Pulp's "Common People" named best britpop song.

Started by The Larch, April 11, 2014, 06:58:21 PM

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The Larch

April 11, 2014, 06:58:21 PM
And rightly so.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26990999

QuoteCommon People by Pulp is voted top Britpop anthem

Pulp hit Common People has been voted the top Britpop anthem by listeners of BBC Radio 6 Music, beating Oasis, Blur and Suede to take the title.

DJ Steve Lamacq revealed the top 30 as part of a week-long celebration to mark the 20th birthday of Britpop.

More than 30,000 people voted, with The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony second and Oasis tracks Don't Look Back in Anger and Wonderwall in third and fourth.

Their chart rivals Blur were in fifth place with Parklife.

QuoteBBC Radio 6 Music's Favourite Britpop Anthem

    Common People by Pulp
    Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
    Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis
    Wonderwall by Oasis
    Parklife by Blur
    Animal Nitrate by Suede
    Girls & Boys by Blur
    Slight Return by The Bluetones
    Disco 2000 by Pulp
    Girl From Mars by Ash

Eddie Teach

#1
April 11, 2014, 07:05:42 PM Last Edit: April 11, 2014, 07:08:42 PM by Peter Wiggin
Wonderwall and Song 2 are the best.

Common People's not even the best Pulp song.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Ed Anger

#2
April 11, 2014, 07:37:14 PM
British music sucks. Like the food.
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HVC

#3
April 11, 2014, 08:20:08 PM
Holy crap that's a bad song
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Monoriu

#4
April 11, 2014, 08:25:36 PM
Not my cup of tea.  When it comes to great British songs, this is what I have in mind -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdjYlrvVFNo

garbon

#5
April 11, 2014, 08:27:56 PM
Quote from: HVC on April 11, 2014, 08:20:08 PM
Holy crap that's a bad song

I know, right? :wacko:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Sheilbh

#6
April 11, 2014, 08:29:56 PM
Solid choice :)

Not the best Pulp song, but probably their most iconic one.

I was a kid when all the Britpop stuff was happening. I always liked Pulp the most. In retrospect I think preferring the rather dapper Jarvis Cocker to the Gallaghers and Blur was probably an early sign of flaming homosexuality :lol:
Let's bomb Russia!

Monoriu

#7
April 11, 2014, 08:32:02 PM
Labyrinth - As The World Falls Down (David Bowie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VppuD1St8Ec

jimmy olsen

#8
April 11, 2014, 08:41:37 PM

QuoteBBC Radio 6 Music's Favourite Britpop Anthem

    Common People by Pulp
    Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
    Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis
    Wonderwall by Oasis
    Parklife by Blur
    Animal Nitrate by Suede
    Girls & Boys by Blur
    Slight Return by The Bluetones
    Disco 2000 by Pulp
    Girl From Mars by Ash
The only band on this list I've heard of is Oasis.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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garbon

#9
April 11, 2014, 08:44:15 PM
Bittersweet Symphony was pretty common to hear on the radio in the 90s.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#11
April 11, 2014, 08:51:29 PM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Queequeg

#12
April 11, 2014, 09:00:53 PM
One of my best friends dated a rich English twink whose mother had dated Jarvis Cocker in the late-80s and who studied sculpture at St. Martin's college.

This is one of my all-time favorites. I got all my friends in to Pulp my senior year. This is one of my all-time favorite albums.
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Josquius

#13
April 11, 2014, 09:07:32 PM Last Edit: April 11, 2014, 09:09:59 PM by Tyr
I agree.

Pulp are so criminally underknown outside the UK. They're one of my favourites.



QuoteCommon People by Pulp
    Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
    Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis
    Wonderwall by Oasis
    Parklife by Blur
    Animal Nitrate by Suede
    Girls & Boys by Blur
    Slight Return by The Bluetones
    Disco 2000 by Pulp
    Girl From Mars by Ash
Bluetoness? WTF?
And a little strange to see Girl From Mars there, I wouldn't count that as Britpop, though it is a good song, rather more typical teen rock/pop punk stuff.
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Monoriu

#14
April 11, 2014, 10:17:48 PM
Is Isle of Inisfree considered British?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xn7rjlOxfc
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