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* "Magic". It's particularly touching if you've ever lost someone to a painful disease. |
* "Magic". It's particularly touching if you've ever lost someone to a painful disease. |
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* "[http://info.benfolds.org/FredJonesPart2Lyrics Fred Jones, Part 2]" is an extremely sad song, which deals with the unfairness of a good man fading away, unremarked on by the universe at large. |
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20081201151432/http://info.benfolds.org/FredJonesPart2Lyrics Fred Jones, Part 2]" is an extremely sad song, which deals with the unfairness of a good man fading away, unremarked on by the universe at large. |
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* "The Luckiest." That's love, love, love. |
* "The Luckiest." That's love, love, love. |
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* "Don't Change Your Plans" is another one. |
* "Don't Change Your Plans" is another one. |
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* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CCUtcnexEY Kylie From Connecticut]" is a great one off his new album that can really get you, especially the heartbreaking cry of the chorus. |
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CCUtcnexEY Kylie From Connecticut]" is a great one off his new album that can really get you, especially the heartbreaking cry of the chorus. |
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* And then there's "[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/33/ Cigarette]", which packs a heck of a lot of tragedy into a [[Single-Stanza Song]]. Even moreso when you find out it's taken verbatim from a newspaper clipping. Man, can Ben Folds write an incredibly sad song when he wants to (although to give proper credit "Magic" was written by Darren Jessee). |
* And then there's "[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/33/ Cigarette]", which packs a heck of a lot of tragedy into a [[Single-Stanza Song]]. Even moreso when you find out it's taken verbatim from a newspaper clipping. Man, can Ben Folds write an incredibly sad song when he wants to (although to give proper credit "Magic" was written by Darren Jessee). |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5EHAqhR1c "Brick"]. It's especially horrible if you know the [[wikipedia:Brick |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5EHAqhR1c "Brick"]. It's especially horrible if you know the [[wikipedia:Brick (song)|backstory.]] |
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* Not to mention Ben Folds' simple, personal lament to Smith, "Too Late". *Sigh* "The songs you wrote... got me through a lot, just wanna tell you that... But it's too late." |
* Not to mention Ben Folds' simple, personal lament to Smith, "Too Late". *Sigh* "The songs you wrote... got me through a lot, just wanna tell you that... But it's too late." |
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* "Fighting it" is a song about how teenage years are hard. |
* "Fighting it" is a song about how teenage years are hard. |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP0mFcHek9M Carrying Cathy.] |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP0mFcHek9M Carrying Cathy.] |
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* Maybe it's just me, but I find [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5peqCDJi0A From Above] to be depressing as hell. [[Lyrical Dissonance|Don't let the catchy tune fool you,]] just read the lyrics without any musical influence: |
* Maybe it's just me, but I find [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5peqCDJi0A From Above] to be depressing as hell. [[Lyrical Dissonance|Don't let the catchy tune fool you,]] just read the lyrics without any musical influence: |
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{{quote|''It's so easy [[Title Drop|from above,]] |
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You can really see it all, |
''You can really see it all, |
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People who belong together |
''People who belong together |
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Lost and sad and small. |
''Lost and sad and small. |
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But there's nothing to be done for them, |
''But there's nothing to be done for them, |
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It doesn't work that way. |
''It doesn't work that way. |
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Sure we all have soul mates, but |
''Sure we all have soul mates, but |
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We walk past them everyday. }} |
''We walk past them everyday. }} |
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** And the music video doesn't help either. |
** And the music video doesn't help either. |
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 17 October 2018
- "Magic". It's particularly touching if you've ever lost someone to a painful disease.
- "Fred Jones, Part 2" is an extremely sad song, which deals with the unfairness of a good man fading away, unremarked on by the universe at large.
- "The Luckiest." That's love, love, love.
- "Don't Change Your Plans" is another one.
- "Kylie From Connecticut" is a great one off his new album that can really get you, especially the heartbreaking cry of the chorus.
- And then there's "Cigarette", which packs a heck of a lot of tragedy into a Single-Stanza Song. Even moreso when you find out it's taken verbatim from a newspaper clipping. Man, can Ben Folds write an incredibly sad song when he wants to (although to give proper credit "Magic" was written by Darren Jessee).
- "Brick". It's especially horrible if you know the backstory.
- Not to mention Ben Folds' simple, personal lament to Smith, "Too Late". *Sigh* "The songs you wrote... got me through a lot, just wanna tell you that... But it's too late."
- "Fighting it" is a song about how teenage years are hard.
- "Picture Window"
- "Evaporated" is a pretty strong tear magnet.
- Carrying Cathy.
- Maybe it's just me, but I find From Above to be depressing as hell. Don't let the catchy tune fool you, just read the lyrics without any musical influence:
It's so easy from above, |
- And the music video doesn't help either.