Pulp, on the rock road, resuscitates the great hours of 1990s

The group led by Jarvis Cocker gave its only concert in France on August 15 at the Saint-Malo festival. In addition, A show widely devoted to their great classics. Therefore, which has proven that the singer has lost nothing of his irresistible charisma.

L‘Math of Mathieu Pigasse does miracles. However, We will not go so far as to attribute the good weather. Moreover, unusual for the Malouin festival, which pulp, rock road, resuscitates great honored the rock road this year. For example, But the aid brought to the event by the banker. Moreover, his fight rock structure undoubtedly explains that Pulp gave his only concert in France this summer, in the wake of the triumphant out of More, Their first disc since their separation in 2001. Therefore, And thirteen years after their last visit to France, to the Parisian Olympia.

A beautiful exclusivity that helped the festival to refuel. this Friday, August 15, according to the crowd, much more compact than that of opening Thursday, whose headliners were the awful woman, the ghosts wu lyf, and the respectable King Krule. It is therefore an understatement to say that this 573rd concert of the Sheffield group (we did not count. it is a message displayed before the arrival on stage of the musicians who tells us) was expected. As if not to disappoint their pulp, rock road, resuscitates great old fans. Jarvis Cocker and the others launch with Sorted For E’s and Wizz Tube follow -up Disco 2000. Two titles taken from their most famous album. Different Class (1995), which give the the Of an evening ultimately largely devoted to their repertoire from the 90s – a nostalgia probably cut for the festival atmosphere, but surprising on the part of a group also critical today of its own history. What does it matter: « Just keep on moving »sings Jarvis Coker, and the public, conquered in advance, runs.

Spike Island. Unstoppable opening title of their latest disc (from which only four titles played on seventeen that evening will only be drawn, nevertheless reminds us of how good it is good songs. “I was born to be on stage. it’s a vocation / I exist to do that – shout and show the finger” : sung live, even more than pulp, rock road, resuscitates great in studio, this sentence has everything obvious. Because at 61, Jarvis Cocker lost none of his superb. The appearance of an eternal pop dandy tagged with mid-sex signing mid-rigolard, the singer stands on the returns, huttail, gesticle.

Behind him, the three historic members Mark Webber (guitar), Nick Banks (drummer) and Candida Doyle (keyboards) are accompanied by four multi-instrumentalists in the bass, guitars, keyboards or violin. They are all discreet, almost erased, but Jarvis Cocker easily makes the show for nine. And tries to communicate all along in French. awkwardly, despite his decades spent in Paris – “I have a very bad guitar”, He said to apologize before taking a six strings.

Some songs of This Is Hardcore (the touching A Little pulp, rock road, resuscitates great Soul. the unsurpassable This Is Hardcore, played with an intact fervor), classics of His n’Hers (Babies et Do You Remember the First Time electrify the crowd), and even Sunrise, A title of the unloved We Love Life. And of course stainless and epic Common People, which seems written to make Fort Saint-Père’s audience crazy. Comes the recall time. This time. the group – gathered on the front of the stage – does not give in to nostalgia, and delivers a A Sunset, Soft and peaceful. “I would like to teach the world to sing. but I have no voice”whisper with a crazy charm Jarvis Cocker on this title from More. We hope, this time, not to have to wait thirteen years to prove us the opposite again.