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General Board / Re: Never Seen Before 1996 "Philosophy" Clip

« on: January 08, 2013, 07:09:25 AM »

I posted this one on Twitter last week. I couldn't believe how SENSIBLE Ben's hair is! 

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Ben's Old Five / Re: How did you discover BF5 / BF?

« on: December 07, 2012, 02:00:53 AM »

the live show, four days later, which i was still kinda dumb - i know i sang the words along to one angry dwarf WAYYYY wrong. but yeah, hooked in that moment.

ahhh, this reminds me of the guy stood behind me at the Nottingham gig a couple of weeks back, who sang every word of Brick wrong. I'm not even sure he knew the song was called Brick! 

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Ben's Old Five / How did you discover BF5 / BF?

« on: December 06, 2012, 06:53:58 AM »

Dunno if this has been done or not (it probably has), but how did you discover the delights of Mr Ben Folds? What was the track you heard that made you invesitgate further? Who introduced you to the music? Have you got a good story to tell?

I was at university back in '97 when a friend told me to watch the video to Battle of Who Could Care Less, probably on MTV when it used to still play music videos. I was completely hooked and have been ever since 

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News / Re: BF5 on BBC6 Music 6/12/12 10am

« on: December 06, 2012, 06:42:18 AM »

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!! You have just made my day!!!!!!   

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News / Re: BF5 on BBC6 Music 6/12/12 10am

« on: December 06, 2012, 03:31:11 AM »

Did anyone listen to this (stupid question, I know! ). I have no radio at work, were they on for long?

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Tour Board / Re: Manchester 29/11/12

« on: November 30, 2012, 03:17:32 PM »

I've seen Ben in a number of UK cities now, and have to say he seems to absolutely love playing in Manchester more than anywhere else. He just seems to have a real connection with the crowd, more so than any of the other places I've seen him. Wonder if that's a conscious thing or not?

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Tour Board / Re: Leeds 01/12/12

« on: November 29, 2012, 12:03:50 AM »

Great story! Seems that you've "trainered" your family well, and are "pumped" up for the gig! (Sorry!!)

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Tour Board / Re: Question about show timings

« on: November 28, 2012, 11:58:45 PM »

In Nottingham, they played from 8 til 10 (on the dot), but I think this was because the venue turned into a club afterwards. I know that in Dublin it was a bit later, I think about 8.45 when they came on, but not sure when they finished. So I guess it depends on the venue itself. I'd get in touch with them and find out!

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Tour Board / Re: Merchandise

« on: November 27, 2012, 06:39:23 AM »

I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, other than standard tour t-shirts. Nothing that really tempted me anyway, but then everyone has different taste!

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Tour Board / Re: Philosophy

« on: November 27, 2012, 05:17:11 AM »

Maybe it was just luck of the draw! I don't ever recall hearing the album version live before 

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Tour Board / Philosophy

« on: November 27, 2012, 04:53:07 AM »

It just struck me that in all the times that I've watched Ben Folds (Five and solo), the piano solo at the end has always been the Misrilou version, EXCEPT on Saturday in Nottingham where he did the original album version. Can anyone else confirm this, or am I finally going mad?

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Tour Board / Re: Nottingham

« on: November 25, 2012, 04:04:54 AM »

Bit disappointed there was no One Angry Dwarf, and the banter was slightly lacking between Ben and the crowd, but they played A LOT of tunes, great value for money!

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Tour Board / Re: Nottingham

« on: November 24, 2012, 03:45:29 PM »

Also, Matt Lucas singing with Bitter Ruin, not sure if that's a regular thing!

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Tour Board / Nottingham

« on: November 24, 2012, 03:24:42 PM »

Michael Praytor
Missing The War
Hold That Thought
Jackson Cannery
Selfless Cold and Composed
Erase Me
Alice Childress
Sky High
Draw A Crowd
Landed
Nottingham God Damn
Battle Of Who Could Care Less
Uncle Walter
Brick
Do It anyway
Tom and Mary
Philosophy
Kate
Narcolepsy
Addams Family / She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain
Emaline
Army

Encore:
Hava Nagila
Song For The Dumped
Underground

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Tour Board / Re: Bristol

« on: November 23, 2012, 02:40:54 AM »

Happy birthday! Not going tonight, but will be there in Nottingham tomorrow night. I'm so excited and not ashamed to admit it lol