I Wanna Be Yours: John Cooper Clarke

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A slim volume of poetry from an elder stateman of alternative culture - how can JCC be 73? Full of staccato verse, vim, malleability of language and with barbed humour in abundance. I was eagerly anticipating this and got it within a few hours of release; went for the audiobook version because JCC has one of the most characterful and listenable voices in showbusiness. Felt wrong listening to it at my usual 1.5 speed so I set it at normal pace and 15 hours in John's company later I'm going to start again at the beginning. a b c Hattenstone, Simon (29 May 2012). "John Cooper Clarke: 'It's diabolical how poor I am' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 October 2015. The life of a useless flâneur, however, was not encouraged in the 1950s, especially among the blue-collar population of a heavy-industrial metropolis like Manchester."

I Wanna Be Yours is written in the clear, down-to-earth, witty, gritty style that make his poems sing - those familiar with his delivery, from furious pace to long-drawn out Mancunian vowels and devilish wordplay, will read with his distinctive voice in their head (I look forward to returning and listening to the audiobook read by Dr Clarke).

Those hoping for extensive analysis of Clarke’s working methods will need to look elsewhere. “I thought it was better to write clever poetry about everyday shit than to feign an understanding of the entire world,” he says, by way of explanation. He is more expansive on the social and cultural developments of his youth. Indeed, you’d struggle to find a more comprehensive and entertaining account of 60s and 70s popular culture as he contemplates fashion, hair styles, hats, comics, breakfast cereals, magazines, domestic colour schemes and architecture.

Michigan. Supreme Court , Randolph Manning , George C. Gibbs , Thomas McIntyre Cooley , Elijah W. Meddaugh , Henry Allen Chaney , William Jennison , Hovey K. Clarke , William Dudley Fuller , Hoyt Post , James M. Reasoner , John Adams Brooks , Marquis B. Eaton , Herschel Bouton Lazell , Richard W. Cooper One of the greatest and coolest things I've always been able to tell people is that, not only do I live in the town where Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Humpty Dumpty were written, but that the captivating individual that is John Cooper Clarke lives here. And when you happen to see him, in these very ordinary settings, it's a bit like magic. He has such a striking and inimitable presence, it's like seeing a Tim Burton character come to life. He's like Edward Scissorhand's older and more sensitive brother. Sublime. What a new time in recent times to add to his classics. Speaking of which, this is how I felt in 2014 when re-reading John's 10 Years... The poems can be witty and funny, but along with some bitterness and cynicism and a lot of crudes and foul language, so it's not to everyone's taste if you are not aware of the poet and you are just taking it off the shelf.

I Wanna Be Yours’ (2020) Is the autobiography of erstwhile ‘punk poet’ - now ‘people’s poet’ Dr John Cooper Clarke - the book title itself taken from one of Clarke’s most popular poems of the same name. I wanted to like this book, I'm a fan of John Cooper Clarke's work and have seen him on stage a couple times and loved his shows. This book was not for me there were too many references to other muicians, which for some people would be of interest, but not me. It felt like half of the book was about his heroin addiction and his sourcing the drug and how he took it or what the effects of it were like. I know the book is an autobography and this is what his life was like for around twenty years, but I found it depressing to read. Again that probably is not the books fault but not what I want to spend so much time reading.