The Pipettes – A History of Dubious Taste

Friday Night Music Club Vol 47

Here we go again, with another mix to (hopefully) brighten up your Friday night, Saturday morning or whenever you choose to listen to it.

I’m even more short of time than usual this week, having just got back from a tiring trudge back from That London and That Office, so I’ll waste no more time:

Friday Night Music Club Vol 47

And here’s your ears will be treated to if you click that link, some of which need one of these slapped across them:

Florence + The Machine – Addicted To Love
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero (Radio Edit)
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Spandau Ballet – Instinction
Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa
50 Cent – P.I.M.P.
tUnE-yArDs – Gangsta
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
The Charlatans – Trouble Understanding (Norman Cook Remix)
The Dandy Warhols – Godless
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Cellophane
The Cult – Lil’ Devil
Jim Reid – And Your Bird Can Sing
The Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin’ Something
The Tonettes – I Gotta Know
The Pipettes – I Love You
A Camp – Song for the Leftovers

Claps, Clicks & Whistles #17

Something pretty bloody wonderful to kick off your weekend.

The Pipettes seem to have ground to a halt, but the three band members involved with their short fifteen minutes of fame have moved on to other projects, with varying degrees of success: Rose Elinor Dougall is a solo artist but also performs in Mark Ronson’s band; Rebecca Stephens seems to flit between recording under the name Electric Blue and Projectionists, whilst Gwenno Saunders has toured playing keyboards for some chap called Elton John, whoever he is, and in 2014 released the simply stunning Welsh language album Y Dydd Olaf, which if you’ve never heard I can heartily recommend, even if, like me, you don’t understand a ruddy word she’s sing.

The Pipettes had a distinct look (predominantly polka dot skirts which would make Strawberry Switchblade green with envy) and some corking tunes, not least this, from 2006, their biggest – okay, their only – UK hit. Given how simply loveable this is, it’s a real shame that their time in the spotlight was criminally brief:

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