THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
285-Pulp-Common People.
1995-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 4.38.A lyrical fanfare for the common man.
In 1994 Jarvis Cocker(see also best songs 605) presented some new music he had written to the rest of the band,bass player Steve Mackey started laughing and said,’It sounds like Emerson,Lake and Palmer’s Fanfare For The Common Man,’
That comment reminded Cocker of a girl he had met at St.Martins College in London back in 1988,she was from an affluent background and wanted to know what it would be like to live the life of a poor person.
Cocker told BBC researchers about the Greek girl who inspired the song and they tried to track her down. Cocker said ‘They showed me a picture and it definitely wasn’t her,I dunno,maybe she wasn’t Greek,maybe I misheard her.’
‘She told me that her dad was loaded,I said in that case I’ll have a Rum and Coca-Cola.’
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