Pulp's Jarvis Cocker tells his life story through the contents of his loft - BBC Newsnight

Jarvis Cocker on the memorable contents of his loft, whether he’d write some of his Pulp lyrics about sex and consent now and growing up in Sheffield in the 80s during Thatcherism. Please subscribe HERE bit.ly/1rbfUog
Would Jarvis Cocker write some of the lyrics he wrote for Pulp back then about sex, consent and voyeurism?
The singer-songwriter has penned a memoir - Good Pop, Bad Pop - and put together an exhibition at the Gallery of Everything based on some of the contents of his loft.
He talks through some of the items with Victoria Derbyshire - from an exercise book with his Pulp masterplan to break into the music industry to used packet of Lemsip.
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[@fionabrown4466]

My love for this man knows no bounds. One of the best song writers and front men of our time.

[@savannahglebe5165]

Fcuk me you need to get out more…

[@TheMisslisaemm]

Agree ❤️👌

[@meghancalahan4798]

Agreed and co-signed. He’s everything 💕💕

[@misssjustice3791]

In my 44 years of life he is the only famous person I would love to meet.

[@esranuryalcin5032]

⁠@@misssjustice3791 I was thinking the same while I was watching the video. I am from Turkiye, and I guess it’s amazing that he (Pulp) has such a big place in my adolescence and my heart.

[@cacaotocacao]

Absolutely love all of their songs, especially the ones in "This is Hardcore". Jarvis is a legend.

[@kevinkibble8342]

This Is Hardcore is a masterpiece, but so horribly overlooked.

[@kimbercole2438]

I'm fiall and tool of My double - stwould?P\ , ☆ ' ! I​@@kevinkibble8342

[@thembill8246]

I recently fell in love again with Common People. I need more Pulp in my life.

[@jonathanhadley2555]

Its all safe & corporate now:-(

[@thinkbeforeleap]

Met him outside Knitting Factory in NYC decades ago. A genuine friendly chap. Love his music, brilliant lyrics. My youth, my band .

[@isitfashion]

Many years ago I went to Reading to see The Strokes, when I left all I could think of was how good his live was.

[@hopehefright7471]

could literally listen to him talk for hours

[@me_myself_and_I_343]

I could listen to Jarvis read the dictionary aloud.

[@dessi894]

I wish I could come to UK for a concert... Jarvis, come to Sofia, Bulgaria, make a concert... It would be FANTASTIC!!! ❤️

[@misssjustice3791]

I wish they could come back to Atlanta Ga. I could go because I am in SC a 3hr Dr.

[@seanod7157]

I love how fearless he is.

[@mikeoxlong8522]

I remember nearly falling over Jarvis in GT news in firth park sheffield many moons ago, I think he was sat on the floor reading an article on Pulp in Smash hits magazine... proper rock n roll..🤣🤣

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

He is so brilliant in his geekiness. Great artist.

[@whoozworldizthis4221]

Absolute legendary songs that were the soundtracks to my teenage years and some of the most memorable times of my life Saw pulp twice in Australia Jarvis owned the stage

[@Cire6609]

I genuinely don’t think that a memoir from Jarvis would be self indulgent people want more of Jarvis himself he’s such a relatable and interesting person

[@vandolmatzis8146]

The pic of Jarvis and Leonard brought tears to my eyes.

[@rmoalxa]

Who is leanord.

[@vandolmatzis8146]

@@rmoalxa Leonard Cohen,Singer Songwriter One of the pics on his wall,a cool dude from the seventies,imo

[@rmoalxa]

@@vandolmatzis8146 oh ye missed that

[@elmatwomey9106]

His and English legend...... Great front man, guitarist, writer, actor and poet

[@bosspig746]

Went to see him last night at at talk such a nice guy signed my book and had a chat with him.

[@krystinemuring6205]

damn yt algorithm sure knows i love jarvis/pulp

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

Jarvis Cocker is what James Acaster will look like in 20 years’ time.

