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The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1212 - September 15, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, September 15 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1212
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
VMA House of Style
Personal triumph...
Philosophy
One Angry Dwarf....
re: MTV awards
green day and bff, house of style
Sonic Persuasion
[none]
MTV
thanks
Gershwin in BFF?
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:03:45, -0500
From: TuxedoKamen1@prodigy.com (MR MAMORU E CHIBA)
Subject: VMA House of Style
I don't know if anyone else caught this, but they showed it today
after they showed the VMA's for (approximately) 326th Time. Anyways,
Rebecca Romijin<sp?> was asking pretty much all the rock stars there
what they're favourite parts of their outfits were. Mos comment on a
piece of jewelry or something of that sort, but our boy Ben unzips
his pants and shows off his boxers. It was truley classical....
Ian
____
nineteen nighty eight looked great on plain white paper on the
fifteith plane to champagne but to tell you the truth if i had a
chance to kill it i'd pick up and take it and shake and kiss it to
death there's something inside like a conscience that says 'your
painting floors while your pals are off renaming the stars get up get
up and go do what you started if you want to be a martyr try harder'"
- -Braid "New Nathan Detroits
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:18:14 EDT
From: Beatles050@aol.com
Subject: Personal triumph...
Hey hey everyone--
I haven't posted in awhile...and this post really has no meaning. I'd just
like to share how happy I am for finding the Japanese CD single for "Air" on
Friday. I couldn't believe it! (Especially since the store I went to isn't
that great in the first place.) For anyone who cares...it has a live version
of "Missing the War", along with "She Don't Use Jelly." Cool beans.
Daryl
"They mikes was loud..."
Puff Daddy commenting on the performances at MTV Music Awards. (what an
idiot)
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:41:00 EDT
From: CBolt1@aol.com
Subject: Philosophy
I was in a used cd store today and I happened to look at a special Modern Rock
Live Cd and noticed it had Philosophy but I had no money to buy it but when I
do I'll pick it up. In case anyone was wondering. And please don't bitch me
out if someone had discussed this before.
Carl
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:38:24 PDT
From: "Natalie Graham" <ncgraham@hotmail.com>
Subject: One Angry Dwarf....
Hey armchairers!
In the lyrics of One Angry Dwarf:" My mom said one day I would have", is
not actually sung, although this is what's written in the lyrics: Does
anyone know what Ben's really saying?
E mail me at <ncgraham@hotmail.com> if ya know
Nat
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 98 02:45:57
From: evlbison <evlbison@neo.lrun.com>
Subject: re: MTV awards
Normaly you would have a good point, but you are wrong on several points.
1. The video for Brick was, in my professional opinion, very well done. It had A+
camera work, terrific lighting, the direction was well planned, not to mention the
high quality film stock used in the filming. When compared to Greenday's winning
video, Brick was MUCH stronger. Better than the song it's self actually.
2. Theoreticly, the awards SHOULD be given based on video, not song. But that ain't
how it is. The folks at MTV give them more for the song than the video. After all, I
may like some of BUSH's videos, but I would NOT sit through the crappy song that
goes with it just to watch it. Besides, when Aerosmith, Greenday, Puffy, et all win
said awards it is because of the song that THEY performed. If it WERE based on the
video then the awards would go to the directors, producers, etc etc. NOT the band.
But then again,
Steve
>Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 20:00:14 -0500
>From: bowiechild@juno.com (bowie child)
>Subject: MTV music awards
>
>Hello Everyone.
>
>I would just like to comment on the MTV Video music awards show. The key
>word in the title of the program is VIDEO. They were not judging the song
>by it's musical content, or the band itself. It was for the video, and I
>hate to say it, but Ben's video wasn't the greatest out of the choices.
>I'm not sure what one I liked best, but I'm not going to be biased and
>say Ben's was the one that should have won just because I love the man.
>Yes, he's a talented musician, but the video wasn't cream of the crop. I
>think you all knew that in the back of your heads.
>
>Hillary
>
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 03:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Leigh <emaline5@yahoo.com>
Subject: green day and bff, house of style
<<Somebody mentioned that there was snickering after Green Day said that
they
thought it was going to Ben Folds Five. At first, I too thought they
were
insulting our boys, but, after I thought about it, it may have been
snickering
because they weren't thinking that they also only had three members. In
other
words, they were laughing at how silly they were to not think that they
had 3
members.>>
I think you guys are looking into this way too much. I saw the post
show again last night, and I don't think Kurt Loder's snickering had
anything to do actually do with bff. He was just laughing at the fact
that Green Day had never imagined they'd win. And if you guys notice,
really carefully, during House Of Style, you can hear "Song For The
Dumped" in the background. A little after they show Ben, they play
it, but you have to listen very carefully. Okay, that's all.
Leigh
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:36:41 -0400
From: santonan@student.umass.edu
Subject: Sonic Persuasion
Found a compilation cd entitled "Sonic Persuasion" at Dynamite Records in
Northhampton and it has SFTD on it. That's about all the Bentent there is
for now...well, except for the fact that I'm patiently awaiting the
release of Fear of Pop and still searching for the SFTD single around
these parts.
Michael Stipe at UMass Boston? Why can't UMass Amherst be so lucky and so
cool?!
Sarah :)
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:29:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Ramsey H. Alrikabi" <ralrikab@post.cis.smu.edu>
Subject: [none]
I'm new to this whole thing, so I was wondering what exactly it is you
post. Just trying to be appropriate.
Ramsey Al-Rikabi
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:19:20 -0400
From: Sean Kiely <seank@CYBERNEX.NET>
Subject: MTV
I dunno, I think Radiohead kicked all their fat-asses. Radiohead never
ceases to amaze me, and I think that video was phenomenal. As for
brick, artistically it's well done, that's proven just because it was
nomintated. I mean I saw it on MTV a couple of times, but it was far
from overplayed. So if I had to put them in order... Karma Police, BFF,
Green Day, then whoever else was nominated. I think one of them was foo
fighters...
sean
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:31:15 -0500
From: Susan Phillips <ariel79@sprintmail.com>
Subject: thanks
Thank you to Hillary and Laura, for knowing bff didn't have the best
VIDEO, (no matter how much we liked it).
Also, I don't believe green day is mean-spirited, just three silly guys
who happen to have a sense of humor about meaningless, pat yourself on
the back award shows.
Oh, and I have a REAL receding hair line, so... ppppbbbbtttthhhh! (heck,
if ya'll like it so much, I'll trade you!)
Scott
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:49:32 EDT
From: Cheese143@aol.com
Subject: Gershwin in BFF?
I'm farely new to this list so I don't if this has been asked before but does
anyone else notice that in Philosophy Ben plays a little riff that sounds just
like a part in that Gershwin song, I forget the title of the song but it is
also the theme song for United Airlines.
"Give me my money back you bitch!" Ben Folds Five
~Sampsonite
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