Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs Live

[screamogottago]

love this! yall should definitely check out Ben Folds' new 3-disc album The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective. it has live versions and some amazing new tracks!

[bobpcaramel]

wow....three dislikes...wow.

TROLL KING, QUEEN AND LOYAL SUBJECT.

[Kay10en]

BADASS HAT.

oh, cool song too.

[mnosugi]

@Degges99 Oh me too! Now you say it...

[Degges99]

just got that he is getting Peperation H to fix his problem of "Shitty" songs

[Jayejaye200]

2 people couldn't rock the suburbs if they tried.

[Jerkbeardable]

BOSS.. in every sense of the word.

[jeultimate]

"fixes all my poopy tracks" LOL

[Lennart2512]

Best version. Cool guy. Good song. Best album.

[SunshineNoodles]

I saw him in concert. & he gave me a high-five. C:

[cloudiadesuini14]

This man is so talented on the piano<3 I love him to death!

[petersenct]

fixes all my doody tracks... LMAO!

and

It makes me wanna say... for crying out loud! haha

[bwiechart]

poo-poo tracks gets me every time :)

[Truggy]

Oh no... I accidentally hit the down thumb. total accident. this is effing awesome.

[johndoe30372]

@Truggy i think you were the one person in the entire world that downed this video

[Truggy]

@johndoe30372 i know, im a horrible person. in my heart, i give it a thumbs up.

[flhelms]

for crying out loud this is my favorite version of this song



[theforsakenpiggies]

LMFAO

poopoo? really?

[2010profile]

@theforsakenpiggies He is on NBC...

[theforsakenpiggies]

i'm aware. haha

[Stollentroll32]

ive got to lean that this is genius....*running to my piano*

[GibsonShredder8993]

@Stollentroll32 he's like elton man

[AlPockets]

@Stollentroll32, I know for sure that it's in C. (good luck with the rest, though)  I've been trying to figure this out, too.

[Flodgydodgy]

it isnt as good as the cd

[Stollentroll32]

no sir...it defenetly is

[lordoflasagna]

SHAMON!

[RantNRavinFection]

man talk about 2001

[flexa12340]

BEAUTIFUL MAN, BEAUTIFUL

[StacieLassila57]

He tends to smile a lot in this one. Im guessing it was a good crowd. It sucks he can't say the real lyrics because its live but like the discription says "Ben with a piano, doing what he does best". :)

[knoxIII]

this version is fucking hilarious!

[YouveStolenMyEyes]

i'm seeing him today!!!!

[cptkimme]

great entertainer! great musician!

[knoxIII]

what the hell was the ending? lol made me laugh

[kittendaplaya]

This song is awesome, but he singing to fast, it's better with the band, and is better than poopoo tracks, but the song is still awesome.

[soupman2000]

poopoo tracks

[torged19]

yah! why does he say poopoo tracks! It makes it funny though!

[PtolemyJones]

So... is he singing about Eminem?

[zakfmt]

nah man, this was way before eminem.

[PtolemyJones]

Actually this song was released on September 11, 2001. The Slim Shady album, Eminem's break out album, hit in 1999, two years prior.

[tehmetaldude]

9/11?

[djzalzer]

yep. An unfortunate date for an awesome album =\

[Skynova]

it's about nu metal mostly

[Samjew]

I read that he wrote it in response to a SPIN magazine interview with Jonathan Davis of Korn, who called Ben Folds Five "fucking Cheers music".

[PtolemyJones]

@Samjew - Maybe it is, but I like it, and I don't like Korn, so it's all good for me.

[justinwwwalin]

ITS JACK JOHNOSON!!!!!

[ubeppe]

i love ben folds and this song.....it's the best

[Qboy316]

just wants to make me say... for crying out loud! ha

[chocophysics]

ahahaah that was amazing. i remember watching this on tv

[PtolemyJones]

the man's got talent from another generation. You just don't hear piano like that anymore. Jazz-rock! Sweet...

[RedArmyInfantry]

His face is hilarious when he has to say "Poo-Poo" tracks instead of shitty. :P

[TheOnlySDF]

I would have to agree with you. For many people not to know of him, he sure knows how to get the crowd movin.

[sungpwa]

such a great performance hes got complete control of the crowd

[haydenisdumb]

singin and piano... he's amazing. Best way to go live. he doesnt need a band live. i almost prefer no band when he plays live. better sound to it all. and the piano part sticks out more.

[15personalities]

not as good without the swear words lol

but he still rocks!!!

[iskivolkl11]

Hahaha he stuck it to the man.

[Boldar64]

he did the adult version on an Australian TV show called The Panel much better than this...but I can't find it:-( But NO doubt, I wish I had his talent:-)

[benfoldsfan]

this couldnt have been 2005, coldandcomposed it right if it was then he'd be playing a song to promote his new album. his look and his voice both reflect his earlier solo stuff

[flowerofsilver]

i love you ben!

[roverdd]

hahaha ffffffffffff for crying out louddd!

[NailsKaboom]

This was aired on Last Call with Carson Daly on May 3rd 2005. And American TV censors won't allow "shit" & "fuck" to be said on TV. In this specific case it was more likely in this it was NBC.

[ColdandComposed]

2005? Really? By 2005 he was in Songs for Silverman mode. And was wearing the glasses full time.

[tikalal]

@ColdandComposed

I agree. His voice still seems good here. It had deteriorated by SFS.

[iJimy]

@tikalal How so? I don't hear the change in voice just change in writing style...

[tikalal]

@iJimy You're not listening hard enough then. I can easily tell the difference in his voice through each album.

[iJimy]

@tikalal Simmer down killer. I just didn't know what you meant. I've seen him in concert about 5 or 6 times but all of those times it has been after Songs For Silverman. (I was born in 1993 so I was too young to appreciate "The good old days" Haha). But he seems to hit all the same high notes and what-not. What changed if not that?

[tikalal]

@iJimy Sorry, I wasn't insulting you if that's how you interpreted it. I can hear a clear deterioration in the quality and sound of his voice. The last instance of his voice being fine is his live album. Everything after that I can hear a deterioration.

To be completely honest, his voice sounded the healthiest in Whatever and Ever Amen.

[iJimy]

@tikalal I gotcha. At least it hasn't gotten to the point where he has to tune his piano down, like Billy Joel.

[twiki2099]

why can he say pissed off and he cant say fuccckkkkk or shitty

[rockwithpiano]

woah, i like it just with piano and Ben! It really shows his versatility of playing without a band.

I might assume it was on Last Call with Carson Daly? Dammit, I missed it :(

[Runway28]

When was this on nbc???

[boredvideowatcher]

ben folds is an og

[Azimuth1]

God damn... that owned. XD

Such a legend.

[pyromaniac001]

WHEN WAS THIS ON TV!??? i missed it!??!! not fair!! i wish i had caught this live.

[andyplayhouse]

lol all my poo poo tracks

[incubustro]

Rofl, I love the part he adds at the end, "You know who you are!"