Track 16

"Did he just say Blur was the best Britpop band?"

"I believe he did."

"Well, he's wrong."

"You try telling him that, he seems very opinionated."

"What did he write on the twitter last time?"

"I think it was something like this."

"Hmm... well he likes Blur."

"I think he does."

"But it's obvious that he should like Pulp more."

"Why is that?"

"On general principle."

"What principle?"

"What's more British? Popular rock stars living a lavish life of excess, or railing against the injustices inherent in a classist society, while simultaneously acknowledging the crippling depression the extends from knowledge that they are powerless against it."

"You said British right?"

"Yep."

"I'll go with the depressing one."

"I know, right?"

"Maybe he doesn't like depressing songs."

"I don't think that's the case."

"Jeez, and I thought I had problems."

"How long did it take you to get through grad school?"

"I didn't go to grad school."

"Clever boy."

"Still, Pulp is better."

"Because they can write sad songs that sound happy?"

"It's a special skill."

"When was he born?"

"1983."

"When did Pulp first album come out?"

"According to Wikipedia... 1983."

"So you think he should have fallen in love with a band while in the womb instead of when he was a teenager?"

"They weren't popular until the 90's anyway."

"How long were they popular?"

"Accoring to Wikipedia... '92 to '96."

"How many albums in that time?"

"Three."

"How many Blur albums did he just say he liked?"

"Five?"

"Quantity over quality."

"I guess. Well someone build him a time machine, because if he liked Blur, he should have loved Pulp."

"You really think that's what he'd do with a time machine? Go back so he could be a fan of Pulp contemporaneously? I think he'd have some other things to fix first."

"Maybe, but I doubt this wouldn't fuck with the space time continuum as much."

"Are we assuming Terminator/Back the Future rules or Star Trek reboot rules?"

"The only rules that even make a nod towards scientific reality is Primer."

"Shit, he'd fifty before he could do anything about it then. Would he even still care?"

"I feel like we've gone a little off topic..."

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For no particular reason, here's another really good song by Pulp.