John Cooper Clarke - Chickentown

[jimmycoar]

This is just like Bloody Orkney. :-)

[MrPineza]

no more butchie, no more this.

[sorry606]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat is thissssssssssssssssssss

[Richtherichisrich]

This is just like bloody Burnley

[Apiaanilol]

no more of this butchie....

[MrMickeybitzko]

We in America never got to see his pipe-cleaner legs brandish the fright wig among the well-hung and the damp-dried, rushed pell-mell from the Sphincter to the Vortex and backed again, coughing up camphor and phlox, biting the glad hand and jabbing the swizzle-stick up the nostrils of Normalcy, laughing like an electric typewriter wired to a crock-pot, steaming, pinched, leering up the aft and down the hatch until the medulla hiccups -- but we can all dream...

[NZA2]

you think that's bad, i live in arizona

[13bleep]

...BLOODY LOVE THIS...

[Guilherme1498]

Have this in english text? I'm non-speaker english... D:

[LightLife4]

The more I hear this guy and his works the I like him and his works.

[Pawnbroker00]

@LightLife4 works hahaha fuck you

[LightLife4]

@Pawnbroker00 Right cheeky git you are aren't you!

[Pawnbroker00]

@LightLife4 greasy airsehole

[LightLife4]

@Pawnbroker00 Big words, small man.

[toomanylesbos]

what a dumbass

[99Maic]

gay

[mp9828]

@99Maic

whatever trevor!

[brooklynbrit]

The first real rapper Mr S

[elementz1986]

This conveys nicely how pissed off I am with my town. Of course I live in a shitty small town in the American South where people could care fuck all about anything.

[echo680]

@elementz1986 great comment



[sfreak451]

@elementz1986 what town is that?



[lirannine]

@elementz1986 you think that sucks

i live in a tiny town in northern israel away from any city. we don't even have a hospital

[Meepmeeple]

@elementz1986 Couldn't not could - they couldn't care less. If they "could" care less then that means they do actually care. Bloody americans.

[elementz1986]

@Meepmeeple

It's an expression that is not meant to be read with semantic literalness. Kind of like, "you ain't nothing". Besides, everyone else seemed to have understood it.

[Dristarg]

My favourite poem of his is a haiku:

"To convey one's mood

in seventeen syllables

is very diffic"

[sk8freak3000]

dunno why but he looks like bob dylan

[LambCouplet]

@sk8freak3000 that's because he looks like Bob Dylan. Top marks for observation.

[makingdiamonds]

@sk8freak3000 dylan looks like him

[lirannine]

@sk8freak3000 Bob Dylan+Punk = John Cooper Clarke

[ace69er]

@xxTitanicRocksxx Hes a Mancunian!

[pheasantplucker1]

dickhead, theres no such m606 so your jokes proper shit,

fancy makin a statement and not knowining what the fuck yer goin on about ha ha ha

[CFranczak]

@pheasantplucker1 Typo. That should be the M602.

M606 is another spur motorway in Bradford.

You unpleasant-plucker.

[CFranczak]

@xxTitanicRocksxx Neither do I mate. Just thought you might like to know.

Some people reckon he is the best thing to come out of Salford except the M606 motorway.... (Northern humour. I like Salford people really :-) )

[sumaaleja]

@CFranczak joy division...

[CFranczak]

@xxTitanicRocksxx He comes from Salford mate.

[chanctonbury63]

@CFranczak Nobodys perfect.

[therealbp]

@xxTitanicRocksxx unlucky, the north sucks

[4Q29Z]

Makes me think of Middlesbrough.

[notlobian4ever]

Eminem's got nowt on this chap.

[jedrolio]

bloody hell

[NarizSangrante]

MY MIND HAS BEEN BLOWN.

[asankagurusinghe]

Cool dude.

[blossom7227]

Can someone PLEASE make an autotune remix of this? Thanks :)

[superdude1452]

i dont get it, is this guy a musician and he wrote this poem as an intro?

[lufc550]

@superdude1452

He's a like a punk poet.

