Pulp - Common People. Ashtyn&Jon REACTION

[@TheJthom9]

Jarvis Cocker wrote this about a rich Greek girl he used to be infatuated with at art school back in the 1980s who casually said once that she wanted to move to Hackney to live like the common people there. This song is a scathing critique of the social voyeurism that some wealthy people embody to sound or feel cool, and massively fails to truly understand the actual devastation and hardship found in the everyday lives of people poorer than them.

[@karlydoc]

He's since said he "made it up".

[@blakefish80]

"You will never understand how it feels to live your life. With no meaning or control, with nowhere left to go. You are amazed that they exist , and they burn so bright whilst you can only wonder why" That lyric (only incuded on the full version) has deep meaning to anyone born and raised in working class Britain. Amen Jarvis!

[@direnova6284]

It's about a rich girl slumming it cos she thinks it's cool, but the moment she has an unpleasant time she bails and goes back to being rich. As it says in the song "everybody hates a tourist".

[@mikestas8884]

This reactions proves why The UK is the best at real Music

[@Stupot2030]

You pair are _exactly_ the people this song is nailing. 'You will never live your life with no power or control and with nowhere else to go', because your dads will fix it all. The message is about social voyeurism. It criticises wealthy people that went slumming once so they think they know what being poor is all about.

[@narabdela]

Great song. Horribly disrespectful reviewers. Yawning and not even bothering to listen to the lyrics.

[@S1MPLECAVEMAN]

Agree. Also the song went completely over their head.

[@holdencaulfield8429]

wow! That sucked! 2 ppl who truly deserve each other.

[@vampmode9132]

Personalities of cardboard

[@ppauly]

Its like I dont know, he's famous and we are all...i dont know, he wants to be, like not a common person and it means...i dont know, i didnt really listen to it

[@glenn9683]

The thumbnail of her yawning just about sums these two up

[@JLudd]

🤣

[@LunchSays]

set of nobs

[@jmoboyj4866]

It's a song about class - a working class man dating a privileged upper class woman, who doesn't understand what it's like to live a crappy working class life. This is from a great album called different class, full of songs with similar subject matter, great music and witty lyrics. One of the classics of its time in the UK, well worth a listen.

[@mooseylad]

These 2 privileged goons would never understand a song like this pulp were brilliant

[@tonymorph3672]

Jarvis really captures the vibe of the UK in the 90s when the working class were venerated

[@richardlewis3575]

A classic British folk song. To quote the Sex Pistols a couple of decades earlier , this song is all about A Cheap Holiday In Other People’s Misery. If you don’t get these lyrics or the desperate anger behind them , you too might be a privileged rich kid that the song is attacking.

[@Tristan-ni8wz]

The song was completely lost on them!

[@MrMarcocain]

Everything is lost on these two clowns I wonder why they keep bothering 🤷‍♂️

[@kij100]

It's about people with money slumming it when they're at college or uni but just actually being tourists playing at being common.

[@FallGuy79]

Wow. I watched many reaction videos for "Common People" but you guys are the only ones who did not manage to get the meaning of the song!

[@LunchSays]

Set of dikz

[@garypennison2558]

This the sort of people you get when they don’t travel outside their own bedroom.

[@briz1965]

The girl is RICH, the guy is POOR - she wants to live like the 'common people' - there is a divide in the UK between the posh, extremely rich, and us normal folk.

[@Stevelives13]

Common meaning lower class is a British term thats why they didn't understand.

[@ElphabaRaine]

@@Stevelives13 Then why do so many other Americans get the meaning of the song immediately in their reaction videos?

[@Stevelives13]

@@ElphabaRaine Just clearing up the meaning of the word common, its universal definition is typical or most average, its only the UK that uses it as a term for lower class.

[@ElphabaRaine]

@@Stevelives13 👍

[@amr180671]

This is a Working Class anthem here in the UK ❤️

[@charlielondon722]

It's, called English eccentricity and sense of humour, and the class system, bless Jarvis the cocker 🙏❤️

[@FEBAGames]

I'm not quite sure how you didn't get it was a rich girl wanting act like a poor girl because poor is chic.

[@fishels3895]

@@headpeace1018 I'm American and i understand it just perfectly. These reactors didn't listen to the words. Terrible reaction. Wonderful song

[@Johonnac]

@@fishels3895 They’re sharing headphones and one brain cell as well, apparently

[@albaPhenom]

LMAO at the comments, it's such an obvious message in this song. I must imagine you two were the girl in this song struggling to get it.

