TRAINWRECKORDS: "Funstyle" by Liz Phair

Oof, this one is nuts. Indie rock royalty Liz Phair made a pop album and got called a sellout left and right, so instead she made a baffling, bizarre shitpost of an album to destroy her image once and for all. (Go to expressvpn.com... and find out how you can get 3 months free!)

[@madmaddiesmadhouse4062]

MY FUNSTYLE DETERMINES MY DEATHSTYLE

[@dickycrayon7953]

Hahah! Love it.

[@stellarawesomesauce9265]

Uh oh, I think you're a genius

[@1000huzzahs]

underrated comment

[@rabbitsrefuse]

*donk* *donk* *donk* *donk*

[@alonshahar4556]

@@rabbitsrefuse Holy shit, I found Lars

[@Blacknight8850]

"MTV Unplugged" by Lauryn Hill was literally a woman mid-breakdown live onstage and *_THIS_* still sounds more unhinged.

[@Volvagia1927]

Yeah. Lauryn Hill on MTV Unplugged was just unhinged enough to be sad, not SO unhinged that it swings back around to being hilarious. That's this. And late period Kanye.

[@stevencoffin328]

It also kinda reminds me of Cut the Crap because all the "funstyle" songs are mixed badly and filled with annoying effects.

[@guaposneeze]

It's like some suburban mom you know from the grocery store mentions in passing that she used to do music decades ago, and she winds up catching up with an old friend and they "record an album" just as an excuse to hang out and have a beer and see what recording with a computer is like while remembering the old days. It's just super confusing that it got released.

[@comettamer]

Agreed. I have no idea how, but this is unhinged enough it flies into "wtf is this embarrassing shit" territory.

[@greenshrt4078]

you were not kidding

[@peacheslikeapples]

Wow. A wine mom sh*tpost but its an album

[@samhipp9198]

🎶I reached my representative who pulled out the 🎶 C O N T R A C T

[@nejdalej]

*incomprehensible chipmunk noises*

[@JK-gm6kk]

This part has heavy zappa vibes, to give it a bit of credit, I guess. Reminds me of Cosmic Debris

[@billmilligan7272]

@@JK-gm6kk I think this is why I actually like it. I'm a huge Zappafan and this just tickles the same whimsybone.

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

Fr some of the vocal effects in the "Funstyle" songs sound like really bad KZbin Poops

[@redvelvetunderground]

@@JK-gm6kk feels more like the adventures of greggery peccary to me lol

[@pinkopat]

This sounds like the fake pop songs they put on the radio in the gta games to make fun of american pop stars

[@standardofexcellence]

Lol, yes

[@Princesskyloren]

THESE ARE JUST THE SHITTY gta ads inbetween songs mostly xD

[@cominroitover80]

I HAAATE SATURDAYS!

[@keyboardking777]

The "This looks/sounds like something you'd see on GTA" comments are soooo tired and annoying by this point.

[@Clean.Eastwood]

@@keyboardking777 This album does sound like corny and kitschy GTA music, though. Her hilariously earnest interview at 12:10 even sounds like the absurd humor of the GTA radio

[@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic]

This album sounds like she submitted a doctoral thesis typed entirely in Comic Sans and Wingdings and then got offended when the professor failed her

[@ShadowSorel]

source(s): dude trust me

[@GamingtheOtter]

"When all else fails" must have been the college motto when in reality it fails anyway.

[@GODSLITTLEMEOWMEOW]

If she did punk it would be less bad, but even though I love punk it can make everyone sound good

[@roddorfj]

@@GODSLITTLEMEOWMEOW punk can't make MGK sound good

[@prufrock1977]

As someone with a doctorate: I concur

[@CityofButterfly]

The Funstyle-type tracks sound like when you have too many tabs open and they're all playing different audio.

[@nielsbaumann6485]

that would be JPEGMafia

[@matthewpulama106]

@Death Hand Studios At least Mr. Bungle's music is good. The 4 "funstyle" tracks sound like a bungled (sorry for the pun) attempt at mixing different genres or playing different things all at once.

[@leetorry]

I thought you wrote Funhouse

[@canyouwhenyourdrunk]

She mentioned in a podcast she actually does that. Plays different music in tabs and layers them

[@rhubarbdude3347]

​@@leetorry Stooges slander

[@DoctorStarky]

This album is awful but she was, like, 12% of the way to inventing 100 gecs.

[@OfficialROZWBRAZEL]

hindsight is 20/20

[@roadwarrior114]

What is 100 GECS?

[@PorkchopGMX]

12 gecs

[@roadwarrior114]

@@PorkchopGMX Lol.

[@gristle_licker]

@@roadwarrior114 I'm gonna take a guess and say it's a band like primus but more electronic and has lyrics about penius colada

[@DaisyPhoxtrot]

"Peñis colada?" Now that's what I call a cocktail.

[@gabingston3430]

This should have more likes. 😆 EDIT: It now has a large enough amount of likes to where this comment isn't necessary, but I'll keep it up anyway.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

I can’t believe how hard I laughed at that

[@EmoBearRights]

With special appeal to gay men and wine moms.

[@rubywest5166]

Penis Colada? More like PENIS ALOTTA!

[@stefanfilipovits21]

@@rubywest5166 heyooooooo!

[@justme0910]

"What experimental music sounds like to people who hate experimental music" - the album

[@MrSkerpentine]

When’s that Liz Phair X 100 Gecs collab song coming out to officially cap off the pure horrorshow that is 2020 Actually “Liz Phair & The 100 Gecs” sounds like a cool band name

[@jbeans500]

You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

How experimental music _made by_ people who hate experimental music sounds like

[@christmashake8968]

You mean Lou Reed’s “Metal Machine Music”? :P

[@drpibisback7680]

The funstyle tracks are worryingly akin to Trout Mask Replica if Capt. Beefheart had been able to quantize it.

[@colewilliams1563]

After careful consideration, I have determined that "peñis colada" is the greatest song lyric of all time, and I will not hear a word to the contrary.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

She should have just left out the "colada that is" bit and it would've been at least a bit funnier and more compact.

[@colewilliams1563]

@@isetmfriendsofire NOT A WORD TO THE CONTRARY (though, you make a good point.)

[@ktownshutdown21]

Milf Hunter beat her to the punch 7 years prior. ...don't ask how I know that. Nor click on that folder labeled "Taxes."

[@michaelavanessian8558]

@@isetmfriendsofire honestly I think that addition (well, mostly that weird country guitar lick right after) makes it even funnier, though I'm still not entirely sure how much of my laughter at that is ironic.

[@ibelieveicansoar]

Well, A Tribe Called Quest had one called “Pubic Enemy”

[@SirChubbyBunny]

This entire album is the embodiment of the feeling you get when you accidentally double up on your sleep medication, and then when you realize your mistake it's too late when the last thing you hear is "peñis colada" before you fall into a coma.

[@foxtrotleavemethefuckalone]

😂

[@emmettyoung7603]

this is very specific. are you speaking from experience?

[@SirChubbyBunny]

@@emmettyoung7603 I plead the fifth

[@cl8804]

r jew ok??

[@ariannadravis3934]

​@@SirChubbyBunny No, no pleading the fifth, we need the truth damn you SirChubby!! GIVE IT TO US STRAIGHT

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

I feel like Liz is one of those people who might actually see this video... Hi Liz.

[@Ene-Chan]

didnt halsey talk to todd once

[@JayLatne]

@@Ene-Chan yeah she did on twitter

[@SilverSpireZ]

@@faro8784 You got a link on that? I’m definitely curious now.

