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Ben Folds Five
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Ben Folds Five Is A Trio Formed In Chapel Hill North Carolina United States In 1994 Who Until Their Breakup In 2000 Were A Mainstay Of Piano Rock. Much Of Their Work Was Influenced By Jazz Evident In Frequent Improv-Styled Passages Through Bridge And/or Ending. The Members Of The Band Are Ben Folds The Lead Singer And Pianist Who Also Wrote Most Of The Songs Robert Sledge On Bass And Darren Jessee On Drums. The Group Enjoyed The Success Of The Single Brick In 1997 A Ballad Written By Folds With A Chorus By Jessee About His High School Girlfriend Getting An Abortion. This Song Has To A Large Degree Misrepresented The Band To Fans Who Aren't Familiar With Their Other Work "Brick" Is A Serious Ballad Whereas Most Of Their Music Is Characterised By Jazz Inflections And Witty Humorous Lyrics. After The Band's Not-So Amicable Breakup In October 2000 Over Ben's Over Shadowing Of Sledge And Jessee Folds Began A Solo Career. Robert Sledge's Subsequent Band International Orange Has Broken Up While Darren Jessee Is The Frontman For The Band Hotel Lights. Folds Once Described Their Music As "punk Rock For Pussies" - A Reaction To The Angst Prevalent In 90s Rock. When Asked About His Band's Name He Jokingly Responded "you Mean A Trio Isn't Five?". In Other Interviews The Band Said That The Name Was Simply Because Ben Folds Five Sounded Better Than Ben Folds Three. Ben Folds Has Continued With Producing Music On His Own Striking A Subtler Tone Than Ben Folds Five's Earlier Recordings. His Personal Relationship With William Shatner Has Opened The Doors For A Great Professional One. Ben Folds Produced William Shatner's Album Has Been And They Have Since Worked Together On The 'Over The Hedge' Soundtrack. On September 18 2008 At The UNC Memorial Hall In Chapel Hill North Carolina The Band Reunited For The First Time In Nearly 10 Years For One Special Gig Playing Their Critically Acclaimed Final Album The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner In Its Entirety. The House Songfacts Reports That The Trio Got Together In 2011 To Record Three New Ben Folds Five Songs For The Compilation The Best Imitation Of Myself A Retrospective. Their 4th Studio Album "The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind" Released September 18th 2012. A Live Album Titled "Ben Folds Live" Released Soon After On June 3rd 2013. Another Live Album "The Complete Sessions At West 54th" Originally Recorded In June Of 1997 Released On July 10 2018.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Brick
Ben-Folds-Five - Whatever And Ever Amen
"Brick" Is A Song Performed By Ben Folds Five Released On Their 1997 Album Whatever And Ever Amen And Later On Ben Folds Live 1 . The Verses Were Written By Ben Folds About His High School Girlfriend Undergoing An Abortion And The Chorus Was Written By The Band's Drummer Darren Jessee. "Brick" Was One Of Ben Folds Five's Biggest Hits Gaining Much Mainstream Radio Play In The USA The UK And Australia In 1998. It Has Been Called The 'saddest Song In The Happiest Chord' - The Song Being In The Key Of D Major. Citation Needed Backstory On The Album Ben Folds Live Folds Explained "People Ask Me What This Song's About... I Was Asked About It A Lot And I Didn't Really Wanna Make A Big Hairy Deal Out Of It Because I Just Wanted The Song To Speak For Itself. But The Song Is About When I Was In High School Me And My Girlfriend Had To Get An Abortion And It Was A Very Sad Thing. And I Didn't Really Want To Write This Song From Any Kind Of Political Standpoint Or Make A Statement. I Just Wanted To Reflect What It Feels Like. So Anyone Who's Gone Through That Before Then You'll Know What The Song's About. 2 On Ben Folds' Recent ITunes Originals Compilation He Confesses That He Had Attempted To Write A Song About The Abortion For Quite Some Time But He Had Trouble Getting The Song Finished Because It Was Too Literal But Thanks To Darren Jessee's Chorus The Song Was Given Just Enough Mystique To Be The Hit That It Was. Folds Even Jokes That "I've Never Understood A Hit Chorus. I Wish I Did."
