THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #872 - March 10, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, March 10 1998 Volume 01 : Number 872
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
ahem.
I agree with Hannah Kuhlmann
go girl, go
b-day/prettynipples/sexxygodzilla/justpassingthru
you all seem to be forgetting one thing
Address to the chat room!
Godzilla vs. Selling out
DC show
dave-o with the Funky-Fu Grip
similarities and such
Covers & "B" bands
poll results #1
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:15:22 EST
From: ShirowFan <ShirowFan@aol.com>
Subject: ahem.
Dave here.
Whoa. No one can ever say BFF fans aren't loyal. Let me impart a tale, yes?
When the first album came out, i was in love with it. Great arrangement, super
lyrics, just an all around cool album. I wrote the guys. I got a letter (hand-
written) from the three that are five, and i was happy. The next album came
out. Again, great. I wrote them again. Recieved a form-letter from Sony. Neat.
NBP came out. I was really excited. Then i listened to it. I heard somewhere
that the boys had to fulfill a deal with caroline. I could tell. Then the
whole Brick shit happened. I can't tell you how upset this made me. Then, Last
thursday, I was in my car and heard on the local teeny-bopper station that the
boys were "shitting out a soundtrack" to the Godzilla movie. This made me
angry.
I want them to strike while the iron's hot. But, to have them cash in on a
song that isn't their best and make a buncha money from 13 year olds who have
no idea what any of the songs on WAEA or the 1st one are about, is just
irritating.
I can see we have a lot of you on the list. My mailbox has been full for 2
days thanks to your hate mail. I read the armchair. I wasn't expecting
accolades, but you all are making personal attacks. So I'm a prick. So I'm
sophmoric. Super. If Ben read that (the song), he'd take it in stride. Just
calm down. I wasn't raping or pillaging, i was commenting. This list has gone
from a group of nice young folks to a buncha angry white kids with trust funds
and not much else. I should be able to spout off without getting pelted with
put-downs.
Let me make fun. I've been around the guys long enough to have earned it. If
you can't see that they've sold out, then you're blind or stupid. Quit
clogging the list with remarks about the telephone in "SLNT". if you don't
like something, come up with a better idea.
And if you can't take a joke, fuck off.
Stirrin up Trouble,
dave
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:25:20 EST
From: SnchzLdScp <SnchzLdScp@aol.com>
Subject: I agree with Hannah Kuhlmann
I just wanted Hannah Kuhlmann and everyone else to know that I agree with them
that Dave-o's little parody of Brick was out of line.
- -Mandy:)
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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 15:47:03 -0500
From: Whitney Smith <whittyp@SURRY.NET>
Subject: go girl, go
I would just like to say that the bf5 song parody thing was really
cute...heh. Why the hell do people like you post on the armchair anyway?
Also...I just want to give Hannah a big through the armchair hi-5. You said
it, and I think most of the people on the armchair back you.
Whitney
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:02:32 EST
From: Rocket no8 <Rocketno8@aol.com>
Subject: b-day/prettynipples/sexxygodzilla/justpassingthru
first off, a big happy birthday salute to Robert, who must be pretty happy
that he isn't touring on his special day.
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about BF5 covering "Pretty Woman":a couple weeks ago a guy in my gym locker
room was singing "pretty nipples" which i think would be a better way for them
to do the song.
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about the Godzilla soundtrack:i first heard about this last year and that they
were originally asked to cover a Todd Rundgren song, but i guess they decided
to write their own song. i think people(particularly the guy who wrote that
unfunny smarmy "song")are stressing out way too much about it. need i remind
you that this will be the third song they've recorded for the soundtrack for a
major motion picture(the other two being "Song For The Dumped" which
originally appeared on the "Mr. Wrong" soundtrack and "Bad Idea" which
originally appeared on the "Truth About Cats & Dogs" soundtrack). the Godzilla
song will probably be a fun hearty rock number since it is an action film.
btw, if you want to talk about sellouts, the Godzilla soundtrack will also
feature versions of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" by Puff Daddy and Rage Against
Your Parents, i mean Machine.