[@ShadowSorel]

also that one guy from arrested development (the rap group)

[@bigbabado8296]

@@SilverSpireZ He just says sorry in the comments

[@terrierlovesyou]

This episode felt really different from other trainwreckords. Instead of the other ones where he catalogs why the album fails, he seems more like a tour guide showing you that yes, this is really what she made.

[@rainbowkittycat627]

I mean, it makes sense. You just kinda have to listen to it, and then you understand why the album failed.

[@WobblesandBean]

It's utterly baffling that she thought this was a good idea. She went from edgy teen to cringey wine mom, and I'm honestly not sure how to cope with that.

[@Talisguy]

@@WobblesandBean To paraphrase Todd's episode on Saint Anger, "when you have no other ideas, you will cling to your bad ideas like a life raft, because at least they're *ideas."* Given that Liz seemed to run out of the kind of material that she built her early albums on, her attempt to go mainstream backfired horribly, and trying to split the difference between her old and new sounds pleased nobody, the only options she had left were to take a long break to recharge - which she did eventually do - or start dusting off the ideas she'd previously thrown out, or would have thrown out earlier in her career.

[@atlassolid5946]

​@@Talisguy thank God she eventually did take a break, because Soberish is such a breath of fresh air

[@arnoldfreeman2885]

@@atlassolid5946 oh cool I didn’t know she had new material

[@stevencoffin328]

Anybody else kinda disappointed the whole album isn't "funstyle" songs? I mean if you are gonna record weird music go whole hog on that shit.

[@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314]

as cliche as this is, some of it really sounds proto-gecs

[@ryangirard]

@@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314 the peñis colada one literally sounds like it could replace i need help immediately

[@isetmfriendsofire]

@@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314 I see what you are saying, but to me it's more pre-Corey Feldman maybe?

[@dylanjenkins9497]

Yes! As long as the lyrics could be about something other than her label troubles, anyway. Honestly, I think that Andy Slater song is a bigger trainwreck than the "funstyle" tracks, just for being such a weak-ass Sheryl Crow knockoff.

[@calebhernandez681]

Nah, I legit love “Oh Bangladesh.”

[@pinkfeiry]

Honestly "I'm sure it was fun for you Liz" is a perfect description of the album.

[@iwillworkharder]

This album is the perfect example of how just because you enjoy making it and it's cathartic and fun for you, doesn't mean it needs to be released to the public.

[@OrgaNik_Music]

That's just the thing - probably every artist ever has made these goofy tracks to relieve the stress of the studio grind. They are fun for them and their friends, but nobody else should hear them. That's why artists usually have the common sense of **not releasing them**.

[@SamAronow]

@@OrgaNik_Music I'm reminded of John and Paul doing funny voices for extended periods, annoying the shit out of George.

[@ChamanConTenis]

This was basically she recording her brain farts and expecting people to pay money for them

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

If she'd just released it as a free EP of just the weird shit, I don't think Todd would be talking about it at all because nobody would've given a shit (except for the people who absolutely would've loved it for its sheer batshittery). It might've even made for a better overall reaction, even if the critics still would've said, "I have no fucking idea what this was supposed to be".

[@kgldude]

“No Liz, penis colada is not gonna win you a Grammy” is the best thing Todd has ever written. It is a triumph in writing. I love it

[@muenchhausenmusic]

You know, it's pe-NIUS...

[@thecartoonist02]

Also "exile from tasteville"

[@TheGerkuman]

He's gotta be careful though. Chris Jericho got there first

[@garthvader9916]

What about 'Exile From Tasteville'? 🤪 Seriously though, I think 'take that Deirdre' was an infinitely better and much, much more inspired line.

[@leetorry]

Man, I remember Mike C Town losing his shit whe Lil Wayne said Penis Colada

[@riddlertrophy]

me every time i rewatch this video: wow haha what a bad album! my brain on loop for the next two weeks: i was tripping looking at my portfolioooo-

[@SW23252]

I actually kind of like the funny voices she does.

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

fck, same - i don't know why, but i go back to this video at least every two-three months and with every rewatch i start to have even stronger desire to listen to these "fun style tracks"

[@SamAronow]

The best comment on the video of that song: "I hate that I don't hate this."

[@Tirgo69]

I keep getting that December songs chorus stuck in my head 😭

[@DirtyWorldRecords1]

LET'S SMOKE ON THAT LET'S SMOKE ON THAT 🚬

[@eliasramirezcroman]

That "Mitski album produced by Marshmello" joke still keeps me up at night.

[@SuperJNG18]

It’s a terrifying thought

[@MarkHalberstram]

I’ve seen this video so many times and it always makes me laugh, such a cursed thought

[@OfficialROZWBRAZEL]

Cursed beyond all measure, is what I’d say if I was dramatic. 😱

[@marcoselr]

Well, once Bjork being produced by Timbaland sounded bad, maybe Mitski could bring the best in Marshmallow haha

[@Santoryu90]

Yeah two drastically different artist teaming up most likely doesn’t end up with best result.

[@xoda32]

Okay but "my husband doesn't let me buy those tabloid magazines because he says it makes me fight with him more" is actually fucking hilarious

[@alannahfisherman1321]

I kind of don’t blame him.

[@gwitch]

@@alannahfisherman1321Missing the joke?

[@SuperJNG18]

I mean, she never stopped being funny or clever, it’s just that even funny and clever people sound like raving lunatics recording piss-take tracks at 2 in the morning 😂

[@TheJovian16]

@@SuperJNG18 I mean she did say the album cost her "many nights of sleep" so I can imagine sleep deprivation as a result of recording/mixing sh!t in the dead of night played a part in creating the insanity that is this album.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

I couldn’t stop laughing

[@Bluebaritone]

So I’m a barista, and today at work, someone ordered a soy latte, and that GODDAMN MADONNA RAP popped in my head!

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Thankfully you don't work at a tropical-themed bar 🍆🌴🍹

[@Bluebaritone]

@@Alex-fv2qs JESUS 😂

[@crowwithaknife1312]

with double shot-ays??

[@Bluebaritone]

@@crowwithaknife1312 it goes right through my Bo-tay!

[@cesarmadero05]

If someone ask for a soy latte with double shot-ay that goes right through her bo-tay, that ain't a someone, THAT'S MADONNA.

[@halkitchen1838]

Todd: "Peñius Colada is not gonna win you a Grammy, Liz!" The Grammys: "and the nominees are, Yummy by Justin Bieber..."

[@walmorcarvalho2512]

@@daelen.cclark Thank God no, but then again would it be nominated for ANYTHING wasn't it a piece by Justin Bieber?

[@pikgears]

@@walmorcarvalho2512 worst song of the year

[@aegisScale]

(Sad trap beat noises)

[@Alex-fv2qs]

abcdefu -the grammies

[@timstronghp]

pretty sure by the time this video came out goddamn 7 Years was already Grammy-nominated

[@AshleySmith-dw6wh]

To be fair it’s the best ‘Pop Rock Folk Feminism... Rap’ album of all time

[@drpibisback7680]

To be _honest,_ though, it's also the only "Pop Rock Folk Feminism... Rap" album of all time.

[@nejdalej]

BAH DUM CH!

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

that's because no one else wanted it.

[@WobblesandBean]

I don't know why, but that weird blinky thing she does when she says that just rubs me the wrong way. She's just so cringe.

[@theonewiththeflowericon]

*madonna - american life is typing*

Todd tapping out after Peñis Colada is probably my favorite Trainwreckords moment so far.

[@jacobbrown9894]

"No idea how people even still remember that disaster" Ironic as I only know the Madonna rap because of this show

[@EternalYorkieMom]

I know it because of the video he helped Lindsay Ellis with too

[@jessehenderson2967]

I used to use my TV as an alarm clock, always set to MTV or VH1....I woke up to that rap many times for middle school. Literally the stuff of nightmares.

