http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/09/26/song-of-the-day-64-jesusland-ben-folds/ Musings on movies, television, music and more Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/09/26/song-of-the-day-64-jesusland-ben-folds/#comment-1023 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:47:39 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-1023 i, of course, also love Folds and love this song. And I’m glad you picked up on the thing about this song that works so well–that being the ability to point out hypocricy in the heartland while at the same time showing it a degree of reverence and respect. I think it is a product of Folds’ unique perspective of someone who has grown up in the bible belt and can see the multiple facets of that world. He is not someone who is looking at it from a New England elitist perch. He lived it, and now he continues to see it as he tours, even though he has since moved away.

]]> http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/09/26/song-of-the-day-64-jesusland-ben-folds/#comment-1018 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:03:06 +0000 http://meetinmontauk.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-1018 Ben Folds in one of my iPod exclusive artists, which means I have no idea which songs belong to which albums. They all just show up in a big group of great songs, some of which I know and love more than others, many of which I don’t even know by name. This one falls into that category, though as I listen to it now it seems absurd that I didn’t know its name until now. The songs of his I consider my favorites are Alice Childress, Brick, Philosophy, Gracie…. not sure which of these fall into the light albums versus the masterful chronicling of human nature, but I know that I love them all. And Jesusland certainly belongs in their great company.

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