[danathor99]

i love how americans are too inbred to understand the complexity of this poem and the sinister wit behind it, wake up you ignorant bastards.

[ChrisGnosis]

@danathor99

I for one, would like to know what inbred Americans you are referring to because myself, and most Americans who would know who John Cooper Clark actually is, have a very good grasp on the meaning and wit behind this poem. I'm sure you have dumb asses in your country as well so please don't judge us for ours unless you'd like others to judge you the same. Though I wouldn't worry about being type casted because with statements like yours, the title of "smug twat" is fairly secure.

[ReeceHughesRocks]

@ChrisGnosis GO EAT A FUCKING BURGER YOU FAT CUNT

[FrancoDamn]

only conformists can't understand the essence of this

[thekohlton]

@FrancoDamn only fools make such broad and general statements

[FrancoDamn]

@thekohlton oh! is Justin Bieber! but with more weight...and making Justin Tim/Britney/crap metal music...and with a voice of an old man after trying to sex (failing)

[FrancoDamn]

@thekohlton thanks fat Justin Bieber with Shakira voice

[thekohlton]

@FrancoDamn hahahahahahahaha thats good shit hahahaha shakira hahaha thanks ha

[Waterhorse300]

what the heck is rong with this guy!!

[gadda1]

for u EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! evo

[slicknicknirvana]

I wonder what he was like during show and tell in kindergarten.

[Izzywizzyify]

LOL Scatman john !! ;-))))))))

[LCSMusics]

xD my volume was not so High and i thinked it was the sound of the music of Skatman.. ^^

[Randal1217]

I Want Revenge! bit . ly/jerku

[rammerpooty311]

wow pretty stupid

[cofpaddy]

the fucking train is fucking late

you fucking wait you fucking wait

you're fucking lost and fucking found

stuck in fucking chicken town

[whitchp09]

LMAO!! What the f*ck?

[the20thcenturyfox]

that was fuckin freaky!

[manutdbass19]

wtf is this???

[RockDog101]

what a bloody d-bag.

[rastikal]

@RockDog101 if d-bag is douche-bag then you're a nob!

[RockDog101]

what a dbag

[Laugh0rDie]

messed up twice he said full two times instead uf dull and he said kebab instead of a cab

[DoWhatYouLove1]

JCC is the best poet on the globe, check out a similar Australian genre (not copy) Allan Dumbleton. Let me know what you think.

[RandomnessTube]

lol

[fruknullarn]

You are a man, thats saying alot these days.

[beautydaddy]

U.K. Punk poet but I never understood his popularity.

[1337h4x0r1000]

LEGEND

[1337h4x0r1000]

this version is good but i prefer it when he uses fuck instead of bloody :D

[Hatguy23]

@1337h4x0r1000 Yeah me too

[BloodyInsane]

ace !

[John27346]

Who beeped out the FUCKS?!?

[protoalfio]

the only thing I can say is...no more butchie...no more of this

[underpuka]

i saw him on a video with joy division

but who is he?? a comedian??

he looks like bob dylan

[thisisliveuk]

He's a poet.

[underpuka]

@thisisliveuk

ok ok

thanks

i don't understand the english when it is spoken only

when is written

[freakycfc09]

tryin ty follow what he's sayin is confusing

[LedHead1997]

I actually came across John Cooper Clarke accident, (I was looking for the Texas-Country musician, Johnny Cooper), but I'm glad I did! He's a genius!

[GUyNiTs]

i walked past this guy in colchester yesterday! still looks the same haha

[Jamesintime]

Tall thin, Dylan mid 60's hairdo. ?

(although about 45)

Yeah that's him !

[TofikToficTofic]

he looks like bob dylan

[awol2602]

Lifted from Bloody Orkney. Nowhere near as powerful as Beasley Street

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

I saw John Cooper Clarke do this in the movie "Control", which is about Joy Division and Ian Curtis. I'm glad that he's still around. He hasn't changed a bit.

