Fiona AppleJonathan (5:03)
From The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve…
APPLE: I did that because Jonathan likes his name to be spoken. He pisses me off in so many ways, but I’m still very close with him. I felt like he deserves to have a song with his name in it. I was staying in an apartment in New York and he was just starting up his show. I was writing this instrumental thing that I’d started after he had taken me to Coney Island—he takes all of his girlfriends to Coney Island. I was bitchy about it later on, but at the time he gave me this really wonderful day of simple joy and kindness
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Fiona Apple – Jonathan
Jonathan, call again
Take me to Coney Island
Take me on the train
Kiss me while I calculate
Full lyrics at MetroLyrics
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blue_myself
I don't wanna talk about, I don't wanna talk about anything.
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strom-z
one of the best songs on the album, along with werewolf [2]
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thazi
I love this one. Nice Percussion. Nice Melody. chaotic and lovely."Just tolerate my little fist Tugging on your forest chest" awesome line
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reynan_mtv
@Apsolutnost: hahaha
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kenobi_DXC
Remembers me: The Fiery Furnaces
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Apsolutnost
@reynan: lol, I came here only to say the exact same thing
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reynan_mtv
Remembers me this Björk's song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09BkUQFWQgs
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Cheezdude
Really gorgeous song.
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dec30
Intense! Classic FA. Percussion is sublime
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flamencodave
She's a great songwriter and singer. This chord progression is very unsettling, which fits the lyrics really well.
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u_go_na
♥♫ ♥ ♫nice fiona♥♫ ♥ ♫
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PartySanCTG
Factory sounds make such cool percussion.
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igottrouble
I like watching you live...
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SoapMagic
v The "drums" are actually a recording of a machine at a bottle-making factory! "On the first night of recording with Charley, we walked by this bottle-making factory. The door was open and you could hear a machine running. We both had our recorders with us and we agreed that the sound would be good for the song "Jonathan". Juan, the guy working the night shift at the factory, let us walk through and record the sound of the machine. That was the moment where I said, 'Oh, we're not making demos - this is going to be it. Me and Charley are going to make a record right now.' And then it just got fun."
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Damita_Stev
That is small fry compared to 'When The Pawn...' but even that isn't the longest, ha. Btw I love this song, beautiful honest lyrics (as to be expect from Fiona anyway, lol). Kiss me while I calculate and calibrate and heaven's sake don't make me explain.
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taytaytaylor22
"The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do" ...well that's the longest album title EVER
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jarredv
i'm SO obsessed with this song
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deeth
"But I like watching you live" must be my favorite line of the whole album. Can't tell if it's the sweetest thing you could say to someone or if it's bitterly sadistic. [3] It really is the best part, it's such a powerful moment to me.
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djnonplus
It sounds kind of like twisted ballroom dancing or a broken carousel. Amazing.
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puismourir
Favourite track on the album.
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