It's an early version performed prior to the song being recorded in January of the the next year (1995). That goes some way to explaining to rusty-ness of the perfomance.
What the hell do you mean everything sucks as it did then and it more does now? The Rich are getting poorer, that's all. And the poor are dying just like in Charles Dicken's time.
I don't get why Jarvis isn't more famous and so.. hes seriously the best of them all.. seriously?????? hes sooo much better than mj and madonna etc, hes just, different class really!
I was there, raved about the tune for nearly a year before it came out. Funny hearing it back as it was nowhere near as impressive as the finished article but was still totally awesome.
i was there. this was one of the first times the song was performed live, if not the first, so forgive them that its not quite polished. the best live version is glasto '95 imo.
Don't knock it - it *is* still a work in progress, and I'm pretty sure it was one of the first times they'd tried it (and Underwear) in front of an audience. At this point, His'N'Hers had only been out a few months - they'd only just signed to Island!
Yes, Jarvis, I understand, I'm one of the common people as well, I have an aversion to entitled behavior, this song spoke to me on a very personal level.
Dave Laye me too. Don't remember much, though! Had to be recently reminded of several incidents by my friend who was with me and a lot more 'present' 😂
Lucy Newman . good lord Lucy, I hope you're not talking about illegal substance abuse. lol I was too poor the to afford more than a teenth of black for the weekend. hitchhiked there with my mate. a month after this my life changed and went in the army. still listen to pulp "I spy" everyday on my running tracks
Amazing to see how unimpressed the audience are. And Jarvis starts out of tune for the first verse. Then watch a performance a few years later and see tens of thousands of people absolutely explode when he goes into the chorus and they all sing along. It's not just that the performance was more polished later, it's also that to a certain extent, the crowd have to be told that a song is great for them to appreciate it. So after they hear it on the radio all over the place and see other's loving it, their own minds can grasp how great it is more easily. Then they act like they always loved it from first hearing.
Because the last verse is always cut in the "radio" edit of the song. Which is a real shame, because that's the verse that really drives the point home.
sorry but I think that 2011 version is way better than this performance, here this song sounds strange and not like at the album, it even have that power
