pipettes are crap

dont waste your time. they give girl singers a bad name.

this is not a good band.

As the Voice pointed out, go by some Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Flatmates and Shop Assistants records.

oh, shut up. the pipettes are amazing. they need to come to new york NOW.

That's a classic "Boob Profile" shot.

i saw them play recently. it was fine. whatever. snooze. next.

hooray for boobies, and hot librarians, and the pipettes. regardless of the rest of the album, "your kisses are wasted on me" is one of the most infectious pop songs of the year.

Also, is it me, or did Chris Ott take the pretension up a notch in the VV article? I don't remember a lot of pop culture theory in his pitchfork writings.

Anything like Bananarama?

theyre no dansettes.

totally.

I disagree (with no one in particular).

good god, who cares?

I don't really like that band, but he seems to have a predisposition against the idea that something might be any good because it's somewhat disposable or isn't some momumental landmark that people will worship in decades time.. fun music that you like for a few months and then forget about has its place, too.

you like those side boobs? well you shouldn't, because that's my side boob.

my problem with this group or any "girl group" for that matter is that the focus is more on the novelty factor that there's women playing/leading rather than on the music. It just gets under my skin, and frankly, is rather nauseating. I feel focus should always be on the music itself, rather than matching dresses or for that matter any image based/gimmick driven group-male or female
Xo- a disgruntled female musician.

i haven't listened to them, but as a female musician i hate the idea of a band with a bunch of female vocalists who don't play instruments backed up by male musicians. if you want to be in a band, unless you're the most interesting frontperson ever, learn to play an instrument.

Like Diana Ross or Ronnie Spector or Aretha Franklin. They'd be SO much better if they were lugging a bass around the whole time.

(Though Franklin plays piano, sometimes, I think. And this is not to imply the lousy Pipettes are anything more than a girl-group Spice Girls.)

>>unless you're the most interesting frontperson ever

Totally missed this. Apologies.

duh- they are actually making fun of most girl groups however in a way better way than most girl groups ever did when they took themselves seriously (ie spice girls, destiny's child, en vogue, go go's etc). it's party music done pretty good. it doesn't seem really grounbreaking but i bet in a dozen years at some party playing retro music, these are still the songs that get people on the floor. (kool and the gang 'celebration' style).

I agree. The Dansettes are better.

Pipettes are way cutier.

"cutier?" cause that's important.

Three Imaginary Girls hearts The Pipettes. We just posted this review today:

http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/pipettes06aug.asp

Half the album is good, the other half tested my patience. Take the bad songs out and you've got a great EP.

ugh ugh ugh. everything about them is awful. the production is awful, like late 80's awful. it just sounds so unappealing. I would much rather listen to the headcoatees who were dirty and fun.

did the older looking blonde "mom" one with the short hair come in later, b/c I don't see her in this picture...unless she used to have a fatter face and brown hair

someone get fired for not being "cutier" enough?

her name is gwenno, and she replaced an older member named julia.

that sounds pretty sad and fairly Sugababes of them

In response to a disgruntled female musician: You begin your comment with "my problem with this group or any 'girl group' for that matter..." but then by criticizing the focus you seem to accuse the media (traditional and otherwise) and music fans. So is it really the fault of the female members of a group? Do you claim they shoulder a responsibility to deflect that focus (e.g., by making an effort to not look so pretty)?

In response to the other female musician: Don't you think that the human voice is an instrument, in a sense, itself? Since everyone's voice is unique, wouldn't it be enough for a frontwoman (or frontman) to have a stunning voice and know how to use it? I think Neko Case as a member of The New Pornographers is a good example. She's not the frontwoman of that band, but at some points in some of their songs (which she doesn't help write, as far as I know) her vocals are front and center.

Yes, the human voice is an instrument, and I definitely wasn't saying that all female vocalists need to go learn an instrument right now or give up. There's just something about having several female vocalists backed by male musicians that rubs me the wrong way. It sounds like the Pipettes are supposed to be a more modern, feminist girl group, or something, and I just think that could have been better accomplished by having women play the instruments behind them.

p.s. I realize it sounds like I changed my argument. I guess I mean that in "girl groups," I think it's important for female instrumentalists to have a presence, even if some of the members only sing.

a big problem is that none of the three girls has an exceptional voice.

they're like three back-up singers in search of a lead.

wow, it's rather sickening reading through this pile of rubbish.

don't you remember, pop music is a form of entertainment, not art. no matter what your mind thinks.

and yeah, some of the pipettes songs are fantastic, others - not so much.

I'm far from being a Pitchfork hater, but I do think they were really, really stretching by calling this album best new music. It's one of those albums that seems possible to mildly enjoy at most, but to declare this a classic is really silly. I have to agree with Chris Ott on this one; by the time they release their second album (if that in fact happens) I find it hard to believe that anyone is really going to care anymore.

"As the Voice pointed out, go by some Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Flatmates and Shop Assistants records."

Wow those bands sound absolutely nothing like the Pipettes, other than the female vocals. I'm not taking anything away from those bands as I love Heavenly, Talulah Gosh, and the Shop Assistants, but The Pipettes are an excellent group on their own. It's a nice change of pace to listen to some fun, catchy pop music.

the pipettes are amazing and can't imagine Amelia Fletcher not liking them.

IT'S THIS SIMPLE: close your eyes, listen to the song. It's not a good song. Since it's all I have to judge by, sorry. No go (despite matching dresses or whatever)

Who cares if they're good or not. The real question is, do they put out. In all honesty though, screw these flavor of the month no-name lightweight bands.

The Dansettes are much better. Soulful singing, tight band, good songs.

I don't see The Pipettes catching on big, or starting some sort of girl-group revival. I've heard some of their tracks(eg. Pull Shapes) and they definitely hit the spot with regards to some of my indiepop tastes. But they're definitely a niche band that'll probably appeal to 60's afficianados, neo-Mods and the like.

cant compare to the shangri-la's etc etc...more like the go-go's.. no wait...not as good as that either...

Pipettes are a musical joke next to the dansettes

www.myspace.com/thedansettes

Pipettes are a musical joke next to the dansettes

www.myspace.com/thedansettes

Pipettes are a musical joke next to the dansettes

www.myspace.com/thedansettes

The Pipettes yet again prove that people love kitschy stuff as long as there's no musical content. If your band is conceptual and kitschy and doing a reinvention of something and you are an interesting sounding band, you're fucked. You alienate the people who like serious music by being kitschy and you alienate the people who like kitsch because the music distracts from it.

That warm tingling feeling you feel as you listen to The Pipettes is a British promoter named Monster Bobby urinating on your face. His favorite music (according to his myspace page) includes Christian rap and grindcore. Perhaps you could strike up a conversation with him on one of these topics while he empties his bladder.

Myself, I'm glad that Sleater-Kinney put out 7 albums before they broke up. Something tells me it's going to be a long, cold winter.

I agree with a lot of the comments here, The Pipettes are truly a horrible band. I thought novelty acts were a thing of the past, yet people seem to be eating this crap up with a spoon. 50's doo-wap bands sounded good in the 50's - The Pipettes are simply a repackaged retro act unfit for human consumption. I wanna smack the guy that signed this band.

I agree with a lot of the comments here, The Pipettes are truly a horrible band. I thought novelty acts were a thing of the past, yet people seem to be eating this crap up with a spoon. 50's doo-wap bands sounded good in the 50's - The Pipettes are simply a repackaged retro act unfit for human consumption. I wanna smack the guy that signed this band.

Pipettes are a great band.