tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014084.post7797539468231632273..comments2024-03-12T14:44:22.085-05:00Comments on 3 Minutes, 49 Seconds: 193. Ben Folds: Way to Normal (2008)Paul V. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03874486521264396782noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014084.post-31459488292892291102008-10-28T15:22:00.000-05:002008-10-28T15:22:00.000-05:00Oh, sorry about misreading you on Suburbs. Gone is...Oh, sorry about misreading you on Suburbs. Gone is one of the great break-up songs.<BR/><BR/>I don't follow Ben's divorces much, but am I right when I understand the break-up songs on Normal asreferring to the woman he addressed in The Luckiest?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great blog. I really enjoy your insights. So much that I usually feel I have nothing constructive to add.CTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775874319624381020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014084.post-68356875040281373262008-10-28T13:34:00.000-05:002008-10-28T13:34:00.000-05:00Thanks!I think you're right about the reaction to ...Thanks!<BR/><BR/>I think you're right about the reaction to Silverman getting in his head a bit.<BR/><BR/>And I didn't intend to disparage Rockin' The Suburbs, only to point out that it's short on break-up songs. I love that album.Paul V. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03874486521264396782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014084.post-47455751233959708622008-10-27T15:36:00.000-05:002008-10-27T15:36:00.000-05:00A perceptive review, and excellent point about the...A perceptive review, and excellent point about the rather vacuous songs on this set (Free Coffee, Frown). <BR/><BR/>It seems to me that Folds took the critics' misjudged dismissal of Silverman -- it's not Ben Folds Five, they cried -- to heart and tried to receate his old sound. A pity.<BR/><BR/>I do disagree with your view of Suburbs though. It's a fine album indeed.CTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775874319624381020noreply@blogger.com