After what seems like a lifetime of waiting, it's finally ready - www.benfoldstribute.com!!
From one frivolous post on the .org, an entire double CD of covers by Ben's fans has grown...
Expecting only a few half-hearted "that's a good idea"s, I quickly forgot about the whole idea. Except I didn't... the response was amazing - within 24 hours I was beginning to recieve mp3s from people all over the world. The standard of cover that people were sending in was extremely high, and the variation in style incredible. The idea had to be pushed forward... with the help of Jen (mojochic) and Don (jrkeyboard) 28 tracks were assembled into the double CD that we have now put onto the net.
It's a really good listen... from straight piano covers of Ben's work through to dance, acoustic and reggae everyone has given their own unique take on songs that are so familiar to us all.
Massive thanks to everyone who sang, strummed, or tryed in vain to work a four-track in the name of showing our appreciation to our favourite piano-playing asshole. Here's hoping that he enjoys listening to it as much as I do!
Hope you all enjoy it too...
Phil
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“I write the same song over and over anyway, so you'll know what it's going to sound like.”
- Ben on the new album
Rock.
The.
Fuck.
ON.
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I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.
http://drewmg.tripod.com - You know you want it.[/sig]
Woah, who all is on this? I could just click the link...
[sig]"SKATEBOARD!"
-Webb
Gay people love others too, it just requires lubricant.
-Goblinboy
"Are you like the internet manifestation of Pauly Shore or something?"
88 kickin keys-regarding myself.[/sig]
this is awesome!!!!! the site looks really really nice too! mmmmmmmm i can't wait for this to finish downloading :)
[sig]"names ending in 99 do it for me" - ben folds
"Eli, you are my cinnamon angel." - andy
"and it's you i see, but you don't see me and it's you i hear, oh so loud and so clear, i sing it loooouuuuud and clear, and i'll always be waiting for you."
i ♥ guiltywhiteboy [/sig]
I wish people's .org names were on the site too, because I really don't know who most of those people are on there.
[sig]-=0=-
I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.
http://drewmg.tripod.com - You know you want it.[/sig]
good point... don??
i can't get a couple of these to work...specifically avery m. powers, brick, and eddie walker...
[sig]"names ending in 99 do it for me" - ben folds
"Eli, you are my cinnamon angel." - andy
"and it's you i see, but you don't see me and it's you i hear, oh so loud and so clear, i sing it loooouuuuud and clear, and i'll always be waiting for you."
i ♥ guiltywhiteboy [/sig]
WOOHOO!!! Actually, I knew this was up yesterday, but I didn't say anything because I wanted those who were running it to break the news.
By the way (shameless plug) that's me singing, playing rhythm guitar and bass with my friends Evan, Adam and Anthony playing the other instruments on Disc 1, Track 5. I apologize for my whiny, emo-esque voice. We didn't put as much work as I would've liked to in our track, but it came out alright.
[sig]-Sean
"WHOA, PEOPLE DON'T AGREE?" -88 Kickin Keys
I may love Hollywood, drink lattes and eat sushi, but I would NEVER drive a Volvo.
[/sig]
Those 3 songs (Avery M Powers, Brick and Eddie Walker) have been fixed.
I'll work on .org usernames tonight after work
Enjoy!!!
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
thanks don!
[sig]"names ending in 99 do it for me" - ben folds
"Eli, you are my cinnamon angel." - andy
"and it's you i see, but you don't see me and it's you i hear, oh so loud and so clear, i sing it loooouuuuud and clear, and i'll always be waiting for you."
i ♥ guiltywhiteboy [/sig]
Anything for you ;-)
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
don, phil, and jen:
isn't it a little pretentious capitalizing only YOUR names on the tracklisting? because you organized the CD, does that make your songs any higher quality?
just a though. great job, though.
[sig]- drew
"someone holds the copyright to Happy Birthday?"
"the representatives of Mildred and Patty Hill."
"it took two people to write that song?"[/sig]
That's me doing Kate. I never post and am better known as Jen's boyfriend.
Phil, could you list my full name???
