Best Ever Albums

Re: The Ben Folds thread

Jackwc — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:41:51 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 11/21/2013 02:41

Brick is probably somewhere in my top 50 songs of all time, definitely top ten when it comes to crying days.

Re: The Ben Folds thread

RockyRaccoon — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:44:11 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 11/20/2013 15:44

For me, the Ben Folds discography goes like this:

Rockin' The Suburbs
Ben Folds Live
Ben Folds Five
Songs For Silverman
Whatever And Ever Amen
Reinhold Messner
Lonely Avenue
Way To Normal
The Sound Of The Life And The Mind

Re: The Ben Folds thread

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:08:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2013 05:08

I'm glad to see a quite a few people on here appreciate him. I always like at least a couple of tracks off each of his albums and he certainly has a unique voice (both physically and lyrically).

Songs For Silverman > Whatever & Ever Amen > Rockin The Suburbs > Ben Folds Five > Supersunnyspeedgraphic LP > Way To Normal > The Sound of The Life of The Mind > The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner > Lonely Avenue

also as pointed out earlier Shatner's Has Been which he had a big hand in is incredible.

Re: The Ben Folds thread

junodog4 — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:24:46 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 11/20/2013 03:24

He certainly deserves a higher profile on BEA...

Re: The Ben Folds thread

RockyRaccoon — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:15:56 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 11/20/2013 01:15

benpaco wrote:

Ben Folds is in fact the man.

http://www.avclub.com/video/ben-folds-covers-elliott-smith-38885

Goddamnit I love him so much.

Re: The Ben Folds thread

benpaco — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:35:10 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 11/20/2013 00:35

Ben Folds is in fact the man.

http://www.avclub.com/video/ben-folds-covers-elliott-smith-38885

Re: The Ben Folds thread

setalpgninnpseki — Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:05:51 GMT

Author: setalpgninnpseki

Posted: 11/08/2013 16:05

I might be in the minority, but I prefer his solo material to his stuff with Ben Folds Five.

Re: The Ben Folds thread

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 8 Nov 2013 09:10:55 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 11/08/2013 14:10

Ben Folds is one of the most talented musicians around right now, I love the guy. Hasn't made a bad album yet, in my opinion (I even like the Reinhold Messner album). Dude's also an incredible performer, I saw him and the band live a year ago and they were great.

I love Ben Folds. "Rockin' In The Suburbs" is pretty high on my overall chart.

Re: The Ben Folds thread

paladisiac — Thu, 7 Nov 2013 16:25:06 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 11/07/2013 21:25

OFarrio wrote:

He's one of my favorite musicians in terms of who they actually are as a person. Incredibly nice guy with a great sense of humor. And obviously he's made some great music as well, Ben Folds Five is one of my favorite albums ever and the shows I've been to of his have been great fun.

not that i'm president of his fan club, but i have to agree with this too. whenever i see this guy on tv (from reality shows to artist-spotlight shows, etc.) he seems incredibly nice (and smart) and funny. I've only been able to attend one show (milwaukee summerfest performance about a decade back) but it was a lot of fun.

(for the record, i'm in no official fan club. i don't even endorse my own posts!)

Re: The Ben Folds thread

OFarrio — Thu, 7 Nov 2013 16:20:57 GMT

Author: OFarrio

Posted: 11/07/2013 21:20

He's one of my favorite musicians in terms of who they actually are as a person. Incredibly nice guy with a great sense of humor. And obviously he's made some great music as well, Ben Folds Five is one of my favorite albums ever and the shows I've been to of his have been great fun.

Re: The Ben Folds thread

paladisiac — Thu, 7 Nov 2013 11:57:03 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 11/07/2013 16:57

meccalecca wrote:

Ben Folds is fun, and quite an awesome pianist/showman, but nothing he's done has ever stuck with me for very long. But i'll have to call him the man for his work with William Shatner

Oh yeah -- his work with William Shatner and with Weird Al is pretty good too. And yes, he's quite a showman.

Re: The Ben Folds thread

meccalecca — Thu, 7 Nov 2013 11:52:40 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 11/07/2013 16:52

Ben Folds is fun, and quite an awesome pianist/showman, but nothing he's done has ever stuck with me for very long. But i'll have to call him the man for his work with William Shatner

Re: The Ben Folds thread

paladisiac — Thu, 7 Nov 2013 11:39:38 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 11/07/2013 16:39

His earlier stuff is better, debut through "messner", filled with more energy and attitude. His first solo album and a couple of his first EPs were good too, especially his take on "b|tches aint sh|t".

The Ben Folds thread

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Nov 2013 10:24:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/07/2013 15:24

So, what do you folks think of bend folds and all? Top tier songwriter here and seems a little underappreciated. For those who don't know him or his music, definitely check out whatever and ever amen, ben folds five debut, Rockin the suburbs, and etc. Good stuff (and when I say Ben folds in the title of this thread, I refer to everything he has done with bands as well).

Recently I've just been listening to whatever and ever over and over again. It's such a good (and humorous) album.