John Cooper Clarke on touring with the Buzzcocks, meeting Chuck Berry, and inspiring the Arctic Monkeys

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In this episode, Louis speaks with the Poet Laureate of Punk, the Bard of Salford, the Doctor: performance poet John Cooper Clarke. The pair discuss John’s time touring with the Buzzcocks, meeting Chuck Berry backstage, and how his poetry inspired Alex Turner to form Arctic Monkeys.     Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.     Links/Attachments:    Book: Have It, John Cooper Clarke (2026)  https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/have-it/9781037404191    Book: I Wanna Be Yours, John Cooper Clarke (2020)  https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/i-wanna-be-yours/9781509896127     Advert: Honey Monster & John Cooper Clarke (1988)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ced-0BwY9E     Poem: A Subaltern’s Love Song, John Betjeman (1940)  https://allpoetry.com/A-Subaltern's-Love-Song     Poem: Slough, John Betjeman (1937)  https://allpoetry.com/poem/8493391-Slough-by-Sir-John-Betjeman     Song: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, The Smiths (1985)  https://open.spotify.com/track/48veRDsAEBOJJnVnnabV99     Poem: Evidently Chickentown, John Cooper Clarke (1980)  https://open.spotify.com/track/3bJxvUhRN4nJgab71HkIjc     TV Show: The Sopranos (1999-2007)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/     Poem: TWAT, John Cooper Clarke (1979)  https://open.spotify.com/track/0yEZiblovbuepAogvzSe2w     Poem: I Wanna Be Yours, John Cooper Clarke (1982)  https://open.spotify.com/album/2etRijq79Wz2U9TIy9ZpdM     Song: I Wanna Be Yours, Arctic Monkeys (2013)  https://open.spotify.com/track/5XeFesFbtLpXzIVDNQP22n     Film: House of Usher (1960)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053925/     Book: Tales of Mystery & Imagination, Edgar Allen Poe (1839)  https://wordsworth-editions.com/product/tales-of-mystery-and-imagination/     Book: Les Fleurs du Mal, Charles Baudelaire (1857)  https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/the-flowers-of-evil-les-fleurs-du-mal/     Poem: The Man Who Didn’t Love Elvis, John Cooper Clarke (2018)  https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/the-luckiest-guy-alive/9781509896066    Poem: Salome Malone, John Cooper Clarke (1978)  https://open.spotify.com/track/597ALlSF9Zz08DmYaTrKAr    Song: I’m A Lazy Sod, Sex Pistols (1977)  https://open.spotify.com/track/760CNZQRrfO7Dse1mkYVn6     Poem: A Cheap Agnostic Funeral, John Cooper Clarke (2026)  https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john-cooper-clarke/have-it/9781037404191     Producer: Millie Chu   Senior Assistant Producer: Maisie Ellen Williams   Junior Production Manager: Rosie Pender  Production Executive: Francesca Bassett  Original Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  Video Editor: Scott Edwards  Audio Editor: Tom Guest  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows    A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices