@@laurabennett9498 Not the dean of rock critics, Robert Christgau Exile in Guyville [Matador, 1993] A Whip-Smart [Matador, 1994] ** Juvenilia [Matador, 1995] A- Whitechocolatespaceegg [Matador/Capitol, 1998] A Liz Phair [Capitol, 2003] A Somebody's Miracle [Capitol, 2005] *** Funstyle [Rocket Science Ventures, 2010] * Soberish [Chrysalis, 2021] A-
@otakucat3827 what does “underrated” even mean? It’s a lazy persons’ lame comment. Also, Liz’s guitar playing skills are rudimentary at best. That said, I’m a big fan of her music.
I actually replayed the part of the photo shoot a couple of times in 13 going on 30 just to listen to the song and to see how sweet Jenna and Matt were.
Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Daniel 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: Matthew 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. Psalms 106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. Exodus 32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Lamentations 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! Psalms 41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 1 Kings 8:50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. Souls, search BIBLE + FREEMASONRY. For the masons need to be exposed. For they and their deeds are the most sick and evil.
@theharshtruthoutthere I expose Christianty as the biggest threat to democracy there is. Take your vicious irrationality and depraved conspiracy thinking to the damnation you fantasize others are going to.
They had 13 going on 30 on E and i swear when they played this song my childhood love life flew before my eyes ... man the 2000s were such a time to be alive ❤️
And by listening to this song, all of a sudden my mind went back to 2006 - 2007. The era of me using Myspace and AIM, flip phones. The original iPod shuffle. Playing Counterstrike. Watching Smallville and Supernatural. Middle school years. Whoa, this nostalgia is overwhelming.
Watching 13 going on 30 at this moment. And decided to come listen to this while it's an commercial break on. I know the song but can't recall seeing the video. I miss the early 00's pop and pop rock music an sound. Happy Friday everybody and have a good and safe weekend.💋
I didn't got to see her! She was supposed to open for Alanis Morissette in october 2020, the concert was re-scheduled for nov 2021 but then pandemic striked again and Liz cancelled in the meantime for some reason... I eventually got to see Alanis in june 2022 @@Dan-di9jd
Reminds me of my teenage years. So many good and bad memories growing up. Thinking of that one girl who drove me crazy. So crazy that I eventually asked her out and we’ve been inseparable since then. Reminding me of the school dances, formals and prom night when this song played, finally, to hearing her sing this... Sad part of this is, I listen to this song, reminds me of her even after our teenage years. We grew up, got engaged, unfortunately she left me too soon. Feels good to remember and cry a bit. For my angel who still keeps on looking out for me, I miss you every day. Thank you for being there for me in spirit. Till we see each other soon. ❤️
YES... This is QUITE the #Relationship Song that seems to Trigger many emotional Memories! Thank You LIZ for such #Inspiring Work, you're MAGICAL and #GR8 that you're Currently #Touring Again, too!!!!
I know *exactly* what you mean, bud. It's been 7 years for me now. I'm better than I was, but not sure if I will ever be whole. I hope you're doing good.
I didnt realize how much i love this song and been a fan since Supernova video came out on Alternative nation or 120 minutes on MTV . Damn i miss those days.
I had an opportunity to go back stage to meet her when she was performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee back in the early 2000s. Turned it down to not blow off the friends I went with. Have always regretted it :(
I always thought this was Avril. “Isn’t the best part of breakin up, finding someone else you can’t get enough of?” That line always resonated with me.... Thanks Liz Phair. Nice to meet you.
The song was just so beautifully placed in 13 going on 30! Brings back so much memories from the 00's, this song and the movie will always be etched on my heart. ❤️
2003-2004 was my senior year of high school. I was reminded of this song today while watching "13 Going on 30." Brought back mad memories, almost made me cry. Guess I get emotional when I reminisce (even though I wouldn't want to necessarily be back in high school again.)
Little_Carrot Same here! I feel so nostalgic about school time from 6th grade to the end. Especially 2003 to 2009..although I didn't really like 2003, 2005 or 2006 but I still miss those times. Just won't like to go back to those times..maybe going back to 11th or 12th grade is ok but still.
