Who’s listening in May 2024?

@timswabb

9 күн бұрын

Me.

@Gyrfalcon312

6 күн бұрын

Yo (thanks, Echo Chamberlain and Despot of Antrim).

@Sevenolives

5 күн бұрын

Yes, looking now :D

@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534

2 күн бұрын

Moi ! Et j'aime toujours autant !

@jjfer1553

Күн бұрын

Yessssssss

"Pretend you got no money" "You're so funny!" "yeah, I can't see anyone else smiling here..." such a biting line, this song is way smarter than the top of the pop charts people let on

@leonardodione1968

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@ashleylaw

4 ай бұрын

Spot on. The line, the tempo of life reflected in the song. But then most in all of history, the masses are always slaughtered. Always.

@Marguerita-kc3op

Ай бұрын

Sadie Frost anyone? Apt.

@ste9281

Ай бұрын

I love how deep his accent gets when he says “I can’t see anyone else smiling here”

@pauly260

Ай бұрын

Went out with a girl in my early twenties who was rich about the time this song came out. I was working class & she thought “slumming” was fun. I didn’t know what that was at the time & found that really strange. Thought this song was really annoying when it came out. Now I listen to Pulp & love it. Wish I listened to the lyrics, could have saved myself some heartache & annoyance from that weirdo.

Recently, my dad passed. 59. This was my dad’s favourite song. Every so often, I’d put the record on and we’d listen to it in the car. He said it reminded him of when he met my mother. I love you so much, dad. You meant the world to me, and still do.

@zakmccracken

Жыл бұрын

Everytime i read a comment like this, it makes me cry. I still remember how my dad and me listened to his favourite music in the car. I´m so sorry for your loss, 59 is way too early.

@AdrianaFraga977

11 ай бұрын

What a lovely memorie ❤❤

@TabiGeraldo

11 ай бұрын

🤍🙏🏻🌷

@muamelanie

11 ай бұрын

Sending love.

@jonhelmer8591

11 ай бұрын

Fifty Nine is too early to go, tell us his name, please. Your dad had good taste!

0:30 I bet you guys didnt notice that he starts saying "...and then in thirty seconds' time" exactly thirty seconds into the track

@user-nz7nj9mv6g

Ай бұрын

You need to get out more

@user-nz7nj9mv6g

Ай бұрын

I don't suppose you noticed the snatch on the bird in the mauve shorts ?

@OGRE_HATES_NERDS

Ай бұрын

@@user-nz7nj9mv6gi dont even know what mauve is

@OGRE_HATES_NERDS

Ай бұрын

@@user-nz7nj9mv6gbut if her snatch was out im sure i would have noticed that

@marxmoreira

6 күн бұрын

Cool

This is one of the most lyrically impressive songs I've ever heard.

@jaysonmcewen4056

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@fishels3895

3 жыл бұрын

I like how the second half is very dark “never fail like common people, and watch your life slide out of view” Damn

@mar15115

3 жыл бұрын

The second half just hits so hard

@Dima98rus_

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Especially since "Rent a flat above the shop". Lyrics impressed me too, true words)

@TheEggplantThatAteChicago

3 жыл бұрын

@@fishels3895 It's pretty dark throughout.

R.I.P Steve Mackey, the bass guitarist of Pulp. Thank you for this beautiful music.

@1220b

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree Pulp made beautiful music. Steven Mackey will be missed.

@thomasmuller7092

3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@shayneoneill1506

Ай бұрын

Fuck :( I missed that news, and it was a year ago. Goddamn. He was only in his 50s too, far far too young. RIP.

The line that hits the hardest is - "You'll never fail like common people, and watch your life slide out of view", because it's so true. People from poor areas of the country often try so hard to have better lives, but we fail and fail and fail. Because the odds are stacked against you. And decades go by, where we're just stuck. It's only in my mid 40s that I've started to succeed a little, and to experience some of the things I've always dreamed of. And I'm not talking big things - just foreign holidays, car ownership and innocent things like that. Trying and failing is something that really defines being working class. We're very aspirational - we just don't succeed.

@user-nz7nj9mv6g

Ай бұрын

Now all the common scum bags are on benefits!

@seanmcmanamon3773

Ай бұрын

Unregulated capitalism makes everything a rat race.

@deathshand9815

Ай бұрын

I'm glad that you are finally experiencing those things! From a person who is not experiencing those things and hoping to experience those things someday..

@Stee

24 күн бұрын

when you were young x respect...youngsters now are injecting coke.......whats gone wrong#

@Divaxi

20 күн бұрын

Weeping😮

This was played at my mate's funeral. She was only 32y and we all used to play and sing this when we were younger. As we are all getting older, this song always reminds me that you never got to be old. R.I.P Sheree, mate. You'll never be common or forgotten. ❤ Xx

@Samantha-js8ci

5 ай бұрын

🙏💙

@alyssajessie4779

4 ай бұрын

Thats so sad. rip Sheree 🕊

@RebeccaAskman-ff9kp

4 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss. We played at our wedding as our first song as it was so dear and true to us. This was 22 years ago and I still play it. It's one of my favourit songs ever.

@heathergates3168

3 ай бұрын

❤

I love how the tempo constantly increases throughout the song. You don't get that in many songs, and it adds so much.

@caertel9104

2 жыл бұрын

@@keithkristi7938 you like this try stairway to heaven

@andysedgley

2 жыл бұрын

@@keithkristi7938 I think if you set a metronome you'll find the pace definitely increases.

@FuturCrayon

2 жыл бұрын

@@keithkristi7938 ""The thing with 'Common People' is that it starts at 90bpm and finishes at 160bpm, with each verse cranking it up. We recorded four or five takes of the band track and, as they weren't recorded to a click, some of them didn't end up at 160; they ended up at different tempos. It was totally freeform, with everyone following Jarvis's guide vocal which just got faster and faster and faster" David Nicholas, Sound Engineer

@davidjames2145

2 жыл бұрын

@@FuturCrayon He recorded a classic. The rest of us are raising a glass to him as a result. 🇬🇧

@williamwalton583

2 жыл бұрын

@@FuturCrayon and man, am I glad. Still play it regularly for a fullsome laugh. What crescendo!....and I gotta tell ya W Shatners with Joe Jackson ain't too shabby either..

There's something deeply satisfying about patronising the moneyed class.

@evanvrysoulis7714

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed even though i am considered rich by the government

@austintrousdale2397

2 жыл бұрын

#breakingpoints

@Rahul-uk4su

2 жыл бұрын

@@evanvrysoulis7714 lmao

@beatricemaude4426

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to know what it's like to be a member of the moneyed class, just for a month or so. So sick of worrying about making ends meet.

@Andrew-rc3vh

2 жыл бұрын

@@beatricemaude4426 They work harder than you. I mean 80-hour weeks. A chap my folks are friends with was boss of a global hotel chain. He get a few days off at Christmas and worked the rest of the time. The other type are the lottery winners.

In my opinion, Pulp was the greatest band of the Britpop era. Nobody captured the zeitgeist of the 90s like Jarvis Cocker. Timeless music ❤

@johndoran3882

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree mate

@thomasjohnston4800

11 ай бұрын

I so love this song Jarvis cocker aka the weed in tweed 😂

@user-vc4nc6zz7f

11 ай бұрын

Spot on.

@BeepSmile

10 ай бұрын

Blur's pretty good too, imo.

@clemfandango5886

9 ай бұрын

Easily the best..

Take me back to the 90s when life was ever so happy and simple

@Antonio-zi1lw

Сағат бұрын

you are naive

RIP Steve Mackey (November 10, 1966 - March 2, 2023), aged 56 You will be remembered as a legend.

i walked past jarvis a few weeks ago and he must have noticed i recognised him because he looked at me and pulled a silly face/stuck his tongue out. it was a strange moment lol

@meganberg9138

8 жыл бұрын

Nice btw i like your profile pic

@Ramblebar

8 жыл бұрын

RAD!!!

@chloewatson8275

8 жыл бұрын

i was having a bad day and this made me smile bless you

@mrfole9723

8 жыл бұрын

hahahha cool

@shamur6226

7 жыл бұрын

great moment shared between just u and him to allways remember..............but now its on you tube so its not as good and most probaly a lie..lol ihad too

Many forget (or some never knew) that Pulp had been around for over a decade by the time they had this hit. During the 90s they were one of the most underrated British bands and Jarvis Cocker one of the most underrated songwriters.

It couldn’t possibly have been me! She came from Greece and had a thirst for knowledge! I’ve never wanted to know anything in my life

@Botwinka13

3 ай бұрын

nah, it's inspired by Danae Stratou, Yanis Varoufakis's wife

@gen1exe

3 ай бұрын

ha! i was thinking the same thing.

@scotsean

2 ай бұрын

@@Botwinka13 It's a line from "Saltburn"

This is one of only a few songs I can think of that has something to say, but also doesn't take itself too seriously. That is extremely rare in music, and art in general for that matter. It's the Kurt Vonnegut of songs.

@Johnny_T779

3 жыл бұрын

Plenty of those ironic songs in the 80s to the 90's 😊

@gutterpoet

3 жыл бұрын

So it goes

@jessejamesainger3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@Johnny_T779 Yes but sometimes even those ironic songs take themselves too seriously. If you have never heard it before listen to "Losing My Edge" by LCD Soundsystem. That might be the best example of what I mean by a song not taking itself too seriously but saying something.

@b.f1731

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessejamesainger3263 why do you think this song takes itself too seriously if i may ask?

@jessejamesainger3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@b.f1731 Sorry worded that wrong, edited.

Violently british

@tawneeens436

6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Still lol that was funny. I came from a cover of this song 😂

@moonmonkey999

6 жыл бұрын

we only do violent..

