Well folks, I just got back from seeing Liz and the Lips in Dallas at the Granada. It was amazing. Well, the Lips were amazing. Liz was ok, nothing special. You have no idea how much that depresses me to say. She just, didn't fit in. It's like she was trying so hard to be cool, and then there are the Lips... With all of their balloons and happy heart messsages and lights and audience participation... Goddamn, that was the most fun I've ever been to at a show.
Ok, back to Liz.
The set list was as follows:
1. Stratford on Guy
2. Johnny Sunshine
3. Why Can't I
4. H.W.C.
5. Supernova
6. Fuck and Run
She wouldn't stop smiling the whole time, and adjusting the camera that was positioned on her mic, plastering her face all over this huge screen behind her.
For those of you who wanna know what she was wearing.... A maroon top. Black panties. Fishnet stockings. And a campy fedora hat thingy which she threw off during Supernova. I'll give her a little bit of leeway (sp?) there, it was about 105 in the room. God bless Texas.
I hooked myself up with a Liz Phair baby tee and I grabbed a stack of Liz postcard-ish things. I have about 20 of them, so if anyone is interested, e-mail me and I can send it to you.
- - Erin
at the Granada Theater 06/10/2003 (where the air conditioner works real well until there are people inside)
What a great 9 days - Buzzcocks and X last Sunday and Monday, Pearl Jam this Monday and Liz last night.
It was hot, uncomfortable and sticky. The doors opened an hour late, the show started an hour late. I was still feeling the effects of Pearl Jam the night before. I went to Liz alone, so I couldn't move or I would lose my spot. I was pretty miserable until...
Liz walked out on stage to a great applause. , strapped on her Strat and opened with
Stratford on Guy
Johnny Feelgood
Why Can't I "a new song"
Divorce Song "one of my most requested songs"
H.W.C. "do you want a rocking song or a dirty song?" crowd overwhelmingly shouts "DIRTY." Liz says something like "OK this song gotten me in alot of trouble lately. It's called HWC." The girl standing next to me asks to no one in particular, what does that stand for. I, of course feel obliged to tell her. The look of surprise on her face was priceless.
Supernova - very well received
Fuck and Run - kind of off mike to the lead guitarist "Rock Me or Fuck and Run?" People that heard shouted Fuck and Run
and then it was over...
The HWC girl (who it turns out didn't know anything about Liz) said Well that was way too short. I agreed.
So my first time seeing Liz was abbreviated, but great all the same.
She was wearing an extraordinary short shorts outfit with black fish nets not unlike the new CD cover, except they were tan with a matching tan shirt and english style cap. The cap came off sometime in the middle of her set.
During the Starlight Mints, Liz was wearing a white mini-skirt while she watched.
Funny moment during the Flaming Lips - Wayne was thanking Starlight Mints (who I thought had 2 really good songs) and then Liz for opening. Wayne says "Liz was running around backstage trying to figure out what to wear that would be both comfortable and sexy. I think she succeeded, but what do you guys think about the hat? Yes or no." There were more no's to the hat, but he asked again "Wait, I want this to be clear - all for the hat? all for no hat David