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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Liz Phair |
| Date | Tue, 20 May 2003 15:53:21 -0400 |
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Sorry to hear. I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of Exile.
----- Original Message -----
From: "shawn campbell" <thursdayinjune@yahoo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 3:29 PM
Subject: Liz Phair
>
> I'm sitting here listening to the new Liz Phair
> record, and I am so appalled. I had heard a couple of
> tracks before, and knew her longtime fans were in for
> trouble (I don't know about you, but, to me, calling a
> song 'Hot White Cum' smacks of a bit of desperation to
> prove your continuing "edginess"). However, I had
> been holding out some hope for the album tracks on the
> (self-titled) record.
>
> I was a huge fan of 'Exile,' thought 'Whipsmart' was a
> letdown, and found 'Whitechocolatespaceegg' a return
> to form -- a great example of an underground artist
> struggling to make sense of growing up. But even
> 'Whipsmart' had plenty of redeeming moments -- this
> new record is just dismal. The Matrix (Avril Lavigne,
> other dreck) is the production team behind the album,
> and has smoothed away every rough edge and bit of
> character from Liz's voice (hello, pitch-correct
> much?), and made every track sound like any other
> radio-ready heavy-production-sheen female artist, from
> Sheryl Crow to Michelle Branch to, yes, the
> aforementioned Avril.
>
> I'm sure the intent here was to get ol' Liz on the
> radio, to "bring her work to more people." Well, it
> MAY get her on the radio on your local "modern adult
> contempory" radio station, but it won't bring any of
> her PAST work to a wider audience, because this is not
> the same artist who made the first three albums.
>
> From the song 'Rock Me': "Your record collection don't
> exist -- you don't even know who Liz Phair is." Ugh.
>
>
> I can't even think of a time when I have heard more
> absolutely blatant pandering in the quest for a
> commercial "hit." How sad - especially from an artist
> who, in my opinion, was responsible for one of the
> most important records of the 1990s.
>
> 14 tracks of crap. Don't waste your money.
>
> --Shawn
>
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