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tantaloryesterday at 3:32 PM5 repliesview on HN

I'm guessing the title is a reference to Pulp - Common People


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dnnddidiejyesterday at 3:56 PM

And browse and grab and queue because there is nothing else to do!

FireBeyondyesterday at 7:14 PM

Jarvis Cocker wrote Common People about a girl he did actually know, who was "identified" as Danae Stratou, daughter of a Greek textile magnate, and while she said "the only person who knows for sure is Cocker himself", emails between her and her husband indicated that she saw herself saying and doing several of the things he references, "yeah, I'm rather ashamed to admit it, that -does- sound like me and things I'd say then".

And then Disco 2000 was written about Deborah Bone, childhood friend who was a mental health nurse (who helped form Step2 and created the Brainbox), and said the only thing inaccurate about the song was that her home did not have "woodchips on the wall". She said, shortly before she died of myeloma, that she "did grow up and sleep with Jarvis Cocker, somebody had to, and it was perfectly innocent" (I think the implication is that they fell asleep together).

Not of any great relevance. I just see myself as a collector of information that might only be useful for music trivia nights...

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havblueyesterday at 7:08 PM

I wanna live like Costco people I wanna do whatever Costco people do Wanna sleep with Costco people I wanna sleep with Costco people like you. Well, what else could I do? I said, "I'll... I'll see what I can do.

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teerayyesterday at 3:47 PM

“…and let the deals, wrap their arms around me”

—Death Cab for Cutie

mock-possumyesterday at 3:41 PM

You’re probably right, but Pet Shop Boys also have a take on the theme - https://youtu.be/eQLpNpSXewo?si=bYSSBpoDAL2HKMI3