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i was in Baltimore over the weekend and heard WHFS heavily advertising BF5's
live performance on "Just Passing Through" which was set to air on Sunday just
a few hours after i was to leave town. luckily, my friend Kelly was gracious
enough to tape it for me and in two weeks when i return to Baltimore she'll
give me the tape and i may be inclined to trade it with you fine Armchair
folks, so big props to Kelly. the appearance was taped last Saturday in
Rockville, Maryland and they did about 30 minutes of performing(i don't know
which songs yet).
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that thing about "Homeboy's got some tricks" has to be the funniest thing i've
ever read on this board.
sorry about this long-ass post, i had some things to say.
- -al
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:36:43 EST
From: GrnEgNham <GrnEgNham@aol.com>
Subject: you all seem to be forgetting one thing
For anyone who is mocking the boys for opting to do the Godzilla soundtrack...
They already did "The Truth about Cats and Dogs" soundtrack. duh, you say.
Remember the title? Bad idea! That's what they thought of doing a
soundtrack. Obviously they'd rather do other things. But at this point in the
game (with their rising fame and success at new levels) they can't afford to
turn anything down. It'd be like shooting themselves in the foot. The
industry would think "oh those BFF pricks. They think they're too big for
Godzilla." No way. They're not dumb. Godzilla will lead to bigger and
better things (no pun intended). Do the crap now and cash in later.
That's my 2 francs.
emily :-)
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:47:17 -0500
From: "John Felten" <Sammy7@gte.net>
Subject: Address to the chat room!
Hey everyone! Here is the address to the BFF chat room:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/2935/whatever.html
Don't forget to bookmark it, and look for me. I'll be on as Kate!
- -Daria
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:39:38 -0000
From: "Ayel" <ayel@erols.com>
Subject: Godzilla vs. Selling out
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To the BB5 "fan" (Dave-O with Kung-Fu Grip) that wrote that snazzy =
Godzilla parody: here's a thought - if you don't dig BB5, then get the =
f___ off the distro! I'm here to get news about my old neighbors (in NC) =
- - not to listen to mindless dribble from a rhyming 15 year old with =
daddy's new laptop. Keep it up and I'll get off distro - promise.
On selling out: if Sony doesn't make money, the boys don't get to record =
anymore albums - that would suck. If the boys don't make any money, they =
won't WANT to record anymore albums and that would suck too! We (as =
fans) should do all that we can to insure their success.
Be a friend - tell a friend. Support your local BB5!
Ayel the dwarf
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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 17:39:17 -0500
From: palmerjr@bellatlantic.net
Subject: DC show
Does anyone that attended the DC show on 2/22 have a copy of the
setlist? If you could, please mail it to me privately. Muchas Gracias.
- -jackie
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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 15:45:35 +0000
From: Paris Amarna Caine <paris2000@sprintmail.com>
Subject: dave-o with the Funky-Fu Grip
> (chorus) We're doing this thing because Sony told us we should,
> And the money is doing us quite well.
> Robert's got a woman and Ben a hairpiece,
> And Darren; he just got rid of the smell.
>
> So the city was smashed and the lines were drawn.
> Godzilla had withstood their attacks.
> The day was ending, the fires were out,
> He ate a Planned Parent hood and K-Mart for snacks.
- -----------------------
Hey, I thought your song was kinda funny. But, then I'm selling
out every day - it pays the rent.
Living in the Planned Parent "Hood",
Paris
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 20:36:21 -0330
From: "Andrew Fifield" <andrew.the.great@thezone.net>
Subject: similarities and such
It really isn't neccessary to be writing all these similarities between
BF5 songs and other songs because in all the years that songs have ben
written you know that riffs and lyrical flows are going to run out, it's
inevitable folks, and it's going to be happening more often, myself I don't
find a whole lot of similarity between any of the pairs mentioned on the
list so far. Just enjoy the music and the fact that it was written, thank
you for your time
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 19:32:34 EST
From: HiGeary <HiGeary@aol.com>
Subject: Covers & "B" bands
Hi all!
