The Bens - Bruised

[Spoonywoman]

10 year reunion tour plz

[chambermeleon]

Wow.

[Malibuheaven1]

Love it!

[dudemanme94]

ben kweller ben lee ben folds.....and ben harper???

[xB3ASTTx]

he reminds me of Dexter( the serial killer show) for some reason

[SchmuckoftheIrish]

The Bens seriously need a new record. There's been talk about it, but who knows? I'm thinking along with Folds, Lee, and Kweller, we need Ben Gibbard and Ben Ben Thornewill. :) THAT would be amazing.

[Jeffthescarab]

@SchmuckoftheIrish My god, I was about to say the same thing. Thornewill accompanying Folds's piano, would be a sight. Seeing as everything Gibbard touches is gold, he's a must too. Well there ya go, there's two people ready for the new Bens.

[koojean]

my sister and i have always loved this song :)

[auschannel]

Ben Folds = God ( if there was one)

[Nomorewarmgun]

Folds looks oddly like Dana Carvey in this video.

[fillXinXblankXstares]

Folds looks oddly young here.

[zrantzwilliamz]

this song is in ben folds album "supersunnyspeedgraphic-the LP"

[suburiboy]

absolute gem, as far as arrangement. Switching from guitar-bass-drums to piano-bass-drums. The entire composition is amazingly dynamic. The energy boost after the switch makes this performance (juxtaposing the simple folk-like fist half with the explosive pop finale). fantastic.

[tikalal]

How did I miss this!? Wow it's so weird seeing him standing at the front with the guitar without his glasses!

[benfoldswannabe]

ben folds... you are my man!!

[seattlecal1980]

The full song of this on disc is so much better. Don't get me wrong I love this video but on the actual song you get Ben Folds playing the piano throughout which is always a treat.

[taylorrr1211]

"the world won't wait until something breaks"

hah.

i love you, ben folds!

[Cr8zyCanuck]

Ben Folds owns any song ever touched. Period.

[bairfanx]

I love that you can see him look anxiously over at Ben Lee, hoping he switches to the guitar fast enough.

[XDeadSheepX]

i think ben kweller and ben folds are amazing song writers....but for some reason i never thought "the bens" were all that good.

[frogwheelz]

the man's a superhero genius god man

[dpkrew]

Ben Folds went to college for percussion, but I think it's safe to say he can play any instrument he touches.

[lilandcute321]

his fingers are magical. that's the only real answer as to why he's so amazing. [:

his piano is PHENOMENAL. But he's amazing at everything else. Magic is the only explanation.

[tezromania]

little ben lee hiding behind that giant guitar haha. i love it! such a cool version of this song.

[njl4515]

Kweller's great, but Folds is on another planet.

[sarahmitp]

oh yeah, I understand completly why they start to cheer.. ben and his piano= awesome!

[yoitstiffson]

Ben folds on piano makes magic when ever he touches those keys!

For real.

[Maxior83]

it;s like the Beach Boys gone "wild"! ;) But seriously i love Ben Folds stuff! :)

[kryzay311]

it's too bad because Ben Folds is actually an awesome bass player

[LeaveTheNetAlone]

Does Folds play the bass on his solo albums? If so then he IS a pretty good bassist.

[GingaPlayer2]

of course if not they wouldn't be solo albums

[Samjew]

He plays bass on the Rockin' the Suburbs album, but on his more recent solo albums, his live bassist Jared Reynolds plays.

[cnutt08]

I know he plays bass on rockin the suburbs, drums too. and i think he maybe played everything on a couple of songs from his EPs

[twotrot]

Yeah I thought this might be the case, since after I asked this question I looked on the Wikipedia article for his most recent solo album, Way To Normal and it happened to have credits for a separate bassist and drummer...

[Hoffman1222]

Ben Folds doesn't only play piano. He plays all of the instruments in in first solo record "Rockin' The Suburbs." He also play multiple instruments in the studio for various albums.

[AlexRussomanno]

musical genious

[omgtehcolors]

he goes strictly piano on his solo albums.

[Chezmat1]

notice how they all cheered when ben set down the guitar and finally set down at the piano. He's good at the guitar....but the piano is such a better choice in this case.

[GingaPlayer2]

it's a bass not a guitar

[sgtpepperssalt]

Supergroup!

