There's a thing called "slumming it" where wealthy people play at being poor, hanging out with poor people, sleeping with them, etc. The girl in the song is doing that and the singer is calling her out on it, saying that it doesn't matter how much she thinks she's being 'real', it's still a game to her and she can stop whenever she wants but the poor people are stuck with it.

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

I'm British but I know that slumming it in the United States used to refer to white people going to live in black areas in New York City in the early 20th century.

@gordowg1wg145

Жыл бұрын

@@ajs41 Interesting, TY for the additional historic reference. 👍😎

@billlane755

Жыл бұрын

Little rich girls on a poverty safari

@SvetlanaVladimirova8590

Жыл бұрын

"Slumming it"? Oh, you mean like Jarvis Cocker.

@spacefertilizer

Жыл бұрын

@@SvetlanaVladimirova8590 Jarvis certainly wasn’t

Wow. I wasn't expecting Pulp. Jarvis Cocker is iconic. I love his sass. In the song he says he met her at a college. She came from a wealthy family. She took a liking to him, who came from a very different background. It's about the class divide, and rich people treating poor people like a novelty.

@MikoSquiz

Жыл бұрын

The lady in question went on to be married to the Greek Minister of Finance.

@me_fault

Жыл бұрын

allegedly Danae Stratou

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

Жыл бұрын

Shame it was the worse version

@badger3743

Жыл бұрын

The class divide is much more definitive in English culture.

@badger3743

Жыл бұрын

Benefits of a classical education. Higher thinking is nothing to be frowned at.

It's hard to overstate the impact of Common People back in the day. When Pulp stood in for Stone Roses at Glastonbury, this song would have taken the roof off if there was one.

@CoboProdz

Жыл бұрын

Wow. That’s hard to believe. It’s such a terrible song and the music is even worse than the lyrics. Can’t imagine getting pumped up for this

@RobinHood-us7sg

Жыл бұрын

Iconic band - unless you’ve seen them live you wouldn’t understand. 90s was incredible for music in the UK

@jpeopolis

Жыл бұрын

Every time Stone Roses is mentioned I think of how "I want to be a door". Because that's what my little girl ears were hearing. haha

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

Жыл бұрын

@@CoboProdz you have no taste.

@richardanderson2820

Жыл бұрын

I think he’s more a Bieber kind of guy

The answer to "which one is the better band, Oasis or Blur?", is Pulp. You can do Disco 2000, or Sorted For The E's and Wizz, or Babies. This song is inspired in something that actually happened to Jarvis Cocker when he was at Uni.

@jpeopolis

Жыл бұрын

Fully-agree. Still have a soft spot for "Charmless Man", though. lol

@SSRT_JubyDuby8742

Жыл бұрын

😂👏👍

@SaturnusDK

Жыл бұрын

I had Different Class on repeat for weeks when it came out. Such a good album.

@kylenavyguy

Жыл бұрын

And don't forget Suede, another top band. Still going too. 😁

@piershollott339

Жыл бұрын

Some would say Suede... Pulp acted out a lot of the fantasies Blur and Oasis avoided. Upbeat goth music sums it up quite well, actually; whereas Suede acted out a lot of the darker stuff.

As an economically poor Australian boy who was in a long term relationship with a rich English girl...this song is insanely accurate. Love her to death even after we broke up... but she truly encompassed every aspect of this song. Amazingly accurate portrayal of the divide between the have's and have not's in this twisted world, and a catchy song to boot. :)

Pulp were an incredible band. This song is quintessentially British, it epitomises the British university student experience.

@penderyn8794

Жыл бұрын

You can say English. It's not racist 😏 I wouldn't say Pulp was quintessentially Welsh speaking or Scots Gaelic. It's very geeky mixed with being lower middle class suburbanites and Southern English if anything

@charliegeorge9393

Жыл бұрын

@@penderyn8794 a band from Sheffield...

