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.
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.
@paulanthony5274 you should definitely check out Blouse. They didn't release too much but their classic "Me Oh Myra" is a controversial one. I originally bought the single because of all the fuss. Then I threw it out and went to buy another copy because I liked the song.
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 ❤
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
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.
@Keith Kristi ""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
@@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..
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 that often.
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..
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
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
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!
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?!'
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
@@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.
"You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go" Some all time killer emotions right there. Amazing lyrics.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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 :)
@@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 😐
Life was simple and happy in the 90s because we were mostly still in school and had no adult responsibilities, I agree take me back. Being 40 sucks lol.
The fashion usually come back again.The technologies the CIBERSECURITY.When we WERE youngs.Now THEY understand the new concepts OF cyberwarfare/cybersecurity/cyberattacks/disinformation/Cyberdefense/cyberspy/cybrrsabotages/terror....ATTACKING, infiltrating in the systems and try to repress, to control NATIONS.So the misery FOR you.We NEVER SURRENDER.WE NEVER LIKED THE III WWW IN THE EUROPEA. CONTINENT! 🔱
@@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)...
@@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...
@@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.
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.
I had heard this song many a time over the years but then after hearing it uncountable times and regarded it as ‘ just another song ‘ I listened to the words, word for word, and was blown away by the lyrics and its story, amazing song
Yep. I never really "got" Pulp back in the day either. Recently I've been listening to a radio station that's dedicated to playing 90's music. I fell in love with "Sorted for E's and Wizz" and started checking out other songs by Pulp that passed me by before. I absolutely love Jarvis's story driven lyrics. There's so much humour in his songs too. He's a truly brilliant song writer.
The melody for this song was rather inspired by Emerson, Lake & Palmer's version of the Aaron Copland classical work "Fanfare for the Common Man"; ELP's version was released in 1977. But five years before that, Styx (from here, the US) included their rendition of part of that same Copland work in their song "Movement for the Common Man."
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
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."
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.
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.
@@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".
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
It's been 21 years since their last album and 11 years since they've last toured and now it's just been announced that Pulp are finally reuniting (again)
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 💚
I must have been about fifteen or sixteen when my dad mentioned he had heard this song on the radio at work. "Commanditos" or something. He asked me if I could tell him what's it about. I just laughed at the "Commanditos". I didn't translate it though I knew the song and liked it too. I propably felt embarassed to explain the lyrics and likely I didn't grasp the theme at the fullest at such age. I always remember this when I hear the song, which I still love. It's bitter sweet. I wish I could've had a better relationship with my dad. It was possible, but he succumbed to alcoholism, faded away and died when I was just. 24. He would be 78 now if he lived, but he died 18 years ago.
This is my mum’s song, having actually studied sculpture at St Martin’s college. She drew the Rolling Stones when they were recording too. Apparently they signed it, but it went missing. Damn shame
Apparently this song was written with Danai Stratou, a greek artist and the wife of a former Minister of Finance of Greece, in mind. She studied sculpture at St Martin's College as well:P Though it's only a rumour that the song is about her... But the mention of Greece in the beginning makes it rather specific in my opinion 😅
@@vasilikikakara3092 I agree, it does seem a bit too coincidental. Unfortunately, mum being Scottish, It’s definitely not about her 😅 It would have been cool if they knew each other though, but mum was there when it was just St Martins (before it became Central St Martins) - roughly the same time danae stratou was born…. I think - admittedly I did have to google her name. Mum teaches art these days, but rarely does her own stuff now. Such a shame she didn’t continue but professional artistry isn’t an easy job when you have a family I guess.
@@jimgill19770 Your mom must be roughly the same age as my mom. Professional artistry isn't easy when you're not loaded like Stratou, I guess 😅 To be quite honest, I only know her because her husband was our Minister of Finance in 2015 when we almost got out of the EU (Grexit walked so that Brexit could fly...)
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.
