SarahAWilson wrote:

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Best: Highbury Garage Fan Club gig. I loved the absolute intimacy of it. I was right down the front. It was mad. Still kicking myself that I forgot my camera. Did a lengthy and rather through right up for Pulp People.

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 that's the gig i was on about (keep calm/garage london) there used to be a picture on the old pulp people website of jarvis cockers crotch that id taken with a throw away camera and Alex wrote "'rachel S.  had the best seat in the house" - i just tried to find it through google, i must have been near you at the front, it was such a small gig.!

 

edit - i always call it the 'keep calm' gig cos thats what you had to say when ordering tickets? pulp people only lol

-- Edited by Rachel on Thursday 12th of July 2012 01:00:39 AM

1. V96 (Warrington branch)
2. Glastonbury last year for the whole thrill of "OH MY GOD, THEY'RE BACK! AND RUSSELL'S HERE, TOOOOO!" but Brixton night #2 for the amazing setlist and performance.

Wireless was, to be honest, the least enjoyable of all my Pulp gig experiences I think. But I've never really enjoyed either of the two Wireless things I've been to. Horrible events.

1. Wireless
2. Wireless again, it was just the sheer emotion of seeing them after waiting for so long, I was crying as the confetti came down at the end...manly.

Leeds 2000 (pathetic given that I'm from Sheffield).

Not sure about favourite.. it's a toss up between Magna or Brixton on the 31st last year (for the atmosphere and the setlists). I suspect the Arena in December might overtake them though!

yeah id put glasto last year too except i was too far away than is normal for me, i didn't see Jarvis at all through the entire set. Im just too short. The surprise, and excitement = AMAZING. but not actually seeing the band at all, at any point makes for not a good gig. I had fun in the mud and the set list was truly beautiful. But it took youtube for me to find out if Jarvis was still wearing his beard.

First: Heiniken festival in Leeds, 1995. First ever performance of 'Live Bed Show'. The bill also included Sleeper, Powder and Menswear, ultimate Britpop lineup, and on my birthday too!

Best: Not sure, but Reading in 2000 and Brixton Academy in 2001 are the ones that spring to mind. To be perfectly frank my memories of each are based around personal circumstances as much as the band's performance, so it's really hard to say.

1. Sheffield Leadmill Nov. 93 (with Elastica and Echobelly supporting) It cost £5 to get in on the door (no advance tickets!). I decided to get right on the front in the middle and for some reason shook Jarvis's hand when he came onstage. The crowd was wild and I had bruises across my chest for the whole week afterwards. It was actually a genuinely lifechanging experience for me.
2. Sheffield Octagon April 94 Just simply the best I've ever seen them, pretty much perfect in every respect. The setlist was just brilliant, Jarvis was brilliant, heck the whole thing was brilliant.

Liltman, I *loved* the fact Pulp were playing in daylight at Glastonbury last year! it made all the lovely details, especially Russell's lovely white suit, show up so well.

It wasn't too hard to get there early either, really. All you had to do was be prepared to stand throughout Graham Coxon, The Walkmen and some other band I can't even remember. Two of the acts put on really good shows and we'd have almost certainly seen them anyway, regardless of Pulp being on or not. Managed to get to the barrier during Graham Coxon if memory serves, and didn't have to budge 'til I unpeeled myself from it after Pulp.

We were too shattered for Coxon. Went and sat on the hill with our wellies off! Got down for Tame Impala, who I thought were dull, and the Walkmen, who were ace, but it got really cramped where we were stood so we moved back and I ended up having to give the evil eye to some fucker complaining about us daring to move out of his way!

I also loved Hull Ice Arena in 96, Leeds 2000 and 02, Dalby forest and Wireless. In other words, every gig of theirs I've been to...

I'm so jealous of people who saw them in 94 and before, but then again I suppose there will be some newer fans jealous of us who saw them when they hit big

I missed out in the 1990s because I was busy with small children and in the early 2000s I was living in Belfast. So my first gig was Wireless last year. Also went to the first night at Brixton, which I really enjoyed because it felt much more intimate and full of 'real' fans. And, as I've said before on this forum, really special for me personally as my own celebration of surviving breast cancer. I remember saying during chemo in 2008 that one of my regrets was never having seen Pulp live (I got back into them in the many months I had off sick from work) and that I didn't think I'd ever get the chance now, even if I survived... Seeing them live at last was totally life affirming. And as of this month I'm officially in remission so Sheffield will be another personal celebration for me.