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

HAHA, ALWAYS THOUGHT SO MYSELF.

[@hmq9052]

This dude was the 90s

[@esranuryalcin5032]

This man is one of the best songwriters of our time, respect and much love❤✌️🤘

[@miriamfahey1361]

He's such a dude, love him

[@dylanharkin8198]

nothing but love for jarv

[@vampireboy3767]

I met him yesterday and he was sooo nice 😊

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

Great musician and loved his art focused travel program,I often see the Junkers house he features on one of his programmes,Best wishes to everyone.

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

@Tom Joshua , Hi Tom, cheers for that.

[@marielalla]

He’s absolutely right! Culture is becoming less accessible to people. Art higher education even more so. It seems that now more than ever you need to be very wealthy to be able to afford it.

[@stompinknowledge3968]

Build your own culture around you and you decide that the whole of it is accessible. I think art, likely for the worse, has become structurally coupled with class and political strata in its themes and subjects and in a way thats the normalised and standard fair of the consumer zeitgeist - skewed to reflect the tastes and preoccupations of wherever the largest market capitalisation lies. Hopefully its due to be changing and some sort of renaissance is inbound to pick up where the thread leading back to Grecian ideal '(art)forms' got dropped around the 90s-00s as the generation shift beyond the Cold War set in. Maybe I'm a just some headcase on a trip about it, but I sincerely feel (far shy of knowing) it was around then that some critical vessel in the fleets of the popular mind listed into maelstrom of history where Western art, at least, is concerned. It might explain why so much of whats contemporary or new resonates with audiences as blends of affected homage and appeal to nostalgia. Mistaking it for a common heritage, the culture's audience at large is left stranded and hell-bent on the auto-cannibalism of 'their metanarrative' as a pale imitation of progress-in-continuum. However, being that society's polycentric and semiotically mediated, nobody can say for sure what in fact that narrative was as there is no singular point in our narrative past we share vantage looking back upon - we just think there is while we don't think about it too much. The tragedy is considering - without certainty but a decent hunch - that by finding the thread, we could pick up with the art works of looking forward.

[@stompinknowledge3968]

Its a tragedy because to pick the thread up we're compelled to look back, to clarify. The predicament reminds me of Lot's wife in the Bible, turning to a pillar of salt when she looked back at God's razing of Sodom and Gomorrha. Damned salt, the biblical inversion of the feminine.

[@martybyrnemusic]

I'd love to hear him say more about how Culture is becoming less accessible. I think of TikTok and meme culture and that seems to be how young people are expressing themselves now. Music, as an artform, has lost its relevance in a highly visual world, which is a massive shame (especially for me, who makes a living out of music), but I can also appreciate how young people are embracing these technologies because, like us, when we were young, they have this intense need to express themselves and be heard.

[@User-mj9hv]

I worked with Jarvis’s father in Darwin, Australia. Sad when I heard he passed away some years ago. RIP Mac.

[@SY-ok2dq]

Was he surprised by the enormous success that his son Jarvis achieved, with Pulp and afterwards, maintaining a quite high public profile with solo work, and hosting a radio show etc.?

[@User-mj9hv]

@@SY-ok2dq I only worked with him for a short while in the mid-90s but it was when Pulp had really become famous. I don’t think Mac and Jarvis had met and reconciled at that stage. Interestingly Mac was a singer and part-time radio presenter himself.

[@SY-ok2dq]

@@User-mj9hv Yes I had read that his father was in music and radio, which maybe was an influence on young Jarvis, as far as his determination to be in a band and make music his career (and that it seemed possible, since his father had done it). Anyway, I wondered what he thought when Pulp and Jarvis became big. It must have been quite a surprise, considering that Pulp had been around and struggling for nearly a decade I think, by that stage, and Jarvis was what, 30? when Pulp had their first big hit singles.

