'Universities don't like common people, do they?'
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/03/university-access-social-exclusion
"Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg"
-George Bernard Shaw
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
-Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Pulp were an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). They were originally known as "Arabicus Pulp,"[1] but this was shortened a year later. The members of Pulp were all schoolmates attending City Secondary School in Sheffield.
Throughout the 1980s, the band struggled to find success but gained prominence in the UK in the 1990s after the release of the albums His 'n' Hers, Different Class and This Is Hardcore. The latter two of these reached number one spot in the UK Album Chart. Their musical style in this successful era consisted of disco-influenced pop-rock coupled with down-to-earth "kitchen-sink drama"-style lyrics. This success led to the band and frontman Jarvis Cocker becoming major figures of the mid-1990s Britpop movement and to two nominations for the Mercury Music Prize; in 1994 for His 'n' Hers and a win in 1996 for Different Class. Their 1995 single Common People, which reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, was voted number 3 in NME's's 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. Later in 1995, they headlined the Pyramid Stage of the Glastonbury Festival. After their last album We Love Life in 2001, the band entered an extended hiatus.
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Ordinary People (Kinks)
Soap Opera or The Kinks Present A Soap Opera is a 1975 album by The Kinks.
It tells a story about a man named "Star" who changes places with an "ordinary man" named Norman in order to better understand life
"Everyday People" is a 1968 song by Sly & the Family Stone. It was the first single by the band to go to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, holding that position for four weeks from February 15, 1969 until March 14, 1969, and is remembered as a popular song of the 1960s. Like nearly all of Sly & the Family Stone's songs, Sly Stone was credited as the sole songwriter.
Interesting article. While not familiar with the British educaitonal system, here in the States it's been noted that the biggest connection our SAT scores have with anything is family income level. Most colleges and universities here, especially the large ones, use the SAT and your high school GPA as admissions criteria.
And the Pulp song is good stuff too.
"She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge". I'm not going to say that it was written for me. You can draw your own conclusions... ;)
The Pulp sounded Bowie like to me and the lyric seemed okay but musically not something that I would listen to more than once.
As for The Kinks song this was the first time I had hear it. It is okay but I wouldn't call it one of their best.
Then there is Sly and the Family Stone, excellent song that makes you want to get up dance and sing along. Later this month my wife and I will be going to a dance at a local High School that is put on by the alumni. The band that will be playing is called Everyday People and was first started when the members were in High School themselves back in the 70's.
You also missed a really good song by Neil Young Ordinary People.
If it is these Everyday People◄ that party is gonna be a stone gas
I always liked Joan Jett's version of Everyday People as well