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Pulp—“Common People”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Introduction

Common People is the single greatest collection of words generated in the last decade of the 20th century. You will never understand how it feels to live your life with no meaning or control and with nowhere left to go. Many fine artists have aspired to the scabrous, loquacious majesty of Common People. Did you know William Shatner covered this song? Ben Folds was involved. Here's a really good one by a singer named Alice Banks in the description she talks about moving to leads for uni. The accent always helps.

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