Disco de Liz Phair: “Supernova [CD Single]”

As much as I like Liz Phair, I could not recomend shelling out the bucks for this disc unless you just have to get anything she's ever released. The title song is great, but if you're a fan, you already have it. The edited version deletes the song's only expletive, so you're not really missing anything. "combo-platter" is a fairly lack-luster song from the rather lo-fi girly-sound tapes that really doesn't do the girl justice anyway. If you're buying it just for "combo-platter", do yourself a favor and try to track down a bootleg copy of girly-sound.

"And now you're sleeping with that girl that you used to say that you have always hated..don't be so in love with yourself 'cause I'm not."

With jewels like this, the cd is worth every penny. Supernova was never a flame-throwing favorite of mine, but it never has let me down yet. The classic sound with a switched up layout of Combo Platter more than makes up for any other fault one could find with the album.

Supernova by Liz Phair was the coolest pop/rock song of 1994. This song can be found on my favorite Phair album, Whip-Smart. Supernova is everything an indie rock song should be, great melody, killer lyics, and mindblowing guitar riff. The bonus song, Combo Platter is awesome as well, so honest and refreshing. This cd single may be hard to find but it's definitely worth searching for, enjoy!

I find it hard to believe that no one has yet said anything about one of Liz Phair's most loved singles. Supernova, one of the few Liz songs you may actually have heard on the radio, is an anthem as energetic as the "human supernova" it's dedicated to: it IS the "angel with wings of fire" of Phair's repertoire. Over a redundant but snarling guitar, she voices amazing lyrics. Here's a typically sparkling bit:

"you walk in clouds of glitter / and the sun reflects your eyes / and everytime the wind blows / i can smell you in the skies / your kisses are as wicked as an f-16 / and you f@#$ like a volcano and you're everything to me..."

Beautiful. This song does have shortcomings; it is not as creative as many of her others, which strike the ear a little more strangely. However, it's still a rocking single and a decent introduction to Liz Phair's more complex songwriting.

Although I'm the same person that trashed "Exile in Guyville," this song knocks me out! I love the guitar work, the lyrics are rude yet endearing, even poetic in a weird way. Phair's voice still grates on my nerves but "Supernova" is a song meant for high-volume listening.