The Pipettes 2007-06-12, Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop, SF, CA
Posted by: dave in concert, tags: Popscene, Rickshaw Stop, The Pipettes
Honestly, when you think of a group that essentially has 3 girls doing nothing but vocals and dancing around and doing hand motions and stuff with the songs, with some random backing band that’s essentially meaningless (they even face away from the crowd i guess to make it clear they’re not the main attraction, but at least it’s not a backing tape)… do you expect to see something great? I didn’t, and around 7ish last night I was thinking “how entertaining can this be, I should skip it my computer is currently busted and I’m grumpy”. I’m really glad I surpressed the urge to stay home and be grumpy, as this sort of show was the best possible thing to un-grump someone I think. You have to be an incredibly terrible person with a heart made of pure evil to not enjoy this band. (I think). It’s great if you have ADD, since they have exactly zero songs that are over 3 minutes. They even played a BUNCH of new songs! They were full of energy and fun and I don’t know why I doubted it for even a second. I’ve had lowered expectations of every band with only one album headlining a show for a long time now (usually they just play the album as exactly as they can do it, not much interesting to it), but The Pipettes were above and beyond anything I could have imagined.
If you love music, you owe it to yourself to do whatever it takes to see The Pipettes whenever they come to your town.
BONUS TRACK on this one. Did anyone else really dig the opening band Smoosh? If they’re rocking out like that and they’re like 13 or something, what the hell are they going to do when they’re in their 20’s? Most high school bands are crap. These guys aren’t even junior high and they’re already better than a lot of opening acts I’ve seen. Amazing. So I’m tossing up an mp3 of their cover of This Modern Love by Bloc Party which I thought was really really cool. It’s one thing to rock out on your own stuff, but something else entirely to cover Bloc Party of all bands, which isn’t your typical standard rock band. Awesome stuff.
setlist:
- Intro
- Don’t Forget Me
- Because It’s Not Love (But It’s A Feeling)
- Why Did You Stay?
- banter
- Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me
- Your Love For Me
- It Hurts To See You Dance So Well
- Tell Me What You Want
- Baby Don’t Leave Me
- Really That Bad
- The Burning Ambition Of Early Diuretics
- True Love Waits Patiently For A Miracle
- I Love You
- Guess Who Ran Off With The Milkman?
- By My Side
- Judy
- One Night Stand
- Dirty Mind
- Pull Shapes
- encore break
- ABC
- We Are The Pipettes
download the whole show as a .zip file
Bonus Track: Smoosh - This Modern Love (Bloc Party)
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“a group that essentially has 3 girls doing nothing but vocals and dancing around and doing hand motions and stuff with the songs, with some random backing band that’s essentially meaningless”
I think they used to call this kind of thing “Bananarama,” actually. I’m glad that sort of aesthetic continues in some form!
thank you! good quality,
do you have the rest of the Smoosh show?
Thanks for this! I saw them for the first time last summer and I had no idea what to expect but now, they’re one of my fav bands!
Hey, I saw this blog linked in the SA Wordpress thread. My girlfriend was at this show and she loved it. Did you see some gay neckbearded guy talking about Doctor Who there?
Words cannot express how thankful I am for this download. The world owes you a huge debt of gratitude.
This is a great sounding recording! Good job. Thank you so much for sharing the download.
Thanks for this……. Saw them play last year in London, and in a few weeks they are playing only a few miles from my home in the beautiful English countryside…..Can’t wait.
Brilliant! I just found these gals and I love them. This is a great addition to my collection, thank you so much!