@FightingTorque411

Жыл бұрын

@@penderyn8794 Quite a few will tell you that the North of England feels greater kinship with Scotland or Wales than the South...

@seang3019

Жыл бұрын

@@penderyn8794 cool your boots. They're not southern but they're well loved down south.

@cahillgreg

Жыл бұрын

@@charliegeorge9393 'Charlie George' - the hair, the footballer - those were the days. Mistaking Sheffield for - Lower middle class suburban southern England - That takes some doing.

Upbeat apathetic is about the best description I've ever heard, for this song.

There's a verse and bridge missing from this video version but included in the album track, and they really drive home the song's message: "Like a dog lying in a corner They will bite you and never warn you - Look out! they'll tear your insides out 'Cause 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 left to go You're amazed that they exist And they burn so bright While you can only wonder why..." Class divide, in short. This is Pulp's biggest hit but I personally like "Disco 2000" more, including its similarly quirky video.

@jpeopolis

Жыл бұрын

Yes. It's the best verse and I hate that it was kept out of radio edits here!

@LukelearMissile

Жыл бұрын

Adding to this the blanked-out lyric, due to what I can only describe as overbearing prudishness: 'And dance, and drink, [and screw], because there's nothing else to do' Plus its absence ruins a rhyming couplet

@Jabberwok28

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. All the verses are necessary to make the song whole, but one takes what one gets. I also like their song “Mile End” that was used in Trainspotting.

@ronparsons8786

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct it really detracts from the song to not have that person there. Still catchy as hell though

@lumpyfishgravy

Жыл бұрын

@@Jabberwok28 Trainspotting soundtrack is excellent! Not single duff. Damon Albarn's "Closet Romantic" is one of his best tracks.

Great song ...for a short period of time back in the 90s.this was the biggest song in the UK

This was/is a class anthem, regulary voted among the most beloved british pop songs. And in my experience women in europe are much more straight forward tan in the US, that's maybe what Brad confused with "agressive"

William Shatner, of Star Trek fame, did a great cover of this song a few years ago with Joe Jackson singing some parts as well. Really fun!

@crikeythesplund

Жыл бұрын

I actually like it more than the original

@markadolph8715

Жыл бұрын

Shatner's was my first time hearing this song

@juergen404

Жыл бұрын

@@crikeythesplund Same

@bobbyhulll8737

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@chrisnorman1902

Жыл бұрын

Shatner's bassoon

It's too bad you guys didn't listen to the album version as it contains a whole extra set of verses which complete the song. As someone else pointed out, this song references the the class system in Britain, which still exists to this day. Jarvis Cocker told the story about how this is based on someone he actually met while attending St Martins College in London as an art student. The girl's father is rich "she told me that her dad was loaded" and coming from this very privileged background is curious how the other half.. actually 99% live. She's slumming for the fun of it and is so clueless that doesn't even realize she insults him by claiming she wants to sleep with common people like you.. The anger in this track builds as he point out that however much she might want to play at being less privileged or poor, she will never understand since while she watches "roaches climb the wall"she can call her dad who can stop it all. In the part you didn't hear, he calls her out and warns her that if you think poor is cool, "like a dog lying in a corner, they'll bite you and never warn you - look out they'll tear your insides out 'cause everybody hates a tourist". Classic song with a good dose of social commentary.

@jockeyladjockeylad8492

Жыл бұрын

Spot on - the longer version really fills the whole song out - poverty safaris & never being able to understand - You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright Whilst you can only wonder why Pulp pulling no punches.

@melissas4874

Жыл бұрын

Poverty tourist basically.

@theritchie2173

Жыл бұрын

It's a horrible phenomenon, but on the plus side where else are you gonna get the chance to bang hot rich women (or men)? Also I'd forgotten Jarvis had such 'interesting' dance moves, great blast from the past.

@Jabberwok28

Жыл бұрын

We are seeing this in film nowadays - misery tourism, poverty tourism, call it what you will, but growing up poor or lower class sucks and no amount of filmic representation makes it better. There but for the grace of God go I.

