Pulp – Common People (5:52)
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Common People is a song by Pulp. It was released as a single in 1995, reaching number two on the UK singles chart. It also appears on the band’s 1995 album Different Class. The song is about those who were perceived by the songwriter as wanting to be “like common people” and who ascribe glamour to poverty. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as slumming or “class tourism”. A similar theme is explored in the 1960’s novel and film “Up The Junction”.
The inspiration for the song came from a Greek fellow student Pulp singer/songwriter Jarvis Cocker knew at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. In the lyrics, the narrator explains that his female acquaintance can “never be like common people”, because even if she gets an apartment where “roaches climb the wall” ultimately, “if called dad he could stop it all”, in contrast to the true common people who can only “watch lives slide out of view”. However, Cocker admittedly embellished the incident - in real life the woman in question said she wanted to “live like common people”, but in the song her character also declares: “I want to sleep with common people like you.” A BBC3 documentary failed to correctly locate the woman, who Cocker also admits could have been on any fine art course but “sculpture” sounded better. The lyrics were partly a response by Cocker, who usually focuses on the introspective and emotional aspects of pop, to more politically-minded members of the band like Russell Senior.
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gmerlina wrote:
Love it!
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maxlharris wrote:
#Occupy Common People. She wants to live like the 99%. She wants to do whatever the 99% do. She wants to sleep with the 99%, the 99% like you. Everybody hates a 1% tourist.
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heaventree22 wrote:
some of the most eloquent bitching ever <3
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nicki-77 wrote:
♥
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maxlharris wrote:
and oh yeah, We are the 99%. She is the 1%.
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maxlharris wrote:
Fantastic. And William Shattner's cover is fantastic too.
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babyisonfire wrote:
every single line is so clever and so catchy, it's impossible to not sing along to this.
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KommisarK wrote:
So it started - there.
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Harry_01 wrote:
Great song, yeah. :)
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RoomForSymmetry wrote:
I said "I'll see what I can do..."
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ot63 wrote:
I thought it said "colored people" at first. '___'
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gloria_pucci wrote:
Epic song is epic. [2]
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adamhazeq wrote:
!!!
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DonPinguin wrote:
@davidsakh you're silly for not openly loving this! :D
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Plastinaca wrote:
When I listen this song I image that..: ) http://coc.ilcannocchiale.it/mediamanager/sys.user/13174/palline3.jpg <3
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Pgreenall wrote:
Pulp were just fantastic @Reading 27/08. Aged but maturing like a fine wine.
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f_k_o_s wrote:
Brings out my inner socialist every time \o/
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RiggyDardust wrote:
XD
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Invincible638 wrote:
Love it, great lyrics!
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kitkat129 wrote:
Epic song is epic.
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