MCR "Common People" cover
I'm actually so annoyed at Americans on tiktok. There is a popular Pulp song called "Common People" that MCR made a cover of and that cover is now getting popular on tiktok. Common People is a song about a working class man (most likely meant to be the singer, Jarvis Cocker) meeting a wealthier Greek woman who wants to just be like "common people" in reference to the working class. I'd assume, that just like me, most working class Brits have probably met someone like this, and the whole point of the song, specifically lyrics like "You'll never fail like common people" and " I can't see anyone else smiling in here," is to show that you shouldn't want to be like "common people" as it is a very hard life. Since class is a big issue in the UK, I think it's valid that a lot of us don't like the way that American 'alternative' leftists are posting under the MCR cover implying that "common people" refers to "normies" or basic people that bully alternative people.
Of course I think music is up to interpretation but I think we should be wary of how this song (and others like it) are about genuinely serious issues in certain countries, like class in the UK. That is to say, please stop assuming other countries don't have issues unless they're exactly like the ones in your country. Anyways, not hating on alternatives, leftists or Americans as a whole, just these ones specifically (and no, I'm not right wing.)
