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Liz Phair — Uncle Alvarez
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spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 14:12
 
 mread wrote:

Disagree.  Liz's is very listenable.  Bjork's is OK.  For true nail-scratching, spin some Fever Ray.

 
Yeah, she's grown on me, I agree Liz is listenable, I wonder if she has newer material on RP.   Bjork on the other hand grows on me like a goiter.


Dgradeworkunit
(Shenandoah Valley)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 14:09
 
Hey, I know Uncle Alvarez... or his clone.
I used to work with him.
Liz hits it square on the target. 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 07:24
 
 sarahbean26 wrote:
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).
 
{#Yes}


More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 07:22
 
8-> 9!

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 17:14
 
 lily34 wrote:
fantastic cd.
 
Totally agree.


mread
(Sun Diego)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 14:04
 
 spigolli wrote:
. . . Liz's voice sounds almost as bad as nails on a chalkboard. Had she  followed Bjork she'd sound angelic for sure.
 
Disagree.  Liz's is very listenable.  Bjork's is OK.  For true nail-scratching, spin some Fever Ray.


Zappamann
(Schwerin Germany)
Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 10:02
 
boring to death. I'm sorry, but that's my truth. Girly Mc Mainstream {#Sleep}

ckcotton
Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 10:00
 
MY GOD THIS IS CRAP

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..

{#Drunk}  (him)
{#Iamwithstupid} (me)


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.


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".


Lexapro_Headrush
Posted: Dec 25, 2009 - 20:42
 
whoa ho ho

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....{#Stupid}


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.

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.

cactus7709
Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 11:01
 
i thought i would hate her music but it's sorta nice


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.


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.



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.

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. . .


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 "whitechocolatespaceage"

Oh well...
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. . . .
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.
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...
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. . .
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). :puke:
CatSitter
(Burlington, VT)
Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 16:03
 
Love the song, CD and Liz!
skyguy
(CO)
Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 09:30
 
Perfect- now-we're so sorry Uncle Albert!
healyf52
(Lower Manhattan)
Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 09:30
 
dkwalika wrote:
RE: The cover. . .

Move the guitar!


Ahhhroooooo!! Woof, woof!!
enidualc
(Guyville)
Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 09:30
 
nice to hear my girrrrrl
dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 11:50
 
RE: The cover. . .

Move the guitar!
darkhorse53
(Illinois)
Posted: Apr 07, 2007 - 19:45
 
What is there not to like?
celadonstone
(Southeastern US)
Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 13:41
 
Shouldnt this song be played before "Uncle Walter" by the Ben Folds Five...?
ttburger3
(Laguna Beach)
Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 13:41
 
omniphiliac wrote:
Compare album covers: (click here)


that's a cover of a cover.
enidualc
(Guyville)
Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 13:40
 
i don't quite get the song, but i love her anyway.
omniphiliac
(Upper Left Edge, Turtle Island, 3rd Rock, Sol, Milky Way, Center of the Observable Universe)
Posted: Feb 19, 2007 - 22:40
 
Compare album covers: (click here)

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.
(former member)
(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.
phillips
(a beach near you)
Posted: Dec 08, 2006 - 08:24
 
siloco wrote:
Not having heard this record yet, I can't comment on whether the jeers she's receiving are deserved.

However, this song does have a pretty decent hook...


the album cover shown here is not whitechocolatespaceegg (which is much better than this most recent album). she did sell out a little, but now that she's older, she can do whatever she wants! though i still love her, the older stuff is the best.
phineas
Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 17:55
 
radiozep wrote:
I'm not even listening to the song, but just from the cover, she has changed (read 'sold-out') to main stream commercialism. I prefer to hear her in the Exit in Guyville days. She was different them. Now she seems to be just like all the other crappy artists that devour radio stations across the universe.

You're not listening to it, but you're making a judgement about it...based on the cover. Hokay...
Moak
(Reading, PA)
Posted: Nov 09, 2006 - 03:40
 
radiozep wrote:
I'm not even listening to the song, but just from the cover, she has changed (read 'sold-out') to main stream commercialism. I prefer to hear her in the Exit in Guyville days. She was different them. Now she seems to be just like all the other crappy artists that devour radio stations across the universe.


Yeah, God forbid the girl make a living Great song, but for our sake I wish she would struggle and starve so we could sit around feeling good about her purity.
siloco
(Tampa, FLA)
Posted: Oct 25, 2006 - 12:35
 
Not having heard this record yet, I can't comment on whether the jeers she's receiving are deserved.

However, this song does have a pretty decent hook...
radiozep
Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 21:21
 
I'm not even listening to the song, but just from the cover, she has changed (read 'sold-out') to main stream commercialism. I prefer to hear her in the Exit in Guyville days. She was different them. Now she seems to be just like all the other crappy artists that devour radio stations across the universe.
NorthernLad
(Elk Lake, Northern Ontario Canada)
Posted: Sep 26, 2006 - 05:25
 
Can you imagine her fans back in the days of 'guyville' seeing this CD cover? What is she, Britney Spears with a guitar?
redeyespy
(Sunny, FL)
Posted: Sep 11, 2006 - 14:09
 
Thought this was great once upon a time...now it sounds monotonous, with self-satisfied lyrics.
B1gwave_Dave
(Colorado Springs, CO)
Posted: Sep 11, 2006 - 14:07
 
she might not be the best vocalist, but I surely like the way she plays the guitar (and she can pose pretty nicely as well)
AphidA
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Jun 30, 2006 - 08:46
 
GChevy410 wrote:
I didnt like this song...but I'd do her

Exactly
Dave_Mack
(My own private underwear)
Posted: Jun 30, 2006 - 08:46
 
mrrmt wrote:
that's not the cover of whitechocolatespaceegg.

But it's hhhhhhhot. I saw her on one of those free concert thingees on DirectTV including some interviews. She comes across as not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. But hhhhhhhot. I really like this song, by the way.
spacecowpoke888
(Fort Worth Texas)
Posted: May 17, 2006 - 13:29
 
that has got to be the dumbest damn song i have ever heard
GChevy410
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Apr 18, 2006 - 10:06
 
I didnt like this song...but I'd do her