Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #45 - March 6, 1996
Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #45
Topics for Today:
The scoop on Summer B.
Philadelphia show
Queen and Ben Folds???
RE: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #44
Ben Request
BFF Show near Tampa in late March?
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #43
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #44 bf5/resemb
in concert: awesome!
Ben Folds Five Mailing List
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 02:00:10 -0500
From: PowerVegan@aol.com
Subject: The scoop on Summer B.
So, tonight I started a "Ben Folds Five fans" room on AOL, and I ran into
someone who says he knew the Summer from the song "Where's Summer B.?" I
asked if I could reprint some of our conversation, and he agreed, as long as
I changed his name, which I did. I also edited the transcript a bit to make
it more readable. Here's the (unconfirmed) inside scoop!
OtherGuy: hi i used to be friends with a girl who lives with
ben folds...
PowerVegan: No way! Wow!
OtherGuy: yeah, her name is summer burkes...she was featured in the
college issue of rolling stone three years ago...in fact
they wrote a song about her
PowerVegan: Yeah, I love that song!
OtherGuy: yeah, see I was one of the people going, "where the hell
did summer go?"
PowerVegan: To tell you the truth, I didn't really understand that
song too well...What's the deal, she just kind of became
reclusive or something?
OtherGuy : the deal with summer was that she worked for EMI (record
compnay) as an intern. she kept telling me that she was
going to go to england and work there but i didnt
really think she would do it, but sure enough one day
i called and her phone was disconnected. and I assume
her shit was out on the lawn, but i didnt live in the
same city as her so i dont know
PowerVegan : I see. Do go on.
OtherGuy : but since she got back i haven't heard from her...any
way, after the album came out i called up joe caparo
(from the line, "there goes joe caparo again, with
darren's girlfriend")
PowerVegan : Yes, I know that line.
OtherGuy : he told me that she had in fact gone to england and that
now she lives with ben. but she used to date darren.
so when ben folds five came to our town i told ben
about it and i think he thought i was some kind of psycho
but he was nice about it and all and he told me he
would be sure to tell summer hi for me
PowerVegan : I have a million questions!
Okay, so Summer Burke is also a musician? That's why the
college version of Rolling Stone wrote her up?
OtherGuy : no no, she was in there cause she was the youngeset
employee of EMI records and it is a pretty prestigious
job for a 20 year old
PowerVegan : I'll say! That was the Beatles' label, of course...
So, maybe you could explain the Summer B. song a
little bit for me... When Ben said "I tried to tell ya,
took a little bit too long, and now your phone is
disconnected, and your shit's out on the lawn..."
I always thought that he was saying that the person
he was talking to was some kind of f***-up or something,
but that doesn't fit the story you told me...
OtherGuy : no no no, he had a crush on her and she was dating
darren...darren and her broke up.
PowerVegan : Oh, he "tried to tell her" about his feelings for
her, not that he tried to WARN her about something.
I'd always read that line as the latter meaning. Now
it makes sense.
OtherGuy : exactly!
PowerVegan : Pretty awkward that he's with her now, considering
that Darren's in the band!
OtherGuy : and yes im sure it is awkward but alls fair in love
and music
"the harback cafe closed down, now we';ve got office
town, you should have stuck around"
means that alot of stuff changed for the worse while
she was gone
PowerVegan : Maybe I'm dense, but I still don't understand the
references to "hardback cafe" and "Office Town".
OtherGuy : the hardback cafe was a great little coffee shop that
she worked at and after she left it had to close cause no
one could run it like her
PowerVegan : Busy little gal -- working at EMI and running a
coffeeshop! :-) So now it's an office supply store?
How depressing.
OtherGuy : well, the EMI thing was just once in a while, she
would take whatever EMI artist was in town for a show
around and show them around chapel hill and she would
make sure that all the local stores were stocking EMI
merchendise
There you have it! --Michael Bluejay, Austin TX (PowerVegan@aol.com)
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Date: Tue, 05 Mar 96 11:05:03 -0800
From: anthony bergamino <ab184253@wcupa.edu>
Subject: Philadelphia show
the philadelphia show on march 21 is at the theatre of the living arts
(T.L.A), this is not a ticketmaster show...WXPN (88.5) is sponsoring this
show...it is the wxpn new music showcase featuring: the low road, ben
arnold, and of course ben folds five...tickets can be purchased by phone
by calling 1-800-565-wxpn...tickets are 13.50 with no service charge...
hope to see a lot of people there...later
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Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 10:02:40 -0800
From: Doug Swan <dswan@path.org>
Subject: Queen and Ben Folds???
Okay, I admit it, I have been a closet Queen fan for quite some time.
