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Ben Folds / Songs for Goldfish : 3 of 5
5.22.2005 3:43 PM \| Link	I got this new EP for free when I bought Songs for Silverman direct from Ben Folds' website. It's mostly a live album, so I wasn't sure how jazzed I would be about it, but it turned out to be a fantastic little CD! There's material from his new CD as well as his other recent EPs, along with a couple new numbers I hadn't heard before. My absolute favorite is Hiro's Song, which has first-person lyrics about a 51-year old Japanese businessman who runs away with his 22-year old secretary. The phrases are so funny, and I can totally relate to his hilarious emotions! Another fantastic track is Weather Channel Music, where Ben starts totally improvising and singing along with a piano bass line, then the band kicks in with some awesome smooth jazz when Ben tells them, "Kick out some of that Weather Channel shit!" There are a couple of studio tracks, including a mellow Lucinda Williams cover and some funny jingles that Ben did for a Tokyo radio station (in English, but really funny and catchy all the same). Overall, this is a really fun disc for any Ben Folds fan! Labels: cds


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