Jim Gerke
Song: Kate
I'll get a picture to you today.
jim
[sig]8^0 -- "We can be happy underground"[/sig]
Dr. Worm,
No, it's not pretentious at all - (I'm the one who did that tracklisting by the way - so blame me, not Don and Phil). I don't owe you an explanation, but I'll humor you. A GREAT amount of time was put into this project by myself, Phil and Don having nothing to do with our songs. The three of us have worked together on this for over a year! If that's not worthy of some capitalization, I don't know what to tell you....
[sig]"Yo back in the day you mother fuckers made fun of me, stepped to me, wouldn't let me be. In the halls you pulled down your pants and showed your butts to me, all the girls went tee hee hee.
Well, you wait and see Short Bus not through with you, straight out of mother fuckin' in school suspension fool. I told you bitches this shit would be continued
Bennie whoops your ass in part two...electric boogaloo.
Yo, what's my name...Short Bus Benny"[/sig]
Dr. Worm,
No, it's not pretentious at all - (I'm the one who did that tracklisting by the way - so blame me, not Don and Phil). I don't owe you an explanation, but I'll humor you. A GREAT amount of time was put into this project by myself, Phil and Don having nothing to do with our songs. The three of us have worked together on this for over a year! If that's not worthy of some capitalization, I don't know what to tell you....
[sig]"Yo back in the day you mother fuckers made fun of me, stepped to me, wouldn't let me be. In the halls you pulled down your pants and showed your butts to me, all the girls went tee hee hee.
Well, you wait and see Short Bus not through with you, straight out of mother fuckin' in school suspension fool. I told you bitches this shit would be continued
Bennie whoops your ass in part two...electric boogaloo.
Yo, what's my name...Short Bus Benny"[/sig]
that guy in the middle of the front cover art is certainly not Ben!, so who is he? and why not putting a picture of "the man" himself??? it would look better
and i didnt like also the capitalization thing either, not because it says that the songs are better quatilty than the others or whatever,, its because it just doesnt look good, i mean it all should be the same... and if the people who made it want some credit just put on a side, "compiled and released by A, B and C" thats it, so that people know that you spent time on it and that deserve some credit, and im not complaining, its just a suggestion....
cool! all my cover art is...on the cover!!
Yeah, I'm with that. Capitalizing your own names doesn't convey what you are intending, Jen. I'll give you all the credit in the world for putting this together (although I am really curious as to why it took over a year. not that I did anything to help, so I can't complain), but capitalizing your names just makes it look out of place. You should just put your names at the bottom of the art as the producers or something.
I can't wait till I get a chance to hear this.
[sig]-=0=-
I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.
http://drewmg.tripod.com - You know you want it.[/sig]
Yeah, I'm with that. Capitalizing your own names doesn't convey what you are intending, Jen. I'll give you all the credit in the world for putting this together (although I am really curious as to why it took over a year. not that I did anything to help, so I can't complain), but capitalizing your names just makes it look out of place. You should just put your names at the bottom of the art as the producers or something.
I can't wait till I get a chance to hear this.
[sig]-=0=-
I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.
http://drewmg.tripod.com - You know you want it.[/sig]
Damned errors.
Anyway, what is up with the lack of OAD on this list, after all the hooplah that went on around it?
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I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.
http://drewmg.tripod.com - You know you want it.[/sig]
ROCK THIS BITCH!
[sig]-John[/sig]
The hooplah was probably a big factor in its absence.
Hey Dave, that is indeed Ben Folds on the cover... it's a pic from his college days in Florida.
Yes, Grant is correct. And DaveFer, the guy in the center of the cover IS Ben. It is a picture that was taken of him when he was playing drums in college.
;-)
Sorry you guys don't like that caps, I'll discuss it with Don and Phil and see what they want to do.
In the meantime, enjoy the stuff and thanks to all who participated.
~Jen
[sig]"Yo back in the day you mother fuckers made fun of me, stepped to me, wouldn't let me be. In the halls you pulled down your pants and showed your butts to me, all the girls went tee hee hee.
Well, you wait and see Short Bus not through with you, straight out of mother fuckin' in school suspension fool. I told you bitches this shit would be continued
Bennie whoops your ass in part two...electric boogaloo.
Yo, what's my name...Short Bus Benny"[/sig]
That makes sense, I guess.
And yeah, I'd like to thank Jen, Don and Phil for all the work they put in on this. Good work, guys.
