No, I'm afraid I don't have it which is pretty annoying really. The Lipgloss tour was the first time I saw Pulp. The Leadmill show I was at is the one Russell talks about in his book when he smashes all the lightbulbs. And by the way the answer to your question is yes it was a great time to see Pulp and they were absolutely fabulous in the sweaty, tiny confines of the Leadmill. I was down the very front and suffered some serious bruising to my chest from being continually squashed against the edge of the stage. To be honest the show has become something of a fulcrum in my life, pre and post Pulp if you like. In fact the show has become a kind of magical occurrence in my life. There was a kind of transformation that took place that night both inside and outside of the venue that's actually quite difficult to talk about. I'll never forget the feeling I had upon leaving the Leadmill to find that it had been snowing all the time the concert was going on. I think the whole thing is very Pulp like.

The closest show I have is this one www.pulpwiki.net/Pulp/Live051193FestivalsLesInrockuptiblesRennes

If someone can give me the details I can upload the mentioned gig - DYRTFT? I am not sure if it is the debut of the song or not, it does include a rather funky "do do do do do doooo do do do" lyricial genius by Jarvis towards the end of the song !

www.dropbox.com/sh/pl5b19cljw64ftu/AACauAZFPiU4wWAlgGJYoh-Ia

www.channel4.com/programmes/best-of-the-word/on-demand/27631-003

Ok so the first link should be to the Inrockuptibles show.

The second link is to the performance of Lipgloss that Pulp gave on The Word the night before I first ever saw them (skip to 10:50). It got me quite excited!

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Sound man! Cheers.

Yep, works great! Thanks a lot, listened while ploughing through spreadsheets atwork earlier.

Jarvis really struggles with the high notes at times on this, especially DYRTFT but as it was a brand new song I guess he learned to pace himself when preforming it live.
Just thinking, when HnH came out, the only songs not to have been heard before ie played live, were the end of side two and of those, David's Last Summer was only performed briefly after the album came out and Someone Like The Moon never. I wonder was there a conscious decision to tack them on at the end of the album. David's Last Summer is a fine closer but they seemed to have more confidence in the other songs on the record. I guess they had a good idea from audience reactions when playing them live, some for as long as three years previously, how good they were.

I never had much love for David's Last Summer when the album came out (by which I mean I hated it) and I must confess to having been incredibly disappointed when they played it live as an encore at a show I attended (of course not know I feel rather wonderful about it). I suspect I was probably a little too young at the time to really appreciate it (a callow 17). It's definitely assumed a greater sense of meaning in my life as I now approach 40. I've also become a little obsessed with it's genesis and how it came about. It clearly owes a great debt to My First Wife and it certainly contains lots of references to bits of Sheffield. I have long wondered when it was written as thematically it also shares a lot with those songs Jarvis was writing around the early 90's after he'd left Sheffield. Was it knocked up quickly in the studio? Why would you knock up a seven minute song quickly in the studio then choose it as the grand finale? I don't really know how the band feel about it. Lots of questions about the song in my mind.

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Re the music to DLS, I think it was made-up of all the snippets leftover from the album sessions, similarly to Catcliffe Shakedown the following year. The beat that propells the first part of the song helped me get into and appreciate the song as it's the least immediate one on the album, apart from 'Moon, I guess.

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 Well, it's an interesting theory but why decide to close your first major label album with a song constructed from bits and bats? It's not as though they were stuck for excellent material at that time. They'd been playing songs like Your Sisters Clothes and His n Hers for months live, why wasn't one of those included on the album (especially His n Hers)?  The b sides from this period make a superb companion album that I probably listen to more than HnH itself.

Wow, it's been a while since I downloaded anything from the yahoo email account! And the audio files are .WMA - how retro! It feels like the mid 2000s all over again.

Also, David's Last Summer is probably one of my favourite Pulp tracks. The absolute high point is the "We went driving" bit. One of my favourite moments in any Pulp song.

I think the fire extinguisher bit is "and the birds deciding where to go for the winter (clink, clink)"

same goes for me, I can't log in anymore either...

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Now, woah there! I think David's Last Summer is an utter masterpiece, and the perfect closer to His'n'Hers. Always assumed that was the general consensus - apparently not...

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As for why they seldom played it live - I guess it's a piece that's very much led by the lyrics, which don't always come over clearly in a live environment. Plus it's quite long, so they'd probably have to leave two other songs out to make time for it, which probably wouldn't have been a popular move!

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 I agree, wonderful track.  Did hear it live at The Forum once.   I love to hear the more epic Pulp songs live (Sheffield Sex City, Wickerman, I Spy etc.) but they do introduce a bit of a lull in the set, so only one or two would ever be played. 

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Is there a way to log into the Yahoo account without the having to submit the phone number or alt email address?

I can not longer log in?

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 try now.  all you need is the account and the password

for some reason people keep requesting a verification code which gets sent to me.

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Do people just need the secret questions now - I think they are the same on the various accounts?

Where did you spend your honeymoon? Pulp (random answer here!)

What is the surname of your favourite musician? Cocker