Després de l’increible LP His ‘n’ Hers, arribaria el igualment bo Different Class l’any 1995. Trobarem peces classiques com Mis-shapes, Underwear, Common People, I Spy, Disco 2000, Something Changed, Live Bed Show.Per què van calar tan a fons en el panorama musical de la gent? La música és molt bona, una bona barreja d’estils, electronic, però sense perdre el rock o pop, una interessant i original instrumentalització que pocs grups s’atrevien a fer. En fi, catchy! I
la lletra. Normalment sóc dels que penso que el 90% de les lletres de cançons no són res més que un pot-pourri de clitxes fets amb gràcia, però els Pulp estan clarament en l’altre 10%. Potser no ens explicaran el sentit de la vida (això deixarem pels Monty Python) però si que ens conten histories cotidianes que han viscut o vist la majoria de anglesos que han vingut de zones com Sheffield – lloc de neixament d’alguns dels millors músics anglesos! Les histories, res nou, però amb una gràcia i un saber-fer que pocs grups arriben a fer ni en somnis. I sobretot en un anglès natural, col·loquial, impossible de traduir.
De fet, ni les histories són transferibles a altres cultures, ni la llengua, però igualment veig que han tingut èxit a Catalunya – el qual és una nota optimista pels professors d’anglès!
Vinga, dos cançons, Disco 2000, I spy, del Different Class.
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After the unbelievably good album His ‘n’ Hers, would come the equally excellent LP Different Class in 1995. Songs like Mis-shapes, Underwear, Common People, I Spy, Disco 2000, Something Changed, Live Bed Show have gone down as unforgettable classics in the history of pop music.
So, why are Pulp so good and loved? Everyone has their own theory, but my two-penny-worth says it’s a mixture of the music and the lyrics (wow! Original theory!). Musically they are capable of writing many a catchy tune and backing it up with interesting and original instrumentalizations (?!), the likes of which few groups dare to risk. I usually believe that pop music lyrics are nonsense, 90% of them being a string of fair-sounding cliches, but Pulp are firmly in the other 10%. Everyday stories which every English music fan can recognise, told with humour and a fine twist of words, and, aboveall , in a natural, colloquial and realistic language.
Anyway, judge for yourselves. Two songs, Disco 2000 and I Spy, from Different Class.
Vinga, dos cançons, Disco 2000, I spy, del Different Class.
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After the unbelievably good album His ‘n’ Hers, would come the equally excellent LP Different Class in 1995. Songs like Mis-shapes, Underwear, Common People, I Spy, Disco 2000, Something Changed, Live Bed Show have gone down as unforgettable classics in the history of pop music.
So, why are Pulp so good and loved? Everyone has their own theory, but my two-penny-worth says it’s a mixture of the music and the lyrics (wow! Original theory!). Musically they are capable of writing many a catchy tune and backing it up with interesting and original instrumentalizations (?!), the likes of which few groups dare to risk. I usually believe that pop music lyrics are nonsense, 90% of them being a string of fair-sounding cliches, but Pulp are firmly in the other 10%. Everyday stories which every English music fan can recognise, told with humour and a fine twist of words, and, aboveall , in a natural, colloquial and realistic language.
Anyway, judge for yourselves. Two songs, Disco 2000 and I Spy, from Different Class.
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