ABCD (All Of The Above)
The first song Jewel ever wrote.
Availability: Jewelstock bootleg
Jewel says:
When I was a little girl we had about a 2-acre potato patch that we had to weed every day after school, in the fall. And I had given to me this Ella Fitzgerald Cole Porter Songbook tape, it was my bible. And I grew up always wanting to sing big band tunes. And I remember writing this one little big band tune on the potato field. I never finished it, but I always thought it was cute.
Notable performances: UKTV, Channel 4, The Big Breakfast (28th October 1998)
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Absence Of Fear
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Jewel says:
It's a song kind of like Kiss The Flame. Sort of a calling to friends and lovers to, you know, to live inside the absence of fear. That commitment is sort of a kind of sanctity.(Interview Answers Atlantic promo-only cd PRCD-8939)
Notable performances: If you don't like the piano based version on Spirit then you could try to find the bootleg tape 'Jewel Rocks The Paradise' (The Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, 18th May 1996) where Jewel sings it with her acoustic guitar.
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There are moments in this song that recall the fragile condition similar to that of Janis... |
Adios Amigo (The Next Rodeo)
First performed 15th November 2000
Notable performances: Escondido Performing Arts Center, Escondido, CA, 15th November 2000
Adrian
Co-written with Steve Poltz
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Jewel says:
Also a Steve and Jewel experiment, this time at my House. Neither of us knew an Adrian but Mary Eperson is actually an elderly Piano teacher back in my Home town of Homer. (when recently asked she told me she doesn't know an Adrian, either)
Notable performances: Chicago Theater 20th March 1997 w/ Steve Poltz on acoustic guitar ; Jewel has been known to perform this with a band, I'll see if I can track it down.
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"Adrian" tells the story of a young boy who, because of a tragic accident, comes home little more... |
Afraid It's Too Late
Availability: Innerchange Days 1994
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Again And Again
aka You're Always On My Mind. Jewel co-wrote this with John Shanks and it's the first single from Jewel's album Goodbye Alice In Wonderland.
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Notable performances: First performed with The Cleveland Pops Orchestra conducted by Frank McNamara at the Evans Amphitheater, Cain Park, Cleveland, Ohio on 30th July 2005
Ain't No Lookin' Back
Notable Performances: Boston, 13th October 1996
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All By Myself
Availability: This Eric Carmen song was briefly played during the movie Clueless, but unfortunately never made it onto the soundtrack CD. A complete version is rumoured to be lying in the Atlantic Records' vault.
Notable performances: Jewel did attempt it at Java Joe's, Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA, 11th January 1996 but gave up, otherwise, as far as I know, it has never been performed in public.
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All The Animals
Availability: Jewelstock bootleg CD
Notable performances: Originally this was performed around 1996 but was revived recently at the Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT on 12th May 2004
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Amen
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Jewel says:
I wrote this indirectly for Kurt Kobain, but more precisely for the Angst he represented, but even more exactly for the hopelessness so many felt after his death. The dilemma of what does it mean when our Heroes and Idols kill themselves. Personally this is my favourite song that made it on the album, both for singing and for it's words.
Notable performances: All of them, usually performed during an encore.
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One of the most powerful songs on Pieces Of You, "Amen" is fitting as the final track to a rollercoaster... |
America
Jewel co-wrote this song with Lester Mendez for her 5th album 0304
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Jewel says:
I guess the lyrics say it all, although the label's legal department did have me change a few of them. Fear of litigation is the new censorship.(0304 liner notes)
And It Stoned Me
Van Morrison song apparently covered by Jewel in her early days in San Diego.
Angel
aka Cowboy Song/Waltz; Fly To Me Angel
Jewel says:
This is a little cowboy waltz; I wrote it for my Dad; my Dad's a cowboy.
Notable performances: Billy Bragg Show, BBC Radio 2, 22nd May 1999
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Angel Needs A Ride
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Jewel says:
This is the first country song I ever wrote, besides Don't I guess. Actually I ripped off a line of this song from a song in the Baghdad Cafe. I hope you find it.
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Angel Standing By
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Jewel says:
I believe in Angels. I believe that in my loneliest moments I have not been alone. That no one truly is.
Notable performances: MTV VMA's 97 (4th September 1997); MTV Unplugged
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| Warner Chappell music |
With its layered vocals and piano accompaniment, the song is richly textured with... |
Another Round Of You
Performed at Jewel's first headlining Innerchange show on 19th May 1993.
Notable performances: The Innerchange Coffeehouse, 19th May 1993.
Anything Goes
Jewel has been known to sing this 1934 Cole Porter song a cappella, but apparently it's very rare. Jewel learnt it from the Ella Fitzgerald version found on 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook'
Notable performances: QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, Australia, 16th March 1999
Ave Maria
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Notable performances: PBS, Sessions at West 54th (26th November 1999)
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