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Mis-Shape

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PTA has always distressed me, and listening again on the re-releases I still can't work out who Jarvis is supposed to be singing to.

Is it a teacher he's met? Or is it a school child (bit Gary Glitter if so, no?)

What was he doing at a PTA anyway? He didn't have kids when he wrote it.

It's freaking me out. Help!

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probably not about him, maybe its a fictionnal (i hope) story about paedo, me thinks


could be wrong, though, might be good to have the opinions of other people yeah



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Well, first of all, he's singing in character...

He's a teacher who has the hots for one of his students. Also, he's incredibly inexperienced.

I suppose it is in some ways one of Pulp's more socially irresponsible songs, but it's a comical character sketch, not an endorsement of teachers persuing students. The goofy, catchiness of the song goes a long way.

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Maybe I just come from trash, but when I was in High School I noticed plenty of male teachers ogling the female "student body", and there were plenty of students with the hots for their teachers. So I've always found PTA's political incorrectness quite refreshing.

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It's a sign of the times that one isn't it? If that single were released today, I'm fairly sure that PTA would be the song that sparked tabloid outrage, whereas probably no one would bat an eyelid at Sorted.

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Mis-Shape

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Well that sorts that out then. Ta.

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