I like to think of them - incidentally - as the Pie Pets, which is a much better name, don't you think?
― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Monday, 26 June 2006 12:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Funnily enough, I have written about the Pipettes for Uncut. But I don't think I have written about many middle-aged hairy men! I do quite like that Midlake record though.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 26 June 2006 12:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 26 June 2006 12:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Funnily enough, The Pipettes are, in name at least, on the cover of the new Plan B! Big feature within, too, with much polka-dottage and excited/ing chatter.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 26 June 2006 22:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 06:19 (seventeen years ago) link
can you expand on this Marcello? i thought it was an interesting remark.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 08:26 (seventeen years ago) link
never mind, i've seen the Stylus TOTP thing now.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 08:50 (seventeen years ago) link
God no. "Pull Shapes" is great, but it's hardly "Cruel Summer" is it?
― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 08:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 09:14 (seventeen years ago) link
It was most pleasant and attractive.
I think their album will make for fine and supple summer listening.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 29 June 2006 07:11 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/radcliffe/
― koogy wonderland (koogs), Thursday, 29 June 2006 07:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:43 (seventeen years ago) link
You should play some Marvelettes - much better than Dross and the Supremes.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:08 (seventeen years ago) link
I actually think this "emotional flatness" is kind of characteristic of some early girl group stuff -- Diana Ross is almost too late -- and so, to an extent that it may be intentional. I do agree, however, that only one of them (Gwenno, noted above) really seems to be a good singer.
(hmm, well, I guess I disagree with Marcello on this. Maybe the live session will convince me I'm wrong)
― pleased to mitya (mitya), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:12 (seventeen years ago) link
?You should play some Marvelettes
i should HEAR some marvelettes! i have no idea where to start with any old girl groups. (while you're here marcello, where should i start with pre-tilt scott walker? i have never heard any of it!)
the pipettes sound fine on record, praise be to autotune, but i heard a live tv show they did and it was appalling, their voices are these awful out-of-tune caterwauling things which completely betray their lack of formal training (obv formal training is not a necessity by any means but if you are in a girl group and are singing HARMONIES it is best not to flaunt your vocal deficiencies)
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link
However, since you asked...
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link
steve, girls aloud sing (technically) badly on record too, but it doesn't matter because they don't sing material which requires much technical mastery.
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― teh_kit has 22 friends (g-kit), Thursday, 29 June 2006 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Pardon me?
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 29 June 2006 12:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 30 June 2006 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 30 June 2006 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― kevin barking (arghargh), Friday, 30 June 2006 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― mike a (mike a), Friday, 30 June 2006 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― el juan (el juan), Friday, 30 June 2006 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 30 June 2006 23:13 (seventeen years ago) link
tom otm
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 30 June 2006 23:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Friday, 30 June 2006 23:45 (seventeen years ago) link
oops, I just refreshed itfuck
― boonah (boonah), Sunday, 2 July 2006 04:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― David Orton (scarlet), Sunday, 2 July 2006 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm not at all bothered by their voices, they add no more or no less to their songs than Girls Aloud, Rachel Stevens or any of the other several ILM-feted pop ciphers you could name. Also IT DOESN'T MATTER that they can't sing - male vocalists who can't sing get a free pass these days (unless you're Lex of course), it's very rare that female vocalists are afforded that luxury. Doesn't mean I'd want to see them live though, if only for the dodgy harmonies.
Still not as good as GA of course.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 2 July 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 2 July 2006 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stew (stew s), Sunday, 2 July 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd still go see them live.
― mike a (mike a), Sunday, 2 July 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Sunday, 2 July 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stew (stew s), Sunday, 2 July 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Who cares about vocal ability and autotune generally? Well, myself and Neko Case, to name two off the top of my head, but that's not really here nor there. I don't think there needs to be a rockism debate here.
― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Sunday, 2 July 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stew (stew s), Sunday, 2 July 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Sunday, 2 July 2006 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
They sound better on the record so I presume it's been autotuned.
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 3 July 2006 06:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 3 July 2006 06:58 (seventeen years ago) link
the live session on radcliffe sounded very close to the single fwiw.
― koogy wonderland (koogs), Monday, 3 July 2006 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 3 July 2006 08:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 3 July 2006 09:55 (seventeen years ago) link