This is the second time I've seen #TallHeights open for #BenFolds, and they were also fantastic. They helped Folds make his new album (#WhatMattersMost), and so they stuck around to play the whole concert, which was great. I love that BF has been helping so much to get more visibility for TH, which definitely deserve to be headliners. 2/2

Two weeks ago, we went to see #BenFolds in Mesa. I have seen this man perform many times over the past few decades, and each time has been an amazing and entertaining show. He is so good on stage! Highly recommended. 1/2

https://youtu.be/ekkY5BNjS8o #benfolds #drDre #mypartyTrick #ireland

This is absolutely REMARKABLE. The band kid in me is just astounded at the talent on display all around, from Ben Folds himself down to the players who can figure out everything by ear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytUY_AwTUs

#Music #BenFolds

Is it me getting older or Ben Folds getting better? I really like “What Matters Most”. #benfolds #music

https://open.spotify.com/album/5Jshp99HBceJEaAeyre8Pr?si=i6czj9JGSjmrJzhzDDVVgg

In de categorie #muziek: behoorlijk goede nieuwe plaat van #foofighters, en heerlijke nieuwe plaat van #benfolds. (Voorbereiding op concert in het najaar. Kan niet wachten)

Even if it’s not Bandcamp Friday it’s still worth heading over there: Ben Folds has a new album out today…

https://benfolds.bandcamp.com/album/what-matters-most

#Music #BenFolds

Ben Folds – What Matters Most
#Album #SingerSongwriter #BenFolds #WhatMattersMost
https://www.musikblog.de/2023/05/ben-folds-what-matters-most/

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #JeremyVine

Ben Folds:
🎵 Landed

#BenFolds

https://open.spotify.com/track/229LTjv0rnjloX6uQ1Kpsf

https://madair.bandcamp.com/track/landed-2

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...

Ben Folds feat. Regina Spektor:
🎵 You Don't Know Me

#NowPlaying #BenFolds #ReginaSpektor

https://open.spotify.com/track/0yR0bAz1bLScRvsq2h0fkC

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins

Ben Folds:
🎵 Exhausting Lover

#BenFolds

https://open.spotify.com/track/7ctgAjg9UUycwDIav6xBmv

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacqsRoundtable

Ben Folds:
🎵 Exhausting Lover

#BenFolds

https://open.spotify.com/track/7ctgAjg9UUycwDIav6xBmv

I just posted a new piano tutorial: One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (Ben Folds) - Piano Tutorial and Walkthrough
https://youtu.be/VQyAWcfAxco #piano #learnpiano #benfolds

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...

Ben Folds/ Nick Hornby:
🎵 Claire's Ninth

#NowPlaying #BenFolds #NickHornby

https://open.spotify.com/track/3fHr5AfSBanl1Jtvy61YXm

I discovered a new band yesterday. Great stuff! Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRfVEoPQOss

#benfoldsfive #BenFolds #Music #musiclover #piano #alternativerock #newmusic

🔊 #NowPlaying on fip

Ben Folds:
🎵 Concerto : 3ème mouvement - pour piano et orchestre

#BenFolds

"Good pop music, truly of its moment, should throw older adults off its scent. It should clear the room of boring adults and give the kids some space." (Ben Folds)

This quote helps me understand why I complain to my teenager about the squeaky American pop singers they listen to.
#popmusic #parenting #random #quote #benfolds

Tom is now listening to You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor)
https://open.spotify.com/track/5xDJfkWp8ufjxjJ6HDb100

#BenFolds #ReginaSpektor

Tom is now listening to Capable Of Anything
https://open.spotify.com/track/5smS6cpI6hQ1JtfQgmkdov

#BenFolds #yMusic

“She Don’t Use Jelly” (Cover by Ben Folds Five in 1997; originally by the Flaming Lips in 1993)

https://youtu.be/y1h4eshrlNo (audio only - studio version)

https://youtu.be/3OgQ2XRWw30 (live performance)

At first glance, the Flaming Lips and Ben Folds would seem to have little in common. Then again, both have a devout fan-base which has remained faithful over several decades and both have had some commercial success, but nowhere near what either deserves. The Lips, like every incarnation of Folds or the Ben Folds Five, rely on musical substance and creativity more than smooth vocals or Top40-style production. They each kinda go their own ways, and it largely works.

“She Don’t Use Jelly” was the first song most of us heard from the Flaming Lips, and remains their most commercially successful release. This Ben Folds Five cover was first released as part of 1997’s “Lounge-A-Palooza,” a compilation of various artists and a complete mess I won’t go into here. The second time around was on the 2005 remastered re-release of “Whatever and Ever Amen,” the Ben Folds Five’s 1997 breakout album which included both “Battle of Who Could Care Less” and “Brick.”

While the studio version is naturally richer and more layered, the live version included here is phenomenal in its own way as the Ben Folds Five (which consists of only 3 lads) passes around the lead vocal seamlessly and manages to produce a wall of sound you’d swear required at least double their number. It’s just that damn good.

#UnCovered #SongCovers #BenFolds #FlamingLips