Lipgloss - I'd love this to be a part of the main set. I think they even had issues when recording the thing back in the studio - Russell trying to figure out what key / note the ending was always made me laugh. One of the main staples of Lipgloss was always the stylophone, and when they performed it without, I always thought it was a much weaker song. Auto was spectacular - all the guitars, keys and stylo made it nearly the perfect live performance. The demo of Lipgloss falls flat. Still a pleasant but a little stale like the Live On demo.

I was always one for calling for Sorted to be dropped as it bores me, however the blend straight into Disco 2000 works massively and what an explosive two songs back to back they were in Manchester.

Id still drop Feeling Called Love, but it's a crowd pleaser of which I didnt realise a couple of years ago. Pink Glove has a massive reaction. I think they would struggle to get the set list to be as pleasing than how it is right now. A good mix of His N hers, Different class , More and I think one or two more from We Love Life and it's as good as it's gonna get.

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Do you have any key live versions of Lipgloss that are particularly stellar, Scott? I'd be keen to hear one where it's supposed to really kick it! Hadn't considered it was one of the stylophone songs. I suppose Ed Buller classed the stylophone alongside the violin as a 'ok, you can play it, but I'm not going to mix it loud!'

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Here's Glasgow Sound City 1993, which might be what you're looking for - there's a real force and weight to the drums and keys. Afterwards, Jarvis confronts a homophobe, leading to cheers.

They had been drafted in to replace Hole at short-notice.

They also did quite a strong version at Colmar 1994 in France, though the outro is slightly marred by some stop-start playing from Russell. (I think it's fair to Russ to say that the riff in Lipgloss might be at the upper end of his skillset, hard to replicate live, and I'm not sure I've ever heard a version where he masters the ending. At the same time him being there is what makes it what it is, seeing as he would've written it)

-- Edited by lipglossed on Wednesday 25th of June 2025 02:15:01 PM

Thanks, Lipglossed. The Glasgow Sound City one is such an odd one. The band sound great, but Jarvis is clearly well-oiled. His comments about Kurt Cobain did not age well...