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Posted by Jayenkai
I've never clicked a Tiny Desk notification so quickly in all my life!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_KlY-AegeE

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Finally! That's my lunchtime entertainment sorted.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by hugomrtnzz
Set:

This Is Hardcore

Something Changed

A Sunset

Acrylic Afternoons

I wish they played Grown Ups, it would be a very funny song in a tiny desk...
 

 
 
 
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Posted by seductivebarry
Absolutely magnificent.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
So impressed with how much Mark and Candida add to the songs live. It can get lost a bit on a big stage with so many musicians and Jarvis being so watchable. Poor Nick, just the cajón for company!

They did Mark dirty on the wrong chord during Something Changed! Do they usually leave-in false starts?
 

 
 
 
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Posted by andy
OMG that version of This is Hardcore. WOW.

Phenomenal session 

Both violins players seem to have embraced the "Russel" sound by making them sound just a bit weird and out of key. Nice !

 

-- Edited by andy on Thursday 13th of November 2025 01:30:30 PM
 

 
 
 
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Posted by hawalius1
Gave me the tingles. This is just wonderful. Pulp acoustic is such a lovely sound.

Love hearing Candida's contributions so clearly. And seeing Jarvis control the volume!
 

 
 
 
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Posted by JohnPaul_II
Magnificent. Best thing I've seen in ages. Jarvis's Just For Men hair dye job is top tier.
 
 The concert is pretty brilliant too.

-- Edited by JohnPaul_II on Thursday 13th of November 2025 02:05:37 PM
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Jean
Isn't that intro to TIH just beautiful? Love those violins and when they do it at the live gigs.

I usually hate those cajons but he works it well does Nick and the cymbals are more gentle with the mallet sticks. It works well.

I was thinking the same, Andy, with some of the violin contributions on More, they got the Russell sound at times throughout that.

Same, Eamonn, yeah, there was a bum note somewhere but if they just kept going I wouldn't have even known who hit it! Poor Mark
 

 
 
 
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Posted by saw119
Acrylic Afternoons sounds bloody awesome. They could easily olay the whole of His N Hers and it'd be fantastic. What a lovely thing the whole concert is and what a magical band they are. I loved Jarvis chastising Mark.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
I didn't. Jumped-up, scrawny, ex-popstar poser...
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Ian
Sounds good to me, "This is Hardcore" was a particular highlight: a big song in such a small place. In fact, it reminded me of the stripped down version they played in 1999.

I have uploaded a copy of the show for posterity.

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Maybe this is how they could perform the lost 1999 album "The Quiet Revolution". Anyone fancy hiring out their working-from-home tiny office?

Adrift in a world of his'n'hers interiors...
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Ian
Followed by an encore of "My Lighthouse" and "In Many Ways" with Emma on backing vocals? Imagine.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by legohairjordan
Amazing. Didn't expect to hear/see this today!
 
 I know the band aren't keen on the album promo treadmill but having them back in the forefront like they are now has been amazing this year, and we're truly getting spoilt with things like this.

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Posted by cutcopy
wow. How good was This is Hardcore. Even though the studio version is phenomenal the stripped back (but its not really stripped back..) version brings out all the rich detail. Oh and dont get me started on Acrylic Afternoons. I dont really like acoustic sets but this was something else. As with Pulp it always is. My god they are so back. Anyone living in 1995 was this what it was like?
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Mark's secondary melodies (counterpoint? harmony?) on the piano for AA as well as double-jobbing with the guitar on Hardcore, just amazing.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by cutcopy
I know this is OT but I have always loved Grizzly Bear and feel like Pulp on More are kind of channelling some of their sonic goodness. And thats really evident (to me) on this TinyDesk ep.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by inspirit
Excerpts from auto-generated transcript:

 

Seems I saw you in some teenage web dream

I like your ghetto if you know what I mean

This is the eye of the storm:

it's what many in stain wrinkles pay for.

Oh, I have a show.

What I want to know, what exactly do you do?

Go. Yeah. Cuz this is hard.

 

Can I hold you forever?

I really got good news.

No one is holding time,

whilst children play outside.

and they wait for the mothers,

finished with lovers coming inside for a dream.

The world won't get tight,

as children lay outside.

