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| Jarvis Cocker – Disney Time Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Jarvis: "It's quite a strange train of thought, really. It starts off talking about somebody who used to associate watching TV with porn films, and he's glad he doesn't do that any more, and now he's got a kid he's going to be a responsible person and watch only Disney films. But then I got thinking about Disney movies, and they're quite pornographic in a way, because just like pornography portrays sex in an idealised way, Disney films portray an idealised view of family life. So it's kind of my reaction to that." ... I absolutely love this song. |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Disney Time Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Jarvis: "It's quite a strange train of thought, really. It starts off talking about somebody who used to associate watching TV with porn films, and he's glad he doesn't do that any more, and now he's got a kid he's going to be a responsible person and watch only Disney films. But then I got thinking about Disney movies, and they're quite pornographic in a way, because just like pornography portrays sex in an idealised way, Disney films portray an idealised view of family life. So it's kind of my reaction to that." ... I absolutely love this song. |
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| Richard Hawley – Valentine Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Richard said it's about how, when you've lost a partner, you try to deal with it by making yourself hard & cold. & this song is about the moment when you admit to yourself that you're not. |
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| Sandi Thom – I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Hmm. I think people are arguing too much over this one. I don't really like it much, but I think it's quite self explanatory.
I also think that, considering she's Scottish, she's more likely to be referring to Tony Blair (PM at the time) being in a band. Not George Bush Senior. Could be wrong. |
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| Pulp – Born To Cry Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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xanya, thanks for the song :) I absolutely love it, one of my favourites at the moment. |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Heavy Weather Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Judging from stuff Jarvis has said in interviews, I'd agree with littleladyblue. He said it's about his wife & how it's worth going through the explosive parts of the relationshop because it's part of the attraction. |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Heavy Weather Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Judging from stuff Jarvis has said in interviews, I'd agree with littleladyblue. He said it's about his wife & how it's worth going through the explosive parts of the relationshop because it's part of the attraction. |
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| Pulp – Sunrise Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song is about the contrast of getting to appreciate sunrise after years of it being your enemy. Because when you go out clubbing all the time seeing the sunrise is the sign that you've gone too far, been out too long. But Jarvis started stepping back and seeing it for what it was. He said that in an interview. Personally, I think the best line is "you've been awake all night, so why should you crash out at dawn?", because on a personal level for me it means you've lived through all the bad bits, so don't give up now it's getting better. Vive le sunrise. |
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| Pulp – F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Jarvis has been quoted as saying "People think love is this romantic, soft thing but I think it can be quite dirty if you do it right." I think that basically sums this song up. He's telling you to ignore the books and films, because love doesn't just make you doe-eyed, it makes you feel sick and excited and... Well, you get the idea. |
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| Pulp – F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Jarvis has been quoted as saying "People think love is this romantic, soft thing but I think it can be quite dirty if you do it right." I think that basically sums this song up. He's telling you to ignore the books and films, because love doesn't just make you doe-eyed, it makes you feel sick and excited and... Well, you get the idea. |
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| Pulp – Born To Cry Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Does anyone know where I can get an mp3 of this song? I've never heard it, and I'd really love to... |
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| Jarvis Cocker – One Man Show Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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OK, Jarvis quote (from when he did it live at Coachella): "This one's about a guy who kinda stays in on a Friday or Saturday night, and orders a lot of food over the telephone, and watches the TV a drinks a lot. In other words... Er... Me. No, me about four or five years ago. That's the thing, guys kinds think 'Yeah, I wanna be on my own, I don't wanna be tied down, I want to be a free agent. I want to be able to, like, roam the field. And then in the end it's like... Hmm. Yeah. Watching the TV on a Saturday night, d'you know what I mean? It's a kinda weird thing - start it, please!"
