liz phair - batmobile

i first received this track on a mixtape back in the long distant primordial times in which mixtapes were actually cassettes instead of CDs. there were two tapes and each contained (amongst others obviously) one liz phair tune; this one, and animal girl. both are great tracks, but i have chosen this one to be my latest update, although as i type this i'm listening to animal girl and questioning my choice. anyway, allow it. batmobile is an amazing tune, almost comical (excuse the pun) lyrics, delivered with solemnity, making a great tune to sit and stare out of the window to in some suburban hole wishing you were anywhere but there. enjoy the tune. don't enjoy it, it's entirely up to you. no-one reads this anyway. knock yrselves out.

Liz Phair - Batmobile.mp3



here is the bit where i talk about the artist. liz phair was born in norwich and attended a variety of primary schools before moving to america where she received an honourary degree in philosophy. she released an album entitled juvenilia which the track i've just blogged came from, it's great, rumour has it she gave the demo tape to some record company guy in a bar, he was besotted with it and the album was released. after that she decided that it might be a good idea to write some big pop tunes and did, they were also not too bad. she then decided that she wanted to look like she does in the picture above which wasn't a great move and wrote several songs about wanting to molest young boys which didn't go so well. she was then ripped off by taylor swift in a savage way, who repackaged her stuff with a young girl singing rather than an older woman, and taylor swift went on to international success. juvenilia is the only good thing to really come of any of it. facts not opinions.

bye.