[sig]-=0=-
I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.
http://drewmg.tripod.com - You know you want it.[/sig]
Nice! I'm excited to see this up! This tribute was one of the first things I read about on the .org... I remember reading about it on here before I was even a member. I'm definitely looking forward to listening to all the tracks.
I was also going to suggest listing people's .org names on there, but I see it has already been suggested, so I'll merely second the idea. :)
[sig]Lauren-Eve
"When you're up to your neck in shit, all you can do is sing." - Samuel Beckett[/sig]
I'll put up the .org usernames tonight...
If anybody knows any of the people on the tribute, if you could e-mail me and tell me what their .org name is, that would make my job a lot easier... thanks!
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
How about some way for those of us WITHOUT broadband to be able to get this? Anyone willing to rip it for me? I'll gladly pay postage, etc.
Thanks in advance.
i'm listening to the songs right now... they turned out so great, guys!
[sig]'i'm psycho-flexing... BEND! rubber spoon rubber spoon rubber spoon...' --captain murphey[/sig]
okay, one more comment, i love kingweasel's version of one down. something about the little musical interjection right before the line 'what do you think of that' cracks me up!
ps - i'm sure all the other songs are equally as good, i just haven't listened to them all yet!
[sig]'i'm psycho-flexing... BEND! rubber spoon rubber spoon rubber spoon...' --captain murphey[/sig]
yeah, where is oad?
i liked adams last version of it
"Bandwidth Limit Exceeded"
damn people!! give me some bandwidth so i can download too!!!, lol....
OK... so here's the dilly yo with the bandwidth limit... this site just used up 4 GIGS of bandwidth in the last 4 hours... so my host shut me down since I was bogging everything down and using more bandwidth than the rest of his sites combined =(
I'm gonna look tonight for a new host that offers more bandwidth... but it'll probably take a few days to go into effect.
I'll keep you updated
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
I like the addition of the Mario theme in the solo of Philosophy! I've recorded a full version of OAD, too bad I didn't submit it.
[sig]-John[/sig]
maybe someone could host it on an ftp site or set up a .torrent for all the files?
I can host it if you can send it to me.
Oh, and congratulations on getting this finished! I can't wait to hear it!
and could you do cover art credits as well? i mean, im shameless, i know, but i did like 4 of the pictures on the cover. my name is Ryan Day and my username is "Jesus123" i'm 6'2''. need a picture? there's some to select from in my user profile.
thanks again guys for organizing all the songs and putting up a site. can't wait to see what it looks like!. hopefully we can find one with a decent amount of bandwidth.
Wait... where is OAD? It kind of sucks that you removed the track I played from the listing. Is there a valid reason?
[sig]You're going to Hell, just accept that fact and allow life to move on.[/sig]
OK... I'm in the process of looking for a hosting plan that offers high amounts of bandwidth so the site isn't down 29 or 30 days out of each month. These larger hosting plans do cost more that the current plan though... so I'm asking for a little help with this. I have a PayPal account, and you can make donations by going to https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=don%40oneangrydw
arf.com&item_name=Tribute+Hosting&no_note=1&tax=0¤
cy_code=USD&lc=US . I'm not trying to get rich quick or screw anybody over... but if everybody who goes to the site and downloads the songs could donate $1 or $2, or even $.50, I won't have to go broke hosting this stuff. If you think about it... $2 is a really good price for getting 28 songs! All money I recieve through this link will go towards the Tribute site hosting... so the more that is donated, the longer the site can be up... and/or the more bandwidth I'll be able to get so we can minimize the downtime.
I'm also open to other suggestions
Thanks, and I apologize for the inconvenience
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
Or you can click on the link in this post, and it will really take you to the account =)
http://tinyurl.com/369jv
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
Wait... where is OAD? It kind of sucks that you removed the track I played from the listing. Is there a valid reason?
Yes there is... if you want to discuss it feel free to catch me on AIM if you see me sometime.
*hugs Phil, Don and Jen with a frankly unnerving ferocity and refuses to let go* My god, I have the biggest respect for you guys getting this together! WELL DONE! Being on stupid dial up, downloading's taking some time but what i've heard is unbelievable! Just being here makes me feel mighty unworthy. You're all very talented people - don't forget it and if you do, come to me and I'll tell you all again. :D
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"normally at home i wear a lot more pink fuzzy stuff. wigs etc" - Ben
"When anna gets mad people get hurt" - Zach :D
[/sig]
I'm not online often anymore, so I most likely won't catch you there. Why don't you just e-Mail me and tell me what's going on.
