Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #60 - March 30, 1996
Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #60
Topics for Today:
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #59
a CD recommendation, and a TV viewing tip!
BFF's show in DC
any N.Y. area show?
atlantic canadians would flip for BFF
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #59
BF5
one angry dwarf lyrics
the Ben Folds Five in Washington
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #59
BFF: DC concert redux
Ben's new video (BFF)
ben folds
BFF Questions
Ben's Fold Five...
what else
Top Ten
Mark (KhobKhun@aol.com) and BFF in DC with Dave
Ben Folds Five mailing list
mailing list
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 01:27:03 -0500
From: Shan111111@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #59
In a message dated 96-03-28 01:19:10 EST, you write:
>And... Roger is the FINEST
> bass player I have ever seen. YUMMY!
roger? don't you mean robert? ....You are right about that:)
shan
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 23:03:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Marc Nathan <mdnathan@netcom.com>
Subject: a CD recommendation, and a TV viewing tip!
While I have shamelessly hyped my work-related band, Fleming & John (see
them this Tuesday night on Conan!!!), I have a friend-related CD to tip
you to, and I would be shocked to the nth degree if it didn't get you all
hot and bothered. See if you can find a copy of "The Laughing Man" by
(David) YAZBEK. David performs around NY with a bass player and a drummer
(guess what...he's a keyboard player ;) ) and has a sharp with, and some
fine music to boot. If you are an XTC fanatic, you may know David as the
executive producer of the tribute album that came out last year. If you
watch PBS, you may have heard a little ditty that he wrote called, "Where
In The World Is Carmen Sandiego," which was the theme song to the highly
successful kids show that has been running for years. Anyway, this is a
really great album, and it's not on my label so while it too might be
shameless hype, and even though I do truly love Fleming & John, David
YAZBEK is a sensational artist and deserving of a listen from people with
taste as fine as BFF fans!
P.S. No one even took a stab at my trivia question, so I guess I will get
to keep the Fleming & John video with cameo appearance by Ben...oh well ;)
Marc Nathan...happy that Barenaked Ladies hit Billboard's album chart
next week at #111 with a bullet :)
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:03:16 -0500 (EST)
From: intcsb02@midget.towson.edu
Subject: BFF's show in DC
They completely rocked that night slamming into Uncle Walter after
playing Liz Phair's "Chopsticks". But how could anyone in the world like
that stupid f*cking opening band the Customers. They were horrible. It
was like the same old tired thing I had seen a million times before. It
was really funny at first, to think that a cheesy bar chord band had a
video guy and photographer there to take pictures of them. It seemed like
they had a billion roadies too. I wonder if that's why Ben made a
comment that night about being rich and having someone come out and fix
his microphone every time he moves it. Those guys thought they were
really good too. How could someone like that open up for BF5, the
Customers must've felt even worse when BF5 rocked the place. Every
single song ended with that big rock star ending making noise and ending
all together. I guess they just don't know any other way to end a song.
Too bad Eric Bachman from the AOL couldn't have showed up and let that
Barry Black project open up.
J.C.
"I've got my philosophy"
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:41:09 -0500
From: Tkuri@aol.com
Subject: any N.Y. area show?
Hi folks,
Does anybody know if they playing N.Y. area in a few months?
I might be going back to Japan soon and I missed their Boston show last
weeksned, so I want to seen their show before that.
Kuri
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:09:28 -0400 (AST)
From: Daniel MacEachern <dmaceach@is.dal.ca>
Subject: atlantic canadians would flip for BFF
I also want to add my voice to the plea to get Ben Folds Five to come to
eastern Canada - but don't come this summer because I'm going home to
Calgary once I'm done school. Come to Halifax sometime in the fall. You
guys could stay at my house!
Daniel
Halifax, NS
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:57:20 -0500
From: ZDarrah106@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #59
Hello guys!!! My name is ZDarrah 106 coming from Athens, Joeja. Just wanted
to express some opinions on the Ben Folds Five. My friend and i saw BFF at
The Point and it was close to the best show I have seen in a while. It feels
pretty good to know that a band can get up there and have a good time rather
than trying to "compete" with other bands. There was so much electricity
going on that show that you felt sort of tingly
at the end of it. It was definitely the goose bump show of the year.
