Customer Reviews
Enter JCC - the sociologist finding his paradise, without repeats... - By: A reader, 25 May 2007 
A must for anyone who is capable of thought, this collection will stun you on its first hearing (this is normal, it will always happen), the lyrics/poems having a raw power that will make you wonder why you have never been able to write as he can. Scared of no-one, there can be no doubt JCC is fearlessin what he does write, but that's not to be thought of as arrogancein any way at all, no, it's observation of the highest order - he has something to say for sure. As for others here commenting on the music accompanying the words, I can only say that the strident/near discordant style actually enhances the tracks for me,in that respect Beasley Street is a tour de force - it's not music plus lyrics, it's music times lyrics. A great collection from an unsung hero.
A response to previous reviewer Michael J. Menary - By: A. Hunter, 13 Aug 2006 
John Cooper Clarke is a genius. Poet & visionary.
I saw him touring with The Fall last year & he stole the show.
Okay so he's not to your taste - what were you expecting WB Yeats? I refer you to Track 7. Sums it up nicely.
Admittedly I'd rather plump for the recently released 'Ou Est La Maison Du Fromage' but there you go.
Michael probably thinks Half Man Half Biscuit aren't as good musicans as Emerson Lake & Palmer as well, eh?
Missing the point doesn't come near it.
i had a teacher who looked like john c c ? - By: pinky pinkerton, 15 Jan 2006 i heard beasley st backin 1981 thought wow!! class now am 40 years young still thinking wow! genius???
I don't wanna be nice - By: D. M. Bleasdale, 28 Mar 2004 It is true that the music getsin the way sometimes - "Evidently Chicken Town" is a casein point - but his poetry is so much better than most lyrics that I am ready & willing to put up with the background noise. And some of the music works just fine.
It may all be a freak of chance - a Mancunian scally wag getting on stage at a time when anyone could, but he is great - he doesn't hold back, so don't moan about his Dylan '66 hair, just open your ears.
Mmmmmm 'Lyrics', 'Poetry' or 'Rap'? It doesn't matter he knocks you out with the bitter & twisted self-deprecating witty truth from the backstreets of a town near you.
Before he did the school tours - By: , 17 Apr 2003 Its true, John Cooper Clarke made poetry/music, thats how it went. He read his poetry along to music. This is the only way you will find him on cd. So for all you little schoolies who see him at the poetry live things you go to, this is the best you will get, music + jcc, the way it was meant to be. never the less, this is a top album &in many ways, the music adds to his lyrics.
