Jarvis Cocker (4,343 views)

[IhateMana]

Jarvis Branson Cocker (19 September 1963)
Associated Acts: Pulp (1978 - 2002, 2011 - 2013), Relaxed Muscle (2002 - Present)
Vocal Range: C2 - E5

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{Vocal Summary}
The Britpop War is absolutely shafted. No one will shut the fuck up about Oasis even though the other three groups, and I mean Pulp especially though I have to remain faithful to Blur at the end of the day, but PULP ESPECIALLY kick their ass any day of the week. And I mean hey, Suede made some average fucking music, my GOD did they make some boring fucking tunes, but at least their first two albums ripped faces, especially since one of them was Dog Man Star.

Ok yeah got a little off message there, but Pulp were one of the biggest names in British rock music during the 90s, with captivating tunes and embellished by Jarvis Cocker's idiosyncracies. Cocker has a strong baritone voice, further making them better than Oasis (and Suede I guess) and actually had the ability to belt quite substantially in the 4th octave (so fuck you Damon I guess?). While the main appeal of Cocker is probably his lyricism, he actually more than enough has the chops to compliment his charismatic stage presence.

Significant High Notes

E5 ("The Night That Minnie Timperly Died" Live on Jools Holland 2001)
E♭5 ("Sylvia")
D5 ("Disco 2000", "Do The Hippogriff", "The Fear", "Homewrecker!", "Street Lites")
C♯5 ("David's Last Summer", "Help The Aged", "Underwear", "We Are The Boyz")
C5 ("Acrylic Afternoons", "Bar Italia", "Catcliffe Shakedown", "Caucasian Blues", "It's A Dirty World", "Lipgloss", "We Can Dance Again", "You Are The One")
B4 ("Can I Have My Balls Back, Please?", "David's Last Summer", "Deep Fried In Kelvin", "The Fear", "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.", "The Heavy", "Help The Aged", "His 'N' Hers", "I Spy", "I'm A Man", "Le Rois De Fourmis" Black Session 15/03/94, "Monday Morning", "Paula", "Red Right Hand", "Sheffield: Sex City", "Sylvia", "This Is As Good As It Gets", "This Is Hardcore", "Tomorrow Never Lies")
B♭4 ("Beastmaster", "The Day After The Revolution", "Do You Remember The First Time?", "She's A Lady")
A4 ("59 Lyndhurst Grove", "After You", "Angela", "Ansaphone", "Babies", "Bar Italia", "Billy Jack", "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)", "Catcliffe Shakedown", "Caucasian Blues", "Cocaine Socialism", "Common People", "Dishes", "Do You Remember The First Time?", "Don't Lose It", "The Fear", "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.", "From Auschwitz To Ipswich", "Further Complications.", "Glory Days", "Grandfather's Nursery", "Happy Endings", "The Heavy", "His 'N' Hers", "Homewrecker!", "I Believe In Father Christmas" Live @ Powerhaus, London 23/12/92, "I Never Said I Was Deep", "I Spy", "I'm A Man", "Joyriders", "Lipgloss", "Live Bed Show", "Love Is Blind", "Mary", "Mis-Shapes", "Modern Marriage", "Monday Morning", "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died", "Paula", "Pencil Skirt", "Pink Glove", "P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)", "Razzmatazz", "Seconds", "Sexualized", "Slush", "Sorted For E's & Wizz", "Street Lites", "This Is Hardcore", "This Is The Night", "Underwear", "We Are The Boyz", "We Can Dance Again", "Your Sister's Clothes", "You're A Nightmare" John Peel Session 07/02/93, "You're Not Blind")
G♯4 ("Born To Cry", "The Boss", "B-Real", "David's Last Summer", "Don't You Want Me Anymore", "Fuckingsong", "I Spy", "Last Day Of The Miner's Strike", "O.U. (Gone, Gone)", "Red Right Hand", "Sylvia", "Year Of The Dog")
