Adelaide - An Unofficial Ben Folds' Music Video

[fireruby00]

It's actually pretty cool! And the artwork isn't that bad either (for being done completely on MS paint)

[guestuser2468]

omfg im randomly obsessed with this song!

btw im rly sry i accidentally flagged this vid (damn you ipod touch!) so its my fault if this is taken down, sry :(

[frosty956]

Have you ever been to Adelaide? If not, make a point of travelling here. You cannot understand this until you come here (i've lived in adelaide my whole life)

[TheJellybugIsHere]

Im australian, and my name is adelaide ;D

[sp0ng]

Nice job. Adelaide is perfectly rendered in your detailed and complex illustrations.

[nowandforever117]

hahaha nice

[rainbowfuzzy123]

um nice try...

[5149caper]

Love it!!!!!! The erb helps....................

[Ben2DJammin]

clever...i'm not an animator so i could never do such a video, but i liked this. not what i would have done, but still good jorb. check out my ben folds vids...Kate, Not the same, and Dr pyser. lemme know what you think.

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[MissRubyRuby]

grrr u spelt adelaide 'Adalaide' in the clip! ruined.

[kwest21]

nice one! spelt adelaide wrong at 2.03 though.

[Squirmadiggle]

Such a good tune. 

[FredFoSure]

my Home!

[amsmayora]

i know someone whose name is adelaide

[lemon1215]

great song

[clubpenguin777]

I've never been to Adelaide (have been to SA though), but I really want to some day!

[mattspencehunter]

Hi, thanks for the video. I grew up in Adelaide and love the song so appreciate your effort.

A bogan is an Australian word for a redneck.

Rundle Mall is the main shopping strip in Adelaide and the silver balls are a famous feature in the mall which are two huges silver balls, one on top of the other.

Also the "Better" beer he is refering to is Coopers.

Ben lived in Adelaide for about 10 years on and off while he was married to a woman he met there in 1998.

Hope this clears it up.

[DeafFret]

@mattspencehunter "pleb" would be a better translation of the word bogan. 

[loadquicker]

I live in Adelaide! :D Bahaha, bogans!

I loved the cartoon of the brown-haired bearded man in a singlet! I've lived in many places, and I gotta say Adelaide is pretty sweet... Handorf anyone? :P

[dukejlv]

It would be nice if you could spell "to". not too

[rtkiiiprod]

the "to" is being sung so I added and extra "o" - wasn;t aware some many grammer scream queens would be so technical. It was on purpose but alas it looks like another word.

Why didn;t i ad two or three "o"

[Amity10101]

@dukejlv who gives a shit

[Amity10101]

@dukejlv who gives a shit

[NatalieOliveri1]

@dukejlv

I'm a bit of a grammar nut and that 'too' was the only thing that ruined this video for me. Not sure if it was on purpose but in the video, 'Adelaide' is spelt 'Adalaide' which bothered me a little too. I know B. Folds says it like that, but still, I don't think it warrants incorrect spelling. Great effort though but maybe next time do a bit of research on the city first if you're going to go to the effort of creating the video. Adelaide info is just a wikipedia article away.

[charlieDetroit]

I love this song! Is it about Adelaide, Australia?

[ShelbyyShameless]

Yeah.

[Ibbema13]

@charlieDetroit yes, yes it is :D

[addison1977]

Lol, I loved it. Big deal you didn't know Adelaide was here in Australia, or about their precious silver balls etc etc. Do you know what a Bogan is yet?. Gotta love the Bogans ;-)

[IncessantLuminescent]

Tsk tsk, where are our wonderful malls balls? No tribute to Adelaide is complete without them!

[TheMusicvent]

at 0:52, the second verse, the lyrics are "Charlie L. Smith's 40, someone spiked my rice, the rest is history, now I am a fixture down rundle mall, watching as the locals pass silver balls". The animator missed it, but Ben didn't

[IncessantLuminescent]

I realise that. My comment was directed at the animator, not Ben Folds. I was being a facetious ass for the sake of it. XD

[rtkiiiprod]

Sorry, until just now I had no idea what the lyric even meant. I'm from the US not from Adelaide or Australia. When making this I thought it was an imaginery place in Ben's head so that is why it is cartoony. But then after I noticed Australia was the number one place for the hits to this I checked it out and found it was a city in Australia. I wish I would have caught it...but didn't.

Sorry.

[TheMusicvent]

Same here, actually. It wasn't until I started learning the song that my dad told me it was a city in Australia.

[xXSallsburyPieXx]

gee, thanks...it is a capital city you know...

[caaiiLiin]

I'm very dissapointed that there are no silver balls. Thats what he sang about and they are an Adelaide icon!

