The weak links are "TV Movie" (although it works well as a sort-of intermission to the album), "Party Hard", and "Seductive Barry" (Pulp could never do epics and should have never recorded a song longer than seven minutes).
i disagree with this so much! "Seductive Barry" and "You're In My Eyes (Discosong)" off the last Jarvis solo album were both on my ballot because i think he's GREAT at the 8-minute slow burn (and i probably wouldn't mind if the 6-minute slow burns like "F.E.E.L.I.N.G." and "This Is Hardcore" were a bit longer). those songs are really just masterful achievements in pacing and mood.
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Friday, 4 November 2011 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
Told my husband to guess which song placed #1 and he guessed Song 2 ;_; He's more of a soul man. But still. Sob!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 4 November 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
I also tried to seduce him with Fuckingsong and he laughed at me :P
Told my husband to guess which song placed #1 and he guessed Song 2
this is fantastic
― dense macabre (DJP), Friday, 4 November 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Song 2 haha aww he's trying
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 4 November 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
awwww
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Friday, 4 November 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
PULP, PLUP, BLUR... hey it is almost an anagram if you add a few pen strokes....
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Friday, 4 November 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair, he knows I am (was) a massive Blur fan too.. so I guess he blanked a bit, since he doesn't post to ILX or anything. He gets partial points. :)
Has anyone ever noticed that Pulp always uses "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" as filler but Blur's always on the "La la la"? Not 100% of the time but I once told him that's an easy way to guess if I'm playing a Pulp or a Blur song, heh. And Song 2 does end with "Awwwww... yeah."
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 4 November 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
I always thought it ended with an S bomb
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Friday, 4 November 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe it does!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 4 November 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Just throwing this out there, but I'd be totally down with taking part in an ILM This is Hardcore tribute album, where we recast the songs into different genres (e.g. "The Fear" as a dance track, "Party Hard" as a country song, "This is Hardcore" as industrial, etc. etc.)
― epistantophus, Saturday, 5 November 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
Aww, yeah you guys should do it. I've no musical ability whatsoever however.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 5 November 2011 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
That could be an asset, not a liability! You could do an a capella track, or a kazoo track, or a minimalist lo-fi casio track!
― epistantophus, Saturday, 5 November 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to Pulp to prepare for the show, I've come across a few songs that should have ranked higher or at all:
Separations - I forgot about the actual song! "Let's Do It.."the Mark of the Devil
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/images/rc4.jpg
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
Oh the 80s!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
I have decided: I have a new favorite Pulp albm.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
I agree!
― . (Michael B), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 08:48 (five years ago) link
Yep: always thought so.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 09:26 (five years ago) link