@ayelengallardocubas8454

5 жыл бұрын

sameee ended up listening to more pulp songs 😂😂

@LanceCorporalKitty

5 жыл бұрын

Perfect description!

@LivingChartz

5 жыл бұрын

I think it's pretty reasonable. It highlights the reality. Common people aren't having fun. In fact, they are just stuck and can't do any better. Instead of taking fun of the common people, a better approach would be to try and help them. It's obvious they are not enjoying their life.

Jarvis Cocker was a BritPop icon of the 90s🇬🇧

@caleyhook4091

Ай бұрын

National Treasure in my house 🥰

Am I the first one to mention reference to Common People in Saltburn? Rosemund Pike had the best lines in that movie 😂

@nivreiww

4 ай бұрын

только что посмотрел фильм и он заставил меня вспомнить об этой песне снова

@TimL-nr4hr

4 ай бұрын

Looks like I beat you by two weeks. But I suspect someone else came first. Probably someone at the palme dor premiere furiously typing away.

@DaRealist7

4 ай бұрын

I was here before saltburn bro 😎

@TimL-nr4hr

4 ай бұрын

@@DaRealist7 so you caught the reference in saltburn before you saw saltburn? Cute.

@DominiqueGarofalo

4 ай бұрын

She was great in Saltburn. I liked her in that almost as much as I hated her in I Care A Lot.

I saw Pulp in concert in Adelaide at the Thebarton Theatre, many years ago. I was right up the front, naturally! Jarvis was singing this and pointed to me when he sang 'common people like YOU".😆 I was thrilled!

@jimmyroos1677

2 жыл бұрын

Did u blush,,,or is it true. 🤾‍♀️

@mandywalker7639

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyroos1677 it's absolutely true. I didn't blush 😆 I was beaming!

@radiogagger

2 жыл бұрын

This is a great story

@daz.1987

2 жыл бұрын

how great!!!

@peterbaldry9972

2 жыл бұрын

Back in 1981, I was in a band playing in little pubs in Sheffield. We knew Jarvis as he was always out (!) and was quite happy to chat. We even played a few gigs with them on the bill - higher up, of course even then. Years later in 1995, I was an art teacher in Lincolnshire and one morning, around the time Pulp really went massive, told my tutor group that many years ago I used to know Jarvis a bit etc etc.... The rumour mill churned away all day. Each time a new class came in, I was asked increasingly ridiculous questions, 'Sir, were you in a band with Jarvis Cocker?' etc.... The zenith was reached with the final class of the day, one of whom burst in and shouted, 'Sir! Are YOU Jarvis Cocker?!'

This gets better with age. Pure genius! 1995 was a banging year for Brit Pop and all music in general!! The nostalgia is killing me right now.

@jimmyroos1677

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia,,,the older we get....

@gerardmackay8909

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyroos1677 best summer ever ( the sun didn’t stop blazing down and Britpop ruled the airwaves)

@ksodz1397

2 жыл бұрын

Not really for all of music. Most of 90s music sucked

@YupIknowthatfeeling

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man I FEEL you!! I'm exactly the same, being young then was just amazing, the music, the clothes, the tv programmes, I felt like the world belonged to me and my friends, and for a little while it really did

@Opiumdrainer

2 жыл бұрын

@@ksodz1397 90s music the best

The most honest timeless lyrics ever written

This is the epitomy of song. The emotion, melody and lyrics are all phenomenal, and perfectly in sync. I suspect it's because it's done without thinking. It's from the heart.

It's 2023, and this is still one of the all-time great bangers.

@Yo-Man

Жыл бұрын

oh yeah

@alainvosselman9960

Жыл бұрын

It was totally underrated... I was living a 'trainspotting' style life back then... this song was like the soundtrack of those days.

@nzdpnz

Жыл бұрын

@@alainvosselman9960 ab so fkn lutley ! !

@silverkitty2503

Жыл бұрын

always will be

@Galaxyofbrian

Жыл бұрын

I agree

I love how this song builds. It grows on you.

@4766700

4 жыл бұрын

like an extra arm

Even more relevant today than when it came out

I’m 63 this is one of the best tracks I’ve ever heard 🪕

@dougnagy77

Күн бұрын

It’s eternal

The line 'Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here' always brings a lump to my throat. I think of it every time I'm in my local Costcutter...

@jacquelineharrod6386

5 жыл бұрын

So true.

@shaunaghroberts3226

5 жыл бұрын

It's Amazing the true meaning in that one sentence

@bercg

Жыл бұрын

It encapsulates so much of what being working class can feel like sometimes.

One of the biggest britpop anthems

@residente44

5 жыл бұрын

And one of the biggest and more blatant cases of plagiarism in music.

@gilavalos2400

5 жыл бұрын

@@residente44 I'm just curious whom exactlyb did they plagiarize?

@residente44

5 жыл бұрын

@@gilavalos2400 Mecano - Los Amantes

I love how it gradually speeds up. Criminally under-rated song. Ahead of its time.

