Have you experienced anything that shattered your perception of the world today? I did when I heard that the pestilent Katy Perry was going to perform Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” at the Video Music Awards. But even that piece of news didn’t compare to the above video, in which Liz Phair “satirizes” the period when she was under the influence of the Avril-approved songwriting borg The Matrix by, uh, starring in her own version of The Matrix. I’m going to say, in fact, that anyone who sits through all three minutes and however many seconds of the above clip is hereby excused from–nay, not allowed to even consider–sitting through Perry’s performance on Sunday, if only because I care about the mental well-being of each and every last one of you. [via Videogum]
Liz Phair Takes The Really, Really Wrong Pill
Categories:
Uncategorized
Uncategorized
I’ve defended Phair through almost every stage of her career, but this is one of the worst things I have ever seen, created by anybody, period. If the new record is this bad, and this defensive, then it really is all over.
i, on the other hand, have not defended her through out every stage of her career. i feel like i should have, but it just wasnt in me. i could handle, as much as i could, the whole pop tart/milf thing that they try to create, but in the end it is really about the music and when that fails to deliver then well..you have her last two records.
in my heart of hearts, i still love her for what she was, not what she is, now. maybe she can rebound, maybe she can’t. i am hoping she can, but if she don’t then like you it will probably be all over between me and miss phair.
oh, by the way, i have no comment re: that video.
Wow, that was like some Meet The Spartans level anti-comedy. My jaw almost dropped when it dragged to that last minute and she actually said “let’s hug it out, bitch.”
what bothers me, aside from the sheer horror that is this video (horror i will ignore and forget about immediately after i click “post” on this comment), is the fact that liz phair the album is actually a very good album for what it is- a straightforward, MOR pop-rock record focused squarely on the mainstream. liz has, prior to this, always managed to find something good to say about the album- and at least one of the four matrix productions is clever and liz phair-esque and, most importantly, fun. so she can repudiate this stage just because she can, or because she wants to sell the new record, but i don’t think she should have to, or want to.
as is, i am hopeful for the new record. i like the bitter new song.
Usually when videos have this level of acting, someone eventually gets naked…
Please, like she knows how to run any of that equipment…
@Jay-C: My thoughts exactly. It’s just like bad porn.
wow. just, wow.
we have local car commercial that “spoofs” the matrix and even that is better then this.
Hm. Is it wrong that the first thought in my head when I started watching that was this:
[www.hulu.com]
Exile in Doucheville
I want to commit social-suicide FOR her… shit is bad.
WHY?!