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[[caption-width-right:250: ''We don't look the same as you, we don't do the things you do, but we live round here too.''[[note]]The ''Different Class''-era lineup. L-R: Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Mark Webber, and Russell Senior[[/note]]]]

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* AntiLoveSong: "Do You Remember the First Time?", "I Spy"

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* AntiLoveSong: "Do You Remember Lampshaded with "Bad Cover Version", a song where the First Time?", "I Spy" protagonist's ex is experiencing a version of this with someone else. If only she'd stayed with Our Jarvis...



** "I Spy" and "Babies", whilst not relatively speaking that explicit, are two of the most uncomfortable sex songs ever.

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** Both "Acrylic Afternoons" and "I Spy" and "Babies", whilst not relatively speaking that explicit, are two of the most uncomfortable sex very directly about sex. Both songs ever.see Jarvis's protagonist seduce some middle class suburban man's wife, the latter time as an intentional plan of class warfare.
** The teenage fumblings of "Babies" and its string-laden, frenetic follow-up "Your Sister's Clothes". The former is such a joyous tune that it's easy to forget how the lyrics are centering around spotty teens shagging in cupboards.
** Then, you have the lengthy, breathy urban sex-epics of "Sheffield: Sex City" and "My Legendary Girlfriend"; the bubbling electronica and moaning of "Seductive Barry", and the seedy affair of "Pencil Skirt", replete with dozens of different positions...
---> "If you look under the bed,"\\
"Then I can see my house from here"
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Pulp are an AlternativeRock band which originally formed in [[OopNorth Sheffield]] in 1978 as Arabicus Pulp - name mercifully shortened a year later - during lead singer Music/JarvisCocker's school days. For all the band's longevity, they remained relatively under the radar during the first phase of their career. A tough young bunch that had been likened to Music/TheFall, they remained largely unnoticed, though many reviewers (as well as DJ John Peel) were known to enjoy their music.

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Pulp are an AlternativeRock band which originally formed in [[OopNorth Sheffield]] in 1978 as Arabicus Pulp - name mercifully shortened a year later - during lead singer Music/JarvisCocker's school days. For all the band's longevity, they remained relatively under the radar during the first phase of their career. A tough young bunch that had been likened to Music/TheFall, Music/{{The Fall|Band}}, they remained largely unnoticed, though many reviewers (as well as DJ John Peel) were known to enjoy their music.
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* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Invoked during the spoken preamble to the 1995 Glastonbury performance of "Common People":
-->'''Jarvis:''' ...I did actually write a few things down, so let's see if I've missed any of them out. ''(looks at notes)'' erm... carrots, potatoes, peas, ... no, that's my shopping list...
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* PoisonousFriend: Lamented in "Like a Friend."

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* BastardBoyfriend: The girl's boyfriend in "Pink Glove".


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* DomesticAbuser: The girl's boyfriend in "Pink Glove".
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* PoisonousFriend: Lamented in "Like a Friend."
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* ContemptibleCover: The strung-out looking nude woman on the cover of ''This Is Hardcore'' actually garnered a negative reaction when the record label placed print advertisements featuring the album cover on the London Underground - graffiti artists wrote over the cover, writing "This is Sexist", "This Offends Women", etc.
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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Can get pretty bleak lyrically, [[BlackComedy while still remaining funny.]]
** ''It'', unlike the rest of their career, is a 1-2
** ''Freaks'' is a solid ''7''
** ''Separations'' averages at a 5-6
** ''His 'N' Hers'' is a 5-7
** ''Different Class'' is also around a 5-7
** ''This Is Hardcore'' gets pretty damn bleak, much like the earlier ''Freaks'', and averages at a 6-7
** ''We Love Life'', despite the title, still has some dark moments, and averages at a 5-6, although "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died" would almost be an ''8'' if it wasn't for the BlackComedy.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Jumped around the scale throughout their career:
** ''It'' averages at a 1-2
** ''Freaks'' ranges from a 3-5
** ''Separations'' is a 3-4
** ''His 'N' Hers'' usually stays at a 3-4
** ''Different Class'' also averages a 3-4, but does go up to a 5 occasionally.
** ''This Is Hardcore'' is easily their darkest and heaviest album, both musically and lyrically, and ranges from 3-5, but occasionally even goes up to a 6.
** ''We Love Life'' generally averages at a 3-4, but sometimes can go up to a 5, and the title track starts off as a 2 and ends up as a ''6''.

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