Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Bar Italia Forum -> Bar Italia Forum -> Should have been a hit/single...
Post Info TOPIC: Should have been a hit/single...
Fuss Free


Hardcore

Status: Offline
Posts: 168
Date:
Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

I'm a Man (in place of A Little Soul)

I'm a Man is to TIH what Misshapes is to DC. Like Misshapes its short, punchy and direct. Its the mission statement of the album (exposing the emptyness of modern masculine identity), and the band has oddly divorced themselves from it.

To be honest I am not a big fan of the song. It probably wouldn't even make it into my top 100 list. But I still think it would have made a hit single. Certainly its better than A Little Soul though, which was a bog standard country/western song tarted up with a Yorkshire accent. My nickname for A Little Soul is "Gareth Brooks".



-- Edited by Fuss Free on Thursday 11th of April 2013 07:00:43 AM

__________________
Fuss Free


Hardcore

Status: Offline
Posts: 168
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

(apologies if my previous post was unreadable, my mobile doesn't recognise line breaks)

__________________
Misshaped


Sorted

Status: Offline
Posts: 34
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Perfectly readable. The worse things about mobiles can be the autocorrect function, which is utterly bizarre at times.

__________________

I'm frightened of pot pourri...
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Misshaped wrote:

Perfectly readable. The worse things about mobiles can be the autocorrect function, which is utterly bizarre at times.

Estes! what is that able about? I've let it SImoney words as Tim wants to.


__________________

The ace-est of them all.
shotoki


Quiet Revolutionary

Status: Offline
Posts: 420
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

I agree, I'm A Man is one of the few instantly likeable songs from TIH, perfect choice for a single.

__________________
Misshaped


Sorted

Status: Offline
Posts: 34
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Ian impressed if you deliberately quackery the autocorrect junction onto writing that. As I have just did.



__________________

I'm frightened of pot pourri...
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

haha, funncgi job tricked bbc itmm nicer I than qgeit it'd doeit it begs you don't qant it to.



__________________

The ace-est of them all.
andy


Master Of The Universe

Status: Offline
Posts: 1261
Date:
Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

That Camille girl was poison, i mean it was written on her face. And judging by the pics of her on the interweb, she prefers women anwyays biggrin

As for the thread, the obvious one would be We Can Dance Again. It was always this or Disco 2000 as single contender and i guess they made the right choice, but in 95, there was room for the two songs. Razmatazz isn't too different and it was a single, it was just their sound back then. It would have made a hit easily. It's more bass driven when disco 2000 sits on the guitars, so i guess with a little work they could have sounded differently.

Glory Days could also have been a hit. Especially since they previously released weird songs as single (TIH, A little soul). It would have helped This Is Hardcore.



-- Edited by andy on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 12:04:12 AM



-- Edited by andy on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 12:12:04 AM

__________________
Sturdy


The Only Way is Down

Status: Offline
Posts: 1748
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

It's all about the gaps for me.

1984 - EP with Maureen, Take You Back, Back in LA and Cousins

1987 - Death Comes to Town, DYWMA? and Rattlesnake in whatever configuration you prefer. Perhaps even a couple of EPs, padded out with My First Wife (versions 1 and 2), Heart Trouble and an early version or two of some Separations songs

late 1991 / early 1992 - Live On, providing a perfect bridge between Countdown and OU

2000/2001 - Weeds and / or Minnie Timperley

__________________
"Yes I saw her in the chip shop / so I said get yer top off"
Eamonn


The Only Way is Down

Status: Offline
Posts: 4714
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Never made the connection between A Little Soul and Garth Brooks I must say! Smokey Robinson, yes, the riff. Arrangement...I guess there's a bit of a c&w twang but I think it works (though, to better effect on Laughing Boy). Anathema if you're a big Russell-head I guess.

__________________

Tell mester to f*ck off!
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

With all the love for We Can Dance Again, it annoys me that whoever does Pulpfans on twitter basically said that Jarv can't do disco.



__________________

The ace-est of them all.
weej


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 929
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

What is 'Pulpfans'? It's a feed for Britpop News, yes, but what is Britpop News?

__________________
Violin Thing


Cocaine Socialist

Status: Offline
Posts: 529
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

It just repeats stories and the other day when I asked by what they meant by way of Jarvis writing a new book they blanked me, cretins.

__________________
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

I'm sure they just make stuff up occasionally. Their reviews of Pulp and Jarv albums are pretty pointless.

 

oh, wait, they've hit a new low with this

 

I could be wrong here but as far as my memory serves this was the first official single from Pulp. Im not really sure exactly what to say other than that the guitar part leading into the chorus is the sweet part of the song. The content should be fairly obvious given the title. Its not the greatest Pulp song, but its a fantastic song in my book.

thisis about Do You Remember The First Time?



-- Edited by Jarvgirl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 09:46:27 AM



-- Edited by Jarvgirl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 09:46:59 AM

__________________

The ace-est of them all.
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Right. This is the final nail in the credibility coffin of Britpop news. Weller. Paul Weller. The Modfather. In the Britpop Bands List.

 

and The Jam!!!!!!



-- Edited by Jarvgirl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 10:28:06 AM

__________________

The ace-est of them all.
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Bloody cretins.

 

 

i think you should out them Weej!



-- Edited by Jarvgirl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 10:56:33 AM

__________________

The ace-est of them all.
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

I wouldn't mind AS MUCH if they hadn't, several times, posted a 'Pulp -Singles Retrospective'!



-- Edited by Jarvgirl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 01:52:23 PM

__________________

The ace-est of them all.
weej


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 929
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

The whole thing has a faint whiff of SEO about it. :(

__________________
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Is it very wrong that I don't know what SEO means?



__________________

The ace-est of them all.
weej


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 929
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

http://britpopnews.com/about-britpop-news/

http://villagegreenmedia.biz/



__________________
Misshaped


Sorted

Status: Offline
Posts: 34
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

That review is comically bad, it reads more like a YouTube comment than anything. 



__________________

I'm frightened of pot pourri...
triciathetree


Cocaine Socialist

Status: Offline
Posts: 554
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

their review of Freaks left something to be desired

__________________

The trees, those useless trees, produce the air that I am breathing
Misshaped


Sorted

Status: Offline
Posts: 34
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

After a few minutes of browsing their Pulp content, I would say that everything leaves a lot to be desired.

__________________

I'm frightened of pot pourri...
Jarvgirl


The Boss

Status: Offline
Posts: 925
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

Oops. britpop news justil old me to fuck myself, made a few strange excuses and then blocked me. 

I am so going to miss their in depth reviews.



__________________

The ace-est of them all.
Misshaped


Sorted

Status: Offline
Posts: 34
Date:
RE: Should have been a hit/single...
Permalink  
 

For what you said on here? Seems pretty unreasonable.

__________________

I'm frightened of pot pourri...
«First  <  1 2 3 4 5  >  Last»  | Page of 5  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Bar Italia Forum -> Bar Italia Forum -> Should have been a hit/single...
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard