Can Fiona Apple Make a Comeback?

by SodaHead Music Posted 2012/03/15 23:14:25

Related Topics: Music, Fiona Apple, Sxsw, New Album, idler wheel, Apple, Single, Business, Grammy, Album, Head, Reviews

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Fiona Apple was 19 years old when she won a Grammy for her 1996 single "Criminal," but each album she's released since then has taken longer to come out. Her last album, "Extraordinary Machine," was released in 2005, and according to Spinner she hasn't even played a show outside of Los Angeles in five years. But she's finally coming out of the woodwork again, and in preparation for her next album, Apple performed an anticipated set at SXSW.

The set was predictably odd, eliciting surreal reviews. At one point she apparently yelled, "You're imaginary, you're all in my head! You're not real!" And it wasn't even a lyric. Her next album, modestly titled "The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do," is scheduled to come out some time this June. Do you think Fiona Apple can make a proper comeback?

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cookie monster 2012/03/16 19:35:54

Yes

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She better, I love her voice.

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SlaveWa... to SoD 2012/03/17 03:22:01

like i said, oh well

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MissingTheO.C. 2012/03/16 06:26:10

No

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I actually dont know who she is.

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SoD to Missing... 2012/03/16 08:02:50

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That's sad.

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gregaj7 2012/03/16 06:05:06

No

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That definitely ain't working.

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pinkcupcake 2012/03/16 05:24:10

Yes

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I loved fiona and her wierd, trippy psychadelic videos back in the day. it's hard to say if she can make a comeback or not but the fact that adele is popular gives me hope for other talented singers that don't fit the katy perry/lady gaga/ britney spears/rihanna mold.her screaming YOUR NOT HERE was a little freaky though. okay, alot freaky!

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Louis Contreras 2012/03/16 04:46:28

Yes

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The talent is there.

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singforthetearxoxox 2012/03/16 04:45:32

Yes

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I hope so :)

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mae 2012/03/16 04:30:59

No

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No. She needs help. Her talent is huge, but she needs help managing her emotional/behavioral difficulties.

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SoD to mae 2012/03/16 08:03:54

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Her emotional issues are a big part of her musical talent.

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mae to SoD 2012/03/17 04:02:26 (edited)

Agree! She needs to learn how to live with those emotions with a more deft hand, not allow them to mow her down completely...to where she cannot perform onstage, or take care of her business-end of her contracts, such as writing, arranging, etc.

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Moonbeams 2012/03/16 03:59:07

Yes

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I think she has it in her.

Should it not catch; makes no difference to me.

Her music has always been relevant to my personal tastes. Love Apple!

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*Mahoga... to Moonbeams 2012/03/16 04:24:05

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Same here.

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MeganDew 2012/03/16 02:49:51
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Libertarian Right 2012/03/16 02:28:08

No

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I didn't know she was still alive! Anorexia hasn't taken her yet?

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Lisa 2012/03/16 01:50:42

Yes

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I heard her cover for "Across the Universe" and fell in love with it

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Michell... to Lisa 2012/03/16 15:12:48

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Thanks for sharing this! I hadn't heard it, but she's great, as usual!

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anna to Lisa 2012/03/17 20:15:26

Wow, i fell in love with not just this but almost ALL Beatles hits, now that is a band that in 10 years had more hits that anyone, Michael Jackson or Madonna, Whitney, Mariah etc..this cover, not only she didn't "make it her own" haha ok, she respected the original but a masterpiece like this needs to be made diferent, to sing it the same and like you're bored or in a trance, why i don't get it.. i respect you love it but i was surprised, no ofense her staring like that, that's so 90's! lame, old, oh you're so in trance! oh you don't care about being the opposite the ridiculous Madonna copy cat Lady Gagme, but this is the other extreme, it makes no sense, not appealing, ugh

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Lisa to anna 2012/03/17 22:50:07

okay well that's your opinion and I respect it

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anna to Lisa 2012/04/18 21:33:11

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yeah well, i loved her with Criminal..but looking at the vid even then...don't you think there is something wrong there...NTM she looked anorexic then for sure..she had a drug problem..it shows even more in her behavior..what a waste of beauty talent & opportunity..!

