Jarvis Cocker to “lecture” on pop lyrics
Posted by admin on 10 Apr 2008 at 12:51 pm | Tagged as: news
Britain’s Jarvis Cocker, formerly singer of Pulp, is to make an appearance at the Brighton festival on May 23. He is programmed to “explore the function of the lyric in popular song” (as it says on the website). Jarvis will start from the position that ’song lyrics don’t really matter’! From here he embarks on a celebration of his craft, putting his own lyrics under the microscope alongside firm favourites from Leonard Cohen and Pete Doherty to Hot Chocolate and Amy Winehouse. Including an in-depth analysis of Richard Berry’s notorious rock ‘n’ roll anthem “Louie Louie”. Trouble is, the event is sold out already.