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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Liz UnPhair? |
| Date | Tue, 01 Jul 2003 03:56:34 -0400 |
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At Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:39:45 Michael wrote:
>I dunno...I think that if one isn't able to describe to their producers a
>big pop oriented rock sound, one should probably not be making big pop
>oriented rock records.
Correct....which is why, according to her, she COULDN'T make that first
album a big pop-oriented rock record.
>Moreover, if that's the story that Liz is trying to sell...well, it's
>bullshit. She was signed on the basis of her primitive Girlysound
>recordings.
Which suited the needs of the label at the time.
>If she wanted to write a big pop oriented rock record, she probably
>wouldn't have done an alleged >track for track response to The Rolling
>Stones EXILE ON MAIN STREET. She reveled in her indie-ness, when it suited
>her needs.
And now it doesn't....
>I think that Liz Phair is pretty talented. I also think that she uses the
>media to suit her needs and is a top notch bullshitter whose comments to
>the press must be taken with a grain of salt. Her rant to the Times is as
>calculated as anything else she has done.
>
>That's what is so fascinating about her -- she wraps herself in a few
>layers of artifice, yet she is capable to terrific plain spoken real life
>lyrics. No one else quite like her...
Thank God....but. now there are TWO Avril Lavigne's.
I've been curious about this story from a media perspective only. I
otherwise wouldn't give Liz Phair the time of day....either as an indie
media darling or in her new role as corporate schill.
Jaimie Vernon,
President,
Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc.
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!"
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