"Сортировка по "Е" және "Визз" - Pulp әні"

1995 single by Pulp

"Sorted for E's & Wizz" is a song written and performed by the English band Pulp for their 1995 album Different Class. Based lyrically on a phrase that lead singer Jarvis Cocker overheard at a rave, the song features lyrics examining the hollow and artificial nature of drug culture. Because of its subject matter, the song sparked controversy in the UK, where several tabloids attacked the song. "Sorted for E's & Wizz" was released as a double A side single with "Mis Shapes" in September 1995, and reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart as well as No. 6 in Ireland. It was Pulp's second successive No. 2 UK hit in that year. Since its release, the song has seen critical acclaim.

"Sorted for E's & Wizz" was first performed at the Glastonbury Festival in 1995, where Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker explained his inspiration. '"Sorted for E's and Wizz" is a phrase a girl that I met in Sheffield once told me and she went to see The Stone Roses at Spike Island and I said 'what do you remember about it?' And she said: 'Well there were all these blokes walking around saying 'Is everybody sorted for E's and wizz?' And that's all she remembered about it and I thought it was a good phrase.' Cocker later said of debuting the song live at Glastonbury, "It just seemed like a totally appropriate place to play it for the first time." "Sorted for E's & Wizz" was inspired by Cocker's ambivalence toward drugs; he once stated that he does not 'think there's anything big and clever about taking drugs'. Cocker explained,

In another interview, he said of the song's meaning: "It's neither a condemnation nor a celebration of drugs. It's just a factual look. It's about a time when I went to a lot of warehouse things. It was completely different to going to a Roxy discotheque in the middle of town, people were so friendly. Then, of course, you realised that it was mainly because they'd taken loads of drugs and you became disillusioned with it." Cocker described the song as being about when "one minute, people'd be shaking your hands saying, 'Yeah, all right, geezer, you're my best mate,' and then as soon as the thing had finished and you were trying to thumb a lift off these same people they'd be like, 'Fuck off'!" The song's lyrical matter inspired drummer Nick Banks' performance on the song; he said, 'I had the mental image that you were walking towards a rave and you could hear the music. It's quite a low level, and your mind can't interpret it right, so it's coming out at quite a different tempo, it appears a bit slower than normal. That's the idea I had in my mind, but whether it's come across, I dunno.'

"Sorted for E's & Wizz" was released as a double A side single with "Mis Shapes". Cocker credited producer Chris Thomas for convincing Pulp to release the song as a single; he recalled, 'I thought it would never get played because of the subject matter.' The CD booklet of the single, referencing the song's lyrics, read, 'It didn't mean nothing.' Although the single had higher first week sales than "Common People" and was Pulp's closest shot at the No. 1 spot, the single stalled at No. 2, behind Simply Red's "Fairground", which had a lead of more than 20,000 copies. "Sorted for E's & Wizz" was also released on Pulp's 1995 album Different Class, which itself opened with the tune "Mis Shapes". Guitarist Mark Webber, who disliked the song and wanted to replace it with "Mile End", later said, 'I didn't want "Sorted" on the album. I think it's a rubbish song.' On its commercial success, Webber said, Sorted" sold more than "Common People", but you wouldn't really think so. But it's just nowhere near as good a song.'

Before the release of "Sorted for E's & Wizz", the Daily Mirror newspaper printed a front page story headed 'Ban This Sick Stunt', alongside an article by Kate Thornton that said the song was 'pro drugs' and thus called for the tune to be banned. The pre release single had an inlay that Thornton alleged showed buyers how to make an origami 'wrap' or parcel with the intention of 'offering teenage fans a DIY guide on hiding illegal drugs'. In an interview with music paper NME, on the same day, Thornton was quoted as saying: 'We wanted to see the sleeve pulled and we thought it was a crusade we would take up single handedly. I think the sleeve is something that will concern our readers, although it may not concern yours.' Pulp agreed to change the artwork, while continuing to assert that Thornton had misinterpreted the meaning of both the sleeve art and the song's lyrics. Lead singer Jarvis Cocker released a statement two days later saying: ' "Sorted " is not a pro drugs song Nowhere on the sleeve does it say you are supposed to put drugs in here but I understand the confusion I wouldn't want anything we do to encourage people to take drugs because they aren't a solution or an answer to anything. I don't think anyone who listens to "Sorted " would come away thinking it had a pro drugs message. If they did I would say they had misinterpreted it.' The Daily Mirror printed his statement, but he was unhappy that the front page article written by Thornton contained the misquote 'I don't want the sleeve to get in the way of what the record is saying, which is an anti drugs message', which he felt oversimplified the song's meaning once again. Cocker also criticised Thornton's decision to contact the father of a victim of an ecstasy related death for a response. The Daily Mirror campaign continued, publishing their readers' response to a poll to have the song itself banned. The original sleeve was replaced with a plain white sleeve, once the initial pressing had sold out.