Fiona and Alanis
July 27, 2008While a lot of people seem to think that Fiona and Alanis are two apples fallen from the same tree, this is decidedly not the case. The two are like night and day, producing art with the only shared characteristic that of being music. Musically, the difference is pretty drop-dead obvious.
Lyrically, the difference might be a lot less obvious to casual listeners. I knew the difference was there, I knew they write lyrics that are really unique and not at all alike - I just never knew how to put it into words.
Well, I do now.
Alanis puts into words how everyone feels. Fiona puts into words how Fiona feels.
And, well, uhm, Fiona doesn’t really resemble ‘everyone’. You can easily identify with Alanis’ words, but you can never really identify with Fiona’s words. And that’s the major difference, and also the reason why lyrically, I prefer Fiona: she goes her own way, and she writes about how she feels, in her own unique way. Alanis writes about her own feelings too, but she writes in such a way that her listeners can identify with her - and she makes concessions in the process.
Fiona doesn’t do concessions. Fiona is all Fiona, all the time. And that’s why I love her so much.
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Oh, I just got on this blog while I was digging in the net. I’m so agree with you. In addition to your words I will say that I prefer Fiona’s music because she knows how to put what she feels no matter how personal is, she just make the listener witness to her feelings. And that’s way I love her and her music - it’s just so beautiful and touching. I really think I repeated at least part of the things you’ve said with other words, but I wanted to say this.
I’m sorry for every potential misspelling. :)
Comment by Ivan — July 28, 2008 @ 7:08 am
But, would she “go down” on you in a theater ?
Comment by mikesum32 — July 29, 2008 @ 2:40 am
Completely off topic: Thom, ist das wahr? http://www.zwarwald.de/index.php/archives/2008/07/30/natuur01/
Comment by Chris — July 31, 2008 @ 9:11 am
Alanis makes you listen
Fiona makes you think.
A better comparison of “music by feel” would be a Fiona Apple - David Grey comparison.
Comment by Monty — December 11, 2008 @ 3:14 am