[sig]Http://Idiot.BenFoldsFive.net
Sign the guestbook, tell your friends![/sig]
Dammit! I wish I had downloaded all the tracks when I had the chance... Anyway, I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the stuff when it's available again. I would gladly donate some money, but I don't have a credit card of my own so maybe I can convince one of my friends to let me borrow a couple of bucks off of one of theirs.
[sig]Lauren-Eve
"When you're up to your neck in shit, all you can do is sing." - Samuel Beckett[/sig]
Here is the link to the original OAD track since it was removed from the "official" listing.
http://OAD.benfoldsfive.net
wait, so exactly why isn't OAD on there? i just listened and it's an excellent cover.
[sig]"names ending in 99 do it for me" - ben folds
"Eli, you are my cinnamon angel." - andy
"and it's you i see, but you don't see me and it's you i hear, oh so loud and so clear, i sing it loooouuuuud and clear, and i'll always be waiting for you."
i ♥ guiltywhiteboy [/sig]
Just listened to Ecco's OAD. It sounds really good.
[sig]Lauren-Eve
"When you're up to your neck in shit, all you can do is sing." - Samuel Beckett[/sig]
*dude in disguise*
hey, why isn't there cover art credits? i mean, i just lloooooved jesus123's 4 pictures! rye deserves the credit!...ok, its really rye. im sorry, you guys...
Your cover art did look great, Jesus123! Good work. I definitely think that you deserve credit for it.
[sig]Lauren-Eve
"When you're up to your neck in shit, all you can do is sing." - Samuel Beckett[/sig]
*disguise* why thank you, lauren-eve. i'll tell rye for you.
i can't wait till i can hear them all! im so excited this finally went down, thanks so much jen, don, and phil for putting so much time and effort in this project. And i haven't seen the site or the 'CAPS' of their names or whatever, but if you ask me, you guys should cap, underline, highlight, or do whatever the hell you want to your names--you guys desrve it!
im so excited, i'll donate to the 'new site fund' asap!
thanksa gain
[sig]-lisa
And I'm really gonna laugh at you now for using the word y'all. Ben Folds is the only one who has permission to do that and not sound like a dumbass.
[/sig]
hehe ryan, you make me smile.
your artwork was very impressive!
[sig]"names ending in 99 do it for me" - ben folds
"Eli, you are my cinnamon angel." - andy
"and it's you i see, but you don't see me and it's you i hear, oh so loud and so clear, i sing it loooouuuuud and clear, and i'll always be waiting for you."
i ♥ guiltywhiteboy [/sig]
Let me answer some questions for you all. The artwork was compiled by me and created into a collage. There were several pieces of art submitted, I just combined them all.
Secondly, Adam's track not being added is something that needs to be discussed privately, not online where everyone else can see. If Adam decides he wants that, I'll let Phil decide whether or not to say anything.
Also, if you guys want this site up and live for a while, I suggest you pitch in at least 1$ - We need to help Don out.
That's all for now.
~Jen
[sig]"Yo back in the day you mother fuckers made fun of me, stepped to me, wouldn't let me be. In the halls you pulled down your pants and showed your butts to me, all the girls went tee hee hee.
Well, you wait and see Short Bus not through with you, straight out of mother fuckin' in school suspension fool. I told you bitches this shit would be continued
Bennie whoops your ass in part two...electric boogaloo.
Yo, what's my name...Short Bus Benny"[/sig]
ive only ever made 2 people smile- the first being eli, and the second being Dennis Deyoung.
Haha! Nah, Ryan. You make me smile, frequently. Your posts on the .org are some of the most amusing that I've read.
I hope that guy gave you the message that your artwork is cool!
[sig]Lauren-Eve
"When you're up to your neck in shit, all you can do is sing." - Samuel Beckett[/sig]
whoa, lauren-eve=raddington bear
Raddington bear! That's awesome!
[sig]Lauren-Eve
"When you're up to your neck in shit, all you can do is sing." - Samuel Beckett[/sig]
yeah, i've coined many catch phrases. they phase in and out...