[anaonxtc]

I saw that guy on Control too. But what does tha Sopranos has to do with him? Or, what does He has to do with Joy Division?

[cbx86]

He played alot of shows in the Manchester punk scene of the late 70's and 80's when Joy Division were around and shared the stage with them on many occasions

[mojen90]

What episode of supranos

[PanzerSchlumpf]

Season 6, Episode 14  "Stage 5"

[LARRSON77]

check out ( JOHN MCCULLAGH "ILL DANCE ON YOUR GRAVE MRS THATCHER".......on youtube or myspace,well worth a listen

[thisizhegznogz]

this tune is on the sopranos.

[ttheb64]

CLASS

[ladymiria]

Wow...that dude needs to start making some albums!!! FREAKING SWEET ;)

[johnxbox]

@ladymiria Oh dear, an American :/

[ladymiria]

@johnxbox sorry we don't get alot of good music here anymore... gotta look overseas!

[TriggerHappyMariachi]

he don't look like a man who gives a flying fuck

[ramonesdude93]

anyone heard this on control?

[Lyxinux]

fucking genius

[uufck]

fuck yeah

[desasterz]

British Alen Guisburg

[isetthingsonfire]

@desasterz learn to spell darling :)

[leojwelch20]

Brilliant

[wabashcannon]

Why can't this guy get his own look? Why does he have to copy dylan to a t?

[jdfmurphy]

Feck me! That's Chris Morris, in'it!

[miriamgah]

bloody censorship

[emile235]

yes a completely positive way to view everything

[BuzzIipss]

Well Bloody Done

[TayNStu]

Joy Division John Cooper Clarke

[alistairproductions]

it makes me laugh. not in a bad way though, it is really good, but it is funny too you have to admit

[russscience]

absolute genius - is it me or do the best musicians come from salford?

[GC97SPX]

yea its just you

[Chigises]

YOU MORRON

[brooklandsboys]

Chigises - you'll find that "moron" is spelt with one " r "....

[0mgwtfbbq21]

@brooklandsboys HAHA PWNED LMAO

[SlimFitSam]

@Chigises  you mean MORON? hypocrite.

[VECTIZ]

@Chigises how do you spell "Morron" then?

[cerwinvegafan]

@VECTIZ with 3 Q's of course

[AcidDomine]

bloody brilliant

[aisforastronaut]

keep the fuckin racket down

this is fuckin chickentown

[cohaagendesu]

wat.

[Tald0]

genio!

[mancheromanchero]

john cooper clarke is an exterior rip off of bob dylan

[ruvio00]

@mancheromanchero haha you moron, it's the other way round

[GasparWise]

lolololololololol fried... totally baked

[NekoLGirl]

bloody GENIUS

[SadLisa777]

Hey, easy way to live.

[sherinone]

fantastic vid

[sherinone]

oh man i heard of him years ago! if i only knew it was this good i wouldnt of waited to stumble across this hilariously satiric genius! lord almighty!

[BloodyInsane]

EPIC, never gets old...

i can watch this over and over...

i recited it a couple of years ago in a bar on cusco... it was decent, hardly as good as john though

[marginallymental]

Saw him in 1985 in London--magic. His modern stuff is just as trenchant as his 30 yr old stuff, too--check out "Punk Rock Revival" online somewhere--"The way we are / is the Way We Were / punk rock revival". As you Brits say, Brill.

[leannebridgewater]

sorry listening to Clarke, makes me write my own poetry.. saw him last FRIDAY -- EXCELLENT!

[leannebridgewater]

'make it a blue flame, and remember to keep safe - I don't like knowing there may be a Miss Doubtfire fake, camping out under the stars, following Gok and having straight fock, when you're more bent than a bent leg, the bent man who lived in a bent house upon a crooked hill, who had a crookied heart, and the Doctor Gloucester that drank too much fosters led your heart a'stray, and burnt your lungs, throat, cancerous, and now it's Lozenger Louise, who puts your breath at ease

[Paulismeezy]

he looks alot like FOETUS

[BookOfLigeia]

seeing him about october 8th

[Burnzy8418]

Seeing him 7th of October, Brighton.

