Christopher Eccleston reciting Evidently Chickentown

[PoorMePatsy]

But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see.

[TylerFGSH]

Hmm, the Doctor sure has a potty mouth. :P

[13bleep]

...BLOODY GOOD CHRIS...BLOODY GOOD...

[discerne]

Over the top! Full stop

[Raza17307]

Fucking champion. Chris Ecc reminds me of the young Chris Crick in Crook (Evidently Chicken Town).

[desmondt00]

chris that was just spot on to life this is chicken town 10 times better than the original

[epsteinsmutha1]

John Who-per Clarke anyone?

[steste2128]

@epsteinsmutha1 John Cooper Clarke 

[epsteinsmutha1]

@steste2128 Yes, I know John Cooper Clarke did it originally. I was attempting a bit of shite wordplay with Eccleston having played The Doctor. Hence, John Who-per Clarke, get it?

I didn't say it was a good joke, mind.

[CinnAlla]

Tie David Cameron to a chair and make him watch this over and over and over! :-D

[cofpaddy]

Eccleston can recite anything impressively

[5ynthesizerpatel]

If you needed reminding why Christopher Eccleston was just too good an actor to play Dr Who for more than one season here it is.

don't get me wrong - I love the Who but it really wasn't going to stretch the Ecc was it

[xpaddy01]

@5ynthesizerpatel Just watching the first season with Eccleston on DVD after seeing bits of Tennant and most of Smith. It may not have stretched Ecc, as you say, but it's left me wishing he might have stayed another season or two, and left me wanting more of his acting. He did a tremendous job while he was there!

[Pittking86]

Christopher Eccleston rocks at karoake, fuck singing shit songs and making a complete arse out of ourselves, let's read out John Cooper Clarke's poem instead...

[RachelSummers777]

Somewhere, Lenny Bruce is smiling.



[BevisFriend2010]

Just finished Wank Pad an homage to JCC.

All of my nightmares are great coz of him. :)

[sqccccccccc]

Can someone explain why the word fuck is in Chcikentown? Great song.

[A9107]

Eccleston is a fucking luvvie .

[jedr1989]

That man is many things. And one of them is brilliant.

[rennji007]

俺がこの映画を見たのは、工場で出稼ぎ労働していた頃の汚い住み­込みの寮…

毎日が、下らない、クソみたいだった…

美しい言葉を並べるだけが、人を癒す訳ではない事を知った…

本当の詩人とは、汚らしい言葉を使っても素晴らしい表現をするの­だと知った…

大好きなシーンをアップロードしてくれてありがとう。

[thefirthyone]

Love this. Thanks for posting!

[MsTigris]

hes my uncle in law haha

[sqccccccccc]

@MsTigris Christopher? You mean the actor?

[MsTigris]

@sqccccccccc haha yes christopher eccleston

[parusatereatsnuts]

This is one of the greatest things that have ever occurred in human history.

[pheasantplucker1]

superb !!!!



[TarotLovesClaude]

Thank you very much for posting this.

[GirlVash]

Great performance. I'll never look at his doctor the same. lol,

[aamarylliss]

Powerful.

[PoorMePatsy]

I blame Thatcher...

[realityless]

This clip...Christopher Eccleston should have played Remus Lupin. Consider for a moment how awesome that would've been. He's practically a werewolf in this already.

[Randal1217]

I Want Revenge! bit . ly/jerku

[dermot51]

absolutely fan "fuckin" tastic an extremely powerful rendition of this classic piece of barbed wit absolutely drenched in indignation ... top drawer ps love to hear his version of " Tie a yellow " fuckin" ribbon".... then again on second thoughts maybe not

[CaptainKubla]

I bet Young Christopher wouldn't use that kind of language around his Nana. Good clip around the lug hole he'd get.

At least where I'm from.

(Alright I had a good Nana)

[CaptainKubla]

THE FUCKIN DRAINS ARE FUCKIN FUCKED!!!!

There's a fucking bastard Chickentown whever yer go in England. I grew up in one (Walker, The Toon). Builds character though. Is this a dagger I see before me? No, Its a fucking kitchen knife ye daft cunt. Chibs are here, chibs are there.....Chibs are fucking everywhere!!!

Ah, 'Broken Britain'......Glassed in the Chops with a broken Stella Bottle. How wonderful.

