floydoftherocks
(Frisco) | | Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 08:02 | |
for whatever reason i thought this was rilo kiley... love these lyrics.. reminds me of my father in law..  (him)  (me) |
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TimeWaster
(The lower of the two Dakotas) | | Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 08:01 | |
I would not say this is mainstream or common. Nor would not say that it is good.
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 07:26 | |
lee_sf wrote:I WANT to like Liz Phair. Bought her first double album, saw her live at the SF Fillmore earlier this year. Her voice has personality, as does her songwriting, but it's all so... mainstream. Common, even. It's like, re Sturgeon's Law, she's right at 85%. Or so. "Mainstream", "common"? I guess it's a matter of how one defines those terms. Her first three albums certainly do not fall into those categories. "Mainstream" and "common", to me, are more personified by genres such as "classic rock". |
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Lexapro_Headrush
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 10:38 | |
Why not follow this with McCartney's Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey? It's in the RP library....never played. PS - There aren't many songs about Aunts....  |
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spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA) | | Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 10:32 | |
Following Norah Jones is so unfair, Liz's voice sounds almost as bad as nails on a chalkboard. Had she followed Bjork she'd sound angelic for sure.
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lee_sf
(2nd floor, corner) | | Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 01:01 | |
I WANT to like Liz Phair. Bought her first double album, saw her live at the SF Fillmore earlier this year. Her voice has personality, as does her songwriting, but it's all so... mainstream. Common, even. It's like, re Sturgeon's Law, she's right at 85%. Or so. |
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cactus7709
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i thought i would hate her music but it's sorta nice
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 08:38 | |
celadonstone wrote:Shouldnt this song be played before "Uncle Walter" by the Ben Folds Five...?
You nailed it. I knew there was another song with a similar theme, couldn't place it. Both songs are pretty disturbing. Good though. |
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TJS
(Denver) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 13:14 | |
I love this whole CD. It's her best, in my opinion, and I have them all. |
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djengs
| | Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 15:45 | |
wferrier wrote:
No keep this cover! And yes this is the first song I heard from this CD, I think it was on a movie soundtrack. . .
The cover certainly suggests a certain...flexibility. |
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wferrier
(Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | | Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 10:18 | |
Xeric wrote:
Did you PM Bill about this, Lily? He usually is quick to fix such things, if they're really in error. . . .
No keep this cover! And yes this is the first song I heard from this CD, I think it was on a movie soundtrack. . . |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Jul 06, 2008 - 20:47 | |
lily34 wrote:
i totally agree! REALLY bugs me that this is the wrong cover and that whitechocolatespaceegg isn't listed correctly as the cd.
i love all the songs on this cd, but as this was the first one i'd heard, it may be my favorite.
fantastic cd.
* sigh *
Now it's listed as being from "whitechocolatespace age"
Oh well... |
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Xeric
(Up on the Roof) | | Posted: Jul 06, 2008 - 20:31 | |
lily34 wrote:
i totally agree! REALLY bugs me that this is the wrong cover and that whitechocolatespaceegg isn't listed correctly as the cd.
i love all the songs on this cd, but as this was the first one i'd heard, it may be my favorite.
fantastic cd. Did you PM Bill about this, Lily? He usually is quick to fix such things, if they're really in error. . . . |
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lily34
(derby, ny) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 10:40 | |
starlisa13 wrote:WOW... RP has the CD cover wrong, and the title of the album. This track is from "Whitechocolatespaceegg". And the cover displayed is for her absolutely crappy sell out disc, "Liz Phair", that came out 5 years after "White..." which has a yellow/white/black cover with a photo of her face.
Anyhow, this is my favorite track of of the disc, I love the story/imagery of a neglected/unrespected uncle in the family. I always imagined Uncle Alvarez doing a pretty mean Rodney Dangerfield impression...
i totally agree! REALLY bugs me that this is the wrong cover and that whitechocolatespaceegg isn't listed correctly as the cd.
i love all the songs on this cd, but as this was the first one i'd heard, it may be my favorite.
fantastic cd. |
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starlisa13
(Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 09:57 | |
WOW... RP has the CD cover wrong, and the title of the album. This track is from "Whitechocolatespaceegg". And the cover displayed is for her absolutely crappy sell out disc, "Liz Phair", that came out 5 years after "White..." which has a yellow/white/black cover with a photo of her face.
Anyhow, this is my favorite track of of the disc, I love the story/imagery of a neglected/unrespected uncle in the family. I always imagined Uncle Alvarez doing a pretty mean Rodney Dangerfield impression...
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wferrier
(Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 11:00 | |
This song was used as an effective opening in a film, which had a lesbian theme (Julie Johnson), but that's a red herring, as the film was really about intellectual isolation. Nice film. Great tune. Hot cover. . .
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sarahbean26
(waukegan,IL) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 10:55 | |
People really like this song? The lyrics are very 5th grade. I dont get it!!! But she is very hot and funny (to write this song).  |
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CatSitter
(Burlington, VT) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 16:03 | |
Love the song, CD and Liz!
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skyguy
(CO) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 09:30 | |
Perfect- now-we're so sorry Uncle Albert!  |
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healyf52
(Lower Manhattan) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 09:30 | |
dkwalika wrote:RE: The cover. . .
Move the guitar!
Ahhhroooooo!! Woof, woof!! |
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enidualc
(Guyville) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 09:30 | |
nice to hear my girrrrrl  |
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dkwalika
(Upper Midwest) | | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 11:50 | |
RE: The cover. . .
Move the guitar!
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darkhorse53
(Illinois) | | Posted: Apr 07, 2007 - 19:45 | |
What is there not to like?
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celadonstone
(Southeastern US) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 13:41 | |
Shouldnt this song be played before "Uncle Walter" by the Ben Folds Five...?
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ttburger3
(Laguna Beach) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 13:41 | |
omniphiliac wrote:
that's a cover of a cover.  |
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enidualc
(Guyville) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 13:40 | |
i don't quite get the song, but i love her anyway.  |
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omniphiliac
(Upper Left Edge, Turtle Island, 3rd Rock, Sol, Milky Way, Center of the Observable Universe) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2007 - 22:40 | |
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xkolibuul
(Pacific Rim, watching the storms roll in) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2007 - 22:39 | |
Always makes me happy to hear Liz here. A true blue New Haven girl.
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dmax
(Shadow Valley Condos) | | Posted: Dec 22, 2006 - 21:49 | |
lester wrote: and she seems inexperienced.
Liz? Inexperienced? I wouldn't use that adjective, truly.
Go skim through the back catalog, and you might really really like what you hear. |
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