Fiona Apple Breaks Down on Stage After Heckler Calls Her 'Unhealthy'

[Bombshell]

She doesn't look well, but that doesn't give a concert goer the right to yell it at her. I'm sure she's aware of it.

I don't understand people. Would the person who did this walk up to someone they know and do that to their face? Likely not. You don't have to say everything you think, people. Use yer noggin!

[greysfang]

I was also going to throw in the fact that her bus was busted for drugs last year, but it was only pot and hash so its a moot point. Fiona is sick and I do wish she could pull it together. She really is an amazing talent. She wrote on of my personal theme songs called Sleep to Dream.

[sluce]

Sleep to Dream is one of my favorites!

WCG - how did Zappa handle it?

[Sarzy]

People are so rude. It's really no-one's business if she's healthy or not and to shout it out to her is just arsey.

[witchcurlgirl]

Sleep to Dream is one of my favorites!

WCG - how did Zappa handle it?

he used to heckle them back like a comic. the band would keep playing and he would just rip the heckler up and down talking along with the music, taking whatever they said and turning it on them. you have to be really quick witted to do that, most artists probably can't.

lots of artists are ultra sensitive in general. some of the designers that i work with have to be 'handled' properly or you get tears. i feel bad for performers that have to put up with idiots like this.

[SoCalMarie]

Those pictures, they make me sad....

"Never is a Promise" was one of the first songs I learned on the piano.
I agree with everyone - she is enormously talented. And there is no one out in the music world right now (or when she first became popular) that creates music like she does. Her songs have depth and skill.

I don't think it was right of that person to call her out, but I do hope she gets help for any issues (bodily or otherwise) she might have.

[ribbit]

She did one of the only cover versions of the Beatles that I think is actually better than the original.

Fiona Apple - Across The Universe - YouTube

[olivia]

Her voice is so beautiful. I've loved so many songs she's written, too.

[ConstanceSpry]

The fan is an asshole. Yes, FA looks pretty ill, but it was a concert, not a medical evaluation.

[czb]

i agree, the fan was an asshole but i also agree that fiona looks like drek.

i saw her in concert a few weeks before the drug bust that greys mentioned above and fiona was awful. and by awful, i mean abysmal. she and the band weren't in sync, she screeched, could not hit her notes, forgot lyrics. not just individual words, but whole lines of songs like 'sleep to dream'. she was a wreck. i'm not saying that someone should heckle her, but yeah, she sucked. and it saddened me since i really enjoy her music. she is coming to town again in a few weeks and i won't be going - from what i heard, the performance i saw is typical of what she does. complete waste of $$$s. i rather just listen to her CDs and enjoy what she was.

[Bombshell]

That's really too bad, czb. Sad to hear it. She really has enormous talent and depth. Sad to hear that is being wasted at the moment.

[SoCalMarie]

I was completely unaware of how she looks now until this post. I've just been buying her songs off iTunes and haven't watched any of her videos since her 2nd album...
I'm just in shock. She looks as though she's aged 20 years in the past 1-2 years. It truly saddens me....

[Honey]

Why slag her off to her face at a concert when you can join GR and do it anonymously

[witchcurlgirl]

and not interrupt the show! we have manners.

[czb]

^^^ we have manners? would you leave a sucky concert prior to intermission? that is a moral dilemma if you go see fiona.