@iangibson6015

Жыл бұрын

The bit about sleeping with common people and him in particular is his invention. He did ask out a girl like the one he's singing about, but she turned him down.

This was during the era when higher education was still free in the UK (well around the time when free education actually ended anyway), and St Martins is a very prestigious art college full of rich kids, and quite a few common people like myself too, I was studying at art college myself at the time, and this song is a playful look at some richer student's fascination with the more common students, I dated several girls in college who were from quite wealthy families, being a council estate kid certainly made you a curiosity, things have changed somewhat now, but the song is very much of its time.

Ahhhh, Pulp Iconic social commentary that actually spoke to a whole generation, great review by the way.

there's so much rage in this song hiding behind a pretty melody.

@translator074

2 ай бұрын

Like there was so much bitterness raging in the poor youth bereft of real prospects in life by Margaret Thatcher's "leadership". This is a song I'd call Dickensian.

@StfuFFS

2 ай бұрын

@@translator074 but this song came out 5 years after Margaret Thatcher left office. It was John Major.

@translator074

2 ай бұрын

@@StfuFFS and still running on Thatcherite ideology. John Major was in fact his predecessor's deputy in government. And while Thatcher's second and third term saw the revitalization of British economy, John Major could not handle the rapidly unfolding economic crisis - despite his participation in the First Iraqi War as a successful wartime prime minister. As they put it very aptly in The Thick of It: "It's the economy, stupid!".

@translator074

2 ай бұрын

Still running on Thatcherite philosophy of government and unable to tackle social differences, lower classes could not benefit from Thatcher's economic success.

@StfuFFS

2 ай бұрын

@@translator074 this is a song about the upperclass thinking that poor is cool and the struggle of being working class and dating rich girls. Not really sure how Margaret Thatcher is being blamed for something that has literally existed since money was invented 4000 years ago but ok.

Great song! Pulp is a band from the formerly industrial heartland (South Yorkshire) city of Sheffield. A local hero of sorts, singer/lyricist Jarvis Cocker's voice was heard in the Sheffield streetcars announcing stations. (He is also the singer in the Christmas Ball scene during the movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, along with members of Radiohead, etc.) And I find the William Shatner, Joe Jackson, Ben Folds version of "Common People" hilarious, too. About the story in the song, lots of kids - male and female - from well-heeled families may go through a period where they rebel and want adventures, and sometimes those adventures mean going "slumming", hanging out at working-class bars, seedy clubs, etc. Seeking a taste of forbidden fruit... Most of those kids end up returning to their more comfortable and familiar surroundings after some adventures, after their time as "class tourists". ("'Cause everybody hates a tourist...") The song is written and sung from the perspective of bemused fury of one of those (common) people who may be the objects of this "slumming" behaviour by those rich kids. And despite the description of the young woman coming from a rich family in Greece, keep in mind that the UK has had distinct social class issues (looking both downward and upward) for centuries. "Laugh along with the common people Laugh along even though they're really laughing at you And the stupid things that you do Because you think that poor is cool"

@jamiethered2119

Жыл бұрын

well sed dude

@jco207

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know there was all those covers of this song. I have to find them now....

@parissimons6385

Жыл бұрын

@@jco207 All three (Shatner, Jackson, Folds) are in one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYGMyrmfYNmrZ8Y.html

@lumpyfishgravy

Жыл бұрын

"bemused fury" - love it!

@jco207

Жыл бұрын

@@parissimons6385 Thanks. That was a delight. I found a David Bowie version too! kzread.info/dash/bejne/oXp6tsaHiJbbpLw.html

If you want to condense British music in the 1990s, especially the so-called BritPop, it essentially came down to Oasis - Wonderwall, Blur - Girls and Boys or Parklife, and Pulp - Common People. Also, I almost always say you shouldn't have the lyrics on for a first-time listen, but for this one, you should have. Brilliant stuff.