I do miss the lyrics from the album cut: Like a dog lying in the corner They'll bite you and never warn you, look you 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 stain's 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 are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright, Whilst you can only wonder why...
Some great meaning in "The chip stains and grease will come out in the bath". It shows that the veneer of attempting to appear a lower class than you actually are will collapse when behind closed doors. I've always thought that line was the best in the song and the most hard-hitting and truthful. The rest of the song has a message, no doubt, but that line seemed to be the most scathing social commentary in the song.
"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.
does anyone else come back to songs from their childhood, and then realise that they never really understood what the songs was actually about, it's nice gaining a new appreciation for something.
I lived in Thailand during the Britpop era. I only knew of Oasis and Blur and that was by accident in early 1995. Only recently have I discovered all of the bands I missed. 'Common People' by Pulp is my favourite song of that era.
I got a speeding ticket as a young lad driving in a clapped out old Ford Fiesta listening to this on a miserable, mind numbing journey to Birmingham on Christmas Eve. I couldn't have cared less when I got it as I was loving the album so much, blaring away on a cassette which obviously annoyed the officer. I drove off smiling, banging the steering wheel to the chorus and the look his face was a memory I'll treasure.
I've loved this song for many years and I still listen to it weekly. I listen to it so much that my 3 year old absolutely loves this song. We dance to it all the time. Best song ever created
This is the perfect start to the story of the album, it begins happy and colourful in the start, and ends in a depressing mess, absolutely love this album
Pulp -Common people The Smashing Pumkins - 1979 The verve - bittersweet symphony Oasis - Wonderwall The La's - There She Goes Tal Bachman - Shes So High David Gray- This years Love R.E.M - Losing my religion Mazzy Star - Fade Into You Pearl Jam - Alive Are all classical Jams of the 90s
when I was at Glastonbury festival and the stone roses dropped out ; Pulp replaceded them I thought what a let down , They did the one of the best sets I have ever seen they were amazing
I love that the 'Most replayed' is the whole song. We've got some good taste. Considering the lyrics in most current popular songs, they censor 'and screw??' It's a powerful part of the message. I'll watch it again anyway.
@miraeja At least the Romans had it in their culture to not ignore luck's influence in your fortune
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I absolutely accept sculpture as a study choice, but it never stops me from thoroughly enjoying the subtle sarcasm of “thirst for knowledge” and “studied sculpture” in the same sentence
Depends on the angle you take - you _could_ follow sculpture into the realms of materials science and metallurgy for the constituent parts, or into anthropology and zoology and botany for the subject matter, or into machine tooling and robotics for the fabrication side. Probably not though.
Just amazing. I know this is taken from an Irish Folk song- namely 'she moves through yhe fair', but this is a wonderful adaptation. Jim's voice is so haunting..
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
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
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.
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.
What a lovely memorie ❤❤
🤍🙏🏻🌷
Sending love.
Fifty Nine is too early to go, tell us his name, please.
Your dad had good taste!
R.I.P Steve Mackey, the bass guitarist of Pulp. Thank you for this beautiful music.
Absolutely agree Pulp made beautiful music. Steven Mackey will be missed.
❤❤❤❤
Fuck :( I missed that news, and it was a year ago. Goddamn. He was only in his 50s too, far far too young. RIP.
😢
Clotshot...
Easily one of the best lyrically written songs in pop history. Amazing.
Almost as good as anything by Blouse
@@Mightyflynn77 Who? Never heard of them are they worth checking out?
@paulanthony5274 you should definitely check out Blouse. They didn't release too much but their classic "Me Oh Myra" is a controversial one. I originally bought the single because of all the fuss. Then I threw it out and went to buy another copy because I liked the song.
Absolutamente desconocida.
Nunca la escuché.
"lyrically written"
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 ❤
good on you girl. with your taste in music youre a keeper
@PaulEdwards-og9bs Thank you, what a lovely thing to say 😊
Still lots of good times are coming. Keep safe and strong.
