Pulp: C.L.A.S.S.I.C.O.R.D.U.D?

They get to sing along with the common people...

Heh, they can do role playing between the areas. Awesome.

That "VIP" enclosure towered over the area for disabled people, which I thought was a lovely touch.

Not tempted by the reformation shows..and if they're doing mostly DC...I'd not be arsed at festivals either.

Russell's not coming to Australia, so be interesting to see if they play more Hardcore/Love tracks here.

They're also doing their only other two non-festival shows apart from the warm-up, so hoping very hard that they do the amount of pre-DC stuff from that setlist...

Field Day may be cheaper but it doesn't have headliners of the same level and is by all accounts the worst organised festival in Britain.

Heavily-skewed towards Different Class (and to a lesser extent His N Hers) but if you're going to play a limited number of comeback shows then why not draw heavily from the records people love the most?

Actually the epic This Is Hardcore -> Sunrise was one of the best bits about last night but I can't claim that I was holding out for much more from the last couple of albums.

Crowd were fine from where I was standing.

If you're not common at all, VIP tickets are £235.00. For this you also get a private bar and a special grandstand viewing area.

Was quite amusing to hear people singing "shit ground no fans" at that area.

Hmm. I didn't think the crowd was as bad as for Blur two years ago. Not quite so aggressively lary at least.

Didn't see Blur, so that's v possible, and I think maybe I was a bit unlucky with geezer-packs. Enjoyed it once we'd manouevred away a bit.

& upt011 otm, worst for me was a deafening version of Something Changed (verse, chorus, breaks) shrieked behind my left ear.

£55 is ok for a big-name day festival I guess (Field Day is £40) – I was just v hesitant to buy and grouchy because I was basically treating it as a one-band big gig.

Just to sicken all of you folk who went to wireless, amazingly I saw them last week at the St Martins College closing party, they played unnanounced in the common room in front of a few hundred. Was insane, one of the most magical gigs ive been at.
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All the London summer day fests are horrible, its all a bit 'dave from accounts has had an e'. Field day should be half the size and have half as many folk playing as its ran by chancers, i spent all of last year sitting outside tents struggling to hear what was going on. There was also about twice as many people there than there should be last year, the door staff were taking peoples tickets and touting them out the front

To be fair to Pulp, that VIP business, loathsome though it is, is standard for Wireless so I doubt the band had any say over it. Hyde Park events always have a high chattering-twat quota, getting worse with certain bands. I had to see Kings of Leon there for work and it was a real come-Armageddon-come moment.

Was it only Sunrise and This Is Hardcore from the last two albums? Love Sunrise - saw them on the We Love Life tour when they were also playing a krauted-up version of Common People and that was the highlight.

Yup, just those two. The rest of it was most of Different Class (+ Do You Remember The First Time, Babies, Pink Glove, Mile End).

OMG YOU PEOPLE GOT TO SEE PULP STOP COMPLAINING AND SHUT UP.

I am so jealous.

:(

hmpf

ha! ok fair enough.

though we can all unite in jealousy at straightola.

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twice iirc.

and as they're now playing at the bottom of my road at the end of august, i'll prob go to that as well. if i've nothing else on.

hate u

Yeah ignore the whingers, gig was amazing. It's not even like the crowd was particularly dense so if ppl were being knobs I'm sure you could've moved.

OMG YOU PEOPLE GOT TO SEE PULP STOP COMPLAINING AND SHUT UP.

I am so jealous.

:(

hmpf

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^^ This - I've already missed my chance this summer :-(

:(

that is, i was there in body but not in spirit as I spent nearly the whole of their Primavera set queuing for water for sunstroked g/f.

humph!

yeah, i've been venting but nob-force were escapable & took up <10% of my time - it was great, & i was in a total transport of joy at various points. Sorry enbb

Seriously guys, we North Americans will KICK YOUR ASSES :)

stfu, they toured America heaps of times

come oonnnn

2nd set

1. O.U. (Gone, Gone)
2. Countdown
3. Joyriders
4. His 'n' Hers
5. Acrylic Afternoons
6. Mis-Shapes

I came late to the party (1996) but I can only think of ~one~ time I was able to see them in Toronto (if bands come to Canada, 95% of the time there is a Toronto stop). I had to go to Reading to see them!