I also like it that they are one of the best bands around and yet they
drive around, just the three of them, in a yellow u-haul sort of thing (write
a song about this u-haul guys!!) My friend and I were watching the hard
working fellas unload Ben's piano and all the other stuff. We asked them if
they needed any help and they were like, "No that's totally alright!" At the
time I have never even heard of this Ben Folds Five, but they sure gave me a
good first impression.
I really want the BFF to come to Athens since the town has been in sort
of a slump lately. They need to give Athens that kick and get it started
again. There was a fellow in the digest that mentioned they should try to
hit the eastern Halifax area in Nova Scotia. Well, I definitely agree.
There are tons of great bands they can play with up there. I personally
think the best match up would be Ben Folds Five and Sloan (these guys are
another unnoticed band who needs some recognition. They are just so good).
You have Eric's Trip, Jale, Superfrienz, and many others. Great idea!!!
Well it felt good to write about the BBF. Keep up the hard work guys
and Chuck if your reading this...I had a dream about Ben and yourself playing
at a mall in a Macy's display window for some reason. I have never seen you
before but I created a picture. I just thought it was weird. Tell Ben to
relax for a while so he can regroup. It's healthy!! See ya guys later.
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:13:37 -0500 (EST)
From: "JOHN Z. MULL" <jzmull@hamlet.uncg.edu>
Subject: BF5
I'd like to get something off my chest. I really hate that Ben Folds
Five is getting so big. I know they deserve it and without the success
fans in other parts of the country might not get to see them, but damn
it, it's impossible to see them in NC now. I was lucky that I saw them
once before they got so huge, but it's never going to happen again.
The Tremont show in Charlotte is sold out. SOLD OUT! That place is
huge! It's just ridiculous to sell out Tremont. It's depression to know
that you can no longer get to see your favorite bands in their home
states without being smashed in with a bunch of twevle year old fanboys
that would have never even been there if MTV hadn't told them to.
It happen to Superchunk. It's happening to Archers of Loaf.
Who's next? Geezer Lake? The Raymond Brake?
I'm sorry. I know I sound like a whiney little jerk, but it's hard
to have the fun of an intimate little show taken away from you. I wish
everyone could have seen the band five months or longer ago, because that
experience is now gone.
zach.
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:19:59 -0500
From: Alessandra Elizabeth Geboff <aegeboff@eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: one angry dwarf lyrics
my mom said that was the most i would have
--that's the best i can do from what i've heard
and when he's doing that piano thing towards the end
"you'll be sorry one day "--those ??? are just 'will'
cause i will, yes i will, but he never says what he'll do--
i think that's pretty cool.
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:08:39 -0500 (EST)
From: David Aron Reaboi <dreaboi@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: the Ben Folds Five in Washington
* tuesday night's show at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC was incredible.
While i found that the boys (intentional ref. to the Beatles, a group
that captured the same energy in live performance as BF5) varied the set
just a little, they did play my favorite song off the album, "Where's
Summer B.?" the bass lines, melody, and middle 8 are right out of the
McCartney textbook and come off rather brilliantly. if i closed my eyes,
i would have had difficulty telling who was playing bass: good Robert or my
idol, Paul. that was the highlight of the show for me.
* on a related note, i have never heard anyone compare BF5 to McCartney.
this is surprising, since the song construction (with the exceptions of
"Julliane," the verses of "Best Immitation," and "Video") is vintage
McCartney. he can be credited with development of the lyrical and sweet
bridges (the second melody, after the chorus and verses), the supreme
examples of which are "Things We Said Today" and "Here There &
Everywhere." i hear oasis being described as "the 90s Beatles," and i
must ask why. because they're english? BF5 should be credited with
writing LIKE the Beatles, not rewriting ACTUAL Beatle songs. (their
morning glory album is a disgrace; they have no originality, singing, or
songwriting ability. my favorite track, "she's electric," is an almost
humorous combination of orbison's "you got it" and "do you believe in
magic" by 10cc, if i'm not mistaken.) any thoughts?