G4 ("59 Lyndhurst Grove", "Back In L.A.", "Bad Cover Version", "Bar Italia", "Beastmaster", "Being Followed Home", "Big Julie", "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)", "Catcliffe Shakedown", "Cocaine Socialism", "Common People", "Countdown", "The Day After The Revolution", "Death II", "Didn't Feel A Thing" Live 1986, "Disco 2000", "Dishes", "Don't Lose It", "Don't You Want Me Anymore", "Forever In My Dreams", "Frightened", "Glory Days", "Grandfather's Nursery", "Happy Endings", "Heart Trouble" Live @ The Limit, Sheffield 03/03/87, "Help The Aged", "I Love Life", "I Will Kill Again", "It's A Dirty World", "Joyriders", "Laughing Boy", "Leftovers", "Like A Friend", "Live On" BBC Mark Goodier Session, "Magic Works", "Mary", "Maureen", "Mile End", "Modern Marriage", "My First Wife" Live @ The Limit, March 1987, "My Legendary Girlfriend", "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died", "Paula", "Pink Glove", "P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)", "Razzmatazz", "Red Right Hand", "Separations", "Sexualized", "Sheffield: Sex City", "Sickly Grin", "Silence", "Someone Like The Moon", "There's No Emotion", "This Is Hardcore", "TV Movie", "Whisky In The Jar" Childline charity performance, "Wishful Thinking" John Peel Session 07/11/81, "You Are The One", "Your Sister's Clothes", "You're Not Blind")
F♯4 ("3 Way Accumulator", "Babies", "Black Magic", "Caucasian Blues", "Do The Hippogriff", "Down By The River", "A Drop Of Nelson's Blood", "Fat Children", "Fuckingsong", "Further Complications.", "Going Back To Find Her" Live @ The Limit, Sheffield 03/03/87, "His 'N' Hers", "I Believe In Father Christmas" Live @ Powerhaus, London 23/12/92, "I Love Life", "I Never Said I Was Deep", "Le Rois De Fourmis" Black Session 15/03/94, "Life Must Be So Wonderful", "My Lighthouse", "Paula", "She's A Lady", "She's Dead", "Slush", "Something Changed", "The Trees", "Underwear", "Watching Nicky", "We Are The Boyz", "Wickerman", "Year Of The Dog", "You're In My Eyes (Discosong)")
F4 ("97 Lovers", "Acrylic Afternoons", "Ansaphone", "Blue Glow", "B-Real", "Cocaine Socialism", "Countdown", "Cuckoo Song", "Death II", "Death Comes To Town", "Didn't Feel A Thing" Live 1986, "Disco 2000", "Don't Lose It", "Frightened", "Have You Seen Her Lately?", "Heart Trouble" Live @ The Limit, Sheffield 03/03/87, "Hold Still", "Ladies' Man", "Last Day Of The Miner's Strike", "Laughing Boy", "Like A Friend", "Love Is Blind", "Manon", "The Mark Of The Devil", "Master Of The Universe", "Mile End", "My Legendary Girlfriend", "Nights Of Suburbia" Live @ Dolebuster's Festival 1985, "The Other Side", "Razzmatazz", "Separations", "Someone Like The Moon", "Sorted For E's & Wizz", "Stacks", "Street Operator", "Sunrise", "They Suffocate At Night", "We Can Dance Again", "Wishful Thinking")
E4 ("59 Lyndhurst Grove", "Aborigine", "Angela", "Ansaphone", "Back In L.A.", "Bad Cover Version", "Big Julie", "The Birds In Your Garden", "Blue Glow", "Boats And Trains", "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)", "Born To Cry", "The Boss", "Breaking Down At My Door" Live @ Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield 1985, "Can I Have My Balls Back, Please?", "Catcliffe Shakedown", "Cousins", "Death Comes To Town", "Dogs Are Everywhere", "Down By The River", "Everybody's Problem", "The Fear", "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.", "Forever In My Dreams", "Fuckingsong", "Going Back To Find Her" Live @ The Limit, Sheffield 03/03/87, "Goodnight", "The Heavy", "Heavy Weather", "Help The Aged", "I Never Said I Was Deep", "I Scrubbed The Crabs That Killed Sheffield" Unspecified 1980 live performance, "Ice Cream As Main Course", "I'm A Man", "In Many Ways", "Joking Aside", "Leftovers", "Life Must Be So Wonderful", "Live Bed Show", "Live On" BBC Mark Goodier Session, "The Mark Of The Devil", "Modern Marriage", "Monday Morning", "Muscle Music", "My Lighthouse", "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died", "P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)", "Rod Of Iron", "Sexualized", "Sickly Grin", "Simultaneous", "Street Lites", "This Is As Good As It Gets", "This Is The Night", "Tonite", "Turkey Mambo Momma" John Peel Session 07/11/81, "TV Movie", "We Are The Boyz", "Weeds", "You're A Nightmare" John Peel Session 07/02/93)

