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Eamonn


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Scottbloodyfrazer wrote:

What a weird night, but in a good way.

So I was in Liverpool early doors as I went to Goodison Park for the stadium tour of my beloved Everton FC. Spent the afternoon around Liverpool chilling out, and got to Ohmeohmy around 6ish.

Quite a swaggy upper market bar, fitting in perfectly with the "posh" Strand area of the dockside. Nick walks in to the venue, talks to a few staff at the start - then "Oreet there Scott"......haha he only bloody recognises me from Twitter. Mind, im a face you wont forget in a hurry.

Without spoiling the book or the tour, I wont say too much on that - however I did manage to ask a question from the audience......

"Firstly Nick, can I just thank you for the acknowledgment to Pulp Wiki in the book - us guys who use it, and Bar Italia are grateful for your comments. Do you think that We Love Life would get the deluxe edition treatment considering there are so many unreleased songs from the aborted sessions etc".

NB - "Im only the drummer, bottom of the pile. Youre correct there are alot of songs recorded - but I cant say whether it would happen or not. Id like it to though"

Or words to that extent.....

As I am about to go queue up for the signing, I only bump into the one and only Stephen Bray from good ol' Bar Italia! A pleasent surprise and a nice conversation had whilst im huffing and puffing to Lime St Station like the big overweight oaf that I am.

My bloody train is cancelled!!!! I had to go to Manchester then to Chorley to get home. FFS.

Worth every moment? Hell yes :)

Rachel - shame you didnt make yourself apparent - never need be shy to fellow Bar Italians :) Hope you enjoyed the night.



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Great work, Scott! Don't think I'd have the confidence to publicly shame myself as a Pulp geek/Bar Italian. That's pretty awesome that he recognised you too.



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I'll be at Rough Trade!

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Me too. See ya beforehand for a colleagial drink.

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Eamonn wrote:

Me too. See ya beforehand for a colleagial drink.

 Result! Bartered with my manager for a 9-5 shift, probably because of good behaviour, so I'll have to hoof it down to Rough Trade. Hopefully I can join you too for a drink.

 

Warning. I will probably be rather sweaty.



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Once you see me, you will instantly recognise me haha. Yeah it was a 50 50 thing whether to mention bar italia and the wiki but Nick already knows of our existence - and acknowledged us, so I thought it be nice to appreciate it and thank him back. 



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He knows I'm Lipglossed on Twitter. He seemed to like that, which is nice. No shame in being a Bar Italian (is that what we call ourselves?)

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Think I saw you at Neighbourhood Weekend, Rachel

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Sarah, Violin Thing, Eammon, yeah let's have a drink!

Brick Lane Taproom is opposite Rough Trade East but it's kind of sterile and whatever the opposite of "cosy" is. Maybe The Ten Bells? Or The Pride of Spitalfields?


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Is there any Mitchells and Butlers pubs in the vicinity because I can get a 33% discount on drinks.

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Seems there are a few round Liverpool St, which is where I'm heading from anyway - but not familiar with any. Two are "All Bar One" pubs, then there's The Woodins Shades and The Magpie.

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Photos from last night. 



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Thanks for the asking The We Love Life question. Hopefully it will come up enough during this book tour he will take it back to the band. I wonder if he / Pulp are aware of the petition to release a deluxe edition? if there are so many unreleased tracks it may need a third CD!



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Hope you all had a nice time! I still can't get over how lovely Nick was in Glasgow - an absolute gent, he's got such a great stage presence and is so engaging to listen to/watch speak. With the non-Jarvis elements of Pulp there's always a copious amount of underselling going on

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I went to the Q&A in Nottingham this evening. I was unsure how many people would turn up, but the turn out was actually very decent, and there were almost no seats left when I arrived. Nick's an engaging speaker and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to him. The chat and questions didn't really bring up any surprises. Lots of interesting stuff covered, but largely things also mentioned in the book or already reported from earlier Q&As. Someone asked what is the most difficult song for him to play - he said Help the Aged, due to the short pauses, with Jarvis often saying he came in too early or late.

