From Above - Ben Folds
Ben Folds is a really awesome artist in my opinion, a fantastic songwriter. Now I don't actually own a single cd of his but I do really enjoy his work. This latest project he has released is really interesting, he has collaborated with author Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy amongst others).
Basically the two of them dug each others work and Ben requested Nick to write lyrics and Ben then came up with the music and melodies to turn them into songs. This is total opposite to how Ben normally writes where he normally does the music then kind of hums melodies which then get turned into lyrics
The first single is From Above and is a really interesting premise, the idea that people live their lives (happily and content) yet the possibility of a better life is possibly close at hand and people arent even aware. "yes we all have soulmates but we walk past them everyday"
Now for some reason I cant find a youtube of this track so you have to go to www.myspace.com/benfolds to listen
while your there may as well listen to the song "Bitch Went Nuts" coz lets be honest thats a great song title
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