Just had to add my .02 cents to the covers thread - I love the ideas of BFF
doing the Bitch is Back by Elton John & the Inspector Gadget theme song was
brilliant!! I also love the idea of a BFF broadway show...it would be much
better than Rent!! But I would love to hear them cover any really old blues
song, like a Johnny Copeland (anyone else out there heard of him?) or Muddy
Waters - Do you think the boys could handle the blues? Just an idea....
Something else that has been bugging me lately....has anyone else out there
noticed that quite a proliferation of GOOD or at least different and
INTERESTING music seems to come from artists and bands that start with the
letter B??? For example, my favorite artists and the best concerts I have
been to all seem to start with B:
Ben Folds Five
Ben Harper
Bogmen
Built to Spill
Buckley, Jeff
Blues Traveler
Beck
I'm sure people could add more. Isn't that strange or is it just me?
Rachael
"ashes to ashes - body and pages, Let my mind live throught the ages"
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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 19:49:58 -0500
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: poll results #1
Hey everyone. Remember last week when i asked for everyone from outside the
continental US to write to me? well i got a few responses and here they are:
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CANADA:
"Matt Lacroix" <mattl@niagararc.com>--18 (almost), Niagra Falls, taper, met
the guys after Toronto show w/o a backstage pass!
Chris Short <chris_short@fasken.com>--19, Toronto, lived in Boston for last
4 months of '97, where he grew to love BFF, saw them at Roxy in oct.
and then in Dec. "Very patriotic about Canada and Ben Folds Five"
"Nick Scott" <nickscott09@hotmail.com>--20, London Ont., goes to school in
Niagra Falls, first heard BFF on his school's radio station's demo copy of
WEAEA.
"Nick Scott" <nickscott09@hotmail.com>--No age, Toronto, "canadian, eh?",
got one of Darren's drumsticks. Cheap plug for his site:
http://www.geocities.com/soho/cafe/9956/bf5.html
UNITED KINGDOM:
Emily R Burningham <u7g83@ugg.keele.ac.uk>--19, Bristol england, currently
in school at keele in staffordshire, saw BFF once in Dec. at Manchester
(IF YOU WERE THERE, MAIL HER!!), got ben to talk in a cockney accent, trey
told her he likes Ab Fab and Python, wants to play clarinet with BFF.
Tony Haile <th7@st-andrews.ac.uk>--no age, from england, goes to school in
Scotland....A legend in his own mind.
AUSTRALIA:
Clayton DesByrne <DesByrne@bigpond.com>--21, Perth WA, following the guys
for 2 years, been on the MA for 2 weeks, ("why? well it's a very long
story"), saw them live about 6 months ago, beginning a collection of BFF
stuff, decked in all black.
Erin "Grover" <grover@powerup.com.au>--No age, Brisbane, been a fan since
"Underground", saw them once at Livid, sings aong in American accent partly
because she hates the Australian one.
"Marcus Essenfield" <m_essenfield@hotmail.com>--No age and no city, loves
Australia and BFF, knows only 3 people who like them, two being himself,
PLEASE HOOK UP WITH HIM IF YOU ARE FROM AUSTRALIA.
FRANCE:
Guillaume <dakoolguy@hol.fr>--19, definitely a male, no connections with
the band other than he had a dream about them a couple weeks ago.
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but i KNOW there are more of you! If you don't mind, please send me an
e-mail with your name, age, country/city, and something about you and the
band.
This'll be interesting for everyone, and may help you find some friends
near you that likd ben Folds Five!
PS if you live in America (not including alaska or hawaii) i don't want to
hear from you! :)
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