He opened the chat by asking whether anyone was at Pulp's first gig in Nottingham at the long forgotten Barracuda Club in 1987 (nobody was). When I got my book signed afterwards he told me he'd only remembered the Barracuda show after looking at the wiki earlier in the evening, which is nice to know.

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Will wrote:

Someone asked what is the most difficult song for him to play - he said Help the Aged, due to the short pauses, with Jarvis often saying he came in too early or late.

 Ahh - thanks for posting the answer to this question - I nearly asked it!

Glad you had a great time.



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Well, well...maybe that explains Help The Aged's non 2023 concert-fate.

Glad you enjoyed it Will and great to see you posting. Did you introduce yourself to Nick as the Wiki creator?

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Yes, I did say to Nick that I set-up the wiki. I was a bit unsure whether to mention it beforehand, but wanted to have something to say when I got my book signed. I just introduced myself and said it was me who set-up the wiki and I hoped it had been useful in jogging his memory while writing the book. He shook my hand and said that he was just looking at the site before the talk began. I always find these things a bit awkward, but I think it went okay.

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That answers another question. Was wondering did they ever play to a click live. Presumed they didn't because I thought Like A Friend fluctuated in tempo at times on the tour this year. Maybe I'm wrong. It still sounded great. A bit of a highlight for me to hear it live.
I was reading that about WLL as well with Jarvis saying they didn't want to be worrying anymore about a cymbal coming in a millisecond late or whatever so that was more organic too.
Did he ever play live to a click? The others can follow him then. I thought maybe with Help the Aged he could keep the tempo going for the others with the hihat at those short breaks so the others would know where to come back in but then with e.g. Monday Morning live i don't think those breaks were ever timed and it'd change on the night. God I sound like a bore. Anyway, question answered. Was just curious.

Edit: did notice over the years that Jarvis seems to do the counting in for a lot of the songs. 



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A couple more reviews from the monthlies (Classic Pop and Record Collector). Kind words all-round really...

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Warm reviews, though it's a shame both of them talk about Jarvis's book first!

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According to the Melody Maker article on Pulp's equipment in 1998, some tracks - little soul, glory days and seductive Barry did have a click for the live performance.

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Thanks, Sarah. Must look that up and must rewatch the performances. Now that you say it, I think (from memory) Nick wears headphones doing A Little Soul live and I think he used to always do that with Minnie Timperley as well. Can't remember with the others. Maybe when he uses those that's when he's using a click. Be easier to hear the click track with noise cancelling headphones. I think someone asked him on twitter about the in ear monitors earlier this year but they must just be listening to each other/whatever instrument they want to hear more of rather than click on those if doing HTA is a problem.

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Sarah/Weej - have you decided where you're having a drink beforehand? I finish work at 6 but it'll take at least half an hour for me to get across to Liverpool St/Brick Lane.

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Eamonn wrote:

Sarah/Weej - have you decided where you're having a drink beforehand? I finish work at 6 but it'll take at least half an hour for me to get across to Liverpool St/Brick Lane.

 I knock off work at 4 but might have to stay til 5 if it's busy, but where i work is on the District line so getting to Aldgate East is no problem. I suggest meeting at the Ten Bells. I don't think it's too far from Rough Trade. Want me to make a reservation for 6-ish?



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SarahAWilson wrote:
Eamonn wrote:

Sarah/Weej - have you decided where you're having a drink beforehand? I finish work at 6 but it'll take at least half an hour for me to get across to Liverpool St/Brick Lane.

 I knock off work at 4 but might have to stay til 5 if it's busy, but where i work is on the District line so getting to Aldgate East is no problem. I suggest meeting at the Ten Bells. I don't think it's too far from Rough Trade. Want me to make a reservation for 6-ish?

 I can be around for 6ish as well, Ten Bells sounds good!



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