BBC News article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly34el5py7o
Including new quotes from the band about the legacy of Pulp's signature song, released 22nd May 1995 but first played live in an embryonic form nine months earlier at Reading '94.
What are our memories of hearing it for the first time? Do you have a particular favourite live version? Where does it rank in your all-time Pulp faves?
I first listened to it when i was watching the vh1 classic, i thought oh this song is cool let's search it on youtube... then the rest is history. may be my top 2 pulp songs after My Lighthouse. Fav live version... may be glasto 95
BBC News article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly34el5py7o
Including new quotes from the band about the legacy of Pulp's signature song, released 22nd May 1995 but first played live in an embryonic form nine months earlier at Reading '94.
What are our memories of hearing it for the first time? Do you have a particular favourite live version? Where does it rank in your all-time Pulp faves?
First time I heard it was Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Probably the best because it wasnt accompanied with all the frenzy. Most likely in top ten of all time favourite Pulp tracks, but behind Razzmatazz which is still my favourite after all these years. And My Legendary Girlfriend, and Dishes, and Live Bed Show, and most of His n Hers LP.
-- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 22nd of May 2025 01:57:55 PM
Probably first heard it on "Top Thirty Hits" on Network 2 sometime during the summer of '95 but I was only ten and a half and not yet a fan so don't hold me to that. Just trying to deal on logic and trying to give you what you've come to expect- just another post about lipgloss and cigarettes.
It's sensational, a song that you just CANNOT argue with or quibble with. The fact they knew they were onto a winner and had to get it out as soon as possible.
I might be strange for suggesting it, but the reworked We Love Life-era version has a lot going for it and in many ways I even prefer it - sure, Glasto '95 is legendary, but I love how the chords slowly build and that sudden tempo change (after "**** stains and grease...").
Ah, I was nervous to say it, but I loved the 2000+ version as well. Especially when it opened concerts - that synth chord was wonderful to get lost in before the song kicked in.
Whats crazy, and the mark of the quality of the songwriting I think, is that no matter how many times Ive heard Common People it still makes me emotional every time I hear it
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I might be strange for suggesting it, but the reworked We Love Life-era version has a lot going for it and in many ways I even prefer it - sure, Glasto '95 is legendary, but I love how the chords slowly build and that sudden tempo change (after "**** stains and grease...").
It's stunning. Version of it at Auto 2002 might be best ever. They completely and utterly emptied the tank
