Posted by Eamonn
The new Pulp song recorded for War Child is out tomorrow 19/02/26 !
First play on BBC Radio 2 from 8pm
-- Edited by Eamonn on Wednesday 18th of February 2026 02:03:35 PM
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Posted by andy
Crazy ! the EP out in february seemed so far away when it was announced, and here we are. Time is going fast
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Posted by Eamonn
The EP is separate - The Man Who Comes Around is out Friday next week with two b-sides that are leftovers from a More demo session recorded a week or two before the album sessions began.
This new song, Begging For Change, is not part of the above release (although it was recorded without vocals during the More sessions - finished off at Abbey Road a year later - per the photos above) and will not be on a physical Pulp release (not yet anyway), but will be on the War Child compilation which comes out at the start of March.
Slightly confusing but basically we will hear 3 new Pulp songs over the next couple of weeks!
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Posted by andy
Yeah that more a "time flies" remark :)
I see that Begging for Change was also produced by James Ford. Wonder how much later work was done on it compared to the track recorded for More. Maybe not that much ? Vocals, some overdubs ?
-- Edited by andy on Thursday 19th of February 2026 10:42:31 AM
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Posted by andy
Right, just vocals then :D
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Posted by srhelvetica
Link seems to be fallen now, but Brooklyn Vegan guys have heard the song... (feat. Damon and Grian Chatten...???!!!)
Pulp share HELP(2) song "Begging for Change" ft Damon ...
(https://www.brooklynvegan.com/pulp-share-help2-song-begging-for-change-ft-damon-albarn-grian-chatten-more/)
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hace 2 horas Begging for Change may be the most rocking Pulp song ever, a glammy, garagey rave-up that still features many of the band's signature earmarks (Jarvis ...
-- Edited by srhelvetica on Thursday 19th of February 2026 06:59:46 PM
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Posted by legohairjordan
It's on Spotify now - god knows what happened to the 8pm BBCR2 play cos it's not been on yet.
This is fantastic, very uptempo and rocking! Not sure where it would fit on 'More', but my first impressions are get back in that studio and give us some 'More' of this
-- Edited by legohairjordan on Thursday 19th of February 2026 08:06:50 PM
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Posted by
lucyduck
It is on YouTube too
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Posted by lipglossed
Madcap, driven, angry, unhinged. And smashing.
Love the whirling frantic strings and Webbo must be pleased with the amount of guitar noise!
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Posted by weed
Getting Freaks vibes of this. Lovely stuff.
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Posted by Eamonn
Blimey, a good old-fashioned rocker. Yeah, would have been a complete gear-shift on More!
Kinda got a We Are The Boyz meets Further Complications vibe off it. Interesting to hear that the music was written over a decade ago. Makes me wonder how much of More was musically written in 2023/24!
When I interviewed Mark which must have been around the time of the Help recording, he said he hadn't got as much guitar in this track as he'd wanted to - presumably "something changed" !
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Posted by Fran
legohairjordan wrote:
god knows what happened to the 8pm BBCR2 play cos it's not been on yet.
-- Edited by legohairjordan on Thursday 19th of February 2026 08:06:50 PM
Having subjected myself to 45 fruitless minutes of Radio 2, I looked up the programme running order and it was about 10 minutes from the start, so would have been about 7:40pm live. There's a little clip of Jarvis introducing it from a cave in New Zealand. He's got a bit obsessed with caves!
That was banging.
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Posted by Barcroft
This song is fantastic!
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Posted by Scottbloodyfrazer
First impression - it'll grow on me. I can totally understand why it didn't make More. Its the 2026 equivalent of Relaxed Muscle.
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Posted by Jean
Yeah, good shout re Freaks. I think it called to mind a bit the vocals at the beginning of Tunnel for me and the drumming from the likes of Maureen. I love some of that older stuff. Good song.
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Posted by Eamonn
Released exactly 30 years to the night of the infamous Brits '96...
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Posted by andy
Hehe i love when Jarvis rocks. I think he's a very underrated rock n roll songwriter. Obviously this one is a bside or an album track at best. I can see why it was left off More.
I hope they release a RNR album at some point. This year ? I bet Jarvis has tons of material, they could easily do another one in the coming month. Pulp or solo...
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Posted by andy
Eamonn wrote:
Released exactly 30 years to the night of the infamous Brits '96...