@samuelferreira7944

Ай бұрын

If you like this type of songs, I hope you know Nick Cave! He's the master of these "speeding up" songs 😉

Jarvis has a knack for writing songs about everyday things and turning them into musical works of art

This is one of those songs that you NEVER get bored of.

@theswitchblade2995

Жыл бұрын

Come to the wirral loads of common people. The most forgotten location in England

@richardtay143

Жыл бұрын

Oh man! I think I've listened to this, both live versions and the album version every second day for the last 8 months. The Redding 2011 live performance is mind-blowing. 100% agree

@PeanutButter111

8 ай бұрын

Anooshrvanrohani

@trevorlane

4 ай бұрын

I listen to this version and I hear Bill Shatner

One of the best songs about class warfare and between the have and havenots. We need more Pulp in these times!

@SethInSD

Жыл бұрын

We need more Communism, maaaaaan!

@VegGeorgie

Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ man….it’s not that deep.

@Sebastianmelmothuk

Жыл бұрын

We have the maneskin punk aaaa

@mdmegrimalkin1792

Жыл бұрын

@@VegGeorgie yes, it is.

@SimonMas

Жыл бұрын

@@VegGeorgie i'll add my yes it is. it is not deep because it's difficult or because it tells about complex concepts. it's deep because it reflects the depth of the nothingness you can do when you are stuck with your back against the wall and hear people going on about how you can really start shitting gold bullions if you really believe in yourself and if you really want to.

She didn't understand and she just smiled and held my hand. My all-time favorite line ever.

The lyrics of this song is so beautifully well written that the story flows and take you with it.. with or without your cooperation.

@freedomnsurvival8472

8 ай бұрын

much underated band who really hit the mark

Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Elastica every head must bow and every tongue must confess. They all wrote great songs one way or the other.

@kunalpathania19

3 жыл бұрын

keane. you forgot

@chenzacking108

2 жыл бұрын

Keane can’t compare with them,but it’s also a pretty band

@kookie175

2 жыл бұрын

What about suede?

@heperdidomialma

2 жыл бұрын

In the end, all the "BritPop" thing was like five bands or so.

@sonicdiablo8968

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the Manic Street Preachers

The whole "Different class" album is one of the most elegant and amazing pop albums ever made. Pulp did an amazing job with it.

Easily one of the best lyrically written songs in pop history. Amazing.

For some reason I missed Pulp during my younger years and heard this song when I was 58. I'm stunned by it, and each time I listen, something lumps up in my throat. Just amazing. Such a great criticism of our society.

This is one of the most British videos on all of KZread.

@TonyEnglandUK

2 жыл бұрын

Get a cuppa and play it loud (the song, not the cuppa).

"then in thirty seconds time" THAT IS SAID THIRTY SECONDS INTO THE SONG and that pleases me for some reason 0:30

@Fryderyk_Franciszek

7 жыл бұрын

coincidence?

@marqueemoon5710

7 жыл бұрын

I AM SATISFIED

@yesimawake

7 жыл бұрын

击 Oreo ほんとだー！wow

@TheFunkhouser

7 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah the video was fkn awesome, low budget but they pull that off. Rofl 1:32 showing common people and that dudes nicking the tv, hahaha

@RoasterMcdougalify

7 жыл бұрын

Not coinkidink. Loominarty.

Only 45 million views is an insult. This song was not widely aired much in the u.s. I found it much later, is one of the best dynamicly changing songs of all time.

After all these years, I still have to listen to this at least twice a week. A real classic.

@David-uv7nf

Жыл бұрын

Same here,School of fish "For three strange days" as well.

This song becomes even more brilliant with every passing year.

@rachaelh2505

2 жыл бұрын

It's now 2022 and I can confirm that this is true

@hippiemuslim

Жыл бұрын

It's due to inflation

@rjjcms1

Жыл бұрын

@@hippiemuslim Cost of living crisis,fuel profiteering,disastrous "mini-budget",you name it. 2022 has done its darnedest to make the bulk of the people feel a bit more "common".

@thorsteng1166

Жыл бұрын

correct ☺👍

Criminally under-rated song and group....

@juanjvp06

4 жыл бұрын

really? kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5aDudJ7gMKtmbQ.html

@hieutruong7456

4 жыл бұрын

Juan Vazquez wait

@bebc2137

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanjvp06 Defo. In the states at that time, not a breath of them, even on the alt programs. But they def weren't singing praises of capitalism, so it's understandable? Tho since then, the UK has more than started to embrace the capitalist culture. Voting in a Johnson lead tories...well welcome the extortionist prices of American health care soon. He'll smile and hold your hand when you're paying through the nose for a simple presce 😐

@user-it2bm9qf1t

4 жыл бұрын

29m views. Wut?

@LuisJ967

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanjvp06 Por que publicaste ese link? Es una canción de la ley.

It’s such a thought provoking, timeless, quality tune.