I don't think I have to add to that. Lol. |
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| Pulp – I Love Life Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I love this song. I think it means... Sometimes, life is hard, confusing, whatever, but you've just got to hold on and deal with it, because your life is the only thing that's really yours. Don't waste it. Do what you want with it. Well, that's what I think. I love it. |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Don't Let Him Waste Your Time Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I love this song. I love the video more, though. It's just plain Jarvis, giving advice to a female friend with a crap boyfriend who's taking her for granted and won't commit himself to her. It has rings of 'Have You Seen Her Lately?' about it, for all you Pulp fans out there. |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Tonite Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Well, when Jarvis introduced this song live, he said, "This song is about how any night can be THE night. You know the one, when suddenly it seems like everybody's got the same script, and they're all reading their lines properly and you've got to relax a bit and let that happen. And I hope that for somebody within the confines of this establishment, tonight is that night. And it's, rather originally, called 'Tonite'." So I'd hate to second guess him. Anyway, I really love this song. |
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| Jarvis Cocker – The Loss Adjuster Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I love this. It has so much to say, and somehow he gets away with having hardly any music for most of it. Only Jarvis. Anyway, the bit "And a girl cries as she stumbles by / No, the world can't end now - it's got to wait / It can't end when I haven't got a boyfriend / and I'm half a stone overweight'" just screams 'get your priorities right' in a very calm voice. I love the part about Egyptian Sue. Pure, complete, unabridged Jarvis: "But you didn't have any contraception / And anyway, you couldn't get an erection." Find me another artist who can say stuff like that. Lol. |
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| Avril Lavigne – Contagious Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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i agree with she_speaks. it's a pretty good song but it sounds a bit childish in parts. and the only thing i have to add to the avril/britney argument is that you spell it 'britney spears' not 'brittany'. lol. |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Cunts are still running the world Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Lol Achterbahnen2, I agree. I love Jarvis because he's clever. Anybody who can fit "anthropologically unjust" into a song and not sound like a complete knob deserves a medal. By the way, it's "The free market is perfectly natural / Do you think that I'm some kind of dummy?" |
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| Jarvis Cocker – I Will Kill Again Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I think this is Jarvis (post-Darren-Spooner Jarvis) admitting that he's got a bad guy in there too, and it's OK not to just be this perfect person all the time. And that perfection is boring. I love the line "no one gets ill or ever dies, or dies of boredom at the very least." |
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| Pulp – Seductive Barry Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I get the idea that they didn't want it to be like a Barry White song - like, come bask in how sexy I am. But he's moved on from just basking in how sexy she is, too. It's like both of the people in the song have wanted each other for ages, they're each the object of the other's fantasies, and now they finally get to play it out... I think? |
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| Pulp – Seductive Barry Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I get the idea that they didn't want it to be like a Barry White song - like, come bask in how sexy I am. But he's moved on from just basking in how sexy she is, too. It's like both of the people in the song have wanted each other for ages, they're each the object of the other's fantasies, and now they finally get to play it out... I think? |
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| Pulp – Magic Works Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Just one thing... It's not 'afraid of being heard'. It's 'afraid of being hurt'. But yeah, I was surprised to find this song on here. Mostly cos it isn't a Pulp song. But I guess it had to be somewhere - I love it. |
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| Pulp – TV Movie Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i love the idea that he's written a song about being so distraught that he can't even write a song. "can't even think of anything clever to say" has always given me this image of him sitting there with his notepad and pen, trying to write a song but realising that he really can't think of anything apart from this person... well, that's what i think. i love this song. it makes me cry. ♥ |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Quantum Theory Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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this song is so beautiful. the repetition of 'everything is gonna be alright' has always made me think 'who is he trying to convince?'. he doesn't believe it, does he? i love this song so much. ♥ |
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| Richard Hawley – Coles Corner Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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this song is so sad... i love it! so, he's gone out to this club kind of in the hopes that someone's going to be there who will kind of break the boredom in his life, someone to stop him being lonely... but she's not there. well, anyway, it's a great song! x |
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| Pulp – Something Changed Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The one who asked about the first line, Jarvis always got a tune in his head and wrote the music before the words. For this song, the tune came into his head and then he met this person and he suddenly knew what the song had to be about. I love this song.♥ |
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| Pulp – The Trees Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I just found a quote of Jarvis talking about this song (on the website www.acrylicafternoons.com). He says: "In a romantic situation, people carve names on them and stuff, 'cos, I guess, you get some kind of permanence by doing it. But go back five years later and you can't read it 'cos trees don't grow uniformly - you're left with a distorted blob. The idea is, trees keep growing long after a relationship has gone down the pan."
Eloquently put. Tht's pretty much what I was trying to say in my last comment anyway.♥ |
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| Pulp – The Birds in Your Garden Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"I kissed your eyes awake" - that is so beautiful.
I love this song.
I love that it's about se, but it isn't sleazy pervert sex. It's love (or near enough) and it's really, really beautiful. Well, I think it's beautiful anyway.♥ |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Fat Children Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Haha "They wobbled manacingly."
