Amongst all of the great bands and songwriters that came out of Salford in the early 70s and 80s, John Cooper Clarke has perhaps never received the recognition he deserves. Although to be fair, Clarke doesn’t really do pop songs. His brand of dark spoken verse set against harsh and straining instrumentals is a somewhat acquired taste. However, his lyrics are often filled with humour and have a unique ‘WTF’ factor.
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John Cooper Clarke- (I Married) A Monster From Outer Space
Link doesn’t work!
There’s been a recent re-edit of this and it was awesome, please fix it I could never find a digital version before…
link should be working now. Heard the edit “John Cooper Clarke – From Outer Space (Pacific/Loverman Edit)” it on beats in space will stick it up in a bit