 

 
 
 
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Posted by cutcopy
I like your ghetto - - - - well I cant unhear that now ...
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Pip
Always hoped Pulp might do Tiny Desk one day and this did not disappoint. What an incredible acoustic version of Hardcore, it works so well.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Fran
inspirit wrote:
Excerpts from auto-generated transcript:

 

Seems I saw you in some teenage web dream

I like your ghetto if you know what I mean

This is the eye of the storm:

it's what many in stain wrinkles pay for.

Oh, I have a show.

What I want to know, what exactly do you do?

Go. Yeah. Cuz this is hard.

 

Can I hold you forever?

I really got good news.

No one is holding time,

whilst children play outside.

and they wait for the mothers,

finished with lovers coming inside for a dream.

The world won't get tight,

as children lay outside.

 No Miss Marple this time!

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Pip
Page added to PulpWiki: pulpwiki.net/Pulp/Live13November2025TinyDeskConcertWashingtonDC
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Is there a recording date? Presumably the same day they did the radio session for NPR and around their gig in DC on the 6th of September.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Pip
The blurb auggeats a "couple of months" after More was released, so yes early September seems very likely.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by hawalius1
Was just rewatching this today and noticed that they've edited out the false start to Something Changed
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Poor Mark, it should have been done immediately!
 

 
 
 
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Posted by inspirit
Nooooooooooo! Why do that? It's part of the charm of live music, a rare glitch. It reveals things about the bands personalities, and dynamics. That it's the most replayed bit of the clip shows it's interesting to viewers. Candida has sometimes hinted at Jarvis' occasional martinet tendencies, so it was intriguing to get a public glimpse of that. 

In general rewriting history and erasing truth and bending facts is a bad thing. It's a habit of totalitarianism, and shouldn't be a habit of fundraising public radio music clips! We're going to be struggling enough with malefactors undermining public trust doing this kind of thing with AI in coming years.

Okay that's a bit histrionic, and I don't feel all that strongly about it, it's just a bit disappointing to be robbed of a moment of magic, and be left with the bitter taste of saccharin.

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Eamonn
Mark was sent/shown a pre-uploaded version and they had edited it out so he understandably pissed off to see it being ultimately left in, initially.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by andy
It was very odd to keep it. We know those sessions can be stressful, its not a very confortable setting for a musician. I wouldn't have greenlighted that to be honest.

As for Jarvis' reaction, same, its stress more then anything else. I guess he counts on them 3 to be perfect. Imagine having to perform in daylight squeeze behind a desk with no room and 300 eyes staring at you. ODD.

 

And i dont even mention the others, they're probably not allowed any mistake
 

 
 
 
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Posted by hawalius1
inspirit wrote:
In general rewriting history and erasing truth and bending facts is a bad thing. It's a habit of totalitarianism, and shouldn't be a habit of fundraising public radio music clips!

Steady on!

I quite enjoyed seeing the mistake the first time round... especially because Jarvis and Mark were both smiling about it, which definitely hasn't always been the case (I really don't like hearing Jarvis being horrible to Mark on older bootlegs). But I appreciate it shouldn't have been left in. It's a pre-recorded segment, clearly edited down to the highlights (the four songs): we don't need to see them soundchecking, waiting around, or making false starts.

 

 
 
 
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Posted by andy
hawalius1 wrote:I really don't like hearing Jarvis being horrible to Mark on older bootlegs
 I really need to know about this ? When ? What was said ?  

It can be tense between band members, and usually when they stop it means some dont get along anymore more than anything else. 

 

 
 
 
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Posted by hawalius1
Ah I can't remember exactly when, I'm afraid! Occasional snide comments about him coming in late/early for songs... or leaving the stage at the end of sets a little quicker than everyone else, so he's not (immediately) around for encores... from memory I think Russell even calls it out in his book, and says it became uncomfortable. Though Russell also fell out with Mark!

 

 
 
 
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Posted by Frisko2000
"Quick on the draw there, Mark-o eh" when Mark stubs the start of Common People in Loreley in '98. But Jarvis is in a nasty mood all show.

45:50 ish

www.youtube.com/watch
 

 
 
 
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Posted by andy
So he's the "child" of the band ?! Weird behavior for someone who joined late and basically won the lottery.

As for the YT clip, i guess its understandable, if they los their gear, i'd be pissed off too.

Nothing major though it seems, just human beings being human beings.
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Frisko2000
Isn't there a show where Jarvis kicks in some monitors as well? Possibly the "left the cake in the ****ing rain" show?
 

 
 
 
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Posted by Frisko2000
It's the end of Loreley, apparently. Poor Sonic Youth!
 

 
 
 
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