Ben Folds (Five)

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited February 2009 in Other Music
Anyone a fan. Have all the cd's, solo and band albums.

havent listened to them really though.

All I know is Brick is a perfect song.

What should I check out? As I have all the albums, what's the best one?

I hear Reinhold Meisser is the No Code of the Ben Folds catalogue.
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  • milarso
    milarso Posts: 1,280
    The self titled album (Ben Folds Five) is the best album the band put out, in my opinion. But all the stuff is good. As for his solo stuff, Ben Folds Live is a great live album when listened all the way through. The compilation LP of his three EPs, Supersunnyspeedgraphic is also good. All of his stuff is great as far as I'm concerned. If you want a laugh, though, download his Dr. Dre cover of Bitches Ain't Shit.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    edited October 2016
    Songs for Silverman is being reissued, release date of December 9th. :) SRCVinyl has it up (not sure where else). I got Rockin' the Suburbs from SRC and it's a really great sounding record. I'm happy to see his work getting decent treatment as it gets reissued. I'm a big fan - there is just something about Ben Folds' music that pleases me very much. I really love his stuff. :how_interesting:
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    I haven't listened in some time, but do love Ben Folds. The DVD Live in Perth with WASO or some such title (not home, going by memory) is really wonderful.
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  • AceCool
    AceCool Texas Posts: 455
    I've only heard a small sampling of their music. My suggestion would be to line them up in order and start listening from front to back. When you reach the end you should be able to form your own opinion as to which the best one is.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    edited October 2016
    AceCool said:

    I've only heard a small sampling of their music. My suggestion would be to line them up in order and start listening from front to back. When you reach the end you should be able to form your own opinion as to which the best one is.

    I haven't spent too much time listening to Ben Folds Five. I have mostly focused on his solo stuff, because from the beginning I enjoyed it so much (despite reviews - yikes! I read a few old ones yesterday, like from Pitchfork, etc, and their reviews are generally pretty bad ... well, fuck them, lol!), I guess I haven't had much room for the band in my playlist yet. I should definitely give "the Five" a better listen than I have so far.
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    edited October 2016
    Ben Folds Five studio albums 1-3.
    that is all you need.

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    I am seeing Ben Folds on Saturday... It's a paper airplane tour... that means we literally make song requests by paper airplane at the show. :) I'm really excited! The one thing I worry about is the turn out. I have a bad feeling that the ticket sales have been weak for this one in Vancouver. I hope I'm wrong.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    PJ_Soul said:
    I am seeing Ben Folds on Saturday... It's a paper airplane tour... that means we literally make song requests by paper airplane at the show. :) I'm really excited! The one thing I worry about is the turn out. I have a bad feeling that the ticket sales have been weak for this one in Vancouver. I hope I'm wrong.
    yeah i heard he's doing that.  Sounds like fun.  I know he's doing that in philly as well.  Forget when the show is though.  Do you have to make your own paper airplanes or will they be provided?  What are you gonna request? 

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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    I've been listening to XTC / Andy Partridge lately.........you can definitely hear how they influenced Ben's sound.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    edited October 2017
    eeriepadave said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I am seeing Ben Folds on Saturday... It's a paper airplane tour... that means we literally make song requests by paper airplane at the show. :) I'm really excited! The one thing I worry about is the turn out. I have a bad feeling that the ticket sales have been weak for this one in Vancouver. I hope I'm wrong.
    yeah i heard he's doing that.  Sounds like fun.  I know he's doing that in philly as well.  Forget when the show is though.  Do you have to make your own paper airplanes or will they be provided?  What are you gonna request? 