[@xxxbloodyrists666xxx7]

@@jessehenderson2967 That sounds truly hellish. Not only were you going to middle school, which is torture enough on its own, you had to listen to that in the mornings. My deepest condolences.

[@tegantalks9612]

Same lol

[@breawycker]

I think he meant that he wasn't sure how people at the time remembered it

[@Elmo9001]

"You're being a penis - colada that is!" is up there with the ending of Lil Dicky's Freaky Friday for deserving the longest, most-awkward stunned silence at how incredibly awful it is. Like, obviously awful.

[@brendanb2982]

" I'm Kendall Jenner! I'VE GOT A VAGINA! " " We forgive you, Germany! " Lil Dicky is just the king of awkward silence isn't he

[@Karmy.]

And I'm Kanye West

[@CylindricalWhistle]

I only know Lil Dicky from Todd and Fantano reviews, and while I find him painful to listen to in general, I so have a soft spot for one particular lyric of his. "As a child, I was so dismissive of the baked potato till I tried that shit / Now the baked potato is my favorite kind potato" It's so amazingly dumb that I can barely believe it's real and that someone wrote it and put it on an actual piece of released music. I love it, lol.

[@uglyaniimals]

@@CylindricalWhistlewhat's even better is that the song that line comes from is abt being afraid to do cocaine and THATS his reasoning for why maybe he should give it a try

[@chuckbatmangaming]

"I think I'm a genius You're being a penius Colada that is" That's the most gloriously stupid collection of lyrics I've ever heard, like parody can't top this

[@peggy7744]

She just flat-out went ahead with pronouncing it 'penius' and I love that for her and us and the world at large. ... large penuis colada, that is

[@javis88h]

What does that even mean?

[@cygil1]

My God. Skye Sweetnam at 14 years old wrote more sophisticated material than this. A lot more sophisticated.

[@awookieandagerman]

I didn't believe the anti-hype until I got to this part of the video. Like, holy cow, I make terrible jokes, but never as gut-punchingly dumb as that.

[@patchchrist]

Liz Phair trying to be Annie Hardy, but she's no Annie Hardy.

[@Psychoanalytix]

As an Indian guy, I find "Bollywood" so bad it's good. Sign her to compose the score for Slumdog Millionaire 2. 😁

[@joshuabrien2970]

Slumdog millionaire 2: the ressurection of salim the liz Phair song bollywood plays as he wakes up in the bathtub as a zombie man and it ends with his journey through the city to join the dance number from the end of the first movie

[@Psychoanalytix]

@@joshuabrien2970 😂😂😂

[@rubberchix]

Unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't care what India thinks

[@andressotil4671]

Do Indian people really hate on Slumdog Millionaire that much, I liked that movie

[@lolwutyoumad]

This whole album almost seems like a Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia gag where Dee Reynolds makes an album

[@TipTheScales27]

Yess 😂

[@labbaby189]

I can't unhear it now. I need this album. Not the Liz Phair album, the Dee Reynolds comedy Bollywood rap album.

[@yellowfamilyfunny3065]

I can totally see dee saying that pěnis colada line with her smug "i think im funny" smirk after 😂😂

[@queenemma5823]

Omg hahaha this is the best comment😂

[@lenonel3286]

The Gang Makes A Shit Record

[@taylorfrench6722]

That "satirical" song makes #selfie by the Chainsmokers sound like intelligent commentary on the vapidness of society.

[@baxterbrown8088]

​@@frederickshaibani5655 it's because they had a string of 3 very good, very distinct hits in 2016 and so they built up a ton of good will. But they squandered it quickly

[@hannahchristinah]

I thought of "Selfie" TOOOO!!!!! Glad someone commented.

[@maztergamer1016]

@Pete Harrison kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@Jrockten]

wwwWWHAT?! that song is by the Chainsmokers?! I did not know that, I never would’ve guessed. I figured it was some random one hit wonder.

[@FM-cp6kc]

@Furbydude05 Well, attempted. Their recent music is considered mediocre instead of good or bad, which is arguably worse

[@Betta66]

"These songs lost me a lot of nights of sleep." I believe that. Bollywood sounds like the kind of song you'd make if you were suffering a severe case of sleep deprivation.

[@nm9688]

:( hey man some of them are cool

[@avacatherine5646]

@Niharika Mohapatra I think they mean the song Liz Phair wrote called “Bollywood”

[@nm9688]

@@avacatherine5646 oh that makes sense

[@drifter402]

I mean artists do use sleep deprivation to be creative

[@nomobobby]

@@drifter402 Then this album should be all the proof we need to disprove: 1. Suffering always = good art 2. Just because you will fight for it, its gold.

[@sidneyg156]

hyperpop has farrah abraham's "my teenage dream ended," an unknown future genre has liz phair's "funstyle"

[@EngineerLume]

That genre is "Whatever it is Lemon Demon are doing"

[@bthsr7113]

@@EngineerLume No thank you, I'm not sure we can handle this being a full on genre.

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

Horror on a Lovecraftian level

[@sonicthehedgegod]

i think i've found it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6HSfohrl8h4Z5Y

[@stefschouwenaars9562]

​@bthsr7113 Y'all are weak then. I could handle an entire genre based on two trucks

[@julias.6658]

It sounds like Kate Bush having a nervous breakdown in a janitor’s closet with a little TV playing Alvin and the Chipmunks movies eight hundred times in a row

[@chaunceyloveshack9530]

it does sound like she was going for a kate bush impression but really missed the mark

[@strawberryfieldswhenever]

Hey! Don't insult Kate Bush like that! Kate would never make a rap song or make a song where she bitches about studio executives!

[@julias.6658]

@@strawberryfieldswhenever Hey, I’m a huge Kate fan, but it’s very hard to do what Kate does and not be annoying as hell

[@chaunceyloveshack9530]

@@michealpersicko9531 you don't deserve this suggestion but listen to running up that hill and get educated. also babooshka goes hard.

[@TimmyTickle]

@@michealpersicko9531 Good thing you didn’t hear Wuthering Heights first

[@WilliamMaranciMashups]

Lil Wayne also used the same Piña Colada bar in 2013

[@cylereyes8195]

Aaayyy, does this mean we’re gonna get a liz phair and lil wayne mash up?

[@lydiavalentino]

The difference is that Phair pronounced it as peñis with an ñ, Wayne just said penis

[@ImpendingRiot83]

“This motherfucker said ‘penis colada’.” -Myke C Town, Dead End Hip Hop’s review of that album

[@jolksjumbojemi]

oh hi king william!!

[@taipeijoey101]

Ayy William waddup

[@jesseharrold1812]

"My husband doesn't let me buy tabloid magazines because he says it makes me fight with him more" sounds like something I would see on a surreal meme in pink text next to an oversaturated picture of a crude 3D model of a chimpanzee on a tricycle spinning in place while "big time rush" plays in the background. Just gives me one of those vibes, ya' know?

[@ralphjosephacobo8014]

Wut?

[@jesseharrold1812]

@@ralphjosephacobo8014 You heard me.

[@MFGEEDORAH]

Although it's text I can see it

[@casperchristiansen2458]

Lmao

[@Puerco-Potter]

Not familiar with gif or videos in this format, but the zoomer meme images will totally go with that frase and I will chuckle

[@bean4513]

if she had released this 10 years later it would just be hailed as ironic post-ironic hyperpop xx

[@stxrstrxckmxteo515]

or she could re release it and remix like Rebecca black did with Friday

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

It’d probably still be pretty racist, though.

[@GibusWearingMann]

I object to this on the basis that hyperpop sounds good in comparison

[@mikakick7180]

fr Food House would be ALL OVER THIS lmfao

[@HiGlowie]

Racist?​@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick

[@francesthepossum1812]

She sounds like Dee from Always Sunny on the “funstyle” songs. Sounds like things Dee would write, too

[@stefanfilipovits21]

TOTALLY. That’s actually a really apt description.