Significant Low Notes

C3 ("Aborigine", "After You", "Big Julie", "Common People", "Cuckoo Song", "Disco 2000", "Dishes", "Disney Time", "A Drop Of Nelson's Blood", "Glory Days", "Ice Cream As Main Course", "Leftovers", "Lipgloss", "My Body May Die", "Pink Glove", "Razzmatazz", "Seconds", "Sexualized", "Sink Or Swim", "Tonite", "Weeds", "You're A Nightmare" John Peel Session 07/02/93)
B2 ("Babies", "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)", "Born To Cry", "Deep Fried In Kelvin", "Do The Hippogriff", "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time", "Fuckingsong", "Going Back To Find Her" Live @ The Limit, Sheffield 03/03/87, "I Believe In Father Christmas" Live @ Powerhaus, London 23/12/92, "I Love Life", "In Many Ways", "Joyriders", "Mis-Shapes", "My First Wife" Live @ The Limit, March 1987, "Pencil Skirt", "The Professional", "Rod Of Iron", "Stacks", "Sylvia", "This Is As Good As It Gets", "This Is Hardcore", "Watching Nicky", "Wickerman", "You're A Nightmare" John Peel Session 07/02/93)
B♭2 ("Beastmaster", "B-Real", "The Other Side", "She's A Lady", "They Suffocate At Night", "The Trees", "Wickerman")
A2 ("After You", "Babies", "Bad Cover Version", "Being Followed Home", "Blue Glow", "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)", "Breaking Down At My Door" Live @ Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield 1985, "Cocaine Socialism", "Death II", "Do You Remember The First Time?", "Dogs Are Everywhere", "Femme Fatale", "Frightened", "Happy Endings", "Have You Seen Her Lately?", "I Love Life", "I Never Said I Was Deep", "I Want You", "Ice Cream As Main Course", "It's A Dirty World", "Laughing Boy", "Life Must Be So Wonderful", "Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)", "Live On" BBC Mark Goodier Session, "Looking For Life", "Manon", "Master Of The Universe", "Mis-Shapes", "Party Hard", "Quantum Theory", "Roadkill", "Salomé", "Seconds", "Separations", "She's Dead", "Sickly Grin", "Simultaneous", "Slush", "Something Changed", "Street Operator", "Sunrise", "There Was…", "This Is The Night", "Underwear", "Whisky In The Jar" Childline charity performance, "Your Sister's Clothes", "You're In My Eyes (Discosong)")
G♯2 ("Blue Girls", "I Want You", "Last Day Of The Miner's Strike", "Life Must Be So Wonderful", "Love Is Blind", "My Lighthouse", "The Professional")
G2 ("59 Lyndhurst Grove", "Aborigine", "Acrylic Afternoons", "Baby's Coming Back To Me", "Back In L.A.", "Battered", "Beastmaster", "Belle Boy", "The Birds In Your Garden", "Can I Have My Balls Back, Please?", "Clara", "Cocaine Socialism", "Common People", "Countdown", "Cousins", "Death II", "Death Comes To Town", "Dishes", "Disney Time", "Do You Remember The First Time?", "Don't You Know", "Forever In My Dreams", "Glory Days", "Goodnight", "Grandfather's Nursery", "Heart Trouble" Live @ The Limit, Sheffield 03/03/87, "Heavy Weather", "I Spy", "I Will Kill Again", "Le Rois De Fourmis" Black Session 15/03/94, "Leftovers", "A Little Soul", "Love Love", "The Mark Of The Devil", "Master Of The Universe", "Maureen", "My First Wife" Live @ The Limit, March 1987, "The Never Ending Story", "Nights Of Suburbia" Live @ Dolebuster's Festival 1985, "Pencil Skirt", "Pink Glove", "Quantum Theory", "Room 29", "Seductive Barry", "She's Dead", "Silence", "Slush", "Someone Like The Moon", "Something Changed", "Sunrise", "Tearjerker", "There Was…", "There's No Emotion", "This Is Hardcore", "TV Movie", "We Are The Boyz", "Whisky In The Jar" Childline charity performance, "You Are The One", "Your Sister's Clothes", "You're Not Blind")
F♯2 ("Babies", "The Birds In Your Garden", "Down By The River", "His 'N' Hers", "Howard Hughes Under The Microscope", "I Can't Forget", "I Never Said I Was Deep", "Joyriders", "Tomorrow Never Lies", "Watching Nicky")
F2 ("Acrylic Afternoons", "Being Followed Home", "Belle Boy", "Bombshell", "Countdown", "Didn't Feel A Thing" Live 1986, "Don't You Want Me Anymore", "Forever In My Dreams", "Frightened", "I Will Kill Again", "Inside Susan", "Last Day Of The Miner's Strike", "The Never Ending Story", "Roadkill", "Stacks", "Weeds II (The Origin Of The Species)")
E2 ("59 Lyndhurst Grove", "97 Lovers", "Battered", "Born To Cry", "Catcliffe Shakedown", "Common People", "Daddy, You're Not Watching Me", "The Day After The Revolution", "Death Comes To Town", "Dogs Are Everywhere", "Down By The River", "Duck Diving" John Peel Session 12/08/01, "The Heavy", "I'm A Man", "Life Must Be So Wonderful", "Seductive Barry", "She's Dead", "Silence", "Styroloc (Nites Of Suburbia)", "There's No Emotion", "A Trick Of The Light", "Wickerman")
E♭2 ("Bombshell", "Daddy, You're Not Watching Me", "Goodnight", "I Can't Forget", "I Spy", "Last Day Of The Miner's Strike", "My Legendary Girlfriend")
D2 ("59 Lyndhurst Grove", "Belle Boy", "The Birds In Your Garden", "Clara", "David's Last Summer", "Deep Fried In Kelvin", "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.", "A Little Soul", "Modern Marriage", "Sheffield: Sex City", "Previous", "Slush", "Street Lites", "A Trick Of The Light", "TV Movie", "Weeds II (The Origin Of The Species)", "You Are The One", "You're In My Eyes (Discosong)")
C♯2 ("3 Way Accumulator", "The Professional")
C2 ("F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.", "Room 29", "Tearjerker")

