Pulp : Do You Remember The First Time ? (0073)
Pour moi, un post sur Neil Hannon en appelle inévitablement un sur Jarvis Cocker. Non pas parce qu’ils ont les mêmes copains (Air, Charlotte Gainsbourg…) mais parce qu’ils me semblent définitivement être le même genre d'artistes : fans de Scott Walker, amateurs de pop tordue, excellents paroliers et grands cabotins devant l’éternel ! Ceci étant dit, leurs univers présentent aussi de nombreuses différences.
Do You Remember The First Time – qui parle encore de contrariétés sexuelles – est à la fois une des plus tristes et une des plus entraînantes. Quant à l’album dont elle est issue, His ‘N’ Hers, il fait partie de ces disques un peu secrets, qu’on découvre un jour par hasard et qui, des années après, recèlent encore des surprises. Un peu comme Steve McQueen de Prefab Sprout, en somme !
Les Paroles :
`Cos he's sitting on his own again this evening
And I know you're going to let him bore your pants off again
Oh now it's half past eight
You'll be late
You say you're not sure
That it makes good sense for you to live together
Still you bought a toy that can reach the places he never goes
And now it's getting late
He's so straight
Do you remember the first time?
I can't remember a worse time
But you know that we've changed so much since then
Oh yeah we've grown
Now I don't care what you're doing
No I don't care if you knew him
Just as long as you save a piece for me
Oh yeah now
Ooh
You say you've got to go home
Well at least there's someone there who you can talk to
And you never have to face up to the night on your own
Jesus it must be great
To be straight
Do you remember the first time?
I can't remember a worse time
But you know that we've changed so much since then
Oh yeah we've grown
Now I don't care what you're doing
No I don't care if you knew him
Just as long as you save a piece for me
Oh yeah now
Ooh
You wanna go home
Yeah you wanna go home
Yeah you wanna go home
Yeah you wanna go home
Do you remember the first time?
I can't remember a worse time
But you know that we've changed so much since then
Oh yeah we've grown
Now I don't care what you're doing
No I don't care if you screw him
Just as long as you save a piece for me
Oh yeah now
Le Clip :
Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time
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