우리 시대 최고의 여성 싱어송라이터 피오나 애플 꼬박 6년 간 쌓아 올린, 천재성과 카리스마가 집약된 최상의 음악 건축물 [EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE] 세기말이 배출한 천재 여성 싱어송라이터 피오나 애플, 그녀의 목소리를 다시 듣게 되기까지 무려 6년의 세월이 걸렸다. 그리고… 그녀는 기다린 시간만큼이나 흡족한 청취적 보상을 팬들에게 선사한다. 96년 그래미 '최우수 여성 록 보컬' 수상에 빛나는 데뷔작 [TIDAL], 99년 '팝 역사상 가장 긴 타이틀'이라는 수식 속에 발표된 2집 [WHEN THE PAWN…]을 통해, 안락, 표준, 라디오 친화 등 일반적 팝이 지닌 세속적 가치의 정확히 반대 지점을 응시함으로써 음악적 핵을 포착해 내는 천재적 역량을 선보이며, 전세계에 이른바 '애플 컬트APPLE CULT'라 불리우는 열혈 마니아 집단을 구축해 온 피오나 애플! 통산 3집에 해당되는 6년 만의 신보 [EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE]은, 음반에서 가장 뛰어난 순간이라 할 <O' SAILOR>, 재즈적 코드 진행을 근간으로 한 피오나 애플표 발라드 <PARTING GIFT>, 앨범과 같은 타이틀의 <EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE>, 왈츠 풍의 클로징 트랙 <WALTZ BETTER THAN FINE> 등 자유와 해방의 재즈적 미학에 대한 부단한 지향을 담은 수록곡 12곡을 통해, 주류 팝의 화려함을 배제하고도 얼마든지 대중들의 마음을 움직일 수 있는 음악을 만들 수 있다는 평범한 진실을 새삼 명증하고 있다. .... ....
I certainly haven't been for shopping for any new shoes and I certainly haven't been spreading myself around I still only travel by foot and by foot it's a slow climb But I'm good at being uncomfortable so I can't stop changing all the time I notice that my opponent is always on the go and Won't go slow so's not to focus and I notice He'll hitch a ride with any guide as long as They go fast from whence he came But he's no good at being uncomfortable so He can't stop staying exactly the same If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it I'm an extraordinary machine I seem to you to seek a new disaster every day You deem me due to clean my view and be at piece and lay I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way and say I've been getting along for long before you came into the play I am the baby of the family it happens so Everybody cares and wears the sheeps clothes While they chaperone Curious you looking down your nose at me while you appease Courteous to try and help but let me set your Mind at ease If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it I'm an extraordinary machine Do I so worry you you need to hurry to my side It's very kind But it's to no avail and I don't want the bail I promise you everything will be just fine
If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it I'm an extraordinary machine If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it I'm an extraordinary machine
One man he disappoint me He give me the gouge and he take my glee Now every other man I see Remind me of the one man who disappoint me But wait till I get him back He won't have a back to scratch Yeah keep turning that chin And you will see my Face as I figure how to kill what I cannot catch So I say and on I go To another one to disappoint me so Next one up a contemptible snob He live to put things in their place He did a commendable job He put himself so low He can hardly even look me in the face So wait till I get him back He won't have a back to scratch Yeah keep turning that chin And you will see my Face as I figure how to kill what I cannot catch O he made my blood just burn I flipped so far I thought that I would not return But the last one I had who was getting my hopes up I might've been a little fast to dismiss I think he let me down when he didn't disappoint me He didn't always guess right but he usually got my gist So wait till I get him back I'm gonna bring him home and I'll watch him unpack Yeah keep turning that chin And you will see my face is fixed on the one I'm gonna get back I'm gonna get him back I am I'm gonna get him back I really am I'm gonna get him back I'm gonna get him back I'm gonna get him back I'm gonna get him back
I'm undecided about you again I can be right that you're not here It's double sided cause I ruined it all But also saved myself by never believing you dear Everything good I deem too good to be true Everything else is just a bore Everything I have to look forward to Has a pretty painful and very imposing before Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards I have too been playing with fifty two cards Just 'cause I play so far from my vest Whatever I've got, I've got no reason to guard What could I do but spend my best Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards And after waiting fighting patiently on my knees All the other stuff tired itself out first, not me And in its wake appeared the touch and call of a different breed One of the steps is getting wise and got me there and then got me
And what a thing to know what could be instead Oh what a blessed curse to see Took the agenda from its place in my bed Made a merry paramour of me Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Given the eyes to view it As it goes by the boards Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Given the eyes to view it As it goes by the boards Oh sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Given the eyes to view it As it goes by the boards
