If you want me I'll be sleeping in
The combination of "Glory Days"/"The Day After The Revolution"/"Like A Friend" at the end of Pulp's monumental, perfect* This Is Hardcore always absolutely guts me.
But in a good way. A good, hopeful way. Which is more than a little perverse for an album that also contains two of the most devastating depictions of pathological male usage of pornography ever heard in a rock album (the title track and "Seductive Barry") as well as the best song about knowing you're a horrible role model as a father ("A Little Soul") and a whole lot more besides. I'm pretty convinced Jarvis Cocker will never, ever best this one.
*(Yes, I went there. Yes, even "TV Movie". No, Different Class isn't better, although it's a fine album in its own right. No, they were not better before they were famous. Yes, it is one of the very few explicitly post-fame albums by anyone worth a damn.)
But in a good way. A good, hopeful way. Which is more than a little perverse for an album that also contains two of the most devastating depictions of pathological male usage of pornography ever heard in a rock album (the title track and "Seductive Barry") as well as the best song about knowing you're a horrible role model as a father ("A Little Soul") and a whole lot more besides. I'm pretty convinced Jarvis Cocker will never, ever best this one.
*(Yes, I went there. Yes, even "TV Movie". No, Different Class isn't better, although it's a fine album in its own right. No, they were not better before they were famous. Yes, it is one of the very few explicitly post-fame albums by anyone worth a damn.)
My one doesn't have Like A Friend! Am I missing out a lot?
Posted by
if |
5:07 PM
I'd say so, at least a little. Shoot me an email and I might be able to help you.
Posted by
Ian |
5:16 PM