July 01, 2011 10:43 PM
Nights At The Roundtable - Pulp (At Glasto) 2011
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Rounding up this week of Glastonbury highlights (and there's enough for several more weeks) is a surprise appearance by the legendary Alternative/Brit-Pop band Pulp and their first appearance together in several years. Although they were rumored to be appearing since earlier in the day, it nonetheless set off a riot of anticipation when Jarvis Cocker finally walked onstage. The rest as they say, is history.
Tonight it's Misshapes from that set as it was broadcast later on in the day by BBC 6 Music. Hopefully at some point I will post the complete concert. A great and memorable band that were sadly not as well known over here as they were in the UK, unless of course you don't discount William Shatner's rendition of Common People which was a Pulp anthem of sorts. But then, many people probably don't realize it was a Pulp song to begin with anyway. So maybe you're safe.
Play loud.
Thank you. Pulp and Jarvis are under-appreciated. I hope they do many N. American dates even in smaller capacity clubs. Not sure if there is a demand for them here like Blur but I can always wish. 8 years ago, Canada's Arcade Fire were touring the States,playing at small venues, supporting top bands to a bemused audience but look where they are at now. Oh well.
"Common People" is not their most well-known song in the U.S. It's a song specifically written for "Great Expectations" called "Like a Friend". Many thanks to the Venture Bros. animated series where it was used as a season finale background song.
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