I'd like to hear everyone's ideas for possible Liz Phair music videos.

Here's one I had:

Fantasize

A single shot of Liz's face, she sings the entire song looking into the camera, but showing her emotions.

I've always had this great idea for "Why Can't I" where Liz appears in a bunch of album sleeves in a juke box....


Actually, I think "Divorce Song" would make a good music video. It tells a fairly straightforward story that shouldn't be hard to make into a small film, have most of it filmed in a hotel room, and use the tight atmosphere to help convey those emotions.

Also, "Stratford On Guy" would work within the plane, and maybe show everything Liz describes literally as she describes it. Not sure about the chorus, but I think it could use a lot of close ups on Liz's face and lips (if not for the simple reason that it's Liz Phair's face and lips up close...).

Is what you imagine about Stratford-On-Guy similar to the actual video that is available here, on the lizphair website? Were you thinking about her doing another version of it?

The only song that there are two videos for is Extraordinary, and I like the black-and-white original video over the plug for the movie Raising Helen.

there should be a short movie for retard camp. nuff said.

and i had this idea for bionic eyes. like shot from like one of quick, digital camera videos. we see liz get up from bed, take care of the kid (without sentimentality, just normal shit) and then she drops the kid off and we see her and it's nighttime and she's at a bar, dancing with a guy or just with friends, drunk but quiet drunk not whore drunk and then she goes to bed with him and then we're back with the kid and her. that's an awful idea, scratch that.....

Heh. I never realized there was a video for Stratford-On-Guy. My bad.

Yeah, the Raising-Helen-Plug video is pretty bad.

I wish there was a video for Insanity.

Yep, that's a cool song. Would probably make for a very good video.

concert film, sometime on a late October night, "american music hall" ...

this reminds me of head over heels by alanis.
weird.

oh i think it'd be better if the video would be just liz in the park, walking. lalala. it's a very twee song and it deserves a twee video.

I would do girls room and use blue lighting. Other than that...I'd have to give more thought.

haha I bet that description won't make sense to anyone but me. Oh well.

try Sinead O Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U".


I am not picky when it comes to Liz's videos. I just require more Liz. Definately no shots of Dino and the rest of her lamewad band. Just Liz. Preferably nude.

I'd like to do a version of Whip Smart where mad scientists discover that atoms are actually made of little girls skipping rope. They wear little day-glo outfits and do the double dutch under the microscope. The atom, of course, splits, triggering a chain reaction, and pretty soon you have very small Liz Phairs running all over the place. Liz would also play the mad scientist role(s), staring zombie-like into the camera and singing along as the world is destroyed.

Of course, that's just the 15 second rendition. The shooting script is much more complicated.

kewl...

i have an idea for everything (between us). and it sucks. very cheesy. one of those dawn in the morning videos, almost soft core. liz gets up and sees the sun is almost up and she drives to a remote hotel and her husband is there. it's not dino but someone good looking, like a real GQ model and they make out, burn the sheets and all that crap.

I just imagine Everything (between us) as being a couple dancing during the entire video. You could have all sorts of other stuff going on around them, but they just slow dance and ignore it all.

Here's my video idea for Mesmerizing:

Liz cruises through the desert in her convertible cadillac / batmobile. The sun is setting in her rearview mirror. She blows by various hitch-hikers, each holding up a sign, stuff like: California or bust, or blowjob king. She blows by them. Finally, she passes a dude who's just walking along, not looking for a ride. She fishtails to a stop. He climbs aboard. They drive. He grabs her knee. She gives him a look. They start making out. She continues to drive, blindly, and the scenery goes Super8, not showing the road anymore, but rather the trajectory of the typical American Dream, like so much oncoming traffic -- the wedding, the pregnancy, the fights, the kids first birthdays, etcetera.

Liz keeps driving and making out. He gets to drive once in a while. Finally, when the guitar gets really funky, the car starts to spin. The camera stays with the car, as if mounted like a hood ornament, and the world revolves around two lovers.

I'm not sure about the ending.

lamewad band, lol! Who is in her band now?


that is amazing! I wish I could see this in video.


That's good. SOunds like it would work well for Go West too.

I love the video for 'Whip-Smart' a lot, it's so chill, but I'd love for her to have an actual son in it . it would be amusing and surprising because the 'son' in the song sounds kind of random.

and with that..Sleep!