Just listened to We Love Life for the first time in absolutely ages... that outro to 'Sunrise' gets me every fucking time.
― zip-a-dee-doo-dah, motherfucker! (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
And from me today in the Quietus...
http://thequietus.com/articles/14998-pulp-his-n-hers-review-anniversary
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
thanks for that Ned. 20 years hard to believe but will admit that i didn't get it until after their next album.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
NB: Please do not read the ilx whilst listening to the recordings.
― Kilgore Haggard Replica (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
Saw the (world premiere of, apparently) the new doco at the Sydney Film Festival on Saturday night. Hadn't known until the opening titles that Russell properly left during the reunion, not just skipping the long-flight legs. It's a good movie, but isn't really about the band, at all; more about what it's like for the city of Sheffield to have the homecoming/farewell show of one of their best known bands taking place.
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Thursday, 12 June 2014 03:56 (nine years ago) link
holy shit. looks amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5lZHF01A_o
― piscesx, Saturday, 28 June 2014 03:20 (nine years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/57482-pulp-a-film-about-life-death-supermarkets-screening-on-pitchforktv-for-24-hours/
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 17 November 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
what do we think about this
― a total laugh package (s.clover), Monday, 17 November 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
This needs more Pulp and less kids reactions/random English fans/dance teams rehearsing/etc.
Also the opening mix of the live "Common People" sounds like it was performed on a Casio in a drain pipe.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Is there an actual Pulp documentary out there? Like w footage of music videos and performances?
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link
it's brilliant this, way better than the recent hyped up pop/rock docs (Made Of Stone, Shut Up And Play The Hits etc)
there's a ton of other Pulp stuff; mini-docs etc. check this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz4fIxPQBvc
― piscesx, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 04:16 (nine years ago) link
this new doc was utterly routine save for the kid in the DUDE shirt
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 05:49 (nine years ago) link
Classic, for 'Babies' and 'Common People'.
That's all I need by them
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 11:52 (nine years ago) link
pulp have a lot going on and this docu reduces it all down to some v. obv elements of 'different class' -- like it would go well with some town full of laid off miner strippers and a boy who wants to dance and idk something about football?
― a total laugh package (s.clover), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 03:55 (nine years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/mental-health-nurse-deborah-bone-mbe-who-inspired-pulps-disco-2000-dies-aged-51-9953976.html
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Friday, 2 January 2015 11:48 (nine years ago) link
Christ, Freaks is such a strange record... on one hand, you can hear a very rough version of the band that they would eventually become but on the other, there's these bizarre tracks that are reminiscent of early Gorky's Zygotic Mynci(!) ... Jarvis' fake Morrissey vibrato on this record is hilarious, too.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
Listening to Different Class right now for the first time in a long time, and while the likes of 'Common People' and 'Disco 2000' are starting to feel relatively fresh to my ears these days (they were both inescapable in the mid '90s), the tracks that are grabbing me this time around are the lesser cited deep cuts like 'Live Bed Show' and 'Underwear' ... I remember thinking at the time that 'Something Changed' was my least favourite of the singles released from this album, but now it's one of my absolute favourites, and 'F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E' sounds as great as ever.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
Underwear is quite possibly their best song. Live 105 in the Bay Area gave it steady rotation in the fall of ‘95. First song that turned me onto Pulp.
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
That's incredible! It wasn't released as a single here or anything, and I think half the album (or something like that) had been released as a single by the time it had run its course.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
It was a b-side of Common People fwiw
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
Different Class is perfect, just a towering achievement in songwriting. My only complaint is that "I Spy" might be a little too long? I don't know, that's really nitpicking.
