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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Lowbacca now this is podracing [2]
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showmeyourlist3 William Shatner did a quite nice interpretation of this song on his album "Has Been", you might like it too
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Daxxe One of my favourite 90s songs ever :D
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Nakkinak 10 stars song
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sweatbloodtears eloquent bitching, nicely put
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Nakkinak
now this is podracing
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RandallBoggs uncommonly good song
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Mosuila listen it and gonna cry
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fortunereader19 happy-go-lucky =)
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leaddove Everybody hates a tourist, especially one who thinks it's all such a laugh...
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myonlyweakness What an anthem!
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serpentshade jarvis, how i miss your sexy dialogue-lyrics! always brilliant & cheeky.
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gmerlina Love it!
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maxlharris #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 some of the most eloquent bitching ever <3
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maxlharris
and oh yeah, We are the 99%. She is the 1%.
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maxlharris
Fantastic. And William Shattner's cover is fantastic too.
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babyisonfire every single line is so clever and so catchy, it's impossible to not sing along to this.
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