Discussioni → favorite ben folds song

favorite of all time is Brick, just because it was the main reason I began to have the desire to play piano, and it was the first song I ever learned to play.

but close to that are Fair (first I ever heard from him. always gets me happy), Jackson Cannery (when I first popped in that album, it was the first thing I heard, and I loved it from first listen), Jane and Emaline (I'm a sucker for songs about girls, what can I say), and finally Fired (just kick-awesome throughout).

I've listened to a shit load of Ben, and yet I still can't fall in love with any of his fan-favorites. I like them, for sure, but they're not the ones I have stuck in my head all day.

and to answer the other question posed, the only song I ever had a problem with was Give Judy My Notice. I just hated the feel of it, especially after a song like Trusted. but I've grown past that now. I still skip it on occasion, though.

brownhonk said:
iKipapa said:


Jane and Emaline (I'm a sucker for songs about girls, what can I say)



haha, well that's a pity, as Emaline is about a horse.
when i first found that out, it kinda ruined the song for me, but i got over it, it's still my all time favourite folds' song, oh gosh he's amazing.

BAHAHA, you don't say? well, I feel completely stupid now, haha. still an amazing song, though. thanks for letting me know that.


EDIT: I just felt like looking into it, not thinking you were wrong, or anything, but just seeing if there was anything Ben said about it. and I found this:
"Emaline. About a very strange girlfriend I had. We were a weird couple and she was misunderstood. I spent a lot of time explaining for her."

but who knows for sure? read here, and all you get is a bunch of people fighting over whether it is a horse or not.

still, it's a beautiful song regardless of what the subject is.