Pulp (band)
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| - | '''''Histoire de Melody Nelson''''' is a [[1971]] [[concept album]] by controversial [[France|French]] songwriter [[Serge Gainsbourg]]. The ''[[Lolita]]''-esque pseudo-autobiographical plot involves the middle-aged Gainsbourg unintentionally colliding his 26-horsepower 1910 [[Rolls-Royce (car)|Rolls Royce]] Silver Ghost into teenage nymphet Melody Nelson's bicycle, and the subsequent seduction and romance that ensues. ''Histoire de Melody Nelson'' is considered by many critics and fans to be Gainsbourg's most influential and accomplished album. | ||
| - | At just under twenty-eight minutes, the short running time and the stylistic consistency and similarity throughout the album gives it qualities more in line with an EP or an extended musical piece with a number of movements. ''Histoire de Melody Nelson''‘s mix of freewheeling [[guitar]], [[funk]] style [[bass guitar]], near [[spoken word]] vocal delivery, and lush, deep [[orchestration|orchestrated]] [[string instrument|string]] and [[choral]] arrangements by [[Jean-Claude Vannier]][http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/historiedemelodynelsongains.htm] have proven to be highly influential amongst later francophone and anglophone musical performers including the French band [[Air (band)|Air]], [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]], [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]'s [[Jarvis Cocker]], [[Portishead]], and [[Beck]], whose 2002 track "Paper Tiger" from ''[[Sea Change]]'' is extremely close to the distinctive ''Histoire de Melody Nelson'' sound. | + | '''Pulp''' are an English [[alternative rock]] band formed in [[Sheffield]] in 1978. Their lineup consists of [[Jarvis Cocker]] (vocals, guitar), [[Russell Senior]] (violin, guitar), [[Candida Doyle]] (keyboards), [[Mark Webber (guitarist)|Mark Webber]] (guitar), [[Steve Mackey]] (bass), [[Nick Banks]] (drums) and [[Richard Hawley]] (guitar, backing vocals). |
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| - | After the release of the album, a music video was made for each song, and released all together as "Melody" a short musical. | + | |
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| - | [[Jean-Claude Vannier]] performed the album live at London's Barbican on October 21st 2006 with guest vocalists [[Jarvis Cocker]], [[Badly Drawn Boy]], The Bad Seeds’ [[Mick Harvey]] and lead singer from [[Super Furry Animals]], [[Gruff Rhys]]. Vannier performed the album in its entirety alongside Vannier's solo album [[L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches]]. | + | |
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| - | Publicity for the Barbican concert revealed that the musicians used for the album were [[Dougie Wright]], [[Big Jim Sullivan]], [[Herbie Flowers]] and [[Vic Flick]] who all joined Vannier for the concert. | + | |
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| - | ==Track listing== | + | |
| - | #"Melody" <small> – 7:32</small> | + | |
| - | #"Ballade de Melody Nelson" <small> – 2:00</small> | + | |
| - | #"Valse de Melody" <small> – 1:31</small> | + | |
| - | #"Ah! Melody" <small> – 1:47</small> | + | |
| - | #"L'Hôtel Particulier" <small> – 4:05</small> | + | |
| - | #"En Melody" <small> – 3:25</small> | + | |
| - | #"Cargo Culte" <small> – 7:37</small> | + | |
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| - | ==Awards== | + | |
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| - | '''#21''' - Pitchforkmedia: [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36725/Staff_List_Top_100_Albums_of_the_1970s Top 100 Albums of the 1970s] | + | |
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Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Russell Senior (violin, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Mark Webber (guitar), Steve Mackey (bass), Nick Banks (drums) and Richard Hawley (guitar, backing vocals).
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