JUDGE POP vs THE PIPETTES

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

In the first of a rub new POPTIMISTS SERIES, Mega-City Pop's toughest JUDGE needs YOUR help to decide what sentence to pass on today's hot new "talents". First up are 'girl group' The Pipettes, who seem to divide Poptimists opinion, requiring arbitration from the unbending arm of THE LAW.

[Poll #759407]

So erm basically the poll is 'do you think the Pipettes are a good thing or a bad thing' and the comments box is where you suggest WHY.

Comments

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll tell you what, dear THE JUDGE, but this is hard for me. The photo you have posted there is of the early Pipettes, before they dumped Julia (on the left) and got some floozy in to replace her. I really liked them back then. Now, I find it hard to judge. They seem to be far more set on being faux-retro and it's a little bit irksome. On the other hand, they have some pleasing songs.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i was gonna say the one on the left doesn't look the one i've seen in vids, photos and such. this explains that then.

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was alleged in the ILM thread that "Gwenno" is a "ringer".

[zenith.livejournal.com]

This makes it sound as if the line-up change was less cynical... (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/24/bmpipettes24.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/06/24/ixtop.html)

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

OK, true, she actually left the band. But that was because she didn't like the direction they were going. They are certainly quite bland really, as the Lex says.

Plus, pace The Daily Telegraph (as always), her band is The Indelicates (not "The Delegates").