Η Δανάη Στράτου σπούδασε την πενταετία 1983-1988 στο St. Martins College of Art and Design. Και δεν θα το ήξερε ο πολύς κόσμος αν δεν έβγαινε στην δημοσιότητα πως η σύζυγος του Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη είναι η γυναίκα στην οποία αναφέρεται το Common People των Pulp!
Για το θέμα ρωτήθηκε ο ίδιος ο Υπουργός Οικονομικών από το BBC, ο οποίος αμήχανα επιβεβαίωσε πως η μόνο Ελληνίδα που σπούδαζε γλυπτική τότε στο St. Martins ήταν η σύζυγος του ενώ συμφοιτητής της ήταν ο Jarvis Cocker των Pulp!
To τραγούδι είχε γίνει super hit το 1996, όταν και κυκλοφόρησε με τον Cocker να δηλώνει πως εμπνεύστηκε από την γνωριμία του με μια Ελληνίδα στο κολέγιο, η οποία ήθελε να ζήσει σαν απλός άνθρωπος ή… common people.
Σήμερα, πάντως, με τον σύζυγο της να είναι ο… rockstar της πολιτικής σκηνής, μόνο σαν common people δεν ζει η Δανάη Στράτου!
Διαβάστε και τους στίχους του τραγουδιού και τα συμπεράσματα δικά σας…
"Common People"
She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College, that's where I caught her eye.
She told me that her Dad was loaded
I said in that case I'll have a rum and coke-cola.
She said fine and in thirty seconds time she said, I want to live like common people
I want to do whatever common people do, I want to sleep with common people
I want to sleep with common people like you.
Well what else could I do - I said I'll see what I can do.
I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere, so it started there.
I said pretend you've got no money, she just laughed and said oh you're so funny.
I said yeah? Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here.
Are you sure you want to live like common people
You want to see whatever common people see
You want to sleep with common people,
you want to sleep with common people like me.
But she didn't understand, she just smiled and held my hand.
Rent a flat above a shop, cut your hair and get a job.
Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school.
But still you'll never get it right
'cos when you're laid in bed at night watching roaches climb the wall
If you call your Dad he could stop it all.
You'll never live like common people
You'll never do what common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do.
Sing along with the common people, sing along and it might just get you thru'
Laugh along with the common people
Laugh along even though they're laughing at you and the stupid things that you do.
Because you think that poor is cool.
I want to live with common people, I want to live with common people
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