I can't wait for all of this. I think I'd prefer to save the 6music session set as a suprise, so if anyone does happen to find out what they played, would you mind terribly putting it behind some kind of spolier?!
"PULP DAY", 29th of May 2025, is now upon us and we're being promised old songs never previously performed live! Damn, I was hoping for Repressive Forkout... seriously though, what do you reckon they'll play?
7am, mind you...I never had Jarvis down as a morning person...
"Pulp perform a live session recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre exclusively for 6 Music, featuring songs from their new album More and selected deep cuts from their back catalogue - including tracks never before performed live. Plus, band members Jarvis C0cker and Candida Doyle chat to Nick about how they made the new album, how they decide on a set list, and how it feels to be bringing their music to a new generation of fans."
If you look at the list of songs never played live, below, there are only two album tracks from Intro onwards that fit that bill - Someone Like The Moon and The Day After The Revolution. Last Day Of The Miners' Strike too.
I wonder if they considered a much-loved b-side like Ansaphone, Tomorrow Never Lies/Dies or Ladies Man (albeit that has been performed live by Jarvis with Air) or maybe something long-lost in the 80s?
I mean, if that were to happen, they could play a summer of predictable setlists and I'd be happy...but who's going to volunteer for the parts that sound like someone rolling down the stairs with a bucket of rusty spanners?
Id love to hear Ansaphone, but if its 90s onwards Pulp I can imagine it being something like Forever In My Dreams- kinda goes with the current love Vibe or maybe we would get something from the deluxe albums like Street Operator which would be nice can you imagine if we get My Erection though!!
If you look at the list of songs never played live, below, there are only two album tracks from Intro onwards that fit that bill - Someone Like The Moon and The Day After The Revolution. Last Day Of The Miners' Strike too.
I wonder if they considered a much-loved b-side like Ansaphone, Tomorrow Never Lies/Dies or Ladies Man (albeit that has been performed live by Jarvis with Air) or maybe something long-lost in the 80s?
Wow! I thought that "Someone Like the Moon" had been played a couple of times in 1994! I could have sworn that I had a recording of it somewhere but just done a search and I was wrong. You learn something new every day.
Maybe you mixed it up with David's Last Summer as that was only played live a couple of times on the HnH tour and never again (and is also at the tail-end of the album). Did Pulp once say in an interview that they would never play "The Day After The Revolution" live or am I imagining this?
Some great choices of songs there. I love Ansaphone and Forever in my Dreams. What about Life Must Be So Wonderful or Maureen? Sickly Grin is very catchy too.
Can the BBC stuff be listened to outside the UK?
I know I'll get to see Jools on Sunday night but not sure I can get the radio stuff here.
Well, to put a spanner in the works - what if the words " not played before " were a little white lie? That would give us access to the likes of We Can Dance Again, Death Comes To Town? Could we get to hear PTA?
Some great choices of songs there. I love Ansaphone and Forever in my Dreams. What about Life Must Be So Wonderful or Maureen? Sickly Grin is very catchy too. Can the BBC stuff be listened to outside the UK? I know I'll get to see Jools on Sunday night but not sure I can get the radio stuff here.
If you look at the list of songs never played live, below, there are only two album tracks from Intro onwards that fit that bill - Someone Like The Moon and The Day After The Revolution. Last Day Of The Miners' Strike too.
I wonder if they considered a much-loved b-side like Ansaphone, Tomorrow Never Lies/Dies or Ladies Man (albeit that has been performed live by Jarvis with Air) or maybe something long-lost in the 80s?