You can't beat the 1990 music
hermosa libertad, hermosa tu
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
🙏💙
Thats so sad. rip Sheree 🕊
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.
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0:30 I bet you guys didnt notice that he starts saying "...and then in thirty seconds' time" exactly thirty seconds into the track
You need to get out more
I don't suppose you noticed the snatch on the bird in the mauve shorts ?
@@HiThailand-g7li dont even know what mauve is
@@HiThailand-g7lbut if her snatch was out im sure i would have noticed that
Cool
I love how the tempo constantly increases throughout the song. You don't get that in many songs, and it adds so much.
@Keith Kristi you like this try stairway to heaven
@Keith Kristi I think if you set a metronome you'll find the pace definitely increases.
@Keith Kristi ""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
@@FuturCrayon He recorded a classic.
The rest of us are raising a glass to him as a result.
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@@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..
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 that often.
Now all the common scum bags are on benefits!
Unregulated capitalism makes everything a rat race.
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..
when you were young x respect...youngsters now are injecting coke.......whats gone wrong#
Weeping😮
In my opinion, Pulp was the greatest band of the Britpop era. Nobody captured the zeitgeist of the 90s like Jarvis Cocker. Timeless music ❤
Totally agree mate
I so love this song Jarvis cocker aka the weed in tweed 😂
Spot on.
Blur's pretty good too, imo.
Easily the best..
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.
Nostalgia,,,the older we get....
@@jimmyroos1677 best summer ever ( the sun didn’t stop blazing down and Britpop ruled the airwaves)
Not really for all of music. Most of 90s music sucked
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
@@ksodz1397 90s music the best
This is one of the most lyrically impressive songs I've ever heard.
Agreed.
I like how the second half is very dark “never fail like common people, and watch your life slide out of view”
Damn
The second half just hits so hard
Indeed. Especially since "Rent a flat above the shop". Lyrics impressed me too, true words)
@@fishels3895 It's pretty dark throughout.
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
Hmmmm 1974 really
@@tedriding😂 time traveler
RIP Steve Mackey (November 10, 1966 - March 2, 2023), aged 56
You will be remembered as a legend.
what happened that they died? 👥
Thats way too young
A true Legend gone too soon
The whole "Different class" album is one of the most elegant and amazing pop albums ever made. Pulp did an amazing job with it.
you have godd taste in music
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!
Did u blush,,,or is it true. 🤾♀️
@@jimmyroos1677 it's absolutely true. I didn't blush 😆 I was beaming!
This is a great story
how great!!!
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?!'
Saw Pulp two nights ago at the Hollywood Palladium, it was MAGIC!! Happy Birthday, Jarvis!
They were at the Hollywood forever cemetery last Saturday, a very good show.
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.
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.
Plenty of those ironic songs in the 80s to the 90's 😊
So it goes
@@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.
@@jessejamesainger3263 why do you think this song takes itself too seriously if i may ask?
@@b.f1731 Sorry worded that wrong, edited.
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.
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.
There's something deeply satisfying about patronising the moneyed class.
Agreed even though i am considered rich by the government
#breakingpoints
@@evanvrysoulis7714 lmao
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.
@@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.
I love how this song builds. It grows on you.
like an extra arm
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...
So true.
It's Amazing the true meaning in that one sentence
It encapsulates so much of what being working class can feel like sometimes.
"You will never understand
How it feels to live your life
With no meaning or control
And with nowhere left to go"
Some all time killer emotions right there. Amazing lyrics.
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."
Did not expect anyone to have a selection of favourite quotes from that movie.
@@thoydussthoyduss3732 "hey dude".
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.
Absolutely
Also comedic too. Perfect blend of everything in one song.
Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Elastica every head must bow and every tongue must confess. They all wrote great songs one way or the other.
keane. you forgot
Keane can’t compare with them,but it’s also a pretty band
What about suede?
