In praise of John Cooper Clarke...

[GuyBoden]

Spooky! I lived in Prestwich for a year when I was at uni.

Nico lived with John Cooper Clarke on Sedgley Park Road in the 1980's.

Beechcroft flats.

(The facts are vague, it could have been Alan Wise's flat)

 

[Maenchi]

Nico lived with John Cooper Clarke on Sedgley Park Road in the 1980's.

Beechcroft flats.

easy for a score around there then I guess at the time ?

 

[slowmotion]

How come no one's mentioned that poem of his where the title rhymes with hat?

Here it is.

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]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu4fiRFhC-4[/media]

 

[FishFright]

^ You beat me to it ^

 

[slowmotion]

^ You beat me to it ^

Enjoy it while you can. Given the chilly winds of puritanism that are swirling hereabouts, it might not be up for long.

 

[FishFright]

Enjoy it while you can. Given the chilly winds of puritanism that are swirling hereabouts, it might not be up for long.

As long as it's not Remain it should be safe from those who must be questioned.

 

[GuyBoden]

“You could argue that prejudice and the ability to generalise is what separates us from the lower mammals. These are the very reasons for our survival as a species. Let’s say you and me were in Peckham. In a back alley. Alone. After closing time. Seven young guys are approaching us, wearing hoods. Now you, being unprejudiced, would give them the benefit of the doubt. You would persuade yourself that they could be Franciscan monks. Whereas I, in that situation, tend to err on the side of caution. Why? Because I’m prejudiced."
JCC interview

http://internationaltimes.it/john-cooper-clarke-wise-words/

 

[User6179]

The farking legs are farking old

The farking rides are farking cold

The farking tyre is farking flat

The farking riders have farking hats

The farking roads are farking wrong

The farking hills are farking long

It farking gets you farking down

Evidently Cycle town