This page represents only my own views, and not those of any university or other body.
Posted Tuesday 31st January 2012 at 7.27pm
All my moves are flawed
Some people say they're manufactured.
Some people complain that they don't write all their own songs, or play all their own instruments.
Some people say the really talented one is Monster Bobby.
They're all right. But I say... who cares? It's all about the songs. And for a while, the Pipettes churned out some fantastic songs. "We are the Pipettes" was one of the best albums of 2006. Simple. The 1-2-3 of Dirty mind, It hurts to see you dance so well, Judy... brilliant songs! Even the non-album tracks - School uniform, Guess who ran off with the milkman?, The burning ambition of early diuretics, Really that bad...
I first heard of the Pipettes when they were supporting the Go! Team on tour. At that point all they had were a few demo tracks. I heard a couple and thought "meh", and then It hurts to see you dance so well (which at that time was only two verses and 1 minute 5 seconds long) came on, and I was hooked.
(I'd still argue that the demo arrangement of Judy, replete with clarinet/oboe(?), is better than the album mix.)
Return to blog
Comments
Write a new comment: