FIONA APPLE : .. US Alt rock 1990s
Fiona Apple (born 1977 in New York, NY)
During the 25 years from 1996 to 2020, Fiona Apple released five magnificent studio LPs with great lyrics, and delivered countless outstanding live performances.
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∙ 1996 ∙ TIDAL ∙ Criminal ∙ Shadowboxer ∙ The first taste ∙ Sleep to dream ∙ Never is a promise ∙ 1998 ∙ SINGLE ∙ Across the universe (orig. 1970 The Beatles)
∙ 1999 ∙ WHEN THE PAWN ∙ On the bound ∙ Fast as you can ∙ Paper bag ∙ Limp ∙ To your love ∙ The way things are ∙ Get gone (live) ∙
∙ 2005 ∙ EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE ∙ O’ sailor ∙ Parting gift ∙ Not about love ∙ Get him back ∙ 2010 ∙ SINGLE ∙ So sleepy ∙
∙ 2012 ∙ THE IDLER WHEEL ∙ Every single night ∙ Hot knife ∙ Anything we want ∙ Largo ∙ 2013 ∙ SINGLE ∙ Pure imagination ∙
∙ 2020 ∙ FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS ∙ Fetch the bolt cutters ∙ Shameika ∙ Under the table ∙ I want you to love me ∙ Relay ∙ Drumset ∙ Ladies ∙
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LIVE ACTS
∙ 1997 ∙ Criminal (live @ J. Leno talk show) ∙ Angel (live @ MTV, orig. 1970 Jimi Hendrix) ∙ Sessions @ West 54th (26′ live in New York with interview) ∙ 1999 ∙ MTV Spankin’ new music week (42′ live New York) ∙
∙ 2005 ∙ I know (live @ Largo, orig. 1999) ∙ 2017 ∙ Anything we want (live @ Ohana Fest, orig. 2005) ∙ 2020 ∙ Fetch the bolt cutters ∙
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Fetch the bolt cutters (2020, lyrics)
I’ve been thinking about when I was trying to be your friend
I thought it was, then, but it wasn’t, it wasn’t genuine
I was just so furious, but I couldn’t show you, ’cause I know you
And I know what you can do, and I don’t want a war with you
I won’t afford it, you get sore, even when you win
And you maim when you’re on offense
But you kill when you’re on defense
And you got them all convinced that you’re the means and the end
All the VIPs and PYTs and wannabes
Afraid of not being your friend
And I’ve always been too smart for that, but you know what?
My heart was not, I took it like a kid, you see
The cool kids voted to get rid of me
I’m ashamed of what it did to me
What I let get done
It stole my fun, it stole my fun
[CHORUS]
Fetch the bolt cutters, I’ve been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters, I’ve been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters, I’ve been in here too long
Fetch the bolt cutters
You seem so nice, I guess you’ve changed
I thought it was then but it wasn’t, it wasn’t then when-
[CHORUS]
While I’d not yet found my bearings
Those it-girls hit the ground
Comparing the way I was, to the way she was
Saying I’m not stylish enough and I cry too much
And I listened because I hadn’t found my own voice yet
So all I could hear was the noise that
People make when they don’t know shit
But I didn’t know that yet
I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill
When they came around, I would stand real still
A girl can roll her eyes at me and kill
I got the idea I wasn’t real
I thought being blacklisted would be grist for the mill
Until I realized
I’m still here
I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill
Shoes that were not made for running up that hill
And I need to run up that hill
I need to run up that hill, I will, I will, I will, I will, I will
[CHORUS]
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