Recorded #OnThisDay 47 years ago:

John Cooper Clarke - Peel Session 1978

The complete session recorded by John Cooper Clarke on 3 October 1978 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 6 November 1978.

Tracklist:

1. (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space (0:07)
2. Readers' Wives (2:45)
3. Health Fanatic (4:46)
4. Spilt Beans (8:47)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2012/07/john-cooper-clarke-peel-session-1978.html

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Useless quote for 30 August:

"Every piece of advice I’ve ever been given was rubbish. I should have done the opposite."

~ John Cooper Clarke, in a 2019 interview with Richard Fitzpatrick

Link to source:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30909837.html

#UselessQuote #JohnCooperClarke

JOHN COOPER CLARKE
Snap, Crackle & Bop
1980 UK pressing

The Bard Of Salford!!!!

Seeing that I didn’t grow up in the UK, I had never heard of JCC until about ten years ago.
On top of that, I didn’t know he even had a record.

How did I discover him?
By watching 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Would I Lie To You? on YouTube.

I’m like, this guy looks cool, and his poetry is rad.

It was only after crate digging one day at my local shop that I found this.

This album is killer.
This is the only one I have, but I’m hunting for a few of the others.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #music #vinylcommunity #retro #vintage #johncooperclarke #punk #poetry #poet #1980s #80s #80sMusic

I used to listen to this and admire the poetry and the music and be grateful that we were moving towards better things, away from such poverty and despair.

Now it just makes me cry.

#poetry #music #JohnCooperClarke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37QUUwp9xIs

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection

John Cooper Clarke:
🎵 The Day My Pad Went Mad

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https://petercoyte.bandcamp.com/track/the-day-my-pad-went-mad-john-cooper-clarke

https://open.spotify.com/track/3YXTtuScdPfUGhqhgLtrtz

"Dr John Cooper Clarke’s Comedy is a bold, irreverent exploration of laughter through poetry."

📖 Read the review:
https://thebrokenspine.co.uk/2021/11/14/comedy-by-dr-john-cooper-clarke-a-poetry-review/

#PoetryReview #JohnCooperClarke

"You ain't nothing but a hedgehog,
Foragin' all the time
You ain't nothing but a hedgehog,
Foragin' all the time,
You ain't never pricked a predator,
You ain't no porcupine"

🦔🦔🦔

John Cooper Clarke, from today's entry in A Poem for Every Spring Day, edited Allie Esiri

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