Music video by Ben Folds Five performing Missing the War (from Sessions at West 54th). (C) 2001 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment vevo.ly/Ltcgso
@@jenzeck8660 a bit of a mix of having the sheet music (since the album came out!), by ear and finally some brilliant tutorials on youtube. It was always the bridge bit I struggled with. Have a watch of this one if you're trying to learn it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--03ClTL3yjw.html
I’m so glad I got to see these guys in concert before they broke up. They played First Ave in Minneapolis with Train and Fleming & John. Jesse Ventura was our governor at the time, and Ben kept saying “Body slam!” and slamming his arm across the piano keys. It was so funny. Great memories.
these songs are the soundtrack to my very first heartbreak. I haven't listened to them in 20 years because of it. they are amazing and timeless but the pain of that grief is freshened by them as if I was 23 only weeks ago not decades..
One of my absolute favorite songs by this group. "The shaking voice that tells him 'go' still thinks he might, he knows he won't." That line kills me every time. Suffering from lack of ambition and a seemingly oppressive society, that line always hits home.
@@bikeweiss well i tried responding twice saying "Well hopefully you'll wake up and see how lucky you are. I never said America is perfect. I said it was better than alot of countries." But youtube keeps deleting my comments. Let's see if it deletes this
I'm happy to see the Sessions at West 54th online. My introduction to Ben Folds was from a friend's DVD of this show many years ago and it still sounds great. The vocal arrangements really fill out the trio sound!
Seen them live at Sheffield Leadmill. Don't remember Jesse pounding the drums like that,. Astounding. All my focus was on Ben; he was virtually spitting in my face though. Great band.
All these years and I never knew he had dimples! In fact I was todays year old when I saw him for the first time, but this whole album was so impactful in my teens. 🤩
'she who must be oberyed' and I saw him live recently- just him and a piano- it was amazing, and the audience supplied harmonies- sometimes with a subtle cue from the stage, and a couple of times with a brief master class/rehearsal right before the song. The boss said there must've been a bunch of conservatory grads in the audience, bc the backing vocal were in time and in tune!
So many people are saying the phrase "sleeper" hits & band... Please I hope you're younger than 30? (Which is fine, there is only no excuse for never discovering good music😱)
Ben folds FIVE? I only see THREE? Which one is Pink? ...😜 .. [This comment was brought to you by obscure Pink Floyd Lyric / Ben Folds Literal Name bad joke enterprises. I hope you enjoyed your journey!].
Yeah I know I didn't give you any frame of reference to understand that I was saying that facetiously with the intent of humor... but ... well.. disclaimer.
