I must come out of lurkdom to join the chorus for Ben Folds! My 17 year old son turned me on to him, quite by accident. I had heard him sing the praises of this Ben Folds Five group, but I of course paid no attention - what do these kids know about music, harumpphh. One day, as I surfed the internet I picked up the CD remote and just pushed play to see what was in the changer - I sometimes do this just to see what the young'ns are listening to. Sometimes I get Nsync, sometimes it's Metallica or Smashing Pumpkins or Radiohead or Pearl Jam or They Might Be Giants, depending on which kid has been listening most recently. (I have a 12 year old daughter as well who has very strange taste, Nsync AND Smashing Pumpkins, I'm a little worried about that girl).
Anyway, this one day I pushed play and the most amazing music came on. After listening to a few songs I couldn't stand it anymore, I got up and took the CD out of the changer to find out who the hell it was. Then I hunted up the CD case to find out more. I cracked up when I found out that the "Five" was a trio. Great stuff - actual melodies, smart lyrics, and fabulous piano playing. I've only heard a couple things from Ben Folds' new solo project, but I'm going to get it for my son..for his birthday. <wink wink> There really is some good stuff out there if you look hard enough, and believe me I've started paying attention to what my son and his friends are listening to. (I should have known, they all like Neil Young.) But I still find Radiohead unlistenable, I guess I'm just too old. I also must check out this Ryan Adams person more completely. I keep hearing people raving about him, both on this list and on another music list I subscribe to. I've just heard a couple songs, and I like him, but he hasn't really blown my dress up, as my mother used to say. Sybil going back to lurking and deleting political/religious posts unread - more talk about sex please. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
