Do You Remember The First Poll? - ILM Artist Poll #11 - PULP - Results Thread!

#2

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1841/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1841-18948.jpg

is that a "That goes in there" reference?

This is hardcore!
Put your money where your mouth is…

oh it could be that, too (lol)

haha, no it isn't. but woof's got it!

#2 - THIS IS HARDCORE - 25 votes, two #1s, 559 votes (very large point jump!)

lol

lol right song, wrong lyric

btw congratulations everyone for voting "Seductive Barry" #1, I couldn't be prouder

#1

http://img1.tvloop.com/img/showpics/bf/3b/l353958ff0000_1_17145.jpg

Here...in the night. Seductive Barry....takes the Poll.

a truly happy moment for you, DJP

If there's ever a poll where one song might appear on 100% of the ballots, it's this one.

It didn't!

It wouldn't have appeared on my ballot had it not been for the "Common People Lyrics" thread. I was sick of the song for years and never bothered listening to it until that thread. I put it on one day when walking and it was really, really awesome.

I inexplicably forgot to include "First Time" on my ballot, where it would have placed around, well, #3. Relieved that it didnt affect the rankings.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW63vnU7yPI

I don't think I realized "This Is Hardcore" was so beloved; I had the impression it was just me!

I *adore* TIH, personally. I've no time for Common People, having heard it a thousand times. It's great, yes - but not anymore, to me.

#1 - COMMON PEOPLE - 21 votes, five #1s, 641 points

I didn't vote for it. Brilliant lyric, but I'm sick of everything else. This Is Hardcore was my #1 - I'd hoped it might just pip it.

Actually kind of surprised at how well that did.

Common People, that is.

Here's the full list!

Rank Row Labels # 1 Votes Sum of Score
115 I Never Said I Was Deep 0 11
114 Grandfather's Nursery 0 11
113 Don't You Want Me Anymore? 0 11
112 Angela 0 11
111 Weeds II 0 12
110 Further Complications 0 12
109 Blue Glow 0 12
108 Aborigine 0 12
107 We Can Dance Again 0 13
106 Being Followed Home 0 13
105 Fairground 0 15
104 Heavy Weather 0 16
103 Billy Jack 0 16
102 Two Little Boys 0 17
101 Last Day of the Miners' Strike 0 18
100 97 Lovers 0 18
99 You're In My Eyes (Discosong) 0 20
98 We Are the Boyz 0 20
97 tv movie 0 20
96 Last Man in Space 0 20
95 Fuckingsong 0 20
94 We Love Life 0 21
93 They Suffocate At Night 0 21
92 The 1st Man In Space 0 21
91 Morning Dew (cover) 0 22
90 PTA 0 23
89 Maureen 0 24
88 Don't You Know 0 24
87 Deep Fried in Kelvin 0 24
86 You're A Nightmare 0 25
85 Separations 0 25
84 Someone Like The Moon 0 27
83 Birds in Your Garden 0 29
82 Everybody's Problem 0 30
81 The Birds in Your Garden 0 31
80 Roadkill 0 31
79 My Lighthouse 0 33
78 Cocaine Socialism 0 35
77 The Facts Of Life (The Chocolate Layers Remix) 0 36
76 I Love Life 0 36
75 Happy Endings 0 38
74 The Babysitter 0 39
73 Love Love 0 40
72 I Will Kill Again 1 40
71 Death Goes to the Disco 0 42
70 Sylvia 0 45
69 I'm A Man 0 46
68 First Man in Space 0 48
67 Dogs are Everywhere 0 50
66 David's Last Summer 1 51
65 Street Lites 0 52
64 Stacks 0 52
63 She's Dead 0 52
62 Big Julie 0 54
61 The Day After The Revolution 0 55
60 Wishful Thinking 0 56
59 Seductive Barry 0 58
58 Ciao! 0 59
57 Walk like a Panther 0 62
56 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis 0 63
55 Synchronize 1 65
54 Have You Seen Her Lately? 0 67
53 Sliding Through Life On Charm 0 72
52 Monday Morning 0 74
51 Weeds 0 76
50 Love is Blind 0 77
49 Ansaphone 0 77
48 Styloroc (Nights of Suburbia) 0 85
47 Little Girl (with Blue Eyes) 0 88
46 Bar Italia 0 88
45 Running the World 0 91
44 I Want You 0 91
43 Pencil Skirt 0 96
42 Party Hard 0 96
41 Live Bed Show 0 96
40 Don't Let Him Waste Your Time 0 97
39 Glory Days 0 101
38 Inside Susan 0 107
37 Mile End 0 114
36 Blue Girls 0 116
35 The Night that Minnie Temperley Died 0 124
34 Countdown 0 124
33 Joyriders 0 138
32 Death II 1 143
31 Bad Cover Version 0 150
30 Sunrise 0 161
29 Wickerman 1 163
28 Sheffield: Sex City 0 166
27 His 'n' Hers 1 173
26 The Trees 1 174
25 O.U. (Gone Gone) 1 189
24 Your Sister's Clothes 0 196
23 Dishes 1 197
22 Like A Friend 1 211
21 She's A Lady 0 222
20 Sorted for E's & Wizz 0 225
19 The Fear 1 229
18 My Legendary Girlfriend 1 233
17 A Little Soul 0 241
16 Mis-Shapes 0 242
15 I Spy 1 247
14 Acrylic Afternoons 0 257
13 F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. 0 264
12 Help The Aged 0 279
11 Underwear 0 296
10 Lipgloss 0 309
9 Razzmatazz 0 319
8 Something Changed 1 326
7 Seconds 2 327
6 Disco 2000 2 365
5 Babies 2 474
4 Pink Glove 3 474
3 Do You Remember The First Time? 0 477
2 This Is Hardcore 2 559
1 Common People 5 641

Ha, that was a great clue photo. Common People wasn't on my ballot. I still like it after all these years, but I've just heard it too many times, and I think Pulp have plenty of songs that are just as good or better.