[@falloutfr3ak]

The Gang Produces Fun Style

[@francesthepossum1812]

@@falloutfr3ak I could totally see that being an episode

[@shawnfields2369]

@@francesthepossum1812 I'd watch that episode. I love "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia". Great show.

[@seanmcneil349]

@Mr Cool I’ve been wanting to call her an emu, but I think I should save it for later

[@jonathansefcik473]

Whenever Todd uploads one of these, I think "oh it can't be that bad" then I actually watch it and I'm like "dear god"

[@vita1ogy.]

That Oasis one could've been much worse.

[@ArmageddonisUnleashe]

Even by Trainwreckords standards, I think this is the bottom of the barrel.

[@connorross123]

There's definitely "tiers" to Trainwreckords. Oasis, Hammer and Hootie are all upper tier, and stuff like this, St Anger and Madonna are absolutely towards the bottom

[@arandompasserby7940]

@@connorross123 The only reason St. Anger isn't in the very bottom tier is because it's comically bad. "Purify" sounds exactly what it is, a bunch of 40 year old dudes playing emo crap that's more fit for high school garage bands. It's unique because, like Todd mentioned in the episode, no other album this awful hit #1 in 30 different countries. It's a disasterpiece. The tragic thing about Funstyle is that, if you remove the "funstyle" tracks, all the other songs vary from decent to mediocre, but they're all "music". And you know, of those "funstyle" songs, "Smoke" would be listenable if it didn't have the silly voices, wasn't *so* personal (you can write very personal songs that struggles you're going through without making it strictly about you...) and the drums seem like there's a skip in the programming. But even then, it's got a hook and a sound so, while I'm not proud to say this, I'd be lying if I said I hated the song. But Bollywood is such a bewilderingly bad song that you can't help but have your perception of every single other song that comes after it ruined before you even hear them. If Queen had released Bohemian Rhapsody on their album with Bollywood in front of it, no one would remember the song.

[@ethanrichmond3992]

She and MTV Unplugged Lauryn Hill should get together and argue over who’s more “real”.

[@thehopeofeden597]

At least Lauryn didn’t say peñis colada

[@josemaria8177]

Legend has it that this argument was what started the apocalypse! Too much realness for one world

[@judgesaturn507]

Add Jewel and American Life-era Madonna to this too

[@sirgemini5743]

time to add witness era katy perry in there!

[@GiornoGiovannaGangstar]

ever since Todd introduced me to this album I've had Bollywood unironically in my playlist. Todd you bastard give my music taste back

[@bluegreenmagenta]

Smoke kind of legitimately slaps tho. What is my life

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Your music taste is in the FILE CABINET

[@AugAug989]

I’ve had u hate it in my playlist. Genuinely in my top 20 favorite songs of all time.

[@greyblueme9711]

Legit have rewatched Todd's review so many times that now it sounds catchy to me but I refuse to commit

[@jamesRTyp]

Just added it ffs what is wrong with me.

[@wowieme6350]

thanks, todd, i can add "new mitski album produced by Marshmello" to my list of fears

[@ZeuzMakesMusic]

Thanks for this new Trainwreckors, these make my entire month

[@nicholaspalacio9672]

Same here. Not a whole lot of stuff that really makes me sit up and get excited anymore, this is one thing that definitely does though.

[@MrSilnev]

@@advancedraymondology2914 I feel like One Hit Wonderland has run it's course. All the famous one hitters have been covered + all the interesting ones, now there's just the first hit was the big hit kind of people.

[@ChanchoSleepy]

Not gonna lie, bollywood was ahead of its time

[@dw89music73]

I was expecting this to come out on Halloween because it's been nearly 4 months after the last episode and Todd covered Billy Idol's Cyberpunk and The Clash's Cut The Crap the last 2 Halloweens.

[@wasneeplus]

I'm so sorry to hear that.

[@redsky5495]

the idea of a mitski album produced by marshmallow genuinely made me gag

[@EpicB]

Who exactly is Mitski? I don't really keep in touch with pop music.

[@JohnsDough1918]

@@EpicB google is just a click away.

[@annasaringer3729]

@@EpicB she's an upcoming indie rock/dream pop artist that everyone is going crazy about

[@tobaccypipe]

@Peacetime 420 Mitski has been around for years! She's one of the best alternative rock artists to come out in decades

[@MarkArandjus]

I gotta say though, considering the context, 'And He Slayed Her' is a good play on words.

[@kaitlin9288]

I think that sound could've possibly had legs if it weren't attached to the rest of the album tbh

[@merlinaudubon6202]

'And He Slayed Her': Liz, Fair.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

To borrow another comment, he ought to change his name to Andy Slater Career.

[@WobblesandBean]

@@SaltpeterTaffy PFFFFF BAAAA HA HA HA

[@santoriomaker69]

@@SaltpeterTaffy holy shit, "And He Slayed Her Career" would be such a good fucking title for this song, especially for this album's theme. It's so on-the-nose yet also subtle with the wordplay, but it gives enough clues for you to research the context.

[@isaacpeachey8609]

If you like Peñis Coladas and throwing your career down the drain.

[@wcoleman99]

Hopefully you won't get caught in the rain with it

[@nomobobby]

I was tried of my manager, we'd been together too long, Like a worn out recording Of a favorite song So while he hid in his office I read the paper at the booth And in the personal columns There was this letter I read If you like penis coladas, and throwing your career down the drain If you're not into labels If you don't have a brain If you like making fart noises at midnight At the dudes on the cape Then I've got the album you've looked for Write to me, and escape... I had more fun writing this comment, then I did listening to this album. So I wrote in the comments, Although I'm nobody's poet, I think it isn't half as bad as the lyrical choices behind "Penis Coladas" (chorus again)

[@e32b61]

@@nomobobby God damn, that was better than any of the lyrics on that album.

[@larmondoflairallen4705]

@@nomobobby Not bad, actually!

[@stefanfilipovits21]

@@nomobobby damn dude, that’s impressive

[@missScarlatine]

"I've listen to it twice, the second time it was worse" That strawman producer actually get a point.

[@bigbearkat2010]

Yeah listening to her complain about producers telling her the album sucks reminds me of that one scene in Yesterday when the dude tried sneaking his own music with the Beatles stuff and record producer is still able to sniff them out and say "yeah no that sucks"

[@kimifw58]

"Strawman Has a Point" is a trope that's both frustrating and amusing.

[@SuperJNG18]

I genuinely can't decide if "Bollywood" or "Dictator" is the most unhinged song I've ever heard on this show.

[@YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

Dictator is actually a fantastic song if you listen to the live versions. so much more powerful too.

[@SuperJNG18]

@@YouCantDeleteDenzelL Live version is pretty solid, but it still doesn’t hold a candle to the earlier Clash songs

[@hhs_leviathan]

He, I actually like the dictator. It feels like a early 2010s mashup song you know the one where you have 4 screens (usually Sonic, Jontron, My Little Pony and CDI Zelda Clips) autotuned to an anime song.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Why bother

[@rubywest5166]

Dictator’s actually a pretty solid song if you can either zone out the weirdness or you’re in a mental state where you need lots of things going on. Bollywood is a bizarre Piece of crap

[@justanotherredheadattheend955]

Having finally actually broken down and listened to this thing, the part I can't believe is that "penius colada" is in the CHORUS of that song. IT. REPEATS TWICE. PENIUS COLADA. WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO REPEAT 😵‍💫

[@Plunkcown]

god bless

[@benjaminmarson4622]

I just realized this is the first Trainwreckords to not have a "Todd-ified" Version of the album art.