[@User-mj9hv]

@@SY-ok2dq Mac had a weekend night show which specialised in independent/alternative music so I imagine he may have been aware of Pulp’s formative years. It was just very strange to be living in a small tropical city in Australia and the guy you work with is the estranged father of the singer of one of the biggest British bands at the time. I imagine he was surprised and proud, but I don’t remember him saying much. Mac and Jarvis were pretty similar, very much into music, tall guys whose talking and singing voices sounded very much the same.

[@SY-ok2dq]

@@User-mj9hv Did Jarvis look like him? Pulp never hit it that big in Australia (or anywhere else really, outside of the U.K. where they were huge and a definitive Britpop band). And I imagine in regional cities, they were even less popular and famous. But Jarvis' notorious awards show upstaging of Michael Jackson would've made the news there! I would say that Jarvis would be among the Britpop figures who've remained in the limelight and public memory, along with the likes of the Gallagher brothers, Damon Albarn, and Richard Ashcroft, in the decades since the Britpop scene folded. He seems to have handled the success (and the end of Pulp's success) pretty well too, at least as far as I can tell.

[@lunarsabbatical7906]

Jarvis doesn’t seem to have a big ego and can talk freely about the things a lot of people are shy about like sex

[@GohAhweh]

He doesn't have a big ego except when he jumps on stage during Michael Jackson's performance like a goofball

[@brokarisbelmico]

@@GohAhweh but that's not ego, it was just recklessness

[@GohAhweh]

@@brokarisbelmico No, it's ego. Jarvis has an inflated one.

[@brokarisbelmico]

@@GohAhweh From what I understand, he regrets having done that, at the time maybe he would understand your comment, but nowadays he does not.

[@ronniep9272]

@@GohAhweh it was Jackson who had the ego, acting like he was some sort of Jesus like saviour to children.

[@SmartStr33t]

As an introvert growing up in the 1990s I remember leatning about sex from seedy joke books, a suggestive paragraph in an action novel, and underwear pages of a clothes catalogue. I can't really imagine what it would be like to learn about sex as a young teen nowadays given the resources freely available to all. Is it better or worse?

[@z6ppa325]

Worse

[@stellaboracay8077]

Love PuLP EVER, and love this coolest Man

[@S7tronic]

Blur or Oasis? Pulp.

[@stellaboracay8077]

Blur

[@helendorian]

Love Pulp

[@cannz9134]

Genius. In the nineties I was a thrash fan, so its taken me quarter of a century to catch up

[@Mike_5]

This brings a whole new meaning to Loft Conversions

[@enzo999eww]

So happy I got to see Pulp at Cochella

[@janewright2800]

Love Pulp!!!💚

[@mickbohannon1104]

What a beautiful person.

[@fiacradoyle7474]

Jarvus is such a likeable guy .

[@hanselmansell7555]

When he got his bum out for Jackson he transcended the king of pop and instantly became a god 🙏

[@SummerMcGaha]

Can't wait to read this!! :D

[@gaz4840]

I Spy, brilliant lyrics... " Can`t you see a giant walks amongst you seeing through your petty lives"

[@Sundae_Times]

I hope it includes his appearance as Rolf Harris on 'Stars in Their Eyes' 🤭

[@nickmaher7169]

Cheeky.

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Rancid Tie LOL!! Gotta love Jarvis.

[@richard7645]

"Your house was very small, with woodchip on the wall!" 🏠🎵🎸

[@satvrday3460]

That guy ( Jarvis ) who did funny thing and ran around the stage while Michael jackson was performing "earth" song on brit award 96 LOL

[@cindywebster8167]

Jarvis Your The Best!😊😊😊

[@Agerskiold]

Oh Yes 😎🙏🏻 Cheers from Denmark 🇩🇰

[@Lifestyle_TP]

I look so different with makeup that people say I’m a ‘shape-shifter’ kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHzdqWCFd7B-e80

[@LostHatProductions]

Oh no, this exhibition is only on for half a month and will be gone by the time I go to London 😢

[@syedshabazhaidernaqvi5576]

Thank you

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Loved it when he called out Michael Jackson.

