Brick, Philosophy, Landed, Late (tribute to Elliott Smith), Luckiest (so sweeet), Air. Ben can really rock out on the piano. JESUSSSLANDDD << awesomes song...super meaning too, grace.

 

I like Ben Folds and Ben Folds Five....

 

AND all of his covers. Tiny Dancer was an excellent cover. ..

 

 

I swear this thread already exists

^ i totally thought this thread existed already.. but i searched before commenting and i couldn't find it.. and then i was shocked. maybe im just blind ...

 

WOOO BEN FOLDS!

philosophy = absolute favouriiiiittteeeeee

and

song for the dumped. :laugh1:

 

give me my money backkkk give me my money backkk, you bitch! da da DUN da da DUN i want my money backkk. and don't forget, to give me back my black t-shirt. :nice: love these guys. they = best. now i should go and study for my exam tomorrow. :cry2:

Yeah Philiosophy used to be my favorite too. "Get that bitch off somebody...scream it" That and One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces. I had those 2 songs for the longest time before I'm like...."hmmm Ben Folds?" and went out and randomly bought RtS. Good decision though :D

 

Oh man and I just found out he's coming to a city near me in November! I'm definitely going to by tix once they come on sale. :D :D :D

im waiting for him to put NYC in his tour somewhere,.. cmonnn ben! :D

 

i really like that he wrote songs for his little kiddies. hehe

Was obsessed with them about ten years ago. and every so often I get int he habit of singing the entire first album to myself, some of those songs are so catchy, they never go away

That's Ben Folds Five, right? Wow, I can't believe that album is 11 years old. Man, and it's still so good today. :D

i really like that he wrote songs for his little kiddies. hehe

 

Yeah "Still Fighting It" is like my favorite, and "Gracie" is a nice sweet song.

 

Anyways, I just spent the last hour learning the beginning of "The Ascent of Stan" on the piano. Ouch my wrists hurt!

Best Imitation of myself... gooooood. So is 'Gone' ...'Lullabye' is pretty.

 

and I love how Philosophy is of an unknow meaning :nice: Once I heard Ben say that the song 'might be about his penis.... I was like: "nah" But if you read the lyrics really make me believe its true

 

Won't you look up at the skyline

At the mortar, block, and glass

And check out the reflections in my eyes

See they always used to be there

Even when this was all was grass

And I sang and danced about a high-rise

And you were laughing at my helmet hat

Laughing at my torch

Go ahead and laugh all you want

I got my philosophy

And it keeps me on the ground

And I trust it like the ground

That's why my philosophy

Keeps me walking when I'm falling down

I see that there is evil

And I know that there is good

And the in-betweens I never understood

Would you look at me I'm crazy

But I get the job done

I'm crazy but I get the job done

So go ahead and laugh all you want

I got my philosophy

And I trust it like the ground

That's why my philosophy

Keeps me walking when I'm falling down

I pushed you cause I loved you guys

I didn't realize

That you weren't having fun

And I dragged you up the stairs

And I told you to fly

You were flapping your arms

Then you started to cry, you were too high

Now you take this all for granted

You take the mortar, block, and glass

And you forget the speech that moved the stone

And it's really not that you can't see

The forest from the trees

You just never been out in the woods alone

So you can laugh all you want to

But I've got my philosophy

Keeps my feet on the ground

And I love you you're my friend

But you got no philosophy

Now it's time for this song to end

 

 

'Kate' is really awesome too:

 

"And you can see the daisies

in her footsteps

Dandelions, butterflies

I wanna be Kate

 

Everyday she wears the same thing

I think she smokes pot

She's everything I want, She's everything I'm not"

So I ordered the music books for Whatever and Ever Amen and both of Ben's solo albums. I can't wait to play the whole songs! lol I've been living off the first page previews for too long. :lol:

shameless bump :uhoh:

i like them very much too.

 

gimme my money back!hehe

bitches aint shit but hoes and tricks

his cover of Dr. Dre is genious

^ haha i LOVE that cover.

So I'm just gonna throw it out there and say that James Blunt plagiarized Ben Folds. I had suspected it for a while, but I finally figured out the No Bravery's chord progression is a ripoff of The Ascent of Stan's intro. No Bravery is 10 steps lower (or 2 higher), but the progression is exactly the same... and it's an unusual one too. lol

 

Haha I sound like those radio jerks who did the Dani California thing. :laugh3:

Oooooo yay I'm going to seee Ben at Geneseo on November 11! :D :D

 

I'm basically pretty ecstatic. I can't wait. :D

Ben Folds is awesome thats all there is to say..I saw him live earlier this year for the first time and it was sweeeet!! He gets so into his shows, and all the crowd involvement is awesome..especially in 'army'.

So you wanted

to take a break

slow it down some

and have some space

well fuck you too

give me my money back

give me my money back

you bitch

and dont forget my black t-shirt

 

 

best lyrics ever

i saw his perfomance of " such great heights" on JTV and he was really

spontaneous makes me think he'll be excellent live.

 

he got his band members to play a box with a spoon, another a glass. he played the paino but he put towels where those key stings things are, he played the song at a faster pase and at the end he got out his mobile phone and played the macarena.

LOL classic!

Ben Folds is a very good artist, songs for silvermen was one of the best albums of 2004.

 

Doesn't he release a cd of those EP tracks he recorded between rockin' the surbubs and songs for silvermen but with added strings onto the tracks soon?

Yeah it's called Supersunnyspeedgraphic and it's coming out on October 24th :)

Anyone catch his webcast on his myspace on Tuesday night? Oh mann it was amazing! I still can't believe he played Such Great Heights (which if anyone has, I want it!)

 

Army was freakin awesome too. I was like :D the whole time, so I basically cannot wait until I see him in 3 weeks.

 

EDIT: On second thought, here's the whole session: http://rapidshare.com/files/581568/Myspace_Concert.zip =)

ben folds, 11/20, live @ beacon theatre in NYC. BRING IT!!!

 

its like an early birthday present for myself lol

 

oo and thanks for the rapidshare file :)

Any news on Mr. Fold's follow up album to Songs for Silverman?

There's stuff here: http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk

 

I also found this http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/520/ I remember this, it was hilarious. They used Paul Simmons throughout the whole show, especially in Rockin' the Suburbs.