Not YouTube but this is good:

https://twitter.com/Pulp_Nights/status/754272267643842560

Scottbloodyfrazer wrote:

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How good is DYRTFT? !!!!!

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 I'm increasingly of the opinion that it's the best thing they've ever done.

Absolutely rock-solid pop song from a structural point of view, interesting vocal hook, incredible emotionally resonant instrumental, cinematic and dramatic scope, perfectly-judged lyrics (including vibrator reference), wears its Buller production well, a staple of live shows and always an absolute riot, and crucially hasn't worn in the way that 'Babies' and 'Disco 2000' have; it's somehow fresher than both, more vital, still has that incomparable frisson of fizzing energy at the start, the fabulous build-up and release at the climax, and the staccato guitar of the ending.

 

In my view, the two sessions they did for MTV Most Wanted in '95 capture that era at its absolute best despite Jarvis' rather questionable PJ Harvey quip):

-- Edited by Sturdy on Thursday 12th of October 2023 10:05:56 AM

He looks a shell of a person there.

Yes, I think someone on Twitter or here linked those before, but they're great to see. I'm reading Nick's book at the moment and just at the bit where he talks about their early success in France. It's pretty magic, those kids hanging on to Jarvis' every word, many not understanding what he was saying (without an interpreter)!

Eamonn wrote:

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He looks a shell of a person there.

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God, he does.

Here's a weird one. About 5 minutes of one of the V96 shows, pro quality, shot from the front of the stage, but focussing mainly on the crowd. Sound is a bit borked as well. My guess is it must either be footage for a news clip, or maybe just images for the big screens by the stage.

 

Oh and happy new year!

 

-- Edited by Sturdy on Monday 1st of January 2024 07:08:33 PM

Sturdy wrote:

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Here's a weird one. About 5 minutes of one of the V96 shows, pro quality, shot from the front of the stage, but focussing mainly on the crowd. Sound is a bit borked as well. My guess is it must either be footage for a news clip, or maybe just images for the big screens by the stage.

 

Oh and happy new year!

 

-- Edited by Sturdy on Monday 1st of January 2024 07:08:33 PM

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 Clips like this destroy me, they really were just like us, my generation at our age

Funny how it all falls away. Nah, face it. You are young.

Somehow I've never properly explored that All Seeing I album. I love the Human League & am quite fond of Phil Oakey so I guess I should check it out - although, I guess this is the only song he appears on? Mad to think that Jarvis' last top ten hit was in 1999 with Walk Like A Panther and it actually hung around the top 20/40 for a few weeks - i.e a bona fide hit with radio-play. It's surprising that he's never performed it solo/with Jarv Is... it would go down an absolute storm.

Anyway, here is half a holy grail. Babies from the Princes Trust gig, December 1994 (the link features all the artists who performed at this event - skip to 24:30 for Babies with some preamble with Jonathan Ross, Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer - including an excellent anagram joke). The real holy grail from this show, We Can Dance Again was apparently performed too, tantalisingly never broadcast but very possibly recorded.

Great rendition of Babies though, with real quality footage. I had just been chatting to Sturdy that I'd never heard this performance so he shared the audio and I checked to see if it was on Youtube but this was only uploaded a few weeks ago! I used to have a poster of Jarvis hanging on my wall and he was in a loose-fitted black shirt, playing an electric guitar and I often wondered what gig it was from. Now I know!

Eamonn wrote:

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Somehow I've never properly explored that All Seeing I album. I love the Human League & am quite fond of Phil Oakey so I guess I should check it out - although, I guess this is the only song he appears on? Mad to think that Jarvis' last top ten hit was in 1999 with Walk Like A Panther and it actually hung around the top 20/40 for a few weeks - i.e a bona fide hit with radio-play. It's surprising that he's never performed it solo/with Jarv Is... it would go down an absolute storm.

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That's the only song he features on. I would certainly recommend checking the album out. You have presumably heard the singles but there's also "Drive Safely Darlin'", a fun song with vocals from Jarvis, "Stars on Sunday", a ballad written by Jarvis and sung by Tony Christie. "Happy Birthday Nicola" (also written by Jarvis and sung by Christie) is quite interesting - Daddy reunited with long-lost daughter who was the product of a one night stand. Other than that, out of the songs which don't feature Jarvis in any way, "No Return" is a ballad that takes its backing directly from the choral loop from the preceding "Walk Like a Panther". Similarly, the closing track "Plastic Diamond" has the same backing music as "Happy Birthday Nicola" but with Babybird providing spoken verses. I can't say I rate any of the other tracks too highly but there's certainly a very mixed bag on there.

Not Pulp, nor a clip, but it is extremely rare so I felt I had to share in case any other Cohen-heads in here have loved this cover as much as I do. Some of you may remember this being played as the encore on the Room 29 tour in 2017 - I've long prayed for a studio version, and it turns out one exists! Just don't ask how I got it.
Enjoy! 

amazing ! love this song.
how you got it ?

Eamonn wrote:

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Wow, great work! Yes, I really enjoyed their cover at the Room 29 show at the Barbican a few years ago. It made me get the sheet music and have a go of it on the piano.

It's always weird hearing the studio version of a Jarvis vocal after hearing it live first. As if his vocal is a little more affected and less natural. But then hearing the studio takes of a Jarvis song first, the vocal usually feels pretty natural (or naturally Jarvis)!

Loving Chilly's little piano rolls at the end of certain phrases on this, too.

