Jarvis Cocker: the secrets of Pulp's songs

An exclusive extract from a new book of selected lyrics reveals the blueprint for the band's signature style of narrative popI never intended to be a lyricist. I had wanted to be a pop star from about the age of eight (that's probably when I first saw the Beatles' film Help) but, when I finally managed to cajole three school friends into being in a group with me back in 1978, we were too inept to play other people's songs and so had to write our own material. Because it was my group and I was ...

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