When I was a kid, I had a karaoke machine with this song on it. The lyrics on screen said, "We haven't talked yet," and I remember thinking that was kind of stalkerish but sang it a hundred times anyway. Listening to this now at 31, I just got major whiplash at hearing the ACTUAL lyrics for the first time.
I watched Todd in the Shadows' series Trainwrecords on Liz Phair's Funstyle and he talked about this song and album at length. I remember when "Why Can't I?" came out and thought that is was fun and breezy pop rock song; so I was genuinely shocked to find out how much the media hated this song. The amount of vitriol Liz received from the critics was unlike anything I had ever seen.
It’s mainly because her debut album Exile in Guyville was praised among every critic. It was a more mature and darker album than the one that this song comes from “Liz Phair”. Critics become so hateful towards this work for the main reason she decided to go for a mainstream audience instead of the underground indie scene she came from. It was basically they telling her that she sold out which it’s kinda unfair imo
Honestly, I wasn't even aware of any of the vitriol going on with Liz Phair before seeing that Todd In The Shadows episode, and frankly, I think a lot of the shit she got for the self title album honestly fucked her over creatively even up to Funstyle and beyond. Like seriously, all those "critics" basically demonizing her for trying to do something more "mainstream" (aka, something outside of their precious Indie Rock bubble) honestly need to fuck off, and also fuck them for going back to the self title only after she's all but dropped off the face of the Earth and only NOW admitting it's not all that bad.
Steve L. Wow I agree with you so much! Songs as well as tv shows were 'sooo' late 90's even in 2005. Although from early 2000's "alternative rock" started to share space with these songs. Then after 2005 it was almost fully "alt rock and indie rock" (maybe because the world turned even sadder after 2005..Greenday, Audioslave, My chemical romance, Arctic monkeys etc. were my favourite angsty teen choices)..but don't know when these happy songs along with alternative and indie rock went away completely from mainstream.😣
Remember hearing this on Vh1 at around 2-3am when they used to show new music videos while you waited for regularly scheduled programming. I must've been in middle school & it was summer. Good years.
I know I automatically get nostalgic everyday and I'm loving it so much cause it brings back to my early years of being a teenager at that time I was just so caught up on being an adult that I never thought I'd be today memories for life
I miss older songs like this, I graduated about 2 years before this song came out, and I wanted to get older,and I have, I wish I could go back to those great years, big mistake on wanting to be older, aging just comes naturally. should not have rushed it. I wish I could become my old self again from way back then, and visit the past, with time travel, but as far as I know, its not possible or kept very secretly by special research government division of science and space, probably something like area 51. Way back then was much better, things leading up to today has changed so much since then, and not for the better, the quality of most music today has fallen down so much, the music of approx 15 years was alot better. Sweet memories of way back then, and the bitter memories of today, and from some years before today, the sweet and bitter memories of life. Alot of things today, I do not enjoy about life, way back then, I was really living the life at its top best, but life goes on and I carry life on by the few things I enjoy today, and have enjoyed way back then, I guess its how life goes on, for now at least, until something better happens somehow. -Sighs-.... I want my old life back, but then again today is today and tomorrow is tomorrow, I miss the life of back then, the past is remembered and kept close, and the current is what is mostly dealt with,... Don't rush wishing / wanting to become older, cherish the earlier years, as one only gets to live life just once, the earlier years are alot more enjoyable, although the later years can also be enjoyable it also becomes more complicated and stressful, when time goes by, its not something that can be turned back, like it was before, memories can last a lifetime, and bring feel good moments, but cannot bring life back it was in its previous state, and if it can, its only a small portion of it, most of it will be current, not the past. Enjoy the earlier years and live it up, but also be thoughtful, caring, cheerful, and responsible too, I wish I had lived up more, regretting it with the years gone by, now just trying to make things better 1 by 1, sort of like a puzzle... Comment / Click on thumbs up, if you agree or like what I wrote, if you don't agree or did not like it much, response not needed. Don't do what I did and have regrets. Have a nice day and enjoy life.
+Daniel Dougan Lol, I like it. Of course another Exile In Guyville would be hot, but I do like the 2003 Album too. It would've been great if she released a few more Albums with the earlier sound, but she needed to transition at some point. Is she supposed to have that same sound until she's 85?
