Ben Folds - Not the Same (Live In Perth, 2005) 

I was in this crowd. What a song, man…

I miss the screaming of "you were not the SAAAAAMMMMEEE" that occurs around 3 minutes in on the original... but this is still great.

This song is always really cool live

What I love about this is that I first heard this song as a warmup piece in marching band (the piano chords make for an excellent exercise for front ensemble), and seeing the bit at the start where Ben coaches the crowd through the different chord parts feels really good.

I’d love to be able to be in a crowd like this just once.

Ben Folds has two instruments and plays both masterfully, his piano (or little red keyboard) and the audience

Very hard to watch this and not have a smile on your face.

Regret so much not making it to Ben Folds live gig some 10 years ago ... this is too awesome.

This is totally brilliant!!!! Wasn't expecting that last part. Couldn't help but laugh----> at the middle of the night when all is quiet but me.

I am korean i love your songs and i enjoy listening tobe fold's music

Sang along in Baltimore, MD w/ Ben & the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. A completely amazing experience! We love you Ben & the BSO!!!

Great performance; Ben is so entertaining!

The guy at 4:08 is the dude who took a trip and climbed a tree at Robert Sledge's party.

I can relate to the people singing along at 4:07

I effing love this version of the song. And I also like that shot of the crowd...and only one person is on their cellphone.

It’s haunting to hear the audience sing the harmonics, I love it

Amazing amazing song!

Use your power responsibly, Ben!

Long Lost Cousin Ben. Thanks Guv.

In the 90s I knew Brick by Ben Folds 5. I knew nothing about Ben Folds until the Sing Off. When he did this song with the crowd on that show I thought it was awesome. And never really heard such a beautiful crowd part. This was about 2 months before my wife and I married. I checked out Rockin' the Suburbs and it is now one of my favorite albums of all time. My wife and I played The Luckiest as our first dance at our wedding.

I sang the high vocal range in 2004 in Charlotte nc

this is so beautiful

I love Ben’s music. Ironically I sync this one up to the first dance from “ Idlewild “. With Outcast,! Unlikely match up ,!

A beautiful thing. =]

Very epic.

That crowd is sure talented, to say nothing about the dude with the glasses...

This shit make me a little bit emotional. Gotta see him when he's in the DFW. I'll be be black feller there in a cowboy hat. Oct 2023.

You were fantastic with Oregon Symphony at Arlene Schnitzer.

Great performance. Its weird though, it sounds like his voice is doubled in some parts of the song like around 2:46 - 2:49 there’s obviously two voices because they’re not perfectly in tune with each other. I thought it may be a chorus effect but like I said you can hear two voices slightly different pitches. No knock on Ben, I love him and this performance, was just curious about the technical aspects of the recording and if anyone knows what’s up.

"Don't leave the vault, we have another drone..." Ours or theirs? "Does it matter!" If I wish to take a smoke break, yes!

Cosmic Gnarly Gov. Blimey..😭😂👍🏼🤴🏼

You took a trip and climbed a tree At Robert Sledge's party And there you stayed 'till morning came And you were not the same after that You gave your life to Jesus Christ And after all your friends went home You came down, you looked around And you were not the same after that You were not the same after that You were not the same after that You see 'em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes You've got one good trick and you're hanging on you're hanging on... To it You took the word and made it heard And eased the people's pain and for that You were idolized, immortalized And you were not the same after that Walking tall, you'd bought it all And you were not the same after that Till someone died on the water slide And you were not the same after that You see 'em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes You've got one good trick and you're hanging on you're hanging on to it You see 'em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes You've got one good trick and you're hanging on you're hanging on: You're hanging on You're hanging on

Why are those people so anemic? That is a beautiful song! The only guy able to feel the love is the guy in the bandana.

3:02 hot chick in the blue/green shirt "is this where we harmonize? Should I do it? No? Yes? Ok."

I think Ben folds is thinking about darthmouth aires while playing piano

They need a circle mosh pit, similar to slip knot in 2002

Ben is the best. I'm glad he didn't bust ass of this stage. He would have got a bit wet...

Great but totally overdubbed.