[diandhil]

the piano makes the song great

it was good before, but with the piano.... thumbs up

[patrickj25]

kweller be killin those drums

[plaidllama13]

i had no idea he could play drums. he was flippin amazing!!

[iamawesome1116]

pretty fuckin awesome

[jsulikk]

yeah i agree this is the first time im listening to the bens.

but im a huge fan of bff and bf new solo work

[ThatsAVC3]

This is just...amazing.

[AnotherRainyDay11]

When Ben folds gets on that piano, it is pure magic.

[patrickj25]

so true man, i really had never looked into ben folds, i found out about him through ben kweller who i love. i gotta say i really like his style, this is a great song

[davidezzy]

I love the incredibly good timing of Mr Folds. He hands over the guitar rather casually and sits at the keys just in time. I guess they practice til they can't get it wrong.

[guinlyone]

no its because he is beast

[riordan32]

i like the album version a thousand times more

[yowassupbro2]

you know ben should do an album as a guitaist

[Milzah01]

guitaist?

[blueskiesvegas]

ben lee

[genericscreennamev1]

ben folds? why would he do that? he's playing the bass.

[mikebtko]

such am amazing talent.... I love you Ben, Bens, Ben Folds Five... He makes life better for me... thank you for posting!!!...

[burnzyyy]

jessica simpson insults these great music talents! geeez she just sum hot talentless bimbo.thats incredible ay

[nickiholland]

does anyone have a link the the jessica simpson interview where she insults THE BENS?

[GoodTimes131]

This song always makes me happy.

Love to all the Bens.

Especially Kweller's weird way of playing drums. Haha.

[lamont131]

haha what, is jessica simpson just jealous of actual talent?

[funeguy2]

Jessica Smipson really put down Bens In an Interveiw o few weeks ago...Burn her at the Stake!!!

[Lawlacaust]

how in the world does jessica simpson even know who the bens are.............

[falldownandout]

what did she say?

[dsrecs]

wow this song is fucking amazing especially when they switch instruments sooo awesome.

[dsrecs]

Does ben kweller play drums for them?

[WhatsernameonHoliday]

I do love The Bens. =D

[XOshakiraOX]

i like jacks version better ^_^

[ColdandComposed]

But they are two different songs? Just with the same name?

[italianstallion304]

are u talking about jacks manneqiun?

[ThisIsWar257]

hahahaha

[dsrecs]

two completing different songs not just different versions lol

[jarangnme]

Phaarrrkkkkkk, how is it possible to be inspired to much.

Whenever I hear this song, my breath is taken away. Call me an emo all you want. But that's how it is.

[SoloCarbonated]

I love this song. Bass looks good on Folds!

[dahorn07]

it's funny because folds got a full tuition scholarship for percussion in college

[andyubf]

this song is so addicting. I like this version a lot. Ben Folds is frickin' amazed. It is indeed weird seeing him play bass, although I know that he was the bassist in his other band before ben folds five

[andyubf]

this is an awesome song. I think it would sound cool if the "ba ba ba ba baaa" part was replaced with "bla bla bla bla blaaaa"

[airbob1129]

So weird to see BK play the drums live. . and folds to play the bass for that matter

[InsertBandNameHere]

amazing!

[sailorluna672]

my 1 1/2 year old absolutely adores this song. He's just learning to talk and the chorus really gets him going :)

[walker1921]

i dont like live verison as much =[

[thatdrattedcat]

I have to agree... It seems to lose some of its dynamism.

But I do like this song

[walker1921]

agreed

[thelionsof]

Each of the Bens write some of my all-time favorite songs...I wish this project would have lasted longer. :(

[rhcp2491]

i love this song to extreme extents

[naebiegirl]

I personally think that this is just as good as the recorded version. Definitely good shit!

[whokid490]

I didn't like this performance but the recorded version is a really good song

[Embekewl]

i love this song but ben folds looks so weird playing a guitar and without his glasses! hes still my favorite though

[wolfblass88]

not theur best performance of this song

[Paradiddler45]

God I wish they would of toured in North America

[theotheremily]

that was AWSOME! I love to see them play together. very cool.

[faldo69]

best song i ever heard

[zglassman]

I love this song. It's weird to see Ben Folds playing anything but piano, though.

[clorox2856]

i wish they'd released a whole album together...

[Rix2020]

Where the comments at? Good shit.