It's 2020, I'm on a nostalgic trip while staying home, enjoying the best songs from early 2000s. Btw I'm in the minority who first heard this song from the movie "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!"
I was 13 unfortunately it's a great song but it came out when we were evicted from our home.Li "Nostalging" about it makes me feel like a glutton for punishment.
Same!! Love her. Have you heard of Maki Mae? She's similar, you might like her new track Down by the Water ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IDvzd7xv_qw.html
Liz Phair rocks...! i love how her lyrics are so suggestive yet her songs sound so sweet you almost dont notice the lyrics unless you pay close attention!
Lol, you know this single was mostly written by the shithead writing team of “The Matrix” (ugh), who wrote half the crappy manufactured hit pop songs of the 2000s, right? I’m not quite sure this is actually a different song than Avril Lavigne’s Complicated (also written by The Matrix). This is Liz Phair completely selling out her artistic integrity for money. You could literally swap out any singer into this song and it would’ve made no difference.
Peter P21 she already had an entire album recorded and in the bag when her record label said "no, we want singles, write with these people." Early 2000s was a tough time for female singers - Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Nelly Furtado all had to make shiny pop music and sexy videos too. This song is still Liz to me: the lyrics are about two adults still in a relationship with other people but who are itching to get down and dirty with each other and start something new. Bit more complicated (ironically) and real than Avril, Michelle Branch and the other early 2000s stars.
It is Sunday Morning in the beautiful city of Lagos, Nigeria. I am in the bathroom preparing for church and I just felt I should play some songs that saved my life during the most challenging moments of my life. Alanis Morissette HANDS CLEAN then Liz Phair WHY CAN'T I. i feel like shedding a tear now. I miss the early to mid 2000s. Life was tough, Alternative rock music was plentiful, they could see you through everything situations.
This was the first Liz Phair song I ever heard probably around age 12. I find it cool that the older I get, the more I discover her old music and fall in love with her in a brand new way.
This song unlocked a memory for me because I heard Why can’t I on the radio. Forgotten all about it when I started getting older now after watching FBE reacts video brought back memories.
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had a lovely upbringing its easy to fall into the idea that status and money make a person or that you arent good enough or valuable. treat people with dignity and dont form friendships with people who will take you down a bad path. they are users and they are predators. the people around you should make you feel good about who you are. you should feel empowered aby them and lifted in spirit. dont stay around people who arent happy for your successes bc they undoubtedly are also pleased when you fail. they want you who they feelis competition instead of ally to be miserable like them or to not go places especially if they dont. those who love you are your best support and are happy when you progress and your life flourishes. study, learn, and find interests whether in school or not. it is a good idea to get an education but if thats not possible try to read a lot, novels and classics , biographies about heroic or amazing people good and bad from history, learn about your country and 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that people waste and damage things like parasites. recycle, dont use a lot fo trash, conserve water, dont get a gas guzzler vehicle, dispose of paint, oil etc in a proper way and if possible try not to eat meat though i still do at times. the treatment of animals that areour food is torture and for some reason not addressed in the us. another topic to try to educate yourself on. just those good habits would chsnge the air quality, clear the trees and forests and raods of so much trash, save wildlife in the ocean choking on plastic and other debris. respect what we have been given by mother nature. so global warming includes the giant five or six mile garbage patch which is a giagantic pile of trash a few feet dep and miles long and wide floating in the pacific ocean. the trash becomes more thick as u reach the actual pile. it is killing so many creatures and is just disgusting. im sure there are many more around the other water ways on earth. look at the shores of lakes and rivers in cities, polluted, thing like diapers and syringes thrown in the water or in the road. thats why people are usually not worth the time. cultures create social norms and attitudes and if it is poor and less educated or rich land the people dont have the means to learn or do the things they need to. lets face it, there are also the people who dont care about things that matter such as human and animal life, are okay with violence, prejudice, religious wars and even torture, misogyny and all the other atrocities that are filling the world. overpopulation and the treatment of women are vital to overcoming the horrors on the earth. as a woman do not hate men because they are all individuals but recognize that being complicit about anything that ishurting people can be as easy as not speaking up. if you are not in physical danger then speak up. care about things. apathy is ugly and the worst crime. have passion for things in life, want to fight a cause, take action. stay out of the shallow and cruel world of slefies and everyone thinking they are the shit with something everyone needs to hear. talent is not given to everyone equally and there is nothing more draining, boring, and uninspiring than conversations about making money, fancy cars, and status. money is nice and things cost money but greed is so nasty. there is no reason someone has several houses and ten cars or twenty or fifity etc when someone else has nothing. greed and ignorance seem to be evils that spread the worst cancers. so i just went off to a stranger but you are young and have a life to live and i wish i would have know so many things bc i would have done it much differently. youth is life, youth is opportunity and ability. if you want kids, get married, love your husband, have a home and a life to provide your kids, read and sing to them, show them things, let them have imaginations, teach them compassion, good manners, loyalty, humor, respect, and esteem. and dont have too many, two is perfect. dont slave away at a job you hate that has no value but to make your boss rich. its easier said then done and not everyone can do it but if you are like me i need to do something that has purpose or i go crazy. it teaches you patience, maturity just like going to school but working for hours daily it seems wrong. so anyway if you read this all thanks. and have a great day lots of misspellings but i dont proofread and i just type fast without stopping. i really am able to spell.
