Blimey:
@Mark_Beech: Prince, Suede and Pulp comeback albums this year? Just spoken to a contact who is 100% sure of all three. Bowie watch out, you are not alone
I reckon it'll be After you - it seems to have gone down really well. I'm hearing it at least once a day on 6music at the moment!
They're bound to, though. It's playlisted. Pulp are cool and Jarvis works there. Haven't heard it anywhere else since. Still, as a test to its' popularity the next step would be to perform it for a more general audience.
Great news so far - by taking the trouble to promote it (if it is official After You release) it could mean it's a potential springboard for more. When are the TV listings first printed for Sat 2nd, are some out already? Wonder if an announcement was planned in next few days, or if there are media articles/interviews in the pipeline waiting to emerge.
Sure I read something about rumours of limited edition 12" of After You on Twitter, but could be just, well, rumours, and they could well have done that anyway without high-profile TV dates etc (or as well as).
The jigsaw is coming together..........Why perform an old song when "the tour has finished".....
One thing we all need to understand, Jarvis has always been quite clever regarding how to use the media.....for example "I can catagorically deny to Teletext that there will be a Pulp reunion".....next thing was O2 Wireless was announced. Maybe he has decided on the reverse psychology method of saying "its over" etc......to generate potentially even more interest rather than "yes were making a new album"........ The later would get the die hards like us excited but to come completely unannounced and out the blue with a release could be HUGE.
Think about it........ I was personally told that they were in the studio working what .... 1 1/2 year ago or something, a rework of an old song, no "goodbye" at the end of Sheffield gig, a DVD release, its all pointing to one thing for me..........
The only twist for I could see would be to perform an old song and to promote the live DVD - but how often do artists actually use TV to do that these days?
It was this time last year that pub landlord from Sheff gave you the lowdown, I remember you saying it here.
I'd still find it pleasantly surprising if anything new beyond After You was to be properly released but a high-profile tv appearance to seemingly not plug anything else seems odd. Finishing your career on a cruise and on Jonathan Ross sits pretty bizarre.
Im discreetly enjoying all these mystery elements regarding the whole thing. I am more certain than ever that they had demo'd new material than ever before now, and more so curious regarding the " see you in the studio tomorrow " comment from another thread
Amazing, isn't it? A few days ago I accepted that Pulp were done (for now atleast), and now all this happens. I just don't know what to expect anymore.
It was just as odd to go on us tv and really have nothing to promote. For some reason I remember Jarvis once on some radio show mention how pathetic it is to see old acts on stage. This might just be a way to do what u love and not look like the 'old' fools. Less attention
The difference being, they were touring at the time - they also had US gigs to promote so a tv appearence would have been a nice touch. This is seriously out the blue, I cant see any other reason as to why to do it - the dvd will not be ready yet, so I cant see it to be promoting that.
I think May was slated for the DVD and even that might be hopeful (y'know how Pulp are with delaying stuff). I'd be surprised if the appearance was for that.
Blimey I don't check the site for two days and then was watching Wossy and got a shock when he said Pulp would be on next week! Though they've been touring on and off since 2011 I really wasn't expecting anything to happen. I wonder will there really be a new album. Cool.
It was just as odd to go on us tv and really have nothing to promote. For some reason I remember Jarvis once on some radio show mention how pathetic it is to see old acts on stage. This might just be a way to do what u love and not look like the 'old' fools. Less attention
You say and think stuff when you're younger then when you reach that point you feel differently. Didn't he once say he'd stop performing when he was forty?
Willwiki recently uploaded to youtube the last Pulp performance on Jonathan Ross - Jarvis and Candida playing Birds In Your Garden in 2001. I think he had some inside knowledge ;)
I saw Madness on it last weekend and actually thought to myself it was a pity that Pulp hadn't done a bit more UK tv in their reunion like they did in America.
So will it be Disco 2000 or After You?
Is the interview with Jarvis kicking around anywhere from this appearance?