can i get an amen!?!

AMEN!!!





































(Whatchu talkin' bout?)

You should have seen me in my Jarvis Cocker period. Man
I was wicked



Dressed in my gran's old coat, sportin a hairdo that
looked like I'd dipped my head in a bucket of olive oil
wearing old velvet-ish suits, horrible ties, completely
wrong shoes, and sometimes even glasses.

Man, what the hell was I thinking? The only time I
could really pull that off was when I was with my friend
who used to wear these funky Mary Quant's



Psychedelic paterened mini dresses. We even had matching
handbags



I'm surprised we never got arrested.

We even got some looks in London, imagine. We were the
epitomy of sleaze and vulgarity, with a humorous twist.

This is the song that set me off on my run-down style,
living on cigarettes and coffee drinking vodka on the
way to school period:


Common People

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge.
She studied sculpture at St. Martin's college
that's where I
caught her eye.

She told me that her Dad was loaded.
I said "In that case I'll have rum and coca/cola"
She said "Fine"
and then in thirty second's time she said

"I want to live like common people
I want to do whatever common people do.
I want to sleep with common people
I want to sleep with common people like you."

Well what else could I do?
I said "I'll see what I can do."

I took her to a supermarket.
I don't know why
but I had to start it somewhere
so it started
there.

I said "Pretend you've got no money."
But she just laughed and said
"Oh you're so funny."
I said
"Yeah?
Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here.
Are you sure?

you want to live like common people.
You want to see whatever common people see.
You want to sleep with common people
you want to sleep with common people like me?"

But she didn't understand
she just smiled and held my hand.

Rent a flat above a shop.
Cut your hair and get a job.
Smoke some fags and play some pool.
Pretend you never went to school.
But still you'll never get it right
`cos when you're laid in bed at night
watching roaches climb the wall
if you called your Dad he could stop it all
yeah.

You'll never live like common people.
You'll never do what common people do.
You'll never fail like common people.
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
and then dance
and drink
and screw
because there's nothing else to do.

Sing along with the common people
sing along and it might just get you through.
Laugh along with the common people
laugh along even though they're laughing at you
and the stupid things that you do
because you think that poor is cool.

Like a dog lying in a corner
they will bite and never warn you.
Look out
they'll tear your insides out
`cos everybody hates a tourist
especially one who thinks it's all such a laugh
yeah
and the chip stains and grease
will come out in the bath.

You will never understand how it feels
to live your life
with no meaning or control
and with nowhere else to go.

You are amazed that they exist
and they burn so bright
whilst you can only wonder why.

Rent a flat above a shop.
Cut your hair and get a job.
Smoke some fags and play some pool.
Pretend you never went to school.
But still you'll never get it right
`cos when you're laid in bed at night
watching roaches climb the wall
if you called your Dad he could stop it all

yeah. You'll never live like common people.
You'll never do what common people do.
You'll never fail like common people.
You'll never watch your life slide out of view and then dance / and drink / and screw because there's nothing else

VinaBlue said:

well, baby, i ain't talkin' 'bout no orange juice!

IstenSzek said:

and let's not forget about disco 2000!!!

"why are my keys all sticky?" edit
[This message was edited Wed Nov 26 10:58:23 PST 2003 by imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty]

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Me and the above-mentioned friend actually agreed to meet
up [if we'd get out of touch] on new year's eve 1999 by
a certain fountain in the middle of town.

As it wound up, we were in London together, not speaking
anymore, both on different sides of the sity, skunk drunk
shagged silly by strangers, cheering the millennium on
with a hazy blur before our eyes and a sense that "we
should have done something with some fountain I think?"

We made up eventually...in june.

IstenSzek said:

that is the title of any book, movie or cd i ever make

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Call Will Self's publicist first, he might already have
acquired the copyright to that title

IstenSzek said:

if i ever need it, i'll look into that

Man, Jarvis is fuckin' HOT. He made me okay with my awkwardness...hell, he made me REVEL in it.

I've kissed yer mother...and now I'm workin' on yer dad...

He's the ultimate hispter sleazeball...DAMN I wanna piece of that skinny ass...

IstenSzek, I'd pay to see you in yer Cocker Get-Up.

Jarvis had his 15 minutes when he took a run at Michael Jackson a while back. Pulp are done. I can't see them coming up with anything refreshing.

PULP ruled. Vastly underrated.

Stuff like A Little Soul - amazing song - got hardly anywhere.

In other words... AMEN!!
[This message was edited Wed Nov 26 14:49:45 PST 2003 by 1p1p1i3]

AMEN!

Different Class
This Is Hardcore
We Love Life



in some moments, i can't hardly comprehend HOW FANTASTIC those albums are!
so sad they aren't around anymore. really much underrated.

SUNRISE!!!

This is HArdcore - love that song.


is pulp no more? i didn't hear that.

You know, I really loved "Different Class" and most of "This Is Hardcore"...

...slept on their latest...

anyone heard it? "We Love Life" I think it was called.

Seemed a bit bland...not much coverage in the press...

WE LOVE LIFE has also many fabulous songs. it's a bit more upliftig and less "decadent" like Jarvis Cocker said in an interview i read at the time the album was released. the album is worth it's money alone for "Sunrise"! i absolutely adore that song. but the other tracks are also pretty good. "Weeds I & II", "The Trees", "The Night That Minnie Timperly Died" - many "silly" lovesongs one would say but Pulp always get the right perspective with those songs. WE LOVE LIFE is a grower and good follow-up to THIS IS HARDCORE. really worth some listening.