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Monday, April 6, 2009
Concert Review: Ben Folds at The Ritz Ybor
Posted by Leilani Polk on Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:09 PM
A wrap of the Friday, April 3 show by B.Treotch; photo by Phil Bardi.
The 42-year-old, supported by a drummer, bassist and multi-instrumentalist played over two dozen songs that spanned his solo career and his three studio albums with the Ben Folds Five. Drawing heavily from last year’s under-the-radar Way To Normal, Folds opened with “Errant Dog.” The band then worked the crowd with tracks from Songs for Silverman — “Landed” and “Jesusland” — followed by the Whatever and Ever Amen’s anthemic “Battle of Who Could Care Less,” Normal’s “Effington” and Rockin’ the Suburbs’ “Losing Lisa.” Then they brought it down with “Lullabye” from The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner and a new one, “Kylie From Connecticut.”
The interplay with Ben and audience took off in the second half of the set. “Rocking the Suburbs” and “Kate” provided fodder for sing-a-longs. The crowd went bonkers over “Brick.” (If I never again get surrounded by men singing an earnest ballad, it’ll be too soon.)
Folds is a true showman. Banging away on his grand piano pushed to the front of the stage, he thrives on crowd interaction. The highlight of the evening came when Folds conducted the audience as a three-part-harmony choir during “Not the Same.”
Folds closed the set while shaking hands in the front rows and crooning the fake version of “The Frown Song.” The band returned for a two-song encore, finishing with a fan favorite, “Army.”
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I saw a ~four year old boy w/ear plugs in the front row, he was smiling and well behaved. Ben eventually shook his hand, it was one of the best moments of the show. I also saw mild mannered white boys fight over possession of Ben's used beer bottle after the show, quite hilarious.
Does anyone have the set list? I took some pretty good video. Search srgntfioyd on You Tube. I really want the set list, though...
We have the setlist. I missed a few songs though, so it's mostly complete: Errant Dog, Sentimental Guy, Brainwascht, ?, Hiroshama (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Bastard, Free Coffee, ?, Landed, Jesusland, Battle of Who Could Care Less, Effington, Losing Lisa, Lullabye, Kylie From Connecticut, Still Fighting It, You Don’t Know Me, Where’s Summer B.?, Rocking the Suburbs>Jam, Kate, improv song about roadie Michael Praidy (sp?), Brick, Not the Same, The Frown Song (fake version) Encore: Fair, Army
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