  The Following Post Is Rated R. you've been warned.  Okay,  I wanted to stay out of this but here's a comparison for ya.  Flower is taken from Liz Phair's 'Exile in Guyville. ' I'll also include the lyrics to 'H.
W. C' from her self- titled and much bally- hooed self- titled effort.  Flower Everytime I see your face I get all wet between my legs Everytime you pass me by,
 I heave a sigh of pain Everytime I see your face I think of things unpure,  unchaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever wanted Everything you ever thought of Is everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you and your minions,  too Your face reminds me of a flower Kind of like you're underwater Hair's too long and in your eyes Your lips a perfect " suck me"  size You act like you're fourteen years old Everything you say is so obnoxious,  funny,
 true and mean I want to be your blowjob queen You're probably shy and introspective That's not part of my objective I just want your fresh,  young jimmy Turning,  slamming,  ramming in me Everytime I see your face I think of things unpure,  unchaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever wanted Everything you ever thought of Is everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you till your dick is blue Everytime And now,  for your comparison pleasure,
 here are the lyrics for 'H. W. C. ' H. W. C.
 Give it to me,  don't give it away Don't think about what the others say My skins getting clear,  my hairs so bright All you do is fuck me every day and night You're my secret beauty routine Na,  na,  na,  na,
 what my body has seen I am lookin' good and I'm feeling nice Baby you're the best magazine advice Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum I'm gonna pull you back down between the sheets Everything is fresher when the day is sweet In the morning light when you're already on the phone Face it,  one of these days Without you I'm just another Dorian Gray It's the fountain of youth It's the meaning of life So hot,  so sweet,  so wet my appetite Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Face it,  one of these days Without you I'm just another Dorian Gray It's the fountain of youth It's the meaning of life Baby you're the best magazine advice Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Your hot white cum.  Personally,
 I think the lyrics in 'Flower' are a bit more carnal and smutty than the lyrics of 'H. W. C. ' I'd be hard pressed to find someone who disagrees with me.  So she says 'cum' a couple times.  No big deal.
 My two cents:  I can't and won't limit myself to the music ( books &  movies)  I enjoy solely by their artistic merit.  I can't.
 I had a friend growing up ( and I'm not making parallel comparisons,  please don't think that's my intent)  who did that to the point where it bordered on ridiculous.  If a CD he purchased sold more than 10, 000 copies,
 it was immediately brought to Cheapo ( where they don't give you much for CDs.  Might I suggest BookSmart or Half- Price Books?  The reason being?  He didn't want his collection tainted with music that was considered popular or loved by the masses.
 He has over 1, 000 CDs in his collection and you'd be lucky to find 50 that you recognize.  Like Panda,  I'm not trying to change anyone's opinion.  There's no point in it.  You either dig something,
 or you don't.  For me,  I like Liz Phair's new album.  Do I love it?  No,  but I don't hate it either.
 To me,  it doesn't seem like she's thrown all of her old tricks away to completely sell out.  Not at all.  Yeah,  she's trying to reach a new audience and there's always that risk of alienating your old fans.  I read somewhere that she recorded a few albums between this one and 'whitechocolatespaceegg' that she absolutely hated and scrapped completely,
 never to see the light of day.  I'm sorry,  but I like me some variety.  If you were to go through my CD collection,  bookshelves,  and wall of DVDs I think you'd see a pretty broad cross-
section of titles.  I can't overly concern myself with what is too commercial,  too popular or what lacks artistic merit.  It's too limiting for me.  I like really shitty movies and I like ones that are though- provoking and make the hair on my arms stand up.
 Same goes with music.  I can't concern myself with who produced what track and what their motivations were for doing so.  If Liz wanted The Matrix to produce a couple of tracks to give her sound a more wide appeal,  then so be it.  I could care less that he produced Avril Lavigne's album.  So what?
 That seems to be a foothold for most of the critics of Liz's new album.  Well,  does that mean I should hate one of my favorite groups N. E. R. D.
 because the people in the group produced Justin Timberlake's album or a song or two for Britney Spears?  Nope.  Okay. this became a rant without me wanting it to be,  but let me close with saying that I'm not absolutely in love with the new Liz Phair CD,  but I like it well enough that I'm looking forward to seeing her perform again with some friends.
 I've read plenty of reviews of her album and none of them ( save for People magazine)  have been favorable.  The bottom line is:  it's not art and I don't think it's pretending to be.  It's just a different direction for an artist that people were expecting more (
of the same)  from.
