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Just got back to Manchester, much to the delight of my dog.

After umming and arrrinng all week (I already have Finsbury to attend, plus Castlefield will be on my doorstep), the online hysteria from you lot finally became too much this afternoon. I decided as late as possible to take the plunge and arrange to buy a ticket on the door from someone on Facebook, before driving for two and half hours to the gig. I left at 6pm, giving me just barely enough time to arrive for 8.45pm. Despite a few issues en route such as getting stuck behind tractors I made it and found some street parking very close to the venue.

The band were simply sensational. It was such a confident performance that you felt like they hadn't been away at all, let alone over a decade. They had clearly been rehearsing for some time, and the investment in bits such as the string group (who were fantastic) showed a desire to give something back to the fans and set a precedent of wanting to put on a world-class show. The crowd themselves were playfully lairy and in great spirits, it was a lovely atmosphere in the Spa and later on the streets and in the bars.

For me, due to having the same long drive back to Manchester it would be my first Pulp gig sober, having just a few shandies. I'm glad I've seen them sober for once, and can bank those great memories. I've afforded myself the chance to let my hair down with some vinos at future gigs on the tour this Summer without The Fear of the tour ending and me having only blotchy recollections .

F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E, Weeds, and DYRTFT were the big stand outs tonight. They were great. Whilst anticipating it, I'm chuffed to have witnessed the debut of After You.

I was surprised at no pre-1994 material, but there are plenty more gigs to come, and it made sense to kick things off with a hit-laden.night. The setlist was packed full of big hits but still omitted some (Trees, Help The Aged), a reminder of the quality in depth the band possess. I can't wait to see how they mix it up from here. I anticipate the festivald will have more going on (the Neon lights of 2012 perhaps, and maybe longer sets with more twists.

It's going to be on hell of a Summer.



-- Edited by Barcroft on Saturday 27th of May 2023 03:11:04 AM

 

As you say, such a depth of material that there's fairly mainstream songs they can't fit in even without including anything more obscure. It's a bit less DC heavy that the last tour if anything, pretty much the whole album came out for most shows that time, this time 8/12. The double Weeds was a wonderful surprise. Pink Glove has had a promotion, much to my delight. There seemed to be less effects, relying more heavily just on the quality of the music, which is totally up to that. There must have been a hell of a lot of work there, 3 new musicians to learn all the songs and work out new arrangements for them and the amazing string section. There were the pretty lasers in sorted, an upgrade from the green one last time, and some confetti but other than that, just basic different coloured lighting, the classic red for Hardcore. I survived going down the front, just about - in front of Mark. Thought I might have a broken toe last night after someone jumped on it during Disco 2000, seems fine today though. I tried the front at a Jarv Is ... gig and the crowd was very civilised, lulled me into a false sense of security. Great experience though. I think that's as good as I've ever seen them. Jarv's voice has seemed a bit dodgy occasionally lately, but not yesterday. We did get a pretty convincing taster with She's a Lady at Jarv Is ... - they opened with it pretty explosively. Less chatter between the songs too, still plenty but doesn't go on forever. A few on this day's. Didn't dwell that long on the Steve part, but I imagine they would all just disintegrate if they did, especially this being the first time without him. Still completely profound enough though. Feel like I've got a hangover today, but only had one glass of wine, so it's just from all the excitement and maybe the getting back to York at nearly 3am.



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Just want to say thanks for these reports from the US <3

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I'm over the moon that I got my wish and a string section has been used. If Death Comes To Town gets played then 100% we have a spy on here lol.

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I found it all hard to take in & it's taken me this long to process it all.

I was fairly near the front to begin with but after getting a few shoves from "lads" acting like knobheads, i decided to bail out & go a bit futher back

Everyone was packed in so tightly it was difficult to find another decent spot where the sound was to my liking. So i ended up being a bit distracted for a couple of songs.

The sound... was HUGE! There must have been about 25 people on stage. The string section is a lovely touch.

Lovely to see them joined by members of Jarv Is as well. The place erupted for Disco 2000 & you could see whatever nerves they may have had just fall away. Their faces were beaming.

Mark seemed to be acting as quite the showman which was a lot of fun!

