Clap Your Hands if You Want Some More
Yes. It’s been a long fucking time since I’ve posted. I’ve been busy, and hey – I went to Vegas, so that’s gotta count for something, right?
Any-dang-way, I’ve decided (yes, all by myself) that the newest thing is going to be retro 60s music instead of retro 80s. Think about it. The sound has stood the test of time for way longer than 80s synths and wacky hairdos and tight jeans have, the dancing is awesome, and it escapes the bullshit, short-term-novelty of kinda sorta reliving something that you remember from when you were 8, but were actually in fact too into GI Joe and your BMX bike to properly remember and understand why it’s gone.
At any rate, the purpose of my rambling is that I’ve become enamored recently with The Pipettes and their combination of retro-60s kitsch and 2006 indie-chick attitude. I can’t get enough of “Pull Shapes” from their latest album “We Are The Pipettes.” I have to admit that some of that comes from the video (available here on Videoteque) but something about the line “I just want to move, I don’t care what the song’s about” just makes me giddy. Watch the video for the killer pose at the very end.
Sure, there are advantages to recording 60’s-style music in 2006 — such as higher production value and the subtle record-scratching effect used in at about a minute in — but the energy of the music is pure 1964. As a bonus, I’m including a track by Young and Sexy, which if it wasn’t recorded in stereo could almost pass as having been produced in the decade I’ve already mentioned too many times in this post to repeat.
- The Pipettes – Pull Shapes
- The Pipettes – Pull Shapes (iPod-ready video at Videoteque)
- Young and Sexy – Conventional Lullabies
Buy The Pipettes on iTunes
Buy Young and Sexy on iTunes
Oh, and thanks to this random Flickr user for the photograph. If so desired, I’ll take it down.