Countdown to Fiona Apples Next Album.

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Her cover of Why Try To Change Me Now by Cy Coleman. This was actually on a tribute album to Cy Coleman, so it sounds cleaned up. This is a great cover because it is it right up her alley, plays to all her strengths. It doesn't sound like her music, but you can definately see how music like this influnced Fiona when she was growing up, it is so apperent in her music I think.

YouTube - Fiona Apple - Why Try To Change Me Now

 

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You Belong to Me, originally recorded by Sue Thompson. I like song this song a lot, yet I have never bothered to listen to any of the old recordings of it, it's from 1952 and has been covered many times. Now let me tell you about the influence of Fiona Apple on the music I listen to today. I remember a couple of years ago I was looking for the original artist on itunes because I like the song and found another cover, this one by the Bird and the Bee. I was hooked, and now I have every song by them plus various covers. I'll post their rendition too.

YouTube - Fiona Apple - You Belong To Me

YouTube - ?? Tonight You Belong to Me ??

 

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Sittin' in Limbo by Jimmy Cliff, 1972. This song taught me what limbo means (or at least made me go look it up). She does this one good, a reggae cover that shows her versatility.

YouTube - Fiona Apple - Sitting in Limbo (Jimmy Cliff Cover)

 

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Kissing My love, another Bill Withers cover. Before Fiona all I knew Bill Withers for was Lean on Me, and now I know he has two other good ones as well, maybe I should look into him. Fiona gets into this pretty good, like all her songs, original or not.

YouTube - Fiona Apple - Kissing My Love (Bill Withers Cover)

 

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Here's Blue Skies, written by Irving Berlin for a musical that has been cover by many, including Bing Crosby. I love her version of the song but this youtube video does not do justice, at least compared to the one on my ipod. You'll need to turn the volume up a bit to hear it (all you thousands of people who read this everyday) but it will be well worth your time.

YouTube - Fiona Apple Blue Skies.wmv

 

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All Alone made famous by Frank Sinatra.

Fiona Apple w/Nickel Creek, Boston 8-17-07 02: All Alone

 

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Her cover of When I get Low, I get High by Ella Fitzgerald. This specific performance was done when she toured with Nickel Creek, a country band, which she did in 2007. If I'm not mistaken this is the last time she toured.

YouTube - When I Get Low, I Get High

 

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Her cover of I Walk a Little Faster by Cy Coleman, on the same tribute album as her other cover of him. When she covers Coleman is slows her down, which emphasizes her singing ability. She has songs like Criminal and Fast as you Can which are faster and more emotion filled, and you forget how well she actually sings when you get lost in them.

YouTube - Fiona Apple - I Walk A Little Faster

 

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This is an instrumental that is supposedly by Fiona Apple and Marilyn Manson called Pop my Cherry. I approach this song with great skepticism, because I do not hear her voice and it is not official, and as we know the internet is often times very wrong eek. I can see it being by her, but it would be a bit of a stretch in my opinion. Here it is.

YouTube - Fiona Apple -- Pop My Cherry (ft. Marilyn Manson)

 

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Her cover of River, Stay Away From My Door,originally by Kate Smith and notably covered by Frank Sinatra. I love watching these live recordings when she's so comfortable and having fun. I mean her album songs are great, amazing, passion filled, ect.., but seeing she's also human is real nice (especially when she's smiling).

YouTube - Fiona Apple - River, Stay Away From My Door

 

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Modern Don Juan by Buddy Holly. It's usually labelled as "Just a Man in Love," which is not the correct title of the song. This is a rare cover by Fiona, and is hard to find anyway. I like the original as much as I like Fiona's version, which is uncommon . I never realized why Buddy Holly was really all the popular until I heard this song, I understand why Don Mclean made a song about him now .

YouTube - Fiona Apple Just a Man in Love.wmv

 

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A Duet with Elvis Costello, singing his song Shabby Doll. Now this show, Decades of Rock, Fiona must have had her Wheaties for breakfast because she brought her A game. This song and her haunting rendition of I Want You are just great. Fiona is not always known for her live performances, but she killed this one.

YouTube - Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple - Shabby Doll

 

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Walking After Midnight by Patsy Cline. Well this is the last cover I can find online outside some Christmas songs (that I'll save ). I have some more covers on my iPod (like the theme song to gumby : but nothing I can find online though. I guess next will be inteviews and notable live performances, and maybe some other non-Fiona eek artist that either influenced her or were heavily influenced by her. You know, and some other random stuff.

YouTube - Fiona Apple "Walking After Midnight"

 

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I almost forgot the songs she did with Johnny Cash. I guess it's really a Johnny Cash song (Cover of Simon and Garfunkel more specifically). She is definitely a notable contributor of the song. I think I'd like this song even if there was no Fiona in it. Cash does a great job and S&G wrote a wonderful song.

YouTube - Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple - Bridge Over Troubled Waters

 

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Johnny Cash covering Cat Stevens Father and Son. Fiona is barely in this one, but she is. She has really taken advantage of her opportunity to perform with greats (Johnny cash, Elvis Costello) and sign all her favorite songs, despite how old and not-mainstream they are.

YouTube - Johnny Cash "Father and Son"

 

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Fiona Apple On the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Starts off with live performance of Get Him Back , and then goes onto a good interview I think, Craig is a funny guy . Some points, if you don't watch it (which none of you won't ) are she says she only writes when she's angry or sad, kinda to get everything out. Why write when happy? 9:00-end is good, if you like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EzEC61AHi0&feature=related

 

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Here's Fiona on MTV in 1997. I like someone who commented on youtube who said "WOW. Mtv used to air real musicians. It's been so long I've forgotten." She talks about the name of her album on here, and being on the Lilth tour (Girl POWER!).

YouTube - Fiona Apple - interview (1997)

 

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Ok, I know what you're thinking, "What the ****, that's not Fiona Apple!!! " Well I thought I'd show you guys the influence she has in music. Sara has often been compared to Fiona Apple and has said on more then one occasion she is very influenced by her music. She met Fiona once and, well...

On meeting Fiona Apple:

“I saw her once. I was drunk; she seemed like she was drinking too. But I got up the courage to introduce myself. Then the next morning I was like, ‘uh-oh.’ Maybe I was hoping for a moment of connection, but really how can you explain what you’re about in 10 seconds? She was kind of blasé, and at the time I was a little crushed, but now I understand.”

In this song, City, she says about 20 sec's in Getr Gone, which all you big Fiona fans know is the name of one her songs. I don't think that's the commonest of expressions, and was mostly likely used after hearing it in the song. (Not to say she wouldn't have come across the get gone without the song, but yeah.)

YouTube - "City" by Sara Bareilles

 

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I love Fiona Interviews . She talks about getting nervous before shows and thinking too much about stuff, who else does that . She is just a real, and nice, person.

YouTube - Fiona Apple on Kimmel Show- Interview

 

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Well here she is on the Howard Stern show. If any of you are familiar with the Howard Stern show, you know what he's like. Fiona is just a really cool, down to earth person on it. I mean I wouldn't call her normal (What an insult to her!) but she definitely presents herself very well. She is always nice to hear talk, so enjoy (vj, who's the only one who watched it.)

YouTube - Fiona Apple at Howard Stern (part1/2)

YouTube - Fiona Apple at Howard Stern (part2/2)