Wowssss. Well that was a bit of fun.

I started lining up with from around 12:30 pm and I was 4th in line. Im to old for this but I carb loaded all yesterday morning to get me through and then some.

They started soundchecking abit after 2pm. Where you line up you can hear it but when I went to the loo to wash my hands its like I am in a semi-clean council run toilet block listening to Pulp run through their soundcheck and its crystal clear. I kind of sat in there for ages then... And yes they did soundcheck Seconds and The Day Before You Came. I wouldn't be surprised if they played it in Melbourne because of their history with ABBA -they were given the town keys and apparently bigger crowds than The Beatles. From memory and I did record some of the soundcheck - they ran through bits from Sorted, Spike Island, FEELING, just the sample from TIH, Got To Have Love, The Fear got an entire outing, Begging for Change got multiple run throughs from different sections. Still working that one out I guess...

Being 4th in line meant probably having a good chance to get on the barrier - then the gates opened, got our wrist bands and I have to say running down the hill and being first to the barrier was so silly but fun!! I got told by someone in the lineup about the weird Pulp faction (thats what I am calling it) of people not being respectful of people at Pulp concerts last year in the UK and US. I did read some thing about it maybe on here so I wont go on about it here.

Then another long 2 hrs. The longest 2 hrs. God it was long.... I cant express how long it was...

I love seeing all of Pulp's gear - all the flight cases - Mark's red guitar, the legendary 'Warhol' amps, Nick's drum decal, the Farfisa, seeing Liam take such pride in getting the stage just right for the band. This memory came flooding back from 2011 in Perth when they wheeled out Mark's amp rig and the Warhol insignia was on it still.

One of the tube men was right in front so I asked the lady looking after it if they came from England and she said yes then I said you have the best job in the world looking after the tube men at a Pulp concert!! She said the tube men didnt like the humidity... which made me laugh. Its like I live here and I hate it!

i did take my recorder and hoping that by being on the barrier it was some what protected but will check later this morning. See what kind of recording I got.

Not good at reviews so I'll just randomly write things.

1/ Jarvis asking Brisbane what there is to do on a Tuesday night. Someone yelled out **** all - which is very true. Jarvis said we will try and compete with that. They did an ok job ;)
2/ As the concert went on it felt Jarvis was getting more and more unhinged. It looked like some of the band were really feeling the humidity. Its different to it just being hot. It can really f**k with you so I hope plenty of Lucozade this morning.
3/ This concert and look I've only seen one from MORE in person but it felt completely different to the ones from 2011. It felt sort of more punky---- if Pulp can do punky?? It just felt more ... rejuvinated?? I think I read Jarvis explaining Pulp as an organism and it evolves. Of course the album but it really did feel like hey here is another version of Pulp.
4/ Sunrise - never really a fav for me but wow Mark completely let loose last night. Its the humidity - it does strange things...
5/ TIH. We all know its greatness but hearing it live with those strings and the intensity... always mind blowing. I think I got those strange feelings for Jarvis again...
6/ OMG. I felt slightly uncomfortable - during Acrylic Afternoons when Jarvis starts pointing at people ' and you and you' I felt like he pointed at me and said 'not you'. I felt really self conscious after that.
7/ Candida - omg just being in her presence and she was looking and smiling at Mark a lot after many of the songs and I think it was the look of wow what an audience. I couldn't see the hill or behind me but my partner who came later ie not lining up from 12:30pm because he is not loopy said everyone was very into it.
8/ A wave from Mark.
9/ Jarvis talking about the defunct Livid Festival. The one and only time Pulp (Jarvis has played here and look in 2011 when they played Splendour it was actually more Gympie than Brisbane) ever played in Brisbane. Glad to see my caretaking on that page on PulpWiki came to use last night as he relegated us with some facts about it ie. the date, who played etc.
10/ Wow that intermission where they play Something Changed. I'm trying to take it in - this band I have adored for so long from so far away - literally like a metre or 2 away. Is this one of my Pulp dreams??? I suppose Steve passing away a few years now they dont mention it which I can understand - but I thought of Steve a bit last night.
11/ Strict curfew in Brisbane so they had to be off by 10 pm - did we miss out on The Hymn of The North because even by Jarvis's own admission he needed to shut up and keep playing.
12/ Yes there is a Pulp beach / disco ball for sale. Jarvis threw one out into the audience and it was caught by a lady who looked overjoyed to have caught it!!! I saw her as we were leaving and said amazing!!!
13/ Whoever does Pulp laundry after a concert - make sure you put it on a long cycle today !!! Jarvis's jacket was ffff888king soaked. And he didnt take it off once.
14/ Babies - Jarvis Guitar Hero! Its so iconic that jangly intro.
15/ Jarvis still banging on after all these years about his love for the humble Cherry Ripe. I did actually buy a packet on the weekend thinking oh I could give him one or two. He needs to stockpile. He did say something along the lines of giving them royalties or something because he's always saying how much he loves them. They are delicious if you've never had one...
16/ I got the green Pulp jumper (so far). I was like oh this was an impulse purchase but it protected my recorder and it fits f**king perfectly!!! Wear it on the plane tomorrow to Adelaide!
17/ Robert Forster from The Go Betweens was there. He is Jarvis just before Jarvis. The finger pointing etc... check out Head Full of Steam video... I know Robert's son is very very very into Pulp and his previous band The Goon Sax.

Also the wonderful conversations had with a few people in the lineup yesterday. I was talking to one younger fan who had come with her Mum and I said what was the Pulp song that got you into them - she said Sylvia. I was like thats cool - an album track off TIH. And then I said thats such a strange one as well because its not ever played and not a single and kind of relegated to forgotten status - so I had total respect for her!!!! and her Mum for bringing her to a Pulp concert and lining up early like us other weirdos (lovely people).

I'm sure other moments will come back to me during the day as I look through my photos. My dream for Pulp to play in my hometown came very true last night.

Jarvis posted on his IG that we were insane. It was a bit. I take such pride that Jarvis thought we were insane!!!

Also looks like i have a recording for Brisbane. I had to turn the mics right down to 1-2 so they wouldnt distort but nothing a bit of magic in Audacity wont clean up. I can send over to FEELINGCALLEDLIVE once tidied up?

I think I will call F** ALL TO DO IN BRISBANE ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.

Yes yes I did!!! It was surreal! I did ask her about the Brit Awards which is in a few days and she said I think we would know by now because we'd have to do a video- I was maybe to enthusiastic about them winning. But I told her how good Brisbane was, how long I'd been a fan ( I suppose it is a while now-since 98) and some other inane small talk about Marmite VS Vegemite because she was carrying a jar of Marmite. Important things were discussed. There's Jarvis, but talking to Candida it's next level.