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There are some people who just don't get it. It's over. We're through. We are done. We've all been there (I know I have) and I don't think there is any other song that addresses this issue in such an upbeat and fun way. I thought British girl group the Pipettes were fun before I saw them live in New York City, but after a crazy night of hipster dancing, I couldn't get enough.
The Pipettes --...
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Synchronized dance moves that would make Phil Spector proud.
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The stomping hook and frothy Technicolor chorus put the band squarely on the map, and it also helped kick off a Shangri-La's renaissance-- partly because these three made their forebears' lyrics seem like Shakespeare by comparison.
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But after the initial annoyance wore off I realized that almost every member of the (albeit small) audience was mimicking every Pipette point and hip twitch exactly, giving this low budget video a charming two-way authenticity that helps to advance the group's 1960s schtick past trivial novelty.
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Brighton polka dot obsessives Becki, Gwenno and Rose's girl-group grooves have half our office dancing on desks and the art department grinding their teeth. Tough, they're on the list!
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Matching polka-dot dresses, synchronized hand moves, and bratty lyrics may seem anachronistic in 2006, but this new group led by three harmonizing, Phil Spector-loving ladies makes such dated details work.
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Indie-rock girl group from Brighton obviously obsessed with their chirpy, love-struck forerunners from the '50s and '60s.
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Girl group pop is the ideal left turn for indie-poppers. Slightly out-of-key singing and upside-down production values are acceptable only in these two genres. And what an adorable example of both are The Pipettes.
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Those of us who follow the nascent Phil Spector revival have come to expect this sort of thing from the Pipettes, three British girls in polka-dot dresses singing not-that-innocent playground ditties and brandishing a manifesto about how the Beatles ruined pop music. But when "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me" hits its chorus, the gimmicks melt away.
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Sure, the kitsch is there and cannot be denied, but that "and you might cry / for some time" hook is too gorgeous and heart-melting to be written off so easily.
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Two minutes' worth of Summery 60s harmonies probably hasn't sounded quite this good since - well, the 60s.
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