Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer 

Fiona Apple intrigues me too!

[First tv appearance back in 1997 that I saw and she is now 48]

Fiona Apple - Under The Table | via O My Soul

I found this on Alice’s O My Soul page . . . . 

Fiona Apple - Across The Universe

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Pooneil Corners

Listen to more Fiona Apple: https://FionaApple.lnk.to/listenYD

Fiona Apple - The Whole of The Moon

 We had The Waterboys hit recently as a blast from the past and I just stumbled across this . . . . . we like Fiona and we love Phoebe Bridgers too don’t we?

Fiona Apple covered The Waterboys’ The Whole of the Moon for the series finale of Showtime’s The Affair. She asked Tony Berg to produce the record. Tony called in Matt Chamberlain, Patrick Warren, Ethan Gruska, Wendy Melvoin, and Phoebe Bridgers.

In a few hours they produced this beautiful rendition of a classic written by Mike Scott. After Mr. Scott (@ MickPuck) heard the performance he tweeted – “Prepare ye to receive goosebumps.”

Fiona practiced the first take in a small vocal closet but when it came time for the main event, Tony moved Fiona into the big room where she had a great expanse to sing into. I tagged along with my new camera which I could barely work because I had forgotten my glasses – couldn’t see the buttons, couldn’t focus. Despite the crappy camera work of a blind photographer, the magic that is Fiona shines through. I hope you enjoy this captivating version of a sublime song.

Background Vocals – Phoebe Bridgers 

Fiona has worked often with Matt and Patrick and knew Ethan as the brother of her former bandmate, drummer, Barbara. This was the first time she had met Wendy and Phoebe and fell in love with both of them.

Drums – Matt Chamberlain Chamberlin – Patrick Warren Bass – Wendy Melvoin Piano – Ethan Gruska

ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST : More Fiona . . . . .

Fiona Apple - Cover Songs, Volume 4: 2016-2022

Paul he say: 

Here's the last of four volumes of Fiona Apple performing cover versions. I particularly enjoyed this series, and I wish it could keep going, but this is all I could find with worthy sound quality. This last volume gets us caught up to the present day, more or less (as I write this in early 2024).

All but four of the songs here have been officially released. They're from the usual mix of movie soundtracks, appearances on other artist's albums, and various artists compilations. 

As for the unreleased ones, those are tracks 1, 2, 3, and 9. The first one, "Ain't That a Shame," was done for an Internet show. The next two are from another Internet show, this one hosted by musician Andrew Bird (and they're duets with Bird). I included three other songs from that same show on the previous album in this series. Finally, the ninth song, "The Whole of the Moon," was done for the TV show "The Affair," but it only appeared in the show, not on a soundtrack for it or anything like that.

There are two bonus tracks, "All Night Thing" and "You Don't Own Me." They're both from audience concert bootlegs. Their quality was good enough for bonus tracks (some others didn't even make that cut), but not good enough for the album proper.

01 Ain't That a Shame - Fats Domino
02 Why - Andrew Bird
03 Oh, Sister - Bob Dylan
04 I Can't Wait to Meet You - Solangie Jimenez & Thomas Cabaniss
05 Your Molecular Structure - Mose Allison
06 It Won't Be Wrong - Byrds
07 In My Room - Beach Bosy
08 Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Katherine Perry
09 The Whole of the Moon - Waterboys
10 7 O'Clock News - Silent Night - Simon & Garfunkel medley, including "Silent Night" by Franz Xaver Gruber & Joseph Mohr
11 Love More - Sharon Van Etten
12 [Remember Me] I'm the One Who Loves You - Stuart Hamblen
13 Where the Shadows Lie - Bear McCreary  

All Night Thing - Temple of the Dog
You Don't Own Me - Leslie Gore

 

 

ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST :: Fiona Apple Vol III . . . . . .(more Fiona can’t be bad!)

Fiona Apple - Cover Songs, Volume 3: 2011-2016

This is the third album of Fiona Apple performing cover versions. There's one more album to go after this.

If you like the previous volumes, you'll like this one. Once again, Apple surprised with lots of unusual choices for her covers. I have to admit though I did cheat a bit, in that I included three songs written or co-written by Apple. She has so few original songs that haven't appeared on her studio albums that I figure this is the best place to put them in my collection. Those are "Dull Tool," Container," and "Railroad Sam and Slingshot Sue." The last one is a bit odd, because I looked it up and it was written by Apple, another singer-songwriter named Andrew Bird, and a five-year-old boy only identified as Sam!

Five of the 12 songs on this album are officially released (track 2, 3, 6, 8, and 10). "Pure Imagination" is a rather odd case. It was released as an A-side in 2013. It's a song from the first "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" movie, released in 1971. The others are from movie soundtracks and appearances on other artist's albums.

