One of the most overlooked genius in modern history.

@jayrox40

6 жыл бұрын

Only by the uneducated.

@gwendolynemaeystadt7531

4 жыл бұрын

genius is not the word, neither are the other words you use

@muddysoul5544

3 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy Scutts ..& don't forget Robert Calvert too!

@uttaradit2

3 жыл бұрын

JCC aint bad either

@alistairproductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@gwendolynemaeystadt7531 Lol

That bass line is sick

@andrewwreck6261

3 жыл бұрын

Is it Martin Hannett playing it?

@jpm9628

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewwreck6261 It's Martin Hannett. A great man of music

@leezeppelin48

2 жыл бұрын

Aye, and the rest of it!

@InterestingFingz

Жыл бұрын

Reminder: send ya kids to The J J Burnel School of Bass

@grizcuz

Жыл бұрын

@@InterestingFingz Nah, Hooky could eat JJ for breakfast. Send your kids to the Hooky School Of Bass, but remind them to wear their instruments somewhere in-between the two extremes of Hooky and Mark King in order to retain a healthy posture as they grow up.

dude i love the rhythmic gum chewing

If the flood comes again And they're building an Ark I hope they find two Of John cooper Clarke

"The less I like someone the nicer I am to them" - quote from someone somewhere.

Was on desert island discs today.he picked Ella Fitzgerald,Sinatra, Jerry Lee, and Elvis.then to go with Shakespeare and the Bible,he requested a lump of opium twice the size of his head.hilarious and original.

A friend in need is a friend in debt. Brilliant line!

Genius and a totally lovely guy..... still lovin' John..... 🥰👍❤️

What a genius. Absolute legend. Love this.

Feeling a bit down and this doesn't exactly fix it but it makes it a whole lot better, the power of music and poetry!

A friend in need, is a friend debt

"I think its clever to swear" love that line, can't count how many times my parents and grandparents asked me in my teens if i thought I was clever for swearing lol I had thay Johnny Clarke attitude from an early age

@anneliamohara2842

Жыл бұрын

Class act love him !!☘️☘️

I’m English I have no idea what these Guys are singing, but its the best rock and roll I’ve heard for years. They are brilliant

This is so much better than the studio version, love it.

poetic genius.. every syllable and word match perfect with the beat.. it's a perfect example of rock and roll poetry

THIS IS CLASSIC TIMELESS PIECE OF MUSICAL GENUIS .IT NEVER GETS OLD!!THE NOB JJC SINGS ABOUT IS ALWAYS ABOUT IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE !!ONCE YOU GET SOMEONE PINNED OR PLACED AS A NOBHEAD AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE OR IN MODERN TIMES AVOID LIKE COVID 19!!!MARTIN HANNETT'S BASS IT OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD!!NO WONDER JOY DIVISION WERE SO GOOD WORKING WITH A MAN OF MARTIN'S CALIBER!!!JOHN COOPER CLARKE'S WORDS,SINGING ,RAPPING AND VOCALS ARE TOP OF THE PRODUCTION LINE OD GREAT PERFORMERS!!LOVE THIS!!

@royferguson3909

2 жыл бұрын

thanks

An incredibly underrated artist.

@Jamie-js3qw

Жыл бұрын

did he ever receive a low rating though?

@WORD_VIRUS

11 ай бұрын

@@Jamie-js3qw If I were judging from this comment section at least, I’d say probably not. Which makes me happy.

@johnsealy733

18 күн бұрын

Never underated

Great baseline! Greater singer. JCC, you ROCK!!!

The punk poet .....What can you say amazing.

Does this bass guitar SLAY in this mix or what??

@rustblade5021

2 жыл бұрын

played by none other than Martin Hannett. RIP

I write my own stuff, aone man band and no two ways about it. JCC is a huge influence, lyrically. Absolutely brilliant.

@kouzaris579

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best poetic influences to have!

@BeasleyStreet

Жыл бұрын

He is the original, the genre is his...

I love John Cooper Clarke. I bought tickets for 6 to see him in Boston USA. I got a message that his visa was having some bullshiiite difficulty. I hope it gets reschuled. This happened once before when he was scheduled to appear at the Linwood Grille in Boston about 8 years back. I'd won tickets to see the show on college radio. (all respect to Sarah's 'Gorilla Got Me' show). I got a call shortly before the show saying that it got cancellec. FREE JOHN COOPER CLARKE for chrissakes.

@peacenik4168

Жыл бұрын

I believe he's due to do a show in Evanston @ SPACE, Chicago venue Tues Sept 12th.

wow! I never heard this guy....is quite amazing!

@memkiii

Жыл бұрын

Beasly Street and Valley of the Lost Women next...

I love him with a full band!

Absolute f***ing LEGEND.....!!

