[The One Song, 2012] The Musicians
This song is so many things at once, yet succeeds at all of them.
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This song is so many things at once, yet succeeds at all of them.
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In most piano-playing cultures, the hammering Ben Folds inflicts on the keys would shatter a social norm or two.
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The first of this two-night residency is brimming with anticipation and middle-aged men in band t-shirts.
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In September, Ben Folds Five released The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind (ImaVeePee Records/Sony Music Entertainment), the group's first album of new music in 13 years!
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It is called The Sound of the Life of the Mind. I recommend this record objectively.
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"As someone who could not give two f**ks what Ben Folds did/does/is doing, I genuinely don't hate this record."
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"I open my eyes, remember who I am, what I'm like, and I just go, 'Ugh. And like the bat signal cast on an Ambien cloud, Ben Folds Five saw the sign and answered C.K.'s call, emerging with their first album in 13 years. Shamon!
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Ben Folds is always good for a quirky curveball.
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Coming into Friday night's Ben Folds Five show at Rumsey Playfield (9/14), I carried none of the usual trepidation that surrounds reunion shows.
Read MoreYou would think that there wouldn't be a lot of difference between Ben Folds and Ben Folds Five; that it'd just be the same songwriter writing the same sort of songs no matter what, and on some level, you'd be right.
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The good news is that one of the most consistently entertaining pop-rock bands of the 1990s is back together.
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