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Then That Goes In There: A Pulp Primer

Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Russell Senior (violin, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Mark Webber (guitar), Steve Mackey (bass) and Nick Banks (drums). Throughout the 1980s, the band struggled to find success, but gained prominence in the UK in the mid-1990s with the release of the albums His ‘n’ Hers in 1994 and particularly Different Class in 1995, which reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart.  Pulp’s musical style during this period consisted of disco influenced pop-rock coupled with “kitchen sink drama“-style lyrics. Jarvis Cocker and the band became major figures in the Britpop movement, and were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1994 for His ‘n’ Hers. (Wikipedia)

Cocker’s cunning lyrics are marked by his baritone moaning and screeching (don’t let this put you off; it’s interesting), and often performed in spoken word. The lyrics often tell stories of characters’ mishaps (Oh, Deborah do you recall etc.). 

It (1983):
BAND NAME/ALBUM NAME PUNS! 

Early Pulp members differed from the current lineup. 

1. My Lighthouse (written by Jarvis Cocker and Simon Hinkler)
2. Joking Aside
3. Boats and Trains
4. Blue Girls
5. Love Love

Freaks (1987): 

Members on Freaks: Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Peter Mansell, Magnus Doyle

1. Fairground *
2. Master of the Universe
3. Anorexic Beauty *
4. The Never-Ending Story
5. Don’t You Know

*lead vocals by Russell Senior

Separations (1992):

1. She’s Dead
2. Down By The River
3. My Legendary Girlfriend
4. Death II
5. This House Is Condemned

His ‘n’ Hers (1994):

1. Lipgloss
2. Acrylic Afternoons
3. Babies
4. She’s A Lady
5. Do You Remember the First Time?
6. Pink Glove

Different Class (1995):

The first album I fell in love with!

1. Mis-Shapes
2. Common People
3. I Spy
4. Something Changed
5. Underwear
6. Monday Morning

This Is Hardcore (1998):

Russell Senior not featured on this and the next album.

1. The Fear
2. Dishes
3. Help the Aged
4. This Is Hardcore
5. Seductive Barry
6. Like A Friend

We Love Life (2001):

1. Weeds
2. The Trees
3. Wickerman
4. Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)
5. Bad Cover Version

B-Sides/Other: 

1. Turkey Mambo Momma [The Peel Sessions (1981)]
2. Razzmatazz [single; Intro – The Gift Recordings (1993)]
3. Seconds [The Sisters EP (1994)]
4. Mile End [“Something Changed” B-Side (1995); on Trainspotting (1996) soundtrack]
5. We Are The Boyz [“Party Hard” B-Side (1998); on Velvet Goldmine (1998) soundtrack]
6. Death Comes To Town [Unreleased]

Greetings Indie Legend: Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker is notorious for his stage invasion at the 1996 BRIT awards during Michael Jacskon’s performance in protest. He has also had a successful solo career. (gr8 sidetrack, Becky!)

Jarvis (2006):

1. Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time
2. Black Magic
3. Heavy Weather
4. I Will Kill Again
5. From Auschwitz to Ipswich
6. Running The World

Further Complications (2009):

1. Further Complications
2. Angela
3. I Never Said I Was Deep
4. Homewrecker!
5. Caucasian Blues
6. You’re In My Eyes (Discosong)

B-Sides

1. The Mouse, The Bird And The Sausage
2. Loss Adjuster

ZIP: PART 1 & PART 2

ragingfun:

Vox magazine, September 1996.

Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker gives good entrance. “I am not Jesus, ‘though I have the same initials,” goes the first line of “Dishes” on “This Is Hardcore”. Or take the opening salvo in “TV Movie”: “Without you my life has become a hangover without end/A movie made for TV: bad dialogue, bad acting, no interest.” Cocker’s songs don’t veer downhill after they begin, either. In the time since his Noel Coward-in-the-London-underground observations on Pulp’s 1996 album “Different Class,” Cocker has been working even harder at his craft. “This Is Hardcore” is a series of poignant or pungent vignettes about confused or lonely people. “Seductive Barry” fantasizes about making love to the object of his obsession; “A Little Soul” about a defeated husband who beats his wife and pleads with his son not to repeat dad’s mistakes. When Cocker writes what are presumably autobiographical lyrics, he’s no less piercing or clever. The withering “Like a Friend” finds him both repulsed by and attracted to a fake friend: “You take up my time like some cheap magazine when I could’ve been learning something.” Compared to the unimaginative language of so much pop and rock, Cocker’s lyrics — enriched by his dry, jaundiced-dandy voice — are literary salons unto themselves. “Different Class” was a debauched update of vintage new wave styles. “This Is Hardcore” is more expansive and more stylish than its predecessor, integrating sweeping string sections and over-the-top, big-rock production touches. “Help the Aged,” Cocker’s ode to lessons gleaned from the elderly, deftly leaps from an after-hours fragility to arena roar. In “Dishes,” Cocker attempts to comfort his mate after a hard days’ work. “I’d like to make this water wine, but it’s impossible/I’ve got to get these dishes dry,” he sings, voice on the verge of cracking, as the music surges into sublime cabaret-pop beauty. Cocker’s grander statements about Today’s Youth, tucked away toward the album’s end, are less satisfying, and the music grows a tad bloated too. Still, you have to love anyone who uses the words “rave,” “cholesterol” and “Bergerac” in one song. Tucked away in the liner notes is an odd little statement: “Please do not read the lyrics whilst listening to the recordings.” Sorry, Jarvis — sometimes it can’t be helped.

- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S THIS IS HARDCORE REVIEW

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