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

Disco 2000 is about 50% Gloria by Laura Branigan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=355Fk8drgZE

ahah otm re : Laura Branigan !

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.

woah is she wearing a lightning bolt belt in that video? so cool!

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, November 23, 2017 2:03 AM (eight hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there's nothing new under the sun, asshole

obviously "Disco 2000" is influenced by the 70s, it has the word "Disco" in the title fergodsake

^ Wow, check out this charmer!

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.

most people on this board can discuss music without intimating that everyone who doesn't share their every opinion is a dullard

Brimstead stated that he couldn't understand what I was getting at and I explained it. Cue your howl of pain. This could have potentially have blossomed into a great discussion about a band we all like, but you and brimstead clearly can't help yourselves, it seems.

Anyway, to steer us away from this nonsense, I listened to This is Hardcore earlier and 'The Day After The Revolution' completely blew me away. Maybe it would have benefitted from being a couple of songs shorter, but I can't decide which ones... all the ones that tend to get cited as lesser moments: 'Sylvia', 'I'm a Man', 'TV Movie', 'A Little Soul' are ones that I still really like a lot.

'Seductive Barry' surely must be one of the best things this band have ever done...

what
is
this
feeling called challops

sorry couldn't resist, but i totally disagree about Seductive Barry, which is overwrought even by the standards of an intentionally (and often blissfully) indulgent album like This Is Hardcore

I hadn't heard it since I was about 15, but I've had "Babies" stuck in my head for a few days, so I popped on the record today, and Christ, I forgot how brilliant this song is.

I was pretty obsessed with this is hardcore in the spring of 2002 but “seductive barry” did absolutely nothing for me

So then... https://www.nme.com/news/music/jarvis-cocker-confirms-pulp-reunion-shows-for-2023-3276640

Now we have another reunion all I want for is a hardback publication of Turrican arguments

Quick heads up, Jarvis' book 'Good Pop Bad Pop' is on Kindle at the moment for £1

I enjoyed listening to him read it when it was serialised on radio 4 but not enough to actually buy it.

:(

Our beloved friend & bass player Steve Mackey passed away this morning. Our thoughts are with his family & loved ones. Safe travels, Steve.
We hope to catch up with you one day. All our love xx pic.twitter.com/pickNV56Nl

— Pulp (@welovepulp) March 2, 2023

This is garbage news. I knew Steve real well and he was the absolute best most shining positive force you could ever imagine

:(

I don't think I ever registered what he looked like, but loving these pictures I have been seeing of him just now.

This is garbage news. I knew Steve real well and he was the absolute best most shining positive force you could ever imagine

i was privileged to know him too and he absolutely was. Such shite news!

Ugh. This sucks.

That’s exactly it. I feel so privileged to have known the guy. Impressive CV aside he was just this magic dude. He was one of two people I gave full unconditional access to all my orchestral stems for his usage on whatever he liked. I really loved this guy. Never had lunch with him without feeling like I walked away with some lesson learned or some great advice

meant to post this here rather than the obit thread, sorry. just makes me love the guy even more.

https://i.postimg.cc/ZqdhX05X/20230302-161904.jpg

I knew and liked him a lot in the wayback years, hadn’t seen him since he produced Galang (the odd private view non-withstanding) and I’m so devastated for his family and close friends.

Just rotten. What a perfect key element for that band, always an anchor but never a weight.

Jarvis & Steve were in many ways the core duo of 90s Pulp, and he was the only member of the band on Jarvis's solo LPs, a real loss musically as well as a lovely guy.

I made a mix of some of Steve's best work, both in Pulp and as a writer/producer/remixer. Mixcloud wouldn't let me publish (too many tracks by one artist) so here it is instead:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/79493909

0:00:00 Pulp - My Legendary Girlfriend (BBC Soundcheck)
0:04:23 Pulp - Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia)
0:07:28 Pulp - Acrylic Afternoons
0:11:07 Pulp - His 'n' Hers
0:17:20 Pulp - Street Lites
0:23:07 Pulp - Party Hard
0:27:03 Pulp - After You
0:32:12 The Chocolate Layers - That Boy's Evil
0:37:34 M.I.A. - Galang (Cavemen Remix)
0:41:26 Dark Globe - Break My World (Fat Truckers & Steve Mackey Extended Mix)
0:45:37 Kelis - Bossy (Cavemen Remix)
0:48:57 Cornershop - Topknot (Caveman Remix ft. M.I.A.)
0:52:06 Death In Vegas - Dirge (Cossack Apocalypse Mix)
0:55:46 Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life (Chocolate Layers Remix)
1:01:58 Looper - Up A Tree Again (Chocolate Layers' St. John's Ambulance Remix)
1:05:11 The Nu Forest - I Picked a Flower
1:08:40 Marianne Faithful - Sliding Through Life on Charm (ft. Jarvis Cocker)

Wonder why there is a screenshot of live Pulp performance in the middle of Hitchcock/Truffaut.

Saw them at Finsbury Park last night - despite the absences, they're sounding incredible. I've missed them.

They played A New One at the second Sheffield show, it's pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYeeFKvwJo

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/11/it-was-a-dark-time-pulps-keyboardist-candida-doyle-on-being-diagnosed-with-arthritis-at-the-age-of-17

It's a curious article.

We got North American tour dates!

Tickets for the shows will go on sale this week.

Fans can sign up for Pulp’s pre-sale by joining the band’s mailing via https://WeLovePulp.info before midnight PDT on Monday, 18 March. All those who do, will be sent a link and password to use when tickets go on sale on a first come, first served basis at 10am (local time to each venue) on Tuesday, 19 March.

Tickets will then go on general sale on Friday, 22 March at 10am – again all times are local to the venue. The tour dates are:

Sunday, September 8 Chicago Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

Tuesday, September 10 Toronto HISTORY

Friday, September 13 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre

Monday, September 16 San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Wednesday, September 18 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium

Wow, I might have to go to that Hollywood show.

Got tickets for Toronto! Thank you for alerting me, Ned!

tickets for Toronto were sold out in like a minute, got a ticket in my basket then as it was loading it was gone

Ticketmaster can eat my unwiped shitstained asshole

Well there'll be other chances later in the week at least!

Kings Theatre in Brooklyn (the NY stop on the tour) dropped Ticketmaster. Things moved slowly on their system, but was able to get good tickets, and fees lower than Ticketmaster scum would have charged.

That’s really nice. Paid $30 in fees on each ticket. Hope you’re lucky with the general sale Murgatroid

The seating options you selected aren't available due to the ticket quantity or filter you applied. Please try adjusting the number of tickets selected or use the seat map to search for available seats.

I went on right at 10:00 with the correct presale code but couldn't even get in.

Oof, sucks to hear. In contrast SF went crazy smoothly! Got a floor/GA spot, all good.

So I got in after typings that out but like Murgatroid was timed out. Now they say no tickets left.

Kings Theatre in Brooklyn (the NY stop on the tour) dropped Ticketmaster.

Their seat selection system stresses me out, especially on a phone. But I got mine.

damn, i missed the memo about the mailing list so no artist pre-sale for me.

gotta listen to a bunch of pulp on spotify to day and hope to get that pre-sale code.