:D

[mattdicks1]

Godly performance. Crikey, I adore Ecclestone.

[LonelyAlexiel]

Fuck i love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AtlantaFiend]

Fuck me, he's a good actor.

[sunriseRISE]

hes going to make a good 'JOHN LENNON''

[TheDdssd]

he could of been frank gallagher!!

[adlanth]

Malcolm Tucker's favourite fucking piece. Eccleston great as usual.

[lulabell0]

he looks better with a beard

[shinakari1]

what does he recite between the verses? anybody? i dont even understand it so i cant google it up

[cbnzzz]

@shinakari1

I believe the first bit he recites between the Chickentown verses is from Dylan Thomas' In my Craft of Sullen Art then the second time is two Shakespeare quotes, I believe the first is from Henry V and then the second from King Lear. I could very easily be wrong on these though so if I am wrong someone please correct me.

[Mitashade]

Some bits of Shakespeare are what he's reciting between the verses.

[agghtee]

I'm having this played at me cremation. Was going for Beasley Street but Chris's reading of this is so far beyond brilliant.

[poyks]

That is brilliant!! I think I'll do the very same!! :D

[coydietress]

this is so brilliant.

[poyks]

Strumpet is one of my favourite films, and this John Cooper Clarke moment is pure magic, especially when it's acted out like this by Eccleston! Superb!!

Thanks for posting! :)

[keeferreefer666]

This is from the brilliant "Strumpet" made-for-TV film directed by Danny Boyle. Part of a pair of films, the other one is "Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise" with Timothy Spall. Both highly recommended if you can find 'em!

[NickOldsComedy]

This is awesome. The most fun you can have with your clothes on

[hashim2012]

where is chickentown?

[DylHsu]

Salford, Greater Manchester

[WhoIsBaz]

@DylHsu I suspect that Cooper Clarke wrote this about Chapeltown (in Leeds), then changed the name to avoid being shot in retaliation.

[DylHsu]

@WhoIsBaz No, Chickentown is about Salford and Greater Manchester, where Clarke grew up.

[WhoIsBaz]

@DylHsu I know that really. I was just making a joke about Chapeltown, which the poem could've just as easily been about.

[Jadabh3]

Oldham ;)

[DrarryForever]

I have to watch this as my homework - how fucking awesome is that? XD

[readikus]

This fucking clip is fucking great,

the fucking original is fucking classic,

but fucking Eccleston's performance is fan-fucking-tastic

[mspberry]

F*cking awesome

[debonweb100]

I came across this totally by chance as was looking for JCC .. and at first I wasn't impressed as it goes well out of the box from what I remember as "Chickentown" . However .. being the open minded person I am .[:)]....... I can totally go with it now and . different interpretation totally. Fair play to Mr Eccleston.

Still searching for JCC's Salome Maloney tho... Hope I don't find someone like Ronnie Corbett doing it !!!! Here's to differences in opinion, style and ..stuff. !!

[rapidset]

what show is this from?

[McCretin]

It's called 'Strumpet' by Danny Boyle as I remember.

[daz273881]

his film back in 2001 its called strumpet an i got it on dvd to

[WiIfredOwen]

Damnit, I meant to write 'Eccleston'. Sorry.

[WiIfredOwen]

Ecclestone is brilliant, again.

[Yehbytheway]

This version is great because it's said with passion and anger.

Poetry should make you feel something.

[brian9999]

Clarke's delivery destroys this version. This guy is a twat.

[brian9999]

Do a search under "John Cooper Clarke Chicken Town" for the original and best version of this track. I reiterate that this bloke is a twat.

[arthurdonachy]

Brian,I can't understand why you have a dead set against this version,

ok its cooper clarke's work but I think brucepig is right about the theatrical style.

after all it is out of the context of the film ,that I haven't seen ,;the passion that ce puts in to this I find impressive.why is he a twat?

[lagerandwine]

No need to reiterate brian, you`re just wrong. End of.

[Mileyisawhore99]

@brian9999 Big tits.

[Yehbytheway]

Reminds me they have just built some new high rises in Bootle behind the strand shopping centre.

Guess what colours ?

Grey and Brown.