Some nice songs in the set... Weeeeeeeeeeeds! Plus Origin Of The Species was great to hear again. They've really ramped up the volume on the chorus on FEELINGCALLEDLOVE. After You was outstanding. I have never been a huge fan of Glory Days but this version was canny... speeded up a bit & with the sentiment of the lyrics, it makes a good closer.

I suppose there'll be some jazzy stage set for the bigger shows & some kind of 'reveal' if they are opening with I Spy every night.

Bridlington Spa is a fantastic venue. Plenty of facilities & the staff are friendly & helpful. Brid it's self is a great place to visit too, it"s like stepping back in time in places!

My only complaint is that it took us 2 hours to get a taxi, meaning it was 3am when one finally turned up. The locals were saying that's pretty much the norm!

So if anyone wants a business venture... go run a taxi in Bridlington.


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Did Jarvis utter the immortal "Offer money in exchange for sex and get a taxi home" line? I can't remember....but I do recall him saying "Do your dance...do your funny little dance"...

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Same happened with us re: the taxis, there were quite a few people waiting around frustrated after ones they booked didn't show or were massively late. 

I personally could always take or leave Weeds but it was done well and know quite a few others wouldve been happy to hear it, so no complaints here.

I thought Glory Days worked well as a closer too but I thought he'd segued into the words for Cocaine Socialism at one point! Prob just my brain playing tricks on me as I probably listen to the latter more.



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No judgement - it was their first gig in 10 years and they were playing some songs for the very first time - but there were several moments throughout the show where Jarv missed/forgot his lyrics. He missed a chunk of lyrics in Glory Days and the band had to play catch up. First night nerves, I'd imagine. They'll sort it over the course of the tour, I'm sure.

Most folks probably wouldn't notice, but I can't expect Jarvis to know his songs better than I do. He's sane.

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I remember you saying you hate Weeds with a passion before - did that performance change your mind at all?!

I dont know if their use of a large string section is a spoiler at this stage but if so, I'll keep this in here; is anyone excited as to what the song-possibilities may be opened-up by this musician collective? Maybe we'll finally hear Happy Endings as it was supposed to be ("And the orchestra begins to make a sound") - I think if some subtle strings were added to the Auto 2002 version of Happy Endings, you might just have a winner.


They could also bring the full 60s Walker Brothers soaring sound to live versions of Birds and Bad Cover...we've never heard those ones live like that. In fact a fair bit of We Love Life lends itself well to augmented strings - Trees, Wickerman, maybe even Roadkill.

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Simply Fuss Free wrote:

No judgement - it was their first gig in 10 years and they were playing some songs for the very first time - but there were several moments throughout the show where Jarv missed/forgot his lyrics. He missed a chunk of lyrics in Glory Days and the band had to play catch up. First night nerves, I'd imagine. They'll sort it over the course of the tour, I'm sure.

Most folks probably wouldn't notice, but I can't expect Jarvis to know his songs better than I do. He's sane.


Weeds II was a little bit shorter than it was meant to be, I thought. I don't think it was intentionally shortened. The "Care for some weed?" part - was that there?

Glory Days - I didn't hear any Cocaine Socialism being sung. Did he skip "My face is unappealing..." and go straight to the I Ching? I thought the latter half of the song was pretty sturdy - could be wrong though.

The way he started it - sitting on the blocks contemplatively at the front - what a performer. Absolutely unreal.

 I have a few other thoughts:

  • I Spy, such a riveting opener. Spent most of it with my hands over my mouth in a state of awe. When Jarvis came to the front and went "It's just like in the old days!" - huge cheer.
  • Disco 2000 - the clapping trick - really fun and a nice way to kick things off
  • Dishes - really glad they gave it a moment in the sun. I know Jarvis is fond of it but he also sang it really really well
  • Pink Glove - very warmly received by the crowd, and rightly so! Glad they're still playing His 'n' Hers tracks
  • The transition from Weeds II into FEELING was incredible, so smooth and tight
  • DYRTFT? - HUGE roar from the crowd when he announced it, the biggest reception of any song so far. Glad they didn't open with it because it's incredible powerful towards the end of the main set. Clearly a song much-adored.
  • Like a Friend - really, very glad that this has been promoted to a setlist staple, it's absolutely magical live with the intimate intro. Noticed Mark was playing guitar during that intro whereas it used to be just Jarvis
  • Common People - "what song have we not played yet?" - I heard so many song names being shouted! I don't think Jarvis himself anticipated that! 
  • Mis-Shapes - really glad they haven't gone and ditched it again, it's brilliant live
  • Glory Days - when push comes to shove, possibly the highlight of the whole set. It was absolutely incredible.


