There’s a tradition with this. One would expect it to be kind of updated, in much the same way that Sinatra might use different comparisons for a song like ‘You’re The Top’ by Cole Porter. Most of Clarke’s poetry is rhythmic and can be set to music. His book will be a joy for both lifelong fans and for a whole new generation. The song focuses on similar themes in the poem. I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Covercito pocho de, bueno, esta en el titulo ¿no? Arctic MonkeysAM℗ Domino Recording Co LtdReleased on: 2013-09-09Artist: Arctic MonkeysAuto-generated by YouTube. I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust If you like your coffee hot Let me be your coffee pot You call the shots I wanna be yours. if u like ur coffee hot. I probably go to a great many more funerals than you do, so take it from me. 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). The song reworks John Cooper Clarke’s poem of the same name. This is possibly a nod to Elvis Presley who had a hit single with a song called Teddy Bear. Hold your hair in deep devotion (How deep?) I wanna be yours In an interview, Clarke said his poem is: one of a classic style of love poem, love song, in which the writer expresses his desire to be useful to the object of his desire. Wanna be yours John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. I just wanna be yours [Chorus] Wanna be yours I think it’s great the band have used it, because I think it was always kind of a song. I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry, from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey. Wanna be yours I Wanna Be Yours is fantastically entertaining . Wanna be yours In an interview, Clarke said his poem is: Secrets I have held in my heart Are harder to hide than I thought Maybe I just wanna be yours I wanna be yours, I wanna be yours Wanna be yours Wanna be yours Wanna be yours I wanna be yours Maybe I just wanna be yours It’s come to my attention that it’s the wedding favourite. I wanna be yours I Wanna Be Yours John Cooper Clarke. Alex changes the odd bit in the track, adding one of his own lines – “Secrets I have held in my heart / are harder to hide than I thought“. I wanna be your Ford Cortina Let me be your coffee pot I think that’s great, that’s what people do with songs. I wanna be yours Few memoirists have had better material to work with: heroin addiction, years living in a squat with Nico, endless love affairs and a TV appearance with the Honey Monster. An unlikely one. [Outro] I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours) [Chorus] 2019-08-27T13:49:09Z Comment by eve. I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry, from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey. [Verse 2] It’s a very old poem of his, and one day I was sitting there with me four-track and there was this riff that I had laid down, and I sat there with headphones on and just started singing this melody and saying that line, “I want to be yours…” and I remembered his poem, like, “Oh, shit. I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry, from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey. Wanna be yours Secrets I have held in my heart And I still wanna be your favourite girl I wanna be the one that makes your day The one you think about as you lie awake And I still wanna be your number one I’ll be your biggest fan and you’ll be mine But I still wanna break your heart and make you cry. I haven’t heard their version yet, but I know it’s gonna be great. wanna be urs. I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours). I wanna be your vacuum cleaner (Wanna be yours) As a writer of comic prose Clarke is the match of anyone alive, and his turns of phrase are as sharp as his suits (the view over 1950s Manchester from the fire escape behind his house was 'Coronation Street for a million miles'). Wanna be yours I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust If you like your coffee hot Let me be your coffee pot You call the shots, babe I just wanna be yours. Are you cool with that? You call the shots, babe I Wanna Be Yours Lyrics: Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah, uh / Honey, won’t you come with me? I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke is published by Picador (£20). I just wanna be yours (Wanna be yours) It’s a poem that owes a great deal to popular music. I wanna be your raincoat For those frequent rainy days I wanna be your dreamboat When you want to sail away Let me be your teddy bear Take me with you anywhere I don’t care I wanna be yours. That you’ll get cold without Clarke has chronicled his life and career in a sprightly memoir, I Wanna Be Yours, from his postwar childhood in Salford, blighted by tuberculosis, to establishment credentials. Once again this is an item associated with comfort. Maybe I just wanna be yours . It’s just John’s words. Wanna be yours I wanna be your setting lotion (Wanna be), I wanna be your vacuum cleaner (Wanna be yours), I wanna be your Ford Cortina (Wanna be yours), John Cooper Clarke’s poem of the same name, “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life” by Eric Idle, BasedFreestyle “Oil In The Hood” ft. LIL B by Lil B. The beat is strongly reminiscent of “Spanish Sahara.” About “I Wanna Be Yours” The song reworks John Cooper Clarke’s poem of the same name. I remember when it was—about ’83 or ’84 or something like that. I wrote it along with a load of others at the time, I tend to write like that. I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry, from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey. Breathin' in your dust (Wanna be yours) His drawl is as much a part of his peculiar ars poetica as the words of the poems themselves. Breathin' in your dust 2017-10-01T15:22:12Z Comment by imafireball2. I will never rust (Wanna be yours) In I Wanna Be Yours, Clarke chronicles his life from his early days growing up in a Salford suburb. @salma-nassef-949005866: … I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry, from Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson, Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso, Gil Scott Heron, Mark E. Smith and Joe Strummer, and on to more recent fans and collaborators Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey. Are harder to hide than I thought [Verse 1] Let me be the portable heater I wanna be your Ford Cortina (Wanna be yours) This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as only the inimitable John Cooper Clarke could deliver. You’re gonna wanna be my best friend, baby You’re gonna wanna be my best friend You’re gonna wanna be my best friend, baby. To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com. Wanna be yours Especially a number like that, because it cries out for updating because it uses brand names. Así que, dejémoslo simplemente en, "un covercito pocho" siono. Maybe we could make that fit somehow.” And then James Ford, the producer, was like, “Why don’t we do a really slow jam feel?” So then I thought those sweet, sexy melodies with a Johnny Clarke poem would be an awesome juxtaposition. Wanna be yours i wanna yours. At least as deep as the Pacific Ocean 2020-01-15T08:02:51Z Comment by aebaddies. I wanna be yours I Wanna Be Yours covers an extraordinary life, filled with remarkable personalities: from Nico to Chuck Berry; Bernard Manning to Linton Kwesi Johnson; Elvis Costello to Gregory Corso; Mark E. Smith to Gil Scott Heron and Joe Strummer and on to more recent fans and collaborators like Alex Turner, Plan B and Guy Garvey. About “I Wanna Be Yours” John Cooper Clarke, poet and national treasure, recorded this poem in 1982. If you like your coffee hot I WANNA BE YOURS is a memoir, covering his extraordinary life, from childhood through to parenthood, with people from his own family (so close to being a Beatles tribute group), to the time that 2-fifths of the Velvet Underground were living under his roof. Yeah, I would have expected that. Can you remember when you wrote “I Wanna Be Yours”? 2020-01-15T08:03:13Z Comment by kiera toles. The number of people that have said, ‘I had that read at my wedding’, or ‘My husband proposed to me using that number’… It’s been very useful in the world of modern romance! I wanna be your vacuum cleanerBreathing in your dustI wanna be your Ford CortinaI will never rustIf you like your coffee hotLet me be your coffee potYou call the shotsI wanna be yours, I wanna be your raincoatFor those frequent rainy daysI wanna be your dreamboatWhen you want to sail awayLet me be your teddy bearTake me with you anywhereI don’t careI wanna be yours, I wanna be your electric meterI will not run outI wanna be the electric heaterYou’ll get cold withoutI wanna be your setting lotionHold your hair in deep devotionDeep as the deep Atlantic oceanThat’s how deep is my devotion, You Never See a Nipple in the Daily Express. Topics. I wanna be yours In this section of the stanza, the narrator claims to want to be a teddy bear. Much of his tale is as bleak as his poetry, but Clarke is a droll observer of his own life, guiding us through a childhood of benign neglect to later heroin addiction and an often terrifying cast of characters. 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