This is my song, after an abusive 11 year marriage, I divorced him, got a job behind a bar finally single but with 3 small children. Played this every weekend I was getting ready for work 1999 .. Still brings tears to my eye's of the freedom I felt ❤ like it was yesterday ❤

ahhh in a supermarket without wearing a mask!!! Oh the nineties!

@sophiaschier-hanson4163

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it! I've always been a little too fascinated by the WWII home front so the fact that my life now involves carless roads, empty shelves, shortages, and public information posters everywhere is kind of morbidly fascinating. Still, the first time I went grocery shopping during the crisis, I ended up wandering down an aisle singing under my breath "Are you SURE you want to live like '40s people, you want to see what '40s people see...?"

@jamesreacts111

4 жыл бұрын

@@sophiaschier-hanson4163 dead haha

@countys32

4 жыл бұрын

Contemporary comments are he best.

@Nickelodeon81

4 жыл бұрын

Masks? That's disco 2020.

@legojenn

4 жыл бұрын

You should check out Tracey Ullman's version of They Don't Know. More realistic. Pushing a cart wearing slippers, no makeup and messy hair...relatable.

I love the way he gets more agressive with the phrase "Wanna live with common people like you" when he repeats it at the end. It's pretty much him being like "The AUDACITY of this BITCH."

@tillyb5768

2 жыл бұрын

An age old rhetorical device and Jarvis nails it. As good as Mark Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - by the end of that speach Antony has the Roman crowd baying for the blood of Ceasar's assassins using the repeated phrase "...the noble Brutus..." more and more caustically.

@robert6106

2 жыл бұрын

1.40 is when the penny drops and it became a song about the Haves getting down with the Have Nots. Its was open class war from that point on and highlights the total misunderstanding between the classes.

@curiositypiqued6573

2 жыл бұрын

@@tillyb5768 uhhhhh....okayyyyyy🤨😆

@wayneholton6283

Жыл бұрын

This song has about 30 stanzas in its longest form. Lyrics out the kazoo and all great.

Great voice on this guy, first heard this in 1974, I had just started work as an apprentice at Hoover in Greenford, and they used to play the radio over the PA for 2 hours a day. Am approaching retirement now and this song ( and a few others) have stayed with me all those years

There cant be anyone born between 1976/1984 who doesn't know this word for word. It has to be like the lord's prayer for our generation

@pcollins315

11 ай бұрын

Sadly, this song apparently went nowhere in the US. I certainly don't remember it. It never charted here. The song is 🔥, though. Thank God for movies. I would never have known it existed. Great vid, great lyrics, great music.

i feel he's underappreciated as a dancer

@MissViscous

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I’m so glad someone noted that

@Starry_Night_Sky7455

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't he make it up all without any choreography?

@marcvesper

2 жыл бұрын

My emerging dance style around 1996 was, I noticed, unconsciously Jarvis mixed well in equals part with Travolta and that then fuelled by just fucking great indie and rock nights... well, as a once-shy INFP kid I think there would have been a lot less of the great kissing without it. So, thanks Jarvis man.

@gpjgpj265

4 күн бұрын

yea its an absolute wicked way he has with his left foot ...Common people like me and you...🕴🕴

This was my teenage years. Had the cassette played done.. RIP Steve Mackey ❤️

@goneburnforher

Жыл бұрын

Whats happened

@theculturedthug6609

Жыл бұрын

​@@goneburnforher He dieds

@JDEANN

Жыл бұрын

@@goneburnforherprobably heart attack?

@berniezhang8678

Жыл бұрын

Deborah is no more and our youth is a pillar of salt in the rear-view mirror. Tempus fugit. I just want to be common and not woke.

Easily a masterpiece,there’s me still up at 4 o clock in the morning listening to this on repeat not getting bored of it and thinking that I have done this practically one a week since I first heard it 20 years ago

Pulp were the 90s version of the Kinks, totally English with no American influences.

Jarvis explains the class system in a nutshell. As if there was any doubt.

@patkelly3966

3 жыл бұрын

well if your from Greece its murky isn't it

@idiotusmaximus2643

3 жыл бұрын

@@patkelly3966 yea like phil the nazi

@wilfredowen5172

3 жыл бұрын

No he doesn't.

@patkelly3966

3 жыл бұрын

@Patrick Ryan He's singing about a wealthy Greek girl who had no understanding of Britain and in particular its Working Class. To her, degradation and squalor was a laugh because she could always go home to mummy and daddy and live in luxury again. She was a voyeur

@hayleyharvey-sharp8279

3 жыл бұрын

Yaassssss!

The older I get the more I understand this song and can relate to it. The common person's checklist in this song really hits home...

@jclancy8246

5 жыл бұрын

It really does it Home and I actually get quite emotional with," see your life slip out of view" that part hurts

@MojoBonzo

5 жыл бұрын

@@jclancy8246 hahahahahha used to cry my soul out listening to that line when i was depressed in uni realising that im fucked anyway(a cog in the machine and all that shit)...