I've come to listen J. C.C. on a comedy show and appreciate his poetic lines ....great work ,,, thanks for posting...keep rolling until the kids learn those lines at Uni.

Fabulous intro: 'Here he comes now!'

Ooh weee!!! I gotta learn this song. This would kill at a campfire.

Brilliant! Took me a long time to find JCC, but better late, than never!

@vonbeaver99

3 ай бұрын

He’d be the first to tell you that you don’t need the commas

The John Cooper Clarke of the BEHS!!

1st guy I ever saw on a stage. I was at my 1st gig, Siouxsie and the Banshees in Cardiff. I was a 14 year old punk with a green mohican (mohawk for all you in the U.S,) right down the front leaning on the chest high stage and this bloke comes on. I expected him to introduce the support band but he starts reeling out poetry, I thought "what the fuck?" but within 20 seconds I was a fan and have loved his stuff ever since. A damn fine introduction to gigs and the world of punk poetry. Shit!! I just realised how long ago that was. Today the doctor told me I have a shadow on both my lungs. I wonder if I got cliff Richard on one of my kidneys. This gettin old shit is a bit of a twat init. Never mind, I'm looking forward to using the best excuse in the world. My mates grandfather was found pissing in a phone box by two pigs. He looked at them and said "Fuck off I'm old" Brilliant! What could they say? "No you're not" I can't wait to use that one. Still a few years yet. Then again I might not get there. That will be a disappointment.

@BeukerHarriede

4 жыл бұрын

And , made it ?

@127cmore

4 жыл бұрын

What year was it, 81 ?

@s3nsec0rruptr80

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you get a chance to tell off a couple pigs cos you're "old"!

@janebattams6607

3 жыл бұрын

You are a lucky lucky bastard !

@kevmoreland8106

3 жыл бұрын

three years since you posted this....hope you re still about silverhand290

Only 47k views? impossible. I myself only watched it 500k times.

@KatesFree

4 жыл бұрын

Well, we have a lot of work to do.

Feeling some serious Manc pride right now ;D

@warrengarfield309

Жыл бұрын

One of the many great Manchurian talents, Smiths etc.

@kingnotail3838

Жыл бұрын

@@warrengarfield309 *Mancunian Manchuria is a region of China.

@kingnotail3838

11 ай бұрын

@TomGibbons-ll2wy thanks for explaining that to someone whose entire family come from Salford. As if anyone really cares. As far as I'm concerned, anyone from Greater Manchester counts as a Manc

His collaboration with the Honey Monster was the pinnacle of his career..

So many inspiration for other artists in these lyrics! Happy mondays (What you see is what you get), Arctic monkeys (I don't want to be nice), maybe even Placebo (A friend in need is a friend in debt)?

@JimmyTheTurtle892

3 жыл бұрын

That heavy bass line and the style of the vocals reminds me a lot of Sleaford Mods. If you like this, you may also enjoy them.

I can't get this out of my head I love it.

what a time it was to be young and full of beans keep on pushing through the bull shit folks

sopranos brouht me here - good music

Wot a great band.he had

jcc is the kiddie no messing about

For those of you new to John... The bass player is legendary producer to Joy Division, Happy Mondays and many others. He's responsible for mating John's lyrics to music perfect for it. Martin is legendary among the "Manchester Sound" musicians for good reason, but IMO his 2 1/2 albums he did with JCC are some of the best rock ever made. Numerous famous musicians from that era played with the Invisible Girls which was really the name for Martins fluid band, Bill Nelson, members of the Buzzcocks. Pianist Steve Hopkins had a PhD in experimental Physics and even more impressive to me was a plumber. I'm a fan since the early 80s maybe the 70s. John Cooper Clarke - Vocals, Martin Hannett - Bass Guitar. Steve Hopkins - Piano. Paul Burgess - Drums. ----- If you'd like great poetry mated to rock music try: Jim Carroll "Catholic Boy"

@user-rl5mk9ei5d

7 ай бұрын

Not Paul Burgess on drums.

I understand now why I love Sleaford Mods so much.

I saw him live about this time. One of the best gigs I ever went to and I am a jazz fan. His words are always easy to listen to, unlike many today. Still going strong.

Thank fuck this got re-uploaded to youtube

Great guitar solo.

similar to Idles(Joe Talbot) vocals..but 40 years earlier!!! Only Love for JCC

Outraged that we Americans have been cheated out of JCC and I won't stand for it a minute longer! I'm organizing a black boots/skinny jeans march to raise awareness.

@peterbliek8614

6 жыл бұрын

I hate acting nice

@andrewchallis579

6 жыл бұрын

Check out Jake Thakray

@CliffHendroval

5 жыл бұрын

One of the few times he played in the US he was booed off the stage after 2-1/2 numbers when he opened for Rockpile at The Palladium in NYC. Nick Lowe came out and swore at the crowd that he'd have to play for in a few minutes.

