Benjamin Scott Folds(born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for his prowess as a pianist. Folds' musical career started to get off the ground in the late '80s, as bassist for band Majosha,after playing bass and piano at Pinehurst, in a group known as the "Caroliners" with cohort Millard Powell in 1985 - 1987; for the Calayer and after working as but he is best known for his later work as the frontman and pianist of Ben Folds Fiveand as a solo artist. Folds's compositional and playing technique remain wholly unique, combining elements of the typical 'singer/songwriter' genre, jazz, and power rock. Indeed, his music is evocative of artists such as Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren, and Sir Elton John, with an added edge and bold infusion of energy and wit.
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Note: is an instrumental with speaking at the beginning. not sure who says what.
-- god damn, i wanna rock.
-- ready to rock, man?
-- (laughing) yeah!
(drumming)
-- hey! hey! hey, quit fucking around! i wanna rock, ok? 1, 2, 1, 2, 3..
(robert's fuzz bass, and darren plays a swing beat. robert stops and ben
Plays. everything stops.)
-- man, i am serious. (laughing in bg) i'm not fuckin' around now, i'm
Three inches tall on this little fuckin' mic and it sucks! i wanna rock!
Enough (?) bullshit, you motherfuckers, let's go! 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4...
(music starts, then stops)
-- i'm sorry, i'm sorry.
-- 2, 3, 4!
(music starts, then stops)
-- i'm sorry, i'm sorry.
-- 1, 2, 3, 4!
(music plays to end)