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Madre, Hermano, Amante (2012)

by Jarvis Cocker(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Mondadori

review 1: There are some lyrics out there that are poetry to me, even when they've been stripped away from the music. Cocker's songs are no exception: you read a bit of Simon Armitage (especially poems like "You're Beautiful") and there are definite real parallels between the words those two men put together. All that work is a monumental product of that time that will stand the test of time as well. That is poetry. Great poetry.This book is worth reading (as well as going on Songmeanings.net & seeing what other people think of Cocker's work) because it's the equivalent of buying the actual CD and perusing through the lyrics booklet. It's just nice to have, y'know, the physical weight in your hands and all that "luddite" preference malarky. Bonus features: he gives the standard fore... moreward and extra notes at the back to each song (I particularly liked "His & Hers" transcript included). Also Cocker knows Bill Callahan's a complete songwriting legend as well. That gets a star all in itself.
review 2: A very lovely read, not only considering Jarvis' wonderful insights into the songs - all collected at the back of the book - but for the weirdness of reading the lyrics while not listening to the songs (which goes against the Cocker ethos of never simultaneously reading the lyrics whilst listening).An indie-and-pop-loving child of the 90s, I engulfed "Different Class" when it came out in all its forms, even bought some Pulp deluxes, but this volume speaks heaps. It's nicely formatted, and reading the lyrics when shaped like they are in this book, serifed with completely different formatting than in the album sleeves, brings them to life again.And there's more to just Pulp here, songs that he's written for his solo albums as well as for Charlotte Gainsbourg and Marianne Faithfull, including short essays and a short one from Relaxed Muscle, his very short musical project.All in all: a nice read, with terrific insights into Sheffield culture, the place that spawned Cocker and influenced his songs a lot. less

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