this came out when i was a teen and i was blown away by her genius-- it got me into all of her earlier records as well. for me she will always epitomize an effortless cool and imposing brilliance. the feelings this song and video evoke 20 years later!
Can I just go back to being 16 years old?!? ❤ This song definitely brings back all the memories. Easier times and so much hope ahead for the future. Who knew it would be this way in the world as it is now. I chose to listen this music to feel like I’m back in time!
How I feel/ felt listening to this song throughout the each decade: . 2000's /preteen--- "ah I love this song!" 🤘🏾 . 2010's/ teenager--- "ah the nostalgia!" 😊 . 2020's/ adult--- "damn it! These lyrics hits home so hard!" 😣
Fell in ‘love’ with this song (and video) when I first saw 13 Going On 30. I’m watching this video again (in which they did a good job of making her look sexy) because I just saw another 2004 movie that also used this song (Win A Date with Tad Hamilton, which turned out to be an enjoyable RomCom). Interestingly, this was Liz Phair’s only Top 40 hit. She allegedly said she wrote Why Can’t I to introduce her music to more mainstream audiences (I’m guessing her other stuff was more edgy). I wonder if the success of this song translated into success for her other songs. I suspect that she would have had a bigger following had she done more songs like this one. I’m curious if there are others who were introduced to this song who discovered liking other of Liz Phair’s music.
Liz was our indie queen back in the day, and when this song was released people lost it: "She's gone MAINSTREAM!!!" Hah, jokes on them, because this is absolute pop perfection. Still sounds amazing, all these years later.
@@LL-fd7xn Exile in Guyville was like the bible for alt nerds back in the early nineties and she was always like a hidden secret, so when this song came out people lost their everyloving minds. Why couldn't they just listen and realize that everything Liz does is perfection? This song is sugar pop on a transcendent level, like only Liz can do. People really can be ridiculous sometimes. ;)
same thing happened to Pearl Jam. Fans are so fucking abusive. Like they think they own an artist of ANY form of media. It's like high school, but for life. "oH yOrE nAwT hOo yEw wUr TwUnNy yEeRz uHgO" NO FUCKING SHIT MORON, IT'S CALLED GROWING THE FUCK UP. Most of our peers should try it sometime. Always wanting to accuse someone of "selling out" no bitch we BOUGHT IN. That's why YOU still live paycheck to paycheck and can't afford to take your kid to the dollar store and WE have fucking careers, savings, and 😱 CREDIT SCORES!!!!
Liz is one of my favs. This album, which may be one of the greatest album covers, and somebody’s miracle get as much play on my rotation on my iPad as her earlier albums. One of the few artists I would love to do a concert meet and greet.
Not only did I loved her music back then I was also a fan of hers as well. I always thought Liz had a sweet soothing voice of an Angel when she sang. Liz's music was pretty good as well too. I have a big huge autographed signed poster by her. It's actually hanging up on my bedroom wall I still have it yet. Anyway I got to Google her see if she still making music yet or not. I hope so I enjoyed and love listening to Liz's music. Also I always thought Liz was a beautiful goddess.
