Monday, April 16, 2007
Ben Folds Video Week
Rockin' the Suburbs
Ben's first solo album was called Rockin' the Suburbs. Ben is still Ben lyrically, but musically he's breaking new ground here. As he started on Reinhold Meissner, he's broken away from the Piano/Bass/Drums format is adding a lot of varied instrumentation.
The title track is a sarcastic look at the music scene, the angry white guy music of the day. Angry white guys from the suburbs.
Yes, that's "Weird" Al Yankovic in the video. Al directed this video (actually he's an accomplished video director for many differet artists), but has colaborated with Ben on a couple of occasions. Ben played piano on Al's Why Does This Always Happen to Me,, Al sings on Ben's Time. An unexpected musical pairing that actually works pretty well. Maybe I'll get into the whole William Shatner thing later...
BOJ
The title track is a sarcastic look at the music scene, the angry white guy music of the day. Angry white guys from the suburbs.
Yes, that's "Weird" Al Yankovic in the video. Al directed this video (actually he's an accomplished video director for many differet artists), but has colaborated with Ben on a couple of occasions. Ben played piano on Al's Why Does This Always Happen to Me,, Al sings on Ben's Time. An unexpected musical pairing that actually works pretty well. Maybe I'll get into the whole William Shatner thing later...
BOJ
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