[georgiaaRAWR]

i mean, COME ON.

you missed half the things he sang out!

WHAT ABOUT THE BOGANS?! THINK OF THE BOGANS!

/glare

[DeafFret]

rtkiiiprod is a mrrrkn. He's probably got no idea about our balls.

[rtkiiiprod]

Correct or what even a bogan is. I mentioned to someone else I didn;t even know Adelaide was real...so yeah I didn't understand alot of the lyrics.

Sorry.

[hcamko14]

has anyone heard a song that sounds exactly like the part where he sings "going where the air is clear" and "learning that there is..." that melody sound EXACTLY like some other song

[Jdiggity101]

I love the charicature of Jared Reynolds!

Nice little advertisement at the end too.

Good job.

[kaisurfer08]

has anyone else realised that in the video he spells adelaide wrong, please fix this atrocity

[Jdiggity101]

and the word "to"

[sulkoma]

lol

[DeafFret]

This is the first time i've ever heard a nice song about this place. There's a few nasty ones.

Have to admit though, that everything Ben Folds says about the place is true.

[georgiaaRAWR]

hey, adelaide is amazing :D

heh

[ehg97]

Adelaide rules !!!

[tolchock1984]

And life sized bronze pigs!

[ClassifiedsPH]

this is so cute it somehow reminds me of south park hehe :P

[aussieyobbo1]

great video

[0oo0oo0o00oo]

adelaide ftw

[burings22]

I live in adelaide!

[tphan69]

It was either on rage or video hits

[tphan69]

WHERE IS THE REAL VIDEO FOR THIS SONg???!!!

[rtkiiiprod]

I don't think there is one...that is why I made it.

[tphan69]

Thanks for your reply mate it's much appreciated. I saw the video years ago but can't find it anywhere. Ben Folds is poking his head out of a car's sunroof as his friend drives through the Adelaide hills tunnel with friends. Amber lights, can't remember anything else. Oh, some chick too.

[jammahamma]

I live in adelaide! born raised and living!

[DeJANGOh]

this is what youtube was made for

[rtkiiiprod]

I couldn't agree more. Thanks for watching!

[turtlemoonkey]

oddly enough.. i am entertained. good job

[MarkTheMagnificent]

i like ben folds. i like him so much that if i saw him, i would tell him that i like his music.

[yonanaphone]

that is terrible haha. funny but terrible

[AnimatedSyeko]

2:20 Could make babies cry.

[fugazi0311]

lmao This was actually really good.

[rtkiiiprod]

:) - hahahahaha! Yeah I am shocked so many enjoy this :)

Thanks for checking it out.

[AnimatedSyeko]

Lol It is good, it's just that part is terrifyingly hilarious XD

[hellcatt20]

heheh very cute!

thanks!

[marquisedesade87]

Album: SuperSunnySpeedGraphic

Loved the vid clip, good work!

x

[daisyjane200]

This song is awesome!

[SmallCansOfTuna]

scared me a little.

but i like it. :)

[Emily1342]

what albulm is this from

[EarthlyDerision]

Yes, Adelaide! My home town, a place like many others! After so many years the spastic malaise of geographical isolation takes over leaving you psycholigically inert, ready to assume almost anywhere is better until you wake up one day, cold, naked, with your face in the butt cheeks of a London flatmate sharing the 16 bajillion pcm rent to realise, life is better with beer, beaches and bogans.

[tomjjackson]

Cute animation. Well done.

[brinjen72]

Love this song, excellent job on the video :-)

[buskerbuoy]

Great song choice for your great animation

[tphan69]

WHERE IS THE REAL COVER TO THIS SONg?????

[verrgs32]

no u idiot he is not, he was married to an adelaidean! lol

[lomo4lead]

Where is the person from that made this video?????

[omen351]

because he can.

[LaFro88]

because he really really wants to.

[bobdeebob]

Because Victoria takes it up the backside

[tolchock1984]

Because it's where he lives, (well, use to anyway)

[RedrumSunglasses]

are you serious tolchock ;O

[tolchock1984]

Yes, it's where he used to live. That's why he wrote a song about it and says he likes it. He doesn't live there now because it's too hard to get stuff from there.

[tolchock1984]

Because Adelaide's a city with Balls!

[jojopet]

That was great man.  Terrific job.

[tphan69]

where is the real cover video to this song??? please can someone tell me?

[tphan69]

where where where is it?

[tigregirl18]

Because I want to! <3

[gecaoge]

Spelt Adelaide wrong at 2:03! ...

[clubpenguin777]

is Ben Folds Australian?

[NightmareRequiem]

Fuck no

[tolchock1984]

No, he's american but he lived here for a while

[maxichic]

because i want to!!! lol

[mustlovehockey]

haha this is awesome. i love the part when ben is jammin on his piano at the concert.

