Some people would say that the bumbling, repressed sexuality and Englishness of Jarvis Cocker has no place fronting a cocksure, DFA disco track. Don’t listen to these people. Pulp always had that kitchen-sink disco undercurrent and Jarvis is a sexier man than people give him credit for. Enjoy.
Have you ever heard a Pulp song? Jarvis has never repressed his sexuality.
I don’t know. He’s frank about it, but I tend to listen to the more explicit songs as private diary entries, or him indulging in a persona – rather than addressing the object of his affections.