Jarvis finds the 43 year-old Monsieur Cocker in exceptionally usual form - shameless wit, jingly jangful popness & the usual nasal-yet-friendly vocals. Probably the most striking addition in this batch of Jarv's art is the emotional state he embeds the album in. In simple terms, it sounds like the world we're living in, full of stormy weather, declining empires and half-hearted optimism. There's somberness here for sure, but it's the kind of somber dread you feel everyday when you turn on your TV and start wondering what all this shit means (if anything), and then shut it off and crack on the headphones & a beer.
On the closing track, the cheeky, why-the-fuck-not dance popper "Running The World," Jarv creeps out the best lyric thus far of 2007:
If you thought things have changed, friend you'd better think again.
Bluntly put, in the fewest of words, cunts are still running the world.
Speaking of which, I noticed last night that Barack Obama - perhaps the only non-cunt with a decent chance of running the world - kicked off his campaign this weekend with of all things a fucking U2 SONG ("City Of Blinding Lights," for the scorekeepers among us). I'm far from an Obama knocker (in fact, I'm giddy in love), but I know his advisors can do better than U-fucking-2.
In the words of Beck Hansen, "What is this, a fucking U2 concert?"
To wit, Jarvis.
Jarvis Cocker - The Jarvis Cocker Album [zip, 67 mb]
Hendo bonus track:
The Wyrd Sisters - "This Is The Night" [Jarv, Steve Mackey (Pulp) Johnny Greenwood & Phil Selway (Radiohead) & more, as featured in Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire]
2 comments:
dude sick call w/ the harry potter track. thats the HP movie directed by the guy who made children of men. baddaasssss
good call on the beck. that is thee bse. just downloading the jarvis now. i gotta say, for someone that i couldnt have cared less about, this jaris/pulp stuff aint bad at all.
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