Bandwidth exceeded...... it appears to be dead..
Yes, my host couldn't handle the tremendous amount of bandwidth used by use crazies here at the .org. So I'm in the search for a host with a higher allocated bandwidth amount. This will be more pricy than my current plan, so I am asking for donations, and have a PayPal account set up for this Tribute hosting set up at
http://tinyurl.com/369jv
$1 or $2 will help out greatly, and is not a huge amount to be paying for 28 kick ass songs.
Thanks
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
Don,
I can give you about 400 megs on my site for the songs. I have unlimited bandwith with my hosting provider ( http://www.readyhosting.com/hosting.cfm ). I can create you an FTP account and give you access to a directory. You can link to the files from the tribute site.
email me at nick@nickdavis.com if you're interested.
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Custom video montages http://www.montageit.com
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War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.[/sig]
Wow, this is awesome! It's great the .org got together on something like this and really pulled it off. It's nice to see. I can't wait to hear it. Oh boy!
[sig]"I'm the idiot savant without the savant."
---Ben Folds
God Bless,
Winebrick41[/sig]
well then i'm honored to hold such a position! :)
[sig]"names ending in 99 do it for me" - ben folds
"Eli, you are my cinnamon angel." - andy
"and it's you i see, but you don't see me and it's you i hear, oh so loud and so clear, i sing it loooouuuuud and clear, and i'll always be waiting for you."
i ♥ guiltywhiteboy [/sig]
I've sent an e-Mail to Jen asking why my track isn't on there. In the meantime:
[sig]Http://OAD.BenFoldsFive.net
Sign the guestbook, tell your friends![/sig]
This rocks you guys. Good job. Now someone needs to get a copy to Ben!
[sig]"I'm in a hostile environment, I'm totally unprepared, and I'm surrounded but people that probably want to kick my ass. It feels like I’m back in high school." - Jonny Cage
+The government announced today that it is changing its emblem to a condom because it more clearly reflects the government's political stance. A condom stands up to inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives a sense of security while it's actually screwing you.
PanicAttack is HOTT!!!1
go here for a .org good time:
www.geocities.com/orger_love[/sig]
Hell yeah! (I dont really have anything else to say, but this cd's worth two posts :D)
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"normally at home i wear a lot more pink fuzzy stuff. wigs etc" - Ben
"When anna gets mad people get hurt" - Zach :D
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Eddie Walker is fantastic. Great job, Mr. Don Walter.
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I'm not ready for this sort of thing.[/sig]
Likewise with Kalamazoo, Sir Joe Lorenz. Wow.
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I'm not ready for this sort of thing.[/sig]
so far my favorite is "selfless, cold, and composed". haven't finished listening to all of the tribute album though.
wow, this is really impressive. kudos to everyone....and i espEcially like emaline......awesome, really awesome
[sig]-lisa
And I'm really gonna laugh at you now for using the word y'all. Ben Folds is the only one who has permission to do that and not sound like a dumbass.
[/sig]
well... now that I've heard the whole thing... I'll have to say it's either "selfless, cold, and composed" or "missing the war".
Oh, Cig/Fred Jones is definitely the most well done.
I havne't listened to it all, but the punked-up Don't Change Your Plans is geius :D
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"normally at home i wear a lot more pink fuzzy stuff. wigs etc" - Ben
"When anna gets mad people get hurt" - Zach :D
[/sig]
Phil, I e-mailed you, but it kept coming back.
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
I just finished downloading this, and these are great! Great job, guys. Do you mind if I put a copy on my server?
And a minor suggestion for the inside cover: I don't really care one way or another about the caps, but maybe either bold the song names, or italicize the people's names, so it's easier to read?
i only have minor annoyances with this.
first
the whole album is great
some amazing covers
what bugs me is that some people are on here more than once, some two or three times.
the id3 tags weren't done that well, but thats just a pet peeve of mine, i'm kind of anal about them.
and fred jones is on it twice, i know, ones a suite with cigarrette, but c'mon, doubling up on a song on a tribute album? seems odd to me. and i know why you didn't put adams track on there, but i think it should be on there, so i'm downloading his track and adding it as a bonus track on my disc
[sig]www.lorenzogoetz.com
is liam using his one phone call to call us?
