Pulp - Peel Session 1981
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- The complete session recorded by Pulp on 7 November 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 18th of that month.
Tracklist:
1. Turkey Mambo Momma (0:07)
2. Refuse To Be Blind (2:58)
3. Wishful Thinking (7:24)
4. Please Don't Worry (11:39)
I'm listening as I am currently reading Truth & Beauty: The Story of Pulp by Mark Sturdy. Mainstream success may have been slow to arrive but in 1981, the band here were aged between 16 and 18... and they were recording a John Peel Session. Remarkable!
I saw them at the Bouquet of Steel all-dayer at the Leadmill in August 1980, about 15 months before they recorded this session. They may even have still been at school at the time, as I was myself. They really weren't very good at that time, as I'm sure they'd be the first to admit, but they'd improved a hell of a lot by the time this was recorded.
That would make their youngest member 12 when they started.
Very Joy Division in places, especially the drumming. Love it.
Sounds like JD recruiting Jarvis to replace Ian.
Sounds much more accomplished than expected after reading Jarvis's account of the founding years in good pop, bad pop. It does sound similar to alternative bands around the time.
Yes I'm here from reading that book too, I got it from the library and read it in less than a day so it must have been interesting even though I'm not a massive pulp fan.
I was thinking the exact same. I was expecting something more acoustic and uninteresting from reading that book. This version of Pulp could have made it in their own right.
Reading good pop bad pop at the same time
I love pulp ( Jarvis most)more and more
You know what ? They would sound cool and hip now in 2022, more than they did in 1981. I love "It" but I often wonder and much more after listening to these 4 songs again if a debut album with Jarvis, Jamie Pinchbeck , Wayne Furniss and Peter Dalton wouldn't have taken them further.
wishful thinking hits every single time
It's weird hearing Pulp sound so early 80s!
@The FM Club wow. Wouldn’t Jarvis have been like 15 then?
@@lunahlulah6772 18 yo
Aguante PULP c t m ! Años escuchando este session! Ufffff puro sonido y RUIDO! 🔥 me gusta mucho! Gracias
Love the first track. Lots of similar sounding bands on Peel in those days.
Pure class, I would have never guessed the age of this, very original for 1981
I mean it still sounds 80s, but it's so bizarre that it sounds like an original genre that never took off. The ska sound with the random ambience thrown in the middle and then the xylophone throughout the song. Original indeed
Contains a few Eno inspired sound effects :)
Jarvis Cocker is proof that if you have talent and you stick with it, you can achieve big things. I respect his tenacity.
Different class!
Tear drop explodes springs to mind
Completely agree, and a bit of Echo and the Bunnymen!
Does anyone else get a ska vibe? "Mirror in the Bathroom" perhaps?
A bit
Brilliant pulp had lots of energy the First track reminds of the beats too nice to talk to.
Thanks for posting! Great session!
Amazing this is
Love it
Fantastic!
Pure class.
81 this mad
Wonderful content! Sheer class !!!
This is Ace! :)
someone was listening to Three Imaginary Boys
THIS Wishful thinking should have been on the debut album it is much better! the lp version is a demo version really.
What an unbelievably beautiful song - by far the best I've ever heard from Pulp.
Makes me think of early Adam and The Ants, minus the Burundi drumming schtick
Sorry to said that Jarvis, but it sound like goth music, and I love it
VERY GOOD ---- THANK YOU
First song is great...rest...nope...
Huh ? The " Common people " people were already pretty great back in 81 . Who would had guessed it ?
Does it sound good or not?
Reminiscent of early Echo and the Bunnymen.
Are they the same band of "Common People"?
+Marite Rossi Yes...they are
+Vibracobra23 Thanks! I never knew they were around in 1981. This song is quite good.
Yes, they were struggling for 14 years before their breakthrough album "His and Hers". Proof that persistence does pay off.
Only Jarvis made it from this incarnation to "Common People". Maybe 4 or 5 albums between this time and His and Hers.
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This sounds a bit 60s to me.
If only their first album had been a bit more like this and less like Des O'Connor.
Dont sound like them
Joy Division copycats
They were aged 15-18... and they admitted to ripping off Joy Division. Anyhow, who cares, they didn't release an album for another 3 years and didn't have a hit for another 13 years.
I dont think so.l
to be honest i hear more gang of four in their sound
it sounds more like gang of four, josef k and pop group
@@fabiomanic6977 go4 was PIL copycat itself and very unmelodic and sparse one. Here you can hear try to create epic and catchy melodies which was the JD trademark.