Ben Folds Five - Don't Change Your Plans

[sharonanne116]

love the song hate the video.

[HammerOvThor]

Ben Folds sometimes sounds like Kermit the Frog, which is to his benefit in a way.

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[supersport22]

the last great ben folds song.

[GiantPetRat]

That slight hissing in the background drives me nuts. Great to have the studio version uploaded, though!

[sjt616]

beautiful piano and lyrics as usual from ben

[winggoddess]

i like the piano.

[toiletstore]

look at ben folds trying to act

[aaronbp]

Not a trumpet. Flugelhorn. 

[BeaverBreath7]

This is a Song about Love & Devotion. & It's Beautiful & show's Soul-Mates. Where do some of ya get your Twisted Idea's??? Anyway's I want it played at my Funeral when I do Kick It. I want them to Know I Love Them, When my time come's. Hopefully when I'm 100 yr's old.

[emilshere]

the song is part of the messener story the whole album tells a fiictional story,,.,.,not a personal story having to do with folds life.....although there are always influences of whatever is going on at that monent when a writer creates a song... but its not a direct relation.

[shoeler3519]

the trumpet part makes the song, for me.

[plasticine89]

Never knew there was a video for this song. Beautifully sad, perfect Ben.

[Chezmat1]

in the beginning is he talking about suicide?!

[SpookieLoveCookie]

nope

[thaggas]

@Chezmat1 No. He just realizes how fragile life is, but "he hopes he's wrong."

[keephurtingaza]

gretchen mol? really??

[keephurtingaza]

aww, that wasn't nice...and not really even what I meant to say. this is a very personal song...as his almost always are...this was a very, very lazily executed video. even if Gretchen happened to be an unknown at the time, this song deserved more than a hired gun to play a "pinning girlfriend". weak concept. weak all around.

[edin500]

I love Ben Folds and this song but I played it to an ex once and she told me that he sounded like Kermit the Frog. Lol.

[darkwingppk]

damn, why did you say that now i will always think that!

[rectifier71]

OMG that made me lmao, thank you.

[165894]

lol, i had never thought that before until i listened to this song just now and then i scrolled down and saw your comment and just laughed XD

[JenYewen]

luv this. So much

[oink1969]

"..... Rheinhold Messner " was a great album - all of it. Sure helped me thru a difficult time of life

[JRiddyCuz]

I love this song, but they cut off the very end of it where there's this really simple but cool bass melody that doesn't really resolves and I think is the perfect ending to this song, because the topic of the song isn't something that resolves, it's just something you have to move on from and get over.

[dropkickchesterator]

i love the piano solo after the first chorus

[Generlcapgun]

@dropkickchesterator Me too. It reminds me of the nineties when everything was 'piano'ed, before the flugelhorn kicks in it sounds a little it like the intro from the television show "Wings." I loved this album when I was a teenager.

[menelaus117]

I love the trumpet SOOOO MUCH in this song!!

perfect notes and chords. i need to see him live... even though the five is no longer together

[exeforever]

areed man! i wan havesex with you!!!

[cornellmusician]

he's excellent live. still performs with accompaniment sometimes, but many songs are solo.

[81MJT]

I personally think this was their best song, love the vocal harmonies and the chords Ben uses. The ending's just sublime

[davis21wylie]

Awesome song, terrible video. When somebody posts a music video using "The Sims" that better captures the soul of the song, you know something's wrong. But like I say, the song is really, really good.

[RF720121389]

ben folds really digs deep when he writes his songs...gotta love him

[jarfiendo]

...I love you, goodbye

[superciliary]

This makes me miss Robert and Darren so much.

[pfmf03]

same here!!

[allforleyna80]

i cant wait to see him on march 19th!

[knoxIII]

i see him on the 18th =p

[babyimaLBR]

fantastic song.

can't wait to see him feb19th!

[vysehrad]

Wow, this is really good.

[99sonx]

...this is one of my favourite b.f.-songs!!! Great, great, absolutely great!!!

[spd13062]

Great, great song.

[mikebtko]

Ben is very modest and he may not appreciate this but his music is actually very sophisticated... he's an amazing composer... oh i love the band as well... I like them to... thank you for posting!!!...

[DecemberGuy]

Is that Gretchen Mol?

[bleutuna]

My FAVORITE Ben Folds song.

