ben folds is fucking bitching

[bobert]

I will be at the Wiltern tonight. Not too familiar with his music but I have a rare night off and haven't been to a show in ages.

[chairmenmeow47]

I will be at the Wiltern tonight. Not too familiar with his music but I have a rare night off and haven't been to a show in ages.

ahhhh, so bummed i didn't get to see you! or andrew.

the show was fantastic. i love that i got a lot of different songs than i did at the new york show. closing with underground was perfect. it was kinda surreal listening to song for the dumped with my high school boyfriend after listening to it so many times during our break-up. also magic, omg, when i was sick that song was there in my darkest hours. i cried because i was so happy to be past that and with dear friends seeing the best band on the planet. and missing the war. wow, what a great show.

[bobert]

Yep, fantastic show - really glad I decided to make it. I went on Livenation the night before the concert and somehow pulled second row balcony seats - had an amazing view of the stage. I can't remember ever seeing a true virtuoso on the piano, at least from that kind of vantage point. The showed seamed sold out so they must have released more tickets at the last minute. Felt lucky to be sitting where I was, and I recognized more songs than I thought I would. Look forward to getting aquatinted with the albums.

[chairmenmeow47]

found a setlist from the wiltern show:

Michael Praytor, Five Years Later
Jackson Cannery
Hold That Thought
Selfless, Cold and Composed
Erase Me
Landed
Sky High
Missing the War
Battle of Who Could Care Less
Draw a Crowd
Thank You For Breaking My Heart
Brick
Theme From Dr. Pyser
Army
Do It Anyway
Alice Childress
Tonight the Bottle Let me Down
(Merle Haggard cover)
Song For The Dumped

Encore:
Philosophy
Chopsticks
(Liz Phair cover)
Magic
Underground

totally forgot we got theme from doctor pyser. i was dancing my ass off. was kinda happy that one of my friends got locked out of the show after stepping out for a smoke break, cause i usurped that dancing space like a mother fucker.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Sad we didn't ghet to hang Ivy, but yes - the show was absolutely fucking fantastic!

[IceyHotshot]

ahhhh, so bummed i didn't get to see you! or andrew.

the show was fantastic. i love that i got a lot of different songs than i did at the new york show. closing with underground was perfect. it was kinda surreal listening to song for the dumped with my high school boyfriend after listening to it so many times during our break-up. also magic, omg, when i was sick that song was there in my darkest hours. i cried because i was so happy to be past that and with dear friends seeing the best band on the planet. and missing the war. wow, what a great show.

This is a really cool review - it's got me listening to Ben Folds Five now.

[TallGuyCM]

Just got back from the HOB Anaheim show. Wow. Great, great show. First time seeing the band live. Crowd was going off the whole time, and the band really fed off of it. Ben kept saying the whole time that he assumed there were quite a few people in the crowd who were also at the Wiltern, and that because of that they were trying to play as much of a completely different set as possible. I'm not the best with their song names, but I'll post the setlist in here when it goes up on setlist.fm. There was one song that people went nuts for that Ben said they hadn't played live in at least 14 years.

Many, many thanks to knytt for the heads up on his radio station's contest. Fantastic, fantastic night.

Edit: I take that back. I did see Ben Folds Five open for Counting Crows in '97. But I was far away and that was a long time ago haha.

[chairmenmeow47]

This is a really cool review - it's got me listening to Ben Folds Five now.

ha, thanks

i'm waiting with bated breath to find out what this song was! glad you enjoyed the show i also love that they're mixing up the setlists. there were a lot more newer songs at the wiltern show than when i saw them at the reunion show in NY last year, so i'm really glad i went to that show and got to mostly experience the old stuff that is near and dear to my heart. the new stuff sounded great live; especially do it anyway.

6/2/12 reunion show @ the mountain jam festival in NY setlist:

Jackson Cannery
Theme From Dr. Pyser
Fair
Selfless, Cold and Composed
Uncle Walter
Where's Summer B.?
Mess
Battle of Who Could Care Less
Brick
Emaline
Army
Kate
Alice Childress
Song for the Dumped
Narcolepsy
Improvisation
Underground
One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

[TallGuyCM]

Ok here's what we got last night:

Missing the War
Michael Prayter
Jackson Cannery
Selfless, Cold and Composed
Erase Me
Alice Childress
Best Imitation of Myself
Emaline
Tom and Mary
Julianne
Fair
Magic
Mess
Song for the Dumped
Kate
Brick
Cheating Heart (country song cover)
(Another country song cover)
Steven's Last Night in Town
Narcolepsy
Draw a Crowd
Philosophy

Encore:
Underground

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ben-fo...a-bdbedde.html

[chairmenmeow47]

i'm going to guess it was julianne. fuck.

[Nealocus]

I just saw Ben Folds Five here in San Diego and they were AMAZING! I literally haven't been able to listen to anything else. I hope they come back here ASAP, do you guys think they'll continue to make albums / tour?

[chairmenmeow47]

my dad recorded some long-ass interview for me on some direct TV music channel that we watched on christmas. during the interview, they said they made the album more for them than for mass consumption or selling purposes. i would imagine it would take them some time to do another, but anything is possible.

I JUST NOTICED YOU GOT STEVEN'S LAST NIGHT IN TOWN TOO, holy shit am i jealous. i fucking love that song.

[TheScenestar]

I was at Ben Folds Five at the Wiltern. I went with my girlfriend along with her sister & new husband who flew in from Australia just in time for the show. They used The Luckiest in their wedding on Jan. 5 and I hoped that they would play it, but they didn't. Overall amazing show and I'm glad that we made it. Big props to Movie Bruin for the dinner spot suggestions walking distance to the venue! Sorry to just see this thread now but we got there right when Ben Folds Five started playing so maybe no meetup time.

[chairmenmeow47]

I was at Ben Folds Five at the Wiltern. I went with my girlfriend along with her sister & new husband who flew in from Australia just in time for the show. They used The Luckiest in their wedding on Jan. 5 and I hoped that they would play it, but they didn't. Overall amazing show and I'm glad that we made it. Big props to Movie Bruin for the dinner spot suggestions walking distance to the venue! Sorry to just see this thread now but we got there right when Ben Folds Five started playing so maybe no meetup time.

no worries our meet-up plans failed as the original bar we selected (beer belly i think?) was way too crowded so we went somewhere else anyway.

i was surprised they played landed, since like luckiest it was only a ben folds solo song. glad to hear y'all enjoyed the show.

[TallGuyCM]

I JUST NOTICED YOU GOT STEVEN'S LAST NIGHT IN TOWN TOO, holy shit am i jealous. i fucking love that song.

Yes! That song was one of the highlights. I wasn't familiar with it before the show.

[chairmenmeow47]

we all know a steven and in az, they're all about to move to seattle or colorado