[Verse 1] Get a load of me, get a load of you Walking down the street and I hardly know you It's just like we were meant to be Holding hands with you when we're out at night Got a girlfriend, you say it isn't right And I've got someone waiting too [Pre-Chorus] What if this is just the beginning? We're already wet and we're gonna go swimming [Chorus] Why can't I breathe Whenever I think about you? Why can't I speak Whenever I talk about you? It's inevitable It's a fact that we're gonna get down to it So tell me Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you? Whenever I think about you... [Verse 2] Isn't this the best part of breaking up? Finding someone else you can't get enough of Someone who wants to be with you too It's an itch we know we are gonna scratch Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch But wouldn't it be beautiful Pre-Chorus] Here we go We're at the beginning, we haven't fucked yet But my head's spinning [Chorus] Why can't I breathe Whenever I think about you? Why can't I speak Whenever I talk about you? It's inevitable It's a fact that we're gonna get down to it So tell me Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you? [Bridge] High enough for you to make me wonder Where it's going High enough for you to pull me under Somethin's growing Out of this that we can control Baby, I am dyin' [Chorus] Why can't I breathe Whenever I think about you? Why can't I speak Whenever I talk about you? Why can't I breathe Whenever I think about you? Why can't I speak Whenever I talk about you? It's inevitable It's a fact that we're gonna get down to it So tell me Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you? [Outro] Whenever I think about you Whenever I think about you Whenever I think about you Whenever I think about you
@@excalibur800 oh I get it bc anyone (almost half the country ) that voted for Trump supports breaking into the capital. Makes sense to me. That logic is about as good as everyone that voted for Biden supports the unpeaceful BLM rioters that were doing illegal sht.... 😂😂😂
@@excalibur800 what’s even sadder-crazier then some riled up fools going into the capital (bc both political sides have plenty of crazy people , there are tons of crazy/extremist lefties) is the fact that they were allowed to get in , terrible security job where you would think security would be at its strongest (it clearly wasn’t) . It’s almost as if they didn’t mind letting them in too make ‘some’ people look bad... smfh
I had such a huge crush on her as a teen. I thought she was only a few years older than me but it turns out she was in her 30's when she made this video... Talk about aging beautifully.
Estuve buscando tanto tiempo esta canción al fin la encontré me encanto desde la primera vez que la escuche y ni hablar de la película amo esa película tanto como esta canción La mejor canción💕
this song makes me think of my partner. we met when they were in an emotionally abusive relationship. they are finally leaving because I showed them the love and support they deserve for just being their beautiful self. we are so happy together. this feels like our song. I'm so crazy about them.
I can't believe it's been 20 years since this song came out. This song was in plenty of my mix CDs back then. I miss making mixtapes manually. Whether it'd be on a cassette or mp3 CD. Oh, how far we've come (with music tech). Anyway, nostalgia hit right in the feels, and now I'm crying because I'll never get to feel the feelings this song portrays ever again. My heart, or whatever is left of it, can't take any more heartbreak. I'll just be alone until someone else can make me feel what this song describes. 💔😣
I relate to what you feel. First I use to stay making the mp3 mix cds back in the day and putting music on iPods. I use to do that for people at school all the time. Also I can’t take any more heartbreak either and have accepted I’ll probably be alone forever. Even though I’m 28 I just can’t go through anymore. I actually recently discovered this song via TikTok and would listen to it thinking about this one guy I had a few months long romance with but of course that ended in tragedy just like all my other romantic situations. Oh well.
I first heard this song in the Mandy Moore movie How to Deal. I watched it recently and although the movie itself is a bit dated and definitely embodies early 2000s vibes, I still love it! It made me feel so nostalgic and suddenly I was 13 again. I remember seeing it in theaters with my sister when it came out and we both had a crush on Macon 😂. That was back when I was OBSESSED with Sarah Dessen books!
See this video makes me wanna cry of nostalgia. I've didn't met this song on the movie "13 going to 30" but in a channel named "soundtrack channel". So, to me rewatch this video after 20 years is so nostalgic and made me wanna cry
