Love That Album Episode 171 - Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"
b"We tend to think more of the guitar as a rock and roll instrument, but Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Fats Domino were a big part of the early sound of rock and roll. While there are plenty of great rock piano players, that lead guy or gal mostly tends to be playing a six-string. In the 70s and 80s, the big piano frontmen were Billy Joel and Elton John \\u2013 hugely popular with what they did, but much (though not all) of it was balladry. Where were the trouble-makers and the pisstakers behind the 88s?\\n\\nOne of them was hiding out in North Carolina.\\n\\nWelcome to episode 171 of Love That Album.\\n\\nBy 2000, Ben Folds Five had broken up, leaving behind three incredible albums of \\u201cpunk music for sissies\\u201d (Ben\\u2019s alleged description of the band). They\\u2019d created songs both raucous and tender, angry and loving, serious and funny. In 2001, Ben Folds released his first solo album \\u201cRockin\\u2019 The Suburbs\\u201d (recorded in Adelaide), and he plays and sings nearly everything. Once again, he aimed for your funny bone, but he also told stories that could break your heart. These stories showed once again that Folds was a master of melody, harmony and was very literate.\\n\\nFor this episode, I am joined by the host and \\u201cnumbers girl\\u201d of the wonderful All Time Top Ten podcast, Ben Eisen and Shannon Hurley. We sit around the virtual table discussing Folds\\u2019 techniques in composition and arrangement, his potty mouth, the seeming contrast between the man who could write both The Luckiest and Song For The Dumped, and real life stories from the suburbs about everyday people brought to life in this collection of short stories \\u2013 love spurned, love embraced, parenthood, mental health, and cussing on the mic.\\n\\nMy huge thanks to both Ben and Shannon for being such great partners for this discussion about a performer who we all love. We never even mention the one song seemingly everyone knows\\u2026.because Folds is so much more than that one song. I won\\u2019t let it be 3 years before Ben and Shannon rock the mics with me on LTA again.\\n\\nYou can catch new episodes of All Time Top Ten every week on favourite podcast app, or go to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-time-top-ten/id573735994 At the time of this LTA, there are 590 episodes recorded!!!!! Most are archived at https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/\\n\\nIf you want to check out Shannon\\u2019s variety of projects (music, art, videos), then head to https://shannonhurley.com/\\n\\nDownload this episode of LTA from your podcast app of choice. The wider back catalogue of episodes can also be found at\\xa0http://lovethatalbumpodcast.blogspot.com\\n\\nLove That Album is proudly part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Go to http://pantheonpodcasts.com\\xa0to check out all their great shows.\\n\\nYou can send me feedback at rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au (written or mp3 voicemail) or join the Facebook group at\\xa0http://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum\\xa0I'm also on Instagram at\\xa0https://www.instagram.com/lovethatalbumpodcast/\\n\\nProudly Pantheon.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"