-zach at benvention
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TOOK ME OUT OF YOUR SIG NOW I HAVE TO CRY
-greyseal
is there any doubt why you weren't at benvention 2.0 NOW liam? it was fate that we would not have to see you streak.
-mrsbenfolds[/sig]
i only have minor annoyances with this.
first
the whole album is great
some amazing covers
what bugs me is that some people are on here more than once, some two or three times.
the id3 tags weren't done that well, but thats just a pet peeve of mine, i'm kind of anal about them.
and fred jones is on it twice, i know, ones a suite with cigarrette, but c'mon, doubling up on a song on a tribute album? seems odd to me. and i know why you didn't put adams track on there, but i think it should be on there, so i'm downloading his track and adding it as a bonus track on my disc
[sig]www.lorenzogoetz.com
is liam using his one phone call to call us?
-zach at benvention
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TOOK ME OUT OF YOUR SIG NOW I HAVE TO CRY
-greyseal
is there any doubt why you weren't at benvention 2.0 NOW liam? it was fate that we would not have to see you streak.
-mrsbenfolds[/sig]
i only have minor annoyances with this.
first
the whole album is great
some amazing covers
what bugs me is that some people are on here more than once, some two or three times.
the id3 tags weren't done that well, but thats just a pet peeve of mine, i'm kind of anal about them.
and fred jones is on it twice, i know, ones a suite with cigarrette, but c'mon, doubling up on a song on a tribute album? seems odd to me. and i know why you didn't put adams track on there, but i think it should be on there, so i'm downloading his track and adding it as a bonus track on my disc
[sig]www.lorenzogoetz.com
is liam using his one phone call to call us?
-zach at benvention
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TOOK ME OUT OF YOUR SIG NOW I HAVE TO CRY
-greyseal
is there any doubt why you weren't at benvention 2.0 NOW liam? it was fate that we would not have to see you streak.
-mrsbenfolds[/sig]
i only have minor annoyances with this.
first
the whole album is great
some amazing covers
what bugs me is that some people are on here more than once, some two or three times.
the id3 tags weren't done that well, but thats just a pet peeve of mine, i'm kind of anal about them.
and fred jones is on it twice, i know, ones a suite with cigarrette, but c'mon, doubling up on a song on a tribute album? seems odd to me. and i know why you didn't put adams track on there, but i think it should be on there, so i'm downloading his track and adding it as a bonus track on my disc
[sig]www.lorenzogoetz.com
is liam using his one phone call to call us?
-zach at benvention
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TOOK ME OUT OF YOUR SIG NOW I HAVE TO CRY
-greyseal
is there any doubt why you weren't at benvention 2.0 NOW liam? it was fate that we would not have to see you streak.
-mrsbenfolds[/sig]
That's gotta be some kinda record... :-)
my e-mail's working fine - use the one in my profile.
[sig]www.benfoldstribute.com[/sig]
i only have minor annoyances with this.
first
the whole album is great
some amazing covers
what bugs me is that some people are on here more than once, some two or three times.
the id3 tags weren't done that well, but thats just a pet peeve of mine, i'm kind of anal about them.
and fred jones is on it twice, i know, ones a suite with cigarrette, but c'mon, doubling up on a song on a tribute album? seems odd to me. and i know why you didn't put adams track on there, but i think it should be on there, so i'm downloading his track and adding it as a bonus track on my disc
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Sorry, just seemed real good when he posted it, i figured I might see how I go! ;)
[sig]SHAM ON!!
I went because you said you'd be there...[/sig]
The track that's impressed me the most so far is Reevo's cover of Don't Change Your Plans. They took the song and made it their own as much as a tribute to Folds. To me, that's what a tribute album is supposed to be about.
I also dig Dion Read's Hospital Song. The song always felt to me like it should be an instrumental. Nice work.
[sig]"Uuma quena en'mani lle ume ri'mani lle umaya. Uma ta ar'lava ta quena ten'irste'."[/sig]
i agree
[sig]-lisa
And I'm really gonna laugh at you now for using the word y'all. Ben Folds is the only one who has permission to do that and not sound like a dumbass.
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Funny, still no replies. There's a good reason, they said. I'm REALLY waiting to hear it.
