Ben Folds Sucked The Suburbs
I wish I was the red wire... so you could cut me and be a hero
Alright, so I know I was looking forward to Ben Folds for about a month since Ann got the tickets, but I'm here to tell you that guy has gotten too big for his britches. He's not nearly as great as everyone thinks, and I'll tell you why.
So we do the regular pre-concert fun stuff: I met Ann and Kyle for dinner at Noyer, which was so delicious and amazing. Never thought I'd say I missed dorm food, but yeah. Just a taste of those mashed potatoes again was enough to give me a small Noyergasm.
Concert time. I was in seat #412, which I thought was pretty kickass since the show was on April 12th. Ann just shook her head and laughed at my little excitement over that. Emens was playing the most random-ass music before the opening act, Chris Mills, came on stage. Stuff about high schools and girls losing it and other exciting subjects of discussion. Chris Mills was interesting, a lot of his mannerisms reminded me a little bit of Augie from The D&E, except that he was really just trying to look goofy and make us laugh, but he was trying to hard. The music wasn't bad, especially this song called "I Wish I Was A Bomb" which was absolutely hillarious.
And then of course, to Ben Folds. One of my heroes, favorite musicians ever, guy I was totally stoked to see for forever. God damn, that man can play the piano. He was so fantastic, even though from my vantage point I couldn't see his hands on the keys. I'll tell you, there's nothing better than knowing the words to a song and singing along to it live. Some of the best parts were when he split up the audience and had us sing along to different parts of the harmony on a few of the songs. That was so fun, and it sounded awesome!
But alas, the good was not to last.
So Ben starts playing Kate, which is a song from way back in the day when he was still with the Five, and is one of those I know every word to. Well, right in the middle of the song, he just steps back from the piano, stops singing, and starts dancing. We're talking crazy dancing, like a madman who can't hear the music dancing. But the worst part is that the music and vocals are still playing... the dude was fucking LIPSYNCHING. What. The. Hell. So Mr. Ben "I'm stealing tricks out of Ashlee Simpson's playbook' Folds is dancing around, and the whole crowd is obviously confused. They stop singing and look at each other, murmering. Then Ben just walked off stage and never came back. They ended up bringing Chris Mills back out and he did some Hank Williams covers for the rest of the set, which wasn't bad, I'll admit, but it was just odd.
I just don't understand what happened. I'm pretty disappointed with the whole thing. It was like watching a train wreck happen right before my eyes. How could something great like a Ben Folds concert take a turn for the worst like that? I wish I knew.
Bastard.
Alright, so I know I was looking forward to Ben Folds for about a month since Ann got the tickets, but I'm here to tell you that guy has gotten too big for his britches. He's not nearly as great as everyone thinks, and I'll tell you why.
So we do the regular pre-concert fun stuff: I met Ann and Kyle for dinner at Noyer, which was so delicious and amazing. Never thought I'd say I missed dorm food, but yeah. Just a taste of those mashed potatoes again was enough to give me a small Noyergasm.
Concert time. I was in seat #412, which I thought was pretty kickass since the show was on April 12th. Ann just shook her head and laughed at my little excitement over that. Emens was playing the most random-ass music before the opening act, Chris Mills, came on stage. Stuff about high schools and girls losing it and other exciting subjects of discussion. Chris Mills was interesting, a lot of his mannerisms reminded me a little bit of Augie from The D&E, except that he was really just trying to look goofy and make us laugh, but he was trying to hard. The music wasn't bad, especially this song called "I Wish I Was A Bomb" which was absolutely hillarious.
And then of course, to Ben Folds. One of my heroes, favorite musicians ever, guy I was totally stoked to see for forever. God damn, that man can play the piano. He was so fantastic, even though from my vantage point I couldn't see his hands on the keys. I'll tell you, there's nothing better than knowing the words to a song and singing along to it live. Some of the best parts were when he split up the audience and had us sing along to different parts of the harmony on a few of the songs. That was so fun, and it sounded awesome!
But alas, the good was not to last.
So Ben starts playing Kate, which is a song from way back in the day when he was still with the Five, and is one of those I know every word to. Well, right in the middle of the song, he just steps back from the piano, stops singing, and starts dancing. We're talking crazy dancing, like a madman who can't hear the music dancing. But the worst part is that the music and vocals are still playing... the dude was fucking LIPSYNCHING. What. The. Hell. So Mr. Ben "I'm stealing tricks out of Ashlee Simpson's playbook' Folds is dancing around, and the whole crowd is obviously confused. They stop singing and look at each other, murmering. Then Ben just walked off stage and never came back. They ended up bringing Chris Mills back out and he did some Hank Williams covers for the rest of the set, which wasn't bad, I'll admit, but it was just odd.
I just don't understand what happened. I'm pretty disappointed with the whole thing. It was like watching a train wreck happen right before my eyes. How could something great like a Ben Folds concert take a turn for the worst like that? I wish I knew.
Bastard.