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Post by cursedlono on Jan 26, 2012 12:05:57 GMT -5
AHHH!!!!!!!!! 2012 when bands like this start touring it is the end of the world! "Jihad on my bank account" fo' sho'whoever said that on this board Kudos and a Friday!
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
-When I Hear My Name -Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -Blue Orchid -Passive Manipulation -Red Rain -Death Letter -My Doorbell -Hotel Yorba -Same Boy You've Always Known -Lovesick -Little Ghost -We're Going to Be Friends -The Hardest Button to Button -Black Math -The Nurse -I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore: -Ball and Biscuit -Seven Nation Army -Screwdriver
Post by fearofpride on Jan 26, 2012 13:12:34 GMT -5
Saw them in '99 (Train opened for them). Seen Ben 7 times since, all great, but the Ben+Robert+Darren stage energy is a different level of excellent. Hopefully they show up at Roo. Ben's mentioned not licking festivals much in the past, but he still does some, and a BFF reunion would be a great festival get.
Post by hiddenzombie013 on Feb 19, 2012 12:05:24 GMT -5
I know a few people who are fans of them/him, and obviously you guys seem to think the same. What's a good place to start? All I've heard is Brick (which I liked), so is that album is a good place to start? I wanna listen to BFF before his solo stuff, since I imagine they'll play stuff the wrote as a group.
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
I know a few people who are fans of them/him, and obviously you guys seem to think the same. What's a good place to start? All I've heard is Brick (which I liked), so is that album is a good place to start? I wanna listen to BFF before his solo stuff, since I imagine they'll play stuff the wrote as a group.
"Whatever and Ever Amen" is definitely a great place to start. Some may say otherwise but I was like 13 when that album came out (I strongly approved of the distortioned bass, as I was a bassist myself, LOVED playing along) so it brings back some really fond memories for me. But still, it's good stuff.
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This is my biggest show, by far. Saw them in 2008 and it was the best show of my life.
"Whatever and Ever Amen" is a seminal 90s album, so that's the best place to start. It gives you the total package: the playful recklessness of the first record and the heartwrenchingly emotional qualities of Folds' later catalog.
If you're going to listen to Beck start with "Odelay," if you're going to listen to Tom Petty & The Heartbreaks pick up "Damn The Torpedoes," and if you're going to listen Ben Folds Five pick up "Whatever and Ever Amen." It's widely considered a classic for a reason.
This is my biggest show, by far. Saw them in 2008 and it was the best show of my life.
"Whatever and Ever Amen" is a seminal 90s album, so that's the best place to start. It gives you the total package: the playful recklessness of the first record and the heartwrenchingly emotional qualities of Folds' later catalog.
If you're going to listen to Beck start with "Odelay," if you're going to listen to Tom Petty & The Heartbreaks pick up "Damn The Torpedoes," and if you're going to listen Ben Folds Five pick up "Whatever and Ever Amen." It's widely considered a classic for a reason.
Saw them 3 times in 97-98. They were perfect.
Bonnaroo will undoubtedly be everything I want, so long as BF5 and St. Vincent are not playing at the same time.
Post by cory's beard on Feb 25, 2012 2:33:10 GMT -5
So I assume most of the set will be from their three albums, but I wonder if they'll pull from Ben Folds solo albums. I'd love to hear a track or two from Lonely Avenue. That was one of my favorite 2010 albums.
^I was thinking about that myself but I highly doubt it. Lots of classic BF5 songs to perform and only an hour and a half to do so. Hopefully it's about them and what THEY did, not what came later.
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I am a huge, huge Ben Folds fan. I've seen him 6 times over the past several years...so when I saw him on the lineup, I pretty much freaked out.
Then yesterday I was driving when Army came on shuffle - and I actually got emotional from excitement, thinking about 3 part audience harmonies at Bonnaroo. It's fun to sing that way with strangers at any venue, but this is going to be SICK.
Post by mangopositive on Feb 29, 2012 18:40:12 GMT -5
We're hopefully going to get a mix of the new material (which any Ben Folds fan knows will be good), peppered with the classics.
Give me a My Philosophy, a Smoke, and a Regrets, and I'll be happy. Or don't give me any of them and I'll still probably be happy. Unless my wife leaves me 10 minutes before the performance. But don't worry about ME, this is about YOU, man!
