Perşembe 26 Haz 2008, 17:21

Ben Folds, Wed 25 June 2008, Shepherds Bush Empire

In response to Good gig, bad venue (ish) by Zoonie:

Ach, for my first Ben Folds gig I have to say I was kinda disappointed. Not being able to see *and* being tall made me feel both guilty and annoyed, and the sound was pretty crap. I guess I had high expectations, but didn't feel I could really enjoy myself for various crowd related reasons.

It was great to finally see him live, and was that (fomer drummer) Lindsay Jamieson who kept wandering on with the tambourine? I thought he'd slipped a disc.

I'm sort of ambivalent about the singalongyness. It's really fun (especially Ben's trademark three part "harmony" schtick) but also quite distracting. Would be OK if the sound was better I suppose. He wasn't always singing into his mic either!

Anyway, going back in November too, right at the front, on the left near the keys! Come on Ben, let's do it properly this time!