@alfiefell6990

5 жыл бұрын

@@MojoBonzo thats me rn aha, how has it turned out since then?

@MojoBonzo

5 жыл бұрын

@@alfiefell6990 i just had to "man up" and do it anyway! tbh the thoughts never went completely away... you just get stuck into it...

@alfiefell6990

5 жыл бұрын

@@MojoBonzo fair play to you, did you find those thoughts lessened once you started a career? Cos i cant imagine working a full time week for 40 years id rather live in a van or something...

Probably one of the best pop songs ever written

LYRICS She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge She studied sculpture at Saint 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 seconds time she said I wanna live like common people I wanna do whatever common people do Wanna sleep with common people I wanna sleep with common people Like you Oh what else could I do I said I'll, 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 She just laughed and said Oh you're so funny I said; yeah I can't see anyone else smiling in here Are you sure? You wanna live like common people You wanna see whatever common people see Wanna sleep with common people You wanna 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 'Cause 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 whatever common people do You'll never fail like common people You'll never watch your life slide out of view And you 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 really laughing at you And the stupid things that you do Because you think that poor is cool Wanna live with common people like you Wanna live with common people like you Wanna live with common people like you Wanna live with common people like you Wanna live with common people like you Wanna live with common people like you I wanna live with common people like you Oh, la, la, la, la Oh, la, la, la, la Oh, la, la, la, la Oh, la, la, la, la Oh you

@mysticallymerry5523

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!😊

@iainkinehan7030

9 ай бұрын

If I wanted the lyrics I would have searched for them myself.

@TheWaterfall7

8 ай бұрын

I searched the comments for the lyrics, thanks a lot :)

@Yourgirliommi

7 ай бұрын

​@@iainkinehan7030bruh just shut up as someone who is in a music course for college i find it amazing when people take the time to comment lyrics cause I need to learn different songs in a very short timescale

@jaymac7203

4 ай бұрын

That's awesome lol

In the next aisle over in that supermarket you'll find Thom Yorke, singing Fake Plastic Trees, also in a supermarket trolley. Ah, the 90's...when you couldn't get your shopping done due to angsty singers getting in the way of the butternut squash display.

@ageeben

4 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought. He's baby thom.

@Sabrina96

4 жыл бұрын

And The Clash were lost in the supermarket

@HallieFordMuseum

4 жыл бұрын

Also, Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

@darthmemeious9526

4 жыл бұрын

the greatest crossover episode

@TheTibmeister

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a beaut🤣

I swear David Tennant based his Dr on Jarvis Cocker.

@rileyk5228

4 жыл бұрын

Ok I'm not alone thinking this haha

@redhippopotamus9144

4 жыл бұрын

@@rileyk5228 YANA

@lyd3534

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god

@barbaraaraneda8971

4 жыл бұрын

My head just exploded!??

@redhippopotamus9144

4 жыл бұрын

@@barbaraaraneda8971 okay, Donna.

Underrated group!! Awesomeness to the highest level!!

truly an anthem of the 90s, combining all the things the band did best. lust, envy, bitterness, good jokes and melody.

There is a quiet contempt in this song that is so sublimely packaged many miss it.

@MrMarinaMalina

3 жыл бұрын

Only rich people miss it

This song has everything! Great lyrics, sharp social commentary, and a perfect blend of conversational and musical tones in the performance. I could listen to it forever. Maybe I will. Signing out to play it again.

@user-zz3jk9cr9q

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@boldbenedict4488

13 күн бұрын

Also comedic too. Perfect blend of everything in one song.

Yeah boi, 45 years young and still head bopping foot tapping and reminiscing. 90s rocked man. Peace n Love brothers and sisters ✌️❤️

I think the parts that speak the most to me are “If you called your dad, he could stop it all” combined with “Never fail like common people”. Partly because this reminds me of a story an older coworker once told me, about a friend's daughter, who back in the 70' did the (as I remember him telling it) leftie/hippie thing (to live like common people), and moved to an old quarter of the town (I think it was around the time young left-leaning people occupied part of it, to save the quarter from being razed (I think that quarter was built in the mid-to-late 1800s, so communal outhouses)). Anyhow, when she got pregnant, she had her dad to buy her a modern flat and moved there. Further on the topic of “fail like common people do”, money (and fame) is apparently very useful when you're suspected of, or sentenced for having, committed a crime. E.G: having enough money to post bail (from what I've understood (I don't live in a country with that system), it's much easier to defend yourself/prove your innocence/get a good lawyer (or if nothing else, there's a correlation with being able to post bail and afford better defence), besides, look up how many have got away with killing people). not to mention if you get a $2,500 to $5,000 fine (amount taken from the Wiki). To normal people, that's quite a lot to pay as, about half of US citizens have ≤ $500 in their savings, while another 29% have between $501 - $5,000 (according to an article on CNBC). Which I take as about 80% of US Americans could either lose their entire savings or get (as the majority of them) into deep debt, for a fine. While some people can, in essence, afford to burn double that amount, without a second (or first, for that matter) thought.