    I went tonight, and it was fantastic. He has an incredible personality, but more than That, he has a level of musical genius that you only see rarely. Anyway, the paper airplane thing was super fun. I didn't know what to expect so I brought a piece of paper for myself and my friend, and a pen, lol. But they actually did provide paper and pen during the short intermission. My request on my plane was "Fred Jones, Pt. 2". My friend requested "Summer of '69" because for some reason he was thinking about Ryan Adams and the fact that people ask him to play that Bryan Adams song all the time and Ryan Adams hates it, hahaha.
    I would see Ben Folds in concert again in a heart beat. It was great!
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    PJ_Soul said:
    eeriepadave said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I am seeing Ben Folds on Saturday... It's a paper airplane tour... that means we literally make song requests by paper airplane at the show. :) I'm really excited! The one thing I worry about is the turn out. I have a bad feeling that the ticket sales have been weak for this one in Vancouver. I hope I'm wrong.
    yeah i heard he's doing that.  Sounds like fun.  I know he's doing that in philly as well.  Forget when the show is though.  Do you have to make your own paper airplanes or will they be provided?  What are you gonna request? 

    I went tonight, and it was fantastic. He has an incredible personality, but more than That, he has a level of musical genius that you only see rarely. Anyway, the paper airplane thing was super fun. I didn't know what to expect so I brought a piece of paper for myself and my friend, and a pen, lol. But they actually did provide paper and pen during the short intermission. My request on my plane was "Fred Jones, Pt. 2". My friend requested "Summer of '69" because for some reason he was thinking about Ryan Adams and the fact that people ask him to play that Bryan Adams song all the time and Ryan Adams hates it, hahaha.
    I would see Ben Folds in concert again in a heart beat. It was great!
    so did he play any of the two?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    eeriepadave said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    eeriepadave said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I am seeing Ben Folds on Saturday... It's a paper airplane tour... that means we literally make song requests by paper airplane at the show. :) I'm really excited! The one thing I worry about is the turn out. I have a bad feeling that the ticket sales have been weak for this one in Vancouver. I hope I'm wrong.
    yeah i heard he's doing that.  Sounds like fun.  I know he's doing that in philly as well.  Forget when the show is though.  Do you have to make your own paper airplanes or will they be provided?  What are you gonna request? 

    I went tonight, and it was fantastic. He has an incredible personality, but more than That, he has a level of musical genius that you only see rarely. Anyway, the paper airplane thing was super fun. I didn't know what to expect so I brought a piece of paper for myself and my friend, and a pen, lol. But they actually did provide paper and pen during the short intermission. My request on my plane was "Fred Jones, Pt. 2". My friend requested "Summer of '69" because for some reason he was thinking about Ryan Adams and the fact that people ask him to play that Bryan Adams song all the time and Ryan Adams hates it, hahaha.
    I would see Ben Folds in concert again in a heart beat. It was great!
    so did he play any of the two?
    No, our airplanes didn't even reach the stage, lol. Mine hit someone in the back of the head. :lol:
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    PJ_Soul said:
    eeriepadave said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    eeriepadave said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I am seeing Ben Folds on Saturday... It's a paper airplane tour... that means we literally make song requests by paper airplane at the show. :) I'm really excited! The one thing I worry about is the turn out. I have a bad feeling that the ticket sales have been weak for this one in Vancouver. I hope I'm wrong.
    yeah i heard he's doing that.  Sounds like fun.  I know he's doing that in philly as well.  Forget when the show is though.  Do you have to make your own paper airplanes or will they be provided?  What are you gonna request? 

    I went tonight, and it was fantastic. He has an incredible personality, but more than That, he has a level of musical genius that you only see rarely. Anyway, the paper airplane thing was super fun. I didn't know what to expect so I brought a piece of paper for myself and my friend, and a pen, lol. But they actually did provide paper and pen during the short intermission. My request on my plane was "Fred Jones, Pt. 2". My friend requested "Summer of '69" because for some reason he was thinking about Ryan Adams and the fact that people ask him to play that Bryan Adams song all the time and Ryan Adams hates it, hahaha.
    I would see Ben Folds in concert again in a heart beat. It was great!
    so did he play any of the two?
    No, our airplanes didn't even reach the stage, lol. Mine hit someone in the back of the head. :lol:
    :lol:

    that's kinda funny.  Looked like a fun tour to go to.


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