-- Edited by lipglossed on Sunday 28th of May 2023 03:25:45 PM



-- Edited by lipglossed on Sunday 28th of May 2023 03:26:26 PM

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Eamonn wrote:

I remember you saying you hate Weeds with a passion before - did that performance change your mind at all?!

I dont know if their use of a large string section is a spoiler at this stage but if so, I'll keep this in here; is anyone excited as to what the song-possibilities may be opened-up by this musician collective? Maybe we'll finally hear Happy Endings as it was supposed to be ("And the orchestra begins to make a sound") - I think if some subtle strings were added to the Auto 2002 version of Happy Endings, you might just have a winner.


They could also bring the full 60s Walker Brothers soaring sound to live versions of Birds and Bad Cover...we've never heard those ones live like that. In fact a fair bit of We Love Life lends itself well to augmented strings - Trees, Wickerman, maybe even Roadkill.


Trees with full strings is a good one. You also get Hardcore with the full End of the Line intro (that was absolutely stellar, one of those moments where you just close your eyes and let the music wash over you, the bit where it all gets tuned awry and Nick comes in on those drums... amazing).

I can imagine a lot of His 'n' Hers lends itself well to strings; Acrylic Afternoons, for example. Maybe 59 Lyndhurst Grove would also work well?

God, imagine if they play Seductive Barry. With strings and all the bells and whistles.



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Acrylic...now you're talking. Over the last couple of months I must have watched the MTV semi-acoustic performance of it a dozen times. When people used to say they way prefer HnH to DC I didn't geddit but AA has that sweet spot of odd, inventive and catchy that is irresistible. Chris Thomas gave them pop-sheen in 1995 but they had that idiosyncratic wonder from '92-94 that is unbeatable in a way (not quite the same but the only comparison of art-pop I can think of is Roxy Music with Eno and afterwards).

 

My favourite on HnH is Have You Seen Her Lately though, I loved the Reunion#1 version of it, and I hope they dust it off again.

Good point about DYRTFT working really well mid-set. I couldn't believe how the place was bouncing to it so much, I felt very proud to be a Pulp-head. You forget even some of their non-hits still pack a punch amongst casuals (and although Remember wasn't exactly a hit, it wasn't a 'miss' either as it was their first Top 40 entry and they were on the way up, not down).

 

Pink Glove shares DYRTFTs consistent propulsion throughout which again, lends itself really well to folk who may not know it. I'm trying to think of other non-hit energetic  Pulp songs that would fit that category and that they would win over a festival crowd with....She's A Lady? Live On? We Are The Boyz? Sylvia? Minnie Timperley?



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Eamonn wrote:

Pink Glove shares DYRTFTs consistent propulsion throughout which again, lends itself really well to folk who may not know it. I'm trying to think of other non-hit energetic  Pulp songs that would fit that category and that they would win over a festival crowd with....She's A Lady? Live On? We Are The Boyz? Sylvia? Minnie Timperley?


Live On... A lad can dream!

Lipgloss? Razzmatazz? Party Hard? Joyriders? All of those are a bit more well-known, though.

We Can Dance Again?



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Joyriders, maybe but is a bit jerky and a...creepy last section! Razz live never works for me, the slow-verse with Jarvis on acoustic guitar and the chorus never quite catches fire. If they played it more like the studio type that would be something else. Yes to all the others though.

I thought Party Hard was a shoe-in for an encore slot t'other night.

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Eamonn wrote:

Joyriders, maybe but is a bit jerky and a...creepy last section! Razz live never works for me, the slow-verse with Jarvis on acoustic guitar and the chorus never quite catches fire. If they played it more like the studio type that would be something else. Yes to all the others though.

I thought Party Hard was a shoe-in for an encore slot t'other night.


 See, I remember Freaks, Weeds, Mis-Shapes describing Joyriders as being like the most straight-up Britpoppy thing they ever did, what with those guitars. At least the outro is easy to catch on and sing...