In the end, all the "BritPop" thing was like five bands or so.
Don't forget the Manic Street Preachers
She didn't understand and she just smiled and held my hand. My all-time favorite line ever.
There is a quiet contempt in this song that is so sublimely packaged many miss it.
Only rich people miss it
It is frustration disguised as contempt. 0
it's pretty funny, in a way, that this album and even this song in particular made everyone in the band fucking loaded
The most honest timeless lyrics ever written
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.
They have reunited.
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.
For music but as I spent most of it with an amphetamine filled needle in my arm it also sucked
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Glad to have you around Martin. You might have died.
@@ibosquez5238 One day I did. Second time I tried H
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.
I love this song so much.
The progression of the song, the lyrics, the relatability,
is what makes this song/album, amazing.
Bang on !
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
nah, it's inspired by Danae Stratou, Yanis Varoufakis's wife
ha! i was thinking the same thing.
@@Botwinka13 It's a line from "Saltburn"
One of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time. Pulp is so underrated.
As a bandthey are but this video does have 41mil views haha
Agree. Jarvis delivers it all here. Clever wordy, charisma, humor, the performance. I can't fault it. And the band really backed it up.
I’m 63 this is one of the best tracks I’ve ever heard 🪕
It’s eternal
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
They were never big outside of the UK
i looked up the word genial from this comment, read it and heard it before over the years and finally looked it up.
@@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 :)
Welcome! I’ve loved it since back when it came out! I never get tired of it!! Happy you found Pulp!❤
Same here, and this has become one of my all time favourite songs
One of the biggest britpop anthems
And one of the biggest and more blatant cases of plagiarism in music.
@@residente44 I'm just curious whom exactlyb did they plagiarize?
@@gilavalos2400 Mecano - Los Amantes
Criminally under-rated song and group....
really? th-cam.com/video/abOWpBP_GiQ/w-d-xo.html
Juan Vazquez wait
@@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 😐
29m views. Wut?
@@juanjvp06 Por que publicaste ese link? Es una canción de la ley.
Take me back to the 90s when life was ever so happy and simple
you are naive
Life was great in the nineties!.
Had a great time then!.
But now I am old!
'90s sucked in most countries
Life was simple and happy in the 90s because we were mostly still in school and had no adult responsibilities, I agree take me back. Being 40 sucks lol.
The fashion usually come back again.The technologies the CIBERSECURITY.When we WERE youngs.Now THEY understand the new concepts OF cyberwarfare/cybersecurity/cyberattacks/disinformation/Cyberdefense/cyberspy/cybrrsabotages/terror....ATTACKING, infiltrating in the systems and try to repress, to control NATIONS.So the misery FOR you.We NEVER SURRENDER.WE NEVER LIKED THE III WWW IN THE EUROPEA. CONTINENT! 🔱
1:47 I love when the tempo raises. Awesome!
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...
It really does it Home and I actually get quite emotional with," see your life slip out of view" that part hurts
@@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)...
@@MojoBonzo thats me rn aha, how has it turned out since then?
@@alfiefell6990 i just had to "man up" and do it anyway! tbh the thoughts never went completely away... you just get stuck into it...
@@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...
"then in thirty seconds time" THAT IS SAID THIRTY SECONDS INTO THE SONG and that pleases me for some reason 0:30
coincidence?
I AM SATISFIED
击 Oreo ほんとだー！wow
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
Not coinkidink.
Loominarty.
Jarvis Cocker was a BritPop icon of the 90s🇬🇧
National Treasure in my house 🥰
One of the best songs about class warfare and between the have and havenots. We need more Pulp in these times!
We need more Communism, maaaaaan!
Jesus Christ man….it’s not that deep.
We have the maneskin punk aaaa
@@VegGeorgie yes, it is.
@@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.
