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    A life of rhyme: John Cooper Clarke, the 'punk Poet Laureate', grants Robert Chalmers his first major interview in more than 20 years
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    Could you spare some change for a cup of tea?'" Cooper Clarke is described by fellow poet Simon Armitage as "a cross between Sid Vicious, Ken Dodd and Allen Ginsberg" These days he makes his living from touring with his live show – a vehicle for his extraordinary talent for stand-up and the high-velocity poems for which he first became famous, when he was opening for acts such as Elvis Costello and the Sex Pistols. Full Article at The Independent
    a cross between Sid Vicious, Ken Dodd and Allen Ginsberg
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
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A life of rhyme: John Cooper Clarke, the 'punk Poet Laureate', grants Robert Chalmers his first major interview in more than 20 years
  1. he went on between Richard Hell and the Voidoids and ourselves. The fury of the crowds was quite alarming at that time. They spat and yelled at John because he was only speaking. What he did was extremely brave, especially for a self-confessed coward.
    Elvis Costello – Elvis Costello SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  2. How did it feel when you watched TV that night?
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  3. If you can be bothered with/ The Royals, this is where they live/ Like superannuated spivs/ London, innit mate.
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  4. Time flies... slides down the wall
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  5. When we walked out – tentacle in hand/ You could sense that the earthlings would not understand / They'd go, nudge nudge, when we got off the bus / Saying 'It's extra-terrestrial – not like us/ And it's bad enough with another race/ But fuck me a monster from outer space.'
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  6. You were an apprentice engineer and a lab technician...
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  7. Your one famous contemporary at school was the late Martin Ruane [better known as wrestler Giant Haystacks, who weighed in at 6ft 11in and 672 lbs]. How have you stayed the shape you are?
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  8. Remember that thing he said: 'If you can't love with love that's unrequited, you cannot love'?
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  9. I fell into it. I think because I already looked like a punk.
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  10. You remember that evening with Yevtushenko?
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago

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