Quote:
Originally Posted by hekawi
another fan here. "Exile" is her masterpiece, but all her later albums have their moments.
btw: to me "HWC" seemed like a novelty/self-parody song....as in "i'm doing a more mainstream album this time, shooting for a hit song, and most people who have only heard of me but not heard my music think all i write are dirty songs. i'll toss in one real overtly nasty number just to give them that side of me."
|
Hmm, see I thought of it the complete opposite. I saw it as the mainstream head honchos were like, "We're giving you this chance to get on the radio, have a hit single, get famous, etc. so why don't you write one of those pervy songs so the old fans will think we didn't change you and the new fans will be in on the essense of Liz Phair"
I guess like many things, it's all about perception! Your view is a good way to look at it, though. I should point out that I'm not against mainstream anything. It's all relative to me, some days I want only indie types, other days I'm digging through cheesy mainstream stuff and hearing it in a different way.