & they don't come along too often . John ... I tip my hat to yer & straighten my Tootal paisley scarf . Frankly ... love yer man . Keep on keepin on ! 😎
@@frankboothsedated.7054 The only time I felt cynicism pessimism or some kind of unease regards Mr Clarkes work was trying to work out if Excrete was replaced for explete in recent renditions of Beasley street.Other than all is good.
have been aware of the honourable Dr. John for years but only got into him fairly recently. i must admit 'poetry' can put me off but i do like his sharp and humourously scathing style. but really, i just like listening to him talk in interviews/reviews/and bits of news - even when he's not being particularly deep there is often a warmly witty turn of phrase. he can have you laughing out loud or just smiling quietly within. and his book is absolutely wonderful, when i read it i do so in his voice, not mine!
Adore this man. Poetry on a scale i cannot put to paper. I picture a memory when he played at the Crystal Ballroom in St Kilda Melbourne - in 82-ish, there was a riot where some blokes hammering each other cos they thought it part of the entry fee, the coppers arrived cars blaring blood on the pavement and johnny walked through it like he was on water. Fuckin brilliiant. Very La de da.
He didn't 'start out reciting his verse with the punks' - - JCC started out years before punks. Trust the BBC to be untrustworthy. "It's not something that has to be solved" - - great line that should make all critics and literary essayists think twice and very possibly call it a day.
I fell in love with an alien being Whose skin was yellow, Whose teeth were green She had big bug eyes And a death ray glare I was over the moon I took her back to my place And then I married the monster From outer space 🪐
Dave Dogge It was. Back in 2002 when I sat my GCSEs I had to study I Wanna Be Yours. Had little appreciation for it or any other poetry back then, I had a rather antiquated view of what poetry could be. Things have changed a bit now though..
Nice to know that 1980/90s pop culture is slowly filtering into the educational system. In 1000 years from now the lyrics from the songs on Never Mind The Bollocks will be exam questions hopefully.
Great wordsmith but I wonder how the same words would come across without that accent.? Love him. Made me think that what I was writing and saying to my friends might actually have a wider audience.
My favourite Humanist funeral outro tune is "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" by Hank Williams! I played it at my Da's funeral, and all his drinking buddies from his local had a right good laugh!
JCC - The Man , The Mod ... this fella clambered straight out of a Colin MacInnes novel looking sartorially sharp razor edged & has bin slowly makin existential sense of this strange business we call ' living ' for us all fer over forty years now ... cutting to the chase - a ONE OFF ... 100% genuine - the real deal & they don't come along too often . John ... I tip my hat to yer & straighten my Tootal paisley scarf . Frankly ... love yer man . Keep on keepin on ! 😎
True genius, no one will ever write anything better than Beasley street
Beasley Street is the best social comment bar none.
When I used to recite johns poems at school I got sent home!!! Hahaha
I just watched The Sopranos this week.
I was surprised when he suddenly popped up on it.
Quality.
"Johnny Depp owes me one for Edward Scissor hands"
Used to hand me tools at Salford Tech back in the day he was a great bloke then always had time to talk to dippy students
The look is 60's Dylan.😎😎😎
Yes,I too spotted that.
He's excellent, slightly cynical but very observant. Stands back and watches and writes. Tells it how it really is.
Slighty cynical............??? He is from Northern England. What you see as cynicism ,is northern optimism.
@@brandonspivey8020 - A neat summary of some ineluctable facts.
@@frankboothsedated.7054 The only time I felt cynicism pessimism or some kind of unease regards Mr Clarkes work was trying to work out if Excrete was replaced for explete in recent renditions of Beasley street.Other than all is good.
have been aware of the honourable Dr. John for years but only got into him fairly recently. i must admit 'poetry' can put me off but i do like his sharp and humourously scathing style. but really, i just like listening to him talk in interviews/reviews/and bits of news - even when he's not being particularly deep there is often a warmly witty turn of phrase. he can have you laughing out loud or just smiling quietly within. and his book is absolutely wonderful, when i read it i do so in his voice, not mine!
Adore this man. Poetry on a scale i cannot put to paper. I picture a memory when he played at the Crystal Ballroom in St Kilda Melbourne - in 82-ish, there was a riot where some blokes hammering each other cos they thought it part of the entry fee, the coppers arrived cars blaring blood on the pavement and johnny walked through it like he was on water. Fuckin brilliiant. Very La de da.
Cooper Clarke for laureate
A. Great poet and a Salford lad lived 200 yards where I live now brilliant live if you get the chance go see him
Just gets better & better
He didn't 'start out reciting his verse with the punks' - - JCC started out years before punks. Trust the BBC to be untrustworthy. "It's not something that has to be solved" - - great line that should make all critics and literary essayists think twice and very possibly call it a day.
Absolutely the Best of Britain. Genius.
Thanks for the upload, some memories from this guy, fantastic stuff.
I fell in love with an alien being
Whose skin was yellow,
Whose teeth were green
She had big bug eyes
And a death ray glare
I was over the moon
I took her back to my place
And then I married the monster
From outer space 🪐
We recently got to see the great man in the flesh, so to speak, what a guy, what. A night, if you know what I mean.
legend of legends
Legend
I always thought his look was based on Bob Dylan circa 1966
Elegant geezer.
Been listening to JCC for more years I care to remember,
Salome Maloney and Beasley Street, words so sweet n' tender
😎😎😎 🤣
To be on the GSCE English Language curriculum in 2025.
It already is.
Dave Dogge It was. Back in 2002 when I sat my GCSEs I had to study I Wanna Be Yours. Had little appreciation for it or any other poetry back then, I had a rather antiquated view of what poetry could be. Things have changed a bit now though..
Nice to know that 1980/90s pop culture is slowly filtering into the educational system. In 1000 years from now the lyrics from the songs on Never Mind The Bollocks will be exam questions hopefully.
John rules
LEGEND;!;
I was never into poetry till l first heard jcc
Well try Hovis Presley. He was a short way up the m62 in Bolton . Class
@@karl9411 ty I rely on you
@@johnsmith-xr1uh Like a skoda needs suspension
@@karl9411 well you can’t say fairer than that
Beautiful...Man
‘bbc i hate ya, but i need ya’
So he's basically living off Soprano money now!
:-)
The Last of the Punks...real punk will die with him.
Johnny Rotten is still hanging in there
Great wordsmith but I wonder how the same words would come across without that accent.? Love him. Made me think that what I was writing and saying to my friends might actually have a wider audience.
It would sound odd with a neutral or "posh" accent, but almost any working-class accent would work. Glaswegian would be interesting.
wonderful... love him (think he coulda given a nod to Bob Dylan though re sartorial style?)
cavewaller I thought the same.
I think that is entirely intentional not least with the lyrical style. He is the missing link between the tambourine man and Sleaford Mods.
So clever
Someone please explain the sopranos reference?
Obviously Chickentown
If it wasn't for jcc the world would be even shitter
My favourite Humanist funeral outro tune is "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" by Hank Williams! I played it at my Da's funeral, and all his drinking buddies from his local had a right good laugh!
dylan 66
Fred Fat Exactly.
😎😎😎
same actor as jimmy saville