Ben Folds Five(1994-2000) was a three-member band formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending. The members of the band were: Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs; Robert Sledgeon bass and Darren Jesseeon drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single Brickin 1998, a ballad written by Folds (with a chorus by Jessee) about his high school girlfriend getting an abortion. This song has, to a large degree, misrepresented the band to fans who aren't familiar with their other work; "Brick" is a serious ballad, whereas most of their music is characterised by jazz inflections and witty, humorous lyrics.
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Ben Folds Five
(drivers license and registration please
(what's the problem sir?)
(step out of your car and show me your CD collection)
(um, i wasn't speeding)
(i don't care if you were speeding)
(uh, maybe I, I, right now, see ya sucker!)
(hit it, he just hit a curb)
(get him!)
(freeze asshole!)
(eat this cocksucker!)
(there he is!)
(yeah he's going down there)
(uh, yeah i'll take it from up here)
(over here)
(oh come on)
(go go go go, take him out, yeah!)
(oooh)
(there he is, there he goes again!)
(eat more purple shit (?))
(spits)