Ben Folds Appreciation Thread

Today marks the release of Ben Folds' 2nd solo EP Sunny 16. With the first EP Speed Graphic already out and another one on the way in November, plus a full-length album next year, Ben is showing no signs of slowing down.

I felt it was time to give this pop-song writing piano virtuoso with a punk attitude the respect he so well deserves.

Give it up for Ben Folds, folks!

yeah, i'm down with that

LET'S ROOT!

OH HELL YES!

Great thread.
Ben Folds fucking rocks.

I.....should.......warn........you...........I........go........to.........sleep.............(yawns, head crashes on keyboard)..........




Ben rules.

I love ben folds!! yippee!!

heh a friend of my brother's has Ben Folds' application from the YMCA in Chapel Hill from when he lived there.

Ben Folds is the best, and an all too often overlooked musician.

here here!!!

...Reinhold Messner was one of the last albums I bought that had an actual interesting cover-art/ liner notes/ concept going on (with the mentions in "Regrets" also continuing it).
"Don't Change Your Plans" and "Magic (written by the bass player) are two songs as pretty as you're gonna hear. Not to mention "Brick."

Oh my gosh, I didn't even know about this! *slaps herself silly*

I am SO buying that before work. That man is amazing.

The new Ben Folds record is great, but I kind of wish he hadn't gone back to his Ben Folds Five sounding roots. I thought 'Rockin' the Suburbs' was so much more progressive.

love Ben Folds

oh yeah! rockin the suburbs, baby!

Nobody is talking about 'Songs for Silverman.'

That breaks my emo heart.

The modern day Billy Joel. Without all the car crashes. Yet.

I love Ben folds solo stuff, but I do miss Ben Folds Five.......

Ben Folds makes my heart jump.

I'm giving this shit a large bump, partially because Ben Folds is my fucking hero, and partially because I'm watching the Ben Folds & WASO: Live in Perth DVD, and I get excited every time I see me and my friends in the crowd.

I'd also like to state that "Adelaide" is the best song Ben's released in the past, say, five years (with "You To Thank" coming a close second).