The Independence of Liz Phair

I saw her at the last go-round of Guyville anniversary show at the Vic, and I thought she was great, LL. She has a really has such an interesting live guitar style/phrasing.

something about seeing her at the EB seems really appropriate

To dip back into the above convo from four years ago -- when you compare the two "Exile" albums song-by-song, it seems pretty clear that hers was indeed conceived at l ask loosely as a response to the Stones LP (musically, maybe even more than lyrically)... it's very impressive. She was probably indeed just trolling when she brushed it off in that first radio interview; or (more likely) didn't want to invite her album being saddled with the association at that early stage, and later was okay embracing it when it was clear that it wouldn't be portrayed as a negative?

("at I ask" = "at least". Autocorrect is killing me lately.)

Then again, a lot of those songs are on the Girlysound tapes (not tracking the Stones album), so I dunno. Maybe it was half serendipity, the way the parallels fell into place.

That SPIN article was really interesting & revealing; really cool to hear about how that album was constructed

Also

Her guitar tunings – her guitar playing, period – are mad underrated. I can listen to "Explain It To Me" ad infinitum.

― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:12 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is super otm (& not solely bcz "Explain" is my OPO from the album)

Been playing her first three albums a lot since her show on Friday. This track is still a favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHqOJwgbpxo

FWIW, I also saw Richard Linklater's Before trilogy yesterday - I was surprised how disappointing the third film seemed when viewed immediately after the first two. It still had a good deal of promising ideas, but they give way to a pair of climactic scenes that feel much too prosaic and much too narrow - packed with dramatic fireworks but with nothing new to say. Liz's song suggests a whole lot more in its two minutes and 53 seconds.

^I revisited Whitechocolatespaceegg last week, and too was struck by how good & precisely worded that song is.