Fiona Apple

Context is all. And in her case, it didn't help.

"Shadowboxer" <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

ya

"Paper Bag" <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Indeed.

entirety of when the pawn <3

str8 men really didn't like her, huh

"she's crazy! she's embarrassing! she's juvenile!" looooool

anyway, bumped b/c maura drew my attention to this: http://twitter.com/realfionaapple

which isn't verified but promises a new album this spring!

also goddamn if "get him back" isn't a perfectly constructed pop song

str8 men really didn't like her, huh

― lex pretend, Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:43 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

I like that one song with the fast bits and the slow bits.

She's working with Charley Drayton on the new songs is all I know so far. No news of Jon Brion working w/ her.

Though she did play a surprise show with Brion few weeks ago at Largo.

Feel like she and Brion should do a parody of that duo that is changing the face of youtube etc, since the guy does a manic, OCD version of what Brion does.

I've always liked her. She probably is still in my all-time WS.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fiona-apple-unveils-23-word-album-title-20120307

Fiona Apple has revealed that her long-delayed fourth album will be titled The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do.

Cutting back, imho. I hope this album is as good as When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king, What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight, And he'll win the whole thing 'fore he enters the ring, There's no body to batter when your mind is your might, So when you go solo, you hold your own hand, And remember that depth is the greatest of heights, And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land, And if you fall it won't matter, cause you'll know that you're right though.

LOL never change fiona

i'm actually super-hyped for this

otm I am too, actually.

Stoked

I want to be excited but I'm mostly skeptical. 2nd version of EM was a disaster - she kinda needs Brion, imo.

I saw her on that tour with Nickel Creek, and I was really impressed how well she fared in a different musical environment. Though I guess Nickel Creek are Brion adjuncts, too.

I am excited about this. Also I have a massive crush on Fiona.

Still go back to "Paper Bag" a lot, and if we ever do a massive music video ballot poll, I'm voting for it.

I hardly think the second version of EM was a disaster. It's different, is all.

I hope this album will be great.

It might be. The new songs sound great.

http://soundcloud.com/fionaapple/every-single-night

is that song good? i can't tell.

Even if you don't generally listen to WTF, Fiona Apple is the guest today and it's probably the most candid no big deal interview she's ever given (or that I've read or heard). Cool to hear.

http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/webpage/episode-297-fiona-apple

Breaking the law, breaking the law...

Fiona Apple Bong

loool

she does not look good on that photo. that must have been before the joint...

i hear the sound of a thousand local tv anchors trying out their "she doesn't just feel like a criminal anymore ..." gags.

why are people still driving their tour buses through that county? i realize Texas is huge and its probably a huge pain in the ass detour to get around it, but c'mon celebs, if you have the weed its going to get found in that place.

You answered your own question. They still drive tour buses through their because it's on I-10, the main artery of that part of the state. Any sideways entrances are not to be trusted.

The real SMDH thing about this is they were headed to AUSTIN. How hard would it have been to just dump what they had in El Paso or something? If you can't get weed/hash in upon arrival in Austin you simply are not trying at all.

That Austin date has now been postponed btw.

Okay, looking at the map now, they could have picked up State 62/180 in El Paso and taken it to Carlsbad, then hung a right on 285 to head southeast to Fort Stockton were they could have resumed traveling on I-10. That probably would have added a couple hours to the trip tho.

guys, they were all high on the pot, they weren't thinking straight

"Now, most of the people were very nice to me. There are four of you out there, and I want you to know that I heard everything you did. I wrote it all down with your names and everything you did and said stupidly thinking that I couldn't hear or see you. I then ripped the paper up, but not before I encoded it and-- I got two lock boxes. We'll call them "holding cell one" and "holding cell two". In "holding cell one" is the encoded version of the shit that you did that I know was inappropriate and probably illegal. In "holding cell two" is the decoder. I'm the only one who holds the key, and you and I will be intimate forever because I will hold that secret forever. Unless of course the celebrity that you had so much interest in but you wanted to accuse me of bringing up while you laughed at me all night? Unless you're interested in being a celebrity, I'll make you fucking famous any time you ask and I'll open those boxes. So why don't you stay in your fucking holding cell?"

WTF?

That's the title of her next album.

wonderful news!

She signed her email with a balloon emoji.

fiona confirmed busy signal fan

The part when she gives an update to her “world is bullshit” quote is great

"Fiona Lone" ;_;

Great interview, and good news about a new album!

come for the dog, stay for the bonus anecdote about marveling at J.Lo's ass

fantastic interview and hopefully that new album will indeed be done soon

she's the best

Loved the interview, and it got me to revisit Idler Wheel. Every single fucking song on this album, guys.

the further away we get from 2012 the more i'm convinced it's an unparalleled masterpiece

"werewolf" is the realest song ever written

but brad, get this: if i'm butter. . . if I'M butter.

well, if that's the case, he's a hot knife, my friend.

(totally agreed btw; album slays. it's like the perfectly realized child of kate bush's 80s albums.)

The great thing about the “If I’m butter, if I’m butter, then he’s a hot knife” line is that it’s just Fiona playing coy - she makes it clear in the background harmonies that she’s the one in control: “I’m a hot knife, I’m a hot knife, he’s a pat of butter.”

Best song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89DxrWX1v3w

Fiona Apple covering The Waterboys' 'The Whole of the Moon'. Fuck yes.

