PULP:: Babies - HIS/HERS

 PULP

We have mentioned Pulp and Jarvis Cocker before and how the Sheffield born (?) Bookseller Sharon Murray turned me on to several bands I hadn't heard of when she came to Oxford. . . not least Pulp and 'His and Hers' became a constant feature on my Walkman whilst working in the book trade in Oxford I literally must have played nothing else for months (Sharon's recommendations also included the Irishman Neil Hannon and everything 'Divine Comedy' - so I bought everything then and since by him too!) I think I bought all the Pulp stuff but it still stands that His/Hers is my favourite album and is Cocker's writing at it's very peak IMHO

Video clips from Tribal Gathering

Two of the best pop songs ever written, Babies and Do You Remember The First Time

Thanks Sharon . . . . .wherever you are

SOUND OF THE DAY - PULP - Babies

 I don't know why I haven't featured more on Pulp and Jarvis Cocker as I listened to listen else when their fourth album came out and I pretty much have everything (thanks largely to legendary then Oxford based Bookseller Sharon Murray who turned me on to them - the Divine Comedy too, she's got great taste ) I consider His n Hers right up there with the very best of Britpop so called and it regularly features in my top thirty albums at least and is extremely special to me. So today's sound of the day is from there and is 'Babies' Highlighting as it does Jarvis' writing at its narrative best.

25 years of His and Hers - NME

Thanks to O My Soul

Great article today from the now legendary Aquarium Drunkard on one of my favourite albums of all time, Pulp's 'His 'n' Hers' by a regular contributor J. Neas.

Pulp - His 'n' Hers, Aquarium Drunkard

Jarvis and Candida

Pulp :: His ‘n’ Hers

"There are a number of stories of artists that took the long road to commercial success, but the story of Pulp is an especially curious one. This is a band that spent significant time in the artistic wilderness — nearly 15 years. And then, suddenly, one album permanently set them into the firmament of Britpop elder statesmen – Blur, Oasis, and Suede in particular. That album, His n Hers, turns 25 today, and its sharp, calculated fission of a decade and a half’s worth of preparation still sounds like a chart-topping album, albeit one from some alternate timeline where some very different things happened in terms of commercial music."

Really worth a read . . . . . . as always
J. Neas (Contributor) — Greensboro, NC