[@Nessaaa2502]

But they didn’t understand.......... 😂

[@stevenmontgomery8117]

I’ve never seen a reaction video where the people watching are so disinterested

[@HenryatBrookes]

A song from my childhood. So much nostalgia. Got the goosebumps!

[@conciousenergy79]

Ditto

[@zaftra]

Can we all just go back to 95/96 and stay there?

[@dragoonlordz]

I would rather go back to the 80's personally if given choice between 80's and mid to late 90's. I'm biased though, that's when I was a kid so I have more carefree fond memories of that time period...it also had great music too. >:)

[@muralidharanj2857]

Miss those days.... Hate the time I am in now when what we have in Music Industry are cheapskates and filth ridden artiste who need to be shoved off to gutter

[@weeman1874]

They clearly don't get it AT ALL!. maybe study the lyrics 🙄😂fml

[@ericthemauve]

Is this the worst/laziest/most disrespectful KZbin reaction video of all time? It's interesting to note that the Like/Dislike scores have been deactivated. I wonder why?

[@Neilsmu]

Yep. No your comments don’t make sense. Listen to the words ffs 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@FTFLCY]

The dimmest, most boneheaded attempt to interpret a song that needs no interpretation IF YOU LISTEN TO IT.

[@Edin12n]

@ I know. It’s such a stupid interpretation of something so obvious they might be winding us up

[@joyparry9354]

I love Pulp .... and this is one of their best - I think the line "you think that poor is cool" is one of the greatest!

[@decy88]

You don't get it bruh

[@ianbristo7735]

I don't understand why you are wondering what the song is about after talking over it, so missing the lyrics. Why are you doing this when you always seem to look so bored and distracted- looking around, at phone, etc and not really paying any attention. I've 9nly seen a few of your videos, but, they've all suffered from this boredom/inattention problem. I thought I'd give it one last chance, but, exactly the same again. It seems you've no interest in this at all.

[@viviennehodson4768]

You are ? really thick if you don,t get it, or are you one of those they are singing about?

[@punkpopnotdead]

ha ha think its the second one

[@drellitagarcia4199]

🙌 Absolutely.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

Pulp put out one of the best albums of the 90s called "This Is Hardcore" - so underrated.

[@nemo6686]

It's about a rich girl treating common people like a commodity she can buy and use. Hard to miss so big, but you managed it.

[@DavidMichael-h1l]

I don't think they got it. I suppose Americans don't have a class sytem, don't understand 'common' are in denial about equaility and no clue about irony and ennui

[@pulrh]

The song's about a girl (symbolising a trend in British society at the time it was released) who's middle class and from wealth, but who thinks it's cool to pretend to be working class and poor. The singer's saying that she'll never understand what it's like because she's from a comfortable background and has her daddy's wealth as a safety net.

[@jakeyb6453]

I wouldn’t bother explaining it ,like talking to lumpy mashed potato with this pair 😁🇬🇧

[@BuffOrpington7]

Wasted on those two. Completely over their heads. If he thinks the video is "weirrd" he must have led a very sheltered life. The girl has that expression that dim people have when they're trying to cover up their dimness by looking as if she's too cool to care.

[@atlantia]

I was guttered you didn't like/understand it, one of the best songs to be made

[@DarqeDestroyer]

This is such a great song but I sometimes think it wouldn't cross the Atlantic very well, because there is so much UK slang and British cultural references in Pulp's songs generally, that Americans might not get. Even the expression "common people" the title of this song, which means working class, the bottom rung of society, but might not be an expression in use in America.

[@TimothySmiths]

american here and i totally understand it.

[@TheClairem75]

Why don’t they ever listen to the lyrics instead of just watching the video?

[@baylessnow]

and why is she ALWAYS yawning?

[@rammiel9404]

This genre is called Brit Pop and was popular in the 90s along with Blur and Oasis (among others).

[@anthonyfoden9382]

Your penchant for talking over the lyrics is seriously annoying. It's no wonder that you don't understand this brilliant song.

[@marty6945]

A clear mind and sound judgment circulate somewhere outside this channel

[@hassestockholm]

You don’t get it.

[@SofaSpud_]

WOW!! Went straight over their heads didn't it. And could you look anymore disinterested.

[@charlottedouglas1777]

Americans just don't understand.

[@booshank2327]

Plenty do as evidenced by other reactors.