I'm really glad you listened to this song, as it's an absolute classic of the Britpop era, and UK pop in general. It's actually quite a deep song but it's hard to unpick without having lived through the 90s in the UK. The album version with the two extra verses is much harder hitting than this shorter radio edit. But the song is essentially an expression of anger and bewilderment at rich people thinking that they know what it is like to be poor. It perfectly encapsulated the mood of the UK in the mid 1990s when there had been many years of social oppression that was about to be torn down, and hence was probably THE defining song of the Britpop era. The band Pulp are from Sheffield, one of the cities in the north of the country that was hardest hit. The strangely non-dark vibe for quite a dark subject probably comes from the northern UK mentality of taking a certain pride in the fact that they struggle through hardship. See the 'Four Yorkshiremen' sketch for an example of what I mean!

@Jabberwok28

Жыл бұрын

“I had to get up at 2 o’clock in the morning half an hour before I went to bed…”

@ltmund

Жыл бұрын

@@Jabberwok28 LUXURY!!!

As an interesting aside, it is rumoured that lady in the song is the wife of one time Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis (legend). She fits the profile, right age, Greek, wealthy background and studied sculpture at St Martins College. Yanis when asked about this could neither confirm or deny the allegation that his wife was the lady in question.

@rafaelinho5601

Жыл бұрын

Yanis Madarfakis?😂😁

That's a great song, love your reactions!

Sadie Frost is the lady, apparently rich society girls like to "rough it" from time to time which means hanging out with/hooking up with the poor. Some even pretend to be poor to do so

@barr790

Жыл бұрын

@@19thcenturyman95 No idea, I don't need to try as I'm already poor! 😅 This is the song meaning though .... The song is a critique of gentrification, and the wealthy wanting to be "like common people" - ascribing glamour to poverty. This phenomenon is referred to as slumming or "class tourism".

This song is incredibly British and sums up Britain as a whole. Love it

To fully grasp this song you have to fully comprehend the class system that exists in England. This song and PULP themselves were HUGE in the British Pop explosion of the mid 90's. Every song his band recorded was incredible.

@TimL-nr4hr

5 ай бұрын

No. You really don't. Americans might think that they are all middle class or temporarily disadvantaged millionaires but we know what it's like to hate rich people. Especially rich people trying to be authentic left leaning poor people.

Finally you did Pulp! Awesome.

Finally Pulp! 👏 Thank God for the Britpop, Indie stream. Groups like Pulp has hard time winning regular decade streams (mostly mainstream music , bigger bands, or hard rock wins those). "Disco 2000" is another nice song from them, see the video. Pulp was influenced by other new wave, post punk bands like The Jam, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, The Fall, New Order, and also The Beatles. In the UK, race, ethnicity isn't emphasized , they emphasize more on class system over there. A lil different compared to the US.

@dene39

Жыл бұрын

Spot on

What a coincidence, Pulp just reunited and announced some new tour dates

One of the best albums of the nineties. Amazing music but above everything Jarvis’ lyrics are genius.

@CoboProdz

Жыл бұрын

On which songs? Surely not this one

@davewilson9219

Жыл бұрын

@@CoboProdz I note you like a good positive comment don’t you. If you want lyrics more in keeping with your intellect I’d stick to 2 Unlimited.

@group-music

Жыл бұрын

@@CoboProdz There is a verse and more missing from this video version of this song. There is more to these lyrics than you may realise at first.

Gorgeous song. Absolutely great reaction too!

The Divine Comedy - Something for the Weekend, National Express, Everybody Knows Neil Hannon is an under rated lyrical genius.

@ianpark1805

Жыл бұрын

I love ‘The Certainty of Chance’. Something haunting about it!

@Dreyno

Жыл бұрын

“Daddy’s Car”. Perfection 👌

"She's probably leading you somewhere to get robbed!" 🤣 Brad, you're probably right.

PULP!!!!! I wouldn't have expected this! Brilliant!