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Ben Folds Five Is A Trio Formed In Chapel Hill North Carolina United States In 1994 Who Until Their Breakup In 2000 Were A Mainstay Of Piano Rock. Much Of Their Work Was Influenced By Jazz Evident In Frequent Improv-Styled Passages Through Bridge And/or Ending. The Members Of The Band Are Ben Folds The Lead Singer And Pianist Who Also Wrote Most Of The Songs Robert Sledge On Bass And Darren Jessee On Drums. The Group Enjoyed The Success Of The Single Brick In 1997 A Ballad Written By Folds With A Chorus By Jessee About His High School Girlfriend Getting An Abortion. This Song Has To A Large Degree Misrepresented The Band To Fans Who Aren't Familiar With Their Other Work "Brick" Is A Serious Ballad Whereas Most Of Their Music Is Characterised By Jazz Inflections And Witty Humorous Lyrics. After The Band's Not-So Amicable Breakup In October 2000 Over Ben's Over Shadowing Of Sledge And Jessee Folds Began A Solo Career. Robert Sledge's Subsequent Band International Orange Has Broken Up While Darren Jessee Is The Frontman For The Band Hotel Lights. Folds Once Described Their Music As "punk Rock For Pussies" - A Reaction To The Angst Prevalent In 90s Rock. When Asked About His Band's Name He Jokingly Responded "you Mean A Trio Isn't Five?". In Other Interviews The Band Said That The Name Was Simply Because Ben Folds Five Sounded Better Than Ben Folds Three. Ben Folds Has Continued With Producing Music On His Own Striking A Subtler Tone Than Ben Folds Five's Earlier Recordings. His Personal Relationship With William Shatner Has Opened The Doors For A Great Professional One. Ben Folds Produced William Shatner's Album Has Been And They Have Since Worked Together On The 'Over The Hedge' Soundtrack. On September 18 2008 At The UNC Memorial Hall In Chapel Hill North Carolina The Band Reunited For The First Time In Nearly 10 Years For One Special Gig Playing Their Critically Acclaimed Final Album The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner In Its Entirety. The House Songfacts Reports That The Trio Got Together In 2011 To Record Three New Ben Folds Five Songs For The Compilation The Best Imitation Of Myself A Retrospective. Their 4th Studio Album "The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind" Released September 18th 2012. A Live Album Titled "Ben Folds Live" Released Soon After On June 3rd 2013. Another Live Album "The Complete Sessions At West 54th" Originally Recorded In June Of 1997 Released On July 10 2018.
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"Brick" is a song performed by Ben Folds Five released on their 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen and later on Ben Folds Live[1]. The verses were written by Ben Folds about his high school girlfriend undergoing an abortion, and the chorus was written by the band's drummer, Darren Jessee. "Brick" was one of Ben Folds Five's biggest hits, gaining much mainstream radio play in the USA, the UK, and Australia in 1998. It has been called the 'saddest song in the happiest chord' - the song being in the key of D major.[citation needed]
Backstory
On the album Ben Folds Live, Folds explained: "People ask me what this song's about... I was asked about it a lot, and I didn't really wanna make a big hairy deal out of it, because I just wanted the song to speak for itself. But the song is about when I was in high school, me and my girlfriend had to get an abortion, and it was a very sad thing. And, I didn't really want to write this song from any kind of political standpoint, or make a statement. I just wanted to reflect what it feels like. So, anyone who's gone through that before, then you'll know what the song's about.[2]
On Ben Folds' recent iTunes Originals compilation, he confesses that he had attempted to write a song about the abortion for quite some time, but he had trouble getting the song finished because it was too literal, but thanks to Darren Jessee's chorus, the song was given just enough mystique to be the hit that it was. (Folds even jokes that "I've never understood a hit chorus. I wish I did.")
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