She may be the female embodiment of the late 90′s (or at least 90′s music) and I may or may not have created illogical mental associations between her and Lilith Fair/ Women & Songs movement. But all things aside, Fiona Apple exudes a sort of organic, ceaseless appeal.
I have an inclination for people who defy time, in all definitions of the word. People who can disappear from any sort of spotlight and return quietly and modestly, without any commotion, as if they had never left at all. They are not restricted by the bounds of time (nor trends of the time) and therefore may come and go, do their thing as they please, as their passions please. They are able to take from what’s both old and new; their work is neither dated nor contemporary, but rather, constantly exists.
Where am I going with this? Well to bring my point back to earth, let’s just say that “Not About Love” and “Why Try to Change Me Now” were released/recorded in 2005 and 2009, respectively; where 2-6 years in our generation could mean light years of difference in technology and trends, this proves that good taste and talent is never out-of-date.