Jarvis Cocker quote on side of student flats London Road

[SHsheff 10]

I thought I read that he'd written the words specially for the event?

[clogginchris 10]

I think it's great that this poem has been put on the side of this buidling - time we had more public art in sheffield

[Tim42 10]

What an utterly rubbish, banal, childish embarassing load of c**p. Do the students of these flats really want to associate themselves with this crummy ''sixth form'' type of kids poetry?

[Dug 10]

Originally posted by Tim42

What an utterly rubbish, banal, childish embarassing load of c**p. Do the students of these flats really want to associate themselves with this crummy ''sixth form'' type of kids poetry?

 

You don't like it then?

[Pipine 10]

I love it.. and I think it looks ace on the side of the rather dull student hall. More of the same please!!!

[jezd 10]

Vodka an Coke :-)

 

Jez

[Stargazer8 10]

Yeah I love it too. I think it's great. There's art in simplicity.

 

It was just a guess about it being a Pulp song by the way.

[lexatron 10]

It was written specifically for this building, yes.

 

I like it. I'd rather live in that place than somewhere with boring white walls that's as forgettable as it is boring.

 

Though maybe the people who commissioned the 'poetry on buildings' idea should consider some more 'conventional' poetry. It may please more people...

[absynthfairy 10]

Kinda sums student life does it not? Ocasionally deep but more often than not made less meaningful with the introduction of alcohol?

[miniminch 10]

Driving up London rd half asleep I noticed a building on my right with a Jarvis Cocker lyric in six foot writing. Dear Lord tell me I was not dreaming. Tell me that the council have actually realised that putting stuff/ graffiti on the side of buildings is cool. Hopefully this will encourage more to go out and express themselves!

 

What does it say and where is it from?

[Plain Talker 11]

It's from "Trashed on cider or something, by jarvis cocker.

 

It's supposed to be decorative.

 

there are at least a couple of threads about it:-

 

one's called

 

"Jarvis Cocker trashed on Cider"

 

there's another called "Jarvis Cocker quote on side of student flats London Road"

 

 

do a search on here and you may well turn up more.

 

PT

[miniminch 10]

Soz did a search and it turned up nowt!! Found it now it goes

 

"Within these walls the future may be being forged.

Or maybe Jez is getting trashed on cider.

But when you melt you become the shape of your surroundings.

Your horizons become wider.

Don't they teach you no brains at that school?"

 

How cool is that??