With as long as he takes to do these things I might be back in LA (ba dum tss) before he potentially tours again and be able to see him! (that is jumping ahead a bit too far, I realize)
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At the moment it is a little bit like having an Adventskalender (ggogle that!) in November. Every morning, there is a little present on the Pulp facebookpage. Very nice, after starving for such a long time. This morning, there were two nice presents: Have a look!
Sorry you missed Florian, Maidmarian. But don't worry, something Pulp-related always comes up when you least expect it and I bet there'll be another chance.
The Vulture interview was really good - thanks for posting. It was like Jarvis was in the room! I was interested that he is enjoying writing - non-musical writing. Most intriguing... (rubs chin). Wonder what he's up to?
A bit late to the party... but, really excited that Jarvis is doing another record, solo or with Pulp. May i say: FINALLY. It's been what ? 200 years ?
After two very sad evenings (sitting with a bad cold at home, knowing that Jarvis is singing just 50 km ahead in Cologne) this morning I found these articles about the two sold out concerts in the Cologne Philharmony with Chilly Gonzales and Jarvis as special guest. It must have been brilliant (what else?)
Here are the parts about Jarvis: He and Gonzales know each other, because they lived in the same area in Paris. Das As, das Gonzales am Sonntagabend aus dem Ärmel schüttelt, heißt Jarvis Cocker. Der ehemalige Sänger der besten britischen Band der 90er, Pulp, ist immer noch der dünnste Tweed-Anzugträger der Welt. Angekündigt war, dass er kommt aber nicht, warum. Und so stellte sich heraus, dass Morgenrock- und Tweed-Anzugträger einst im selben Pariser Arrondissement wohnten und schon länger an einem Song-Zyklus über den kaputten Charme des alten Hollywood arbeiteten.Von dem in Köln drei Songs als Weltpremiere vorgetragen wurden, fantastisch-sarkastische Stücke. Nichts völlig Neues, wie Gonzales im Hip-Hop-gemäßen Swag verkündete, eher eine Erinnerung an die besten Jahre Randy Newmans.
They both wrote a song for a Russel-Brand comedy about an drugaddicted rockstar, which was not in the film (that sounds familiar to me!) Und nur noch getoppt von der Zugabe, zu der sich Gonzales im weißen Bademantel zu einer Udo-Jürgens-Hommage hinreißen ließ. Bevor noch einmal Jarvis Cocker für einen Song kam, den beide für eine schon vergessene Russel-Brand-Komödie um einen drogenabhängigen Rockstar komponiert hatten. Und der noch nicht einmal im Film verwendet wurde.
Philharmonie-Besucher wissen jetzt auch, warum: Zum Refrain schwillt das Stück an wie eine amerikanische Powerballade der 1980er, man kann sofort mitsingen, wenn Cocker ruft: Du fühlst dich wie ein Held, nur um in der nächsten Zeile, die wir unübersetzt lassen wollen, in die Knie zu gehen: when you're fucking on heroin. Solchen Träumen haben Cocker und Gonzales längst entsagt und etwas Besseres gefunden: die gehobene Unterhaltung. http://www.rundschau-online.de/kultur/in-der-koelner-philharmonie--chilly-gonzales-kriegt-sie-alle,15184894,29445422.html
Here are the parts about Jarvis: 3 songs inspired by old Hollywood songs
Der Sänger Jarvis Cocker, 51, und seine Band Pulp haben 1995 mit "Different Class" eines des besten Alben des Britpop herausgebracht. Stücke wie "Common People" und "Disco 2000" sind nach wie vor unwiderstehlich gut. Das alte Hollywood stand Pate
In der Philharmonie präsentierte der hoch aufgeschossene, spillerige Cocker eine Weltpremiere, drei von einem Hotel in Los Angeles und dem Musso & Frank Grill inspirierte Songs: "Tearjerker", "Bombshell" und "Icecream As Main Course". Das alte Hollywood, etwa in der verführerischen Gestalt von Jean Harlow (1911-1937), stand Pate bei den von Gonzales und Cocker imaginierten musikalischen Kurzgeschichten.
Cocker bewies, dass er seinen Sinn für szenische Theatralik nicht verloren hat. Gonzales, eigentlich der Star des Abends, hatte sich einen ebenbürtigen Partner eingeladen. Das spricht für sein Selbstbewusstsein. (Cocker proved that he hasn't lost his sense for scenic theatrics. Gonzales, the real star of the evening has invited an equal partner. That speaks for his self-confidence). Sorry for my grammer!!!!!!!!!!!
Smashing news. I was listening to the superb French 'Black Sessions' recording the other day and came to realize just how much his first record has stuck with me over Further Complications. Maybe that's because the album came after such a long drought, a Pulp-reunion still seeming impossible at that point.
I wonder if reunion-jamming will have informed any of Jarvis' new tracks, if these are not after all going to appear on a Pulp recording?
A bit late to the party... but, really excited that Jarvis is doing another record, solo or with Pulp. May i say: FINALLY. It's been what ? 200 years ?
I don't think we ever highlighted this bit from the Pitchfork interview below. The interview was published on 21 November and refers to a conversation "earlier this month", so it's a while ago.
"The iconic frontman just wrapped up a day of lyric writing at his label Rough Trades offices and hes feeling particularly inspired."
Now he's never going to commit himself to admitting to what end these lyrics are being written, but history teaches us that this is often the last, panic-driven stage of the process for him. Why in Rough Trade's offices? Does he feel the need for a change of scenery and/or someone keeping an eye on him to make sure it happens? Food for thought/rabid speculation!