One of my favorite quotes from the film "Yesterday", "Some of the best songs never made it to number one. Common People by Pulp, for a start. It’s a total classic."

@thoydussthoyduss3732

2 жыл бұрын

Did not expect anyone to have a selection of favourite quotes from that movie.

I still smile hearing this song on my boring commute to work. Love the humour and tragic comedy.

I started watching Saltburn and immediately felt like the whole movie was just the embodiment of this song. Then I kept watching and they actually reference this song at one point. Mint.

@ivonnett19

4 ай бұрын

Venía a buscar algún comentario que hiciera referencia y aca te encontré :) Yo tambien supe que se trataba de esta canción.

"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." Gold.

1:15 "You're so funny" I said :"YeAh" "I cAn'T seE anYoNe eLse sMiliNg"

@DitzyFishy

Жыл бұрын

💀

One of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time. Pulp is so underrated.

@ruubennn

Жыл бұрын

As a bandthey are but this video does have 41mil views haha

@wespaul9345

Жыл бұрын

Agree. Jarvis delivers it all here. Clever wordy, charisma, humor, the performance. I can't fault it. And the band really backed it up.

Never gets old - takes me back to happier times

Common Ppl Stand Strong ❤

I lived in Chelsea during this period of Cool Britannia / Brit Pop . It was just the coolest time ever . Music , fashion ,food and art where all perfectly aligned . Incredible times

@peggyckm

3 жыл бұрын

Brit Pop Era simply was the B.E.S.T!!!

@karlosthejackel69

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll you don’t recognise the place now

@virginiaviola5097

2 жыл бұрын

A Swinging London ‘60’s throwback. We must be due another one pretty soonish.

@stephenmaynard7856

2 жыл бұрын

You should have been there in the early eighties . . . .

@Cristobels-Green-Boots

Жыл бұрын

Why don’t you tell us about Your Life & Hard Times....in Chelsea...when life was such a groove...when this came out...such a groove! 💔

"Dance and drink and screw. Because there is nothing else to do" True.

@luismartinperez5800

5 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't exist more important things than those few things if you know what I mean...

@CariettaW

5 жыл бұрын

Except this version is censored. Modern pop is basically just soft porn, and they censor the word 'screw' in this.

@jamesandrew1750

5 жыл бұрын

in small town pre-internet 1995 it could seem that way

@aceman0000099

5 жыл бұрын

Ah the times before video games

@GrenzerKuK

4 жыл бұрын

@@CariettaW Agreed. I don't understand why on earth 'screw' would be blanked out - its just not that offensive either back in the 90s (I was there) or now. Bizarre...

May 2024 anyone?

Pammy still lovin it...song fab 2! May 24

Anyone else think Jarvis Cocker could pull off some amazing Bowie covers? He's got a similar type of voice.

@ammartaha2926

7 жыл бұрын

his voice better than D. Bowie's voice

@Sunscorched

7 жыл бұрын

We will agree to disagree on that one! Nobody has a better voice than David Bowie :)

@dungeonsandkobolds894

7 жыл бұрын

Jude Ku Freddie Mercury

@thescootrician8249

7 жыл бұрын

He could give it a credible 'tribute' shot at least.. Likely better.

@Sunscorched

7 жыл бұрын

Just a smol killjoy Sadly, Freddie's not here :(

Jarvis Cocker is the epitome of a great frontman...and this is a timeless classic as is proven by the amount of us still here in 2022...i was 16 when this came out in the Britpop era 💚

Definitivamente pese a los años me sigue encantando Pulp, la forma en que pueden meterte una lírica completamente crítica acerca de nuestra sociedad con un ritmo bailable es arte puro. Larga vida a PULP.

Me: (in middle of test) Brain: are you sure YOU WANNA LIVE LIKE COMMON PEOPLE YOU WANT TO SEE WHATEVER COMMON PEOPLE SEE

@syc9699

5 жыл бұрын

Jarvis Cocker in Tesco sadly I think the classes are already defined ever before school tests define which institution or job you go for the future. Family background influences people way more than school tests themselves.

@throwaway999able

5 жыл бұрын

bro THIS.

@cadyfitzgerald3273

5 жыл бұрын

Jarvis Cocker in Tesco This is actually so relatable... right in the middle of my Biology A-Level exam ahahaha

@tuneofnature208

5 жыл бұрын

Lidl. Aldi

@GermanTaffer

5 жыл бұрын

Very very very wise! I think here are writing mostly people from the middle class like I with space to create their own story. But if you go down the ladder, lose your family support, you have no money no influence no way to get out your situation but have to accept the decisions of others. As a middle class people it is really hard imaginable, but I would suggest "City of Gods" or "Tropa Elite" to see , what the the downwards risks are. Take your chance, but avoid arrogance against common people at all cost! When I see politicans , see middle class brainless teens like Greta, this song is always playing in my head.