[@doyoulikebeetroot]

Singing in perfect English and they are happy to pinpoint it to Europe??? 😂😂😂😂😂 This channel is great in a really crap way

[@crocodilesmile7510]

She can NEVER be "like common" people because she has an out, her daddy is there to protect her.

[@evilashxero]

I always hate how they cut the song short, in the video, and the single. The "like a dog lying in a corner, they will bite you and never warn you. Watch out, they'll will tear your insides out" line, and then it goes even more frantic. It's shame that's always cut off.

[@fishels3895]

Where can I find this version???

[@ManuelOrts-p5o]

Honestly, why do you two even bother?

[@jimrandell2997]

Wow! You guys totally didn’t get it!

[@hassestockholm]

What this reaction thaught me is that if you’re going to react on KZbin it’s nice if have an iq over 40.

[@SGADRM]

Why would you listen to a stereo song through a single headphone - you'll only hear half of the song?

[@davidmcc8727]

They really have no clue what this song is about. Probably never left the US of A.

[@alanbutterworth8669]

Ashty& Jon stick to the day job your not up to it!!

[@TunesForListening]

“Oh I think it’s about how he wants to be a common person.” “… That seems right” Oh FFS this is pathetic. The singer is literally telling you a story. All you had to do is listen. No wonder the votes are hidden. Frankly I’m amazed you haven’t removed this video in embarrassment.

[@marlecmarine5393]

Wow ! this is a masterpiece , cannot believe it went over your head. Go back and read the lyrics. lt is inspired by a girl Jarvis Cocker met at St Martin's Art College in Central London, literally everyone in the UK knows and loves this song. lt's a song about class divisions, wealth, poverty and how some rich people play at being poor.......

[@Azabaxe80]

I missed this in the 90s, mainly because after getting disillusioned with the Stone Roses I just ignored everything smelling of British pop. But it's a scathing social commentary, and yes, if you're poor or working class and somehow ended up studying at a good school you met hideous people like this woman. I certainly didn't know what to do with them. Anything but respect them. Any live version of this song rocks.

[@hassestockholm]

I understand why it went over their head. These two have proved before that they’re morons.

[@jpa221]

Suggest you get the lyrics and then perhaps read them. You may understand them but i doubt it.

[@ossie6941]

Totally agree

[@alexjones6481]

Haha - spot on

[@David-mo5jw]

If you don't get it you havn't been there

[@EmptyNetClapper]

wow. It's hard not to come off as mean here, but that was the worst analysis/take a way from a song I've heard. This song is great because it is at once deep, but extremely simple to understand. Hint: you are the rich Greek girl running off to St. Martin's College to study sculpture and dip your toe into 'poverty tourism', cause it's cool to be poor.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

wrong idiot

[@hutchhound3788]

You guys look like you need to sleep

[@DaveMcIroy]

Can you use even less effort for this video? And she always seems tired. Makes an enjoyable video. This song is THE hymn for britpop of the 90s. Also there's a similarity to Queen's I want to break free. The beginning of both songs is played too slow; live even slower. So that the rest of the song feels even faster and more powerful. Check out the best live version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4nPdHmAdpisgpY

[@cylok2871]

no disrespect but there's no point Americans listening to this music as they would not understand the class system in UK and would not be able to relate to it. The magic of this song is in the lyrics and the social commentary.

[@shanegibbons8921]

It's not an American thing it's a stupid thing. I'm American and completely grasped the meaning of this song. To be fair though this is the short version maybe if they heard the second verse they could have put it together.

[@booshank2327]

Man, so many of these stupid comments.

[@lyncohn9505]

Can you not see the song is a work of art, its about Poverty Tourism

[@robertogreen8769]

Can't believe they never understood this ...how sad

[@tonymorph3672]

Pulp capture in this one song the vibe of the 90s in the UK when the working class were venerated

[@Stevie1966mar]

God it scares me how you don't get it...back to the pipe...

[@virgiliustancu9293]

Do those guys understand the lyrics?!?

[@mrjules2008]

Fuck me "Where's it from"? "Sounds European"! Where else in Europe could it possibly be other then Britain? It's not fucking French is it.

[@SofaSpud_]

Lol. Exactly. As far as Americans are concerned, anything outside of the US is European and to them Europe is just one big country. If it isn't American, they're not interested. They have such a high opinion of themselves and their country, everything else is inferior to them.