This was my teenage years. Had the cassette played done.. RIP Steve Mackey ❤️
Whats happened
@@goneburnforher He dieds
@@goneburnforherprobably heart attack?
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.
The lyrics of this song is so beautifully well written that the story flows and take you with it.. with or without your cooperation.
much underated band who really hit the mark
2024, 3024, 4024, it doesn't matter, this masterpiece will be heard forever...
"The poor will always be with you."
A Jewish revolutionary, a little over 2000 years ago.
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.
I had heard this song many a time over the years but then after hearing it uncountable times and regarded it as ‘ just another song ‘ I listened to the words, word for word, and was blown away by the lyrics and its story, amazing song
Common people
Yep. I never really "got" Pulp back in the day either. Recently I've been listening to a radio station that's dedicated to playing 90's music. I fell in love with "Sorted for E's and Wizz" and started checking out other songs by Pulp that passed me by before. I absolutely love Jarvis's story driven lyrics. There's so much humour in his songs too. He's a truly brilliant song writer.
you need to listen to Jarvis Cocker's 'running the world'
The melody for this song was rather inspired by Emerson, Lake & Palmer's version of the Aaron Copland classical work "Fanfare for the Common Man"; ELP's version was released in 1977. But five years before that, Styx (from here, the US) included their rendition of part of that same Copland work in their song "Movement for the Common Man."
It is a powerfully loaded song, very deceptive, until you listen to the words.
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
Brit Pop Era simply was the B.E.S.T!!!
I’ll you don’t recognise the place now
A Swinging London ‘60’s throwback. We must be due another one pretty soonish.
You should have been there in the early eighties . . . .
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! 💔
This might actually be the best song ever made.
Jarvis has a knack for writing songs about everyday things and turning them into musical works of art
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."
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.
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.
@@tillyb5768 uhhhhh....okayyyyyy🤨😆
This song has about 30 stanzas in its longest form. Lyrics out the kazoo and all great.
This song becomes even more brilliant with every passing year.
It's now 2022 and I can confirm that this is true
It's due to inflation
@@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".
correct ☺👍
Just saw them live yesterday in Toronto. Show was incredible.
This is one of those songs that you NEVER get bored of.
Come to the wirral loads of common people. The most forgotten location in England
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
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I listen to this version and I hear Bill Shatner
It's been 21 years since their last album and 11 years since they've last toured and now it's just been announced that Pulp are finally reuniting (again)
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 💚
I must have been about fifteen or sixteen when my dad mentioned he had heard this song on the radio at work. "Commanditos" or something. He asked me if I could tell him what's it about. I just laughed at the "Commanditos". I didn't translate it though I knew the song and liked it too. I propably felt embarassed to explain the lyrics and likely I didn't grasp the theme at the fullest at such age.
I always remember this when I hear the song, which I still love. It's bitter sweet. I wish I could've had a better relationship with my dad. It was possible, but he succumbed to alcoholism, faded away and died when I was just. 24. He would be 78 now if he lived, but he died 18 years ago.
For many an average band... but this is nothing short than a brilliant masterpiece!! Love it!
More less than average...when they have gone, nothing would have left
I still smile hearing this song on my boring commute to work. Love the humour and tragic comedy.
This is my mum’s song, having actually studied sculpture at St Martin’s college. She drew the Rolling Stones when they were recording too. Apparently they signed it, but it went missing. Damn shame
Bullshit '' Gill Gill ''. Stop bsing the generation..
@@PETERN1982 suit yourself. Not sure what reason I’d have for lying about this but believe whatever you like 🙄
Apparently this song was written with Danai Stratou, a greek artist and the wife of a former Minister of Finance of Greece, in mind. She studied sculpture at St Martin's College as well:P Though it's only a rumour that the song is about her... But the mention of Greece in the beginning makes it rather specific in my opinion 😅
@@vasilikikakara3092 I agree, it does seem a bit too coincidental. Unfortunately, mum being Scottish, It’s definitely not about her 😅 It would have been cool if they knew each other though, but mum was there when it was just St Martins (before it became Central St Martins) - roughly the same time danae stratou was born…. I think - admittedly I did have to google her name.