[willtarded]

To, not Too.

[rtkiiiprod]

Yeah I know...it was supposed to be like he was carrying the tune longer. So it was supposed to look like "TOOOooooooo" but I only did "Too" and it didn't turn out right :)

thanks for watching,

[VictorYi]

I love ADL...lol

[PaulanTy]

Most people screw up when they try and do what you have done. I have lived in Adelaide all my 40 years of life. There is more to Adelaide but I love your work and what you have done with the song. That should be a Coopers Beer. I would love to see one that shows more of Adelaide. I loved it MATE,

Thanx Cobber

[schnitzlopolis]

ben rocking the super-deep v-neck

[plusplusplusplusp]

I live in Adelaide and it rocks!

[michaelpearse]

haha that was so good man good watch ADL(L)

[Laras420]

Adelaide rocks

[omen351]

its just the bogans from victoria that are writing all the stupid hate shit about adelaide. just ignore them because they are un-educated. they are just jelous that no one wrote a song about melbourne.

victorians think they are better than every state in australia.

melbourne is proof that tasmanians can swim. enough said.

[kickinbrass08]

well tim freedman wrote "Melbourne", and although im from QLD, gotta respect the song and his work. (nice video btw)

[Ninjaoutofwhoo]

sorry ,, i'll comment about the video,,very well done i must say..good job

it made me smile =)

not lyk some of the comments though and yes i am just as bad as the other ppl dissin adelaide so i regret my previous comment but not the bit where i sed

i love adelaide!!!!!!!

[rtkiiiprod]

Hahahaha no worries I'm glad it made you smile... :)

[Ninjaoutofwhoo]

i'm from adelaide,,born and raised,, moved away n must say I MISS IT :(

been to sydney have to say too busy man,,melbourne wats with all the asians??,,canberra..borrringg,­,qlds is sic as but adelaide is different lol yes u can go to nightclubs during the week derrr and lol u cant drink on the beach but does that stop ppl?? oh and drinking at the stadiums while in there seats,,,how many fights u guys have??

anyway just saying that this song is cool as !! alsoooo i love adelaide =)

[x4d3l41d3x]

lol this is officially my favorite song. (my name is Adelaide!)

[rtkiiiprod]

I appreciate all that watch this video I really do, but Can we just move past the Adelaide Great/Awful comments that keep showing up and focus more on the song and video.

I've never been and probably never will go but I'm a fan of Ben Folds that's why I made the video, so please comments about the song or video only.

[MadddoggSteffy]

are u serious lol? dont dictate what people write? or arguments like this start...

[rtkiiiprod]

I'm not trying to be a dic :) But after awhile i get tired of seeing the same comments. I know i can just remove them, but if people want to argue about how good the town is then go open a forum somewhere and bash there..biot here,,,thats all im saying

[jimivandricks]

You know whats funny!

people who bag Adelaide

have never been to Adelaide

i used to live in VIC

and i went to Adelaide for a holiday and fell in love with the place! and i now live there.

Adelaide has some of the most amazing festivals in Australia, if not the world.

So why dont you visit the place before you actually bag it.

[BoodleHeimerIII]

That was amazing.

[bish180b]

what the fuck is there to do in adelaide?? besides settle down and retire. have they discovered dance parties there yet? do they have stadium concerts? can u find a nightclub during the week? is there anyone single over the age of 23 there? can u drink alcohol in ur seat at the football? are u still only allowed light beer at the cricket?

is it still illegal to ahve alcohol at the beach? great place to have fun..

[garygroundwork]

ok Adelaide is a boring shithole for a young person. but if u want to settle down and don nothing for the rest of ur life then it is a clean and easy city.

[minimemarcus88]

i live in Adelaide. I have been to every state, several times, and there is nothing like home. Ben Folds loves Adelaide so much because his wide is a Adelaidian

[fortunecookiezcz]

great song

[yourjaneinlights]

haha! love it!

[ranchblast]

where did u record this ?, Good song , but sounds a lot like another older song, is this a kinda cover version?

[rtkiiiprod]

It was on Ben Folds' last Cd Superspeedy chromo whatever. I don't know if it is a cover, but it isn't my song. I just made a music video set to his song :)

[Supercooldude444]

AWESOME

[jonkinthetonk]

the part where ben's head is just bobbing for however long cracks me up all the time.

[BITCHESOFHELL10000]

H AH HA HA HA i love it

[Slantsone]

you spelt adelaide wrong in the speech bubble in the clip.

[rtkiiiprod]

Damn typos!!!! :)

[Valdez707remixed]

Just to let you know, you used the wrong version of "to." Other wise I loved it.

