I’ve curated a playlist (a rare thing for me) called “Ben Folds Rock Out”. It consists of just under 90 minutes (basically 2 discs worth) with at least 1 track from every Ben Folds / Ben Folds Five album (including the 3-EPs project from 2003). These are all the major-release versions of the songs.
It started with me having the first two tracks stuck in my head and always wishing that energy went on for a whole album so I could use it while coding or driving (the lulls really kill me in those situations if I'm even a little tired). It evolved into a pretty deliberate ordering to have some nice contrasts and transitions, and fading back and forth between modern and classic Ben Folds albums.
Zak And Sara
Rockin' The Suburbs
There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
Dog
In Between Days
Get Your Hands Off My Woman
Hiro's Song
Trusted
Rent a Cop
Jackson Cannery
Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)
Song for the Dumped
Effington
Sports & Wine
Dr. Yang
Bitch Went Nuts
One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
Steven's Last Night in Town
Army
Do It Anyway
So There
Underground
Them That Got
If this was the set list at a Ben Folds concert, I'd lose my goddamn mind.
KwitkoSheriff of Banning (Retired)By the thing near the stuffIcrontian
edited January 2019
If we're in a curating mood, I'd like to offer up a playlist of some of the more obscure bands I listen to. "But Seth, you just listen to the Grateful Dead and other old person fuddy-duddy music!" Yes, this is true to an extent, but I also listen to a variety of other music. For example, Dead & Company (surviving members of the Grateful Dead fronted by John Mayer), Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead cover band), and Jazz is Dead (a jazz-influenced Dead cover band) See? Lots of variety!
All joking aside, I do listen to a lot of classic rock, but my playlist has everything from Pink Floyd to Meshuggah and everything in between. Today I'll highlight a band I'm rather fond of: Morphine. Their sound has been described as "low rock." The guitars, vocals, and horns are all baritone. Generally the songs hold their tempo throughout, but the albums themselves have a manic feel to them; going from slow and low to fast-paced in the breadth of two songs. Mark Sandman, their lead singer and songwriter, had a heart attack on stage at the age of 46. They only put out 5 studio albums.
Below is what I would call my personal Greatest Hits. The order is somewhat important. I put fast-tempo in the middle with slower bookends. The final song, however, is just a sonic crush of low rock.
@Kwitko said:
Today I'll highlight a band I'm rather fond of: Morphine. >
I love Morphine, been awhile since I've listened to their stuff. As a three piece with just a two string slide bass, sax and drums, it's a funky sound you don't get from any other band. Morphine was Morphine, nobody else sounds like them.
The Offspring was my favorite band as a kid and are entirely responsible for the development of my taste in music. That said I haven't listened to them much in the last several years and until yesterday I probably hadn't heard this song in a decade. I've probably heard it a hundred times but the lyrics never hit as hard as they do now. As an almost 21 year old song it's more relevant than ever.
Bonus older song that never got the hit single release it deserved.
Extra bonus (because I love this band so much). Lead singer Bryan "Dexter" Holland is (to my knowledge) the most intelligent
rock star of our time. The man holds a PhD in microbiology concerning HIV. His dissertation can be read in full here http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll40/id/364391
More Offspring because I fell down the rabbit hole and no one else is posting.
Dirty Magic 1992
Dirty Magic 2012
The original holds a special place but the higher quality sound of the 2012 version kinda blew my mind the first time I heard it and still does.
More fun-facts because I don't know what else to call them. After reading up on the band when I got back into them after the last post I learned that Dexter Holland is not only a musical and scientific genius, but he also has a pilot license and his own brand of hot sauce that he personally developed the recipes for. I just might have picked up a variety pack out of curiosity and it just might be very tasty. He's also done numerous shows to raise money for various charities.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
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I’ve curated a playlist (a rare thing for me) called “Ben Folds Rock Out”. It consists of just under 90 minutes (basically 2 discs worth) with at least 1 track from every Ben Folds / Ben Folds Five album (including the 3-EPs project from 2003). These are all the major-release versions of the songs.
It started with me having the first two tracks stuck in my head and always wishing that energy went on for a whole album so I could use it while coding or driving (the lulls really kill me in those situations if I'm even a little tired). It evolved into a pretty deliberate ordering to have some nice contrasts and transitions, and fading back and forth between modern and classic Ben Folds albums.
If this was the set list at a Ben Folds concert, I'd lose my goddamn mind.
@Linc this is amazing.
If we're in a curating mood, I'd like to offer up a playlist of some of the more obscure bands I listen to. "But Seth, you just listen to the Grateful Dead and other old person fuddy-duddy music!" Yes, this is true to an extent, but I also listen to a variety of other music. For example, Dead & Company (surviving members of the Grateful Dead fronted by John Mayer), Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead cover band), and Jazz is Dead (a jazz-influenced Dead cover band) See? Lots of variety!
All joking aside, I do listen to a lot of classic rock, but my playlist has everything from Pink Floyd to Meshuggah and everything in between. Today I'll highlight a band I'm rather fond of: Morphine. Their sound has been described as "low rock." The guitars, vocals, and horns are all baritone. Generally the songs hold their tempo throughout, but the albums themselves have a manic feel to them; going from slow and low to fast-paced in the breadth of two songs. Mark Sandman, their lead singer and songwriter, had a heart attack on stage at the age of 46. They only put out 5 studio albums.
Below is what I would call my personal Greatest Hits. The order is somewhat important. I put fast-tempo in the middle with slower bookends. The final song, however, is just a sonic crush of low rock.
//EDIT: added a few more songs.
Weezer
Teal Album
I love Morphine, been awhile since I've listened to their stuff. As a three piece with just a two string slide bass, sax and drums, it's a funky sound you don't get from any other band. Morphine was Morphine, nobody else sounds like them.
The Offspring was my favorite band as a kid and are entirely responsible for the development of my taste in music. That said I haven't listened to them much in the last several years and until yesterday I probably hadn't heard this song in a decade. I've probably heard it a hundred times but the lyrics never hit as hard as they do now. As an almost 21 year old song it's more relevant than ever.
Bonus older song that never got the hit single release it deserved.
Extra bonus (because I love this band so much). Lead singer Bryan "Dexter" Holland is (to my knowledge) the most intelligent
rock star of our time. The man holds a PhD in microbiology concerning HIV. His dissertation can be read in full here http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll40/id/364391
More Offspring because I fell down the rabbit hole and no one else is posting.
Dirty Magic 1992
Dirty Magic 2012
The original holds a special place but the higher quality sound of the 2012 version kinda blew my mind the first time I heard it and still does.
More fun-facts because I don't know what else to call them. After reading up on the band when I got back into them after the last post I learned that Dexter Holland is not only a musical and scientific genius, but he also has a pilot license and his own brand of hot sauce that he personally developed the recipes for. I just might have picked up a variety pack out of curiosity and it just might be very tasty.
He's also done numerous shows to raise money for various charities.
This man is a legend.
13 years since the last album. If the rest of the upcoming record is on the same level it's been worth the wait.
Also,
Holy shit. It's like they never left. It's perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFiLdByWIDY
Can't get enough of this. ❤️ LIzzo
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.
I have been collecting vinyl both new and used pressings. I was listening to R.E.M. at the BBC last night. I also picked up some classic Bowie that was leaving a big gap in my classic rock collection.