You react to us, we react to you that summons the magic.
You are about to see the 555thconcert by Pulp, a message flashed on the video screen on Friday.
This is a night you will remember for the rest of your life.
Pulp at Kings Theatre in BrooklynPhotograph by Sacha Lecca
At sixty, hes the consummate rock & roll charisma machine.
The mood was sheer jubilation all over Brooklyns Kings Theater.
You didnt come correctly dressed.
You should be wearing something pink and tight.
Naturally, that led into the perv-disco banger Pink Glove.
He introduced Babies as an example of the gritty realism of South Yorkshire.
On Friday, he delivered a line from Roald Dahl, in honor of the authors birthday.
One of the endearing things about this band is how long they sucked before abruptly turning into geniuses.
(His birthday is on Thursday.)
Pulp pointedly skipped Help the Aged, their 1997 hit about reaching the unthinkable age of thirty-three.
But the show had a loose theme of time travel.
Common People brought down the house, with the authors commentary.
Theres no such thing as common people, he added during the breakdown.
Were all different, and thats what we have in common.
As the French say,viva la difference.
On Friday they busted out the fab 1992 indie single O.U.
(Gone, Gone).
For some of us, the show could have used even more from this era.
But tragically, they didnt play the electro-sleaze cult fave Sheffield: Sex City.
As always, Cockers banter was more fun than most artists entire sets.
(The Milkmaid its notthatscary.)
They ended on a high note with Glory Days, fromThis Is Hardcore.
Theyre also debuting new tunes on this tour.
So how about a new song?
(Instead, fans timed their mass-exodus bathroom breaks for theWe Love Lifeinterludes, more fool everyone.)
Got To Have Love was an Al Green-inspired preacher-man love sermon, though the Rev.
Al probably never would have sung, Without love, youre just jerking off in someone else.
Spike Island was even kickier, with Jarvis declaring, I was born to perform!
