Unrequited Love Alert! It's Not Actually Disco | Love Lyrics: Disco 2000 by Pulp

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• LA

  @lauz-im3ov · 2 years ago

  &quot;Your house was very small, with woodchip on the wall&quot; sets the scene well to a UK audience.<br><br>Woodchip is a type of wallpaper that was especially popular in the 1970s, particularly in working class homes due to its durability and price.<br><br>So it tells us Deborah&apos;s not rich or posh or privileged, she comes from a very ordinary background.

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• DA

  @daz_n · 3 years ago

  Tragic &apos;failing in love&apos; songs are a Pulp mainstay. Jarvis does British working class angst like no other.

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• LU

  @lukevouckelatou1059 · 3 years ago

  she tragically died of cancer a couple of years ago and he sung this at her funeral

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• HE

  @her_indoors1717 · 3 years ago

  Jarvis was all about &quot;kitchen sink&quot; melodrama

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• SY

  @synthrich1 · 3 years ago

  Woodchip is cheap wallpaper with small chips of wood in it so it’s got a texture to hide the cracks in the plaster. It’s looked down on as a “poor” decorating choice

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• YL

  @Ylyrra · 3 years ago

  &quot;House was very small, with woodchip on the wall&quot; is basically Jarvis Cocker saying she was working class, and &quot;girl next door&quot;. It&apos;s not british slang, but something 90% of brits will instantly visualise a terrace house just like it in their head, probably with a TV playing Eastenders in the front corner of the living room and a box of Quality Street by the side of the sofa under a copy of the Radio Times.

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• ST

  @stuartaustin8130 · 3 years ago

  Pulp have had some great tunes &nbsp;&quot;sorted for Es and whizz&quot; &quot;babies&quot; &quot;common people&quot; being some of their biggest hits in the 90s. They all have this kind of vibe

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• RI

  @richey4287 · 3 years ago

  The album this is from is just brilliant. It&apos;s called &apos;A Different Class&apos;, well worth checking out.

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• PM

  @pmc8451 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Pulp are a cultural institution now in Britain. The album this is on &quot;Different Class&quot; is often cited as amongst the best British albums of all time. Jarvis Cocker is a national treasure<br><br>You have to check out the video to this as well. Adds a while new subtext to it

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• RO

  @robertobrien5709 · 2 years ago

  There are a subtleties in the way English is used in Britain that a USA-ian wouldn&apos;t understand unless it was explained, there is no stalking or creepiness in the lyrics at all.

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• SP

  @spoonunit1 · 1 year ago

  We all love Jarvis this side of the pond.....

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• DA

  @davidnicholson6680 · 11 months ago

  Jarvis is definitely willing to get creepy and stalker-ish. There&apos;s a little of that in this song, more of it in others. It adds another dimension to the music and his persona. He does it in a very intentional way, he knows exactly what he&apos;s doing.

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