[@IABITVpresents]

I feel as if his cover art designer got tired.

[@wierdbro5344]

Cause it doesn't need too, that cover says everything the video says without the words. Fucking look at it. It like they bought it on the street for $15

[@sunettas9738]

I wonder what happened to the original thumbnail artist? They were really good

[@Howdyasdo]

@@sunettas9738 yeah I wonder too

[@leowilliamson1573]

​@@sunettas9738If I recall correctly, the artist who does both Todd's and Phelous' older thumbnails was Andrew Dickman, who now has a more mainstream career working for Warner Brothers.

[@Calpsotoma]

"And He Slayed Her" is weird because it could have been the type of thing to rebuild a career on if it were more serious and sincere.

[@YouCantDeleteDenzelL]

Yeah, if it wasn't a blatant ripoff of Steve McQueen by Sheryl Crow.

[@mikesheridan1206]

It’s a great tune

[@IvanLendl87]

Calpsotoma Was going to make the same comment. That's actually a damn good tune.

[@EpicB]

It feels like "I'm back, bitch" single material if anyone would have actually cared.

[@WobblesandBean]

It reminds me of that Boy Meets World episode where Corey's brother rejected s musician and she got big writing hate songs about him. Tell me "And He Slayed Her" doesn't sound like it came from that fake album.

[@hannahchristinah]

As someone who came of age in the late 90s, I LOVE the 'Liz Phair' album. I have been SO WORRIED about how Todd would read it when Liz Phair would inevitably show up on a Trainwreckords episode. Thank you for not disappointing me, Todd. The album is absolutely FINE.

[@Richieb75]

Yes! Its an amazing album I still listen to it

[@katherineberger6329]

"Exile in Guyville," "Whip-Smart," "whitechocolatespaceegg" and "Liz Phair" are all excellent albums. "Funstyle" is not. For lack of a better way to put it, "Funstyle" has no style, and it isn't any fun.

[@katherineberger6329]

@@faro8784 "Liz Phair" is pop, but it doesn't lose the edge (and by edge I mean "horny as fuck") that makes Liz Phair, Liz Phair. It's not "Exile in Guyville" good but it's still a pretty good album.

[@ariwl1]

"Liz Phair" was how I first heard about her, but it's an album I barely remember at this point. I think I sold it to a thrift store. BUT the one track I kept from it is one I love deeply which is the song "Friend of Mine." It's a simple song of the end of a relationship, but something about the lyrics and the way she sings them hit me right between the eyes.

[@TheNickleChick]

All 3 Girlysound tapes changed my life.... She may have gone downhill and into a weird place but I enjoy her. I love her. Ive met her and she is why i am a musician or artist today. When she's raw it's awesome. She's always had duds, or seemingly strange ideas for songs. Even with girlysound, California is a weird song but oh my god i love it. And the girlysound version of dontholdyrbreath is amazing. Give her older stuff a shot guys, girlysound will change your opinion. It will make it worse because you'll be so angry that she fell so far.

[@stephenwilliams163]

What this sounds like to me is panic that happens when a songwriter's creative tap shuts off suddenly for no reason. They're left flailing in all directions thinking, "theres got to be enough of the old genius in my skull to fill another album. Maybe doing something different will get the juices flowing again."

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I got that distinct impression with the Human League "Crash" episode. Two years to write six songs, with not a trace of inspiration in any of them.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Don't forget being in the industry too long. There's not enough time to have proper life experience to provide inspiration for meaningful songs. That's why all she's left singing about is contracts and executives.

[@thelo-fidelityarchive597]

@@littlekingtrashmouth9219 That's very much the reason why Exile In Guyville is her most highly regarded work even 28 years after it's release.

[@kmhkennedy]

As an aspirating creative (cringe as that sounds) the internal monologue can go something like this: This thing I just made is alright, not bad at all. Oh, but look at that thing over there, it’s so popular everyone likes it, maybe I should make my thing more like that? No, stick to your idea, that’s the best move. But wait, there is a 2nd thing and it’s similar to my thing and no1 likes it? But my thing is different, it’s better… but isn’t that what everyone thinks though? Oh and look at that 3rd thing, I really like that 3rd thing maybe I should make my original thing more like the 3rd thing and less like the 2nd and throw in a peppering of the 1st thing? Great. Right, my thing doesn’t make sense any more… and I can’t remember why I’m doing this. I’m a genius, I’m a loser, I’m gonna rock the world, my dog could do a better job.

[@lizc6393]

Man, I dunno why, but your comment brought to my mind images of dying cave divers, and that makes me feel more sad for her.

[@kyoungt14]

That “Bollywood” song gives out a really strong Middle Aged white mom vibe

[@patchchrist]

It's like if Gwyneth Paltrow crapped out an album and put it up on Goop.

[@TimmyTickle]

@@patchchrist Don't give her any ideas

[@damienthonk1506]

I think that was the point.

[@Xarfax321]

The Soundtrack for Karens all over the world!

[@nomobobby]

IDK why I keep coming back. I'm truly baffled by the cloud of eastern flavored mix, mean spirited mockery and lack of a point. Like if you're going to play with eastern rifts, USE it to say SOMETHING. A spiritual journey, or you faced your fears and found out something about yourself. 15:35 And if you're going to mock someone for being dumb, try to write the song so that it highlights why there wrong. Instead of just putting them in a dumb voice to be ridiculed. But then again I just thought about this album more than Liz did pre-release so...

[@GotNextVideo]

Fiona Apple is kind of the opposite story of Liz Phair, though, the one that had pop success on her first album and has grown more mature and sophisticated with greater critical acclaim ever since.

[@TheDreamingJune]

Exactly. Fiona's been getting more acclaim and getting better with each record whereas Liz has not had a good album since the 90s.

[@farenheit2456]

I hope Todd doesn’t use Wikipedia as his source for One Hit Wonderland because Fiona Apple is listed as one. That being said I wouldn’t mind if Todd found an excuse to talk about her.

[@GotNextVideo]

​@@farenheit2456 Fiona Apple is an artist with only one top 40 hit, but she probably doesn't meet Todd's definition as an "artist known primarily for only one song." She's more like Greatful Dead or Randy Newman-- a consistently popular and acclaimed album-oriented artist with only one song that broke through on the pop charts.

[@CylindricalWhistle]

@@GotNextVideo It makes sense in context, but I never thought I'd see a list of artists made up of Fiona Apple, the Greatful Dead, and Randy Newman

[@archer1949]

@@CylindricalWhistle Warren Zevon should be on that list,

[@wildcosmia5018]

wow the funstyle songs are like a reverse palette cleanser. I now appreciate the artistry of basically every other song i've ever listened to so much more.

[@Flamestar320]

The only thing I have to say about this album is that, Liz Phair has a pretty convincing Harley Quinn impression.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Now that's a concept album!

[@redgreen2453]

Big white girl discovered weed in her 30s energy on this one

[@KrisRN23935]

If she had composed on Weeds, it would have been perfect.

[@rottenbabylon]

This is the most accurate comment.

[@rottenbabylon]

​@@KrisRN23935um, k Liz calm down

[@Cdr2002]

Sam Witwicky’s mom

[@jasonwalker4003]

​@@Cdr2002wtf do you mean by that??? and yet I think you're right???

[@lotus-prince]

That peñis colada joke, oh my god. The way she said "a peñis," I thought she was trying to tie it to "opinions," but nope. Much lamer.

[@GamingtheOtter]

Or that Resident evil song which sounded horribly incoherent

[@lotus-prince]

@@GamingtheOtter I'm not sure how that connects.

[@francyflynn]

I thought it was opinions too

[@GamingtheOtter]

@@lotus-prince that horrible song in the resident evil director cut game.

