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Pulp—“Common People”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Is There Misogyny in Common People?

The phenomenon that common people describes like rich people cosplaying as poor people. Was it already a prominent thing or did this song sort of make it a prominent thing? I mean, it did happen in the 90s. And there was something quite appealing about this quite odd guy who will kind of like charity shop clothes and had a bit of Serge Gansborgie aspect to him. It wasn't like oasis, first time of asking.I think there was a real warmth towards them. A lot of Britpop songs weren't really, you know, they're out love and ambition and fun and things that pop music is often about. But if we were going to have this cultural phenomenon

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