Someone has dropped out so we have 1 spare seating ticket (and not the best seat in the house either, it is right at the back!) I am willing to sell at face value (£34.50) to whom ever comes along first.
what happened to paralysed from the neck down? Go on Fred, it's about time you went to a pulp gig
Stephen wrote:
what happened to paralysed from the neck down? Go on Fred, it's about time you went to a gig
Are you two mind melding?
It was merely a joke to avoid answering the question properly. Real answer: mildly crippling social anxiety. I got the shakes today when I put myself forward for the ticket. Really.
Sorry Weed, you've got a basket case on your hands.
-- Edited by fredthe3rd on Friday 3rd of August 2012 03:07:01 AM
I've been wrestling with wether it's socially acceptable to travel to another city for a gig on my own...
I went to New York alone and I was amazed how many people were there alone. On both nights. When I mentioned to some friends, the reply was "well, it is PULP! Not many people care about them!"
what happened to paralysed from the neck down? Go on Fred, it's about time you went to a gig
I agree
It'll be quite easy to accomodate Fred with us from the Newcastle whatever. If he's disabled then we just book a space on the train for him. I'm sure he knows better than us what he'll need at the venue & can sort that out for himself. If he isn't disabled, then it was a very dark joke ... but fair doos - I've done worse!
It was merely a joke to avoid answering the question properly. Real answer: mildly crippling social anxiety. I got the shakes today when I put myself forward for the ticket. Really.
-- Edited by fredthe3rd on Friday 3rd of August 2012 03:07:01 AM
Hi Fred - you should feel right at home with a bunch of Pulp fans then, I think that describes a lot of us. I get anxiety attacks just posting on here sometimes, what if I annoy someone by mistake, they probably all just think I'm an idiot/weird/not sufficiently knowledgeable and fanny/prefers having a seat to moshing/too old/other *
*delete as applicable
It'll be really good to see you in Sheff in December. Remember the recurrent theme that everyone on this board is really nice.
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We'll use the one thing we've got more of, that's our minds.
I'll be going by myself too, I don't know anyone who likes Pulp. Fortunately I'm moving from London to Huddersfield soon so it won't be too far to travel.
Because the audience at a Pulp gig are so nice, it's no problem to see them on your own. Although I was with other people, I wanted to be nearer the front so watched them on my own at Glasto 98, Leeds 2000 and Auto!
Liltman, you say that the audience are 'so nice' but I was punched by some of this nice audience last year at Brixton and earlier this year a girl I was with at the front was assaulted by the same nice audience.
Really? That's not good. They have always generally had a nice crowd compared to other bands in my experience. Although, having said that, they've become 'cool' again so the rise in possible scum levels might have something to do with it, maybe?
I dunno, the lads who did the assaulting seemed to know a lot of the songs very well judging by the nosie they made. They were just disgusting creatures regardless of whether they were Pulp fans or not.
The lot I'm on about were overweight middle-aged yobbish looking people, chanting his name for about half an hour non-stop beforehand. Really annoying, and I hadn't seen people like that at his or Pulp gigs since they were huge. I could tell there were quite a few dickheads at Wireless last year and avoided going too far in as that's where they were headed
Watched them on my own a couple of times. Leeds 2000 was one & another in 2001. It was alright. There was one guy at Brixton last year I had to walk away from because I WANTED to punch him. His manners were apalling. We just moved away and everything was lovely after all.
I'd second that the crowd at Brixton were far better than Hyde Park. I noted afterwards that I appeared to be standing in a big pool of mud & it hadn't been raining... Oh that would be the guys behind us then that were just pissing all over the place.
I don't mean to complain. Audiences at Pulp shows are actually really nice in general. There are some bands & some venues that seem to feed bad behaviour & Pulp are definately not one.
-- Edited by weed on Saturday 4th of August 2012 01:36:10 AM
I saw them by myself at Brixton the second night. I was night at the front and the crowd were top class, me and the guy next to me singing our hearts out to The Trees. I'm sure there were some knobs at Brixton, but the audience were amazing compared to Hyde Park (I'm sure I've told you of those Italian girls wearing Jarvis masks, forcing their way to the barrier by pretending to be ill, then trying to get the bouncers to throw me out as i was being pressed against them and they said i was TRYING to hurt them. Got my own back by emptying an entire bottle of water over their heads at the end of the gig, mind)
I go to every gig on my own, partly cos I've got no one else to go with and partly cos I prefer it that way to dragging someone only partially interested along to witness my temporary insantity near the front. But I always meet plenty of nice people when I get there. So Fred, no excuses get your unparalysed arse down to Sheffield.
translation: Pack a sweater (right?). Why is it called a sweater anyway? presumably your anything but sweaty if the weather is cold enough to have to wear one
