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Jarvis Cocker's Profane New Protest Song

By Andrew Tijs
Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:40:29 +1000

Notorious Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker has posted his first solo song on myspace entitled ‘Running The World.'

To be accurate, the chorus actually reminds us that “C**ts are still running the world” and the rest of the song is no less biting in responding to big business, governments and oligarchy. Cocker wrote on the www.myspace.com/jarvspace that the song was written on the night of Live8.

He questions the value of trying to engage with politicians and businesspeople, saying, “12 months on & the c**ts still haven't paid up as far as I can make out”, although he stresses that it's less of an attack on Geldof and co and more a comment on the evil overlords of the corporate world.

We're obviously warning you about the profanity contained within the song (a c-word is just the beginning) and Cocker does note, “I apologise for all the swearing but sometimes that's the only thing that seems appropriate.”

The grandiose piano-led ballad is Cocker's first solo efforts since 2003's Relaxed Muscle project and the first under his own name.
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