Ben Folds - Landed - Live at RCA Studio 

Better.

He’s a better musician, but not a better writer. Ben is great, no doubt, but Lennon and McCartney wrote a list of classics.

Beautiful

Way better.

Let’s not get carried away now. Ben is great, but he’s not on Paul’s level. Paul has more great compositions, and plays not just piano, but bass, guitar, and drums well. The only area where ben is better is piano. But Paul is a heckuva good pianist, too. John wasn’t the instrumentalist Paul (or Ben) are, but his catalog of songs is epic. Imagine, Strawberry Fields, and Lucy in the sky with diamonds are better than anything Ben has written and I like ben’s songs. Oh-and both Paul and John were better vocalists. Certainly Paul’s voice was more versatile. Paul could do Ben’s vibe-sweet/innocent with a nice falsetto (e.g. let it be / hey Jude)-and he could do Helter Skelter and Oh Darlin’

Exactly who has underrated this?

Hopefully you've stopped listening to Jamie Cullum since?

So glad you've found him. I'm reliving them all over again after my daughter showed me she'd begun listening to him again, recently. What I gift to rediscover him!

Lol same, but 10 years between listening. Rediscovering him, what a blast

OMG

Having played piano for four years, I'd say I have a decent amount of skill and technique on keyboard instruments. And yes, his ability is unrivaled in the contemporary pop scene. Even after playing for 4 years, I still can't get the intro down.

I am a high school student, played piano most of my life. I learned the official version of the song and it took 4 months to get down all the way

​@@salfaimusic I am a high school student, played piano most of my life. I learned the official version of the song and it took 4 months to get down all the way

He seemed pretty darn into it in the solo!

I love this song too

Me too, my son Ben Meis sings it on University Acapella. Thanks to Ben Folds for pulling that album together. On of the best albums I've ever heard.

Mortal Groove all hail the boognish

Thank god someone else noticed this. Ben is amazing, but who the fuck is red lining him?

Sammy’s Corner I was gonna say he was getting his pitch from the chord- but then I relistened and you’re right it’s exactly like Winnie the pooh

B♭

Poe Leggette B flat

All of them 😶

I agree, and the whole mix is clipping

The mic' was probably chosen because it has a more old school studio-esque vibe to give it that "live at RCA Studio" aesthetic. To be honest though, the U47 is a great mic' that's fantastic for vocals and they have positioned it quite well. An SM7B would also be a great mic' (Ben uses it when he's touring with an upright) but it could have just been a question of what sounded best in the room i.e. a toss up between improved rejection or an arguably better vocal sound

Maybe its not the mix that is clipping- whoever mixed added some distortion after compression or something... I guess that dirty RCA studio sound is what they were going for. Regardless, spectacular performance by Folds.

TALENTLESS CUNTS PICKING HOLES

Ben actually chooses this mic for a lot of his recordings, it was just badly mixed by the radio station

Definitely not lol