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Dr John Cooper Clarke

i_b_b_o_r_g
i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
in Not Sports Related
Anyone a fan on here?

He's doing a couple of localish dates in Spring 2019.

Canterbury Marlowe Theatre on Thursday 11th April

and

De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill On Sea on Thursday 16th May 2019.

More dates here - http://johncooperclarke.com/gigs/

Comments

  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Only ever seen him on Cats Does Countdown but like his stuff.

    Imagine he's very marmite though.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Jimmy Seed's mate
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Yeah agree. I think he's quality
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    Twat
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Very entertaining
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,359
    Can’t stand him, don’t know if I should find him amusing or thoughtful or is it something I don’t understand?
    And using the title Dr as if he is really entitled to it. Well maybe he is but isn’t it bad form to use Dr if it’s honouree?
    Also his hair winds me up.
  • church-lane
    church-lane Posts: 934
    Saw him last year. Fantastic?
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,736
    edited September 2018
    Do I have to ring early for emergency appointments ?


    Never heard of him
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Saw him at Ally Pally in 1981 with the Slits, the Pop Group and the Raincoats.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    Snap, Crackle and Bop is a wonderful album.
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  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,737
    He does what he does brilliantly. Am a fan.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,560
    De La Warr just down the road from me but I’ll give it a swerve thanks.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Funny on Cats does Countdown but not sure if I would want to watch a whole gig of his
  • PeakieRocket
    PeakieRocket Posts: 2,418
    Liked him when he does little snippets on cats does countdown, then saw him live at a festival but got bored half way through his set, so I left to go see something else.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    Ok in cameo appearances and one off’s......obviously a very talented fella.
    Despite that, there’s no way I could sit through an entire live performance.
    Twenty to thirty minutes would be my cut off point l reckon.
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,749
    He was completely pissed and not very funny last time I watched him live.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    Fucking brilliant
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    A big fan since the late ‘70s when he and Patrick Fitzgerald were lauded as the punk poets. I’m amazed he’s still going strong seeing as he looked very ill even then.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    He’s very very funny live. Seen him a couple of times, best friend is a big fan. Top bloke
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    He cracks me up....saw him supporting Elvis Costello in 1978 and down in Rochester about 5 years ago, bit of a break in between but still very funny. He's part poetry, part stand-up now, like someone said it’s great he’s still going, he’s never looked exactly healthy!
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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Saw him in a tent on Blackheath once, the late Malcolm Hardee was host, he was top of the bill but so poor I walked out.
    Saw him about a year or so later in the Cricketers pub by the Oval and he was excellent.
    Considering the kind of performer he is, I quite like that up and down aspect of him.
    One of my favourites for that kind of thing, but much lighter and sillier is John Hegley.

    A sample:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPF0AFnDfYM
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    unique .. 'so drunk he was swaying like an Ikea wardrobe' .. hahahha
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Malcolm Hardy - Another funny clever bloke. I was fortunate enough to have a good beer in his company on a few occasions
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    seth plum said:

    Saw him in a tent on Blackheath once, the late Malcolm Hardee was host, he was top of the bill but so poor I walked out.
    Saw him about a year or so later in the Cricketers pub by the Oval and he was excellent.
    Considering the kind of performer he is, I quite like that up and down aspect of him.
    One of my favourites for that kind of thing, but much lighter and sillier is John Hegley.

    A sample:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPF0AFnDfYM

    I went out with his ex girlfriend in the late 90s. She dumped me quite quickly.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,261
    Surprised this wasn't a RIP thread, poor bloke always looks on the verge of death. Don't mind him in Cats do Countdown bit longer stints could really grate

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