One night a few years ago, while we were drunk and supposed to be rehearsing the band we were developing, my friend Simon Lord and I instead spent the evening making mash-ups of hip-hop instrumentals and spoken word poetry.
We found the instrumentals on YouTube and then tried to work out which artist worked with which poet. We got lucky on a few, some were pretty fluky.
Most are the actual poet reciting their work. We found these on YouTube too!
About two years ago we had another go at a few.
None of them are that perfectly finished (we were drunk) but they’re fun.
Again in our alcohol induced state, we imagined they would be a great way to teach kids about poetry….who knows.
This one is Sylvia Plath V Pharrell Williams