History YMMV / Pulp

-->''We've been around for ages,''\\

--> "You know I love it when you tell me to stop / Oh it's turning me on"\\
"...I only do it because I know it makes you sad / I only do it because I know you know it's bad"

** The last minute or so of "Common People," where "I wanna live with common people like you" just builds and builds from barely a whisper to a battle cry.
*** The whole song qualifies really. It's their most famous song for a reason.

* EpicRiff: Two words. ''Disco 2000''.

** There's a sizeable chunk of the fanbase that considers "This Is Hardcore" to be this to "Different Class".

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5H_KkWAKM0 Help the mo'fuckin' aged!]]
* LastNoteNightmare: "The Day After the Revolution", the final song of ''This Is Hardcore'', finishes with approximately ten minutes' worth of quiet, swirling ambient noise. Part way through, Jarvis Cocker says "bye-bye" and makes you jump out of your skin. This was edited out of the American release and replaced with "Like a Friend".
** Another example that comes out of nowhere and makes you jump out of your skin is "Deep Fried In Kelvin", which at the end seems to fade out normally, before rapidly fading back in with a sudden loud, discordant guitar screech that lasts only a second before the song ends, and you have to change your trousers.
** "The Fear", also from "This Is Hardcore", ends with what sounds like a screeching, heavily distorted siren.
** Jarvis getting increasingly manic at the end of "Monday Morning".
** The very end of "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E", when the music cuts out leaving a high-pitched descending sound which sounds eerily like a bomb dropping.
*** The sudden transition from this song into "Underwear" could also count.
** The music becoming increasingly dark and doomy and Jarvis wailing at the end of "David's Last Summer".
** If there's any song of theirs that can be considered this trope, it's "I Love Life". It starts off as a pretty quiet, relatively acoustic track which launches into a more energetic, rocking section about two-thirds of the way through, which quickly disintegrates into a cacophony of screaming guitars, clattering drums, doomy synths and Jarvis screaming, until the drums and guitars fade out leaving the ominous synths and Jarvis chanting "Breathe in, breathe out" as the song fades out.
** The ending of I Spy, being a BookEnd to the song, is a very eerie way to end what is a very eerie song.

* SignatureSong: "Common People", and to a lesser extent, "Disco 2000", "Babies" and "Do You Remember The First Time?"

-->''When I came 'round to call''\\

** "A Little Soul" from "This Is Hardcore". It sounds very melancholy, and once you realise the song is about a dad who walked out on his family and is pleading with his son to not become like him it even sadder. It gets even more heartbreaking once you realise that this song was based on Jarvis Cocker's own experiences, as his dad walked out on his family when Jarvis was seven.

** "Dishes" from "This Is Hardcore", a melancholy-sounding song with some downright ''bleak'' lyrics about giving up your dreams and resigning yourself to a mundane, dull routine all while feeling like you should be happy, but instead you feel empty inside. It's pretty heartbreaking.
** The title track of "This Is Hardcore" while not sounding like a typical TearJerker song, can have this effect on some people, due to the dark, gloomy yet dramatic music and the bleak, broken lyrics.
*** If the normal version of the track doesn't have this effect, the "End Of The Line Remix" certainly will, being the strings from towards the end of the song but with the rest of the music stripped away, and it sounds ''heartbreaking''.
** "TV Movie", also from "This Is Hardcore". Another melancholy song, but this time a breakup song with some of the most bleak, broken-sounding lyrics you've ever heard.
--> ''Without you my life has become''\\

--> "Don't bother saying you're sorry"\\
"Why don't you come in?"\\
"Smoke all my cigarettes again"
--> "...You are the last drink I never should have drunk"\\
"You are the body hidden in the trunk"\\
"You are the habit I can't seem to kick"\\
"You are my secrets on the front page every week"\\
"You are the car I never should have bought"\\
"You are the train I never should have caught"\\
"You are the cut that makes me hide my face"\\
"You are the party that makes me feel my age"

** When "This Is Hardcore" was released, it was a commercial failure compared to "Different Class", due to its much darker sound and lyrics; and also received much more mixed reviews compared to its predecessor. However, in recent years it has become increasingly acclaimed by fans and critics, and is seen by some to be on the same level or even better than "Different Class".
*** To a lesser extent this has happened to the next album, "We Love Life", which was virtually ignored upon release despite good reviews, however has also been getting more attention recently, to the point where a petition has been started by fans to release a deluxe edition of the album.

--> "You know I love it when you tell me to stop / Oh it's turning me on"
--> "...I only do it because I know it makes you sad / I only do it because I know you know it's bad"

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* FunnyMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5H_KkWAKM0 Help the mo'fuckin' aged!]]

*** To a lesser extent this has happened to the next album, "We Love Life", which was virtually ignored upon release despite good reviews, however has also been getting more attention recently, to the point where a petition has been started by fans to release a deluxe edition of the album.

** When "This Is Hardcore" was released, it was a commercial failure compared to "Different Class", due to its much darker sound and lyrics; and also received much more mixed reviews compared to it's predecessor. However, in recent years it has become increasingly acclaimed by fans and critics, and is seen by some to be on the same level or even better than "Different Class".

** When "This Is Hardcore" was released, it was a commercial failure compared to "Different Class", due to its much darker sound and lyrics; and while receiving good reviews, it didn't garner the same level of acclaim as its predecessor. However, in recent years it has become increasingly acclaimed by fans and critics, and is seen by some to be on the same level or even better than "Different Class".

** Is the ex-girlfriend in "Razzmatazz" really that shallow, unpleasant and deserving everything that's happening to her, or is the singer just bitter and vindictive about being dumped?

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is the narrator of "Pencil Skirt" sleeping with a married woman or raping her?

** "Weeds"

** When "This Is Hardcore" was released, it was a commercial failure compared to "Different Class" and while receiving good reviews, didn't garner the same level of acclaim as its predecessor, however in recent years it has become increasingly acclaimed by fans and critics, and is seen by some to be on the same level or even better than "Different Class".

"You are the party that makes me feel my age"

---------> "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"\\

** The music getting increasingly dark and Jarvis wailing at the end of "David's Last Summer".

** The title track of "This Is Hardcore" while not sounding like a typical TearJerking song, can have this effect on some people, due to the dark, gloomy yet dramatic music and the bleak, broken lyrics.

** "A Little Soul" from "This Is Hardcore". It sounds incredibly melancholy, and once you realise the song is about a dad who walked out on his family and is pleading with his son to not become like him it gets sadder. It gets even more heartbreaking once you realise that this song was based on Jarvis Cocker's own experiences, as his dad walked out on his family when Jarvis was seven.

** "Dishes" from "This Is Hardcore", a melancholy-sounding song with some downright bleak lyrics about giving up your dreams and resigning yourself to a mundane, dull routine all while feeling like you should be happy, but instead you feel empty inside. It's pretty heartbreaking.

--> Without you my life has become\\
A hangover without end

----------> "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"\\

------------> "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"\\

--------------> "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"\\

------> "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"\\

---> "You are the last drink I never should have drunk"\\