THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #403 - July 21, 1997
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Magical Armchair Digest V1 #402 -Reply
much? reverb?
Re: Gen-x and Pgooing
Re: Tori vs. Ben
Whitlams
BFF are #1!!!!!!
Tori or Ben? C.None of the above
JBTV show
For Those Of Ya'll That Like Promo Stuff
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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 21:16:02 -0400
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Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 23:55:55 -0400
From: schander@juno.com (joe s schanderson)
Subject: much? reverb?
A while back when the list was abuzz with the reverb show on HBO and the
Sessions show on PBS, someone mentioned BF5 doing something on a
satellite channel called Much Music. I was wondering if perchance that
person or another enlightened one could refresh our collective memory
about it. LASTLY...BF5 allegedly appeared on two Reverb shows on HBO. On
one show (with Duncan Shiek and others) they were the headliners and five
or six songs were played in their entirety. On the other show, which I
have not seen, they were not the headliners and the Eels were on with
them. THE BIG QUESTION-did they show any songs on the one with the Eels
that they did not show on the one they headlined? Wow! Think hard now.
Love and other nice stuff. Just another Michigan fan.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 23:47:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Smarshal1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Gen-x and Pgooing
In a message dated 97-07-19 20:34:49 EDT, you write:
<< Interestingly, trying to declassify yourself from any group is a typical
Gen-X response. >>
this will hopefully be my last post in regard to this subject. If you did
know me, it would be quite obvious that I am who I am who I am. And I guess
my philosophy is that when I hear people talking about Gen-Xers and what not
and people are thinkin stuff like"yeah, I'm one of them" that is complete
bullshit...You are who you are.
just my opinion...but if you gladly consider yourself to be a Gen-Xer, then
that's alright w/ me too.
thanx for listenin
Josh
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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 23:47:14 -0500
From: john_oc@juno.com
Subject: Re: Tori vs. Ben
Why do we bother answering this question...
Tori and Ben play a distinct different style of music...they are
different musicians. Tori uses more flats and sharps than Ben does, but
Ben is far better with full chords. Ben is at top form on the swing
feels of The Last Polka and Steven's while Tori is much more at home
playing slow, carefully tempoed(is that a word?) ballads. It is like
comparing apples to oranges. It is like saying My Bloody Valentine is
better than Jellyfish. If you like drone rock(MBV) then you would think
that MBV is much better than the pure pop melodies of Jellyfish. I love
all of the afore mentioned bands in this note, and all of them have their
own outstanding talents.
They are both great piano players and will be forever remembered by their
fans. PS, I own a BFF song book and several Tori songbooks and both are
equally hard to play, as it is impossible to keep up with Ben, while on
Tori I can't get on Tempo. They are both brilliant ARTISTS!!!
John Boyer
WOBN-FM 101.5 the ROCK
Asst. Music Director, Triple A Dir. and Research Dir.
Email: John_OC@juno.com Phone: (614) 823-2969
Westerville, Ohio(Just north of Columbus)
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 01:33:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Megesus@aol.com
Subject: Whitlams
Hey..
I remember a while back some one mentioned the hitlams so I ran a search in
Yahoo and found a website and found a wav and downloaded it. I was listening
to ti the other day and it was damn good! Can anyone tell me the name of this
song? It says something about 'trouble arising'..but could someone email me
with the song name and album info or a wesite where I can download more
wavsor for the album.. where I can buy it etc.
megesus@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:18:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: RESRVRDOG@aol.com
Subject: BFF are #1!!!!!!
hey everyone...
i was listening to the radio here in Richmond, Va. the other day (the BUZZ
106.5fm) and the top 5 at 5:00 came on. this is where they play the top 5
requested songs of the day. and i suppose i don't need to mention who was
number one....
Ben Folds Five: "One Angry Dwarf"
i couldn't believe it. BFF has finally gotten the credit and the audience
that they deserve.
just thought i'd let ya know.
whatever and ever, amen...
BRAD
" <silence> "~ Buster Keaton
"if my mind's somewhere else, you won't be able to tell"~ B. Folds
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 14:40:08 +0100
From: kareng@ici.net (karen gannon)
Subject: Tori or Ben? C.None of the above
> I would bet money that Tori Amos couldn't play most of bff's stuff.
I think she most definitely could, but she couldn't have written it, just
like Ben couldn't have written "Horses". It's not ability, but style and
taste. I'm sure there are Tori lists where people say "Ben Folds is a
Fucking A**hole".... Oh, wait, I'm thinking of a BFF album.
>Ben Folds played the drums as a
>kid, and when he switched over to piano, he brought a percussive element to
>the instrument. This is very unique, to my knowledge.
Ben Folds' playing IS unique, but in my mind not because of percussive
elements. That's a sort of nod back to jazz pianists who were almost always
percussion players. Until people like Thelonius Monk (a great percussive
player) came along, the piano wasn't a big instrument for fast music. While
sax and trumpet players got the sweet solos and all the chicks, the piano
was in the rhythm section with bass and drums. I think Ben plays it like
both styles, with a little bit of rag and punk thrown in for kicks.
>Secondly, Ben is left-handed, and his power comes from the left side of the
>>piano.
Lefties are obviously superior in every way. I've always known that. Didn't you?
- --Josh
"Jazz is not dead...it just smells funny!" ...FZ
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 15:30:32 EDT
From: sacapunta@juno.com (James R Herndon)
Subject: JBTV show
I'd really like to get a copy of the bff Metro show from JBTV, if you
have a copy please email me with the details, I can send you a tape and
shipping costs. Thanks!
James
sacapunta@juno.com
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 16:01:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: GenLand18@aol.com
Subject: For Those Of Ya'll That Like Promo Stuff
It's not that impressive, but I just like adding things to my collection. I
went out of my way to go to this one independent record store with scary
looking clerks to get a promo cassette of Ben Folds Five. It's called "Some
B-sides," and it's just that: "Song for the Dumped" (Japanese version), "For
All the Pretty People," "Mitchell Lane," and "Champagne Supernova" (live). I
already have "Champagne Supernova" from the "Battle" import, but otherwise
the tape is okay, since I don't own the other B-sides.
And the guy actually gave me a several copies of the tape... I guess they're
not real popular! Then another clerk asked if I wanted the video, and I
said.. "Um, I guess." So he ran out to his car and gave me the promo video
that was being sold with copies of "Whatever and Ever, Amen." It has a brief
BFF interview and the video for "Battle of Who Could Care Less." I was going
to ask the "scary and apathetic" clerks wearing Bauhaus T-shirts about the
pile of BFF stickers next to the stack of tapes, but I decided to just get
out of there, since I didn't even buy anything in the store! =Þ
**Leslie**
"We get compared a lot to... a lot of people we don't really want to be
compared a lot to.. like, um.. Dokken." -- Ben Folds
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