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So, apparently, there are two versions of the lyrics online for this great song.

One (Spotify) says "where people with black hair drink a special kind of brew" and the other (Pulp wiki) "where people with black hair is treated specially".

Which one is the correct one? Maybe if someone has the sleeve from a vinyl or CD, that would sort the matter.

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Spotify is bulll****. The words don't sound like "special brew" at all!

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I agree with you. 

However, then someone happens to know what it means? I do not understand why people with black hair would be treated "specially". 

I am not from the UK, so maybe I'm missing some context.



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It means they get special treatment. Privileges!

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Susan has black hair.

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I wonder is she still in Camberwell....her/her architect husband would have made a fortune on their house in Lyndhurst if they sold it in the last decade or so.

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weej wrote:

Susan has black hair.

 Ok, thanks. But, sorry if I'm being too insistent, why would they get privileges? I live in a country where, on the contrary, blonde people have privileges.

It's because blonde hair is more common?

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Susan is imagining a scenario where she is treated specially - partly because of her hair colour but it could be for other reasons as long as they are linked to her. She is daydreaming an escape from her drab surroundings of Rotherham and how it might manifest itself.

Female escape was clearly a C0cker fascination - "Pierrot mirror on the wall, who is the acest of them all? The Catcliffe girl who gets out before her 18th birthday".



-- Edited by Eamonn on Thursday 14th of August 2025 03:49:29 PM

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I suppose you think she's just a silly girl with stupid ideas

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weej wrote:

I suppose you think she's just a silly girl with stupid ideas

 Ok, a great way to end my search.

 

Thus, I understand that the meaning is that Susan is imagining a town where she will be treated specially because of her (future) looks.

 

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For all bands, lyrics seem to be very hit and miss on streaming. In the case of Pulp, the wiki is the most accurate source of lyrics.

 

If you don't have access to a physical release, you can view the full sleeve on Discogs. That said, the lyrics for "Intro" are tiny (even on the physical release) so you will probably have to zoom in considerably. 



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weej wrote:

I suppose you think she's just a silly girl with stupid ideas

 I think we all underestimated her and should feel bad about it.



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Eamonn wrote:

I wonder is she still in Camberwell....her/her architect husband would have made a fortune on their house in Lyndhurst if they sold it in the last decade or so.

This has just got me thinking: they obviously had kids as they had a babysitter in, um, "The Babysitter". Do the lyrics "she left last June..." mean that Susan is no longer there because she left her husband after catching him in bed with the babysitter or the babysitter caught Susan's husband with someone else and was quickly dismissed as a result?



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Ian wrote:
Eamonn wrote:

I wonder is she still in Camberwell....her/her architect husband would have made a fortune on their house in Lyndhurst if they sold it in the last decade or so.

This has just got me thinking: they obviously had kids as they had a babysitter in, um, "The Babysitter". Do the lyrics "she left last June..." mean that Susan is no longer there because she left her husband after catching him in bed with the babysitter or the babysitter caught Susan's husband with someone else and was quickly dismissed as a result?

 I always understood it as Susan has left cos she caught her hubby and the babysitter at it upstairs. I concede that it is somewhat ambiguous though. 



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