Good Pop, Bad Pop

The Sunday Times bestselling hit from Jarvis Cocker

(Author) Jarvis Cocker
Format: Paperback
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We all have a random collection of the things that made us, photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker starts clearing out his loft, he finds a jumble of objects that catalogue his story and ask him some awkward questions -- Who do you think you are? Are clothes important? Why are there so many pairs of broken glasses up here? From a Gold Star polycotton shirt to a pack of Wrigley's Extra, from his teenage attempts to write songs to the Sexy Laughs Fantastic Dirty Joke Book, this is the hard evidence of Jarvis's unique life, Pulp, 20th century pop culture, the good times and the mistakes he'd rather forget. And this accumulated debris of a lifetime reveals his creative process, writing and musicianship, performance and ambition, style and stagecraft. This is not a life story. It's a loft story --

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Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781784707910
Publish year:
2023
Publish date:
May 25, 2023

Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker is a British musician, songwriter, and frontman of the band Pulp. His most famous work includes the iconic song "Common People" which became an anthem of the Britpop era. Cocker's lyrical style is witty and observational, capturing the essence of working-class life in the UK.

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