Unlike many fans though, I never liked their "hits." I thought the band
hard-rocked better than anyone, period. Songs like Hammer to Fall,
Innuendo, etc. are absolute undistilled classics. I give very few "perfect"
marks to any songs and Queen time and again have gotten those marks.
Imagine my surprise when I kept hearing Ben Folds' vocal style compared to
Freddy (which is pretty hard to do since Freddy has always been all over the
place with his vocal style). My wife worships the ground Queen walks on
(especially Freddy's). Neither of us can even find a hint of Freddy on the
BFF cd. Can someone be specific about which songs they are hearing this on,
or even better, which passages in which songs. I'm not one to buck trends,
so if so many of you are hearing this, there must be something to it. I'd
appreciate your feedback. Take care all.
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 96 11:15:28 PST
From: Kevin Keeker <kkeeker@microsoft.com>
Subject: RE: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #44
Speaking of influences, I always hear 70's Billy Joel and Elton John.
Though I didn't think of it before, I can hear Queen in Boxing. I
notice it in the pacing and up and down inflection of his vocals.
On another topic, does anyone have any recordings by bf5 besides the
recent album, Jackson Cannery single, and movie soundtracks??
- Kevin
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 16:22:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Somebody to Love <erica67@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: Ben Request
Hey, can someone print out the dates for the shows in march and april?
Including the DC show? DId I miss it?????
erica
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 17:14:30 GMT
From: Paul Teeple <bteeple@cybergate.net>
Subject: BFF Show near Tampa in late March?
Hey all, this is Paul. Over Spring Break I'm going down to sunny Tampa Bay
Florida. I was wondering if BFF had a date near there anywhere between
March 16th to March 29th or April 1st? Because they play my hometown,
Cleveland on the 19th of March and I'll be in Florida.
Thanx 4 NE help,
-Paul Teeple
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:10:22 -0500
From: DJdeath@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #43
hello,
i just joined the list. how many people are on it?
when BF5 played here, it was a smaller club and ticketmaster didn't handle
the tickets. they had to be purchased at the club. actually, that was kind of
good because they were only $5. the customers were the first opening act and
they're good, so if they're still on the bill, don't miss 'em.
later,
death
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:37:51 -0500
From: DJdeath@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #44 bf5/resemb
yep, at work we descibe him as a cross between early elton john and queen to
the uninitiated. glad to see we're not the only ones who hear it.
later,
death
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:54:58 -0600
From: jen sansbury <sansbury@bluemarble.net>
Subject: in concert: awesome!
i thought the rest of the list might get a kick out of this message. a
month or so ago i sent a tape to an old e-quaintance (tm-me) in hawaii. i
used some BFF as filler. when i found out (from this list) that they were
playing the hard rock in honolulu, i made sure he knew about it. here's the
message i got today:
>Subject: in concert: awesome!
>
>Jen:
>
>Checked out the Ben Folds Five show last night at the Hard Rock. It
>was the best concert I've been to in years! I tried to pick up their
>CD the night before at Tower but it was sold out, so I don't know the
>players, but the piano player was incredible, as was the band as a
>whole--loved the 3 part vocals. Also liked the little descriptions
>of the songs the piano player did. It wasn't a very big crowd--as I
>noted promotion for this free show was pretty limited, so we were
>able to get right up front and dance the whole time. I was suprised
>how rockin' and danceable all the tunes were. Our bassist also went,
>having never heard of them before, but is now a huge fan as well.
>"Underground" and "Jackson Cannery" (?) were highlights, of course,
>but really, all the songs were swell. They did a dueling melodica
>thing for one song, did a great Hendrix cover for another, and the
>encore was really cool: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
>
>
>Thanks again for letting me know! Hope you get to see them again
>soon. Kimo
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>
- jen
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 22:50:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Jodi Lynn Kurland <jbird@cbc-net.com>
Subject: Ben Folds Five Mailing List
Frank,
Please subscribe me to the BFF mailing list.
I'm a big fan of the group and have been to all 4 of their L.A. area
shows! The most recent one on Feb. 19 at the Troubadour was the best so
far. My husband and our friends and I were right up against the stage
next to Ben. It was pretty amazing watching him play that piano up close!
Did anyone catch the show in Honolulu this past Monday, March 4th? My
husband and I were bummed because we were there on vacation last week,
but had to leave on Sat. the 2nd. It was painful listening to the radio
promote the FREE show knowing we would just miss it. :( The station,
known as "The Edge" was doing quite a bit of promotion for the group.
They were having a "Ben Folds Five Weekend" and periodically giving away
their CD or cassette and VIP passes for Monday's show.
Thanks for the subscription,
Jodi Kurland
jbird@cbc-net.com
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