Mum teaches art these days, but rarely does her own stuff now. Such a shame she didn’t continue but professional artistry isn’t an easy job when you have a family I guess.
@@jimgill19770 Your mom must be roughly the same age as my mom. Professional artistry isn't easy when you're not loaded like Stratou, I guess 😅 To be quite honest, I only know her because her husband was our Minister of Finance in 2015 when we almost got out of the EU (Grexit walked so that Brexit could fly...)
It’s such a thought provoking, timeless, quality tune.
"And you dance and drink and SCREW" What is happening today? Great PULP and Jarvis.
This is a great song, The British music of the 90s was exceptional.
and 80s was not too bad either
Or the 60s, lol lets keep this going :)
Rob Smith British music of the 50's was just God awful,...could not resist!
Ever heard of mexican music?
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
The lyrics and the musical arrangements are absolutely genious.
I saw Pulp this week and was amazing gig. Jarvis is such a great entertainer.
i feel he's underappreciated as a dancer
Yes!! I’m so glad someone noted that
Didn't he make it up all without any choreography?
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.
yea its an absolute wicked way he has with his left foot ...Common people like me and you...🕴🕴
Great single - very amusing colourful lyrics
Thanks ***** Glad you liked this
Love this one also, Bernard!
Dale Johnson Glad you liked this
I do miss the lyrics from the album cut:
Like a dog lying in the corner
They'll bite you and never warn you, look you
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 stain's 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 are amazed that they exist
And they burn so bright,
Whilst you can only wonder why...
Some great meaning in "The chip stains and grease will come out in the bath". It shows that the veneer of attempting to appear a lower class than you actually are will collapse when behind closed doors. I've always thought that line was the best in the song and the most hard-hitting and truthful. The rest of the song has a message, no doubt, but that line seemed to be the most scathing social commentary in the song.
🙏🏽💔🙏🏻
@@georgeiii2998 : tell that to Prinz Wilhelm: ‘one wants to be like Common People: one wants to do...’
🙏🏻💔🙏🏽
@Barbara Weaver Completely uncalled for. No reason to attack someone you've never met. Also, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge*.
"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.
It's 2023, and this is still one of the all-time great bangers.
oh yeah
It was totally underrated... I was living a 'trainspotting' style life back then... this song was like the soundtrack of those days.
@@alainvosselman9960 ab so fkn lutley ! !
always will be
I agree
does anyone else come back to songs from their childhood, and then realise that they never really understood what the songs was actually about, it's nice gaining a new appreciation for something.
Exactly what I’m doing right now
I was 23 when this song came out so to answer your question no.
It's definitely me, sums up my relationships with my ex wife perfectly fine, this one
I lived in Thailand during the Britpop era. I only knew of Oasis and Blur and that was by accident in early 1995. Only recently have I discovered all of the bands I missed. 'Common People' by Pulp is my favourite song of that era.
Smart lyrics, mister Jarvis Cocker. Thank you.
Nice to see someone from a different nationality enjoying this music :)
I got a speeding ticket as a young lad driving in a clapped out old Ford Fiesta listening to this on a miserable, mind numbing journey to Birmingham on Christmas Eve. I couldn't have cared less when I got it as I was loving the album so much, blaring away on a cassette which obviously annoyed the officer. I drove off smiling, banging the steering wheel to the chorus and the look his face was a memory I'll treasure.
