I think its interesting that though Jarvis Cocker was probably one of the biggest sex symbols of his time, he was still able to capture the feelings of basically every ordinary asshole in the world who gets drunk, tries to get laid, and sometimes, feels his life slipping away.
Musically the song just sort of blows me away. It builds right from the beginning and supercharges itself until it explodes like some massive-bombastic-90's-disco-fuck-everything-let's-party bomb. Not many pop songs have that almost orchestral power!! As others have said, it sums up a generation, or at least captures that really elusive feeling that was floating around in the air at the time.
I think its interesting that though Jarvis Cocker was probably one of the biggest sex symbols of his time, he was still able to capture the feelings of basically every ordinary asshole in the world who gets drunk, tries to get laid, and sometimes, feels his life slipping away.
Musically the song just sort of blows me away. It builds right from the beginning and supercharges itself until it explodes like some massive-bombastic-90's-disco-fuck-everything-let's-party bomb. Not many pop songs have that almost orchestral power!! As others have said, it sums up a generation, or at least captures that really elusive feeling that was floating around in the air at the time.
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