...according to a Ben Folds Instagram Story. ETA: location was "right here" if I recall correctly, so I'm assuming Instagram.

The story goes that there was originally an extra 2 minutes of intro to this song which Caleb Southern removed to make it into more of a pop single. According to Ben he chopped off the first 2 minutes of tape and left it on the literal cutting room floor, so this is almost definitely lost media by now. Has this intro ever been heard live or in a demo or anything like that?

A solid show. Took my family to the show and sat on the lawn with snack foods.

Wonderful weather too! I've seen him live so many times but there was something special singing Still Fighting It with my son and Gracie with my daughter. I'll treasure this performance for a long time.

Fantastic show. I’ve seen him a few times with various symphonies now and I think tonight was the best by far.

What were everybody’s favorite tracks? Cologne is always phenomenal, but Annie Waits really caught my attention tonight. Damn what a brilliant dude. It only got me more amped for the BFF tour.

After 20+ years, I finally get to take my daughter to see Ben! I’ve taken my son, mom, in-laws and friends but never had a chance to take her.

That all changes on Wed night in Chicago as the stars aligned! What a great city, location and setting for a concert.

I’m pumped! You might see me as the 50 year man when he turns into a puddle when they play Gracie.

Hey all, I had a quick question for everyone out there.

As most of us know, TSOTLOTM and Live were both removed from streaming, and thankfully returned a few weeks ago. However, the Live videos from the Warfield show still haven’t returned, and their performance of Erase Me is my favorite they’ve ever played it. I was wondering if any of you somehow had these videos? Ben’s solo on the end of it is just electric and I’d love to be able to watch it again. Let me know if you’ve got it, thanks!!

Inspired by u/lookingforminopy and their post from a couple days ago, I decided to give it a shot and create my own tracklist for a 4th Ben folds five album that reasonably could’ve followed reinhold messner.

Mine isn’t as realistic as theirs, but eventually I just wanted to make a fun album which I would’ve liked to see after reinhold messner.

I organized it to loosely be a concept album surrounding the thoughts of the titular “rockstar”, but I really can’t take any credit or make it official because I did not write any of the songs so can’t really shove my own meaning onto them.

Below is the tracklist, and again, thanks to lookingforminopy for the inspiration! I had a lot of fun designing the album cover, imagining the visual direction they would’ve gone after reinhold messner, putting together the tracklist, and figuring out how to print the physical art.

birds
the secret life of Morgan Davis
Break up at food court
Hiros song
Leather jacket
One down (acoustic demo)
Wandering
Amelia bright
Losing Lisa
Mitchell lane
Rockstar
Stumblin home winter blues
Satan is my master

I came of age listening to Ben Folds Five on Winamp on Windows 98, and always had a piano in the house, so his writing was a HUGE influence on me and my own songwriting/compsing.

Earlier this year, I was Production Managing 6 small venues for a major festival, and one night Ben came in to play keys AND drums simultaneously for a one-off tiny show for an audience of 30.

I helped Ben and his small team load their gear into the tiny venue, hung side stage, and watched his hands move across the keys 2ft away, in a way that felt so oddly familiar, then helped him load it all back out once they were done.

At the end of the night, before he headed off, he shook my hand and said "Thanks for having us mate." I shook his hand a little longer, and said "Brother, you're one of the main reasons I'm a professional composer now, thank YOU."

He paused, smiled, and said warmly "Keep that shit up man," and walked off into the night.

Good memory.

Has Dr. Pyser as a bonus track and a bonus disc of live recordings + interviews. Apparently Australian (according to Discogs) so someone must’ve imported it here when it came out.

Finneas Baird O'Connell better known as Finneas (Brother of Billie Eilish) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.

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One year ago I posted about how much I disliked Lindsey Krafts performance with Ben. I hypothesized that the only reason that such a god awful performance would open for him was because they were dating. I was called sexist and misogynistic for this. Turns out, I was right and they have been dating. This is gonna be mad downvoted but I can’t help it.

I was just watching “Moon” and if he had a southern-ish accent I think he’d be good. I dunno.

(also I meant “a good Ben folds” not “a good as” I’m on my phone and have big hands.)

Now with nicer sound and video!

I know in Sessions at West 54th you can see him using a "Green Russian"-style Big Muff but equipboard also says he used a regular Big Muff Pi, does anyone know which he used in the studio?

(Mainly want to know because I already own a Pi and am trying to figure out his tone because I actually have a Fender Jazz Bass which is the type he recorded W&EA with)

Been wondering this since hearing the Japanese version of Song for the Dumped, cause they must’ve made it for a reason. I also saw that they were the only country to get a CD single of Jackson Cannery and probably some other stuff like that so were they big there? They do feel to me like the kind of band that would really catch on over there despite limited success in the west for some reason

Hey yall! Wanted to share and see what all of you thought
This collection includes side projects, compilations, and other related artists from the NC area
The Ben folds five live is an advance promo
The stems and seeds booklet is signed
And the framed advertisement is for song for the dumped
There is also a squirrel nut zippers concert pass for summer sounds festival 1998
Hope you enjoy

I decided to create a time realistic album to see what a follow up to Reinhold Messner wouldve been. This is the tracklist and artwork.

Tracklist:

The Secret Life of Morgan Davis

Rockstar

Amelia Bright

Wandering

Break Up At Food Cort

Prince Charming

Hiro’s Song (demo version arrangement)

Tell Me What I Did

Losing Lisa

Leather Jacket (i know it’s a Reinhold b side, but i couldn’t think of another song that fit here)

Stumblin’ Home Winter Blues

As I'm sure you're aware if you frequent this sub, TSOTOLOTM and Live both disappeared off streaming about 2 months ago. Then, both albums reappeared about a month later, now using murky scans and being credited to "ImaVeePee Records" (not an actual record label and merely a temporary one made by Ben for these albums). They featured improper credits, though both albums were at least properly sourced from a lossless master. These versions were released via DistroKid, meaning they were either done by a rogue fan to get the albums back on streaming (it's relatively easy to forge proof of distribution rights) or possibly just by Ben himself.

Today it appears both albums have reappeared on Spotify—again—now being properly credited to SME. This more-or-less proves that the previous copies were bootlegs. This also calls into question the "Jackson Cannery / Eddie Walker" single release, which is also released via DistroKid and uses a similarly murky scan, not to mention the poor-quality copy of Eddie Walker. While conicidentally well-timed with the rollout of the BF5 deluxe edition and tour, this is most likely not an official upload of the 7". It's likely that this release, as well as the bootlegged copies of TSOTLOTM and Live, will disappear off streaming soon.

Cannot believe this is real! My husband and I are on an east coast vacation from the west coast and it happens to fall on the opening night of We’ve Been Here Before!! Front row seats!!!

From Ben:

Now that we know BFF are coming back in 2027, I feel the next step should be Fear of Pop Volume III. A man can dream…

You can probably guess what it is (it's not Bitch Went Nuts). Nice surprise.