Pulp - Feeling Called Love

Acabo de descobrir que Pulp faran un concert al Coachella el 13 i 20 d'abril.

D'altres grups importants que hi van són: Radiohead, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, The Horrors, M83, Madness, Kasabian, The Hives... Bé, és més senzill mirar el cartell. No hi ha res que em cridi especialment l'atenció, potser Madness, però poca cosa. Això sí, és innegable que si és el teu estil de música, hi ha molta cosa.

Però centrem-nos en Pulp. Quan entres a la seva pàgina web hi ha com un missatge misteriós del tipus:

• Pensaves que s'havia acabat?
• Tantes preguntes sense resposta
• I acaba dient, 2012: l'any en què obtenim algunes repostes(?)

També en aquesta introducció surt una part de la lletra de la cançó F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., concretament:

Why me? Why you? Why here? Why now?

Aprofito, doncs, per a posar aquesta cançó que és preciosa:



Aquesta actuació que faran serà com una primera prova, que si surt bé, ampliaran? Potser faran un estiu de festivals? Una gira per fer uns calerons? Anar a l'altra punta del món a veure'ls segur que no, però si es deixen veure per Barcelona, no ho descarto.

Compres de cds

Últimament tinc el blog molt abandonat... Ja fa cosa d'un mes que tinc preparades les fotos dels últims cds que m'he comprat però no he trobat el moment d'escriure.

Començo per les compres per internet:

Morrissey: Years of Refusal → Tot i que al principi no em va convèncer, després d'haver-li donat unes quantes oportunitats, s'ha guanyat un lloc en la meva discografia habitual. Cançons com "That's how people grow up" o "It's not your birthday anymore" ja valen un disc sencer. Vídeo: Something Is Squeezing My Skull.


Frozen Plasma: Monumentum → des d'un primer moment em va atrapar i quan el vaig veure per internet no vaig poder evitar comprar-lo. Synthpop per fer-te moure sense parar. Vídeo: Tanz die revolution, també hi ha una versió amb la lletra en castellà aquí (diria que més aviat de sudamèrica) que em fa riure bastant però serveix per entendre una mica la lletra.


Erasure: Wonderland → qualsevol disc d'Erasure té com a mínim aquelles 3 cançons que m'agraden, així que com que aquest no el tenia i estava barat també va acabar a la cistella de la compra. Vídeo: Who needs love like that.


Seabound: Come Forward, Live in Berlin → últimament els estava escoltant bastant, així que com que no vaig trobar un Greatest Hits, vaig decantar-me per un disc en viu on probablement tocarien les seves cançons més conegudes. Vídeo: Poisonous Friend.


Covenant: Skyshaper → el disc en viu "In Transit" estava molt car, així que em vaig comprar aquest on hi ha temes com "Ritual Noise" o "Happy Man" que són imprescindibles. Vídeo: 20 Hz.


Pulp: Different Class → finalment, un clàssic que crec que ha d'estar en qualsevol discografia, així que jo ja tinc el meu. Vídeo: Live Bed Show.


Aprofito per comentar els dos discs que em vaig comprar al Japó:


Franz Ferdinand: Tonight i Depeche Mode: Sounds of the Universe, que com es pot veure a les següents fotos tenen unes cançons de bonus i les lletres en japonès en un folletó a part. Això estaria genial fer-ho aquí també, que algú es currés les traduccions al català... D'acord, ja retorno a la Terra. Vídeos: No You Girls i Corrupt, respectivament.




I, finalment, un cd que em van portar de Berlín aquest estiu: And One: Nordhausen, que conté una de les millors cançons d'aquest grup alemany, com és "Sometimes". Vídeo: Movie Star.



Crec que aquestes han estat totes les darreres compres.

Pulp - Common People

Seguim destacant cançons i ara li toca a Pulp.

Formats a UK a finals dels 70 pel carismàtic Jarvis Cocker acompanyat de diferents altres membres que han anat variant una mica al llarg dels anys.


Common People és la cançó i forma part del disc Different Class del 1995.

Lletra:

"She came from Greece
She had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martins College
That's where I
Caught her eye
She told me that her dad was loaded
I said, "Well, in that case I'll have a rum and Coca-Cola"
She said, "Fine"
And then in thirty seconds' time, she said
"I want to live like common people
I want to do whatever common people do
I want to sleep with common people
I want to sleep with common people like you."
Well, what else could I do?
I said "Oh, I'll see what I can do."

I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why, but I had to start it somewhere
So it started there
I said, "Pretend you've got no money."
And she just laughed and said, "Oh, you're so funny."
I said "Yeah?
Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here
Are you sure
You want to live like common people
You want to see whatever common people see
You want to sleep with common people
You want to sleep with common people like me?"
But she didn't understand
She just smiled and held my hand

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
But still you'll never get it right
'Cos when you're laying in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your dad he could stop it all
Yeah
You'll never live like common people
You'll never do whatever common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance, and drink, and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

Sing along with the common people
Sing along and it might just get you through
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

Like a dog lying in a corner
They will bite you and never warn you
Look out
They'll tear your insides out
(something muffled underneath, maybe: I'm sorry,
Mr Dalton, there's no need to be concerned)
'cos everybody hates a tourist
Especially one who thinks it's
All such a laugh
Yeah and the chip stains and 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

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
But still you'll never get it right
'Cos when you're laying in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your Dad he could stop it all
You'll never live like common people
You'll never do what common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance, and drink, and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
Aa-aa-ah la la la la
Aa-aa-ah la la la la
Aa-aa-ah la la la la
Aa-aa-ah la la-la-la la-la
Oh yeah. "

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