Jarvis Cocker: āI looked like an extra off The Sound of Musicā
Musician and actor Jarvis Cocker tells 5 Liveās Nihal Arthanayake why going to school in the āsuburbs of Sheffieldā wearing lederhosen ājust wasnāt the lookā.
Jarvis was gifted a pair of lederhosen from his relatives in Germany; āIām sure if you were in the right environment like some Alpine village, [youād be seen as] looking sharpā.
He described his outfit like āan extra out of The Sound of Music or Heidiā and insisted it was inappropriate for āan inner-city schoolā.
āI was already self-conscious anyway as I was quite tall, I had glasses and long hair etc. but this just took it to a new level.ā
āIt went even further because somebody noticed on the front of the shorts, instead of having one normal zip, it had two zips side-by-side which let down a flapā- leading to a nickname that āI canāt repeatā.
This clip is originally from Nihal Arthanayake on Thursday 26 May 2022.
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