Ben Folds - Levi Johnston's Blues (Live)

[RaRaAshley]

genius

[PandasUsePunctuation]

The chorus is parts of a quote from Levi's Myspace... He called himself a redneck. Was at a concert a few months ago and he explained how he made the song up.

[goodoleboy61]

I hope he is just making fun of Johnston because yes he is an idiot. It would however be narrow minded for him to be making fun of all "rednecks" or southern people/ farmers.

[kenseisato1989]

@KittyKranker

definetly but its usually twoards white people.

the definition of the word red neck means - an uneducated white farm laborer, esp. from the South

because of the history of people saying that to white people it does make that word a racist word.

but your totally right red neck could just mean not only white people but any kind of race who gets a red neck from working out side

[dmsilver]

Brilliant! Love it.

[BenFoldsFiveGURU]

NEW ALBUM "LONELY AVENUE" With NICK HORNBY..... RELEASED TODAY!!! IT ROCKS!!!!

[acousticslave]

Uh, yeah. This song is amazing because it takes a shot at Sarah Palin. I love it!

[kbbuchanan962]

@acousticslave Sure, because we all know taking shots at strong, successful women is freakin' hilarious...provided they are conservative, of course.  Otherwise, it's out-right sexist hate speech. I bet you're super cool to hang out with...so original!

[acousticslave]

@kbbuchanan962 Actually, I don't mind conservatives or women at all. But Sarah Palin is an unintelligent media whore with archaic ideas, not to mention a classic egomaniac. Why are you listening to Ben Folds? You're spending all that time listening to somebody that actually thinks for himself, when you could be at a tea party meeting.

[kenseisato1989]

i went to his consert a few months ago and he played 3-4 songs from his new album and it was totally different but this song was nice reminded me of all the other benfolds songs.

thanks for the post

[grahjnn]

Only one dislike? Levi Johnston!

[mdctubbs]

So cute and funny! BBBBAAAAAAARRRRRRRFFFFFFF.

[jamespart2]

ATTENTION AUSTRALIAN BEN FOLDS FANS!

Does anyone else recognise the opening riff of this song being similar to the riff in 'Rock This Bitch for Steve Irwin' that he did at the Sydney Opera House concert back in 2007?!

[alucardmai]

=] He performed this in Providence. Apparently he got the chorus straight off Levi's MySpace.

[SeXiBaBy6]

I fucking love Levi Johnston's Blues!!!!!

I just wanna go kill some moose and play hockey with the boys ;)

[whoachica]

This song is hilarious! Loved his concert!!!!

[phexus82]

He played this at the concert I went to last night in Spokane, it was awesome, but it was hard to understand the lyrics.. Great song!!

[bobloadmire]

Dude, Spokane concert was SO FREAKIN RAD! dig this song!

[eccsxt]

yeah. the fox is such a gorgeous theatre. first concert i've been to there. i thought the vocal mic could've been turned up a bit. perhaps there was a little too much natural reverb in the room though. it sure wasn't as clear as this live recording is.

what a comedian though. awesome entertainer.

[XDeadSheepX]

yeah, i wouldve liked the vocal and the piano mic to have been turned up a bit. fun show though.

[mresc1]

Dig this song. The piano melody reminds me of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by daft punk.

[eisner94]

Sick song. Thanks for posting. Where can I find the whole show?

[ColdandComposed]

if you haven't found it all send me a message.

[Sepharite]

Are you just joking?

Redneck isn't a racist word, where the hell do you live? It's aimed specific class of the white population, not the entire population.The N word is on the other hand, not cool.

[Sepharite]

lol you're a strange one

[westmeat]

lol you're a DUMB CUNT :)

[cinnamonbrandylite]

and, incidentally, the 'where the hell do you live?' question, in this context, makes you either the FBI or a stalker or the 3K.  don't go there. Scared aggressive males are dangerous aggressive males. Sorry for the extreme oxymoronic tautology, thereabouts.

Sorry

sorry

sorry.

I'll be good now, John Connor, I'll be good.

[lehman]

@Sepharite Also, Ben Folds is quoting Levi's myspae page in the chorus.

[kenseisato1989]

@Sepharite

i still think redneck is a racist word, well not as bad as other racist word but its still not cool to say redneck to a white person

[Argonaut22j]

@Sepharite No its a racist word. For example if you called a coworker that you could get fired for making a racist comment. So yes it is indeed its racist. That doesn't mean its not a good song thoughh.

[Argonaut22j]

@Sepharite plus the way he's using it, is not exactly serious.

[fabster69000]

@Sepharite The N word is never ok. Unless you're black. Then it's totally ok.

[bernardbeers]

@westmeat Nice one genius. The chorus, wherein he says "redneck", is a direct quote from Levi Johnson's myspace profile, at the time of his/Bristol's pregnancy. Way to make a fool of yourself.

[cbsoccerhead]

saw his sydney opera house concert... it was sweeeeeet!! he layed this and some other new stuff.. sooo good

[sirfeathersmcgraw]

haha he played this at the sydney opera house on monday evening :) i haven't been able to stop singing it since hah

[mrsjhomme]

i saw him perform it the other night too. so freaking hilarious! can't wait for the new album!

[riordan32]

so, so awesome

[camhissey]

I saw this live last night. he said that the chorus was lifted directly from levi's myspace page before sarah got it removed (apparently within a matter of minutes).

the rest of the song had its lyrics written by Nick however.

[SamDrummerBoy]

haha yeah your right, i saw it live last night.

its pretty funny :D

[rustydagger456]

i saw it last night too!

badass show man, so awesome

[rossfromthecoast]

i'm a fucking redneck,

i like to hang out with the boys,

play some hockey, do some fishing,

and kill some moose,

i like to shoot the shit, do some chilling i guess,

you fuck with me and i kick your ass!!

[trajik303]

Love this. Ben and Nick are extraordinary. But isn't it Levi Johnston?

[Sepharite]

My bad, you are correct ;)

[teeperk]

great post Sepharite! have you found any of the new songs? like "password" or "belinda" or "your dogs"?

[Sepharite]

Nope, those are the only live ones he's performed that I know of.

Where'd you get those other names from?