Rats?? Who is Ben??

vomikus39
vomikus39 Posts: 250
edited June 2010 in The Porch
Does anyone know who "Ben" is? At the end of Rats Eddie refers to ben. I can only think of Ben Harper. Questions are always answered on here, u guys are the best. So I will ask if anyone knows the true meaning of life too? Someone must know :)

Thx guys.
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  • keyser_soze
    keyser_soze London, England Posts: 205
    vomikus39 wrote:
    Does anyone know who "Ben" is? At the end of Rats Eddie refers to ben. I can only think of Ben Harper. Questions are always answered on here, u guys are the best. So I will ask if anyone knows the true meaning of life too? Someone must know :)

    Thx guys.


    Ben is a reference to the Michael Jackson song "Ben". Eddie is a huge Jackson fan... or was when he was a child at any rate!
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  • phungi
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  • marcos
    marcos Posts: 2,112
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    marcos wrote:
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?
    man in the mirror!!
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  • Dru_Cortez
    Dru_Cortez Posts: 953
    In 1972, a movie named 'Ben' was realeased.
    A social outcast has rats for friends, learns to communicate with them,
    + uses them for personal, sinister, motives.
    In 2003, the movie was remade + renamed 'Willard,'
    after the title character, played by Crispin "Hey McFly!" Glover.
    Ben is the name of the extremely oversized rat that
    Willard befriends.
    Now, I haven't seen either movie, so this is
    most speculation.
    Hopefully helpful, however.
    Cheers.
    'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.
  • vomikus39
    vomikus39 Posts: 250
    thx for the replies. Thx for the links too. I'd love to hear PJ do a cover of Man in the Mirror, great song.
    Who the f*ck goes around skinning cats~~Ed

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  • marcos
    marcos Posts: 2,112
    Gmoney wrote:
    marcos wrote:
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?
    man in the mirror!!


    I'm sure a tear would drop from my eye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    marcos wrote:
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?

    I could see him putting a twist on "she's out of my life"...
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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  • patrickrussell
    patrickrussell Posts: 66
    marcos wrote:
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?
    Jackson 5- ABC...123
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    marcos wrote:
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?

    PJ covered Someday at Christmas by the J5 on the 04 single. I think thats the closest we will get to a MJ cover.
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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Gmoney wrote:
    marcos wrote:
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?
    man in the mirror!!
    :lol:

    Bad would be better
  • patrickrussell
    patrickrussell Posts: 66
    hell how about a wayne newton cover? ( pearljam is better than mj covers.) just look at the bands they cover.music that matters heart felt! mj has about as much musical inportance than the constrution worker from the village pepole... ( YMCA ANYONE? )
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  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    patrickrussell wrote:
    hell how about a wayne newton cover? ( pearljam is better than mj covers.) just look at the bands they cover.music that matters heart felt! mj has about as much musical inportance than the constrution worker from the village pepole... ( YMCA ANYONE? )


    WOW! Really?
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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    My friend was going to see Eddie last night. Since he was in Vegas, I gave him 5 Grand to gamble with. I told him I wanted it all to go on Black. Bastard! PhillyCrownOfThorns-11-2-12
  • Yuksel
    Yuksel Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 32
    marcos wrote:
    Hmm, what MJ song could Eddie cover in full?

    Beat It :mrgreen:
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    He just did Going back to Indiana in Noblesville... and then into Rats...

    You can catch Ed say to Jeff in between, something like Let's go Tito... :lol:
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  • patrickrussell
    patrickrussell Posts: 66
    pjtradeking wrote:
    patrickrussell wrote:
    hell how about a wayne newton cover? ( pearljam is better than mj covers.) just look at the bands they cover.music that matters heart felt! mj has about as much musical inportance than the constrution worker from the village pepole... ( YMCA ANYONE? )


    WOW! Really?
    yes! did mj even write & compose his music? NO! just a dancing , singing mouth piece.does a puppet make a sound without a hand up its back?
    thefixer
  • NYCPJ
    NYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    edited June 2010
    Dru_Cortez wrote:
    In 1972, a movie named 'Ben' was realeased.
    A social outcast has rats for friends, learns to communicate with them,
    + uses them for personal, sinister, motives.
    In 2003, the movie was remade + renamed 'Willard,'
    after the title character, played by Crispin "Hey McFly!" Glover.
    Ben is the name of the extremely oversized rat that
    Willard befriends.
    Now, I haven't seen either movie, so this is
    most speculation.
    Hopefully helpful, however.
    Cheers.

    No - partly correct. Yes, Ben was a 1972 movie, as you aid, but Willard (2003) is a remake of Willard (1971), not of Ben. Two distinct rat movies (Ben was a sequel to Willard). (I have an advantage-- i was in elementary school when those original films were released!)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_(1971_film)
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  • Got Guts
    Got Guts Posts: 40
    keyser_soze wrote:
    vomikus39 wrote:
    Does anyone know who "Ben" is? At the end of Rats Eddie refers to ben. I can only think of Ben Harper. Questions are always answered on here, u guys are the best. So I will ask if anyone knows the true meaning of life too? Someone must know :)

    Thx guys.


    Ben is a reference to the Michael Jackson song "Ben". Eddie is a huge Jackson fan... or was when he was a child at any rate!

    If this is true then I finally understand why in 94' at the old Chicago Stadium, Eddie says " Michael Jackson is innocent " during Rats. Michael was being accused of child molestation at the time ( one of more to come ). That was an amazing show to be at and I was there. :D Eddie always has is ways of voicing his opinion.
  • Got Guts
    Got Guts Posts: 40
    Got Guts wrote:
    keyser_soze wrote:
    vomikus39 wrote:
    Does anyone know who "Ben" is? At the end of Rats Eddie refers to ben. I can only think of Ben Harper. Questions are always answered on here, u guys are the best. So I will ask if anyone knows the true meaning of life too? Someone must know :)

    Thx guys.


    Ben is a reference to the Michael Jackson song "Ben". Eddie is a huge Jackson fan... or was when he was a child at any rate!

    If this is true then I finally understand why in 94' at the old Chicago Stadium, Eddie says " Michael Jackson is innocent " during Rats. Michael was being accused of child molestation at the time ( one of more to come ). That was an amazing show to be at and I was there. :D Eddie always has is ways of voicing his opinion.

    I might have the Chicago Stadium show confused with another but I'm positive he said that during Rats and I'm 99.9% sure it was in 94'. The show was broadcast live on the radio and I still might have a copy on cassette.
  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    patrickrussell wrote:
    pjtradeking wrote:
    patrickrussell wrote:
    hell how about a wayne newton cover? ( pearljam is better than mj covers.) just look at the bands they cover.music that matters heart felt! mj has about as much musical inportance than the constrution worker from the village pepole... ( YMCA ANYONE? )


    WOW! Really?
    yes! did mj even write & compose his music? NO! just a dancing , singing mouth piece.does a puppet make a sound without a hand up its back?

    ummmm...ok....guess you told me..... :roll:
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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