Ben Folds @ Wellmont Theatre 11.18.10
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 11:51 AM Ben Folds (Photos by Colin Rieser)
Esteemed pianist & songwriter, Ben Folds stopped by Montclair's Wellmont Theatre last night, November 18th. The Nashville based musician recently put out a collaboration record with award winning novelist, Nick Hornby. Not much of a reader? Well, you may still know some of Nick's work considering quite a few of his books were adapted into films such as: High Fidelity, About a Boy and Fever Pitch. The two put out Lonely Avenue this past September via Nonesuch Records. Folds wrote the music for the album while Hornby handled the lyrics. Be sure to pick up the record here. Columbia Spectator recently did an in-depth piece on the making of the album, which you should check out here. Excerpt below. Ben's massive 27 song setlist from last night can be found below. All of Ben Folds upcoming tour dates, which include a show at NYC's Beacon Theatre December 14th can be found here.
Although recording the whole album was an 18-month process, the turnaround time for each song was incredibly short. “It usually took about 15 minutes to an hour for me to get the form, the melody, and everything hashed out,” Folds said. He would sort out any missing pieces later that day in the studio while the other musicians learned their parts. They recorded. And that was usually what appeared on the record.
Despite having recently released “Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!” and including a song about a college professor on his album, Folds does not work with a college audience in mind—or any audience, for that matter. “You’ll write some song and realize that there’s 15-year-old boys who are into it when you thought it was for housewives or something,” Folds said. “You cut yourself off from the important stuff when you worry about who the audience might be.” [Allison Malecha]
Ben Folds' Wellmont Theatre Setlist 2010 (via)
A Working Day
Doc Pomus
Sustained Piano Improv
Belinda
Sleazy (Kesha cover)
Gone
Cologne
Saskia Hamilton
Bastard
Still Fighting It
From Above
Landed
Claire's Ninth
Annie Waits
Levi Johnston Blues
Lullabye
Story About Montclair Jam
Ben's Bass Solo
Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre cover)
Hiroshima
Zak and Sara
You Don't Know Me
Army
Kate
Rockin' The Suburbs
Underground
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