I thought they only toured America three times (and made it to the West Coast only twice -- 94, opening for Blur, 96, small club show).

Yeah the Toronto show I saw would have been.. 98? Man, opening for Blur, that would have been my dream show. Alas.

oh man at least you got to see them

We'll use Mind Powers to get them back on our continent. COME, PULP, COME!

YES!!

Man, opening for Blur, that would have been my dream show. Alas.

Pulp blew 'em off the stage that night for sure. I still remember Jarvis introducing this new song of theirs and six minutes later after "Common People" ended the room was practically exploding. (This would have been about six months prior to the single release.)

I thought they only toured America three times

300% is heaps more in my book

Ned, I could definitely see it. Damon was a fairly entertaining frontman but Jarvis was a MASTER, I can definitely imagine them blowing Blur away.

This is reminding me to check out more Pulp besides the HNH/DC/TIH triumverate. I used to have a comp of early stuff on a taped library copy - this was YEARS ago now. Also We Love Life is supposedly ace according to my mate.

Yes WLL is excellent IMO, Scott Walker's production is immaculate.

I played it a lot at the time, yes.

The last time they played the States was 1998...13 years...entire generations (like me) have grown up, gone to college, discovered Pulp, lived their lives, etc. in that time period...would murder to see them live. Saw Jarvis solo once and it was spectacular, but clearly a shadow of what it could/should have been. Seems ludicrous a band of that size/influence only played in America a handful of times.

Back in the day Jarvis said it was a waste of time touring as a niche band in the US/Canada when they could be playing to tens of thousands back home/doing tv shows etc.

And if I recall correctly, he had put a limit on how many gigs he was willing to do on a tour here. Something like five shows. That made it financially unsupportable.

last night they opened with: Do You Remember, Countdown, Lipgloss, OU (Gone Gone), Have You Seen Her Lately

I was pretty excited. Pulp are the best band of all the bands.

Very classic last night. The final pre-encore stretch of Babies, This Is Hardcore, Sunrise, Bar Italia and Common People was astounding (the middle three all, I realised, about the consequences of hedonism). Despite all the funny between-song chat, what strikes me now, far more than in the 90s, is the jealousy, revenge and all-round emotional desperation rather than the wit. The atmosphere was celebratory but the songs are fraught and sinister. They felt necessary, which is how any worthwhile reunion should feel.

Also liked Jarvis introducing Common People with Eldridge Cleaver's problem/solution quote because it was Cleaver's birthday yesterday.

I'm still so jealous of all of you who got to see Pulp this year.

Have they ever played Dogs Are Everywhere live this reunion? I love that.

Argh, so they played all the relatively rare stuff at the Brixton shows, that they played in Toulouse and dropped afterwards? I saw them at Primavera and it was just all the more obvious stuff.

So much for me seeing the 'last ever' performance of 'O.U.' at Leeds Roundhay Park in 1995. ;(

ARGHGHGHGH I should have gone.

DYRTFT?
Countdown
Lip Gloss
OU
Have You Seen Her Lately?
Something Changed
Disco 2000
Sorted
Wickerman
Bad Cover Version
Babies
Underwear
This is Hardcore
Sunrise
Bar Italia
Common People

Encore

Razzmatazz
Mis-shapes

Could still go tonight? I'm tempted.

Saw the show at wireless and then last night at Brixton. So glad they varied the setlists for these.

If you're wondering whether to go tonight, just go. I would try again, but my body says otherwise.

GAAHHH they didn't play OU or Countdown in Sydney despite advertising (like, literally, in the print ads) that they would be playing songs from all eras of the band

not sure if they played Razzamatazz either

or "Everybody's Problem"...

They didn't do Razzmatazz in Sydney, because I don't remember spontaneously orgasming on the night.

Really interesting seeing them last night with DL's insights in mind. Very different to the other occasions I've seen them this summer; being just them and being in an inside venue. Loved that Richard Hawley was there and loved that they played Trees.

Do You Remember the First Time?
Monday Morning
Razzmatazz
The Trees
The Fear
Lipgloss
Something Changed
Disco 2000
Sorted For E's & Wizz
Sheffield:Sex City
Babies
Live Bed Show
This Is Hardcore
Sunrise
Bar Italia
Common People

Encore:
Party Hard
Countdown
Mis-Shapes

Encore 2:
Wickerman