Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson upon meeting Fiona Apple

So now that I have a blog and I can post shit about music, I figured I would share this story to all that hasn't read or seen it. It was posted on the Okayplayer boards a while ago, sometime near the end of last year, and it made me smile...alot. It's the story of when ?uestlove, drummer from The Roots, met Fiona Apple.

I really enjoy both of these people and I can't help but respect everything they touch. Amazing musicians and they both appear to be cool people. Here's the story from ?uestlove about his night:

posted on the Okayplayer boards:

Titled: Best Night Ever, aka. I 'heart' Fiona

"this is not a post about our show at the house of blues last night.
this is all about the events afterwards.
i dont even give a fuck if i come off like a dickrider or groupie---but man
i have had the coolest night ever in celebrity history.
being as though i have pretty much met everybody that i wished to have
met, i forgot that sometimes there are people that i can admire AND
they be cool as shit.
to rewind....i was having a conversation about the "hollywood
mavericks" with tiffany limos (the rosario" of larry clark's KIDS
followup (the still undistributed-more-controversi al-than-the brown
bunny movie) called KEN PARK and how i was really lukewarm to "I ?
Huckabees" (director david russel is a favorite of mine)---but i added
that the score to the film was the shizznit and she was like "oh you
like "jon's" work? can i invite him to the show tommorow?"--

and im like jon fucking brion?

dude to me is like the friggin second coming of brian wilson. all of
the films he scored (my favorite being all the paul thomas anderson
flicks) are the ultimate. why? THE ENGINEERING! in modern music...my
top four favorite non bob power/russ elevado producers who also kick
engineering ass when it comes to live music is: lenny kravitz (despite
the debate over his songwritting skillz, dude can execute a mean ass
engineer throwback style), jack white (noone can front on how he makes
his music sound, nigel who has produced beck and radiohead and
countless others) and jon whose masterwork to me is his production
work with .....ahhhh.. fiona.

not wanting to waste my time and breath on something that i know aint
gonna happen i just say "sure if he wants to come....."

--fast forward 20 hours later.

i get offstage. we are all dripping wet. our costumes are drenched. we
change and head across to the foundation room. i had a few guests i
wanted to holler at (r sadiq and soul food's melinda williams and alan
leeds)---and then....here comes tiffany to drop the bomb on me:

"ahmir......look...fiona says if she comes over here she will fucking
have a nervous breakdown"

and i'm like wtf?!? fiona motherfucking lessonheads post every month
WHERE THE HELL IS SHE apple?!?!?????!?!?"--

"yes she came with jon"--

im so having a heart attack right now.

we have admired each other from afar and phone tagged each other for
about 7 years. but never a cigar. CLOSE. but no friggin cigar.

and suddenly--this hollywood afterparty room i was in didn't matter
anymore--everyone was invisible the cast of girlfriends over
there....anythony anderson over here.....the cast of tyra banks' model
show in the corner....EVEN FRIGGIN WENDY MELVOIN!!!!---none of that
shit mattered.

i grabbed and hugged fionna for what felt like forever. she started
crying like a child and (bitchmomentcomingin5seconds) even i was
overcome with emotion (yeah right you think imma play myself out like
that?!?)---i know that every actor/model/hangeron was like stunned at
this visual.

this gargantuan shirley temple curled up barry white looking pimp
holding like his life depended on it the head of this SENSUAL WORLD
era kate bush look alike who is sobbing to the point where she almost
fainted.

we didn't even say our first words til like.....2 minutes later. and
EVERYBODY was vying for my attention "quest! quest!! QUEST!!!! barry!!
Quest!!!!!"--but i was ignoring everybody. i grabbed her....took her
to a corner behind the bar and just held her.

then the worshipping began--

we "oh my godded" each each like this was a hell mary pass that TO
caught from mcnab with :02 seconds left for 90 yards.

then we "fillered" each other til we were sick

"can i tell you that "lazy afternoon"......

"can i tell you that "sullen girl"......

"oh fuck!!! you know about "slow like honey"?!?!?!?"

"if you start doing elo's verse on "dynamite" imma have a cow...stop
fi---..oh god imma gonna faint...."

this went on for fucking ever.

i'm the biggest fan of my biggest fan!

and to make matters worse....here comes jon brion's genius ass to make
this circle jerk even more confusing. cause i'm like...."dude---the
vibes on "monday.."---

he didn't even let me finish....

"wait im about to cry.....you know about MONDAY?!?!?!??!"--(monday is
the ongoing theme on the score to "huckablebees"---a samplers dream if
you know what i mean)

so now--it's

fiona compliments me

i compliment jon

who compliments me

who compliments fiona

who compli----

yall get the point. i mean there isn't even a narrative here. the 7 of
us (assistant/merchjawn dawn, kirk, fion, jon, tiffany, fiona and
jon's manager (forget name), and i headed to get breakfast---

where the groupie in me was working overtime--

i had so many questions about how he got that authentic ass tonight
show feel for magnolia's game show theme (what do kids know?), and
what the hell is holding up her third album? (man....i thought i had
drama with the label), and what idol broke his heart when he went into
the studio to record with him, and what happend that night when i was
supposed to meet her at roseland in nyc ("the breakdown night"), and
his mic techniques, and what happened when she met mya angelou.

man.

i know this don't make no sense.

but if you love fiona apple like i do. AND you hung out with her for 4
hours (not to mention having the day off in LA and hanging with her
somemore soon as i press "send" on this post)---then this HAS to be
cool to you.

man.

this was the fucking best night ever!"