 Extraordinary Machine (2005) [ larger cover art ] |
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I certainly haven't been 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 sheep's clothes while they chaperon
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
Oh, 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
| eprokopowicz (Greenville nc) | Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 10:42 make it stop |
| gekkosan (Ithaca, NY) | Posted: Jul 29, 2010 - 10:52 Don't normally go for Fiona Apple. For some reason, this one song hit the spot just right. |
| ampersand (Michigania) | Posted: Jul 29, 2010 - 10:52 ginger wrote: From the first dictionary I consulted: ex-traor-di-nar-y | ikˈstrôrdnˌerē. Most people I know don't add the extRA syllable. Neither do I, but she's singing ex-TOR-di-nar-y, which is just bad. |
| emmidad (Los Gatos, CA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2010 - 10:49 I could have gone all day without hearing this song. |
| fingerpin (OhiO) | Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 09:41 Quirky cute with an identifiable message.  |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 09:38 Mandible wrote: I don't see how it's narcissistic. I think it's about being strong and not crumbling when life is hard or someone is an asshole to you. It's about saying "F off!" and finding a strong sense of yourself so you are not affected by other people's negativity. Be kind to me or treat me mean, I'll make the most of it...I'm an extraordinary machine. Well said. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 09:37 Bill? Please stay off the magic mushrooms when compiling playlists. Thank you.  A solid 2 |
| joycsims | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 09:46 This is one of the few songs I like off this album. IMO, nothing will ever beat "When the pond...," which is definitely in my top five favorite albums. |
| Mandible | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 09:44 mybaldbird wrote: Quite a narcissistic song, I somehow doubt she was being sarcastic. Fuck narcissism, stop singing about it. I don't see how it's narcissistic. I think it's about being strong and not crumbling when life is hard or someone is an asshole to you. It's about saying "F off!" and finding a strong sense of yourself so you are not affected by other people's negativity. Be kind to me or treat me mean, I'll make the most of it...I'm an extraordinary machine. |
| derekd (Just Visiting This Planet) | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 09:44 I was going to joke that this sounds like a happy FIona Apple. Then I saw that it was. I met her once in LA with her boyfriend (PTA). She's a tiny thing. Quiet as a mouse. Said nothing the entire time.Wild how you can have such an extroverted artist but such a quiet person. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 09:41 NOT 4 ME |
| ThePoose | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 13:51 brokemusician wrote: I think this would be Fiona's last album.  Are those wasabi peas in the cover? I bet those are organic!  More like orgasmic. |
| ThePoose | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 13:48 Burningstar wrote: I think I'm one of the few people that like this song and most of the songs off of this album. Of course, I'm a big Fiona fan. Yes, it's the lips! Which ones? |
| sqqqrly (Baboosic Lake, NH) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 13:34 ginger wrote: From the first dictionary I consulted: ex-traor-di-nar-y | ikˈstrôrdnˌerē. Most people I know don't add the extRA syllable. Neither Bill nor I do either. |
| mybaldbird | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 13:27 Quite a narcissistic song, I somehow doubt she was being sarcastic. Fuck narcissism, stop singing about it. |
| ginger (Connecticut) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 13:27 maLeFunKtion wrote: Okay, so I used to like this song a wee bit, but after hearing it this time the thing that STILL stands out and irritates me the most is Fiona's inability to say the "ra" part in extRAordinary. Honestly, all I could hear yet again was extordinary machine over and over. It was like a splinter in my mind. Arghhh  From the first dictionary I consulted: ex-traor-di-nar-y | ikˈstrôrdnˌerē. Most people I know don't add the extRA syllable. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 10:16 Big Fiona Apple fan. This song is no exception. |
| cattail321 | Posted: May 12, 2009 - 20:44  one apple no wormies...yum...could eat up her tunes forever...and Bill ..You heard the awesome from the played...much better much .....the CD is great the unrehearsed............Priceless |
| rtwingo (Out of my mind (be right back)) | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 12:33 This is not as good as the version in the CD I have (official release in Israel), so I'd only give it a 9. |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 09:49 this apple is rotting at the core . . . . . but the girl is hot!! |
| oldkcscdj | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 09:49 maLeFunKtion wrote: Okay, so I used to like this song a wee bit, but after hearing it this time the thing that STILL stands out and irritates me the most is Fiona's inability to say the "ra" part in extRAordinary. Honestly, all I could hear yet again was extordinary machine over and over. It was like a splinter in my mind. Arghhh Kind of like when Alanis says, "And who would have thought — it figgers?" |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 19:37 nice, including bugs - 6. |
| maLeFunKtion (Scotland) | Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 06:20 Okay, so I used to like this song a wee bit, but after hearing it this time the thing that STILL stands out and irritates me the most is Fiona's inability to say the "ra" part in extRAordinary. Honestly, all I could hear yet again was extordinary machine over and over. It was like a splinter in my mind. Arghhh |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 14:54 Pyro wrote: What do people see in Fiona? Seriously.
