Ben Folds Five - Stockholm 1999

This is part of a performance by the Ben Folds Five
during their final world tour undertaken during 1999 and 2000. This is from a concert in Stockholm, Sweden performed on the 18th November 1999.

I have tried to source the remainder of the concert without success, I have however confirmed the full set below so you can see where the songs fit in during the overall performance, what we have here is about half the concert.

That said this is a great recording, the trio are clearly enjoying themselves along with the audience, and this is a great reminder of just what a fine band the Ben Folds Five were.

Source: FM Radio Broadcast

Sound Quality: Very Good stereo mp3@160kbps.

Genre: Alt Rock.

Set: Edited Concert.

Set List:

01  Army
02  Don't Change Your Plans
03  Your Redneck Past
04  Mess
05  Brick
06  Philosophy
07  Fair
08  One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
09  Sledge on Power Animals and Oranges
10  Underground
11  Song For The Dumped

The full gig comprised of  Theme From "Dr. Pyser" - Battle Of Who Could Care Less - Army - Don't Change Your Plans - Magic - The Last Polka - Steven's Last Night In Town - Redneck Past - When Joe Gets To Hamburg - Mess - Brick - Philosophy - Fair - Narcolepsy - Regrets - One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces - Chariots Of Frog Babble - Underground - Boxing - Song For The Dumped.

Website: Official Ben Folds HERE.

Comments:

Ben Folds Five was formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill by Ben Folds. They were, in fact, a trio in spite of their name, and the primary motivation behind the name, apart from the band's well-known use of humor, was simple preference, according to Ben: "I think it sounds better than Ben Folds Three."  Ben Folds once described their music as "punk rock for sissies," a reaction to the angst prevalent in '90s rock.

Their first radio single was "Underground" from their self-titled debut album, released in 1995 on Caroline records. The band's biggest success was the single "Brick" from their second album, Whatever and Ever Amen, released in 1997. It was followed by the more somber and jazz-based 1999 album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. The group contributed an outtake from the Reinhold Messner sessions, titled "Leather Jacket," to the 1999 benefit album, No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees.

The band's final recording was a cover of Steely Dan's "Barrytown" for the Me, Myself & Irene soundtrack. Following the worldwide tour in support of The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, the band "amicably" broke up in October 2000.

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