My first musical love growing up as a child was not The Beatles, or The Rolling Stones, or even The Backstreet Boys. The first musician I fell in love with was Ben Folds, a goofy, fantastic piano player. Folds music with Ben Folds Five (which only had three members) was funny at points, touching at others, and just amazingly unique to pop music. He had balls in his songwriting. However, his albums have gotten progressively worse since the breakup of Ben Folds Five. No matter what though, I will always love Ben Folds. The video below is Ben Folds playing a show in his home state of North Carolina and improvising on Chatroulette. It is meant to be a tribute to Merton, a guy who has been made famous for playing piano on Chatroulette and who has often been believed to be Ben Folds. I think this is hysterical. Enjoy!
- Greg
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