Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cockeris an English musician, singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor, radio presenter and music video director. He is known for being the frontman of the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus, Cocker has led a successful solo career, and presents a BBC Radio 6 Music show called Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth19 September 1963
song strange week
The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.
religious nice sunday
I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.
company depression everybody falls famous hear listen man record recording songs studio supposed terrible
There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.
meant people standing
Is this the way they say the future's meant to feel. Or just 20,000 people standing in a field?
bit machine modern silver sounds time
Silver Machine still sounds really modern with all the white noise. It's a bit punky in a way. They were ahead of their time.
people
You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I'd rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship.
against dj extent follow fought presenting recently
I'd always fought against presenting radio really, because my father was a radio DJ in Australia. He's just recently retired. And I kind of didn't want to follow in his footsteps. But I suppose, as we all find as we become older, to some extent we do all become our parents.
people age stuff
We live in an age where people are kind of a bit obsessed with celebrity and stuff. You can't help but be curious about it.
character reason bits
I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.
reality bits
We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.
age might sexuality
I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.
past long age
Well, once you've resigned yourself to the fact that you are the more mature pop performer and you're past the age you ever thought you would do it, you might as well do it as long as you can. As long as I can still lift a microphone, then I'll do it, you know.
Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.
art thinking people
I do want to have that feeling that people are actively involved in something, rather than just consuming something. I suppose that's what it comes down to, because it's such a dominant capitalist society, everything becomes a consumer product. And I don't think that's really appropriate to the creative arts, really.