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retrograve 2012/03/16 01:28:43

Yes

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But then she also try this a few years back? So far though I still like her first song[if it was the first] 'Criminal'

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anna to retrograve 2012/03/17 20:17:13

that's it, i loved that song, it had movement, it had energy, clever lyrics, lyricism so appealing, she looks like a junkie but i liked the song...no other song of her ever reached that super hit feeling..this is why she went back to drugs i guess, still is clearly!

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anna to retrograve 2012/03/17 20:23:06

OMG i can barely watch this! she's emaciated, her face super pretty but already this whole BS is old, tired..."crying naked on the kitchen floor" later on, Natalie Imbruglia...Amy Whinehouse.. and looks very contrived! ugh..i think she gained a very small audience with this song/video and well..that audience is now..i don't know Occupy Wall Street? not buying records anymore HAHA..no, she's over..she was over then..and nothing looks like a re-start

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SoD to retrograve 2012/03/21 13:53:59

"When The Pawn Hits" is a far better collection of songs than her first album "Tidal".

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Kerymi 2012/03/16 01:26:43

Yes

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She has a great voice and unique lyrics. I think she can. I just hope she's not going insane.

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Greenbay 2012/03/16 00:47:25

No

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Nope I don't think so not a fan

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Met 2012/03/16 00:44:03

Yes

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She's an amazing talent but i worry about her mental state.

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Jackie 2012/03/16 00:32:48

No

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i dont know her...

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SoD to Jackie 2012/03/16 08:10:50

+2

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Jackie to SoD 2012/03/16 22:49:11

she sounds like a good singer (:

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SoD to Jackie 2012/03/17 03:07:18

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"Tidal" was her hit album, but I think "When The Pawn Hits" is a far better collection of songs.

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the fuze 2012/03/16 00:23:48

No

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Don't you have to have had something in order to stage a "comeback"? I don't remember anything else from her besides Criminal.

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SoD to the fuze 2012/03/16 08:07:42

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SoD to the fuze 2012/03/21 13:52:56

You probably don't remember anything but "Criminal" because you probably never made an independent decision regarding music in your life. Therefore, if you didn't hear a song on MTV or the radio, it didn't exist in your world.

Personally, "Criminal" is one of my least favorite Fiona Apple songs.

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the fuze to SoD 2012/03/21 14:52:06

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I get it... you like Fiona Apple, I'm glad she "floats your boat". I simply expressed an opinion and you turned into a personal attack on how I choose my music. I have made independent choices on my music in my life, thank you very much. I stopped watching MTV in the late 80's and I listen to quite a variety of radio, from "talk" to "top 40" to "underground" etc... Fiona isn't my "type" of music, but I'm glad for her that she has followers, more power to you! But please take your trolling somewhere else, I do not wish to get into an on-line pissing contest.

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SoD to the fuze 2012/03/21 18:06:13

My criticism had nothing to do with whether or not you like Fiona Apple, but rather your lack of fmiliarity with what I consider her best work.

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SODAHEADSHEAD 2012/03/16 00:11:43

Yes

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uhhh..yes this hottie can! she is awesome! well, back in the day.

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Andy Fletcher 2012/03/16 00:08:18

Yes

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I certainly think she can

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sash 2012/03/15 23:54:46

No

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A comeback from what? She's a one-hit wonder. I think the better question would be can she make an album that's a hit and follow that up with another.

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anna to sash 2012/03/17 20:10:27

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Exactly sash, she was one hit wonder, like, even when her cd was all cute songs, Tracy Chapman, Nelly Furtado etc..Sinead O'Connor had 3 hits..cout them..Alanis had more than 1 hit and so did Jewel although not many more..like 2! so absolutely one hit wonder AND crazy as f--- and staring into the camera without blinking, give me a break! your shtick doesn't work with me, Across The Universe? why? if The Beatles is the best of the best..her version has no energy..she's a junkie! you can see that plain and simple..also Courtney Love had a record with ALL awesome songs unlike Criminal, which really only 1 song was listen-able..Morrisette's was also all good songs in her first hit record, not hit SONG..Fiona needs money and anyone with a past hit can get someone to produce a new record nowadays but i think she's toast..sorry..nuts..

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