Yeah, I'm not really convinced on Razzmatazz live either, at least from the recordings I've heard. I should confess that though I do really like some parts of it, overall I'm a bit cooler on it than most Pulp fans I think. Some bits of it are witty and fun, but the "you started getting fatter..." stuff is a bit mean, not really like Pulp. A tad like Catcliffe Shakedown.



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Aye I was highly anticipating Party Hard in the encores, as well as, for some reason (and I've just thought how class it would sound with the strings & extra percussion) OU.

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Eamonn wrote:

I remember you saying you hate Weeds with a passion before - did that performance change your mind at all?!


 

I don't hate it (nor any Pulp song, really. Hell, I even like "This Boys Evil" when I am in the right mood) but Weeds is in the lower quarter my personal league table. Lyrically I think its quite interesting, I just don't much like the chorus.

 

It's always plays better live than on the album. 

 

On Friday Jarvis opted not to sing the drawn-out "WEEEEEEEDDDDDSSSSS" bit, which is precisely the bit I don't like and have whinged about on this very site. I think the string section were filling in for that??? Anyway it had me thinking he's taking notes from my silly posts, which is a bit frightening to consider. 

 

 

 



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Ha, yeah, it was the elongated "Weeds" bit I was thinking about that you didn't like. Did you say it was like a squealing pig or something?! The shit I remember from this forum...disbelief

I thought the version in Brid sounded muscular (ironically) and I admire the balls of them to go straight into Weeds II (did they always do this in 2001/02?).



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I wonder if they'll revive Party Hard and any other songs from Hardcore this tour.

I was going through the last reunion on setlist.fm, looking at which songs they played so that I can keep running score as the tour progresses, and make comparisons - Weeds got me thinking, there might be more tracks that haven't been heard since Auto or longer.

Anyway, did you know that at one show last time round, they actually sound-checked 'TV Movie'? It never actually got played, but it must've been rehearsed, at the very least! Jarvis must be fond of it, because I don't think any Pulp fans have been particularly clamouring for it, but it'd be an interesting one nonetheless.

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OU would have been and would be amazing, I can but dream.
Do wonder if they'll resurrect Wickerman and Sheffield: Sex City for the Sheffield dates, but who
knows. I guess the Friday night setlist will give a taste for the Sat.

Re Glory Days - maybe he didn't actually mash it up with Cocaine Socialism - to be fair I was pretty tired and emotional by then (in the literal sense!). It was the "you can be just what you want to be..." I think I thought I heard, but it was prob just me!

As for Weeds, while it'd never be top of my personal list, I knew it'd go down well with many there (though those around me seemed a bit perplexed, even more so for Like A Friend and After You!) it sounded pretty good and I was just so happy to be there. It's hardly Tunnel I guess...

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There's no Russ this time so no excuse for a lack of Hardcore.

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Party Hard in Waz tonight? We will see...

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The press is in:

www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/pulp-jarvis-cocker-2023-tour-review-bridlington/~:text=The%20voice%20has%20grown%20richer,romance%20and%20kitchen%20sink%20drama.

5 stars, but a slightly duff review (of course it's the Torygraph), calls Jarvis's vocals "weedily thin on top" (they weren't! he was by all accounts better on the high notes than he's been in donkeys' years) and says the crowd left sanging "the final encore of Mis-Shapes". So clueless!

They sounded happy enough with it though. I just hope Jarvis hasn't taken in the whole of that vocal comment - they did say he was richer on the deep end. "He appeared untouched by time" is a nice one to blag about, though! 



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Five stars is ace - can't read full thing though as not a subscriber.  To be honest there wasn't THAT much glitter and crushed velvet considering, though in the long taxi slog I did spot an amazing retro patterned dress I was pretty jealous of that was fittingly mid-90s-Pulp. 

Surprised not to see more reviews in the nationals really - maybe they're waiting for the bigger-city-friendly dates.



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ChasingNewspapers wrote:

Five stars is ace - can't read full thing though as not a subscriber.  To be honest there wasn't THAT much glitter and crushed velvet considering, though in the long taxi slog I did spot an amazing retro patterned dress I was pretty jealous of that was fittingly mid-90s-Pulp. 

Surprised not to see more reviews in the nationals really - maybe they're waiting for the bigger-city-friendly dates.


 Oh no, I'm not a subscriber either! I just clicked on it and it let me read it fine for some reason?



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