The Ben Folds Five reunited one night only to play The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety for MySpace a few weeks back. It was quite a kick to see them together again, older, rougher, not quite able to hit those high notes in "Narcoclepsy" like they used to. But a couple things stood out: First, no one plays the bass like Robert Sledge and that inventiveness and uniqueness in the bassline is what's sorely lacking from Ben's solo recordings. Second, Messner, is and was a great record that hit the streets at the wrong time to a college fandom that wasn't ready to drop the punk for orchestras and jazzy noodling. And it's hard to follow the greatness that was Whatever and Ever Amen.
From the heyday, "Philosophy" off their debut.
Aren't those harmonies somethin'?
Drummer Darren Jessee has own project, Hotel Lights. His new record includes a new version of "Amelia Bright" which he wrote for the BF5's never-to-be fourth album. Here's a shitty bootleg of BF5 from many moons ago: Amelia Bright.
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