[Mattfletch001]

bloody great

[mancteddybear1690]

Salford poet.

[Power2PeopleFilms]

prefer this poem when he uses fuck.

but bloody still works.

i dont mind either way, very good tho

[fildi101]

bloody good.

[subscooby]

This might as well be the British national anthem. We do love to moan about how bloody dismal everything is.

[njg1623]

well shit can be dismal

[exile137]

Enough socialism does that to a nation. Us stupid yanks are going to be complaining with you all really really soon.

[subscooby]

More likely right wing goverments fucking over the common man and selling off all the public utilities for knock-down prices to their mates in big business.

[exile137]

Next time you get a job, think about where it comes from. Does it come from the government, or a business?

Unless you are one of those lucky people on welfare, then by all means, blame big business.

[Burnzy8418]

Yeah I suppose the NHS is a business with all those nurses and doctors doing it for the money. Well to be fair if your money grabbing chums have their way it will be soon.

[dizzi12345]

And it makes more sense to the nation than an hommage to some unelected sponge.

[Down989]

The beginning looks like Marlon Brando and Phil Spector in the bathroom in together!

[smithhedgehog]

more like george orwell and bob dylan.

[janbundesen]

too short almost.:_)

[MrAucklandguy]

Loving this - check out Murray Haddow from new Zealand doing 10 years in an open neck shirt

[MundoAcaba]

the bathroom is the bloody fucking poem here, i can tell you that!

[northwestus]

He's on about Eccles west of Manchester......where people wake up draw the curtains and say "oh no not another day to live"

[haroldsmoketoomuch]

I like the play with the mirrors at the start, and this guys delivery is excellent, but its a real shame he felt the urge to 'nice' it all down to bloody. It casrates the whole peice.

[KatiferousJavericous]

really? I find the other version too strong. the "bloody" makes it sounds monotonous like the life he's on about. Anyway, I LOVE this poem, don't let anyone tell you poetry can't be fun, this one is hilarious XD

[spadge321]

he said that himself in a recent interview,, maybe he wanted to get on at one time now he dont give a fuck about PC or being offensive,,

[xTwitterpated]

I prefer the "fucking" version way more. When you say fucking in every sentence like that the whole poem sounds like chickens klucking. To me it looses its meaning without it for this reason.

[graw81]

Mmmm.... Chicken.

[sirtinycreep]

LOL, last time I heard that was when I was 18! I learned it by heart! Brilliant.

[pierodarkshadows9]

i hate him he sucks

[chuzz123]

i know your much cooler

[MarqueeMoon95]

It's really good. It's so different from everything else. The way he speaks is incredible. And I love his hair.

[SiannDoll]

oh how i love him.

<3

[sugaronyersprouts]

class!

[carlylibertine]

well i think it sounds better being "bloody" instead of "fucking" fucks to harsh and "bloody" sounds more like a rant if u get what i mean.

[smallinson]

give it more width

[sluxer]

EXLOSTEER!

[2424john]

"The Bloody Orkneys"- Hamish Blair

[johnson71116]

does anyone have all the lyrics to this?

[Joshvirtue]

agreed

[youngfrankmcclintock]

which is the correct 1 the bloody one or the fuckin one? im gonna get up at do this at an open mic night dont want to get it wrong for the purists lol

[ohsweetavarice]

I prefer the fuck version. The first time I heard this song it scared the crap out of me, and I think "fuck" does that more effectively.

[onlytheillusion]

john was on The Culture Show (BBC2) the other night, and said he regrets recording this poem with bloody and he feels fucking has more rythmn, so it's recorded with bloody but JCC prefers fucking.

[gekiryudojo]

the fucking view is fucking vile

for fucking miles and fucking miles

the fucking babies fucking cry

the fucking flowers fucking die

the fucking food is fucking muck

the fucking drains are fucking fucked

the colour scheme is fucking brown

everywhere in chicken town etc