Thursday, September 17, 2009

music is what feelings sound like

Thursday, September 17, 2009

My Fiona Apple album just arrived in the mail and I can’t stop listening to it. Her music has such a unique style to it. Almost every song has an eerie chord thrown in there that creates such a beautifully dissonant sound. I wanted to know more about her; why her music sounds the way it does. After research, I discovered something that shocked me yet now it all makes sense. “After joking to a friend at the age of 11 that she was going to kill her sister and herself, Apple's parents placed her in therapy. The following year, she was raped on her way home from school.” Wow. She, like many other musicians, has been affected by something so traumatic that it is life-altering. I can feel her pain through her dramatic piano compositions and her sincere lyrics. Honestly, the piano is the very instrument that makes me cry, smile, just feel more than any other instrument. I don’t need an entire band to be inspired. All it takes is a piano, a beautiful voice, and honest-to-God lyrics. If you haven’t heard her music yet, I highly recommend the album “Extraordinary Machine” and "When the Pawn...". If you want to hear the song written about her rape, listen to “Sullen Girl” which is on her "Tidal" album.
 
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