Pulp - Common People

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge,
she studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College,
that's where I,
caught her eye.
She told me that her Dad was loaded,
I said "In that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola."
She said "Fine."
and 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 "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,
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 laid in bed at night,
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you call 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 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.

I want to live with common people,
I want to live with common people etc...

"Common People" is a song in English alternative rock band Pulp. He was released as a single in 1995, reaching number two in the UK singles chart. Also appearing in the band in 1995 album different class. The song is about those who are perceived by the composer as wanting to be "as the common people" and that attributed to poverty charm. This phenomenon is commonly known as slumming or "tourist class". A similar theme is explored in 1960 novel and the film "Until the crossing."

The inspiration for the song came from a fellow Greek Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker knew at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. In the letters, the narrator explains that his knowledge of women can "never be like ordinary people," because even if you get an apartment where "roaches climb the wall" ultimately "if [she] call [his] dad could stop all ", in contrast with the real people who can only" see [their] lives slide out of sight. " In his letter Cocker embellished the situation of the dramatic effects - in real life of the woman in question said he wanted to "live like ordinary people," but his character in the song also says: "I want to sleep with common people like you" . A documentary BBC3 not correctly locate the woman, who said Lynn Turner could have been any course in fine arts, but "sculpture" sounded better. The lyrics are partly a response for Cocker, typically focused on the introspective and emotional aspects of pop, more politically-mind the band members as Russell Senior.

Cocker of the simple four-bar synth line was defended by keyboardist Candida Doyle, and the only final was mixed under more than 40 tracks. Cocker sings in a controlled crescendo of outrage and anger, relieved only by two drum breaks. To maintain the only one in about four minutes, the end of the verse that begins "Like a dog lying in a corner" were omitted, despite appearing on the album version. These include the peak of the crescendo where Cocker paradoxically reduced to an intense whisper, and describes the lives of "ordinary people".