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Blue indicates falsetto
Italics indicates non-melodic notes or "speak-sung" low notes
Underlines indicate notes in backing vocals or otherwise obscured
Boldface indicates notes that are particularly notable examples of this singer's capabilities

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{questionable notes}
C7 ("Acrylic Afternoons" staccato squeak)
B6 ("Acrylic Afternoons, blatant inhale, "His 'N' Hers" shitty crackle inhale, "Street Lites" have a guess)
A6 ("Acrylic Afternoons" blatant inhale, "His 'N' Hers" blatant inhale)
G♯6 ("Deep Fried In Kelvin" blatant inhale, "Frightened" blatant inhale, "Slush" weird squeal, probably inhaled)
G6 ("59 Lyndhurst Grove" blatant succ)
F6 ("This Is The Night" My man actually went for inhales in a Harry Potter movie lmao)
D6 ("The Night That Minnie Timperly Died" Live on Jools Holland 2001)
B5 ("Further Complications." awkward squeak)
B♭5 ("Black Magic" ugly-ass squeal)
E5 ("Common People" aimless "whoop"s, "My Legendary Girlfriend" various aimless exclamations, "Sheffield: Sex City" "Ow")

*"My Erection" is completely vocoded and the original pitch basically is unrecognisable. I am however, pretty sure that he gets A2s at the start of the song.

*i just straight up ignored any shitfry because who cares
*it is also worth noting that I focused on the fundamental or general pitch when it came to the speak-sung notes. Obviously I'm not gonna list every breathy dip to D2 or lower he makes as part of his range.

G2 ("Angela" questionable identity)
C♯2 ("David's Last Summer" brief/one-off = misrepresentative)
C2 ("Beastmaster" weak fry, "Death Comes To Town" fried/not enough tone)
B1 ("The Birds In Your Garden" unfortunately, pretty much exhale :/)
B♭1 ("Room 29")

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{Album Ranges}
Pulp

It (G2 - F♯4)
Freaks (E2 - G4)
Separations (E♭2 - A4)
His 'n' Hers (D2 - C♯5)
Different Class (C2 - D5)
This Is Hardcore (D2 - E♭5)
We Love Life (D2 - A4)

Masters Of The Universe: Pulp On Fire 1985-86 (E♭2 - F4)

Solo

Jarvis (F2 - A4)
Further Complications (F♯2 - D5)
Room 29 - with Chilly Gonzales (C2 - F4)

Relaxed Muscle

A Heavy Night With… (C♯2 - B4)

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{Bolds}
Y'all should all be listening to Pulp so consider this as homework.

B4 ("I'm A Man")
B♭4 ("The Day After The Revolution")
A4 ("F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.", "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died")
G♯4 ("David's Last Summer")
G4 ("Big Julie", "Don't Lose It")
F♯4 ("Fuckingsong", "Life Must Be So Wonderful")
F4 ("Death II", "They Suffocate at Night")
E4 ("Tonite")

C3 ("Aborigine")
A2 ("Being Followed Home", "Manon", "Separations")
G♯2 ("Blue Girls")
G2 ("Goodnight")
F♯2 ("Down By The River", "I Can't Forget")
D2 ("Previous")

[fallenalien]

Do you think that Cocker is an overall higher placed baritone than Damon Albarn?

[BAZanine]

Hey Shawty you got a coding thing in the F♯4 and B2 sections

[IhateMana]

Jan 2, 2022 22:19:33 GMT fallenalien said:

Do you think that Cocker is an overall higher placed baritone than Damon Albarn?

I would say given Jarvis is considerably more agile in his upper register and Damon's extreme lows "pop severely", that that wouldn't be an unfair assumption

Jan 3, 2022 0:01:10 GMT BAZanine said:

Hey Shawty you got a coding thing in the F♯4 and B2 sections

I... yep

[Bink]

Heya, just thought I'd let you know that the C2 link only brings you back to page listed. Also I'd be on board to listing "Disco 2000" in the F4 section, especially since this one (at least to me) is so good

Also where exactly is the bold B4 in "I'm a Man"?

[Bink]

Also probably not countable but uhh, C5 in "Do You Remember The First Time"