The thing (OK, one of the many things) I love about Jarvis is that his lyrics are sometimes funny, sometimes sad or serious... sometimes just plain weird, but always intelligent. He's smart. And he can fit words like 'altercation' into a song, so he deserves a medal. Lol.♥ |
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| Pulp – The Trees Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I'm pretty sure the bit about carving her name is literal. When you carve something in a tree, it grows out of shape - the tree grows unevenly, so the image gets distorted. "Like our love." ♥ |
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| Pulp – Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down) Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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It doesn't look as good written down, but when you listen to it, his accent sounds great when he sayd "Just the same as you." Lol. Anyway, I love this song =)♥ |
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| Pulp – Ansaphone Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I don't mean to be a geek or anything, but the message is: "Hello. It's me. I was just calling to say... It's alright. You don't have to feel bad about what you get up to. I just want you to stay in touch." (At least, on the Different Class Deluxe Edition, I don't know if there's another one.)♥ |
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| Pulp – Ansaphone Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I don't mean to be a geek or anything, but the message is: "Hello. It's me. I was just calling to say... It's alright. You don't have to feel bad about what you get up to. I just want you to stay in touch." (At least, on the Different Class Deluxe Edition, I don't know if there's another one.)♥ |
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| Pulp – Bar Italia Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Umm... no offence, but who ever wrote the doctor who explanation is at least a bit nuts. Lol. Any idea how old this song is? And that the series of doctor who you're talking about came out last year?
I realise that those questions sound sort of sarcastic, but it's weird how you heard that song - that calm, beautiful song - and automatically related it to a TV series involving tin cans on wheels with plungers stuck on the front.
No offence, Dr Who fans. I liked the come-down after a night out theory. (Note: In this song, he takes two sugars. In Acrylic Afternoons, he takes one. Yes, I am a freak. Lol.)♥ |
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| Jarvis Cocker – Black Magic Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Jarvis said in an interview that this song was about the feeling he got when he wrote a really good song - he'd never revisit the place in his mind where the lyrics and the tune fall together.
"Is there anything more wretched than to just have caught one sight?" is about the feeling of being desperate to find how he wrote that - to revisit his epiphany.
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| Pulp – Dishes Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Before I start my babble, I love the line about touching the stars.
OK, here I go. I think that roughly translated, it's like "I'm not perfect. I'm not the best partner, the best lover, the best person, but I'm me. This is who I am, and I'll do everything I can to make our life together good."
What do you think? Lol.♥ |
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| Pulp – This Is Hardcore Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I'd love to pretend I figured this out myself, but I'm taking this from interviews with Jarvis Cocker.
Firstly, the song is based on not only porn films, but a pornographic outlook on life. With celebrity comes the idea that people viewing from the outside see a seperate version of you, like actors in a porm movie. People see perfection (or, as Jarvis put it "massive biceps and a two-foot-long cock) but somehow, inside, you're still a person.
Also the idea that your life is more real when everything looks perfect - "Leave your make-up on and i'll leave on the light" shows that this isn't sex for love, it's sex for dramatic effect.
Anyway. That's what I got from stuff Jarvis said about it in interviews.♥ |
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| Pulp – Pencil Skirt Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Lol. The first few lines make sense with the dildo theory but "I've kissed your mother twice, now i'm working on your dad" and "I really love it when you tell me to stop"... I don't think dildos say those things. So yeah, a sexy professional older (engaged) woman... And a man who's turned on by the whole forbidden fruit thing.♥ |
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| Pulp – A Little Soul Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"A Little Soul" is an amazing song. First, any way you look at it, it's a dad telling his child not to turn out the way he did. It seems like he doesn't have a good self-image, because although he is obviously concerned for his child ("please don't turn out like me", "I have run away from the one thing that I ever made") he doesn't show any desire to come back to look after him. I love this song - it's heartfelt.♥ |
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| Pulp – Cocaine Socialism Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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hastalavictoria, Jarvis wrote the lyrics to 'Cocaine Socialism' first, but decided he didn't want it do discourage people from voting Labour. So he re-wrote it as Glory Days, because the tune was too good to waste.♥ |
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| Pulp – P.T.A. Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I love this song. It's so weird. About some old(ish) man who's still a virgin, and takes a fancy to a young girl. He wants to have sex with her because - well, because he wants to have sex. And he's never hand a woman before ('I was too scared to touch the girls in the Poly' - I love that line). A bit pervy, but it's far too sarcastic to be anything Jarvis ever really thought, at least. ♥ |
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| Pulp – The Fear Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The lyrics are wrong, but somebody's already said that. I agree, this isn't really about sex - it's about being lonely and depressed and scared. Especially the line 'when you cant even define what it is that youre frightened of' - I love that line. It's so true. And I love that even if he only put it in because it rhymes, the 'this song will be here' makes me feel less alone when things get bad. Thank you, Pulp. Thank you, Jarvis♥ |
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| Pulp – Pink Glove Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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People are saying this song's sleazy, and I hope they're talking about the girl's new boyfriend. I think Jarvis seems to be surprisingly nice about the whole thing. I didn't realise he said 'sod off' though. That's just funny. Lol.♥ |
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