Jarvis Cocker reacts to his Iconic Moments 

I think is better that way, he never felt comfortable about going back to that moment.

Maybe some legal thing bout showing it or yeah he just want to forget that

is not? i'm leaving

@frosti alien doesnt matter he did it; its iconic. Rename to jarvis' personal favourites somebody

...and with Bob Mortimer as his lawyer and Jarvis "imprisoned" by Jackson's goons. Hilarious stuff.

I just him perform Common People in Glasgow, it was such a special experience, I’ll never forget it.

I bumped into him in Sydney in around 2011 (I could be wrong, it was whatever year he was touring Australia). I was a bit starstruck because he's a big musical hero of mine. I saw him on a street corner on his own, no-one appeared to know who he was. I just shouted "JARVIS" and he looked up and I walked over to him and shook his hand. Had a brief chat of sorts, wish I'd have had something interesting to say, but he was really down to earth and I thought it was great that he just had a bit of a chat with some random (Me!), with no 'pop star' or 'celebrity' attitude. Top bloke.

Can you believe I was at Glastonbury in 1995 but was in a different field somewhere so I didn't see Pulp. Shame on me! I did see them in Hull a couple of years later.

They way he mocks his young self is hilarious.

​@@olgakim4848But he was really hot.

We’re all annoyed by him so he’s not alone on that

​@@HaileyJackson10 What makes you think that??

Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds have had this look forever...that's why Jarvis suited being in their clip for Fifteen Feet Of Snow

Always loved the way he presented himself. I strive for that myself. Maybe I should be a Jarvis cosplayer at festivals.

Always fancied him - right from the start. I live close to Sheffield and I'd mooch around the city çentre as a teenager hoping I'd bump into him 😆

Geek? I reckon he could easily have done runway or magazine modelling.

He is the very definition of cool.

My brother in Christ your spelling made my eyes bleed but thanks for sharing the story tho

type like a damn person holy shit good story though

@@Mmxxaamm his spelling was fine? Though, I will concede, his/her over use of ellipses was... distracting.

@@Mmxxaamm grammar

@@eansba88- Maybe he went to the...William Shatner...school of...grammar?

What book?

@@libertard6101 Good Pop, Bad Pop

He's annoying.

I could not agree more. The press and music journalist's attention has always been on the creative, charismatic driving force that is Cocker but the way the band wrote, arranged and recorded the music is criminally overlooked. I'm in awe. Without the band, Cocker alone would have been a weirdo Leonard Cohen type and Pulp as we know it would never have existed. The band and Jarvis together was serendipity, and as you so rightly said, a once in a generation combustion that births true creative genius.

@Oooo-bi7bi. Did you get into The Stone Roses?

I’m a dance fan too, I found it really interesting digging up interviews about his rave days in the late 80’s Obviously that’s what he wrote Sorted For E’s and Whizz about, he summed up the darker side of dropping E’s like no one else could. He was really into the scene for a while though, he went out every weekend. The first big one he went to was Sunrise 5000 in May ‘89, (interestingly Seal was there too! - He was looking to start working with Adamski). Jarvis did a 6 music radio show dedicated to his rave days too a few years ago.

I find him annoying.

@@hynesp1 Thanks for sharing.

I love him

Likable? 😂😂😂

I think you had a autocorrect you mean unlikeable

Same here . Didnt even realise they werent supposed to headline. Maybe I did at the time

Yes Stone Roses pulled out very late on, like a day or two before, guitarist broke his arm I think. Anyway I was gutted because they were the ones I wanted to see the most but Pulp were asked to take the headline slot instead and they were brilliant

Hello from Brazil. I just saw that video (pulp with common people at Reading 2011) again. I LOVE that video!!! What a performance!

I was there

@@DJ.Gweilo oh my! what an experience!

And then the slow buildup to the ending of Common People

I'm sorry, but is this comment in response to a question? Hm?? _brighton margaret dechienne_

Or was it '94...I forget.

