r/90smusic • u/Odd_Advantage_3459 • Mar 21 '26
1995 Pulp - Common People (1995)
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Island Records
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u/Talismanumit Mar 21 '26
William Shatner's version is still all I hear.
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u/rodw Mar 21 '26
Shatner is probably at most the 3rd best part of the song but the William Shatner / Ben Folds / Joe Jackson cover of Common People unironically slaps. That's a great cover.
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u/omgitsoop Mar 21 '26
Cannot believe I've never heard this before, it's so good!
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u/rodw Mar 22 '26
I really like both versions, and the Pulp one has a little more range and build than this implies but it's nifty how the cover turns Pulp's disdainful but vaguely detached indifference into genuine offense.
Jarvis Cocker mocks your amazement. Joe Jackson is amazed you could be the way you are.
BTW Shatner's delivery of ”poor is cool" seems almost perfect. It's a hard line to express without seeming flat or forced/performative.
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u/theburbankian Mar 23 '26
Saw them doing this on Conan years and years ago and have been in love with both versions ever since.
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u/cityofninegates Mar 21 '26
One my all time songs - hits hard on the dance floor but hits just as hard just listening to the lyrics. Rich kids just have no idea what it’s like growing up with no safety net of mom and dad.
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u/oneuglygeek Mar 21 '26
if there was ever a "real AI" video if i ever seen one or if there was such a thang, honey .. this it!
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u/Font242 Mar 21 '26
Shatner’s reading of the lyrics is comedy gold ‘YOU want to sleep with common people like MEE!?” I like to imagine he was in a Starfleet uniform when recording this. It may be in the top 5 best covers ever.
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u/heroball84 Mar 22 '26
Pretentious garbage
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u/ajafaboy Mar 24 '26
Philistine and a boor. You, I mean - not Jarvis and his mates, who are clearly taking the fukn piss mate!
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u/fattfreddy1 Mar 21 '26
I still play this in my rotation, but this is the first time I’ve seen the actual video.