Allen Ginsberg live in London

Allen Ginsberg - Beat poet, father of flower-power, US cultural icon, reading his anti-war poem 'Hum Bom!', on stage, at HEAVEN nightclub (October 19 1995) Charing Cross London, at the megatripolis club-night, to an audience of about 1000 people. Re-written and updated for the two Iraq wars. Part I codifies a longer improvisation in a Southern church at an antiwar rally marking U.S. carpet-bombing in North Vietnam, from the early '70s. The bombing of Iraq prompted another seven stanzas'. Gog and Magog are mirror-image mad puppets of war, prophesied to appear before world's final destruction, Biblical Armageddon, (see Ezekiel and Revelation).
Ginsberg was reading as part of his penultimate trip to the UK which included performing at the Royal Albert Hall the previous evening, accompanied by Paul McCartney on guitar.
The performance was great, incorporating all the characteristics for which good performance poetry is renowned.
Thanks to British poet Tom Pickard, assisting Allen. Booked by Lee Harris. Filmed by Steve Teers.




There is another clip from this reading (of 'Fifth Internationale') on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRbWqXjj8Rg




This archive clip with courtesy of The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd c Copyright 1995 by Allen Ginsberg, Steve Teers, Diva Pictures (UK).(www.divapix.co.uk)




A DVD film 'Allen Ginsberg live in London' was released of this reading in June 1995 and is still available on amazon.co.uk at link http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0009S9LPS/ref=s9_simx_gw_s1_p74_t1?pf_rd_... )
DVD websites: www.allenginsbergdvd.com and www.myspace.com/allenginsbergliveinlondon
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[jonwy]

Vaclav Havel RIP

[chronodyne]

i'd love to read some of yours

[iwannabeyourdog1969]

what the fuck's wrong with these stupid comments?

ginsberg should have a fucking statue built to his name

[terrabun]

pretty surreal comments on this vid.. also, Megatripolis. greatest club night ever <3

[Denmark25100]

Poetry and performance are not mutually exclusive, surely? Ginsberg delivers his poems audaciously, of course, but then so does someone like Berryman (of whom I doubt anyone would 'deride' as a performance poet). All the best, Marcus from London.

[1214546151]

非常喜欢他的诗歌，有种过来的朋友吗？

[sidecrank]

Zionist degradation

[Snotra]

OBAMA~

[AndyRiotRed]

This isn't a poem, its performance art, its all about the delivery. Your not supposed to READ it. Your supposed to experience it.

[s90skank]

great!

[RebelAngel4321]

On this day/year I was born.

[Kellims313]

Hmm...it's different. But I can't decide if I like it yet. I think I do? It is quite funny:)