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Song of the Day #117: ‘After You’ve Gone’ – Fiona Apple

fionaI could go on forever about Fiona Apple, one of my very favorite artists. She’s released only three albums in 12 years but still ranks at the very top of a very long list. Hell, she’s even one of the inspirations for my youngest daughter’s name (it’s Fiona… we didn’t pull a Gwyneth Paltrow).

Apple has done a lot of these record store appearances, many of which are available on YouTube. This one if a cover of ‘After You’ve Gone,’ a tune from the early 20th century. I believe that is producer extraordinaire Jon Brion playing the guitar beside her.

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Song of the Day #13: ‘I Know’ – Fiona Apple

Just about every one of my songs of the day so far have been about something other than the song. Sure, I like all of those songs, but I picked them as a way to talk about other issues.

This one, though, is all about the song.

If I were forced at gunpoint to rescue only ten songs from my collection and have the rest go up in flames, I would pull my hair out trying to decide on nine of them. But without a doubt one of the ten would be Fiona Apple’s ‘I Know.’

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