_Some other great Pulp songs:_ Disco 2000 Babies Do You Remember the First Time? Something Changed Sorted for E's & Wizz Underwear This Is Hardcore Razzmatazz

I love how Brad is more perplexed by “Dark upward vibe” than he is by “ this reminds me of black olives” 🤣🤣

‘Common’ can be kinda used as an insult in the UK. It def means working class at least. Common people means the working class. She’s a rich girl from an higher class. Class is subtle in the UK. This is one of the best songs about it

you want a real treat, checkout William Shatner, Joe Jackson & Ben Folds band version

@skinheadjon901

Жыл бұрын

Superb version 🎶🤩🙌👍

@RealistRatRace

11 ай бұрын

Nah original is better lol

@El.Aussie

10 ай бұрын

Ben folds 👌

This is a slam of the class system in the UK. Its more or less a story of rich girl going out "slumming", thinking its cool.

I love the William Shatner version of this song.

@jasonraymond7907

Жыл бұрын

Shatner's version is the greatest cover song ever!!

@jasonraymond7907

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/rH1nt8ixqazKl9Y.html

This might be the first video I've ever watched from you guys that was of music I'd never heard of.

The song is about a rich girl who thinks it's cool and trendy to check out how "common people" live. But he is saying you cannot ever know what it's like, because at any time she can "Call her Dad and stop it all." Go to a supermarket and pretend you can't afford what you want, she laughs at the idea - and he's like, "take a look around, no one is laughing." And sorry, not even close to "Goth" - this is pure BritPop.

Unless you've suffered yet still strive, you will never be like COMMON PEOPLE

There are some live versions of this song on the tube that are absolutely fantastic. The singer is definitely a cool cat when he is performing live

This was very much a mid 90s vibe in the UK.

This song was a hit during the 90's in Europe. What a band pulp was oh my god. During late 80's and early 90's there were Oasis, Blur, The verve, The stone roses, Radiohead and happy mondays dominating the britpop industry but for me the best band was pulp and sadly they did not get the recognition they deserved, what a great thing watching you reacting to one of their best songs, I truly recommend Razzamatazz my favorite song by them, cheers!

She nailed it on 3 minutes.

Yes! What an Anthem! Such a classic 90s tune... They are touring next year and I may shed a happy tear or two when I see them.

I flipping love pulp the 90s were the best and jarvis cocker made the brits one Yr if anyone remembers 🤣🤣

@thanksamill

Жыл бұрын

Drenching Jacko!🤭

@lisamills4473

Жыл бұрын

@@thanksamill the best bit was,after he got arrested and Bob mortimer who is a solicitor turned up to help him and in walks 50 of jackos solicitors Bob said your on your own 🤣🤣🤣🤣

This song was huge back then on MTV

Magnificent ironic song… and the way it builds. Fantastic !

Pulp was, IMO, the best of the Britpop bands, like Blur and Oasis. that made a point of pulling their influence from earlier British bands rather than the dominant American grunge bands that were popular at the time. Pulp's big influence was the Kinks, particularly lyrically. The Kinks were big on songs which said as much about the narrator as about what the narrator is talking about. And that is something that Jarvis Cocker picked up on, including on some purposely petty songs about ex-girlfriends. So Pulp songs often have a surface level and a deeper level meaning. The surface level meaning is about a rich girl who thinks it would be cool at playing at being poor, and a poor boy who helps her until he gets fed up with the idea that being poor can be hip and tells her off. The deeper part is the part that Brad picks up on, namely the sexual aspect. The singer's willing to go along with this is likely because of the allure of sex with a rich girl, and the loss of patience likely follows from his having had sex with the rich girl and no longer having to put up with her behavior. A commentator to a reaction video like this said that Cocker claimed that this song was inspired by a real incident, except that the girl had no interest in sex with him, and when Cocker realized that he lost interest in the girl, and so things went no further than her expressing her interest to live like common people. I also suspect that the "rum and coca cola" line is a call back to the Kinks Lola in which the singer drinks coca cola with a similar lyrical effect. Pulp narrators often seem to be Kinks narrators empowered by technology to be somewhat more forward.

