Common Klingon like You.

Je viens de découvrir une excellente reprise du tube 90’s de Pulp (ex-groupe de Jarvis cocker): « Common People » interprété par…  William Shatner!!!

Ca date visiblement de 2004, mais, à l’époque, je n’en avais jamais eu vent…

Ok, captain Kirk a pris du bide mais quand il est accompagné par Ben folds Five et Joe Jackson, ça déchire pas mal…

Faut dire que ce morceau – extrait de l’album « different Class » est un must de la britpop 90’s. Il est facile de tomber dans le panneau de penser que Pulp n’a été qu’un « groupe à minettes » des 90’s, car il faut bien reconnaître aux Anglais au moins cette qualité : malgré un physique génétiquement assez ingrat, ils savent se foutre le public féminin dans la poche.  Nos Patrick Bruel et Christophe Maé nationaux peuvent en ravaler rien qu’à l’évocation de noms tels que Morissey, Brian Molko, Damon Albarn, Brett Anderson. Q’une  grande seringue comme Jarvis Cocker soit capable d’un seul geste ou d’une seule pause de provoquer un véritable raz de marée dans les culottes des filles présentes dans l‘assistance m’a toujours inspiré un profond respect.

Mais le restreindre à ce rôle serait vraiment injuste… C’est également une sacrée tête de con : Pulp est certainement un des groupes qui collectionne le plus d’engueulades et de splits dans les 90’s. Mais, trêve de mauvais esprit : Jarvis reste un putain de Songwriter. Il a cette capacité à nous raconter des histoires simples qui parlent du quotidien, des fantômes et des démons qui nous habitent avec un certain piquant et une touche de cynisme en assaisonnement. Musicalement c’est admirablement pop,  des mélodies sucrées et entrainantes dont on se souvient, un rythme qui donne presque envie de danser (même si on trouve que c’est con). Pour faire court, il y a, à mon avis, 3 albums incontournables par ordre chronologique: Freaks,  His & Hers et Different Class. Réflexion faite, celui qui suit  « This is Hardcore » est pas dégeu non plus.

Petit souvenir amusant : cette mention qui figure sur tous les albums du groupe : « Please do not read the lyrics while listening to the recordings »

Voici donc la vidéo en clip et en live pour vous faire une idée et APRES, je vous encourage vivement à lire les paroles de « common people » qui valent vraiment le détour.

Enjoy !

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge, she studied sculpture at Saint Martins College, that’s where I caught her eye. She told me that her dad was loaded, I said “In that case I’ll have a rum and coca-cola, she said “Fine” and in 30 seconds time she said “I want to live like common people, I want to do whatever common people do, I want to sleep with common people, I want to sleep with common people like you”. Well what else could I do, I said “I’ll see what I can do.”  I took her to a supermarket, I don’t know why but I had to start it somewhere, so it started there. I said ‘Pretend you’ve got no money’, but she just laughed and said “Oh you’re so funny”, I said “Yeah. Well I can’t see anyone else smiling in here.” Are you sure you want to live like common people, you want to see whatever common people see, you want to sleep with common people, you want to sleep with common people like me. But she didn’t understand, she just smiled and held my hand. Rent a flat above a shop, cut your hair and get a job. Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school. But still you’ll never get it right ‘cos when you’re laid in bed at night watching roaches climb the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all. You’ll never live like common people, you’ll never do whatever common people do, you’ll never fail like common people, you’ll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance and drink and screw, because there’s nothing else to do.

Sing along with the common people, sing along and it might just get you through. Laugh along with the common people, laugh along even though they’re laughing at you and the stupid things that you do, because you think that poor is cool.

Like a dog lying in a corner they will bite you and never warn you. Look out they’ll tear your insides out. ‘Cos everybody hates a tourist, especially one who thinks it’s all such a laugh and the chip stains and grease will come out in the bath. You will never understand how it feels to live your life with no meaning or control and with nowhere left to go. You are amazed that they exist and they burn so bright whilst you can only wonder why. Rent a flat above a shop, cut your hair and get a job. Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school. Still you’ll never get it right ‘cos when you’re laid in bed at night watching roaches climb the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all. You’ll never live like common people, you’ll never do what common people do, you’ll never fail like common people, you’ll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance and drink and screw because there’s nothing else to do. I want to live with common people like you, etc.