One from the old school

Pulp's Common People from their cracking mid-90s album A Different Class. I always think this sums the Tories up quite nicely - they might think they can relate to people - but fundamentally they'll never know what its like to fall on hard times. Mind you I think you could argue some other parties are just as guilty of losing touch with the common people. But oh well - at the very least its a chance to watch one of my other all time favourite videos (watch out for Sadie Frost) and a reminder of how cool Jarvis Cocker is. Remember when he interrupted Michael Jackson's 1996 wannabe messiah performance at the Brit Awards? How cool was that?

Are you sure you want to live like common people,
you want to see whatever common people see,
you want to sleep with common people,
you want to sleep with common people, like me."
But she didn't understand,
she just smiled and held my hand.

Rent a flat above a shop,
cut your hair and get a job.
Smoke some fags and play some pool,
pretend you never went to school.
But still you'll never get it right,
cos when you're laid in bed at night,
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you call your Dad he could stop it all.

You'll never live like common people,
you'll never do what common people do,
you'll never fail like common people,
you'll never watch your life slide out of view,
and dance and drink and screw,
because there's nothing else to do.