[rtkiiiprod]

Yeah, I meant to put in "Because I want toooooo" Like he is carrying the "o" longer...but i only added one...so now it looks like i have bad grammar :)

thanks for watching.

[leml12]

I LOVE ADELAIDE. DYING TO GO BACK :(

[bbob6190]

haha amazing work

[Thrillcekr]

I think it's a great song. He's expressing his appreciation for the fact that Adelaide is a real down to Earth place. Unlike Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane. I's not some cheesy fuckin' Orlando, Florida or Los Angeles like tourist trap where the attractions are fake and the people are all assholes. Love it. Rock on Ben!

[rtkiiiprod]

Fianlly! someone else gets it! Most comments I've had are about how crumy the town is...but that isn't the point of his song. thanks for watching!

[hcram]

brisbane is totally not as bad as sydney or melbourne. =S

[HowieLy]

LOVE IT... out of all the places he makes a song about Adelaide.. everything he says is right.. esp beers better, silver balls in the mall!! Fuck Adelaide rocks!

[bonger22]

hes from adelaide that why he wrote it

[HowieLy]

is that right? check his wikipedia.

[Kuricunt]

yeah aparntly his wifey is from here.

[GYRgadget]

What a song!

[daisiesinherfootstep]

Cute =]

Love it!

x

[adamp237]

Misspelt too, the rest is good. Great song.

[rezifox]

Hehe, I'm sorry, it must be said that the animation is lame. But other than that, great video. xD I really liked it, and I'm sure you did the best you could with the materials used.

Good job. ;D

[MusicGirl1980]

In the scene where he's watching people walking past you shoulda had Johnny the Aborgine in his underwear walk by.

[GatewayPlaza]

Adelaide is like a huge bogan containment centre. It's disgusting. I've been there and thought it was the worst place I have ever been in my life.

[LachmanTF]

Judging by your name im guessing your from Warrnambool? If there is one place worse than adelaide its Warrnambool, but hey, i like both places

[rtkiiiprod]

I don't know what you mean...im from Indiana. But thanks for watching.

[1CaptainAustralia1]

Hey mate, come back here and send me a message or something. I'll show you what Adelaide is all about! RADelaide has cheap rent and stinky weed. What more could you ask for?

[rtkiiiprod]

Ben Fold's Song...but maybe thats why he loves the place :)

[BIGFELLAH]

If you think Adelaide is the worst place in the world then why the hell would you watch a video about Adelaide if you hate it so much? You're the worst of the worst and a real pig. No brains, No balls, No life. Disgusting little shits like you are obviously jealous that Adelaide is making a name for it self.

[rtkiiiprod]

I love Adelaide.... :) Never been but if Ben thinks it's awesome then I'm sure it's cool. :)

[BIGFELLAH]

Yes it is a nice place. It may not be a big city like Sydney or Melbourne but it has alot of good things going for it. And of course Ben Folds lives here now.

[bmarsh92]

Actually Adelaide is shit. 'Nuff said.

[bmarsh92]

Actually Adelaide is shit. 'Nuff said.

[BIGFELLAH]

You're a brain dead moron. Nuff said.

[danbarbs21]

Haha. I'm from Adelaide, live overseas now, and one of the notable things about it is how aggressive Adelaidians are when people give their city shit. Lighten up pal! Besides, reacting like that just makes Adelaide sound like a hole, like it NEEDS defending. Think of it like this, do people from Sydney generally care if people say Sydney sucks? No, cos the general verdict is that it's a world class city.

[danbarbs21]

Oh and Adelaide is awesome!

[BIGFELLAH]

You're right. But I think why Adeladians get so angry is because people who haven't been to Adeaide trash it when it doesn't deserve to be trashed.

[flowerofsilver]

BWAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH this is so fucking silly!

[Dixie50]

very nice video and very nice city to live in.

Ben Folds made a good decision.

[cork43]

Lol, first person in history to actually like that bogan sh*thole that is Adelaide.

[jerida233]

I think Ben would approve... :)

[FoldsFan606]

nice bro

[RikVargard]

Hey, that was very cool, mate! :)

[WorldPictures]

Pretty cool dude, love it!

[sherwinliu]

I'm not usually into music videos, but this one is exceptionally well made!

[WaynesWorldFan]

NICE from C11

[rtkiiiprod]

thanks for the comments so far guys/gals

[HandyAndy888]

Good effort...

[nutty85]

i freaking love it. thanks

[sabbysue]

LOVE THIS!!! People... you HAVE to watch this. This man is a genious! I love the "Thumbs up!" It makes me laugh every time :) Great job!

[Animeabe]

Great stuff man! "because I want to" it makes me laugh every time :)