On a theory note, these guys really love the IV-iv turnaround.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
Something I wrote about Underwear a couple of years back, with links to various live versions, etc. - https://pulpsongs.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/underwear/
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
aaah I haven't listened to this album in years. It reminds me so much of trips to London, hanging around in bars and clubs circa 96...I think I remember passing in front of Bar Italia !Anyway, I would have to listen to it again but iirc it was such a great album.I remember particularly liking "E's & Wizz" and the over the top disco moment in "I Spy" !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 08:28 (six years ago) link
When I heard 'Disco 2000' last night, I was amazed at just how well it slotted in with all the new wave/synthpop I've been listening to a lot over the last few years. If I'd never heard the song before and you told me it had been released anywhere between 1977 and 1983 instead of 1995, I wouldn't have batted an eyelid.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
If it weren't for the lyrics, you could convince me that Disco 2000 came out last week
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
disco 2000 doesn't sound like it was recorded in the early 80s wtf are you talking about turrican
the drum sound, the guitar tone, the clarity...
― understood by moron level and above (brimstead), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
voodoo chilli otm, tho
― understood by moron level and above (brimstead), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link
i mean, i guess its not that far off from a de-funkified "my own way", but it sounds totally un-80s imo
― understood by moron level and above (brimstead), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
defunkified "my own way" in terms of the beat or whatever
nevermind me, no reponse necc, i don't care anymore
It's okay, I didn't in the first place. You're wrong, anyway.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
In fact, generally speaking that particular era of UK guitar music were more influenced by the late '70s and early '80s than the '60s, which is what everyone seems to think. Aside from Oasis, whose influences are more early-mid '70s. There's more "'80s" in Pulp and Blur than folks realise or want to admit.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
Those cowards who don't dare to point out that britpop had influences that they freely admit in interviews
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link
*britpop bands
Pulp formed in the 70s and active for the whole of the 80s so what are you on about?
― everything, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 23:21 (six years ago) link
^ is implying that It sounds like Different Class or His 'n' Hers, when it doesn't.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, 23 November 2017 06:54 (six years ago) link
Oh, and Britpop didn't exist.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, 23 November 2017 06:55 (six years ago) link
Also, Wings are influenced by the 60s
― everything, Thursday, 23 November 2017 07:01 (six years ago) link
But yeah, 'Disco 2000' with its "disco" beat that a lot of British bands were utilising in the late '70s/early '80s, with its guitar riff that seems like it's been beamed directly from the late '70s Blondie song, vintage keyboards and a chorus that wouldn't have sounded out of place on a Dexys Midnight Runners track circa Too-Rye-Ay ... yeah, I'd say it fits in snugly.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, 23 November 2017 07:03 (six years ago) link
Yes, Wings are influenced by the '60s - thanks for that, Captain Obvious.
Pulp's early '80s work, although Cocker's voice is in place from the off, has a very different set of influences. It comes from a different place than the work which actually defines them.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, 23 November 2017 07:08 (six years ago) link
Disco 2000 seems like it was heavily influenced by Denim's 1st album especially "I'm Against the 80s" & "Here is my Song for Europe".
― everything, Thursday, 23 November 2017 07:24 (six years ago) link
sounds like mid period Jimmy Eat World iirc
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Thursday, 23 November 2017 08:29 (six years ago) link
Disco 2000 is about 50% Gloria by Laura Braniganhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=355Fk8drgZE
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:22 (six years ago) link
ahah otm re : Laura Branigan !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:30 (six years ago) link
also I agree that mid90s brit guitar pop was more influenced by 70s and 80s bands and sounds than 60s.as for "Different Class". I listened to it yesterday following this thread.Actually, although they're great, I don't think I need to hear "Common People", "Disco 2000" and most of the rest again.I still enjoy "Es&Wizz" and "Underwear". Also agree that "Live Bed Show", which I never particularly liked, might be the one I find the most interesting now.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 23 November 2017 09:35 (six years ago) link
woah is she wearing a lightning bolt belt in that video? so cool!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, November 23, 2017 2:03 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there's nothing new under the sun, asshole
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
obviously "Disco 2000" is influenced by the 70s, it has the word "Disco" in the title fergodsake
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
^ Wow, check out this charmer!
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, 23 November 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
turrican, you have a tendency to point out the most obvious of musical observations and present them as if you have some sort of special listening ability that makes your judgment superior to everybody else's. please stop.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 23 November 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
most people on this board can discuss music without intimating that everyone who doesn't share their every opinion is a dullard
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 23 November 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link