* back to the show--- afterwards, i managed to grab robert's copy of the
setlist, which didn't include the encores. they were cool to come out and
talk to the crowd after the show; they were very down to earth and
friendly. i obtained their autographs on my cd, and we talked a little as
well.
* after the show, ben said there are plans to record a NEW ALBUM in
about a month. two to three months after that, the new tour
will be back in DC. pretty cool. i hope that BF5 will never attain
mainstream "hugeness" (in other words, constant mtv airplay), but will be
popular enough to keep making albums for many years and touring small
clubs in stead of stadiums. i love 'em.
Dave Reaboi
George Washington University
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:14:36 -0500
From: Rhubarbguy@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #59
I met an extremely pleasant young lady at the BF5 show in DC Tuesday night.
I think she might be on this list. If you're here, email me. You were
wearing a groovy puffy shirt that your sister bought from a flea market in
Paris.
[Are you sure it wasn't Jerry Seinfeld? :) -fjm]
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 17:24:14 -0500 (EST)
From: "Gregory M. Weight" <gweight@UDel.Edu>
Subject: BFF: DC concert redux
some additions to erica's fine recap of the fine bff show at the 9:30:
-the other cover they did was "cross-town traffic" which was a veritable
hoot. robert did the vocals and sounded good, from what i could make out
as the sound guy had his mike really low for some reason most of the night.
-the customers really sucked, imho. they were loud for no good reason
and had a song called "blood," a bad sign for any band. the lead singer
jumped incessantly around the stage as he and the lead guitarist used
every opportunity to create feedback, again, for no good reason. during
the bff set, the customers' lead singer was in the front row with some
woman who shook robert's hand at least 6 times.
-for those of you in dc who have yet to see the new 9:30, it is a great
place to see a concert. i watched the show from the balcony (which
ben described as looking like something out of star trek) facing the stage
where they have a bar and tiers of seating. check it out.
since this is my first post i will also say that i am greg weight, a
graduate student in english at the u of delaware, a native (suburban)
seattleite and a big fan of crowded house, the posies, p.m. dawn, red
house painters, and bff, of course!
(check out my home page: http://odin.english.udel.edu/gweight/home.html)
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:08:23 -0500
From: ShulussJoe@aol.com
Subject: Ben's new video (BFF)
Well the latest news I've heard is that the band is planning to Uncle Walter
next. Sooooo, it looks like Underground isn't going to be their last video.
Anyway, I still havn't seen the Underground video.(Wierd huh?) Could anybody
who's seen it tell me how it goes or what happens? See you later.
:-)
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:56:30 -0500
From: Dunehop@aol.com
Subject: ben folds
hey, my name is aaron zickefoose, i am at dunehop@aol.com,...........i would
like to get on the ben folds mailing list,..........also i would like to know
where, if, i could get my hands on the sheet music to the piano in ben folds
songs,..........if you know of anywhere let me know please............when is
the next time that ben folds is going to be around raleigh, nc,.........i see
that there concert is cancelled for march 30 at trinity farm..........oh
well..........please give me some feed back the best you can....thanks
aaron zickefoose
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:18:32 -0500 (EST)
From: jpinkos@lakers.lssu.edu
Subject: BFF Questions
Howdy Y'all, I have a few questions that need to be answered:
1)Is Eddie Walker available on CD?
2)Can anyone get me a copy of the Japanese CD w/Tom and Mary?(I'll pay
top$)
3)Does the soundtrack w/the BFF song Retarded come out on April2?
4)When does the CD w/Video Killed The Radio Star come out and what is it
called?
5)Are there any other songs coming out soon?
6)Is anyone going to an upcoming show that can buy me one of those white
and red T-shirts?(I'll pay top$)
If you can answer any of these questions for me, I'll be very gratefull
"Thanks a whole shitload" as Ben would say. -JRP
"You make me feel, make me feel, make me feel retarded"-BFF
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:31:52 -0400 (AST)
From: Kathy Jarvis <x95rjl@juliet.stfx.ca>
Subject: Ben's Fold Five...
I really love this band, and I play them atleast once on my hour
long radio show (Planet X), a lot of other people play their stuff to.