[@lotus-prince]

@@GamingtheOtter I know what it is - I'm asking what it has to do with anything.

[@snoopsq.527]

The “funstyle” songs sound like if you took an avant-garde song like Revolution 9 or Several Small Species of Furry Animals but took the avant-garde part out and replaced it with “””comedy.”””

[@henryglennon3864]

Or like a Frank Zappa track, without punchlines that land, or the shredding instrumentals.

[@connorross123]

@@henryglennon3864 To even mention Zappa's name anywhere near this abomination is an insult lol

[@auliahamdi4971]

It sounds like McCartney II, but it doesn't sound indie enough

[@HermeticWorlds]

Super Furry Animals?

[@nowherewoman2714]

@@auliahamdi4971 temporary secretary alone is better than any song in this album

[@wavybonez183]

And now in 2021, Liz's album "Soberish" is one of Todd's favorites of the year. What a comeback.

[@calmbbaer]

Where did he say that? I don't see reviewed or at "The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2021."

[@paynexkiller]

He’s joking.

[@crescentmoonrising4852]

@@calmbbaer Mic the Snare made a Christmas video, Todd appears near the end

[@joshuacoleman8000]

@@crescentmoonrising4852 video title?

[@cherryt8478]

@@joshuacoleman8000 I believe it’s in his Eiffel 65 Christmas special

[@plateoshrimp9685]

I think these silly tracks could have found an audience if the lyrics weren’t just complaining about her career. The sarcastic tone makes them not fun.

[@shawnfields2369]

Agreed. The lyrics and her annoyingly high pitched voice sort of ruin most of what she's going for with these songs. Seriously, she sounds like one of the chippettes with every high pitched voice, her voice is sounding more and more like a bad cover version of itself, with worse lyrics, that are set to an annoying beat, are we sure Liz wasn't self-aware of how bad or annoying she sounded, and wasn't just trying to troll everyone listening? And like another commentor said, about the "funstyle" songs, Liz sounds like Dee from It's Always Sunny on those tracks. And I agree, with them, and you, dude. Good point.

[@WobblesandBean]

And it's ALL she talks about, in every. Single. One! Like, one was cringey enough, but then she just kept going, and it's like, Liz, sweetie, find a new topic. You're embarrassing yourself.

[@WobblesandBean]

@@shawnfields2369 I won't lie, her high pitched voice just puts me off. It's very hard to make that kind of voice not sound annoying, and she doesn't even bother trying.

[@tafua_a]

Either that or if she didn't think they were genius. This is the shit an artist makes when they want to get their creativity back, but usually the end result is not supposed to be shared with the public

[@Bandstand]

Thanks for spreading awareness on this train wreck of a record. Guyville Phair is untouchable

[@daishoryujin95]

Can you do a samples video for madvillainy?

[@Bandstand]

@@daishoryujin95 never heard of that record. I’ll check it out

[@daishoryujin95]

@@Bandstand riiight. 😉😉😉😉😉👾

[@Scorpia161]

I must be a basic hipster bc this episode made me listen to Guyville, which I ended up playing for a full week, and her self titled album, which I did not like at all.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

I'll touch it. Guyville is okay. Not great. Would bump The Cranberries over early Phair 10 times out of 10 if I'm in the mood for that flavor of 90s.

[@jmeister3000]

This whole album feels like fan fiction about her own life.

[@Champiness]

It concludes with a *literal* “and everybody clapped” moment

[@sunsetman22]

midlife crisis the album

[@JJ-fg2wd]

Liz's cadence and delivery when she said "it's kinda like rock-pop-folk-feminism.........rap" made it sound like a line from the Tim & Eric "Prices" bit. "14, 11, 2.49.....................3".

[@basedsouljah]

TIMS PRICES SHATTER TO THE GROUND YOU COME TO ME YOU GET 19.99 FOR 20 DOLLARS.

[@JJ-fg2wd]

​@@basedsouljahme me, I'm a premium prices man!

[@aSwineofCulture]

hi, me momo Liz Phair

[@luminousfortune]

perfect comedic timing

[@hdx4437]

I swear, Funstyle is basically Liz Phair taking the worst elements of the previous albums from the previous Trainwreckords episodes. I mean Think About It: From the incohesiveness of Cut The Crap, the emotional insanity of Unplugged 2.0, The delusions of American Life, The Sellout Pop Aesthetic of 03/04. Let all of that sink in!

[@matthewpulama106]

Well...that's a good analysis right there!

[@johnathom-v3y]

and the coked out mess of be here now!

[@rosebyanyname]

There’s also a little bit of the TMI of Paula

[@bethanymcmurtrey9542]

And the shoot for Jupiter for no reason attitude of Kilroy Was Here.

[@TheLowBrassDude]

The Boomer contempt of Summer in Paradise

[@taylorcatalana1783]

As someone who, as an adolescent, wore out that self-titled album without the faintest hint that people hated it, and had NO idea that Funstyle existed, could not have clicked on this fast enough.

[@cremetangerine82]

I must give a heartfelt apology to the self-titled album, “Funstyle” is hurting me deeply.

[@vinnym5607]

I liked her first two albums, the self titled one that I knew people hated and bought this one (on clearance). I feel like I listened to it once...but maybe I never listened to it. I definitely have a vague memory of it

[@berkeleyisonline160]

my favorite moments in this series r when todd builds up to certain song on the record, then the most horrendous piece of music you've ever heard starts playing and it cuts back to todd sitting in stunned silence

[@billadams4924]

I remember interviewing Liz Phair, some years ago (when she was signed to EMI -- but I might have interviewed her again for Funstyle -- I can't remember). Anyway, given what I remember her telling me at the time, she'd been sent back to the drawing board several times by record labels. She got sent back to the drawing board after either Whip-Smart or Whitechocolatespaceegg because the songs she submitted for an album were all about the record labels and their internal politics and her observations of them, and the labels told her it was unlikely that anyone would be interested in songs about anything like that. So she'd unhappily scrap them and try to write something else. I think Funstyle was her finally trying to see if, in fact, she was right all along and fans WOULD buy an album about record labels and their internal politics and her observations of them. When you look at Funstyle -- with tracks like "And He Slayed Her" and "You Hate It," I'm pretty sure this album was an act of Liz Phair trying to see if she was right and everyone else was wrong, and she tacked on a disc of the old, pre-Guyville Girlie Sound demos in an attempt to make some money off of them because people have been downloading them for free for decades. So now that it's out, if she ever records again, I can safely say that I think it might turn out better because she finally got to see if what she thought would work would work (and, obviously, it didn't). Now that she finally has it out of her system, she can do something else -- maybe. Oh wait, she did! Soberish came out a couple of months ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqbZmqSZqd2Jb80

[@arandompasserby7940]

Tragically, I think the ultimate deathblow of the album is Bollywood. Especially STARTING OFF THE ALBUM like that. And giving THAT ONE away as the free sample song.

[@impermanence4300]

I can fully appreciate it from her perspective. It must be infuriating to have an artistic vision and just be told no over and over. But also, sometimes you work on an idea and it turns out that idea is actually bad. Being able to recognise that is a key part of the creative process. But from the sounds of it, she'd spent about a decade being shoved around by labels and losing fans because of it. I really do feel for her.

[@stxrstrxckmxteo515]

@@impermanence4300 ion even think the concept of saying “fuck you” to the record is like even a bad thing. Hell even her goofy bizarre bonkers uptempo music has potential. It’s the way she does it. There’s like, no rhyme, nor reason to it. At all.

[@trashyak]

I may be wrong, but i feel like she's always been interested in commenting on the internal politics of the music world. Like, wasn't that what the entire album exile in guyville was (but from a more gender point of view)? Funsize could make sense from that persepective.

