One Angry Canuck and 200 Solemn MySpacers?

Ben Folds still kicks ass. You, on the other hand, I have never heard of.

What the hell is M.O.R. lite?

/Mr. Jones Pt. 2 live with John McCrea = best live song ever.

Er, uh, make that Fred Jones Pt 2. I must be listening to Counting Crows too much.

The Stars guy just posted this on his Myspace:

"we don't know who put up their rant against ben folds here.......could have been anyone i guess.........but we don't know what the fark all this is about... We do love charlie spearin............don't really know ben folds work...........anyway, i find it exciting that i dont even have to know whats going on to be contreversial..... i am now going to change the password on our myspace......i have to say, whoever you are, you've really got my style down!
wow, torq"

I call bullshiat.

Say what you will, Ben Folds puts on a damned fine live show.

♪"Show us your dick... It's always some dude... Shouting 'show us your dick.'"♫

this probably came from someone close to folds...whom i wholly admire. this guy, whose name i have already forgotten, i by far the bigger "nobody". folds is a farkin genius.

cameroncrazy1984: Er, uh, make that Fred Jones Pt 2. I must be listening to Counting Crows too much.

mr. jones and you are apparently rocking the suburbs too hard.

Ben Folds is lame...dunno who this guy is though.

I bought one Ben Folds CD, only liked the radio single off of it, "Landing". I was very disappointed because whenever I see clips of his music on the internet, I always like it.

So basically I like everything I've heard of his except for the stuff I paid money to listen to.

yeah they all suck cuz they biatchin so much.
real gentlemen don't diss another's attempt to rock and/or roll.



http://myspace.com/daveyunderground

Weird.

Stars have always put on an amazing show... really interact with the crowd, never have anything bad to say.

mrEdude: yeah they all suck cuz they biatchin so much.
real gentlemen don't diss another's attempt to rock and/or roll.

Still spamming your bullshiat, I see.

BF5 was an awesome force in their prime; agressive, innovative and catchy, almost prog at times.

please check this out:

Ben Folds Five - "Song for the Dumped" Session at West 54th (new window)

I think it's safe to file this under W, for "who gives a shiat?"

Ben Folds sucks, but I'm sure he's 100 times better than some bozo propped up by te uber-douches at pitchfork.

Even if I didn't like Ben Folds, I'd have to side with him based on the other guy's use of the non-word "prolly." That and "holla" make me all manner of stabby.

The non-word "stabby" on the other hand, is delightful, and says exactly what I want it to say.

crushingquiet: The Stars guy just posted this on his Myspace:

"we don't know who put up their rant against ben folds here.......could have been anyone i guess.........but we don't know what the fark all this is about... We do love charlie spearin............don't really know ben folds work...........anyway, i find it exciting that i dont even have to know whats going on to be contreversial..... i am now going to change the password on our myspace......i have to say, whoever you are, you've really got my style down!
wow, torq"

I call bullshiat.

I call gibberish.

Seriously, who is this lackwit and what is he sputtering on about?

I saw the Ben Folds Five live circa 1999. To this day it remains one of the most entertaining rock shows I have ever seen, and I have seen hundreds.

"Ben Folds, who many of you prolly have never heard of because you don't waste your time listening to s--tty mid nineties m.o.r. lite grunge"

You forgot "sings out of tune". *Very* out of tune.

Still, he's written my favourite tune about abortion ("Brick").

My second favourite tune about abortion is "The Heart Of Rock And Roll" by Huey Lewis and the News.

carmody: I saw the Ben Folds Five live circa 1999. To this day it remains one of the most entertaining rock shows I have ever seen, and I have seen hundreds.

Saw him when he was touring the Ben Folds Live album in 2002 (I think). Great show, great crowd, and Shatner made a cameo.

Ben Folds is great at pissing off musicians with no talent, such as Jonathan Davis.

Ben Folds is cool to me.

Can someone do a summary for me? I think I had a few too many beers.
I saw an entire article written in 'strike' font. Maybe I need new glasses.
I also saw 'prolly'.
Stars? I guess I don't know them because I prolly never heard them.

Prolly. God Dammit.

ben folds and any of the bands he's been in rock. fark canada.

Lite grunge is like a heavy grime, right?

zappawizard: BF5 was an awesome force in their prime; agressive, innovative and catchy, almost prog at times.

please check this out:

Ben Folds Five - "Song for the Dumped" Session at West 54th (new window)

Though I doubt I was the first, I cropped that song down to the famous refrain and assigned the ringtone to a particularly nasty ex-girlfriend. It would go off in the store, but just as soon as I felt like I had no manners, about 12 people would compliment it. Of course, all I had to do was piss off every senior citizen in the room. And when you cruise the bingo nights as often as I do, that's no way to get the sugar to pour.

/Ben Folds live is an experience. How often do you actually say to yourself, "Damn if I didn't get my money's worth!"?

