Ah forgot DYWMA, too sad they never played it in the UK last year. They also rehearsed Love Is Blind by the way!

I was the same, I wanted pre not post-Different Class songs as I saw them live so many times first time around. Still gutted I haven't heard OU live

Thinking about it, I left the Motorpoint with much more a sense of 'wow' than Brixton thought that's due to the slightly emotional ending. But that's not to say Brixton was my best concert of my life up until then.

For me personally - Wireless was quite exciting, as I had not been to Hyde Park before, and it was the first time I would get to hear more or less all of Different Class live. There was an element of dissapointment with no encore, and very little in the way of His n Hers / WLL. The morning after came the announcement of Brixton !!! Slept in a nice hotel too!

Brixton night one... seen the intro before, still sends shivers down my spine - especially when you are literally crushed at the front with PQ and her mates....to hear Countdown, OU, Wickerman, Bad Cover Version, Have You Seen Her Lately, Razzmatazz, Lipgloss alongside other songs that had been played prior - this to me was the far superior gig as it was indoors, intimate, and sounded fucking amazing where as Hyde Park the audio was in and out all the time. To top it off I slept in a converted warehouse that had mini flats inside, and it was in a very run down state - bit like a squat, however it was fun !

Sheffield - a weird feeling about this one, "the last" pulp gig - once again met up with PQ, her fella who is a top bloke, Richard, Tegan, two other lasses cant remember their names but they were able to out drink me haha. The notices on the walls "this concert is recorded etc"......the christmas cards..... and for this gig I was in the upper balcony seats - however not once was I ever parked on my ass ! For me, the setlist was a little bit dissapointing - a huge void of His n Hers material again - but with it being a homecoming, I suppose it was apt for it to be Different Class orientated. Am I odd for actually not being a huge fan of Different Class? A little Soul, My Lighthouse, Little Girl were all HUGE surprises for me, and also Born To Cry - Sheffield Sex City was predictable, and what a stormer of a song that turned out to be.

Out of the 3 gigs, Brixton was the most exciting. Wireless was overwhelming as it was "the comeback", and Sheffield was as if "it hadnt finished yet"......didnt seem final.

dixie999 wrote:

 Am I odd for actually not being a huge fan of Different Class? 

No.  I prefer His 'n' Hers, Hardcore and Intro (even if it's not a proper album).  It's not that I dislike Different Class, I think it is a great album, but the others matter far more to me.  I like it more than We Love Life and Spearations, but not by that much.

The Brixton gig was incredible as a fan, but RAH was a really good event and although the set wasn't quite as good, I think it was probably better for those who aren't so obsessive.  My first (and only ) wife said it was the best gig she'd ever seen, and from what I overheard from people leaving there was more avid discussion of the gig than the Brixton one.  A lot of people went for the cause as much as the band and from what I heard they were very impressed.

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dixie999 wrote:

 Am I odd for actually not being a huge fan of Different Class? 

No.  I prefer His 'n' Hers, Hardcore and Intro (even if it's not a proper album).  It's not that I dislike Different Class, I think it is a great album, but the others matter far more to me.  I like it more than We Love Life and Spearations, but not by that much.

 

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 I subscribe to a theory that enjoyment of a song/album follows the formula:

enjoyment = innate quality / exposure

where innate quality is obviously in the eye of the beholder. So if I hear Disco 2000 come on the radio, my heart sinks a little, then I remember that I do really like the song, just maybe not quite enough for the amount of times I've heard it. Conversely hearing more of a rarity is more of a novelty and may produce a more positive response than it might really merit - maybe it was a rarity for a reason! But if you also add in any personal significance something might have for you, that would skew the result, so maybe we need:

enjoyment = (innate quality x personal significance^2) / exposure

Obviously I love all the songs from Different Class I reckon it's more a feeling of wanting to hear some different songs live as DC has been played live a lot. I suppose though, is they did drop some different class for something else then we'd pick fault elsewhere. Glastonbury was my favourite for shere excitement & atmosphere. Brixton in terms of what they played & how well they played it. The bar was set high with Brixton but Albert Hall & Sheffield follow very closely behind.

Other shows that looked amazing from where I was sitting were LA & radio city music hall - that's an almost perfect setting for Pulp with its grand stage & sweeping curtains.

Well, I'm beginning to doubt it again now.

It was all looking so promising, but this silence isn't good. You'd think an album announcement would come off the back of After You, but it already feels as though too much time has passed.

Seems like Wossy may have just asked 'em to do it 'cos he likes 'em and now they've all gone back to their day jobs. If they were recording at the moment and speculation was rife that a new album would be coming out I'm sure that Jarvis would have been papped, or just iPhoned, entering a recording studio by now.

I'm the only one who thinks the cruise wasn't a weird thing aren't I? Oh dear. I just think the sailing off into the sunset thing was quite apt! (I'm not saying that there being a festival on a cruise isn't weird.) but then they come back and do more things and then leave us hanging again! I can't cope!

I don't think they're that influenced by the fickle nature of modern commercial musical trends which are dictated to teenagers and fans of karaoke tv. The singles charts are an abomination these days - bands, new or established, barely get a look-in anymore.

The track got great reviews, decent airplay on digital and alternative radio and a smattering across the main channels. All for an old song re-done. Can't imagine how anyone would be gutted at that.

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If they were recording at the moment and speculation was rife that a new album would be coming out I'm sure that Jarvis would have been papped, or just iPhoned, entering a recording studio by now.

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Surely Jarvis has fingers in so many pies these days - producing Serafina Steer, all the various spoekn word bits and bobs that appear, kids' stories and what have you, vocals for the likes of Discodeine and Erol Alkan ... - that merely being seen near a recording studio need not have any great significance and set off any media frenzies? Or am I being too logical, the media don't need a reason for a frenzy after all.