David tennant's Doctor, is just Jarvis Cocker in space...

@FuriousGibbon

7 жыл бұрын

And time.

@tynchytemper9618

7 жыл бұрын

Sam FiveSixEleven With converse.

@dhdoctor6108

6 жыл бұрын

and a big fuck off coat

@emmab5035

6 жыл бұрын

this is so accurate?

@justineashby8239

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! both wonderful people. Think Jarvis is a better dancer though...

This song will live forever!!

@FredoMiller

Жыл бұрын

I swear down, this is my favourite song, I play it all the time🥰 How often do you listen to this jam?😊

the song is from my 90s disco time. super-beautiful to dance along to, this is real 90s music, for me the best decade for disco and dancing along, words are not enough, you have to have been there in the 90s 👏🏻.

"And you dance and drink and SCREW" What is happening today? Great PULP and Jarvis.

I said pretend you've got no money, She just laughed and said, "Oh you're so funny." I said "Yeah? Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here.

@judyhopps9380

4 жыл бұрын

(are you sure?)

@letitbefree07

4 жыл бұрын

Even reading it, it’s freaking funny ♥️

@joemartins1066

4 жыл бұрын

It is so true. I’m cracking up as I read this comment. 😂

@imacat839

4 жыл бұрын

444th like

@traplady5783

4 жыл бұрын

The best moment

I will never get tired of listening to this British masterpiece👏

I first heard this song like a month ago and fell in love with it instantly. What a banger!

Everybody talk about the Britpop revolution: Radiohead, Oasis, Blur.... but Pulp, damn it ???????

@jackpitman15

8 жыл бұрын

Suede. Also Radiohead was a grunge band and then became alternative.

@LaichzeitFX

8 жыл бұрын

+Aury Ochoa Radiohead is not britpop and its way better than oasis, blur, suede and pulp

@LaichzeitFX

8 жыл бұрын

paulbesterberg Sure sir, you know alot about music. you should work for Rolling Stone magazine as a critic. (sarcastic tone)

@J8D2

8 жыл бұрын

Sounds great, just leave radiohead out.

@melongenie1030

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Pizaña How in God's name is Oasis brit pop? explain this to me

1:47 boomerang effect instagram before it was cool!

@BeanBeanMcBean3000

5 жыл бұрын

Oh

My aunt is in this 😂

@jumper44

2 ай бұрын

Who is she

2024, 3024, 4024, it doesn't matter, this masterpiece will be heard forever...

This is a great song, The British music of the 90s was exceptional.

@ginafierlafijnreddie4251

10 жыл бұрын

and 80s was not too bad either

@RobSmith2016

10 жыл бұрын

Or the 60s, lol lets keep this going :)

@panzercat39

10 жыл бұрын

Rob Smith British music of the 50's was just God awful,...could not resist!

@davidjassogranados3162

10 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of mexican music?

@geminix365

10 жыл бұрын

Actually copied from a Spanish one so you should say The Spanish music of the 80s were great, yeah it was from 1989 of Mecano-Los Amantes

I've only recently discovered that song (the band itself actually) and the more I listen to it, the more I love it. How could I live without it before? Simply genial

@jcasma

2 жыл бұрын

They were never big outside of the UK

@fanofactionflicks

2 жыл бұрын

i looked up the word genial from this comment, read it and heard it before over the years and finally looked it up.

@oak_leaf

2 жыл бұрын

@@fanofactionflicks that's funny because what I actually meant was "genius". I simply made a mistake because in my native polish that would be "genialny". Now I looked that up too and let it stay this way - I guess they can be genial too although I'm not certain if that's the case with that song specifically :)

@ariesleorising9421

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! I’ve loved it since back when it came out! I never get tired of it!! Happy you found Pulp!❤

@ljb4541

Жыл бұрын

Same here, and this has become one of my all time favourite songs

Ive been listening to this song for so many years now and I can't get tired of it!

what a massive contribution to music this tune was.

1995 was such an incredible year. Having missed the Beatles/Stones/Kinks era I never thought I would live through such brilliant music. I was 28 and remember watching TOTP with Pulp, Blur, Elastica. The number one was Oasis with Don’t Look Back in Anger, they did it live with Noel and his Union flag guitar and Liam on piano. Just breathtaking and never to be repeated.

@ibosquez5238

Жыл бұрын

They have reunited.

@carolgebert7833

Жыл бұрын

I think of 1995 being the last great year of music. The mp3 format made it very convenient for listening, but without people actually buying physical CDs or vinyl, great pop music started to die. We still have a little, but not like it was.

@martinjames6431

Жыл бұрын

For music but as I spent most of it with an amphetamine filled needle in my arm it also sucked

@ibosquez5238

Жыл бұрын

@@martinjames6431 Glad to have you around Martin. You might have died.

@martinjames6431

Жыл бұрын

@@ibosquez5238 One day I did. Second time I tried H