audio review : On I Go ( song ) … Fiona Apple

I don’t know what Fiona Apple’s Going for here, but she needs to head back and try again. This song; I use that term loosely; is abominable. She repeats the same incoherent vocals over and over again, which might not be so bad if they weren’t off-beat.

“On I go, not toward or away,” she says to what sounds like people banging on pots and pans. It’s probably the worst song she’s ever made; certainly the worst she’s put on an album. It sounds like something that came out while she was on the toilet.

my rating : 1 of 5

2020

audio review : Fetch The Bolt Cutters ( album ) ... Fiona Apple

audio review : Ladies ( song ) … Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple’s man is leaving her. She’s not bitter though, at least not on the outside, as she offers her personal items; the ones she has at his house; to his other/future Ladies. “There’s a dress in the closet,” she reveals, “You’d look good in it.”

The beginning and ending bits in which the singer repeats herself tunelessly should’ve been cut, but there’s a good song in the form of a feminist power anthem in-between. The best parts are when the background humming comes in.

my rating : 4 of 5

2020

audio review : Fetch The Bolt Cutters ( album ) ... Fiona Apple