I have a fairly extensive live recording collection, so what is the point of having such a collection with out sharing it right? So here is the first of many shows to come.
It is hard to believe this performance is coming up to being 14 years old next week. The show has always stuck out in my mind because it really captures the mood of the mid 90′s ‘brit-pop’ scene.
Pulp were one of the main bands in that movement and it as always been said that ‘Common People’ is the anthem for Brit Pop. (well … while close contention from Oasis’ – Live Forever … anyway that is a different arguement)
The show was performed only a few weeks after the HUGE success of Common People and months before the release of the entire Different Class record. There is something enjoyable while listening to the show and hearing Jarvis introduce songs like ‘Disco 2000‘ or ‘Sorted For E’s And Wizz‘ as ‘new’ songs. Totally different to when you listen to recordings from later on in the year when Disco 2000 would receive a deafening roar. What a difference a hit single can have?
It is special to hear some of the older Pulp songs performed in this era of the band, for this fan … the performance of ‘Acrylic Afternoons’ is just fantastic. Its epic, its extended and has the usual Jarvis *sighs* throughout the song.
This show was my first exposure to Pulp live, I never was lucky enough to see the band perform live so this show (and the others I have) are as close as I ever got. So I hold this show very close to my heart, hence why it is first off the ranks.
I really hope you enjoy this recording, enjoy the banter and I hope it takes you back to a simpler time of music discovery, oh and I also included two extra TV performances of ‘Something Changed’ and ‘I, Spy’
Download: Pulp – Live at Glastonbury 1995-06-24
(This will only be available until for a month, so that is until the 18.07.2009)
