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This Week's Guest:
Jarvis Cocker
Sunday 24 April
Repeated
Friday 29 April |
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Jarvis's Choice |
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the musician Jarvis Cocker.
He formed the band Pulp in the late 1970s and says that as a gawky, self-conscious teenager he felt pop music did not properly inform him about the disappointments and miseries of growing up - and he was determined to write songs that included "the messy bits and the awkward, fumbling bits". He had to wait more than a decade to find success - but Pulp went on to become one of the most popular bands of the 1990s, with hits including Do You Remember the First Time? Sorted for E's and Wizz and Common People.
The band's crowning glory was its performance of Common People at the Glastonbury festival in 1995. The following year, Jarvis Cocker made headlines again - this time the tabloid front pages after he invaded the stage while Michael Jackson was performing at the pop industry's annual awards ceremony. Fans were thrilled, but it marked the beginning of a difficult time in the singer's life. Now he is married with a young son and living in Paris and has recently written songs for Nancy Sinatra and Marianne Faithfull as well as writing the music for the next Harry Potter film.
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1. Theme
Performer Conductor Gian-Piero Reverberi
Composer Robert Mellin
Publisher Franco London Music
CD Title The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Original TV Soundtrack
Track 1
Label Silva Screen
Rec No: FILMCD 705
2. Transmission
Performer Joy Division
Composer Joy Division
Publisher London Records
CD Title Permanent: Joy Division
Track 2
Label London Records
Rec No: 828624.2
3. Mouldy Old Dough
Performer Lieutenant Pigeon
Composer N Fletcher/ R Woodward
Publisher Trojan Recordings Ltd
CD Title Dancing on a Saturday night - Dance hits of the 60's and 70s
Track 4
Label Old Gold records
Rec No: OG 3713
4. Ten Guitars
Performer Engelbert Humperdinck
Composer Mills
Publisher Decca
CD Title This is my life: Greatest Hits 1967-1969 Engelbert Humperdinck
Track 21
Label Decca
Rec No: 820 777-2
5. The War is Over
Performer Scott Walker
Composer Walker/ Semel
Publisher Mercury Records Ltd
CD Title 'Til the band comes in
Track 10
Label BGO Records
Rec No BGO CD 320
6. Lady with the Braid
Performer Dory Previn
Composer Dory Previn
Publisher Liberty Records
CD Title Mythical Kings and Iguanas
Track Side 1 track 3
Label Liberty
Rec No: GO 2019
7. I see a darkness
Performer Johnny Cash
Composer Will Oldham
Publisher The American Recordings Co
CD Title CASH - American III: Solitary Man
Track 6
Label American Recordings
Rec No: 500986 2
8. Sailing By
Performer BBC Concert Orchestra Cond. Handley
Composer Ronald Binge
Publisher BMG
CD Title The Essential British Light Music Collection
Track 10
Label Classic FM
Rec No: 75605 570032
Record: Sailing By - Ronald Binge
Book: Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan
Luxury: A Bed with a Mosquito net.
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