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Interesting thoughts about the live vocal! The version I've gotten to know best was the live recording from Hamburg uploaded by alicecoopacabana on Youtube and there's something so (?) energised and very heartfelt about it compared to the studio one I've got now. Not moaning!! They're just different. Both remarkable. The song is just feeding off the live audience in Hamburg in a way you probably cannot capture in a studio. The whistling is a nice touch on the studio one, and I definitely wouldn't really be able to walk around town with the low-quality Hamburg audio in headphones.

Best thing about the post-everything ("Irony is over....buh-bye") culture (also as in "post everything you can think of!!!") is that there are some very funny, mostly young and talented people that post the most random Pulp-content to social-media, some of whom are dear Bar Italians, cough-cough.

I just stumbled across this person bastardising popular US adult cartoons with their obscure Pulp love and it deserves a lorra lolz.

Back in the day, a friend of mine got a kick out of how much I used to go on about how awful the song ''Silence" was. He had no real interest in Pulp but he was a DJ and would try and teach me how to cue and mix songs on his decks. He'd always threaten to do it with Silence ("Play that song 'Hang The DJ' by Morrissey and then at the end, we can have Jarvis saying "Goodbye" from the end of 'Silence'. That can be your closing song for an indie club!!")

So these silly clips tickled me...

Family Guy - love how he even managed to re-voice, presumably the name "Lois" to "Jarvis" 

 

The choice to use a quick cut of Candida with her fingers down on a chord is perfect here...

And, finally, an excellent megaphone-redistribution on another obscurity here:

South Park
https://twitter.com/WTLNetwork/status/1746250306780807181

youtu.be/H1wGUPYoK5A

(soz if i posted this wrong i'm not forum savvy) Very low quality short film with jarv doing some actually ok acting

Great stuff, don't think I'd seen that bit of their Zig & Zag performance before.

Eamonn wrote:

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Tantalising opening footage of the This Is Hardcore launch at the Hilton:

https://twitter.com/paulburgessmr/status/1772308423603798039

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 What a tease- hope he uploads the full event someday 

The performance of "The Night that Minnie Timperley Died" from Reading 2000 has found its way onto YouTube:



"This is Hardcore" and "The Fear" are already on there. I think that "Sorted for E's and Wizz" was also broadcast but it doesn't appear to have been uploaded.

These are quite interesting because you can see the video backdrops that accompanied the songs.

Let's face it: "Minnie", "Weeds", "Bad Cover Version", "Birds in Your Garden" or even a censored "Bob Lind" would have made a better single than "The Trees".

I found a video a few days ago. They performed "Babies" at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala in 1994

lucy64020 wrote:

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I found a video a few days ago. They performed "Babies" at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala in 1994

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 Fabulous, utterly fabulous.

I was listening to Jarvis at Galerie Chappe in 2009, and found this video. He dances with a group of kids. Jarvis is the best frontman!

-- Edited by lucyduck on Tuesday 22nd of October 2024 07:07:49 PM

heatherwealthy wrote:

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Not Pulp, nor a clip, but it is extremely rare so I felt I had to share in case any other Cohen-heads in here have loved this cover as much as I do. Some of you may remember this being played as the encore on the Room 29 tour in 2017 - I've long prayed for a studio version, and it turns out one exists! Just don't ask how I got it.
Enjoy! 

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WOW ! great stuff. I love Chilly & Jarv, really one of the best record he's ever done, like ever; I hope they do another one someday; 

Frisko - its from the Hits DVD.

Ah thanks. I have never owned the hits dvd or the tv madness thing, seems like a ball:) 

I'm sold, ordered it up today:)

Just found a very rare video "The Tree" which is on ITV on September 8, 2001

 

That was on CD:UK right ? The interview that followed with Ant, Dec and Cat was pretty awkward as I recall. But I remember being so excited to see my first bit of Pulp TV promo as a fan.

Hasn't surfaced on YouTube over the years from what I can tell.

Hugo, our man in Mexico.

I think that the lyrics for the very-extended version of "Live Bed Show" were improvised and changed every day.

weej wrote:

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Who is it here who does the upscaled/restored videos? Because I would like a few tips.

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 Sorry didn't read this til now - you can DM me

I've uploaded the 2001 appearance on CD:UK to YouTube. It includes a performance of The Trees and an interview with Jarvis. It's not been uploaded previously as far as I can see.

The version of The Trees further up this thread is mislabelled. It's not from CD:UK but rather the Pepsi Chart Show. It is from around the same time and quite similar.

Wow! Do any of the band actually want to be on stage? At least that German 1998 festival where Jarvis is in a really bad mood is quite entertaining because of his comments in between the songs. Here, we simply get a half-hearted performance of half a song.

It's on the Hits DVD

[Posting here because i did it on the wrong thread- sorry]

Massive, massive thanks to Will for sharing some of his material. This is the best result from Town & Country Club. 

 

It's completely irrational but the momentary shot in that one of Chris Evans in the audience with his look-at-me grin really pisses me off.

Will wrote:

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Hugo - glad I could help with the video.

I know the Mercury Music Awards videos have been removed or blocked in the past for copyright reasons on YouTube. Hopefully, it won't happen this time. A couple of my videos which were blocked previously are now viewable again - including this MTV Germany footage from '98 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTGrpSDDdYU

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Will, thanks for all your videos, those are treasures for a fan not in the UK or Europe. 

I really want the puppy t-shirt Jarvis wears while performing ... Could it be a possible new item in the Pulp merch store?

Brilliant (but missing the Video Galleon too, it's separately available on youtube though)

Good work!

Disco 2000 on TOTP in 1995 HQ version.

-- Edited by lucyduck on Tuesday 9th of September 2025 04:24:11 AM

It's from the Hits DVD.