The Big Apple.

otm

*very* into this

fuck yes

that is incredible, and her voice is getting better and better with age.

https://pitchfork.com/news/fiona-apple-discusses-new-album-and-reveals-title-in-expansive-interview/

i'm really glad she's apparently pushing the percussion-driven sound of the idler wheel even further

“Every addict should just get locked in a private movie theatre with Q.T. and P.T.A. on coke, and they’ll never want to do it again.”

Found that article a bit of a disappointing, though I am psyched for another FA record, and also that she's leaning into the percussion stuff from Idler Wheel.

In particular, the TV-journalist-writes-about-music bits.

She's an extraordinary machine. Happy birthday!

Incredible performance, I could have posted it on the 'ambushed by unexpected emotion' thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNy4tmTRQC8

https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/fiona-apple-dr-luke-grammy-bullshit.html

Fiona Apple has never held back when it comes to calling out the music industry, famously saying “This world is bullshit” during an acceptance speech at the 1997 VMAs. Now she has turned her attention to the 2021 Grammys, where she’s nominated for three awards off her wildly acclaimed album Fetch the Bolt Cutters. In a new interview with the Guardian published today, Apple criticized the Recording Academy for giving Dr. Luke his first nomination since Kesha accused him of sexual abuse (which he denies). “Not to go back to that word, but it’s bullshit,” she said. Dr. Luke is nominated for Record of the Year as a producer on Doja Cat’s “Say So” under the pseudonym Tyson Trax. “I keep going back to them putting Kesha onstage like, ‘We believe you’ — and I believe her — then two years later, fucking Tyson Trax,” she added, referencing Kesha’s performance of “Praying” at the 2018 awards.

Apple also addressed Deborah Dugan’s firing as president and CEO of the Recording Academy, which reportedly came after Dugan uncovered a culture of sexism in the organization. “There’s a lot of things that she brought up that make it so that I can’t vet that situation, and I don’t really wanna go there and support it,” Apple told the Guardian. Apple previously criticized Neil Portnow, the Academy’s chief before Dugan, for his 2018 comments that women needed to “step up” for awards nominations by wearing a “Kneel, Portnow” T-shirt during a performance. Apple also spoke about being part of a slate of all women nominated for Best Rock Performance. She said, after hearing the news, she wanted to make a T-shirt with the names of all the nominees to wear for her weekly Tumblr selfie, before deciding against it. “I felt like this is exactly what they want me to do: It’s better now! I got nominated! And it’s all women this year and the Grammys are great!” she said. Apple went on to describe how if she won the award, she “would just get up there with a sledgehammer and I wouldn’t say anything. I would take the Grammy and smash it into enough pieces to share, and I would invite all the ladies up” — although, she also wondered if she could convince the slate of nominees to “boycott this shit because of Dr Luke.”

Artists and labels seems happy to work with Dr. Luke. It's one thing to press the Grammys to clean up their act, but another to press them to serve as the conscience of the industry somehow?

I have to say I have seldom felt older than I do reading a generation of kids born after "this world is bullshit" saying things like "wow she took on the Grammys they're going to snub her now!"

good for her. fuck the grammies.

Easy to say when you’re 3x nominated. They obviously mean a lot to other artists (including artists complaining they were snubbed this year).

lol come on, everyone knows the grammys are bullshit and have been forever, and the artists who were complaining about being snubbed are all enormously successful enough that they hardly need the extra validation of a grammy anyway

If it’s ok for the validation to be meaningful to an up-and-coming artist, it should be ok for it to be meaningful to an artist who doesn’t need the career boost. Unless you think it’s all the Benjamins or whatever.

(not being an artist myself, I take it at face value when artists say they feel pride & validation at winning industry awards, and do not appear to judge their success solely by their bank account or sales figures.)

it always kinda bums me out when people say they’re not artists, I think everybody should be artists and shouldn’t feel discouraged from expressing themselves and making stuff idk <3

haha - that’s what ppl with actual talent always say ;)

i think everyone would do a lot better if more of these "enormously successful" artists literally and figuratively stomped on the grammies. fiona grabbing nominations and still doubling down on calling them out is absolutely brilliant, but i wouldn't expect anything less from her.

grammy awards = more sales, so that's why people get salty about this shit. "respect of your peers" isn't half as important as a beach house in cabo

some eye-wateringly toxic takes at the start of this thread

thanks to none of you for telling me that Fiona is covering Sharon Van Etten's "Love More" for the latter's 'Epic' documentary/concert

there's no way it'll live up to my expectations

and here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhXd7YvCbgE

The singer [ Fiona Apple] had never heard of Prince George’s County before helping with Gasping for Justice, but she has become one of the team’s most prolific court watchers, volunteering three times a week and helping lead a committee focused on maintaining virtual access....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/courtwatch-prince-georges/2021/04/08/dc63e064-2e96-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

Thats cool - I wasn’t aware of court watchers. Sounds like a good thing for her to be helping with and drawing attn to (though I’m also glad she wasn’t the focus of this story).

Yep

love this waterboys cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZ5KjFLxgA

The Big (Apple) Music

She's doing good work.

Fiona Apple has a story for you. And it’s incredible. Asked me to share.

She's become an avid, trained Court Watcher. Her observations helped people jailed pretrial file a civil rights lawsuit. Then came the retaliation. Shut off her access to court.

A video story in 8 parts: pic.twitter.com/uhpgOLWFS6

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) October 24, 2022

Finally she's doing something good (sounds of angry booing audience of F A lovers)