@stephenelliott1135

Жыл бұрын

Great comment, verythoughtfull. Loved Pulp back in the day, still do tbh.

@SY-ok2dq

Жыл бұрын

You ought to be writing material for a channel about music! I did not know about the connection to the Kinks, but I did pick up on the multilayered aspect of the lyrics of Pulp songs. That's what made Pulp stand out from the pack, and made them such a definitive voice in the Britpop era - these incisive lyrics, and Jarvis' delivery of them (as well as his distinctive look and style, dance moves, and showmanship).

Love the recent dive into British music. I hope you do some more.

It's about a rich girl out slumming, and being called out for it. I really like that thoughtful look Brad has while listening to anything, like, you are paying so much attention to the song -it's awesome.

This is like one of the most iconic sängs of the 90's. It was everywhere and I love it just as much today as I did then.

There's actually a version of this song done by William Shatner (yes, Captain Kirk) that's surprisingly good.

@SquishySnake

Жыл бұрын

I always liked Shatner's version more.

@seanrodman2767

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Shat's version is the definitive version.

The way both of you are swaying through the song would make Jarvis smile 😊

I've been lucky enough to see this song live. Honestly, it was one of the best performances I've ever seen.

This one deserves a second listen, with the album version and lyrics - this song packs a punch!

Jarvis Cocker based her character on someone he actually met at St Martnin’s (the uk’s top design college);as a student back in the day . I think she was a rich Greek girl. Incredibly influential song on the U.K. music scene in the 90”s. Still gets everyone going when it’s played .

@DunkyJ

Жыл бұрын

Correct, I think she is now married to a Greek politician……..

Such a tune!!

Wow. Great choice. Love the mid 90s PULP

A little bit of trivia. The lady in the video is the actress Sadie Frost, ex wife of actor Jude Law and Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp.

Guys, I highly recommend "this is hardcore" from this band.

Good choice. I loved Pulp. Disco 2000 was my favourite song by them.

saw Pulp two times live. what a show ... one of the best live bands ever, especially when this song started.

smiths, supergrass, pulp. this is a good path. stay on this path.

HahA, the edited version. Dance and drink and screw is the full line. Haha, jeez. Such a great tune. A real bookend for Lennon's tune on the lives of us less rich ordinary folks, Working Class Hero

Jarvis is a freaking legend. A weird, straightforward, brilliant legend and he writes amazing lyrics. I'm not British but I know about the class system in Britain. And this song is one of my all-time favourites ever. This band is better than Oasis in my opinion. Clever lyrics with memorable melodies, telling stories about difficulties regarding life and love.

This is such a classic song and hits true on so many levels. The girl is not literally saying that she wants to 'sleep with common people' it's just that her actions are so obvious that she might as well be. It's the story of a rich privileged girl hanging out with the working class crowd to gain some cred and he's calling her out on it saying that she can play pretend all she likes but she'll never know the authentic experience/struggles of the working class. The term 'common' is like a slur amongst the British aristocracy.

Loved pulp , some great bands from the UK in the mid 90s blur oasis the verve .love the chelsea top lex from a blues fan 💙

One of my favorite Pulp songs ever! And my favorite Brit pop band!! Regards from Chile!! 🙂

HUGE FAN of Pulp. Loved this when I was a student. It's all about posh people "slumming it" in northern Universities. It's funny to me also, as I had a housemate who was super rich and had a BOX OF WINE delivered to him every month (1990s guys) I think the posho kids still do this a lot

Loved this and Disco 2000. Those songs kept people watching the BBC a year longer ;)

You're diving into the Brit Pop movement with Pulp, Oasis and Supergrass. You need some Blur or Suede.

@benabel7326

Жыл бұрын

They did Girls and Boys in the watchalong when these were all recorded.