[@billadams4924]

@Perverted Alchemist It's hard to argue that EMI (and Capitol, by extension) had a penchant for trying to turn alternative rock bands into pop bands. It worked pretty well during the glory days of Oasis and in the early days of Coldplay.

[@jamespeck4840]

"Bollywood" sounds like Frank Zappa did a collaboration with the Chipmunks

[@calmbbaer]

I'm fairly sure (or at least hopeful) that Ross Bagdasarian didn't declare his work "a brand new art form."

[@qty1315]

He already did that, numerous times. He was obsessed with the chipmunk voice for awhile. Let's Make The Water Turn Black. Pena.

[@dosensuppe8647]

If she"s going to release a Zappa/Beefheart-Album I would buy it instantly!

[@jacksonmcleod9708]

LMAOO

[@strummerrr]

@@dosensuppe8647 When I heard U Hate It I actually thought Captain Beefheart

[@SomeDumbKid1]

I don't think I've ever heard an album that sounded more like a midlife crisis

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

Theres tonight by David Bowie The miracle by queen Anything Mick Jagger released in the 80s

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

@@jeanmichellelaurentyou finally pinpointed my objection to The Miracle by Queen. I Want It All still rocks though.

[@sweatycrackz7617]

Even though it's not a midlife crisis. "Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz" comes to mind as a complete mental breakdown in album form

[@JohnSmith-tf3lm]

So basically, she got upset higher-up didn't like "Bollywood" and as some sort of revenge move she began bombarding them with low-quality condescending troll songs until they dropped her?

[@Richieb75]

Thats how I remember it

[@Jason_Altea]

@@Talisguy "Seriously, nothing can be worse than this, PLEASE go back to making record label polished bubble gum pop instead."

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

That sounds like something I would do lmao

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Concise but accurate

[@rockah12]

And now Soberish is out and it's gotten much better reviews than anything she's released post-Whitechocolatespaceegg. At least Funstyle wasn't the LAST album she released, that's good.

[@Flowtail]

19:43 What's REALLY great about the peñis thing is that the little riff right after reminded me of the ukulele noises in spongebob

[@SuperJNG18]

OMG you're right! Like when somebody says something stupid and a character does a facepalm and it transitions to next scene.

[@fable23]

Okay, I know it's awful, but Peñis Colada is... also kind of amazing? It's that special kind of transcendental awful that just shoots the moon and wraps around to being hilarious again. I've thought of Peñis Colada like thirty times since I watched this video, and I get a laugh out of it _every single time._ It haunts me. Like the world's goofiest ghost. And even if it didn't bring me joy in the way Liz Phair intended, these days, anything that brings me any joy at all is worth celebrating, so thanks, Liz. Thank you for the single best worst pun I have ever heard.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I can't say I've had the same response, and I'm a person who- at various moments throughout the last few years- has been crumbled on the floor in paroxysms of laughter thinking about "Weiner's laptop".

[@jinxed7915]

To be fair, while I agree that it is, in a sense, transcendentally bad to hilarious, it's only hilarious at Liz Phair's expense. Peñas Colada is the kind of line you don't say if you want to be respected, unless you are the rare type of band that can get away with it, like Lonely Island. Calling someone a penis, even if you aren't slurring the word to make it sound like Piñas, is a bad insult, because it just doesn't sound or flow right, unlike calling someone a dick. So while Peñas Colada is funny, it is only because it is so shocking and so fucking stupid to say, even in a song that isn't supposed to be taken 100% seriously.

[@SchlegelSchlingel]

But now I wonder: is it worse that Gregg Alexander's "I am a JEW! a JEW! AND YOU'RE MY HITLER!"

[@benjaminbankwin5690]

it's hilarious, i'm going out on a limb here and saying she was just too ahead of her time. bollywood was especially funny in a zoomer way

[@claudevandog]

I agree, sometimes I try to purposefully think of the worst and most awkward phrases I can when I'm bored, but none of my ideas even come close to the cringe from the words and delivery of "Peñis Colada" so in a way I have to actually give it props for eliciting such a strong and unique reaction

[@EngineerLume]

The Funstyle songs sound like if Neil Cicierega had negative talent

[@monkeyzebraproductionsacon4328]

U hate is just Lifetime Achievement Award with none of the goodness

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

He does though. Meme music has been the cancer of the 2010s and 2020s

[@ECL28E]

I hate the "bad rapping = comedy gold" mindset. No, it's just an assault on the ears. "Ha ha, I'm lame and I rap like Dr. Seuss, isn't that funny?" Unless you fully commit to the bit and have a hell-of-a good hook like Biz Markie, you're Weird Al parodying a great rap-song, or you have funny-verses and you're an actually decent rapper.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

Why'd you have to do our boy Dr. Seuss like that man

[@gunpuncher3817]

The funny thing is Weird Al actually has all three. As dorky as he sounds, he's incredibly technically skilled as a rapper, it's kind of wild

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I think you're giving Liz too much credit for self-awareness by saying it was _intentionally_ bad rapping.

[@johngleason1776]

@@gunpuncher3817 I'll sue ya, I'll take all your money. I'll sue ya, if you even look at me funny!

[@DeflatingAtheism]

@Sunday Girl Weird Al is a good rapper, but he uses edits in his raps which always bugs me. Even top-tier rappers use edits, however.

[@user-sf4fy8bq1h]

“Peñus colada” is my new pet name for my boyfriend, thanks Liz

[@user-sf4fy8bq1h]

The boy disapproves, vehemently. It's perfect 😼

[@reginaldcampos5762]

​@mipmipmipmipmip, not your business

[@charlottecorday8494]

​@@reginaldcampos5762Whatever you say Reggie. She's not going to sleep with you

[@reginaldcampos5762]

@@charlottecorday8494 sounds like you're projecting, Charlie

[@OreoChimp]

Wanna throw out there Todd called her possibly coming back. Liz's new album "Soberish" is actually getting overall good reviews! May not be the critical darling comeback like "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" but still! Congrats Liz!

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Holy shit she actually released the album? Good for her. :)

[@MiniFR12]

He's actually named it his favourite album of the year. It's a shock to say the least.

[@nf8498]

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[@onetakeman9796]

@@MiniFR12 on his Twitter? I follow him there and didn't see it? Or on Song Vs Song?

[@MiniFR12]

@@onetakeman9796 It was on Mike The Snare’s 2021 video, he’s near the end with other youtubers talking about their favourite albums.

[@SteveGeary52]

"Holy fuck. This is TrainWreckords" Best intro line ever, and 100% appropriate. Todd, you rule.

[@ayylmao8562]

She definitely went through some kind of mental breakdown or manic episode there’s no way she thought this was good

[@joshuaprice3965]

As someone who has seen Bucks Fizz live, that sponsorship really hit home

[@SuperJNG18]

I'm a Eurovision fan so I'm impressed Todd didn't even go for the big one.

[@gabe_s_videos]

There's that phrase again, "hit home." What does that mean? What is it supposed to be analogous to? Is it like a baseball metaphor, it was a straight shot to home plate rather than throwing you for a curve? Or was there some point in history when personal attacks on people's home was a regular occurrence? What sense is it supposed to make? I just don't get it.

[@gabe_s_videos]

@Lizzy Swan I.... guess?

[@Whiskeyklone]

@@gabe_s_videos That's exactly what it means. It (whatever it is) had a deep personal effect on the speaker/writer. You can find this stuff out in seconds with Google - "(of words) have the intended, especially unsettling or painful, effect on their audience"

[@freeparking301]

Figurative Home vs. Literal Home

[@Electroporcupine]

"I- did you just call me a Peñius?" "No, I called you a Peñius Colada" "Ah, my mistake."

