Song Analysis Of 'Decades Rock Live !'
In 2006, Fiona Apple covers the 1986 single “I Want You” live from “Decades Rock Live!” along with the original artist Elvis Costello. (This song is originally from the album “Blood and Chocolate.”) It is about the speaker who wants his love, despite the infidelities she possesses. Apple’s voice gives off a “dark and fierce” (21 Things) tone that influences Flynn to write about the love going “very, very wrong” (21 Things) present in Gone Girl, which clearly relates to what the song is about. Furthermore, the female version goes into the perspective of Amy Elliott Dunne. Overall, “I Want You” parallels to the two situations that fall under this theme, which involves the marital conflict as well as the Nick’s affair with his student, Andie Hardy/Fitzgerald.
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The speaker in the song learns about being cheated on by “…knowing that she knows [Nick] now after only guessing…” and “…the thought of her undressing [him] or [him] undressing.” (“Fiona Apple” 2:44-2:59) Similarly, Amy’s discovery on Andie parallels to part of the lyrics as she learns the college student “…first started kissing [her] husband, reaching inside his trousers, [and] slipping into bed with him.” (Flynn 248) Having learned about being cheated on by their love interests or partners, their curiosity on the woman involved in an affair sparks not only questions about the person, but also their love life. The difference, however, is due to Amy’s manipulative nature as she “needed [Andie] to break” (248) and use the relationship against Nick as an advantage to her murder scene. Also, the woman involved in the love triangle is referred to as a “clown” (“Fiona Apple” 5:01). In Amy’s perspective, she views Andie as not only “that clown” (5:01) who is a “…little slut… hapless puppy… [and a] homewrecker” (248) to show her jealousy towards a possibly ruined marriage. Love can go wrong for both sides: the person being cheated on and the person cheating on the partner for another love interest. The reason why one person might cheat while the actual love interest is absent for some time is to fill in the void he/she has as a result of
The speaker in the song learns about being cheated on by “…knowing that she knows [Nick] now after only guessing…” and “…the thought of her undressing [him] or [him] undressing.” (“Fiona Apple” 2:44-2:59) Similarly, Amy’s discovery on Andie parallels to part of the lyrics as she learns the college student “…first started kissing [her] husband, reaching inside his trousers, [and] slipping into bed with him.” (Flynn 248) Having learned about being cheated on by their love interests or partners, their curiosity on the woman involved in an affair sparks not only questions about the person, but also their love life. The difference, however, is due to Amy’s manipulative nature as she “needed [Andie] to break” (248) and use the relationship against Nick as an advantage to her murder scene. Also, the woman involved in the love triangle is referred to as a “clown” (“Fiona Apple” 5:01). In Amy’s perspective, she views Andie as not only “that clown” (5:01) who is a “…little slut… hapless puppy… [and a] homewrecker” (248) to show her jealousy towards a possibly ruined marriage. Love can go wrong for both sides: the person being cheated on and the person cheating on the partner for another love interest. The reason why one person might cheat while the actual love interest is absent for some time is to fill in the void he/she has as a result of