[pearlmaiden]

I smell a Ben Folds Five Reunion in the works...But I'm not exactly complaining about Ben Fold's solo projects...What buckwildly jiggy talent!!!

[mrkemrk]

That would be cool, but I think Folds FAR surpassed the work he did with BFF in his solo career.

[paulmoity]

Solo? have you been living under a rock? he is with a band again & the solo thing was short lived...

This mother fucker can rock his ass off & is so fucking talented

[chris9898owns]

He plays with a band, but he still plays under his name only.

[roselovintherock]

ye like marilyn manson =D

[crazyvideoplace]

I fucking love Ben Folds! If I could meet one celebrity it would either be Ben Folds, Thom Yorke, or Conan Obrien.

[EriisaMuffin]

Hands down, best song on Reinhold Messner. So beautiful. :)

[mikebtko]

He's really talented... Ben is so often under-rated because he makes it all seem so effortless... love, love, love Ben Folds!

[lindsaysuenicole]

you are absolutely right, until you really know how hard it is to play the piano as good as him you'll see how hard it is to make a song and especially with GREAT music to go with. He has a true gift from God

[vysehrad]

imaginary entities can't give true gifts

[MsDeandrea]

i remember this song when my wife and I were having problems..really helped...cause i can only be who i am and she can be herself

[slimpicturesDOTcom]

I thought I'd seen all of their videos.... thanks for posting!

[Ranaldo20]

It has been since the release of this as a single, that I have heard this song. Thanks!!!

[funeguy2]

It's Got a BeachBoys feel..But I agree with u. this is a monumental song.

[jseldis]

This is one of his best, i think.

The 'Dont change, your plans' Section really shows off his classical training. They're very baroque sounding chord sequences!

[keatingpiers]

*Burt Bacharach

[roskes]

Totally!!!

[keatingpiers]

The trumpet (or is it flugelhorn?) in the instrumental bridge makes it sound more than slightly Burt Bacharch-esque..

[califaschick]

this song makes me cry :(

[MsDeandrea]

i feel ya

[Xclubkid22]

@califaschick -yeah me too, but not as much as it used to, which hurts...I'm becoming numb;(

--------------------->tear falling sideways b/c head is tilted

[paulmanson]

@califaschick so do i...

[xsunnysunshinex]

I really love this song.

The chorus is great!!

[samtheband]

Does anyone actually know who Reinhold Messner actually is?

[DarkDoveDonnor]

reinhold messner was a name that i think Darren and his college friends put on fake ids

[LankyKong12]

The real Reinhold Messner is a mountain climber. DarkDoveDonner is right about what the CD is referring to, though.

[chrismoff17]

Love this song

[concertat9]

awesome song period.

[funeguy2]

I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NorthWriter]

I love the "aah's" during the bridge. The sound so beautiful. I got to see them on their tour in support of the "Reinhold Messner" album, and it was awesome. And they're such nice guys too. They had to be dog tired after the show, and they hung around and signed autographs until everyone was happy.

[Tinaversal]

LOVE IT!! and if u don't ya can just firmer la bouche!!!

[almkUK]

This is my favorite Ben Folds Five song, but this edit sucked. Also, I think traditional videos take away from the songs. I don't mind videos of live performances, but BFF "music videos" always feel fake and forced.

Landed on Songs for Silverman is a followup to this song, btw.

[AndyMan2006P]

@almkUK its probably the recording company that wanted a video. Always lookin for more money. Actually my favorite BFF video is 'Kate'.

[zinzeta]

@almkUK Such a good comment.

[jzsarcasmo]

Favorite BF5 song.

[Toggletog]

I really don't like his voice... Its just a personal opinion. The piano is brilliant but there is just something about his voice that hits me in the wrong place.

[THISISNOTINUSE]

was it just me or was there a really sloppy edit of like a minute of that song? still awesome...

[inkybot]

love this song. love this guy.

[Silver26J]

Wow, this song is so underrated....

Its a shame, wish he'd play it live.

Imagine how great it would have been to have it as a solo piano track on the Ben Folds Live cd...

[rossboss1]

Ditto, fantastic song! So happy to finally see the video!

[vox237]

awesome song. one of my all time favs!

[rodrigosilva2]

THE LYRICS OF THIS MUSIC ARE AMAZING !!!!

BF5 RULEZZZZZZZZ

[kellers1302]

thank you for posting this!!!

[dillo]

Hands down, best song from this album. Kudos to the uploader, you beat me to it!