calumlynn wrote:

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A Pulp reunion would be rubbish, there's no point in it. And I'm not sure whether Nick Banks would do it, he's a family-friend of a friend, not sure what he's doing but he's nicely settled in Sheffield with some young kids (my friends sister babysits for them) and he's hardly loaded or anything, so it would be risky for him to pretty much change his life and go back on the road with Pulp.

Just accept it- it's not going to happen. I reckon Jarvis will end up playing Pulp songs as part of his solo set eventually though.

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Sturdy wrote:

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I agree with Calum and ArrGee. Except about Relaxed Muscle - ugh.

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Come on now Sturdy. Relaxed Muscle was pretty good fun.

Sexualized
Beastmaster
Mary
Rod of Iron
Branded

All great tracks!

thomas_bland wrote:

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Would any of us want Different Class and a couple of singles from other albums to constitute a reunion?

If Pulp come back they should evolve.

Without a new album, for me there is no point.

Hawley should be involved. Mackey would be involved. It does seem likely that Webber and Senior would not be interested but it'd be nice of Nick Banks to be involved if only for a familiar face. I had no idea about the above post about Candida but can see no other reasons why she would not want to be back in Pulp.

I really could not care for Pulp to go through the motions like Blur did, yeah it was good but i'm not a massive Blur fan. I want to hear seperations tracks, I'd love to hear Intro tracks.

Hawley is the key, his popularity and stature have increased massively since Pulp went on hiatus.

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I don't think Hawley is they key at all- firstly, he was never an OFFICIAL Pulp member, and secondly as his solo career is doing so well, why would he put that aside and reform a band he was never properly part of in the first place, playing other peoples songs?

The Blur shows were amazing, but it worked because it was the original line up and there was unfinished business between the band and Graham, and also because they never properly split up (you can say the same about Pulp up to a point, but Auto was very much their 'signing-off' gig- they pretty much knew it was the end).

A Pulp reunion in the same vain wouldn't work without a classic 90s line up, and would realistically have to include either Senior or Webber. Anyone who saw Blur this year will notice they didn't exactly dwell on the later Think Tank stuff (despite it being their best album..) and the same would be true for Pulp, not many people would want to see Pulp for the WLL songs, so Hawley in the reunion would make even less sense.

To be honest, I don't want Jarvis to sing Pulp songs in his solo set. It's far too early, people would only come to the gigs to hear Pulp material and it would completely remove the point of Jarvis as a solo artist.

I'd love Pulp to reform to make another album, not because I want to experience the old songs live. I know what Pulp were like live, I've watched dvds and youtube clips- it's not the same as being there, but then neither would seeing them play the songs 15 years on.

weed wrote:

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I now know many people who have discovered Pulp since 2002 I feel like I have unfinshed business with Pulp!

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