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Alex James in 2003:

''In a lot of ways, Pulp were even bigger cunts than Oasis. They were in our birds knickers: devious little fuckers. We definitely tried to help them but they never had a kind word for us. I kind of object to them more than Oasis, actually. At least Oasis said were going to shag your bird. There was something a bit snidey about Pulp...And they got all the support slots''.

I'm guessing it's Mr Mackey he's alluding to there.
Payback for nicking the intro to Love Is Blind (for Sunday Sunday) and acting like arrogant twats the first time both bands played together (in Paris, late '91, the real start to Britpop according to Russell).
And, post-Common People Pulp were never going to play support to Blur.



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Judging by how fast the tickets have sold for the few shows I think pulp could maybe to a bigger us city tour on their own.  I keep reading blur are gonna announce a full US tour later this year... I don't think blur would need pulp to sell very well, but anyone think it's a possibility?



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Why would they need to? I'd think they are far happier with their own, few big indoor shows.

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Blur will not be having Pulp support them. Pulp's booking agency were not offering the possibility of support slots when offering to US promoters, and Blur would be much more likely to bring out some of their favourite new alternative bands in the US. They tried this at hyde park with the likes of Deerhoof. Also, Blur would not tour the US surely until later in the year, and I can't see Pulp heading back out after this jaunt...

I am not sure if Blur have actually been sounding out venues in the USA, but it would make sense with the recording, awards and uk show(s)...

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And quite right too. Although Blur have many merits. They ain't my band tho'

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Eamonn wrote:

Alex James in 2003:

''In a lot of ways, Pulp were even bigger cunts than Oasis. They were in our birds knickers: devious little fuckers. We definitely tried to help them but they never had a kind word for us. I kind of object to them more than Oasis, actually. At least Oasis said were going to shag your bird. There was something a bit snidey about Pulp...And they got all the support slots''.

I'm guessing it's Mr Mackey he's alluding to there.
Payback for nicking the intro to Love Is Blind (for Sunday Sunday) and acting like arrogant twats the first time both bands played together (in Paris, late '91, the real start to Britpop according to Russell).
And, post-Common People Pulp were never going to play support to Blur.



-- Edited by Eamonn on Friday 17th of February 2012 01:02:39 AM

 Yeah he was talking about the time Steve fucked his girlfriend. "Steve Mackey was shagging my bird, the cunt"



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Well i always thought Steve and Alex were kinda the same person... They're both bassists, both have the same kinda look, face... and it seems, personality. I was never found of the two of them.

But a Pulp / Blur gig... Now i'd really want that. Add Oasis in there and it's the perfect line up. Damon and Noel recently kissed and made up, Jarvis and Noel were always friendly to each other, so now the only problem left is that Liam & Noel have to reconcile. :D



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Alex James objected to Steve 'shagging my bird' whilst Alex James, by his own admission, was picking off groupies several times a night...?

Yeah, he's got the moral highground. I'm thinking (hoping?) Steve was single back then...?

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I'm sure Steve had a lot of triciathetrees chasing after him!

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hahaha, never knew that about Steve and Alex! Brilliant. Also yeah, it's a daft suggestion that Pulp would support Blur- never in a million years. Ignoring the obvious logistical problems, it would just be too "britpop" for both bands, you don't really desire or have any need to associate themselves with that.

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Yeah, Those are good points. I thought maybe... since blur are gearing up for something big and to me it seems pulp are holding back form doing allot more dates while they are here in the USA since both shows sold out so fast ... that just maybe...
the band blur had open up for them on the west coast think tank tour of 03' i think it was ... was so terrible.
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Why would they want or need to these days?

Blur aren't in the same league in my opinion anyway.

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If Pulp were to play with another band for nostalgic value, I'm sure it'd be one of the myriad of Sheffield ones that they're related to! They were friends with Blur for a bit though, so I can see why you've run with this I suppose.

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Speaking of which, will there be any more American shows? Considering how both shows sold out so fast and the Coachellas were gone in three hours, there is definitely a demand for it.

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triciathetree wrote:
Eamonn wrote:

Alex James in 2003:

''In a lot of ways, Pulp were even bigger cunts than Oasis. They were in our birds knickers: devious little fuckers. We definitely tried to help them but they never had a kind word for us. I kind of object to them more than Oasis, actually. At least Oasis said were going to shag your bird. There was something a bit snidey about Pulp...And they got all the support slots''.

I'm guessing it's Mr Mackey he's alluding to there.
Payback for nicking the intro to Love Is Blind (for Sunday Sunday) and acting like arrogant twats the first time both bands played together (in Paris, late '91, the real start to Britpop according to Russell).
And, post-Common People Pulp were never going to play support to Blur.



-- Edited by Eamonn on Friday 17th of February 2012 01:02:39 AM

 Yeah he was talking about the time Steve fucked his girlfriend. "Steve Mackey was shagging my bird, the cunt"

 

It wasn't Steve that shagged her.  He took her to a seaside town to visit some mates.  Alex was really upset, thinking they were away for a dirty weekend, but it wasn't Steve she was after.  He did really like her, but she was after a friend of his, who lived in the seaside town....

I don't think she got lucky with the mate, but then according to my 'source' she shagged jarvis another time instead.



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She sounds real classy...

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Even less so than Alex James?

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to be fair alex james was having sex with everything so it's only fair that she got hers back (not sure why she stayed with him...)

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It's probably not even 'getting hers back' really. If one half of a partnership is having such an obvious open relationship (i.e. 'Blur jobs' to quote from Louise Wener) then why shouldn't the other partner assume that it applies to both of them?

The "shagging my bird" quote is pretty awful, too. He mocks the Gallaghers, but a line like that is worthy of them.

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Alex James is a massive turd. I'd love to see Blur make their way to America, but I wouldn't shed a single tear if they replaced Alex James with virtually anyone.

Speaking of Blur, here's a new tune by them: http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/02/check-out-blurs-new-song-under-the-west-way/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I'd rather have Pulp and Blur do separate tours. As previously mentioned, Blur brought some cool acts to open Hyde Park. I'm curious to see who opens for Pulp in America, if anyone does.

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Theimportance, he does write a good book, though!

PS thanks for the link. This'd have passed me by otherwise...

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Blur is preparing for something huge that will be revealed after the Brit Awards. How great would it be to have a year dominated by them and Pulp. Back to the good old days.

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The new song is rather reminiscent of 'Whiter Shade of Pale'. I do like it though...

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Now that you mention it. There's something. I like it too but it's really different from what Blur used to do, sound more like The Good, the Bad, the Queen.

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I'm pretty sure Pulp would be a bigger draw than Blur in the US at the moment, given the speedy ticket sales & the amount of fans 'begging' them to come to America.
I'd be dissapointed to see either band do anything less than a headline set, anyway.

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