As for the unreleased songs, only two come from concert bootlegs: "Jolene" and "It's Only Make Believe." Unfortunately, "Jolene" sounds a bit worse than the others, coming from an audience boot, but I included it anyway due to it being a strong performance of a great song. The others generally come from TV appearances (track four and nine) or an Internet show (tracks 11 and 12). 

The bonus track, "He's Funny That Way," is a bonus track because it doesn't sound as good as the others. 

This album is 44 minutes long.

Here's a list of the original songs for each album:

01 Jolene - Dolly Parton
02 Dull Tool - Fiona Apple
03 You're the One I Love - Everly Brothers
04 Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney 
05 It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
06 Pure Imagination - Leslie Bricusse &Anthony Newley
07 Container - Fiona Apple
08 I'm in the Middle of a Riddle - Anton Karas
09 Tombstone Blues - Bob Dylan
10 Left Handed Kisses - Andrew Bird
11 [I’d Like to Get You on A] Slow Boat to China - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
12 Railroad Sam and Slingshot Sue - Andrew Bird, Fiona Apple & Sam
13.He's Funny That Way - Billie Holiday

Albums That Should Exist : Fiona Apple Cover Songs Vol II 2006 - 2011

So once again Albums that Should Exist (Paul) goes into overdrive and has compiled these fine albums no. 1 from Fiona Apple’s covers 

Fiona Apple Cover Songs Vol II - 2006 - ATSE

Paul says: 

"As I said in my write-up for Volume 1 in this series, I hadn't known much about Fiona Apple's music, but I helped Mike Solof post an alternate version of one of her albums, and I liked what I heard. I checked to see if she had any non-album tracks worth sharing, and I discovered a cornucopia of cover versions, enough for four volumes. Here's the second volume.
Also as I said with my Volume 1 write-up, I was impressed with the depth of her musical knowledge as shown by the cover songs she's performed. That's even more evident with Volume 2. The vast majority of the songs here are good and interesting, yet obscure.
Three songs are unreleased. The first two were done in concert with Elvis Costello, and come from a bootleg. "Angel Eyes" appeared in the 2008 movie "Largo" but was never released on a soundtrack. 
The rest come from a mix of official sources. For instance, "Why Try to Change Me Now" and "I Walk a Little Faster" come from a Cy Coleman" tribute album and "Everyday" comes from a Buddy Holly Tribute album. Margaret Cho is a famous comedian who also has had a music career, and "Hey Big Dog" comes from one of her albums. See the mp3 tags for more details like that.
There are two bonus tracks, "Walking After Midnight" and "When I Get Low, I Get High." Those come from audience bootlegs of concerts, and the sound quality just wasn't good enough to be included with the rest of the songs."

This album is 42 minutes long.

 

01 I Want You (with Elvis Costello)
02 Shabby Doll (with Elvis Costello)
03 Sally's Song 
04 Still I (with Christophe Deluy)
05 Angel Eyes 
06 Why Try to Change Me Now 
07 I Walk a Little Faster 
08 Hey Big Dog (with Margaret Cho)
09 So Sleepy ( with Jon Brion & the Punch Brothers)
10 Everyday  

Bonus tracks 
Walking After Midnight 
When I Get Low, I Get High ( with Nickel Creek)

 Get it, you won’t be disappointed . . . 

Fiona Apple covered The Waterboys’ The Whole of the Moon for the series finale of Showtime’s The Affair.

 

Closing with . . . . . Fiona Apple : Slow Like Honey

 

Fiona Apple // photos: Fredric Reshew, Arena magazine, Mar 2000 A

Fiona Apple // photos: Fredric Reshew, Arena magazine, Mar 2000 B

STONE ME! | ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST . . . . . . .

has gone into over drive and released four classic compilation gems lately

Bob Dylan - Coming from the Heart - Non-Album Tracks (1978)

Bob Dylan - Blues with a Feeling - Non-Album Tracks (1976-1978)

Fiona Apple - Cover Songs, Volume 1: 1997-2005

Robyn Hitchcock - McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA, 7-18-1987

(see individual entires for details and texts) links now posted 

(see above)!

Song For A Sunday - Fiona Apple :: I Know [When The Pawn . . . . . .]

Fiona Apple

I KnowFiona AppleWhen The Pawn…

I had followed Fiona Apple’s music for a while now and yet had no idea she was that staggeringly beautiful for some reason! Isn’t she stunning?! Talented AND beautiful  . . . . . life is just so unfair!

again an update . . .  no cut n paste for the track above so here ’tis on YouTube!

 Photos of the Week

Largely musicians and classic modern art photographers I have admired . . . . . . 

Joel Meyerowitz - New York 1971

Fiona Apple  Lionel Deluy, 2012

Peter Gabriel 1972, by Clive Arrowsmith

Eric Clapton and late sixties French girlfriend Charlotte Martin

Brownie McGhee and Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Manchester UK

Bridget Fonda and Samuel L Jackson in publicity shot for Jackie Brown