It was 95. I was there too but I'd finally bought a ticket for Glasto coz Stone Roses were booked to play. I was SO disappointed that I didn't give Pulp a chance even tho in the following years I grew to love them 😐

He always gives credit to the musicians with him, and acknowledges their contribution. There's none of this 'I am the artist and it's all about ME, darling' attitude that some artists can have. He's a class act and a cool man. Can't get enough.

Was expecting same thing

Me too! An utterly iconic moment. I remember I was a student visiting my parents at the time. The Brits weren't shown on UK TV live that year. They were taking place on the Monday and being shown on TV on the Tuesday, I think? Anyway, the first I heard of it was when I was watching the late night news with my folks on the night of the Brits and the headline "JARVIS COCKER ARRESTED FOR HURTING CHILDREN AT THE BRITS" or similar came up, and my parents were shocked. But then when they saw me go "Jarvis? No way. He'd never do that. There's more to this...", to their credit, they looked relieved, because they trusted my judgement. Then ofc, it turned out Jarvis had just invaded the stage during MJ's ridiculously messianic performance. When I saw the whole thing, I thought it was one of the funniest things I'd ever seen at the Brits: Jarvis ducking and diving to try to dodge the burly security guy (who seemed to appear out of nowhere through the sea of children), running all over the place on the stage, shaking his bum when he got the chance, posing and pointing at the audience when he got the chance, and still giving the brick shithouse guy the slip. It was wonderful. I still consider it to be the highpoint of the Brits. It really encapsulated that slightly chaotic, iconoclastic spirit that the Brits should be all about. We could do with more of that now. :)

I mean, we laugh about it now, but let's not forget that Gary Farrow of Sony did his level best to turn the British press against Jarvis. It was actually a very sinister situation. And when you look back at the full history of Michael Jackson, it makes me even more proud that Jarvis and a couple of other guys (was it Tricky and Mushroom? I can't quite remember, because only Jarvis managed to make it onto the stage) stood against him that night when he came to the Brits and tried to take it over with a performance where he got "the little children to come unto him" like Jesus. It was a proper British kick up the arse for MJ. And one he wasn't getting anywhere else at the time. Good on Mr. Cocker.

True

He had never liked to talk about that situation, so is nice that they didn't put him in that awful position.

Primer comentario que me sale en el comment box es de alguien de Paraguay...trippy

@@RJSOW Jajaja también ya hice mi pedido del libro desde UK y estará en mis manos muy pronto🥰 un saludo grande💖

@@RJSOW muy cierto, yo aún estoy sorprendido de que luego de ese vuelco por lo latino que ocurrió en las radios asuncenas en aquella época, aún existían programas que nos permitían conocer el Brit Pop y todo lo que pasaba en ese movimiento, y nos permitió a muchos volvernos fans incondicionales de bandas como PULP. para mí va a ser más complicado y carito conseguir el libro desde aquí pero lo haré...Saludos desde Asunción.....

@@wolfganggopnik8357 Wow que genial venir a encontrarme con esto. Yo no conozco mucho del Brit pop o al menos siento que Pulp fue mucho anterior a eso. Los conocí tarde (pero a tiempo) El libro es una exquisitez. He reído a carcajadas, lagrimeado, es la honestidad y sencillez de Jarvis en todo sentido. Se siente el cariño en su trabajo. Obs (el libro es accesible, el costo de peso y envío si esta caro😥)

@@wolfganggopnik8357 estaría bueno conocernos los fans para la reunión #pulp2023😃

Isn't it? Me neither, and the way he remembers it's amusing.

He's made it clear in numerous interviews etc. that he'd prefer not to talk about it any more. There is a great interview with him on the New Statesman I think is worth reading if you have some time!

Has Brett written a book?

@@tobydammit 2 of them.

@@luluphiify Cool! Published by Penguin?

Not sure tbh. I don't think so - otherwise we might have had a similar interview with him on here!

@@tobydammit Yes, he wrote two books: Coal Black Mornings and Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn. The first one is his pre-Suede autobiography (what led him to found Suede), and the other one is about his Suede-years. Very good books. I strongly recommend :-)