The nickel dropped When I was on My way beyond The rubicon What did I do And the games that I can handle None are ones worth the candle What should I do I'm a frightened, fickle person Fighting, cryin', kickin', cursin' What can I do Oooh, after all the folderol, And hauling over coals What will I do Can't take a good day without a bad one Don't feel just to smile until I've had one Where did I learn I make a fuss about a little thing The rhyme is losing to the riddling Where's the turn I don't want a home, I'd ruin that Home is where my habits have a habitat Why give it a turn Oooh, after all the folderol, And hauling over coals Stops What did I learn I am likely to miss the main event If I stop to cry and complain again So I will keep a deliberate pace Let the damned breeze dry my face Ooooh mister wait until you see What I'm gonna be I've got a plan, a demand and it just began And if you're right, you'll agree Here's coming a better version of me Here it comes a better version of me Here it comes a better version of me
Those boon times went bust My feet of clay they dried to dust The red isnt the red we painted Its just rust And the signature thing That used to bring a following I have troble now Even remembering So why did I kiss him so hard Late last friday night And keep on letting him change all my plans I'm either sick in the head I need to be bled dry to quit Or I just really used to love him I sure hope thats it
I knew that to keep in touch Would do me deep in dutch Cuz it isnt the rush of remembering Its just mush And the signature thing Is only growing harrowing I should have no trouble now To keep from followinig So why did I kiss him so hard Late last friday night And keep on letting him change all my plans I'm either sick in the head I need to be bled dry to quit Or I just really used to love him I sure hope thats it
Those boon times went bust My feet of clay they dried to dust The red isnt the red we painted Its just rust And the signature thing That used to bring a following I have troble now Even remembering So why did I kiss him so hard Late last friday night And keep on letting him change all my plans I'm either sick in the head I need to be bled dry to quit Or I just really used to love him Or I just really used to love him Or I just really used to love him I sure hope thats it
I opened my eyes While you were kissing me once more than once And you looked as sincere as a dog
Just as sincere as a dog does When it's the food on your lips with which it's in love I bet you could never tell That I knew you didn't know me that well It is my fault you see You never learned that much from me Oh you silly stupid pastime of mine You were always good for rhyme And from the first to the last time The sign says stop But we went on whole hearted it ended bad But I love what we started it says stop But we went on whole hearted it ended bad But I love what we started
I took off my glasses While you were yelling at me once more than once So as not to see you see me react
Should've put em should've put em on again So I could see you see me sincerely yelling back I bet your fortress face Belied your fort of lace It is by the grace of me You never learned what I could see Oh you silly stupid pastime of mine You were always good for rhyme And from the first to all the last time All the sign says stop But we went on whole hearted it ended bad But I love what we started it says stop But we went on whole hearted it ended bad But I love what we started
I was staring out the window The whole time he was talking to me It was a filthy pane of glass I couldn't get a clear view And as he went on and on It wasn't the outside world I could see Just the filthy pane that I was looking through So I had to break the window It just had to be Better that I break the window Than him or her or me I was never focused on just one thing My eyes got fixed when my mind got soft It may looked like I'm concentrated on a very clear view But I'm as good as asleep I bet you didn't know It takes a lot of it away if you do I had to break the window It just had to be Better that I break the window Than him or her or me I had to break the window It just had to be Better that I break the window Then forget what I had to say Or miss what I should see
Because the fact in fact Whatever's in front of me is covering my view So I can't see what I'm seeing in fact I only see what I'm looking through
So again I've done the right thing I was never worried about that The answer's always been in clear view But even when the window's clean I still can't see for the fact That when it's clean it's so clear I can't tell what I'm looking through So I had to break the window It just had to be was in ma way Better that I break the window Than him or her or me I had to break the window It just had to be it was in my way Better that I break the window Or miss what I should see I break the window It just had to be it was in my way Better that I break the window Then forget what I had to say Or miss what I should see oh break my heaet a mean It's special real mail
