Mysterious New Songs?

i would say you don't know me, hiroshima, cologne, and possibly way to normal are all real. the rest are either b-sides or jokes.

Some of you guys think he wouldn't record a full joke album, but to me it is exactly something Ben WOULD do.

Remember the fake suicide on MySpace?  And the many jokes in 2002 involving Bill Clinton, and the autographed thong... which his lawyer was in on, if I remember correctly.

And I think the reason there appears to be a couple of legitimate tracks on the album is for publicity.  Perhaps "You Don't Know Me" or is planned as the first single.  

Also, 9 tracks seems like JUST the right amount to make a fake album but still seem semi believable.  I mean, it's only 34 minutes long.

Also, 9 tracks seems like JUST the right amount to make a fake album but still seem semi believable.  I mean, it's only 34 minutes long.

34 minutes for 9 tracks is a pretty long album there.

would he really go to the effort of writing, recording and leaking loads of tracks that aren't actually on the album just for a laugh?

yeah seems like something he might do... for TBWN and Brainwashed (those are the different ones, right?) he definitely went to the effort of writing tracks that aren't right, whether the wrong ones are the live ones or the leaked ones.

Meanwhile, could someone email me the link, please?

Jeez, take one day off and, to quote a great scholar of our time, shit gets real.  Seriously, someone PM me and point me in the direction of the tracks.  I want to be in on the discussion and/or joke. 

Seconded. I feel like I'm out in the cold with my face pressed against the window...

xfb

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if you don't feel like looking at my profile.

I must say, You Don't Know Me is awesome.

dangit! i always miss out on awesome stuff like this

email me if possible: ericthederek at aol dot com

I hope that we get some official word soon. It's a strange collection. Why would someone have just these songs to leak? I'm wondering if they are B-sides and alternative versions.

I just want to bump the question that someone asked earlier, which is if anyone who went to Ben's studio to film the DVD knows whether this version of cologne is real or not.
didn't someone who was in the filming mention that it was "a short little ditty?" in their review of the experience?

a six minute song, which this leaked version of cologne is, certainly isn't a "short little ditty"

i finally got it.

i only listened to a few seconds of each. as much as i want to listen to it all, i just can't. i want to be at least mostly surprised when i get the album. but i gotta say, i'm leaning towards the idea that this is a joke. TBWN is 100% different than what was played in concert. it's most definitely not Ben's style of a song. and You Don't Know Me, as great as it sounds, seems also to be a joke. it's kinda cheesy when it comes to vocals. i love what i heard, but it still seems a bit... off.

Andy were you asked to remove the link or were you just playing it safe?
Because it's one hell of a hoax if Sony's lawyers are in on it.

For my part, Sony have NOT been in touch over this, though that may be because I've been fairly prompt.

~A

Well all this appeared to happen in the early hours of the morning back over here and then I went to work...so i better hunt down a link off someone im curious!

Perhaps "You Don't Know Me" is planned as the first single.  

he's previously said that Hiroshima was going to be the first single.

and, i'm with you lot on this... Hiroshima, Cologne, and You Don't Know Me all appear to be real on first listen.  i'm not so sure about the title track.  the rest are obviously fake though.  at least, i'd hope that they are.
he could just be like amanda and put up a new song on his myspace.  but, noooo... he has to f*ck with us.
which is all fine and dandy because i will be entertained by this b-sidetastic 'album' until september 30 (5 days from my birthday!).