Why are Pulp so unpopular now?

I doubt Blur stopped producing chirpy hits due to their integrity.

As for Pulp...I love all of their albums, I'm an unabashed fan, yet I probably wouldn't buy the hits compilation. In the age of file sharing, one has to be stupid rather than cynical to expect the die-hard fans to re-purchase all the stuff they already have just for a chance to hear one new song.

I always thought of Pulp's success as flukey and odd, so I don't find their lack of success now all that surprising.

we (laura & i) loved them anyway, had done since the days of "my lighthouse" back in '83 or whenever it was. the gigs at drury lane (just before they became massive) and shep bush empire (when they were at their peak) were wonderful nights.

we had tickets to see them at brixton academy last october :-( couldn't face going there on my own

An extra CD of bonus remixes or whatever may also sway the diehard fan who wouldn't purcahse it for the one new song.

Hits has tremendous sleevenotes, though. And I like the cover very much, even if others don't. And not buying it would have left a gaping hole in my CD collection that I was all-too-conscious of. These are my excuses, if I need any.

(if you've not had the pleasure, it goes - and you'll be shocked by this - "we are raving, we are raving" etc.)

it was actually less good than this suggests.

'on a pink quilted eiderdown i'm gonna...(deep breath)
pull y' knickers down...net curtains blowing slightly in the breeze,
lemonade light filters through the trees and it's so soft
and it's warm just another cup of tea please...'

What's on the Pulp one then? Mind you I pretty much agree with you about the Manics' one, I mean fucking hell I now own not one but two CDs that include the song "Tsunami". I have come to quite enjoy If You Tolerate This... though.

Because from within my grime, crunk, and general beatheadfuckery haze, I suddenly felt the urge to listen to "59 Lyndhurst Grove" and wow, this band could be really good sometimes, couldn't they? His N Hers sticks out as particularly great, but I particularly like all of the second half of Intro - where else can I find the good, weird stuff? I used to have that album with the green cover that preceded Intro, can't remember the title...

Anyhow, does Beck at #1 and Pulp at #10 really represent, any longer, a true consensus of American rock critics? I doubt it...The result is a poll that's entirely predictable: I told Schumacher-Rasmussen weeks ago that Beck would win; I would not have predicted that Pulp would muster enough support to make the Top Ten but that's because it's hard to imagine the degree to which weenie critics remain devoted to their Anglophilia, no matter how many bullets Britpop shoots into its own brain.

This is at http://www.addict.com/html/lofi/Columns/American_Grandstand/303/index.html -- go to archive.org for the full text.

-- El Diablo Robotico (nicolew1...) (webmail), March 2nd, 2004 5:19 PM. (Nicole) (link)
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OMG

"I've been writing some songs. When I've got enough ones that I think are fit for human consumption then I'll try and decide what to do with them."

the PULP dvd is a-mazing. truly a How To...
for pop bands making a dvd.

Someone needs to cast Cillian Murphy in a Pulp biopic asap based on that "Monday Morning" video.

so, US tour includes NYC (Radio City)

http://www.pulppeople.com/

Right?? I revived another thread this morning and have been refreshing ILX to see who wants to talk about that! Trying to weigh the odds of them adding a Toronto show or me dropping $400+ on airfare and hotel (if I can even GET a ticket to this..) ....Sigh.

Saw em in the '90s, may try Music Hall b.o. on Friday... bcz common people don't pay Ticketmaster.

I saw them in the 90s too.. doing the Pulp poll really rekindled my love affair last year and they're back in my top rotation nowadays. Plus who knows, maybe ENBB will split hotel costs with me? :D

i'm definitely going to try to get tickets to the show in nyc, and talking about maybe going to see them in spain!

I saw this earlier and have basically been freaking out ever since. I have never seen them! There is no way I'm not going to that NY show. Tickets go on sale Friday, right?

Lex - we should totally do that.

yeah, friday at 10 am. i bet it's going to sell out so fast!