[@tafua_a]

"You're snooPeñius usual, I see!" I hope this one isn't too old...

[@WobblesandBean]

@@tafua_a By internet standards, it's geriatric.

[@bananawal8215]

Oh boy, I definitely didn't expect to hear my country's name being dropped here, but after hearing "Oh, Bangladesh, I'm pretty sure the entire nation would be glad with never being mentioned in a song again.

[@harrisonpacker9805]

Honestly there is something just ... depressing about this album. Chalk it up to her whole career trajectory (downward spiral?) post the self-titled album, going from a respected singer song-writer to chronically dumped from label after label while making ends meet through soul-sucking scoring work for disposable network shows. There's a very palpable sense of desperation and personal crisis that gives the absolute madness of this album a kind of brutally uncomfortable edge to it. I kind of feel pity for her here.

[@fehzorz]

It's a lot like St Anger in that way. Not a good album, but a very revealing portrait of turmoil

[@avacatherine5646]

Christ that “Why Can’t I Breathe” song makes me feel like I’m 13 watching crappy Naruto chatroom videos again...

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

"Satisfied" sounds like it would play in the background of a CW drama. Smallville, specifically.

[@ididntknowtheyhadwifiinhell]

somebody saaaaaaaave me

[@Captpan6]

If Liz Phair can't make it as an artist, she'd sure as hell make it in YTP.

[@kenshin891]

Holy shit wasn't expecting to see you here

[@Captpan6]

@@kenshin891 Well hello there.

[@ImpendingRiot83]

I can already picture the copious amounts of “peñis” being sprinkled everywhere throughout an edit.

[@KultofChristiansen]

@Captpan6 Good sir, I just want to say that your Star Wars Ep1 YTP is a classic and should be preserved in a museum.

[@Captpan6]

@@KultofChristiansen Thank you. You are a wonderful person.

[@ChaiElemental]

"Peñis colada is not going to win you a Grammy" is still one of my favorite Todd lines even years later

[@mattlanguedoc8634]

UPDATE: All the Tranwreckords organized in categories: Bizarre, Hilarious Experiments: Cyberpunk The Funky Headhunter Killroy Was Here Two the Hard Way Just Plain Mediocre: Fairweather Johnson Zingalamaduni American Life Be Here Now Turn it Upside Down Absurdly Terrible: Summer Paradise Cut the Crap 0304 Mardi Gras Van Halen III Funstyle Morally Reprehensible: MTV Unplugged 2.0 Paula

[@yungstilla5685]

shouldn't American life go under morally reprehensible

[@IABITVpresents]

Paula? Why isn't it mediocre instead

[@lotofmalarkey434]

Idk, Paula sounds better than MTV Unplugged 2.0, but they were both made/released for awful reasons. (Big public gesture to guilt his wife into taking him back vs a label possibly banking on Lauryn Hill’s public breakdown to sell unreleasable songs)

[@IABITVpresents]

@@lotofmalarkey434 i see

[@Gender_Ascender]

I feel like "Mediocre" should really say "Mediocre after albums that completely dominated" because that's kinda the story. Big hype machine, then the next album is just... Meh, but the expectations are so high that the career kinda tanks in an anticlimactic way

[@yoduh4077]

Todd, you're a saint for listening through this FIVE TIMES.

[@shawnconway6009]

I just realized what her songwriting reminds me of. It reminds me of Stu from the creedence video, where he just spends the album slagging off on John. In this case, it's Liz slagging off on the record executives.

[@Champiness]

🎼Oh-wa-ohhh🎼 🎼Use it loosely wadded🎼

[@Blarsen780]

WHY DON'T YOU MOVE OVER, GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE!

[@bigbearkat2010]

THE CAPTAIN OF THE SEA SHOUTING ORDERS TO HIS CREW

[@DrZuluGaming]

I don't know why but when I tried to hear those Stu's songs in my head, I always hear him as Gilbert Gottfried.

[@georgeselly3426]

I will never write a lyric as beautiful or transcendent as peñis colada.

[@asurlybarber3620]

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." One of my favorite movie lines, and a pretty apt description of Liz Phair's music career.

[@ACETYGRA]

@Luke Tell me about it! It is rather depressing to see Corgan turn into a right-wing old fart!

[@e32b61]

@@ACETYGRA To be fair, was there anyone who did NOT expect Corgan to turn into a dingbat old man? That is the least surprising thing he’s ever done. Turning into a right-wing UFO-conspiracy theorist is so goddam on-brand for him. He has never not been crazy and delusional.

[@ACETYGRA]

@@e32b61 I've also heard that it's "alleged" that he was a bit pervy with women behind the scenes as well.

[@e32b61]

@@ACETYGRA I don’t really go in for gossip. I’m just going by every interview he’s ever given.

[@ACETYGRA]

@@e32b61 Good point. Even in the interviews he comes across like a bitter jerk.

[@alltheorynopractice5467]

"Oh Oh, I think I'm a genius." *Think* is the key word there, Liz.

[@SW23252]

Any time you think, "I'm a genius!" and sincerely believe it, that's a pretty good indication that you are not.

[@doctorwhat3683]

“Calling All Stations” by Genesis would be great. They essentially try to mix their prog rock meets pop sound with 90s alt rock and grunge and the image sis so completely misguided. There’s maybe one good song in there with “Alien Afternoon” - every other song is mediocre to poor trash.

[@joemolnar3]

I've thought the same thing for a while since I love Genesis but I'm a little worried that the whole story is just Van Halen III again. There are a bunch of similarities between the two: Genesis had gone through 2 staple singers in Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins and hired Vic Wilson to be their new frontman. People were mixed on ongoing 70s acts in the late 90s (and prog had either shifted to 70s inspired acts like Spock's Beard or prog metal like Dream Theater) and the whole album is pretty all over the place with its mix depending on the song but generally a bit too abrasive to enjoy as a casual listen. "Congo" is that album's "Without You" from VH3 in the sense that the lyrics feel like they're telling 2 different stories at once and barely sounds like Genesis at all. That being said I do have a soft spot for "Not About Us" from that album it's a bore but it's just a well structured and musically written song. Long reply sorry haha

[@MultiMattRogers]

This is the first I've ever heard of her (I'm not sure she ever did much in the UK) but now I'm FASCINATED by this career trajectory.

[@levischorpioen]

The Girly-Sound Tapes and Exile in Guyville are incredible.

[@canyouwhenyourdrunk]

Random fact: When she toured England in the early 90’s Oasis was the support band.

[@PunkExMachina]

this was....sonically rotten. like, actually harD to listen to.

[@southboundagain]

It reminded me of My Teenage Dream Ended. Slightly less cacophonous but same angsty, wronged feeling.

[@Ceielo]

Yeah I almost changed to another video about 10-11 minutes in.

[@sovietcanuckistanian]

Yeah but the discordant wrongness actually fits on MY Teenage Dream Ended, which covers actual personal tragedy instead of someone trying to be funny and dissing the people who think her bad music is bad.

[@Salmonator2000]

Dibs on calling my band "Sonically Rotten"

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

All meme music is. Its not real music, its winking at the audience like it deserves a laugh but its never actually funny, its just cancerous

[@MealGin]

15:27 I'm fairly certain Liz's voice in "Beat Is Up" is supposed to be a Sarah Palin impression

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Glad to see she came out with a new album. A mini return to form. Her producer said to her that Bowie and Prince are dead and do you really want Funstyle to be your legacy if you die tomorrow? That scared her back into the studio

[@octoberbabyyy]

the "funstyle" songs legit triggered my fight or flight response. I hate it here on this dogforsaken planet

[@Jason_Altea]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore...

[@kurks001]

Dog bless