Fucking vile for fucking miles and fucking miles

[TheKossOfKoss]

Yeah, I knew I had reason to like that boy. Some of his characters just creep me out, but hot damn, baby! He swears almost as well as I do! Gotta love that!

[TheKossOfKoss]

I knew there was a reason I like that boy! He can swear, almost as well as I do. Had to replay, four times. I was laughing too hard, to hear it.

[MrsWoman]

Oh I dunno, Ecclestone does some justice to it in a fanciable thesp kinda way.

As for those knocking the clip, have you never been to a working men's club up North? Ha.

[VernHands]

Love this

[wageandmark]

no wonder it went straight to tv.....

[lolfangirl]

Considering it was commissioned for the BBC and is only 1h10 long, no wonder indeed.

[purdy1985]

that doctor who has some mouth on him!

[meathdarch]

down town bootle hey mad man

[ladymiie]

No one could've done that better than him :)

[rapidset]

fucking awesome..... how poinient in this climate

[dirtyfuckpig]

i like this, can anyone tell me what its from?

[lolfangirl]

This is from Danny Boyle's BBC movie "Strumpet", which is released on R2 DVD and available at Amazon UK. I don't think it's out in the US, though.

[dirtyfuckpig]

cheers, off to see cooper clarke next month, cant wait

[tinytina789]

@dirtyfuckpig twat

[Theprettything]

i luv this

[Basstide]

the bloody cops are bloody keen

to bloody keep it bloody clean

the bloody chief's a bloody swine

who bloody draws a bloody line

at bloody fun and bloody games

the bloody kids he bloody blames

are nowehere to be bloody found

anywhere in chicken town

[Exeunt26]

Nah, doesn't work! You need the F sound and the hard consonant at the end. There is an old monologue that uses 'bloody' in the same way however, from the thirties I think, anyone know the one I mean?

[mathean]

The bloody things are bloody dear A bloody bob for a bloody beer And is it good? No bloody fear In bloody Orkney. The bloody dances make you smile The bloody bands are bloody vile It only cramps your bloody style In bloody Orkney. The bloody flicks are bloody old The bloody seats are bloody cold, You can't get in for bloody gold In bloody Orkney.

[mathean]

No bloody fun, no bloody games

No bloody times. The bloody dames

Won't even give their bloody names

In bloody Orkney.

There's nothing greets your bloody eye

But bloody sea and bloody sky

Roll on the mob! we bloody cry

In bloody Orkney.

[Jacko86plus5]

meh

[nails74]

would be better if they acted like chickens at the end instead of barking.

[Tulapeiwa]

Fucking WIN, man.

[nails74]

who gives a fuck?

[marielovesscott]

he looks interesting with hair

[barcelona36]

Eccleston, the fucking dogs bollocks.

[ChrisAbout]

fucking amazing

[BanditmanEXE]

RANDOM KARATE! 2:11

[Asuomynoa]

What are the other lyrics he's reciting in between the verses? It sounds like he's paraphrasing Shakespeare at points, or at least making reference to him.

[Exeunt26]

"Cream-faced loon" is from 'Macbeth' and "Once more in to the breach" 'Henry V' of course. "Blow Wind and crack your cheeks" from 'King Lear', not sure about "not for the proud man apart I write". Anyone else?

[Asuomynoa]

Wow, thanks.

Google leads me to believe that one's from "In my craft or sullen art" by Dylan Thomas, better known for "Do not go gentle into that good night."

[CKnightsofni]

The Doctor sure has a fowl mouth.

[samtwist]

I remember this! It was awesome!

[joewhittles]

Evidently!

[OneBleachedNaruto]

lol wut

[Hughie62]

Even more relevant today than when JCC first penned it, was that a wee bit of Charley Chuck

on the end?.

[brucepig]

Cooper Clarke is god but Eccleston adds that theatrical edge that Clarkey misses.

[maaxwell3435]

nah, i enjoy the dry delivery of jcc, this isnt letting the words portray the meaning

[bunkerarchaeology]

...genius...!

[greenegg]

just brilliant!

[TarotLovesClaude]

I love that clip!

[zedtherapist]

Danny Boyle's probably most bizzare film. (along with Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise)

[Exeunt26]

Sacrilege, but I prefer Eccleston's reading to Cooper Clarke's!

[veniceadriana]

So do I!

[Walls2008]

As do I!

[sayanything10]

love it