wait, not California... Go West
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 5 October 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link
Generally, I like your slant/prose (alfred) but I had some issues with this maybe because she is dear to my coming of age years. But unless you publicly welcome it, I don't want to specifically critique because in whole I like the overall spirit.
― Yerac, Friday, 5 October 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
ugh, i've been drinking. don't mind me.
― Yerac, Friday, 5 October 2018 04:23 (five years ago) link
From the Whitechocolatespaceegg track listing on Wikipedia:
Advance Promo Copy17. "Freak of Nature" – 2:0318. "Hurricane Cindy" – 2:48OuttakesThere exist several circulating outtakes from the album. Most of them have never been commercially released, however, several bootlegs include these songs, which are listed below:"Oh My God""Desperado Theme""Hurricane Cindy""Rocket Boy""Russian Girl""Stuck on an Island""Tell Me You Like Me""I'm Like That""White Bird of Texas""Freak of Nature""Bars of the Bed""Blood Keeper""Greased Lightning"
OuttakesThere exist several circulating outtakes from the album. Most of them have never been commercially released, however, several bootlegs include these songs, which are listed below:
"Oh My God""Desperado Theme""Hurricane Cindy""Rocket Boy""Russian Girl""Stuck on an Island""Tell Me You Like Me""I'm Like That""White Bird of Texas""Freak of Nature""Bars of the Bed""Blood Keeper""Greased Lightning"
I wasn't aware of all these outtakes... "Stuck on an Island" is one of my favorite songs of hers. Has anyone heard any of these others?
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Don't miss OL's poll: A human super-POLL-va, a POLL-ar Superman: Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 30 November 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
xp to morris I think the link I posted upthread still works
― sleeve, Friday, 30 November 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
Oh cool, thanks sleeve
― very legal & very cool (morrisp), Friday, 30 November 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
yr welcome
also I am extremely annoyed that I have never heard/heard of "Bars of the Bed" or "Blood Keeper"
― sleeve, Friday, 30 November 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
Hey sleeve -- your link says the following. Any way to restore access??
Something appears to be missing…The key you provided for file access was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on MediaFire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or MediaFire. Still have questions, or think we've made a mistake? Please contact support for further assistance.
― very legal & very cool (morrisp), Friday, 30 November 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
hmm send me an ILX-mail (include your email, it doesn't send that) and I'll get you sorted, I'll look into the link later but they might have made me take it down
― sleeve, Friday, 30 November 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Will do, much appreciated!
― very legal & very cool (morrisp), Friday, 30 November 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Listening to the Girlysound demos; I forget that early versions of "Polyester Bride" and "(Shitloads of) Money" are on there.
I wonder if the Henry in "Bride" is the same Henry from "Stuck on an Island" ("...doing coke with Henry")... must be, right?
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Friday, 30 November 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
Hey sleeve, check this out -- both tracks seem to be on this upload which YT helpfully tossed up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEq0rFFHvd8
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Friday, 30 November 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
Sick lead gtr on "Russian Girl," starting around 45:30 in the above clip... wonder who played it(?)
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 01:24 (five years ago) link
Sounds a little like Jack White
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
Oh, rocket boi- where are you gonna land?
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 14 May 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
Whip-Smart was my first Liz record, and for that it’ll always rank a little higher than the other studio albums.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 14 May 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
"Support System," "Go West," and "Jealousy" are three of her all-time best songs... it's frustrating how much of a mixed bag the rest of Whip-Smart is.
― Phair · Jagger/Richards · Carl Perkins (morrisp), Thursday, 9 November 2023 04:01 (five months ago) link
I would NOT include "Support System" in that list, I would include "Alice Springs", "Shane" and the title track
but yeah, it's a bit uneven overall
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:17 (five months ago) link
At this point, it's the album of hers that i listen to the most, and it's grown on me tons over the years. Jealousy, Nashville, May Queen, Whip-Smart and Go West are all top-tier Phair for me! I'm always down for X-Ray Man and sometimes for Supernova also. I guess I sort of buy "uneven" but for me it's the sort of loopier slow burn-things that sometimes grab me and sometimes I'm ready to skip.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:30 (five months ago) link
Whip-Smart was the first album of hers I heard (though I was aware of Guyville having happened), and I really really lived with it for a while before getting Guyville. So it was weird (to me) how let down folks seemed by Whip-Smart though now, of course, I get it.
Whip-Smart is messy as hell but still a special listen.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:38 (five months ago) link