[@Davidbowiealt]

It’s amazing, I think it could be anyone, but Jarvis was lucky, he did it. Destiny ? I don’t know but, I love Pulp, probably in a parallel universe, if I born in the UK, I could be “Jarvis Cocker” C-137

[@wallacelovecraft8942]

Him talking about his life is alright.

[@tompanoname3579]

Why o why did camera almost instantly zoomed on citric acid?

[@lisazihrul588]

Happy Birthday Jarvis!!😎

[@parvuspeach]

The Velvet Underground and Marmite, cant go wrong with that.

[@onlyme219]

Velvet Underground, yes Marmite, no f , , , , , , way, hate it

[@titteryenot4524]

Marmite is very Marmite.

[@zebedep]

Interesting interview.

[@marisolromero3898]

Te quiero mucho Jarvis

[@AngelaBasson-tt6wq]

Something really sweet about this, fancy having a dream at such a young age and fulfilling it ❤️ minus the duffle coats on stage.

[@youarewhatyouare]

The name says it all

[@michaelmole5435]

What's the music in the very beginning

[@titteryenot4524]

@@Sundae_Times No. I was pished.

[@titteryenot4524]

@@Sundae_Times 🤓

[@titteryenot4524]

@@Sundae_Times If yer gonna be persnickety, yer missing a ‘?’ inside those quotation marks. Just sayin’.

[@titteryenot4524]

@@Sundae_Times Wrong! It *does* have a question mark.

[@yoannam.2243]

Do you remember the first time? by Pulp

[@thephoenix3155]

I just wish Moby and Paul Oakenfold produced Pulps tracks and did remixes of Pulp tracks.😊

[@jakeshairdressing2110]

Your a proper legend Jarvis! I actually spent the year 2000 with all the famous FHM girls at a private party! Lisa Snowdan dumped my mate for George Clooney hahaha 🎉

[@Christianna73]

Cool.

[@Paulstrickland01]

How is he a massive social vacuum and music juggernaut at the same time.

[@McGrogansSchool]

Talented guy. Pulp weren’t bad either.

[@peppermcdonald9156]

Was his dads name Mat Cocker, a radio station announcer in Darwin Northern Territory Australia?

[@peppermcdonald9156]

@Chelsea Rivers Mat cocker a former radio announcer and local musician lived in Australia. Very popular and had a encyclopaedic knowledge of popular music. I don’t think it was a secret or anything nasty ect. But local folklore suggested that he was Jarvis Cockers dad. I was just wondering if it was true. Cheers.

[@zannaxz]

@@peppermcdonald9156 jarvis' father is mac cocker. in an interview jarvis had said mac cocker left when jarvis was young to go to australia, probably when mac was recruited by abc, but he passed in 2016. so that's who you're talking about!

[@peppermcdonald9156]

@@zannaxz Thankyou. His radio program was terrific. Way ahead of its time in the 1990s. A fantastic knowledge of music and its culture.

[@brucevair-turnbull8082]

Some may argue that culture is becoming more democratised with open access to the internet. That would, however, be to ignore the magic power of the artefact. Perhaps this is why there is a revolt against streaming and a partial return to analogue formats.

[@Mike-rw2nh]

‘All hail the weed in tweed’ - Bob Mortimer

[@franciscojose6496]

Bbc news information all the time congratulation

[@jaynebrennan1220]

Disco 2000😍😍

[@danaddleman1857]

Anyone know the tune at 3.23?

[@agilebeast186]

Sheffield sex city

[@MM-qv6fi]

Sheffield: Sex City by Pulp

[@melodianasiz6010]

#jarviscockerforever

[@johndavies4919]

What is that music with the groovy base line?

[@yoannam.2243]

In the beginning? Do you remember the first time? by Pulp

[@johndavies4919]

I think the third tune. Somebody tell me I'm hooked.

