Ben Folds. A Review.

I had an awesome time. Ben Folds is a hell of a talented musician. But, I have to start at the beginning, because its funny.

I gave nick directions to my house (even though he's been here before) and waited patiently for him to show up. About twenty minutes after I was expecting him, he calls me, asking "am I supposed to be in Farmington?" Um, no. Thats about 20 minutes past my house. Hee. He missed the exit because he was talking to himself practicing his moot court oral argument. So, eventually, he shows up, we head downtown, have a quick dinner, and stand in line for the concert.

The Fray opened up, and the bass player is from Minneapolis, so there were a lot of Jimmy fans there, (Jimmy is the bass player, duh). Jimmy did a couple haiku's, which while not entirely poetic, they were correct, and mildly entertaining. They played maybe 5 songs? It seemed really short. They're kind of poppy, but entertaining. And the lead singer has this amazing voice. There is something really different about his voice. I love it.

Then I had a couple ciders, very quickly, got a little wobbly.

And then. Ben Folds. I just love this guys music. He opened with Bastard, and I momentarily feared that he was going to just go down Songs for Silverman, but he didn't. He played a wonderful selection of music, both his solo stuff and Ben Folds Five stuff, including Army, which, is a necessity. The only piece missing, in my opinion, was Kate. He could easily have left Brick out and played Kate instead. When Brick started, I whined a bit, and the girl in front of me said, "But this is the only song I know!" It made me sad for her. When he came out for the encore, he played Narcolepsy and One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn faces. His fingers were moving so fast on the keys they were blurry. It was like watching a film on fast forward. Am.az.ing.

A good time was had by all.