'Good Pop, Bad Pop' - by Jarvis Cocker

 

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

 

As the band Pulp release their first new music in 25 years, we join frontman Jarvis Cocker for a rummage around his attic

 

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub, a weekly podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

 

On this week's episode we heartily recommend Jarvis Cocker's new audiobook 'Good Pop, Bad Cop.

 

Good Pop, Bad Pop

A: Jarvis Cocker

N: Jarvis Cocker

R: 26th May 2022

L: 6hrs and 39 mins

P: Jonathan Cape

 

Join us as we explore the eclectic treasures from Jarvis's loft, reflecting on his life, music, and the cultural landscape of Britpop. From nostalgic anecdotes to insightful commentary, this episode is a celebration of creativity and the stories behind the objects that shape us.

 

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The Rise and Fall of the House of York

A: Andrew Lownie

N: Andrew Lownie

R: 14-08-25

L: 11 hrs and 40 mins

P: William Collins

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TRANSCRIPT

 

Steve Phillips: On this episode of Audiobook Club. As the band Pulp released their first new music in 25 years, we join frontman Jarvis Cocker for a rummage around his attic.

 

Ben Folds: Good pop. Bad pop. An inventory by Jarvis Cocker, as read by me, Jarvis Cocker. Chapter one. There was a house I lived in for a while. I stored a lot of stuff in the loft of this house. When I say you stored a lot of stuff, that's really a polite way of saying used it as a skip.

 

Steve Phillips: Audiobook Club, with Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton. Hello, and welcome to Audiobook Club, the podcast about audiobooks that is most definitely sorted out for ease and with. Thank you very much. And of course, what other line could we have had in the script there? Matthew Layton, welcome to the podcast.

 

Matthew Layton: I did both things there, Steve. I did both copy and pace.

 

Steve Phillips: You did, you did, absolutely. By the way, can I put a screeching halt to the podcast in the early seconds and, quickly dragging Conclave from our last episode, I think we did a massive disservice.

 

Matthew Layton: Do you?

 

Steve Phillips: Yeah.

Robert Prevost was glued to the Conclave, you know

 

So before we swing into Jarvis Cocker's, attic, let's, let's swing into the Pope's basilica.

 

Matthew Layton: Okay. I, I, I said at the time, didn't I, that I thought it was like the Da Vinci Code, but without the fun.

 

Steve Phillips: Yeah. But as I, as I, Because I hadn't finished the book, and as I finished the book and the denouement of who the, Pope was going to be from this Conclave. What a finish. What a finish. That's brilliant. I loved Conclave, and everyone should go and read it. There we go.

 

Matthew Layton: Okay. I have to confess that actually, appropriately having. Indeed.

 

Steve Phillips: When was your last one?

 

Matthew Layton: Thursday. I have to confess that, I, Yeah, I found myself wanting to get to the finish and find out what the finish was. I predicted who would win, as I think everybody did, but I didn't predict the twist.

 

Steve Phillips: I love you. This is the first time I've heard, actually. And, you know, I've been glued. I was glued to the Conclave, you know, as a lot of us were. no one ever talks about who won, who won the Conclave. It's the lottery or the footy.

 

Matthew Layton: Who was the runner up? That's the important one.

 

Steve Phillips: They should announce it, in a sense, like, get a bit, you know, get a bit Britain's Got Talent about it, you know, in ascending, ascending, descending, reverse order. And then the music. And let's face it, that place, the Vatican, is not Short of a dramatic tune or two, we could have had some light organ music going on the background, you know, and then a flourish at the end as we go. Robert Prevost, ladies and gentlemen.

 

Matthew Layton: Chicago's finest.

 

Steve Phillips: Indeed. There we go. So congratulations to, To Pope Leo.

 

Matthew Layton: Yeah.

 

Steve Phillips: From all or both of us here at Audiobook Club, for whatever that that's worth. And, And yes, definitely just as an addendum to our last episode where. Where we didn't give Conclave the most glowing of reviews. Go and read it. It's brilliant.

 

Matthew Layton: Yes.

 

Steve Phillips: Right.

 

Matthew Layton: Pope. Pope Leo, quickly. Mazel tov. Yes.

 

Steve Phillips: I've just got a rummage round in my.

 

Matthew Layton: Are you're having a rummage now?

 

Steve Phillips: Looking for the. I'm looking for the spanner to turn your. Your sensitivity. Decorum.

 

Matthew Layton: You're turning my nuts. It'll be a little tiny one.

 

Steve Phillips: Certainly, am.

Right, okay, so we pivot now to this week's book. I love you putting the script here. You just put good cop, bad

 

Right, okay, so we pivot now to this week's book. We are casting an ear over. Good pop, bad pop. I love you putting the script here. You just put good cop, bad cop. Fair enough.

 

Matthew Layton: Oh, did I? Yeah, sorry.

 

Steve Phillips: But Good pop, bad pop. and I did love that introduction, by the way, where. Where Jarvis does say. By Jarvis. Yeah, Me.

 

Matthew Layton: Jarvis Love sums up the whole tone of the book and indeed his career. I think, you know, the way he refers to himself within the context of a formal structure with a little bit of a wink. I think he does, yeah.

 

Steve Phillips: Which I think is annoying. There's a knowing wink, isn't it? It's like we've all been here. We've all been here rummaging throughout, rummaging through our attic and the quiet moments.

Steve: The 90s were my 60s, I guess

 

Matthew Layton: Now, now, I. You mentioned the script where I've done some. Some muzz. Prompting. I wanted to ask you, first of all, let's set this out properly. Who are, Pulp and what do you think of them, Steve?

 

Steve Phillips: So if you've, So Pulp growing up. Well, certainly the. The 90s were my 60s, I guess. and. And Pulp were really at the forefront of those. It was a. Oh, you know what? The 90s just seemed like a really nice time when we're living in now. And when I think about the younger generation growing up and what they're having to kind of live with and how it's affecting them, the 90s was. Was. You know, obviously, they were. It had. It had its bad points. Of course, looking back now, you wouldn't get away with a lot of the stuff that was going on there. And quite rightly, however, in terms of music off, Brit pop was just fantastic. Original guitar songs, you know, original bands, amazing lyrics. It really did speak to the generation and real