@rael1999

5 жыл бұрын

Lol...nice one. Johnnie got noticed in the States when they chose 'Evidently Chicken Town' to end one of The Sopranos episodes ! kzread.info/dash/bejne/pHaXxMVxlbrgZrg.html

@dagnabitkat

5 жыл бұрын

I will subscribe to this revolution.

"I think it's clever to swear." It most certainly is.

Funny funny fella chatted to him after a gig in Wakefield a couple o years ago . No one can call him a cult .

BRILLIANT.

I give this performance Four Out Of Five

@adib6117

2 жыл бұрын

got the jokes man

@davidh7126

Жыл бұрын

4? Be nice

"A friend in need is a friend in debt"

Music lifted directly from Stranglers

Real Legend x

This Legend is over looked by the ill informed .. my dad put me onto him in the 80s.. one of Manchester's Finest

@Silverhand290

6 жыл бұрын

Your dad sounds like a decent bloke. Hi to you both.....J

@Dijahtal_Arts_Not_Digital_Arts

5 жыл бұрын

76 to 79 saw him many times....Rabid Records..Manchester Music Force. The Ritz, Rock Against The Dole with LKJ, Manchester Art College, Hole in the wall

@barriejackson965

5 жыл бұрын

Mellow Four20 hi, very true.Such clever lyrics. Have you seen him live?p

@edithesatneebout9314

5 жыл бұрын

@@barriejackson965 I have. lol He's mate. 😁😂

@gwendolynemaeystadt7531

4 жыл бұрын

he should have told you that overlooked was in one word

superb.

Punk Dylan

@punkisinthedetails1470

3 жыл бұрын

Turn the sound off and it's just, Dylan. lol

@punkisinthedetails1470

3 жыл бұрын

Anarchy along the Watchtower

@punkisinthedetails1470

3 жыл бұрын

God Save the Quinn

@punkisinthedetails1470

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Mr Policeman

@punkisinthedetails1470

3 жыл бұрын

Tangled up in bollocks.

Wow, this is fucking great

so this is where blur go the idea for parklife, and sleaford mods took great inspiration

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It is clever to swear. 👍

You are so easy to resist

Jisr discovered this and insta love it ❤

this is geart!

Love it

I bet that got whispering Bob clutching his pearls in indignation

Thee Best.

Genius.

Love

that was nice

I don't wanna be nice and you know that take it easy for a little while

I have a sudden hankering for Bubblicious

Just the best

Fucking awesome!

Sensibilities are vastly different to mine; study the mystics and you find, their minds rarely move in a line, but it does not matter.

Muito top demais

The last thing I need is another friend 😂

My mantra for 2021

Love John he has so much mojo and rythm even when he is just scratching his ass on stage.

What a legend

Still a better singer than Bob Dylan

@brubeck1

2 жыл бұрын

the guy worshiped dylan just look how hes dressed its dylan 66 .

@tdawes33

Жыл бұрын

dumb

@robcockayne

Жыл бұрын

True, as evidenced on his album with Hugh Cornwell

@robcockayne

Жыл бұрын

@@brubeck1 Also true

@lackof548

Жыл бұрын

Anyone is.

One of my mum's best friends back in the day,and no ,she didn't wanna be nice .......

And featuring Wythenshawe's Paul Young of sad Cafe and Mike and the Mechanics fame on Percussion

Nobody wanted to be nice in 1978.

@dagnabitkat

5 жыл бұрын

It was awesome.

@gwendolynemaeystadt7531

4 жыл бұрын

but we were

@1990hennesy

4 жыл бұрын

How about Mother Teresa?

@stephaniegriffiths251

3 жыл бұрын

I still don't!

@sepehrsoleimani37

2 жыл бұрын

@@1990hennesy Dammn 😂

Nice work son :)

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I don't want to be nice and you know that

I wish people listened to me a few years ago when I said "listen to sleaford mods", sounds like JCC...

with robert charlebois doing the second drums, how far can it get?

FUCKING fantastic

Ima start chewing gum just cause I saw this.

If Bob Dylan had a younger, and way cooler brother who was raised elsewhere... County Borough of Salford, say.

@olivier3847

Жыл бұрын

cooler than dylan does not exist

It IS clever to swear.

That bassline is better than that guitar solo.

Never seen this before, it's great. I'm betting the Sleaford Mods have seen it though 😉

He's still brilliant today, although he looks a bit worse for wear. Ha Ha

@Black.Sabbath

Жыл бұрын

He looks like an old granny.

boomshanka

👌👌👌👌💯

Bob Dylan, john Lyndon, lou reed , Robert Smith. Influences.

@royferguson3909

2 жыл бұрын

not

He looks and sounds like a hybrid of Keith Richards, Shane McGowan and Johnny Rotten

@olivier3847

Жыл бұрын

i think you forgot dylan '66