[@yoannam.2243]

@@johndavies4919 I'm gonna tell you every song thay used in the video so you can find the one you want. Mile End, Babies, Mis shapes and the one that I already told you. I think these are all songs they used. Everything by Pulp of course.

[@johndavies4919]

It was babies. Great service, thanks

[@j.burgess4459]

BBC getting in their little dig at "Thatcher's Britain" (and, of course, forgetting to mention the inconvenient fact that Jarvis Cocker's own mum was a Tory Party member and elected councillor for that party.)

[@manmarutoufu]

0:19

[@705johnnyboy]

awesome

[@nba1942]

1 john haggett Fuk what you saying it here 😠 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqvVl4aBa9WhprM Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 😠 5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😠😠 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖 los mortales abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer

[@gonnabeayogi1445]

Imperial leather 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@llengsuch3426]

The World's Oldest Gawky Teenager

[@royfr8136]

...a this is when I stole Common people from that Spanish band Mecano, the song los amantes....

[@tt-du6vc]

Yeah, nobody seems to point that out to him in interviews.

[@eduardoalfonso4509]

Oooooh 😮😮😮😮 I didn't notice this. And I have heard these songs times and times and times and . . . One of these two songs, I just heard it, just because I could not get off the bus while it was moving 🙂

[@misssjustice3791]

I found an interview I believe it was real but it could have been the radio pretending. But they played him that melody. It's the same melody but he sounded genuinely shocked. I think I saw it Wikipedia.

[@williamgoss4691]

Cool. (I remember that used to be a word, the Word even, but I hv a feeling things hv changed a bit since then …)

[@VincentTorneyPlus]

The First time In Over 5 Years That I Have Liked A #BBC video.

[@djschool7173]

Why did he say that culture is something harder to get access to nowadays?

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Snap to the stars tops, wending their way down from early Wigan Casino. Jarvis did th ever meet 'Torchy', Mannex, Minna ¿?

[@markgreet3543]

Interesting guy.

[@davegadge1]

She studied Sculpture at saints martins college that’s where I...........................

[@tobiasinnit]

Jarvis Cocker tells his life story through the contents of his pants

[@suryanaray7942]

Honble UPA Chairperson Smt Soniagandhi madum please fight for to implement Ballot Paper voting system in next MP elections in 2024and to save democracy in india and public opinion in favour of Ballot Paper voting system and right to vote is fundamental right.public opinion is foundation of democracy

[@suryanaray7942]

In karnataka state day by day fear of gujarat type communal clashes law and order is totally collapsed. Democracy in danger peoples are feared.please to impose the President rule in the state and to protect the peoples in karnataka state

[@rhysperegrine5100]

Nice bloke

[@eduardoalfonso4509]

Weird how well he vocalices every single word, with no weak forms. Why does this wall reminds me of Walter White's classroom? Some of you a bit sarcastic . . . well, you could be right, a slightly egocentric display.

[@curlyteeth3097]

Keep ending up in a bar at bottom of Leeds briggate because they play to much pulp at 4am class band!

[@pacoval4577]

am i the only straight man that finds Jarvis Cocker incredibly sexy?

[@oldthudman]

Wow.....And he looks like someone you'd want to emulate........right?

[@titteryenot4524]

What you got against Geography Supply Teachers?😳

[@khurram2712]

NOW that's real fishy thing

[@13strange67]

King of Kitsch

[@Nitebreed]

Two little boys comes across different now eh?! 😂😂

[@tentonnehammer]

Jarvis: Oooh, my brain is so complex.. nothing like normal people. Yawn

[@melodianasiz6010]

Wauw

[@suryanaray7942]

Iam appeal to the Honble UN secretary general iam facing life threat from the communal powers. Please provide security to me through NATO military forces please protect me sir

[@coolcat6103]

Don’t care tbh too busy working ten hours a day for the basic human needs

[@auro1986]

which he could save them from bbc

[@nepalgunjbanke9165]

Second comment reply for me wow🤗👍️🤗🤟

[@titteryenot4524]

Is this one of your lifetime achievements?