My favorite song's "Where's Summer B?". Anyways, our Station is CFXU,
located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. It's St. Francis Xavier
University's campus radio station. Hope I helped
tscheuS,
Kathy Jarvis
<x95rjl@juliet.stfx.ca>
http://juliet.stfx.ca/~x95rjl
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 17:38 PST
From: kamea_lessoway@mindlink.bc.ca
Subject: what else
Hi everyone,
>Oh, and Ben, if you happen to read this --- PLEASE COME TO EASTERN
> CANADA!!!(Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, Fredericton - anywhere within a
> 300 mile radius and WE ARE THERE.)
And the west coast too, eh! ...oh, and...isn't it kilometres? ;)
kamea
the barenaked ladie
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:56:03 -0500 (EST)
From: jpinkos@lakers.lssu.edu
Subject: Top Ten
My Top Ten Albums of 1995/1996:
1.Ben Folds Five-Never leaves my CD Player
2.311-Funky Shiznit
3.3lb. Thrill"Vulture"-Great band that happened to open for BFF in MI
4.Everclear"Sparkle and Fade"-Another CD that is always in the player
5.7Mary3"American Standard"-Great Southern Style Rock
6.Faith No More-Still great even without Jim Martin
7.Foo Fighters-Very Radio-Friendly
8.White Zombie-Heavy and very loud
9.Johnny Mnemonic-Helmet,KMFDM,God Lives Under Water,Stabing Westward
10.Mr.Wrong-Just for including Ben Folds Five
Biggest Dissapointments(wastes of money)
1.Primus-My Favorite Band bombs big time
2.Alice In Chains-Another of my favs witha real sucker
3.Smashing Pumpkins-Way too many songs that suck
4.Spacehog-After track #1, it's over
5.Mike Watt-Ball-Hog
Just in the mood to babble about music. -JRP
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 18:16:07 -800
From: Susan Huntington <tdacc@gorge.net>
I saw Ben Folds Five on 120 minutes. I like their sound.
Especially with the piano. That's something extremely
few bands have. It's a nice change of pace to the usual
lead guitar, bass, drums setup that most new
"alternative" bands have today.
Ryan Huntington
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:51:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Somebody to Love <erica67@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: Mark (KhobKhun@aol.com) and BFF in DC with Dave
KhobKhun (MARK!) Hey! I was there with Dave!!!! Yes, they WERE great, and
Dave was mighty thoughtful to get that poster signed for you. We were
just about to leave when he said, "I should get this signed for my friend
who got me into them." He told Darren about you being the one that got
him into BFF. SO, now you're known. =) And because we stayed later, we
almost got stuck in a really bad section of DC without a way home! You
owe Dave a thanks!
erica
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"Some summers in the evening after six or so, I'll walk on down the hill,
Maybe buy me a beer. I think about my friends, you know sometimes I wish
they lived out here, but they wouldn't dig this town."
-Ben Folds Five (Alice Childress)
******************I do the best imitation of myself.....*******************
contact http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~erica67
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 17:49:03 -0500
From: LudDogga@aol.com
Subject: Ben Folds Five mailing list
I saw them last night at Mama Kin Music Hall in Boston, it was the best show
I ever went to.
Scott Ludwig
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 19:21:01 -0800
From: Anne palmer <Dunstan@cris.com>
Subject: mailing list
Hi. I saw BFF in Atlanta last month and they blew me away. Send me what
you have.
Thanks,
Dunstan
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[Hi. I apologize for not sending out any digests for a couple days.
Thursday I was in Toledo on business all day and stayed around to see Moxy
Fruvous. For those BFFans who haven't checked out Moxy Fruvous, you
should. Their songs (some of them) are zany, their antics nuts, and their
harmonies are spine-tingling. Plus they are big fans of Ben Folds Five. I
talked with three of the band members after the show and they noticed my
BFF t-shirt and said it's a great band. "Kicks ass" is the term Mike Ford
used, actually. I guess they played together in NYC recently (anyone have
any details of this?) and really enjoyed it. They have three CDs but
only one, "Bargainville," is available outside Canada and the latest,
"The 'b' Album," is only sold at their shows and by mail. As usual, if
you query Altavista you'll get about 200 hits on them. -fjm]
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