| Pulp – David's Last Summer Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Amazing song. You really can sense a youthful vibrancy to the music and feel the rejuvenation that Summer brings, the instrumentals surreal, hazy and echoed like memories are, and how it seems to crash as Autumn penetrates the bliss, leaving one feeling almost frantic because they have no power over it. I do wonder why it's David's last Summer. Maybe it just feels like Summer will never arrive again once Winter hits? Or maybe this David died? Jarvis's faint voice in the background at the end of the song begs "Oh, I want you to stay." Not sure, but more likely it's just about Summer. |
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| Pulp – This Is Hardcore Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| By the way, I also partially think this because of the music video, which depicts people auditioning and eventually acting in a film noire. It also depicts celebrity behavior between the scenes, and the sort of glamorization of the whole industry. And sexuality. Lots of sexuality. | |
| Pulp – This Is Hardcore Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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From what I sense about this song, it does seem a bit like the singer is on the powerful side, exploitative side. I think it's about the movie, music, or porn industry. Making your way to the big top by doing some things you're not proud of, like sleeping with the director to get into a film, or starting your movie career by doing porn. "Oh, here comes the hardcore life," meaning that she's in too far, now. She's become a part of the industry's market, in which she'll be exploited as most celebrities are. "You got to take these dreams and make them whole. Oh, this is Hardcore. There is no way back for you. Oh this is Hardcore. This is me on top of you." That does sound rather sinister, doesn't it? She dreamed of getting her name out there, but she's completely caught up in the drama of the business, controlled by the demands of the media and the film makers, maybe music producers. Then, her career is washed up. The media's gotten all it wants out of her, and her career, like most was quick. "This is the end of the line. I've seen the storyline played out so many times before." The "that goes in there" repetition is emphasizing how mundane it all is, it's a wham-bam-thank you mam sort of situation. So, Jarvis's part is almost like the perspective of the industry, looking for fresh meat, seducing young women, then chewing them up and spitting them out. It's almost a mocking tone. Maybe this is the sort of thing he had to deal with as a singer. It's all very shallow, devious, and exploitative. You can't make it unless you've got what it takes, because it's "hardcore." |
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