Wish JL would try something like this

dillwyn Megastar Posts: 1,813	Wish JL would try something like this Sept 8, 2018 7:04:02 GMT queenofthehours and BSJ like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dillwyn on Sept 8, 2018 7:04:02 GMT I know Paul Simon is using these guys now as well in this case it is the ever wonderful Ben folds

BSJ ELO Spaceship A Shining Spaceship In The Sky Ninja Groupie Twin Posts: 10,538	Wish JL would try something like this Sept 8, 2018 18:34:45 GMT dillwyn likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BSJ on Sept 8, 2018 18:34:45 GMT No clue who he is, so looked for more vid's. He is wonderful. Awww... he does a Jeff.

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Wish JL would try something like this Sept 8, 2018 18:52:05 GMT BSJ and orioles70 like this

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Post by dillwyn on Sept 8, 2018 18:52:05 GMT

yes he is charming, brilliant and flawed .....

There is a whole world of his music to discover....

ben folds five was his big break (so many wonderful songs , brick was the huge hit)

great strings on this solo one

zak and sara and
still fighting it

are my personal favourites... he also worked with regina spektor

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eloneen Global Moderator Multitasking mama Posts: 3,909	Wish JL would try something like this Sept 8, 2018 18:59:57 GMT dillwyn likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by eloneen on Sept 8, 2018 18:59:57 GMT ...and he's from North Carolina, too!
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Wish JL would try something like this Sept 10, 2018 20:23:01 GMT BSJ, dillwyn, and 1 more like this

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Post by orioles70 on Sept 10, 2018 20:23:01 GMT

speaking of Ben Folds - my newspaper (Washington Post) asked him to write a song that combines journalism and pop music - any topic that inspired him - and this is what he came up with: "Mr Peepers" - the first song I can remember being written about a bureaucrat (Rod Rosenstein is the Deputy Attorney General for the Trump Administration. Trump is not so happy with him.)

if the link works, you can listen to the song
but since it may not for some members, I'll post the lyrics below - and maybe you can find the tune somewhere else

www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/lifestyle/magazine/ben-folds-artists-alternative-storytelling-issue/?utm_term=.30f55aacc8a8#pg-benfolds

MISTER PEEPERS
By Ben Folds

God bless the bureaucrat and the lawyer, too

They’re public punching bags

But someone’s gotta do it

It’s not so sexy, the procedure or the truth

I say God bless the bureaucrat and the lawyer, too

The House Intelligence Committee piles on

They’d love to know what Rosenstein has on the boss

But it’s just for cameras, yeah, it’s just a show of force

Y’all know he can’t comply

But that’s the point, of course

So they call him Mister Peepers

As the thugs all smash his glasses

Going full Lord of the Flies

Burning this island down to ashes

What’s the rule of law if we can’t agree on what a fact is?

There ain’t nothing here to see, folks, move along, move along

Thank God for facts

They’re stubborn things indeed

But little cowboys will try cases on TV

It doesn’t make it so

Because you make believe

You can’t lose in court and appeal on Hannity

The distinguished wrestler from Ohio

He’s free to lie, he’s not the one who’s under oath

The law don’t suit the boss

This Deputy must go

We got him in the locker room, boys

Start the show

So they call him Mister Peepers

Send some thugs to smash his glasses

If he’s gone and peeped the wrong thing

Then they’ll burn his name to ashes

What’s the rule of law

If we can’t establish what a fact is?

There ain’t nothing here to see, folks, move along, ah move along

They say it dies in the dark

Right now, they’re trying to kill it in broad daylight

Can flashlights really fight bombs?

We’ll see

Right now

You boys are Christians, right?

What would Jesus do?

Would he bury crimes and carry water like a stooge?

Or smear a family man in case he tells the truth

About the boss?

Yeah, what would Jesus do?

Would he call him Mister Peepers?

Send some thugs to smash his glasses?

The institution’s standing tall

Though we tried our best to trash it

Aren’t we all the keepers

Of this fragile young Republic?

And when all those Mister Peepers people fall…

Lord help us all

dillwyn Megastar Posts: 1,813	Wish JL would try something like this Sept 10, 2018 21:00:47 GMT eloneen likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dillwyn on Sept 10, 2018 21:00:47 GMT it is also in rolling stone... thanks for that, sweet tune and great to see a protest song in 2018

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Wish JL would try something like this Sept 11, 2018 0:08:44 GMT eloneen likes this

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Post by orioles70 on Sept 11, 2018 0:08:44 GMT

good find, Dillwyn - here's a link that will probably work for more people

in the USA, we used to have songs on TV called "School House Rock" that would teach a concept through a song
this song is sort of school house rock for adults

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ben-folds-trump-mister-peepers-722033/

orioles70 Global Moderator when I was a boy, I heard a band Posts: 1,901	Wish JL would try something like this Oct 9, 2018 0:43:10 GMT elophile, BSJ, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by orioles70 on Oct 9, 2018 0:43:10 GMT more Ben Folds - writing a song with an orchestra in 10 minutes I was thinking, "I bet Jeff could do it in 9". And it would be fun to watch him try!

orioles70 Global Moderator when I was a boy, I heard a band Posts: 1,901	Wish JL would try something like this Jan 16, 2019 1:01:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by orioles70 on Jan 16, 2019 1:01:56 GMT Ben Folds mashing pop and classical together again - this time with Regina Spektor and the National Symphony Orchestra.

BSJ ELO Spaceship A Shining Spaceship In The Sky Ninja Groupie Twin Posts: 10,538	Wish JL would try something like this Jan 17, 2019 1:04:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BSJ on Jan 17, 2019 1:04:48 GMT Beautiful. I love that song.
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orioles70 Global Moderator when I was a boy, I heard a band Posts: 1,901	Wish JL would try something like this Jan 17, 2019 16:17:35 GMT BSJ likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by orioles70 on Jan 17, 2019 16:17:35 GMT one of my ancestors married Theodosia, so it's really neat to have it become a broadway tune - and a good one at that.

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