Beamish Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 the Sheffield 'poet' John Cooper Clark? Roundabout late 70's early 80's. Beamish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 If it's THE John Cooper Clarke, he was the Bard of Salford, not Sheffield. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_Clarke http://www.cyberspike.com/clarke/ "Keith Joseph smiles and a baby dies, In a box on Beasley Street" When I was a student I lived in Moss Side / Whalley Range in Manchester in Darnley Street. That poem fitted Darnley Street excellently! http://www.cyberspike.com/clarke/beasley.html Oh....and I think he lived with Nico (of Velvet Underground fame) for a while in the 1980s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkingman Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 John Cooper Clarke is a brilliant poet, if only for "Beasley Street" alone. "A Love Story In Reverse" is another favourite of mine. He's appeared at the Boardwalk a couple of times in the last couple of years. If I remember rightly, the "Sheffield Poet" of the time was a guy called Mark Miwurdz. Anyone know what he's doing now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasonic Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Is John Cooper Clarke responsible for Psycle Sluts 1 & 2? I think he's from Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 If I remember rightly, the "Sheffield Poet" of the time was a guy called Mark Miwurdz. Anyone know what he's doing now? I'm pretty sure Mark Miwurdz was from Bolton... Did Sheffield have any punk poets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggletail Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I'm pretty sure Mark Miwurdz was from Bolton... Did Sheffield have any punk poets? He was originally 'Marx' Miwurds as postered in and around West St. Nice bloke, used to drink in the Hanover, Broomhall. Buggered of to London and did a bit of TV and stuff. As said by others here (John cooper Clarkes) Beasley Street was brilliant, slowly building and increasing in energy, so many lines in the lyrics still come to mind. FAR FROM CRAZY PAVEMENTS ...THE TASTE OF SILVER SPOONS A CLINICAL ARRANGEMENT ...ON A DIRTY AFTERNOON WHERE THE FECAL GERMS OF MR. FREUD ...ARE RENDERED OBSOLETE THE LEGAL TERM IS NULL AND VOID IN THE CASE OF... BEASLEY STREET IN THE CHEAP SEATS WHERE MURDER BREEDS SOMEBODY IS OUT OF BREATH SLEEP IS A LUXURY THEY DON'T NEED ...A SNEAK PREVIEW OF DEATH BELLADONNA IS YOUR FLOWER MANSLAUGHTER YOUR MEAT SPEND A YEAR IN A COUPLE OF HOURS ON THE EDGE OF BEASLEY STREET WHERE THE ACTION ISN'T THAT'S WHERE IT IS STATE YOUR POSITION VACANCIES EXIST IN AN X-CERTIFICATE EXERCISE EX-SERVICEMEN EXCRETE KEITH JOSEPH SMILES AND A BABY DIES IN A BOX ON BEASLEY STREET FROM THE BOARDING HOUSES AND THE BEDSITS FULL OF ...ACCIDENTS AND FLEAS SOMEBODY GETS IT WHERE THE MISSING PERSONS FREEZE WEARING DEAD MEN'S OVERCOATS YOU CAN'T SEE THEIR FEET A RIFF JOINT SHUTS - OPENS UP RIGHT DOWN ON BEASLEY STREET CARS COLLIDE, COLOURS CLASH DISASTER MOVIE STUFF FOR A MAN WITH THE FU MANCHU MOUSTACHE REVENGE IS NOT ENOUGH THERE'S A DEAD CANARY ON A SWIVEL SEAT THERE'S A RAINBOW IN THE ROAD MEANWHILE ON BEASLEY STREET SILENCE IS THE CODE HOT BENEATH THE COLLAR ...AN INSPECTOR CALLS WHERE THE PERISHING STINK OF SQUALOR ...IMPREGNATES THE WALLS THE RATS HAVE ALL GOT RICKETS THEY SPIT THROUGH BROKEN TEETH THE NAME OF THE GAME IS NOT CRICKET CAUGHT OUT ON ...BEASLEY STREET THE HIPSTER AND HIS HIRED HAT DRIVE A BORROWED CAR YELLOW SOCKS AND A PINK CREVAT NOTHING LA-DI-DAH O-A-P MOTHER-TO-BE WATCH THE THREE-PIECE SUITE WHEN ****STOPPER DRAINS AND CROCODILE SKIS ARE SEEN ON ...BEASLEY STREET THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND ...A ONE-EYED MAN IS KING BEAUTY PROBLEMS ARE REDEFINED ...THE DOORBELLS DO NOT RING A LIGHT BULB BURST LIKE A BLISTER THE ONLY FORM OF HEAT WHERE A FELLOW SELLS HIS SISTER ...DOWN THE RIVER ON BEASLEY STREET THE BOYS ARE ON THE WAGON THE GIRLS ARE ON THE SHELF THEIR COMMON PROBLEM IS ...THAT THEY'RE NOT SOMEONE ELSE THE DIRT BLOWS OUT THE DUST BLOWS IN YOU CAN'T KEEP IT NEAT IT'S A FULLY FURNISHED DUSTBIN ...SIXTEEN BEASLEY STREET VINCE THE AGEING SAVAGE BETRAYS NO KIND OF LIFE ...BUT THE SMELL OF YESTERDAY'S CABBAGE AND THE GHOST OF LAST YEAR'S WIFE THROUGH A CONSTANT HAZE OF DEODORANT SPRAYS HE SAYS ...RETREAT ALSATIANS DOG THE DIRTY DAYS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF BEASLEY STREET PEOPLE TURN TO POISON QUICK AS LAGER TURNS TO **** SWEETHEARTS ARE PHYSICALLY SICK EVERY TIME THEY KISS IT'S A SOCIOLOGIST'S PARADISE EACH DAY REPEATS UNEASY, CHEASY, GREASY, QUEASY ...BEASTLY, BEASLEY STREET EYES DEAD AS VICIOUS FISH LOOK AROUND FOR LAUGHS IF I COULD HAVE JUST ONE WISH I WOULD BE A PHOTOGRAPH ON A PERMANENT MONDAY MORNING GET LOST OR FALL ASLEEP WHEN THE YELLOW CATS ARE YAWNING AROUND THE BACK OF BEASLEY STREET LYRICS © JOHN COOPER CLARKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 JCC became a heroin addict is what I heard, maybe still is. He still performs from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry_Legs Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 He entered the dragon, and exited Jonny Claaarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulcrofts Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Mark Miwurdz is now plain Mark Hurst i think, and doing stuff on radio 4. Saw him several times in the early eighties, and he was always good. Seen JCC a few times as well over the years, and he's always been entertaining. and funny. He's playing the Boardwalk 25th Oct for anyone interested. Altogether now.. "what kind of creature bore you, was it some kind of bat they can't find a good word for you, but i can....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 we had graehme fellows also known as john shuttleworth and also jilted john http://www.shuttleworths.co.uk/home.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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