Ironically - Seductive Barry and Ciao!, which I was manically pulling for, in with a bullet at ...59 and 58.

"Ansaphone" and "Running the World" were top 50. That's pretty good.

oh dammit, if I'd voted I MIGHT have been able to get "Seductive Barry" onto the countdown

Thanks Alicia! I was feeling inspired :)

Bar Italia is one I definitely thought would place higher.

Great poll, thanks for running it!

Yes, Cheers Lex!!!

Yeah, this was fun!

Yeah thanks for putting this together, the clues were a lot of fun.

Thanks for playing along! I had fun watching the guesses roll in!

Thanks Lex!

I've gone through plenty of love/hate/bored cycles with Common People, but I couldn't imagine not voting for it.

I've gone through plenty of love/hate/bored cycles with Common People, but I couldn't imagine not voting for it.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, November 1, 2011 3:41 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

Same minus the hate. I always always love it but do get bored of it sometimes. That said, if I'd chosen anything else as my #1 I would have been lying to myself and the world.

Gukbe otm upthread, the lyrics to CP thread woke me up to it again after years where it had felt played out & you know an event to be dreaded when heard in a room full of ppl liable to sing along. The 'who is this narrator anyway? What's he so angry abt?' questions made CP & other things breathe a bit - I think I'd once just enjoyed triumph-of-the-loser identification that he invites, but some of JC's best years' songwriting nods at the latent cockfarmer: spiteful, posturing, narcissistic, resentful – the way losers triumphant can be.

& yes THANK YOU Lex. That really enlivened a couple of long, hopeless days at work.

I'm sad now! I missed that Common People thread.

Here are just the #1s, for reference. I can see E's point about lying to yourself if it's not your #1 - that's definitely how I *found* Pulp, but it's not one I ever put on anymore. That said, I rarely change it if it does come on.

Rank Row Labels # 1 Sum of Score
72 I Will Kill Again 1 40
66 David's Last Summer 1 51
55 Synchronize 1 65
32 Death II 1 143
29 Wickerman 1 163
27 His 'n' Hers 1 173
26 The Trees 1 174
25 O.U. (Gone Gone) 1 189
23 Dishes 1 197
22 Like A Friend 1 211
19 The Fear 1 229
18 My Legendary Girlfriend 1 233
15 I Spy 1 247
8 Something Changed 1 326
7 Seconds 2 327
6 Disco 2000 2 365
4 Pink Glove 3 474
5 Babies 2 474
2 This Is Hardcore 2 559
1 Common People 5 641

Oh. I don't know if there's been talk about this elsewhere, but seems sensible to ask here - anyone read Owen Hatherley's recent book on Pulp? Any good?

I really want to, but I haven't yet. I need to order that at some point.

encarta, wow

That Common People Lyrics/Discussion Thread

I found Pulp pretty late to the game because it was either 1997 or 8 when I first heard them. A boy in my writing class took me to a brit pop night on the top floor of a a long since closed down rock club on St. Marks Pl. in NYC. It was very late and near closing when the DJ played "Do You Remember the First Time" and I pretty much thought it was the greatest thing I'd ever heard. I pulled him close and yelled in his ear over the music "Who is this?! I LOVE it!". I still remember exactly how awesome and happy I felt dancing to that song in that moment. The next day I went out and bought everything I could find.

I got into them around that time a well, in 1998 when I saw the video for "This is Hardcore" on 120 Minutes. Around that time my parents had divorced and my father bought a mustang convertible and got a 26 year old girlfriend and I was all "lol Help the Aged" so I got him the album for Christmas.

Then I got Different Class and to my teenage brain that was some sexy shit

haha.. reading that CP thread now. Kinda happy I missed it the first time it seems! (I grew up poor; I would surely have ended up butting heads against KDT)

My Pulp story is that my whole class adored Common People when it came out, and I was all "pfft, I hate popular music." Then the hype faded and I heard Disco 2000 and thought wait, maybe these guys are for me. So I got Different Class and the next thing I was able to find was the DYRTFT? single (with Street Lights, the Babysitter). God, the pre-mp3s days in Canada were so dismal - I must've spent $20 on those three songs alone. I scoured Toronto and eventually got everything except It - still don't have it! But I did find mp3s or something along the way. Then one day Ned sent me a CD-R of live songs and rarities and whatnot, and made my life!!

(Class was not a pun - it was my grade eight class!)

A whole class full of kids liked "Common People" in Canada? You guys had it all sorted out there. I was scowering malls for import singles in Alabama.

Well, we were Gifted.. so we were the Mis-Shapes of the school. I remember we used to bring a TV into our classroom during lunches and watch music videos that people had taped off of Much Music, and that was a big hit.

Yeah, "hate" is too strong a word, I never hated CP but I bored of it to the point that I started resenting it (as silly as this may sound) for getting all the attention when it was only the 7th or 8th best song on DC. I still prefer "Disco 2000" or "Something Changed" on most days but CP is the essence of DC and I realized I'd be kidding myself if I tried to argue that they wrote any more than a small handful of better songs.

"Babies" would have been my #1 if I'd voted, now wish I had!