Exile in Guyville

PissBottleMan
PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
edited May 2006 in Other Music
On the way back from Chicago the other day, PBW popped in Exile in Guyville...I haven't heard that CD in forever...good stuff.

I've been playing it a lot since then.

PBM
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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    It is really good. Too bad her stuff since has paled by comparison.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    That one seems very raw...I think that's what I like about it.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Great album........I think that she has changed record companies since the first couple of albums.......I think the change in her musical direction was imposed by the new record company.
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  • Pearls&Stones
    Pearls&Stones Posts: 585
    transplant wrote:
    It is really good. Too bad her stuff since has paled by comparison.

    I like her other stuff, but it in no way is in the same league as "Exile in Guyville."

    If I was forced to come up with my 10 favorite songs ever, the "Johnny my love, we got us a witness..." song that I can never remember the name of would definitely be on the list. One of my all time favorite lines is in that song... "We can probably skip the 'until death' part, 'cause Johnny my love you're already dead."

    "Help Me Mary" and "Fuck and Run" are also awesome. I admire Liz Phair's conviction. She honestly wants to make more pop-sounding music and she is doing just that. People want her to sound angrier but she doesn't want to be dishonest. I thought her self-titled album was quite good. I need to listen to "Somebody's Miracle" again before I judge it
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  • Pearls&Stones
    Pearls&Stones Posts: 585
    tybird wrote:
    Great album........I think that she has changed record companies since the first couple of albums.......I think the change in her musical direction was imposed by the new record company.


    I don't think so. They know her albums won't sell as well the way they are. They know people want the angry Liz that isn't afraid to get raunchy. But, Liz swears she isn't that angry anymore and just wants to do the more bubble-gum stuff
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    I don't think so. They know her albums won't sell as well the way they are. They know people want the angry Liz that isn't afraid to get raunchy. But, Liz swears she isn't that angry anymore and just wants to do the more bubble-gum stuff
    That's cool if it is her decision......I don't think of her as angry....maybe edgey or horny, but not angry.

    Believe it or not, I own all of her albums.
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  • armyreserve
    armyreserve Posts: 209
    What an amazing album!
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