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The greatest Pulp song is actually _____

Started by Pearly-Dewdrops Drops, July 17, 2019, 02:22:13 AM

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Nowhere Man


the science eel


Ferris


lebowskibukowski



Head Gardener


madhair60


SteveDave

"Like A Friend"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP84AsBX2yA

I have no idea why this wasn't on "This Is Hardcore" when crud like "The Day After The Revolution" was.


Icehaven


Jockice

Strangely enough, one of my first thoughts this morning, before I even got out of bed, was that I don't like Babies much. It's not bad but nowhere near as good as Razzmatazz, which is their best ever single. I'm a big fan of Pink Glove too but Jarvis's greatest lyrics are surely Cocaine Socialism, so that probably clinches it. Here they are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b7DgOeMnW4

phantom_power

I have a soft spot for Ansafone, a b-side from the Different Class era, and You're a Nightmare, which I think only appeared on a Peel session. Their best album track is Dishes and best single is either Babies or Lipgloss

holyzombiejesus

Honestly, I think My Legendary Girlfriend is my favourite song of theirs. It was the first record by them that I managed to buy and it sounded so original, so unlike anything else in my record collection. I don't think it would sound quite as thrilling to my ears 30 odd years later - I played Separations a while back and it sounded quite lame - but back then it was fucking ace.

DrGreggles


It's the Peel session version of 'Pink Glove'

Golden E. Pump


Wet Blanket




another Mr. Lizard

Not officially a Pulp song, but my vote goes to 'Cunts Are Still Running The World'

Dr Rock

Razzmatazz or Lipgloss.

Really it's Common People though.


Crabwalk

I think it is 'Babies', but 'David's Last Summer' runs it close. Both so evocative, romantic, seedy, sad, euphoric.


object-lesson

Yes Razzmatazz, but The Fear is a very close second, and should be credited as possibly the most frightening and brilliantly depressing song ever written. Chilled my bones when I saw this performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gVYqGIa-5U


wosl

I know two Pulp songs, and brain and heart both are saying that it's Babies that's the greatest of those (the one where he sings "Yeah, yeah, yeh-yeh-yeah" in the chorus?), which would make Common People second greatest.

Inspector Norse

I think 'Common People' probably is the greatest, elevated by its zeitgeisty universality.

But if we're playing favourites, 'Something Changed' is a great example of Jarvis writing a really great song.

Lordofthefiles

Do You Remember The First Time is the best, they'll be playing that on the Alzheimer's wards well into the 2040's.