Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

[sydney]

When they were Ben Folds Five these guys were awesome to no extent, but a few years ago they broke up and I was sod. But one day out of the blue the lead singer Ben Folds came out with a solo album called Rocking the Suberbs. The album totaly rocked and I was very impressed with it. Then about 2 months ago he came out with a live album of 17 songs! Some of the songs were solo versions of origional Ben Folds Five songs, some were his newer stuff, some were covers (like tiny dancer by elton john), and there was of course some previously released stuff that he put on the album.

The live album, called "Ben Folds Live", also comes with a DVD for some of his live preformances and contains about 6 songs and a bonus feature of shooting the cover(which is soooo funny).

So now that I have educated you on Ben Folds I want to ask you people if you have heard of him, and what do you think about his music?

He is by far my favorite artist and I like him now more than I used to when he was in Ben Folds Five.

[Omar Harris]

I have. I heard two of Ben Folds Fives songs, Brick and Get out of my head. I'm not a big fan but those two are very good songs.

[amibasuki]

[FONT=arial]the only song that comes to my head is Brick, since that was the first song I'd heard from them. never really got into them much though, considering I was maybe 7 at the time and had no money, lol. I looked into them a little last year when I was invited to go to a Ben Folds concert with a friend (couldn't go :bash: ). I downloaded a couple of songs, and really liked what I heard. I've been meaning to get some of their music, just haven't gotten around to it. what's the best CD to get?[/FONT]

[Flash]

Well, I've only heard 'Rockin' the Suburbs', and that's a great song. Maybe I'll have to give some of his other stuff a listen sometime.

[BabyGirl]

[color=deeppink]I [i]still[/i] listen to my Ben Folds Five album. I'm not a huge fan of Ben Folds' new CD, but I guess it's just a new sound =\.

Amibasuki, I'd suggest you check out [i]Whatever And Ever Amen[/i], it's a great Ben Folds Five CD :)[/color]

[sydney]

Much of the Ben Folds Five earlyer music can be kinda goofy at times. So for all of you who would like to buy a Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five cd I would sugest:

Ben Folds Five-Whatever and Ever Amen
which has the song Brick on it which many people know
and
Ben Folds Live
which has 17 songs on it.

I was lucky enough to be at a Ben Folds concert where he explained the story behind Brick. In truth I didnt want him to play the song after he explained the story behind it.

(for all of you who dont know)
It is about his high school girlfriend whom had an abortion[his child], And all of the crazy feelings they had afterward. I seriously wanted to cry when he started playing the song. And I am not the kind of guy to cry that often...but....wow. Such a strong song.