Liz Phair - "Stratford-On-Guy" (Remastered Video & Audio)

[@bluecore7]

I had a Matador sampler CD with this song on it back in the 90s when I was a teenager, and I played the hell out of it, especially this song. I didn't know there was a video for it until now - I just watched a retrospective on Liz Phair and saw clips of her in an airport/on a plane, so I thought, "wait, was there a video for Stratford-on-Guy?!"

[@Spencerheck11]

What's Up Matador, the definitive 90's indie compilation!

[@ericcunha7938]

@@Spencerheck11 i work at a used record store, it came thru recently, ive been playing both discs at least once a week. side note: i wrote to Britt from Spoon in 98, and asked what Telemon Bridge was about. He said "nothing".

[@frankpeter6851]

This video must not have gotten very much AirPlay because I have never seen it.

[@Jantonov1]

This is my favourite Liz Phair song going back to '93 and I had NO idea there was a video for it.

[@ibelieveicansoar]

Ditto for me, except that I bought this CD (through Columbia House or BMG Music Club!) in ‘94. I used it as quiet studying music in my senior year of high school.

[@kristasweetleaf5695]

It was only played really fucking late on MTV in the 90s and only on like 120 minutes at 3 am and rarely at that.

[@kristasweetleaf5695]

@@ibelieveicansoar I bought it thru BMG too, like the only place I could find it back then ('96)! Those CD services sucked and were so overpriced and predatory but the only plus was you could go thru the old catalogs and order indies if you didn't live near a big city with indie record stores. I did get my hands on alot of indie 90s albums that way until I got my driver's license and was able to make the hour drive into DC.

[@oliveoil4380]

Yep

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

She's HOT. I bought the CD back when it was new. This video was on MTV back then, but I missed it.

[@crystallinemister]

The flanger on the drums rules.

[@PopTodd]

This is the song that plays in my head every single time I fly into Chicago. And I don't mind. The lyrics are pure poetry; so evocative.

[@larrylujack7808]

Amen...😎

[@DG-ck2mv]

This song along with Chicago by Sufjan Stevens should be played on every plane landing in Chicago

[@johnthorne4093]

O’Hare? Or Midway? Or both?

[@Andyface79]

@@johnthorne4093 Both. You flyover the city to land at both, depending on the route and whether you have to circle overhead.

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

The "poorly constructed electrical ball" line is genius.

[@mortensenegbert6619]

This may be the best thing she ever did. Captures the state of limbo and liberation you enter into in the air, especially the first sunlight starting to seep in to the darkened cabin. Title's a kick too.

[@smellylorenny]

Funnily enough but the original song she wrote evokes a much darker tone as it ends with the cabin crew telling the passengers they're gonna be crashing the plane. It's a hijacked plane story lol. Pretty spooky.

[@oneeyeman6258]

Great song from one of my all time favorite albums.

[@markriffey8899]

Liz is such a great songwriter. The instrumentation is simple, and she’s not technically a virtuoso singer, but everything works. Exile is maybe a perfect album.

[@katkatkatkat463]

i feel so lucky i had this album when i was a teen

[@tdsims1963]

It's a really great little sleeper album.

[@isaacgraham5727]

My dad used to play this whole album in the car compulsively when I was like 10-12 years old. Really shaped some of my musical tastes in terms of being able to appreciate perfectly crafted pop music.

[@duncan3998]

i feel so lucky to be the same age as this song

[@ronibieri2357]

Liz Phair..2022 and her music remains on my playlist..timeless

[@sparksmcgee6641]

20th, I'm taking another dive through her stuff. Liz is very important in women's art. She doesn't get the credit she deserves. Madonna was being Marilyn Monroe as marketing. Lingerie and crosses for shock factor. Liz was a woman speaking clearly as a woman, and she just wrote open and honestly. Madona was a good episode of a cop drama on TV. Liz was Pulp Fiction. And she stayed honest ever since. Thank you for being a fan with me, I'm 54, so I just want younger people to understand how important she is. Just made up the Pulp Fiction reference, I hope it registered. I had a discussion with an industry Vet a few months ago. We couldn't think of anyone before her speaking about sexuality and relationships in a real way. Is she the best singer songwriter? No but she began the archetype of the form. Like Queen invented speed metal but they weren't a metal band, in fact they were a bad metal band😅

[@ericcunha7938]

i remember seeing this on 120 Minutes, ears hooked on the flanged drums intro, bought the tape a week later. i was in 8th grade, the college rock-y looking employee at Waves gave it to me at a discount, i think she was surprised some nerdy lookin kid wanted Exile. forever grateful.

[@pazer97]

This album is so underrated, litterally in the top 5 best albums of all time

[@IRequireMedication]

Settle down...

[@pazer97]

@@IRequireMedication Go away male

[@ChaoticGoodDeeds]

I think it's actually pretty highly rated :)

[@liteflightify]

It’s easily a top 10 most critically acclaimed album of 90s.

[@SoilentGr33n]

These chord progressions are fucking awesome.

[@Squirrel-zq6oe]

Yo for real though

[@clintedwards2034]

Fuck yes! 🤘

[@papashafersstorytime]

This is her best song. Just amazing.

[@Grandma_Jizzzzzzzard]

100% agreed. The guitar structure, chords, vocals and lyrics sound so simple and elegant at first, until you listen again and again and realize what she is talking about in the song. It's so clever. When I first heard it on a CD after hearing 6'1 on college radio, I was in electric awe. Kinda had the same experience with "Violet" from Hole but that didn't hold up for me like this timeless masterfully constructed song. ❤❤

[@13realmusic]

I’m a newer Liz Phair fan and a younger person in general so it’s wild how watching this music video made me realize I’ve rarely seen this much airplane footage in a music video. Especially how they’re just chilling outside the plane runway area.

[@mestengo22]

I recorded a cover of this song circa 1996 it was transformative as it propelled me into finding my own voice as a musician writer vocalist...thanks Liz!!!

[@tdsims1963]

Do you have a video of the recording? I would love to see it!

[@michaellane3017]

Such a badass legendary singer and song!

[@johnlovesbridge]

A *music video* was made for this song? Where has this been all my life?!

[@carolyntalbot947]

You like Liz Phair? Where have *you* been? Lol.

[@MeanManu]

Yeah no shit, any other hidden music videos gems like these in the vault, Matador ?

[@frankpeter6851]

If you getting stoned and you get this idea that you want to see a certain video on KZbin but then this is the first thing on your feed. I forget what I came here to look up and I'm going to watch this 10 times and decipher the lyrics.

[@TheJrpkid]

How does this only have 2k likes? My faith in humanity is sinking…

[@andrewharty3874]

So talented great record

[@sammyday3341]

She’s one of a kind. So unique and simply cool.

[@OmarKhalidNOLA]

Might be my favorite on the album

[@Wout.vlmnck]

My personal favorite would be 'Explain it to me' (followed by 'Never said').

[@tdsims1963]

I saw your comment and had to agree. In fact, after I saw this video debut late one night on MTV, I loved it so much that I immediately went out and purchased the album the next day. I have, since owned this album FOUR TIMES (every time I loaned, it never came back!). One of the best little "sleeper albums" of the mid-nineties.

[@johnk.2508]

Mine too

[@abrannymaldonado7187]

Remember bumping this on repeat during a layover at O'Hare, hours flew by. Love me some Liz

[@wisemandaryn5953]

It's great that Matador was able to issue this video in its' remastered state. It was available on KZbin before, but it looked like it was videotaped from a VHS or recorded on one. Now that all the colors & sounds are corrected, it can be seen as it was meant to. Excited to see Liz come to Seattle in June!!

[@Beneluxer]

Er, her guitar playing is always naive and amazing. And her inflection is fantastic. She is a genius.

[@rcgesq]

Nobody tell my wife how much I was in love with Liz Phair in the early 90s.

[@lkgrave4959]

Anyone else find this soothing?

[@nataliegoldman726]

Yup and on repeat

[@pat5882]

Her blue eyes are quite soothing

[@Grandma_Jizzzzzzzard]

Anthem of my life so far. 50 now.

[@NAIVADA]

Gimme indie rock! One of the very best songs of the 90s reallly

[@davidclarke570]

My favorite song on that incredible album ... I could listen to this on repeat just continually. Cool video too.

[@sparksmcgee6641]

2024, I'm taking another dive through her stuff. Liz is very important in women's art. She doesn't get the credit she deserves. Madonna was being Marilyn Monroe as marketing. Lingerie and crosses for shock factor. Fake sexualty. Liz was a woman speaking clearly as a woman, and she just wrote open and honestly about her 20's Madona was a good episode of a cop drama on TV. Liz was Pulp Fiction. And she stayed honest ever since. Thank you for being a fan with me, I'm 54, so I just want younger people to understand how important she is. Just made up the Pulp Fiction reference, I hope it registered. I had a discussion with an industry Vet a few months ago. We couldn't think of anyone before her speaking about sexuality and relationships in a real way as a woman. Is she the best singer songwriter? No but she is the archetype of the form. Liz smashed her way through a wall, if she hadn't there would not have been a WAP. Its never fate that humanity advances. There is no "if she didnt do it someone else would have". The proof of that is there was room for more like her always, Ani DiFranco wasnt as Hemingway simple as Liz. Like Queen invented speed metal but they weren't a metal band, in fact they were a bad metal band😅

[@queerchoreography54]

I think this is my favorite 90s song, I never get tired of it!

[@rickyd7694]

2022 Gen X checking in

[@barefootfrolick]

beautiful song & video, Liz' visual/directorial work is very underrated. Part of the trifecta of her directed videos in the early 90s: this, Supernova and Whip-Smart x

[@Nanciverse]

Never Said?

[@barefootfrolick]

don't believe she directed that one!

[@aseriesofsneaks]

Correct; she didn't direct "Never Said", but she did also direct the awesome "Jealousy" video.

[@barefootfrolick]

ah lovely, I didn't realize she directed the Jealousy vid! Much appreciated, love her visual work, it isn't given enough recognition xx

[@SpikeShooter92]

Man I wish I was born 15 years earlier so I could’ve appreciated 90s grunge/alternative more

[@jlouis4407]

It was awesome

[@edbingey]

What an incredible song.

[@022rty]

2 of my favorite things, airplanes and liz phair.

[@wendysumpter715]

This song👆 made me fall madly deeply in true love with Liz Pair!💕💓💖

[@thiagoap9941]

This song is Really AMAZIINGGG💙❤. Liz, is the best🤘

[@santiagoarango8169]

Yess

[@sonnydash4987]

Timeless. Amazingly simple but you can't make this shit up. She is great. GREAT BAND TOO!

[@elmarbeau]

Good bye forever mtv of the 90'S was a pleasure to be 16 in 1996.....proud of being almost 40., - year 2020

[@evenmorebetter]

Watching this music video in middle school may literally have improved my taste in music in real time

[@evenmorebetter]

Also the reveal at the end of the Girly Sound demo version of this was jaw-dropping the first time I heard it

[@Support_Systemic]

Ugh, such excellence from her Debut, I couldn’t have it any other way

[@diaryofamystic]

when Liz Phair came out and hit the inner most point of the United States especially auspicous small town college kids who struggled with identity and their own sexuality in the early 90's it opened up a world unbeknowst to many that they were not alone and that is the gift of LIz Phair because they felt the same way

[@sheldoncooper8199]

A Remaster that never needed a Remaster the Sound was Perfect as it Was.

[@12v_berlin]

this song is legend !

[@geor67]

One of my favorite Liz Phair songs😃

[@klantize]

From one of the best records ever.

[@montueswedthursfri]

legendary

[@oliversomething]

Thanks, Matador. The version of this on the official Liz Phair channel is 240 for some damn reason.

[@toddbass10]

A great rock-n-roll tune!

[@stelladougherty6721]

i love liz phair shes the coolest

[@YaroshPunkk]

Я пиздецки набухался,валяюсь в пустой квартире и не могу перестать слушать этот гребаный шедевр,боже блять,как же она страстно поёт,так по настоящему,так реально,и как же блять жаль что в своём окружении я единственный кому реально нравятся песни прекрасной Лиз,с любовью из глубинки забытого города где-то в СНГ. ❤❤

[@Ione-q5h]

Wow só cool amazing video

[@smellylorenny]

Originally released on my birthday 25 years ago... And now, re-released on my birthday 2018...!!

[@Nanciverse]

Epic coincidence!

[@MntlWard]

Wow, I'm old.

[@theflash62281]

Holy Shit! Mine, too! :-)

[@duncan3998]

Are you born in 1993?

[@smellylorenny]

@@duncan3998 I believe I simply meant my birthDAY not necessarily the year, I was born in 99 lol!

[@kevinmoon7691]

you can hear that 90s guitar sound as it was yesterday.

[@Aaron_Wells]

Probably the best of the 90s female artists. Diverse albums, longevity, great songwriting, and cool as fuck.

[@deedeee6271]

Gotta love these 2-min "get the job done" types of songs

[@palominokid3002]

Classic Liz Phair, remaster sounds great - also worth listening to at 1.25x

[@OyeZuko]

History

[@frankharmon6493]

The theme song of the 90s.

[@withastone]

Love love love this video and song...

[@marilyncunningham3216]

i absolutely love her

[@chipperporter123]

Loved her music on the short lived TV series "Swingtown"

[@MutationAbomination]

It’s great to finally see these music videos with remastered audio and video... This is one of my favorite songs from Liz Phair’s debut album!

[@hewgrebe4771]

Good song. Like the story she is singing, too.

[@chiselmarr1414]

wtf this song has a video? I've been listening to it for over 6 years and just found out now..

[@duncan3998]

its hidden gem

[@ghostparck]

on repeat

[@spaidermann217]

I was flying into chicago at night watching the lake turn the sky into blue green smoke the sun was setting at the left of the plane and the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow. Bdjdjd i was behind the wing watching landscape roll out like credits on a screen. The earth looked like it was seen from within like a poorly assembled electrical pgplo out of the farmlands into the bridge the plan of the city was all that u saw and all of these people sitting totaly still as the ground who was beneath them fell simply down it took an hour maybe a day but when u start listening a noise just run away

[@Booksn0b]

This and Ant in Alaska are my two favorite songs on the album

[@lawrencemckeon6802]

This is a really cool song.

[@alexandrealbertoni1840]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MY BELOVED QUEEN 👑! Liz is turning 56 today [Apr 17, 2023] 🎂🎁🎈🎊🎉📛🎊🎉📛🎊🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bassehr7847]

Cool flanger on the drums!

[@markuspags8800]

Used to listen to this on repeat 🤣

[@uhhhhyourmom]

Dude, this song is badass. I like how it’s all kind of out of tune. Fucking sick dude.

[@phillip7928]

Still infatuated Liz🤤

[@donaldbadowski290]

As the Earth raced beneath them 30,000 feet down. Well Liz, that's modern living. What would be outrageous just a few generations ago is now quite normal. And you are not on the outside looking in. You are in the inside, looking around.

[@flanigan_a-go-go]

Hello chicago fiends (Was the photo sequence taken at rainbow room)?

[@jamesdio2948]

Flowing w/her

[@inventordeldiaadia]

WOW!! GOOD SONG!!! I started 2018 knowing a lot of good music !! like this or "Mac de marco" or "La rueda o el barco" Recommend me more!

[@christopherhau3974]

Inventor This is actually released in 1993...But they released in a HD version with improved music

[@danthefan5378]

Inventor, Try using indie Record Label Artist's as a Seeker To Source.

[@ragtimegals]

Elliott smith

[@foxmulder3582]

authorize the full album on KZbin again matador.. please!?!?

[@profd65]

You know you can actually buy music?

[@SloaneLasers]

She really reminds me of Tracy Bonham in this song.

[@pommelhorsepommelhorse8731]

the first time I heard this I thought I was hallucinating

[@heavybluesunderground3922]

POMMELHORSE POMMELHORSE, you'll come down at some point. Let's just hope it isn't soon. She's still fairly young.

[@carolyntalbot947]

I love this song.

[@mickeydunn7979]

This fuckin slaps

[@terri6854]

Has the audio tape been stretched? That's what it sounds like anyway.

[@jlouis4407]

Flanging on the drums

[@Aaron_Wells]

For some reason I cannot get into the whole album, but this song is an absolute classic.

[@SushiJoe]

Liz Phair is the girlfriend that us gay men wish for our straight guy friends

[@jammindude]

This is literally the best compliment I’ve ever gotten from a gay man. Thank you.

[@richalderson6069]

Or the girlfriend us gay men would choose if we ever went there because she's so cool.

[@tagetedindividual5966]

-1

[@js9650]

Liz Phair is the girlfriend I wanted to have to impress my gay friends.

[@orion8835]

You mean perhaps a boyish, short slim , cocky American Anglo Caucasian pothead guitar playing indie 1990’s star? Phair has a sort of style that a lot of middle white male America turned on too back in the day mostly from the ages of 13-35. I found her “cool”. But that was about it. Looking back on these videos she looks like she is on weed. That is her 420 appeal I think to men who respond to her . Those wandering eyes...lol

[@nickpeluso7511]

Ok. I'm in love with her

[@aliciaromano1368]

the sound of the guitar im 100% it was made on a completely original gibson lp

[@chasbodaniels1744]

My guess is it’s a Telecaster with the highs and lows dialed back.

[@harveycan5820]

Her guitarist played a black Les Paul, she played various Fenders, such as a Strat and a Music Master. Her guitar work, as part of the composition of the song, usually gets slighted. It's quite good actually! One of the pivotal songs on an album full of pivotal songs...

[@aliciaromano1368]

@@harveycan5820 that full sound ala bonehead's oasis can be no other than a gibson

[@SaintJermania]

What’s Up Matador?

[@Brewnoe]

In 27d ... poorly assembled electrical ball ... someday someone will get my references.

[@xaqary]

Was this on the DVD Matador released way back when?

[@aseriesofsneaks]

No, that was the "Jealousy" video.

[@ukeitude]

Poetry.

[@dmilsoncardoso6993]

showwwwwww!!!!

[@derekpierkowski7641]

That's a cluster fuck of ill fitting chords!🤣👍🏻

[@faintscrawl]

"...chased it away". What's "it"? I like this song but after all these years, I'm still not sure what it's about.

[@TitanFind]

Swink She doesn’t say “chased it away”. It’s “...the noise just fell away”.

[@harveycan5820]

You have to understand it in context of the story being told on the album. This is the penultimate song, so there is a lot coming to a head and lots of word play going on. She's "coming in for a landing" after some rough times with love and searching for her own identity as a person and artist. It's maybe a symbolic birth, and she has to get down to the essentials for it to happen. Once she listens to her own inner voice, the noise falls away and there she is, an orphan arrived. The album is full of birth symbolism (eggs, vaginas, lyrics in Soapstar Joe, and lots of vehicles that move her from one state/place to another). I also think the song maybe hides the name of her lover, that was my theory at the time. I asked her about it after a show at the Troubador in 93. She flashed a coy smile, brushed back her hair and said, "Well, if it has to be hidden then it wouldn't really be fair (Phair?) to say, now would it?" And she left it as a mystery... One of the best shows I ever saw, and her best of the 4 that I saw her do. She played the album straight through, and it was incredibly powerful, a feedback and strobe-soaked Shatter being the highlight. It was back in the day when she could hang out and chat with fans, which was over by the next time through town for Whip Smart at a larger venue. I'm sure the meaning is dissected online if you look around. Dissertations have been written about it, most likely.

[@Texocracy]

She’s so blindingly hot @ 1:43

[@jet6669]

She sings like kurt.

[@nickpeluso7511]

she looks like meg ryan

[@eduardoguizarperez8417]

This song should be Cultural Heritage.