This is annoying. I like her music. I also like the fact that she writes her own music, and is in the studio the whole time it's produced to make sure it comes out the way she wants it to. I respect that. Whether you like her music or not, at least she's true to her art. |
| Burningstar (Kansas City) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 14:40 I think I'm one of the few people that like this song and most of the songs off of this album. Of course, I'm a big Fiona fan. Yes, it's the lips! |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: May 30, 2008 - 14:43 This song rolls out behind me |
| wade44 (2900 Km East of Paradise, CA) | Posted: May 30, 2008 - 14:42 Pyro wrote: What do people see in Fiona? Seriously.
Lips?  |
| rolo (Boulder Creek) | Posted: May 30, 2008 - 14:41  |
| Pyro | Posted: May 30, 2008 - 14:41 What do people see in Fiona? Seriously. This is annoying. |
| kysmet (Discombobulation Nation) | Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 14:51 good lord this sucks. :puke: i think this may be the first 1 - sucko-barfo that i've given. |
| ematt (left of levelland) | Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 14:41 musikalia wrote: ...and hot:  ?but you'd better be careful, she's a bad, bad girl. she's been careless with a delicate man... |
| mefrombrazil (ponta grossa, brazil) | Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 14:40 what's the meaning of the cover art? |
| renaultr17 | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 11:03 I noticed you don't play this song's twin: Julie London's 'Girl Talk' http://www.radioparadise.com/graphics/smiles/high-five.gif high-five |
| C57BL6 (up heeyah (Apia)) | Posted: Nov 23, 2007 - 19:42 Or the see-through kind which you can get in one of those expensive detox clinics in desert CA. In this case the placebo (effect) flows right past your eyes! skindy wrote: You naysayers don't just need to poop, you need high colonics. This song is fantastic! I love how expressive Fiona is in her vocals.
"Be kind to her, or treat her mean / She'll make the most of it, she's an extraordinary machine." |
| Honeyman (Costa Mesa, CA.) | Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 09:59 Like fingernails on a blackboard. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 09:59 I have to say, she exceeded my low expectations. Apple's most interesting work. |
| skindy (AwlbanNY) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 15:13 You naysayers don't just need to poop, you need high colonics. This song is fantastic! I love how expressive Fiona is in her vocals. "Be kind to her, or treat her mean / She'll make the most of it, she's an extraordinary machine." |
| dcdog (washington dc) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 15:05 Ugh. What's with all the lounge lizard sounding women in this set? |
| dharmanavy (Sandiego) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 15:05 OhMy wrote: Extraordinarily quirky, I like it & I love her! Now I need to poop!
Walrus_Gumbo wrote: This (song?), also makes me want to poop, but not in a good way! You too!!??!!  |
| Krow_Pie (Venice, California) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 15:04 Next time you're in LA, head to a little club called Largo. If you're lucky enough to be there on a night Ms Apple gets up, I guarantee you'll be blown away. |
| musikalia (Somewhere (over the rainbow)) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 07:03 JerseeeGirl wrote: She is soooo talented. Also fun to listen to.
...and hot: ? |
| celadonstone (Southeast of the USA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 06:53 There's a quirky old song by Marlene Dietrich, "A Man I Know" that features banjo and bassoon and some percussion I cant identify. I like it better than this. |
| denmom (Connecticut) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 06:53 I just cannot warm up to Ms. Apple. She just sounds fake to me. |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 06:52 this is one of those that i admit is quite brilliant, but one that you wont catch me listening to anytime soon. |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 14:40 OhMy wrote: Extraordinarily quirky, I like it & I love her! Now I need to poop!
This (song?), also makes me want to poop, but not in a good way! |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 14:24 ndanger666 wrote: Ghastly.
I can only assume that this is some sort of a test to see how much musical indigity we will put up with.  I find this song tolerable (just), but I loved your comment. |
| QueenLucia (Corner of the USA) | Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 14:23 OhMy wrote: Extraordinarily quirky, I like it & I love her! Now I need to poop!
Too much information!!! 
I am groovin' on this song. Go, Fiona! |
| raven121x (NorthWest) | Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 14:22 weevilkinevil wrote: Less dreary than her old stuff.
It's a fun song, but I don't think I could stand to listen to it more than... well, this one time. You got that right.  |
| rgrace (Rio Nido, CA) | Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 14:22 I thought this was about my desktop PC :)~ |
| JerseeeGirl (thegreatstateof) | Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 14:22 She is soooo talented. Also fun to listen to. |