btw clem I'm reacting to the angst expressed at the beginning of this thread, started in 2003. I'm surprised that even in 2003 fans couldn't see that a novelty song about hot white cum was the means by which Liz Phair scored her biggest commercial coup.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
oddly, i think what i find disappointing about every album after 'exile' is how confident and professional her singing sounds. what i like about 'exile' is how tuneless and weird she sounds on almost every track, like the almost drone-y tone she gets on 'flower.' i love those unexpected phrasings and random emphases: "and BOXED it up and buried it in the GROUND."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
Hmm. She still has an uncertain relation to pitch up until 2005 to my ears.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
I'll grab WCSE for the car tomorrow. When Scott and I did that Facebook thing, there was some interesting commentary on how severe the backlash against her was. (You just quoted one of my favourite lines from "Divorce Song"--that and "I guess I already am."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
Give it another shot.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
i repped for the 2003 album lots when it came out, but i can't really get into most of it anymore. i do like most of 'whip-smart.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
I was going to do ‘Funstyle,’ ‘Funnerstyle’ and 'Funnererstyle'
just... wow
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 11:00 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, I've never known any artist ever that had more people go "I know exactly what she *should* be doing, and I will immediately stop her from doing what she *is* doing in favour of my vision" than her.
Fairly, unfairly, correctly or no, I have no idea, I only heard "Fuck and Run" by her...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 11:16 (eleven years ago) link
I keep waiting for her to do the inevitable kids album. The press release and reviews would pretty much write themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg055XfRnzY
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
Ten years since the release of the eponymous album. Fabulous interview: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-other-liz-phair-anniversary-this-week
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 June 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
I remember my A&R guy was Ron Laffitte and he was like, “Well, what would you do differently?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp9PGzGroMc
― This amigurumi Jamaican octopus is ready to chill with you (Phil D.), Friday, 28 June 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
Good interview! Got me to check that record out for the first time. Really baffling that so much fuss was made - it's not a dramatic shift away from whitechocolatespaceegg and despite some kind of wince-inducing production choices here and there, and a couple of plodding numbers that never find a shape ("Friend of Mine") the songwriting totally feels like vintage Liz.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 29 June 2013 03:11 (ten years ago) link
"Why Can't I?" is surprisingly durable.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 June 2013 07:25 (ten years ago) link
My favorite track from that album is Red Light Fever.
― how's life, Saturday, 29 June 2013 11:13 (ten years ago) link
I interviewed her after this album came out and she told me she was just happy to hear her songs played at the gym.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 June 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
actually, Funstyle is great.
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 03:07 (six years ago) link