tell me about fiona apple, I'll tell you about beyonce, radiohead and jeff buckley

[@TonyBlackNYC]

so now I'm on a heavy binge of Fiona...I was immersed in hiphop and r&b when she really broke through...I am loving all of what I'm finding now.

[@SchizoAction]

The Idler Wheel is an excellent album from beginning to end

[@justin_jawn]

Cant say i’ve ever listened to jeff buckley… maybe ill make it my next vlog lol

[@hlyangel1]

When the Pawn is the Bees knees for me. It’s a bit heavy for consecutive repetition in the way Bowie’s Hunky Dory is but a delicacy in normal doses. The makes brilliant use of both Maj 7 and 7 chords throughout the album

[@TonyBlackNYC]

and the album title is a good read.

[@hlyangel1]

@@TonyBlackNYC I could get thousand word review on that as well 😀🤗

[@gilliatt57]

Tony, not familiar w/Fiona Apple's music until I heard her opening theme from the series "The Affair." I don't know if that theme song is indicative of her music as a whole but it is strangely compelling. Give it a listen if you haven't already heard it.

[@supernewsuper]

In the 1990's MTV still ruled and I clearly remember the day when her 1st video for "Criminal" started making heavy rotation because people saw and felt, here's someone new with something new and something you kinda felt is understated class in both, lyrical expression and melody arrangement. 90's was also a time when concept of an album as an artist statement was a thing and she did make her statement known - still, today, there is no bad song on "Tidal". To make it short, I'll just mention "Extraordinary Machine" which is probably that rare 10/10 perfect album but then I recall that the next one, "The Idler Wheel ..." is just as perfect. 1st thing that got me was her lyrics - I argue to you now that you wont find more poetic (in a classical sense) songs than those of Fiona in which imagery that is painted with often unusual words and lyrical rhythm that feels natural and the things she's saying invite something deep inside each one of us we didnt know we posses until she called out. Here's a verse from "Hot Knife", where the aura of sensuality comes in full bloom: "If I'm butter, if I'm butter If I'm butter, then he's a hot knife He makes my heart a CinemaScope screen Showing the dancing bird of paradise" Have you ever read a verse of a pop song as brilliant as this? Anyways, she is also a dedicated performer and you can find dozens of her live performances where she alone exudes beauty almost no instrument is needed. I hope you can tell I'm a big fan.

[@TonyBlackNYC]

great insight, thanks. I've been digging in and very much enjoying her art.

[@TBertin]

Have you been under a rock in the music industry? She’s one of the few modern artists that can clearly be identified as a genius now without having to wait 25 years for full context and clarity.

[@TonyBlackNYC]

Under a rock? Not quite. Modern? I do think she's great.

[@terrymccarthy4748]

Beyoncé’s ‘look’ for this promotion of this album is whatever it is I guess. The music is unreal. The vocal stuff is so good. Fiona! Well, where does one start. Fookin genius.

[@paulpennington-mv7rt]

As time marches on, people will seemingly become more jaded. Why, is a whole other issue... loss of the inner child maybe? So you have, squids on heads. What is shocking or intriguing that hasn't been done yet? Nothing I can think of right now, but lack of caffeinated beverage could be to blame. I wish! Jeff Buckley, for me, appeared as a question mark that only led to more questions. Tim Buckley comes in here, and the story that's hard to believe unfolds. For me, thank God, these guys were all influence, and quality in the stories in the songs. And I like Fiona Apple. The intrigue continues.🎉

[@daveeonn]

“who tf cares at Beyoncé” meanwhile, SHES opening doors for other black country artists who’s been doing country but never got recognition, in a genre that THEY helped create. Shes doing this TO reclaim the genre, y’all are gatekeeping a genre that yall stole💀

[@DarkoP9.13]

like she literaly stole Chi-Lites - "Are you my woman" horn section main hook/melody? She was so rich she couldnt pay someone w/soul to bring something original to the mix?

[@cortical1]

I agree 100% on Jolene. I'm a white guy who came from a rural, small town surrounded by farmers and agriculture, and I've never been able to stomach modern country. Blueglass, old/authentic country, and Johnny Cash I can appreciate, but I'm just not sympathetic to the boring, predictable music that's in most country pop songs and the cliche, nationalistic or woe-is-me lyrical themes about trucks, jobs, creeks, beer, Daddy's, and boots. I'm not into Beyonce's music, but she seems way more talented than Paris Hilton. At least musically. ;) Yeah, I like Buckley, but he's too hot right now. I love Radiohead but only sort of liked the last two albums. The Smile is occasionally brilliant and often ho-hum, I think. Yes, I agree that Fiona Apple is different in interesting ways musically. She understands chord changes, melodies, and some of the underappreciated aspects of songwriting that many listeners don't care about. Cool voice too.

[@FadynichPhotosInfo]

Love Fiona Apple, saw her live , she was akid perfoming at Lilith Fair. Maybe it was her angry female vibe. As far as success, you know how lucky one has to be to be famous. Perhaps Fiona was labeled as "too difficult" to work with , well she is n artist. JBJ, Sheryl Crow, and more have crossed over to country, chasing the money that that sector spends. The bottom line always wins. Let talk

[@sfrose3333]

If Beyoncé dresses like John Bon Jovi and sings living on a prayer maybe the new football fan Taylor swift will try and get drafted into the NFL‼️💯😂So my take might sound cliche but it’s not what u know it’s who u know so I feel maybe Fiona didn’t have the success she should have for that reason as well as maybe the management team wasn’t the right fit for her…Beyoncé can sing any genre and get full acknowledgment and all eyes and ears on her because she was marketed right from day one now people will entertain whatever path she chooses not so much because they see her as super talented but more so for curiosity!!! Anyway sometimes being in the right place at the right time also proves to give success to many…and then it starts to feel like a gimmick to the realists out there but unfortunately that’s the way business goes…politics of music…🤦‍♀️nice Tuesday rant but please for the love of god can you not mention Paris Hilton EVER 😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