Rhymes, Rock and Revolution: The Story of Performance Poetry
How the edges between performance poetry and popular music have become blurred, a cross-pollination that began in 1965 when Allen Ginsberg stormed the Royal Albert Hall stage.
Is poetry the new rock 'n' roll - or is rock 'n' roll the new poetry? This documentary explores how the edges between performance poetry and popular music have become blurred - a radical cross-pollination that began 50 years ago when Allen Ginsberg stormed the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. In the year when the Beats met The Beatles, the event turned a young generation on to verse - a revolution that shows no sign of slowing down in today's urban music and slam poetry scenes.
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The Bard of Salford
Duration: 03:00
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Poetry Incarnation
Duration: 02:00
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Casiokids
Fot I Hose
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Gil Scott鈥怘eron
Johannesburg
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Patti Smith
Horses
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Suede
Beautiful Loser
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Graham de Wilde
Echoes of Empire
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Tav Falco鈥檚 Panther Burns
The Bourgeois Blues
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Sex Pistols
Anarchy in the UK
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James Clarke
Blow Up A Go Go
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UK Subs
Confrontation
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Small Faces
Almost Grown
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Chappell
Lord John
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Sham 69
If the Kids are United
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John Cooper Clarke
Beasley Street
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Fatboy Slim
Everybody Needs a 303
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Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
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Buzzcocks
Fast Cars
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Israel
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The Liverpool Scene
Batpoem
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Public Enemy
Fight the Power
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Roots Manuva
First Growth
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X鈥怰ay Spex
I am a Poseur
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Gil Scott鈥怘eron
The Revolution will not be Televised
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The Scaffold
LIly the Pink
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Leonard Cohen
The Stranger Song
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Grasscut
Lights
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Television
Marquee Moon
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The Velvet Underground
The Murder Mystery
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The Equals
Police on My Back
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Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
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Gil Scott鈥怘eron
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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The Clash
White Riot
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Sex Pistols
Anarchy In The U.K.
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Kae Tempest
Lonely Daze
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | John Cooper Clarke |
| Presenter | Hollie McNish |
| Presenter | Phill Jupitus |
| Producer | Kemi Majekodunmi |
| Director | Kemi Majekodunmi |
| Executive Producer | Pauline Law |
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