What's the best track on "Different Class"?

Voted "I Spy", although there is a very close contender: Would have gone for "Disco 2000" had it been the slightly superior single mix.

Jeezus if "Something Changed" doesn't walk this there is something wrong with you people OH WAIT

um its common people duhhh

"Something Changed" is also a strong contender, as is "Underwear". Several great songs on that album.

lol pulp

sex is a cabaret, old chum

"I Spy", of course. Their weakest late-period album by a street.

disco 2000

My choice is very E's-y to work out.

uh, disco 2000. so good!

underwear

Yeah, it's "I Spy", with "F.E.E.L.I.N.G..." a close second.

This was tough, but I think I "sorted" out my choice in the end.

Cheeky hints about what song you're voting for A.R.E.M.A.D.G.A.Y.

Their weakest late-period album by a street.

THANK YOU

i think out of their four "acclaimed" albums, this is their weakest by far -- i much prefer we love life, his n hers, this is hardcore (and in no set order of preference) but i *know* different class is 4th place. always.

good album, but overrated.

Pencil Skirt

Out of their "acclaimed" albums, his n hers is way above the others for me.

Great thing about Pulp, which I'll never tire of saying: if you compile all of their (later-period) songs that break the 5:30 length barrier (except Sylvia), you have a) an awesome mixtape and b) a genuine best-of.

1) The Fear
2) Common People
3) I Spy
4) This Is Hardcore
5) My Legendary Girlfriend
6) She's A Lady
7) SEDUCTIVE FUCKING BARRY (most reviews think this song is about Barry White; I'm convinced it's actually about Barry Adamson, which would make it even fucking cooler)
8) WICKERMAN
9) I Love Life
10) F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
11/12) David's Last Summer
11/12) Sunrise

Can't actually decide which of those two perfect closers deserves to finish off the record. Apart from that minor difficulty, FOR THE FUCKING WIN. The only shorter-than-5:30 tracks I actually think are as good as these are Lipgloss and Dishes. When they went long-form, they blossomed.

Personally I think "This Is Hardcore" is the weaker out of those four last ones. That's not to say it's a bad album, but it could have done being shortened a bit. "We Love Life" is obviously underrated while "His'n'hers" is probably my favourite Pulp album. I still love "Different Class" too, though, and it's obviously easily their most well-known.

ugh

i will never ever listen to this album again

underwear is probably the only song on this that doesn't piss me off

lol dom

lol @, not with

Live Bed Show - Something Changed

that's such a great one-two-punch there

I sort of agree that easily half this record (at least) is not great tho' but it's obvious why, and that they HAD to make this one eventually, but it was once and never again, not really worth holding a grudge over.

I agree with Geir about the single mix of "Disco 2000" being superior to the album version, so I'll pick "Something Changed" instead. "I Spy" finishes a close second. "Bar Italia" and "Monday Morning" are a bit embarrassing these days. I never really liked "Live Bed Show", either. "If beds could talk, they'd tell stories", said Jarvis ... no, we buy the albums to hear *you* tell stories.

so, really, you're not all voting for "common people?"

iconoclasts.

i am. single of the 1990s.

Underwear ftw

so, really, you're not all voting for "common people?"

The lurkers will all go for either that one or "Disco 2000" so it's a good thing there are some of us voting for other tracks. :)

Geir is actually kinda OTM; we've seen this all before.

so it's a good thing there are some of us voting for other tracks

hmm: but everything else on there is dwarfed by CP!

Obviously, no. CP has great lyrics, but the melody isn't by any means among their strongest. A three-chord song will always have certain limitations.

i really don't think that does. it's almost perfect. sure, a lot of that is to do with time and place and so on, but even then ... i hear it now and i still get chills.

you should -- if you haven't already -- check out the live version at the end of the peel sessions CD. took me a minute to realise what it actually was -- quite awesome.

Pencil Skirt

I'm voting for CP AGANE!

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ah bug.

I agree with Geir about the single mix of "Disco 2000" being superior to the album version

no other track is better than "Underwear" so that is my vote.

really tough, but am i the only one voting for mis-shapes? i don't know whether my vote was totally legitimate or a pity vote.

Common People. I should really listen to this again though - I've had it since I was 12 and it's always going to be close to my heart. Hasn't had an outing in ages.

I like all the odd ones (i.e. 1, 3, 5...). Disco 2000! gets my vote though.

really tough, but am i the only one voting for mis-shapes? i don't know whether my vote was totally legitimate or a pity vote.

Nope. Pseudo-James Bond soundtrack as recorded by London Calling / Sandinista-era Clash. What could be cooler?

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buh

Let's just ignore the lurkers' votes (it's probably the only track they've heard) and instead celebrate how people are able to discover what a great album track "I Spy" is. :)

Fwiw, I know this album very well, love every track (including "I Spy"), and think it's far and away their very album. And I voted for "Common People," probably the greatest song about class ever written, three chords/(supposedly)deficient melody and all.

Those three chords are the main reason why I don't rate it very highly. The lyrics are surely great.

(I) think it's far and away their very album.

It's also their very BEST album.

The lyrics are surely great.

-- Geir Hongro, Monday, 12 November 2007 08:59 (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Is that the first time you've ever said that?

The lyrics are surely great.

-- Geir Hongro, Monday, 12 November 2007 08:59 (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Is that the first time you've ever said that?

-- Mark G, Monday, November 12, 2007 3:32 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this thread really has gone places.

No, sure I am able to see the value in a great lyric, but I don't devalue a great melody just because the lyrics suck. Melody will always be more important than lyrics to me.

I don't devalue a great melody just because the lyrics suck

fair enough, but quite often you do the opposite.

Yes, a good lyric in itself isn't enough to make anything but the lyrics good. Musically, a great lyric doesn't help much as it isn't really part of the music. But it's still a great lyric.

Lots of great rap lyrics, for instance. At least outside the gangsta rap tradition.