One day i'll open the debate of the similarities between Jarvis' music and Jacko' music. There are so many
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Posted by cutcopy
Its like We ARe The Boyz vs Most of Further Complications vs Sometimes I Am Pharaoh. Yep like alot. Will we see it played over the next few weeks? Oh Jarvis with those kids. You know if he wants to give up music he could make a good Kindy teacher?
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Posted by Eamonn
Has anyone had a stab at the lyrics? I can't make out some of them especially one passage that's possibly a bit too quick to catch ?
Also, the bit near the end where Jarvis repeats "Begging for..." sounds like he's putting on a Sheff/townie accent not too dissimilar to Catcliffe Shakedown ("What you looking at? I dunno, label's come off").
Nick and Mark must have had a lot fun recording this. Amps up to 11 and pounding the fcuk out of the drums. The strings stay out of Mark's way for once and when they do come in, they really add an effective tone, that groany bend in the phrases towards the latter part.
I'd love to hear more of Pulp going wild. Obviously kerb it if the song is sh1t or embarassing or Candida's not got enough to do but it's great to hear Darren Spooner and Myron Wagtail being channelled by the C0ck at 62.
-- Edited by Eamonn on Friday 20th of February 2026 09:50:54 AM
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Posted by Ian
I have had a couple of listens. It's certainly an interesting one, I agree that it's primarily a cross between "We are the Boyz" and something off "Further Complications" but there are shades of Relaxed Muscle in there.
If it were to appear on "More" then perhaps it would have worked best before "Got to Have Love", thus reducing the ballad-heaviness of side 2.
I will have a stab at the lyrics at some point.
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Posted by Eamonn
I do wonder how different this would sound had it been completed in the More sessions.
This released version is amped-up to OTT levels, possibly emboldened by the extra attention on it being recorded at Abbey Road for charity with the kids and other musicians being involved.
It might have been a little more subtle in its original guise, I wonder did Jarvis even try placeholder lyrics/vocals for it when the album was being recorded.
It's knockabout fun with a decent attempt at a social message without being cringey (although I was fearing the worst when he referenced "the bourgeoisie" in the opening couplet).
But it's hard to really judge how good or not it is. I guess to quote a bloke from 2009, it's just a fcuking song.
If it came down to a choice between this or We Are The Boyz live - apparently of which both songs have fans in the two female members of the group - I think I'd prefer Boyz.
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Posted by Ian
I have just attempted the lyrics (https://pulpwiki.net/Pulp/BeggingForChange). Feel free to improve.
Is it just me that is getting a hint of "Critical Thinking" by the Manic Street Preachers? Perhaps time to get my coat!
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Posted by cutcopy
Just made its live debut in Auckland
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Posted by andy
It's infectious isn't it. Sounds like a weird cross between Relaxed Muscle and the Harry Potter heavy song.
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Posted by seductivebarry
Love it. Has 'Must I Evolve' vibes for me.
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Posted by JASON
Heading in the right direction...
Ace...
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Posted by andy
Its full of great ideas, the music is simply... smart. Jarvis is Jarvis, he's always good.
But the dynamics of the songs are so flat. Why ? I hope the CD version will be better mastered (is there even a CD version ?)
-- Edited by andy on Sunday 22nd of February 2026 07:15:33 AM
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Posted by Eamonn
Yes, there will be a CD/vinyl edition released of the compilation on March 6th.
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Posted by andy
Eamonn wrote:
Yes, there will be a CD/vinyl edition released of the compilation on March 6th.
Ok thanx
really hope it will be like More, the streaming version was very flat and CD way, way better
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Posted by Sturdy
Considering the news this morning, they've kind of done it again (Common People / House Music style) with the accidental song of the moment, haven't they?
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Posted by andy
Sturdy wrote:
Considering the news this morning, they've kind of done it again (Common People / House Music style) with the accidental song of the moment, haven't they?
There is that theory that music / melodies are floating in the air, and that musicians simply grab it. As time goes i tend to believe it, some goes for lyrical themes. a true musical genius is connected to that.
Though most artists tend to lose that connection over time with fame and money, It seems Jarvis is always connected.
-- Edited by andy on Friday 27th of February 2026 10:42:26 AM
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Posted by Eamonn
Sturdy wrote:
Considering the news this morning, they've kind of done it again (Common People / House Music style) with the accidental song of the moment, haven't they?
Yes but it's bound to end in terrible reform.
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