LOL! Nice one )
gay
deeply sorry you had to go to Birmingham
I've loved this song for many years and I still listen to it weekly. I listen to it so much that my 3 year old absolutely loves this song. We dance to it all the time. Best song ever created
This is the perfect start to the story of the album, it begins happy and colourful in the start, and ends in a depressing mess, absolutely love this album
Pulp -Common people
The Smashing Pumkins - 1979
The verve - bittersweet symphony
Oasis - Wonderwall
The La's - There She Goes
Tal Bachman - Shes So High
David Gray- This years Love
R.E.M - Losing my religion
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Pearl Jam - Alive
Are all classical Jams of the 90s
Cant forget Blur-Girls and Boys
Sabotage - Beastie boys
REM...british...🤔
Blur song 2
LifeOfNate The Frank and Walters - this is not a song
You'll never watch your life slide out of view. Powerful
This is a masterpiece.
Even more relevant today than when it came out
Can't Leave This Behind... The progression, the sound, the energy, the lyrics the smell, the friends, they are all here, I can feel it, its '95...
when I was at Glastonbury festival and the stone roses dropped out ; Pulp replaceded them I thought what a let down , They did the one of the best sets I have ever seen they were amazing
I waz there 1995 i believe
Woz there myself best set evva xxx
In the same way JAMES replaced morrisy xxx
God I wish I was old enough to go to Glastonbury in the 90s
@@jet3296 some of uz woz xxx
I love how it gradually speeds up. Criminally under-rated song. Ahead of its time.
If you like this type of songs, I hope you know Nick Cave! He's the master of these "speeding up" songs 😉
I love that the 'Most replayed' is the whole song. We've got some good taste. Considering the lyrics in most current popular songs, they censor 'and screw??' It's a powerful part of the message. I'll watch it again anyway.
Anyone else think Jarvis Cocker could pull off some amazing Bowie covers? He's got a similar type of voice.
his voice better than D. Bowie's voice
We will agree to disagree on that one! Nobody has a better voice than David Bowie :)
Jude Ku Freddie Mercury
He could give it a credible 'tribute' shot at least.. Likely better.
Just a smol killjoy Sadly, Freddie's not here :(
This song never gets old, it is such a brilliant piece of social commentary.
It just gets truer and truer
True. I've got a fake poor person in my midst who is making a profession out of being pretend-poor.
She's tight as a fishes arse and being rumbled.
@@miraeja It's just always been eternally true. There were rumors of Marie Antoinette doing similar
@miraeja At least the Romans had it in their culture to not ignore luck's influence in your fortune
I absolutely accept sculpture as a study choice, but it never stops me from thoroughly enjoying the subtle sarcasm of “thirst for knowledge” and “studied sculpture” in the same sentence
Depends on the angle you take - you _could_ follow sculpture into the realms of materials science and metallurgy for the constituent parts, or into anthropology and zoology and botany for the subject matter, or into machine tooling and robotics for the fabrication side. Probably not though.
Moron. You did not end with a punctuation point for a sentence.
Matthewandannmarie Bellamy it’s the Internet, grammar doesn’t matter as long as the comment is legible
Just amazing. I know this is taken from an Irish Folk song- namely 'she moves through yhe fair', but this is a wonderful adaptation. Jim's voice is so haunting..
one of the coolest songs ever. everything is fantastic: the music , the style,, the lyrics !!!!!! great, greater, Pulp and Jarvis Cocker!!!!
Rest In Peace Steve Mackey, you're always my Number One!
1:47 boomerang effect instagram before it was cool!
Oh
I heard sorted for E's and whizz on Radio and now I'm listening to all the classics again,they were a very unique band,bring back the 90's
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
Nice btw i like your profile pic
RAD!!!
i was having a bad day and this made me smile bless you
hahahha cool
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
Timeless .....One of the best songs ever made.
truly an anthem of the 90s, combining all the things the band did best. lust, envy, bitterness, good jokes and melody.
I can't help but giggle to myself throughout watching this Pulp Classic..Love It .
Sent from Liverpool 🏴 UK 🇬🇧 😎
After all these years, I still have to listen to this at least twice a week. A real classic.
Same here,School of fish "For three strange days" as well.