Advantages: Ben Folds is the best live performer today, and this CD is proof Disadvantages: Minimalist setup may not be to everyone's tastes
...a selection box of different live performances. I think if you're going to get a live album, it's because you want to sample the live experience, so having the crowd noises suddenly change between tracks takes away from that. However, it does work in the sense that it's a "best of" album of sorts. This isn't a studio album so there's no thematic progression in songs, but for me that doesn't really matter. For those unaware of Ben Folds music, just ... ...become a tradition at every live Ben Folds concert and every time he makes up a new song on the spot (a couple of years ago he made up a song live on stage with orchestra backing). That original rock this bitch moment is caught on this CD. If you can get hold of other versions of it, please do as they are brilliant (especially the one with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra). My final love of this CD deserves its own paragraph. No matter how ...
badongism 19.10.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Live - Ben Folds
Advantages: Seeing Ben Folds' talent as a live performer Disadvantages: Not enough favourites on there
...- hearing Ben Folds playing live is great, but seeing him as well is even better! Seeing his antics on stage will allow you to see another side to this multi-faceted character, a side I for one enjoyed seeing! By no means think that you will just be hearing songs exactly as they were on previous albums - Ben Folds adds a twist to the songs on this album that shows you an entirely different side to them, for example in Song for the Dumped on the DVD. ... ...been, Ben Folds Live is definitely worth it if you want to hear some great, witty, live piano rock performed by a true genius! The CD contains the songs: One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces, Zak and Sara, Silver Street, Best Imitation of Myself, Not the Same, Jane, One Down, Fred Jones Part 2, Brick, Narcolepsy, Army, The Last Polka, Tiny Dancer, Rock This Bitch, Philosophy, The Luckiest, Emaline. The DVD contains: Not The Same, Philosophy, Army, ...
betty_ethelyn 23.07.2006
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