Bad Cover Version: Sunrise by Pulp
Ahhh, the band that inspired the title for this thread...
Pulp - Bad Cover Version
I remember getting into Pulp in 1994. I think I'd heard a couple of tracks and recognised a few Roxy Music stylings in their tunes and when the "His n Hers" album came out with its faux-Roxy sleeve, I snapped it up and was immediately impressed by the tunes held therein. It would have been obvious to cover "Babies" or "Do You Remember the First Time?" or even "Common People", but it was a toss-up between "Sorted for E's and Whizz" and this tune, "Sunrise". Jarvis Cocker is definitely a hero, of sorts.
This is taken from their overlooked, underrated and truly magnicifent "We Love Life" album. It is the last track of their final album...so far. Why cover it? Well I like the power of the original and also appreciate the lyrics. As a former insomniac, I know what it feels like to rise with the dawn, be so twisted by tiredness to resent the sunrise and want to shut out the day. I also like the track as it was used to superb effect as background music on the show Monkey Dust:
The Revenge of Ivan Dobsky
Anyway, this is my attempt at Sunrise. It's not perfect, but it's not as bad as the others.
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