Ben Folds #2

As reported earlier, Ben Folds is working on a series of EPs, the first of which has been already released and the second, Sunny 16, will hit the interweb on September 16th. Plans are to take 3 songs from each of the EPs and use those along with new songs for his next full-length to be released in 2004. For a detailed run-down of the Sunny 16, visit the...

Ben Folds - Sunny 16:
1. There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
2. Learn To Live With What You Are
3. All You Can Eat *
4. Rock Star #
5. Songs of Love (written by Neil Hannon of Divine Comedy) %

* - When it was an embryo of a song, I played it at a few gigs and called it "They Give No Fuck". The bulk of the song was written the day it was recorded and I realized it should be called "All You Can Eat". I've always said I'd write one love song and one political song. I think this is about as political as I care to be in my music.

# - I played the sketch of this at a few gigs and had the crowd sing the backups, so it might sound familiar to a few people. It's actually about a waiter but I wasn't able to make that clear in such a short song.

% - He's one of my favorite songwriters, one of the best voices in pop music ever, and one of the finest human beings in the western world. Other than that, he's pathetic. I could launch into an essay about Divine Comedy but I'll spare you. I hope I did this song some justice - I'm not sure if I'm worthy.