Good Pop Bad Pop By Jarvis Cocker

In doing so, he explores the origins of his creativity and what exactly makes good pop work and why bad pop fails.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment.

Abridged in five parts by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2022.

Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft and finds his early manifesto for Pulp.

Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft: finding a manifesto for Pulp which begins as a fashion guide. From 2022.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment. With the aid of a collection of 1980s pop objects and a gallery of interesting shirts, Jarvis charts the early days of the band Pulp, from the humiliation of a concert in the school hall at lunchtime to an invitation to record a session for John Peel. This period of his life, living in a disused factory while trying to get the band off the ground, comes to a sudden end after a disastrous stunt to impress a girl changes his life - and his attitude to music making.

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Jarvis Cocker delves into the contents of his loft and considers each item before deciding whether to keep or cob (throw away).

In doing so, explores the origins of his creativity and what exactly makes good pop work and why bad pop fails.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2022.

A small plastic astronaut toy prompts Jarvis to recall that at age six he had meningitis.

Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft: an astronaut toy prompts memories of having meningitis aged six. From 2022.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment. With the aid of a collection of 1980s pop objects and a gallery of interesting shirts, Jarvis charts the early days of the band Pulp, from the humiliation of a concert in the school hall at lunchtime to an invitation to record a session for John Peel. This period of his life, living in a disused factory while trying to get the band off the ground, comes to a sudden end after a disastrous stunt to impress a girl changes his life - and his attitude to music making.

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Jarvis Cocker delves into the contents of his loft and considers each item before deciding whether to keep or cob (throw away).

In doing so, explores the origins of his creativity and what exactly makes good pop work and why bad pop fails.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2022.

Pulp rehearse in Jarvis's grandparents' front room before their first concert.

Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft: Pulp's first concert at school in homemade costumes. From 2022.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment. With the aid of a collection of 1980s pop objects and a gallery of interesting shirts, Jarvis charts the early days of the band Pulp, from the humiliation of a concert in the school hall at lunchtime to an invitation to record a session for John Peel. This period of his life, living in a disused factory while trying to get the band off the ground, comes to a sudden end after a disastrous stunt to impress a girl changes his life - and his attitude to music making.

Pulp rehearse in Jarvis' grandparents' front room before their first concert.

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John Peel comes to town

After a period of rehearsing in Jarvis's grandparents' front room, Pulp play their first concert at school during lunchtime, wearing homemade costumes.

Jarvis Cocker delves into the contents of his loft and considers each item before deciding whether to keep or cob (throw away).

In doing so, explores the origins of his creativity and what exactly makes good pop work and why bad pop fails.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2022.

The John Peel roadshow comes to town, and Jarvis waits til the end.

Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft: recording in a suburban studio, and John Peel comes to town. From 2022.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment. With the aid of a collection of 1980s pop objects and a gallery of interesting shirts, Jarvis charts the early days of the band Pulp, from the humiliation of a concert in the school hall at lunchtime to an invitation to record a session for John Peel. This period of his life, living in a disused factory while trying to get the band off the ground, comes to a sudden end after a disastrous stunt to impress a girl changes his life - and his attitude to music making.

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Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft: 1985, living in an empty factory, Pulp is struggling for success. From 2022.

In 1985 , Jarvis is living in an empty factory building with no heating and struggling to make a success of the band when an ill-advised stunt goes wrong and everything changes.

Jarvis Cocker delves into the contents of his loft and considers each item before deciding whether to keep or cob (throw away).

In doing so, explores the origins of his creativity and what exactly makes good pop work and why bad pop fails.

This inventory takes the form of a coming of age memoir revisiting Sheffield in the 1980s against the backdrop of the miners strikes and rising unemployment.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2022.

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