[@cahillgreg]

Shush now - you jumped up uppity imp of a lad

[@kieranrose]

Shame they dont understand music

[@satinboy2006]

If you didnt live the brit pop era, at least read something about it, well...they didnt understand what a surprise!

[@Whoa_Lisa]

I give them some points for trying and looking into the music I loved in the 90's.

[@satinboy2006]

@@Whoa_Lisa i agree but both of them seem so over it that makes me wonder why they do reactions

[@johnnycheckpoint8431]

Yo. If y’all would have listened to the lyrics like you’re supposed to, you would have understood the song. Don’t react to a song if you’re hardly even going to listen to it.

[@neilrushton7169]

You just don't get it...

[@wenneq2651]

Talk less and listen more

[@zoobafornow]

I think those two didn't understand the lyrics and jumped into judgment based on the video and the rhythm.

[@stevent1565]

American ppl wont understand british wit, satire n brains.. Sorry to say. They r too used slapstick, bling2 n flashing lights tht numbs intelligence and senses. The land of the kardashians, paris hilton etc etc etc etcPeace.

[@markun79]

This is the worst review of any song ever. You can’t even be bothered to try

[@palemale2501]

So one of you is waiting for his food and the other can barely stay awake - not impressed

[@mrmessy7334]

As we say around here... Whoosh!

[@matthewjohnston3195]

Americans just don't get it

[@fredemny3304]

A tad harsh perhaps. Not all Americans are as stupendously dumb as these two dimwits.

[@TunesForListening]

Oh trust me, I just watched about 5 other react videos on Common People and most get it. These guys are just oblivious morons.

[@adsheff]

I would advise listening to the Album version, second verse makes the song complete.

[@koll]

She's even yawning in the thumbnail 💀

[@13aBOC]

😂😂😂

[@DonCarlosDonCarlos]

Do Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol

[@davidfox9541]

Not a good review by you guys ! The song was saying a rich person wanted to live like common people ( working class ) and thought it would be COOL to do so . The song was saying that this was impossible for them to know the reality of living on the bread line as they have shit loads of cash and can get out of a paupers life in the blink of an eye but the poor commoner has a life time of dispair with no way out.

[@tonymitchell6860]

how embarassing

[@plumlogan]

Don't do more videos - you're not going to get better at this

[@paulhadfield7909]

the word common is used for poor people in britain, it nsot used so much nowadays thank fully

[@hughbiggins4339]

Interesting to see that there isn't a like/dislike score showing for this abominable attempt at a reaction video. I wonder why.

[@docsavage8640]

Wow...such vapid comments, talking over the whole song and missing the point

[@TimothySmiths]

The song tells the whole story ..I dont know what they didnt understand from it..it isnt that difficult to understand.

[@nvgirl1807]

I like watching reaction videos but you weren't listening and thus didn't get it 😒

[@cl4re4d4ms]

You need to listen to the lyrics!!!

[@DylanMush]

She yawning in the fucking thumbnail

[@Grithron2]

As they say in Whaley, dammit! Not only have they reviewed the edited version of the song, without the "everyone hates a tourist...life with no meaning..." verse, but worse still IT'S A CENSORED VERSION! It was never censored on British radio/tv back in the day. With that in mind their next reaction should be the Exploited's "Fuck The USA!"

[@JLudd]

When they almost start arguing🤣

[@Astures]

The best fucking grup of Britpop. This song is a anthem from years 90

[@Edin12n]

You two aren’t the brightest are you? 😂

[@jonnno243]

"Underwear" by Pulp is another good one. and "Disco 2000" . Wow i just went and heard Underwear for the first time again in years and years. ..what a song.And Pulp's "Different Class", what an album.

[@julesgosnell9791]

Switched off after 10 seconds - fantastic song - you guys look like you are not remotely interested in what you are doing. Either do it well or give it up.

[@davidellinsworth22]

They even chose a video thumbnail where she was yawning

[@tdamtoft]

Next time play the uncensored version, use your ears more than your eyes and at least seem as though you're not falling asleep.

[@oldmacdreadapexriddims1460]

@Enigma this song could cast a reflection upon yourselves.

[@davidareeves850]

If you've ever been to college, where you deserve to be there, and you have people who are rich, who don't. Sometimes rich kids want to fit in. They think struggling to get by is, what they want to do. As well ,to fit in. But poor isn't cool.

[@bernhardfbuttner5694]

WTF? - If you're bored sometimes, try to tourist some common people world ....

[@tonylawless3504]

The female reactor looks half-asleep.