Quote Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton View Post
James earlier this summer in Toronto. They were touring with The Psychedelic Furs who put them to shame.

I’m all for bands playing new stuff but mix it in with the stuff people come to see you for.... James have some excellent early stuff but the only song the majority of the 2000 crowd knew was ‘Laid’ and Tim Booth even announced before they played it that it was a spur of the moment thing to even play that. Everyone in the crowd was pissed off that Sit Down didn’t get played.
I think James are a great band and some of their new stuff is good but I know what you mean... playing some of their older stuff wouldn’t have killed them.

I remember seeing Pulp just a few years back and Jarvis Cocker, as they started to play common people, said “I don’t care if Pulp are only ever remembered for this song, because it’s a brilliant song”... and they then went on to play a magnificent 12 minute version of it... it could have been longer. Brilliant.