@TheFairyintheFishBowl

Жыл бұрын

Suede - yes please! I sending that request! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks Brad and Lex.

There were actually a lot of wealthy Greek students studying in universities in the UK in the 90s. I can imagine some the ones I knew behaving like this.

There’s a couple of live versions of this from Glastonbury and Reading festivals and they are….something else!

@ericwilliamson222

Жыл бұрын

And the Joe Jackson/William Shatner version! 🤣

So glad you found Pulp. My favourite Pulp song is Underwear.

Pulp were definitely in my top play rotation throughout my teens! 'The Fear' is an awesome song that became an awkward parallel to my own life as I ended up going through periods of extreme anxiety.

@group-music

Жыл бұрын

The Fear and The Day After The Revolution still have the ability to bring a tear to my eyes.

Love Jarvis and his work so much! His solo projects also are amazing!

Love this song.

Love to see you've at last started to discover the world of Pulp. This video of "Common People" was a censored & edited version however. They censored the last word from "and then dance and drink and screw" but also ediited out an entire section prior to the repeat of the bridge, (The bit beginning "rent a flat above a shop". The missing lyrics are: "Like a dog lying in a corner, They will bite you and never warn you. Look out, they'll tear your insides out", "'Cause 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 left to go", "You're amazed that they exist, and they burn so bright whilst you can only wonder why?"

Amazing, an anthem for my 18 year old self! Saw Pulp live in Manchester in '96 and this blew the top off the Manchester Arena. The lyrics meant so much to me back then, a certain mocking bitterness aimed at the entitled. Glad everything has changed in 2022....

@Dreyno

Жыл бұрын

😂

loving the chelsea shirt lex , up the blues

This is such a fun clever song that should not be taken too literally. The lyrics are an ironic social commentary about the class divide in the UK. A great party anthem with a banging tune. Loved hearing it again ❤

The best version of this song is when they did it live at glastonbury in 1995 when it had only been released weeks before and the crowd is wild for it

Pulp are touring next year!!!!

Was never expecting pulp common people on your channel 😂

There was a brief time in the UK when Pulp were the new Oasis

Yes! Pulp! What a great choice... every one of theirs is a winner!

Love this band, so many excellent tunes. ‘Babies’. Try that next

I like William Shatner's version.

this rich girl mentioned at the front was indeed a real girl from Greece. After some 20 years she was married a professor of economics who was for some months a ninistry of economics in the goverment.

Wonderful!

Great live!

Love it

Upbeat Goth music....😂 Brilliant observation! Pulp started back in the early 80's and only came to fame in the 90's in the UK, some of those early tracks are very The Smith's.

The singer dances so funny. Hahaha. Great song by the way.

Is it weird that this song makes me cry? I always get a little choked up when he gets to the part that goes "you can call your Daddy he can stop it all".

Never heard this band before. At first, I didn't think I liked it, but I gave it a little more time and it grew on me. I was a teen in the 80's, and this seems like it would be an early to mid 80's song.

@simonpoole2333

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90s

Heres one you’ll like: Hold Me Now, by the Thompson Twins. An early 90s masterpiece and a big hit at the time. Pulp comes from a kind of genre, like Supergrass (ie Caught by the Fuzz) and the Killers (mr Brightside).

This was Sleaford Mods before Sleaford Mods. Cocker has always had his thumb in the eye of convention (like his dancing during a Michael Jackson performance/award presentation - look for the video). I sometimes wonder if there wasn’t a veiled shot at some of his contemporaries *cough, Blur, cough* who were a bit Posh but tried to play down their affluence. Also, if you look for it on the KZreads, there is a really cool series of videos about the song and its making and it turns out that the girl in the song IS real, and she is rich and Greek. Check it out.

@RobinHood-us7sg

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Imagine them reacting to Sleaford Mods 😂

@Jabberwok28

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@@RobinHood-us7sg They would def need subtitles.