What you did to me made me See myself something different Though I try to talk sense to myself But I just won't listen Won't you go away Turned yourself in You're no good at confession Before the image that you burned me in Tries to teach you a lesson What you did to me made me see myself somethin' awful A voice once stentorian is now again meek and muffled It took me such a long time to get back up the first time you did it I spent all I had to get it back and now it seems I've been outbidded My peace and quiet was stolen from me When I was looking with calm affection You were searching out my imperfections What wasted unconditional love
On somebody Who doesn't believe in the stuff
You came upon me like a hypnic jerk When I was just about to settle And when it counts you recoil With the cryptic word and leave a love belittled Oh what a cold and common old way to go I was feeding on the need for you to know me Devastated at the rate you fell below me What wasted unconditional love On somebody Who doesn't believe in the stuff
Please please please No more melodies They lack impact, they're petty They've been made up already Please please please No more maladies I'm so tired of crying You'd think I was a siren But me and everybody's on the sad same team And you can hear our sad brain screaming Give us something familiar Something similar To what we know already That will keep us steady Steady Steady going nowhere
Please please please No apologies At best they buy you time Until you next step out of line Please please please No more remedies My method is uncertain It's a mess but it's working And maybe if you wanna tried it out You won't like it when you're crying out Give us something familiar Something similar To what we know already That will keep us steady Steady, steady Steady going nowhere
Please please please No more melodies They lack impact, they're petty They've been made up already Please please please No more maladies I'm so tired of crying You'd think I was a siren But me and everybody's on the sad same team and You can hear our sad brain screaming Give us something familiar Something similar To what we know already That will keep us steady Steady, steady, steady Steady going nowhere
I don't understand about complementary colors And what they say Side by side they both get bright Together they both get gray But he's been pretty much yellow And I've been cryin' blue But all I can see is Red, red, red, red, red now What am I to do
I don't understand about Diamonds and why men buy them What's so impressive about a diamond Except the mining And it's dangerous work Trying to get to you too And I think if I didn't have to Kill kill kill kill kill kill myself doing it Maybe I wouldn't think so much of you
I've been watching all the time
And I still can't find the track And I wanna know is it okay Is it just fine Was it my fault Is it my lack
I don't understand about The weather outside The harbinger to the words That somebody lied There's solace a bit for submitting To the fitfully cryptically true What's happened has happened What's coming is already on its way With a role for me to play I don't understand I'll never understand But I'm trying to understand
The early cars Already are Drawing deep breaths past my door And last night's phrases Sick with lack of basis Are still writhing on my floor And it doesn't seem fair That your wicked words should work In holding me down No, it doesn't seem right To take information Given at close range For the gag And the bind And the ammunition round Conversation once colored by esteem Became dialogue as a diagram of a play for pun (blood?) Took a vacation, my palate got clean Now I could taste your agenda While you're spitting your cud And it doesn't make sense I should fall for the kingcraft of a meritless crown No, it doesn't seem right To take information Given at close range For the gag And the bind And the ammunition round This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact I can't stop falling out This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact I can't stop falling out I miss that stupid ache What is this posture I have to stare at That's what he said when I'm sittin' up straight Change the name of the game 'cause he lost And he knew he was wrong but he knew it too late But I'm not being fair 'Cause I chose to listen to that filthy mouth But I'd like to choose right Take all the things that I've said that he stole Put 'em in a sack Swing 'em over my shoulder Turn on my heels Step out of this sight Try to live in a lovelier life This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact I cant stop falling out This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact i cant stop falling out I miss that stupid ache
If you don't have a song To sing you're okay You know how to get along Humming Hmmm If you don't have a date Celebrate Go out and sit on the lawn And do nothing 'Cause it's just what you must do Nobody does it anymore No I don't believe in the wasting of time, But I don't believe that I'm wasting mine - 간 주 중- If you don't have a point to make Don't sweat it You'll make a sharp one being so kind And I'd sure appreciate it Everyone else's goal's to get big headed Why should I follow that beat being that I'm Better than fine