Ben Folds is a great musician and songwriter
Stars are an Amazing band with a great live show
Do Make Say Think are an amzing post-rock band with some great albums that Ben Folds doesn't understand cause he has no taste in music outside his comfort zone, or something like that.


/likes all three bands

I'm going to see Ben Folds next week, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

/3rd row!
//latest album? Not so much.

So, the Toronto hipsters are now in a feud with the Chapel Hill hipsters?

Talk about a vortex of posers . . .

OldManDownDRoad: So, the Toronto hipsters are now in a feud with the Chapel Hill hipsters?

Talk about a vortex of posers poseurs . . .

That's prolly how they'd prefer to spell it.

Ben Fold's cover of Dr Dre's "biatches Ain't shiat" from the "Live at Myspace" DVD is both hilarious and musically interesting, I thought.

Love Ben Folds. Never heard of this guy.

calm like a bomb:
//latest album? Not so much.

unfortunately, i couldn't agree with you more. i'm a lifelong fan, even through the rough patches (see: rocking the suburbs), but "songs for silverman" (from 2005) was an incredible record. every track on there is a winner. "landed" is an excellent example of his songwriting gifts.

i had a lot of hope when i went to pick up "way to normal", last years offering, but i have to say i was let down. the single with regina spektor is a good listen, but too much of the album is random nonsense. his usual melody, humor and great choruses must have taken the day off.

i always thought "divorce records" were supposed to be great?

here's hoping his next one will be. we miss ya ben.

jerkobson: Ben Folds is a great musician and songwriter
Stars are an Amazing band with a great live show
Do Make Say Think are an amzing post-rock band with some great albums that Ben Folds doesn't understand cause he has no taste in music outside his comfort zone, or something like that.


/likes all three bands

I agree on each point. I listen to a lot more Stars and DMST than Ben Folds though.

Charles who? a national treasure? not 'round these parts

UncleScam:
i always thought "divorce records" were supposed to be great?
here's hoping his next one will be. we miss ya ben.

Eh, any prolific artist will release the occasional mediocre album. "Way to Normal" has a couple of decent tracks, but overall it feels overproduced and biatchy. I'm guessing that Aussie chick put him in a bitter-but-not-funny place, although the fact that he got remarried six months later makes me think Bennie's got a bit of a problem keeping it in his pants.

I came in here to be like "HAHA you unknown dumbass, Ben Folds is eighty times better than you'll ever be." And then I saw it was Torq from Stars, and I had to re-evaluate that, because Stars are farking awesome. And then I saw that Torq was denying he wrote it, and now I'm confused.

/seriously Stars are farking awesome, and incredibly fun to see live

Great_Milenko: I think it's safe to file this under W, for "who gives a shiat?"

Ben Folds sucks

You need stabbed in the eye

When asked about the story, Ben Folds replied "biatches Ain't shiat".

theurge14: Lite grunge is like a heavy grime, right?

Heavy like a brick? Drowning slowly?

Ashtrey: So basically I like everything I've heard of his except for the stuff I paid money to listen to.

Ha! Farking this or very close to it. I've bought a couple Ben Folds Five CDs and only really enjoyed a couple tracks from each. Ben Folds is one of those groups that I can listen to and think, "Wow, these guys are talented as hell, but I don't like this song."

OldManDownDRoad: So, the Toronto hipsters are now in a feud with the Chapel Hill hipsters?

Talk about a vortex of posers . . .

You're unfamiliar with Chapel Hill hipsters. They hated him from the beginning. The only love he got in Chapel Hill was from the non-hipster college folks, and that didn't happen until after he was known nationally.

UncleScam: unfortunately, i couldn't agree with you more. i'm a lifelong fan, even through the rough patches (see: rocking the suburbs)

Rocking the Suburbs was a fine album, and that tour was amazing.

Not his best songwriting, but the production is great, the mix is great, and he played most of the instruments, which is notable.

Plus, the EP that came with it had "Hiro's Song" on it, and that song is very, very, very good.

Marla Singer's Laundry: Great_Milenko: I think it's safe to file this under W, for "who gives a shiat?"

Ben Folds sucks

You need stabbed in the eye

with an E-Prong.

UncleScam: calm like a bomb:
//latest album? Not so much.

unfortunately, i couldn't agree with you more. i'm a lifelong fan, even through the rough patches (see: rocking the suburbs), but "songs for silverman" (from 2005) was an incredible record. every track on there is a winner. "landed" is an excellent example of his songwriting gifts.

i had a lot of hope when i went to pick up "way to normal", last years offering, but i have to say i was let down. the single with regina spektor is a good listen, but too much of the album is random nonsense. his usual melody, humor and great choruses must have taken the day off.

i always thought "divorce records" were supposed to be great?

here's hoping his next one will be. we miss ya ben.

you prolly trippin, that record is fun all the way through. the intro to "biatch went nuts" is possibly the funniest thing ever.

I like Ben Folds. I like Stars. I don't see why people have to pick one band/musical style/etc over another. Feuds are stupid. Fake feuds are stupid too.