{"id":4957,"date":"2014-05-12T07:45:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T13:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=4957"},"modified":"2014-02-23T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T19:57:15","slug":"concert-flashback-fiona-apple-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/concert-flashback-fiona-apple-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Flashback: Fiona Apple II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12fionaapple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5138\" alt=\"12fionaapple\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12fionaapple.jpg\" width=\"653\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12fionaapple.jpg 816w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12fionaapple-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After over 2 1\/2 years, I <a title=\"An Extraordinary Machine\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/an-extraordinary-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\">returned<\/a> to the live music scene, going with Tina to once again see Fiona Apple, this time at the Chicago Theatre.\u00a0 The tickets were ungodly expensive, but we didn&#8217;t have normal seats, instead sitting in booths in the balcony that gave the show a different experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/252754_10151091718224796_1864746358_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2122\" alt=\"252754_10151091718224796_1864746358_n\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/252754_10151091718224796_1864746358_n1.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/252754_10151091718224796_1864746358_n1.jpg 480w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/252754_10151091718224796_1864746358_n1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/252754_10151091718224796_1864746358_n1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/252754_10151091718224796_1864746358_n1-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>The opening act was a member of Apple&#8217;s backing band.\u00a0 The only thing I remember of his set was that he closed with a cover of Santo &amp; Johnny&#8217;s <em>Sleep Walk<\/em>, which they reminded me was, in addition to the closing theme to the Wendy &amp; Bill show, used in <em>La Bamba<\/em> when they find out that Richie died.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona came out after that, and she continued to be an awkward stage performer.\u00a0 She <a href=\"http:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/fiona-apple\/2012\/chicago-theatre-chicago-il-3bdf405c.html\" target=\"_blank\">played<\/a> all of her hits from back in the day, and mixed in some tracks from her new album.\u00a0 Aside from her songs, there was very little interaction with the audience.\u00a0 She didn&#8217;t say a non-song word to the audience until the show was over, when she thanked us and said good night.\u00a0 But. that is what you expect from Fiona Apple.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After over 2 1\/2 years, I returned to the live music scene, going with Tina to once again see Fiona Apple, this time at the Chicago Theatre.\u00a0 The tickets were ungodly expensive, but we didn&#8217;t have normal seats, instead sitting in booths in the balcony that gave the show a different experience. 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