Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #98 - June 11, 1996
Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #98
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Topics for Today:
Ben covers
A few BFF quickie questions...
cover songs (jellyfish)
BFF in Providence
BF5 at Lollapalooza
Cleveland dates
Another vote
The Ultimate Cover!!!!
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #97
Hava Nagila, for who asked
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 02:04:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Fagan <john17cd@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us>
Subject: Ben covers
Im 35 and just got recently turned onto BF5's music thru basically a
lot of Jellyfish fans. Their album is cool. Immediately when I heard
them , I thought of Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson. BF5 has todd's pop
feel with a little Joe Jackson vocal thrown in when Joe was angry..like
on the first album. I can see comparisons to Billy Joel too. Some Beach
Boy influence as well.
I'd like to see Ben cover..
Hello..Its me-todd Rundgren
Breaking us in two-Joe jackson
One more time/Sunday papers/Is she really going out with him-joe jackson
Honesty/My Life/Captain Jack-Billy Joel
I wanna stay home-jellyfish
Love will keep Us together-captn and tennile...laff...retro
weirdness/camp fun
let it be/lady madonna-beatles
any current song which you wouldnt think ben would do would be fun to
hear their spin on it...thats what makes live covers great.
Bullet with Butterfly wings-Smashing Pumpkins
Back for Good-take That
Punk Rock Girl-Dead Milkmen
Another night-Real Mc coy
Hey ben...do a cheesy cover of something totally out of your musical
spectrum !
by the way ..my faves on your album are: Philosophy,Summer B,
Underground,Alice Childress and Sports and wine.
JELLYFISH FANS-E-MAIL ME !!!!
John
john17cd@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 02:29:14 -0400
From: MandelI@aol.com
Subject: A few BFF quickie questions...
First of all, thanks to those of you who answered the questions I posed in my
WPB review last week. I still can't stop talking about the concert! Anyhoo,
here are a few questions I have for all of you:
* A while back, somebody mentioned that BFF did record their cover of "Video
Killed the Radio Star" for some compilation. Has that compilation been
released yet? If so, what's the title of the compilation? (BTW, I do agree
that their version is much better than the one by The Presidents of the USA)
* There was another song which BFF did at the West Palm Beach concert last
week which I didn't recognize. It started out with Ben strumming the strings
in the piano. Anybody know which song this one was and whether or not it was
a cover?
* What is the projected release date of the songbook for the "Ben Folds Five"
album?
* Besides the German-produced live CD, are there any other live recordings
available out there, especially in the South Florida area?
* What exactly was the rating that they received in Rolling Stone?
* I know this is really taking advantage of the group...BUT I have not had
any luck in catching any Ben Folds Five videos or television appearances. I
was in college when the videos premiered (the dorms didn't get cable!) and I
was not yet familiar with them when they made their appearances on Conan and
ABC's In Concert. If anybody has copies of the videos or any other
television appearances and is willing to make some trade or make copies of
them if I provide a blank tape, please E-mail me!
Sorry about the randomness of the questions, but they've been burning in my
head for a while!
Mandel "Master-of-the-Right-Hand-Turn" Ilagan
(954) 434-4894
ilagan@fas.harvard.edu
mandeli@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 00:44:28 -0600
From: dmw <dmw@lookingglass.net>
Subject: cover songs (jellyfish)
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 02:47:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Charlie Bucket <drteeth@leland.Stanford.EDU>
> Subject: cover songs (jellyfish)
>
>
> Well, I wasn't going to add to the "cover songs" thread, since I
> haven't had a chance to see BFF live yet, but I couldn't resist upons
> seeing this. Another Jellyfish fan? I think we qualify as a "rare
> species," at least in my experience...
I think there are quite a few JF fans out there - I am on the Posies list
and they get mentioned quite a bit. For a band that has only put out two
low selling cds (and plenty of b-sides and live cuts), they seem to have a
pretty big following. I have a decent collection of rare audio and video,
if anyone is interested - I would love to get more stuff, or some rare BFF.
Now for the BF5 content, does anybody know if they will be on the bill at
the Las Cruces, NM Lollapalooza stop? (I had to unsubscribe for a week or
so, so if this info. has been posted already, I apologize).
David
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* David Whittaker * *
* * 668 - the neighbor of the beast *
* dmw@lookingglass.net * *
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 09:06:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stephen Deame <sdeame@iona.com>
Subject: BFF in Providence
Hi all
I am trying to confirm that Ben Folds Five is coming to Providence on
Saturday the 15th of June as previously listed. I called Club Babyhead and
they have another band playing that nite....any details would help ...thanks
Steve
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Date: 11 Jun 1996 09:19:58 CST
From: rosaliem@bbs.exoticomm.com
Subject: BF5 at Lollapalooza
I keep hearing that BF5 playing the 1st or second half of
Lollapalooza...does anyone know exactly what dates? Specifically, how
can I find out if they will be at the New Orleans Lollapalooza on July
23? If anyone can help, I would appreciate it!
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 10:28:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Sarah Cahill <sarah@ncweb.com>
Subject: Cleveland dates
Hey....I've been on the list for awhile now.....I just never had anything to
say. So......are Ben Folds Five coming to Cleveland in the near future. I
would love to see them.
Thanks
Sarah
(supersonic)
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Date: 11 Jun 1996 12:44:48 CST
From: rosaliem@bbs.exoticomm.com
Subject: Another vote
Hi, I forgot to post this a second ago...I vote for wearing a symbol
instead of screaming a chant. The macaroni necklace is a fabulous idea,
so is the t-shirt idea. Simple and unique! :)
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 19:55:10 +0100 (BST)
From: Stanford Chiou <stanford.chiou@university-college.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: The Ultimate Cover!!!!
I wrote a post where I said that I thought of the ultimate BF5 cover but
(somehow) forgot it. I just remembered.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Don't Do Me Like That"
It's got piano in it. It's got the potential for harmony. What more
could you ask for?
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 19:58:22 +0100 (BST)
From: Stanford Chiou <stanford.chiou@university-college.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #97
> Hava Nagila is an old traditional Hebrew tune that's been around for
> centuries. (Actually, the best cover of *that* one I've heard was by Herman
> the German and Das Cowboy, a local Austin band. An instrumental surf polka
> cover of a traditional Jewish folk song played by a guy in leather chaps and
> a Keiser helmet. Be still my heart...)
No no no no no no no. The best cover of "Hava Nagila" has got to be Dick
Dale and the Del-tones'. Yes, the same Dick Dale some of whose songs are
included on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:01:02 -0400
From: BethGD@aol.com
Subject: Hava Nagila, for who asked
In a message dated 96-06-11 00:23:30 EDT, you write:
> I'm de-lurking for a few moments to ask who the song "Hava Nagila" is by.
> A few people mentioned that the guys were covering it at the last few
>shows
> and I got kind of curious. Thanks
Hava Nagila is a yiddish folk song where you all join hands and dance in a
circle. fun stuff. They do it a lot at Jewish weddings and Bar Mitzvahs and
stuff like that! And if they were covering it, that should've sparked up
some interesting dance moves in the crowd! It sounds kind of Russian, in a
minor key, like something you would do that knee-kicking dance too. Okay,
enough said.
-Beth
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