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
Update: I'm in the middle of negotiations with a new host. Here's the deal in a nutshell... we need bandwidth... bandwidth costs money... please donate at http://tinyurl.com/369jv if you'd like the site to be able to stay up.
As of right now, the site is gonna be down again tomorrow for the rest of the month. I'm trasferring to a new host, which should help everythng out, but it'll take a few days to go into effect.
Anyhoo... the site will be down for the rest of the month unless we get some more bandwidth (Not by my choice... we've used up 23 out of our 25 gb for the month already), which means I can't keep pay for this hosting by myself (This site has already quadrupled my hosting costs).
Which brings me to my last thing... a huge, huge, HUGE thank you to the people who have already donated... the site wouldn't have made it past the Super Bowl on the 1st had it not been for your genourosity.
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
I appreciate the effort that you're putting into this, Don.
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
Alright, so I recieved an e-mail from Jen about this. I shall post about it more later.
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
This is too damn awesome. I don't know Don, but he must be cool. Obviously. I can't believe I only just noticed this post.. Ah, well..
... and... Sorry if someone's said this already, I didn't feel like reading all the posts-- Don, you should find some way to send put it together and send it to Ben...
[sig]Much ♥ darlings
Kate
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Thanks... and yes, Ben will be getting a copy soon!
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
Did my cover get cut?
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Custom video montages http://www.montageit.com
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War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.[/sig]
it doesn't work.....?
[sig]"I commited statutory cuteness"
-oshfr[/sig]
I can't get any of them to work for me? What's up?
[sig]for all of y'all that wear fanny packs and pony tails![/sig]
I think it's full of shit that because Jen has a personal problem with me she's cutting my song from the album.
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
why don' they work?
[sig]"I commited statutory cuteness"
-oshfr[/sig]
For some reason my host is having technical difficulties... I'm trying to figure it out. Sorry for the trouble
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
Adam, check your email....
I have no personal problem with you. And it was not just my decision to remove your track. Just check your email and please keep this post open for comments about the actual tribute cd....
~Jen
[sig]"Yo back in the day you mother fuckers made fun of me, stepped to me, wouldn't let me be. In the halls you pulled down your pants and showed your butts to me, all the girls went tee hee hee.
Well, you wait and see Short Bus not through with you, straight out of mother fuckin' in school suspension fool. I told you bitches this shit would be continued
Bennie whoops your ass in part two...electric boogaloo.
Yo, what's my name...Short Bus Benny"[/sig]
Adam, check your email....
I have no personal problem with you. And it was not just my decision to remove your track. Just check your email and please keep this post open for comments about the actual tribute cd....
~Jen
[sig]"Yo back in the day you mother fuckers made fun of me, stepped to me, wouldn't let me be. In the halls you pulled down your pants and showed your butts to me, all the girls went tee hee hee.
Well, you wait and see Short Bus not through with you, straight out of mother fuckin' in school suspension fool. I told you bitches this shit would be continued
Bennie whoops your ass in part two...electric boogaloo.
Yo, what's my name...Short Bus Benny"[/sig]
Update: The site works now - Please resume downloading
www.benfoldstribute.com
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
Yo, if you have future problems with bandwidth and hosting...
I'm a UNC chapel hill student with webspace, and I wouldn't hesitate to help alleviate your server problems, as long as there's nothing illegal about it, should this problem persist in the future.
About the album...
Damn, there's so much talent in this place.
wow.
There is some very good work on these cd's. Some tracks better than others, but overall a very good compilation. Thanks to the people who put this together!
*sigh*
The site is down again... any word on its resurrection?
Thanks in advance
[sig]"The only difference between The Spice Girls and a porno flick is that the porno usually has better music." - Phil Spector[/sig]
The word on it's resurrection depends on you guys. Jen, Phil and I have already spent a good deal of money and a LOT of time... the thing is, this site is using way too much bandwidth, and we can't afford it. I have posted a link to a PayPal account a couple times ( http://tinyurl.com/369jv ) for donations, and with 2 exceptions, Jen, Phil and I were still the only ones to put anything in. We can't afford to keep buying extra bandwidth (It's expensive), so to anybody that would like the site to go back up before March 1, PLEASE make a donation. No donation is too small... if everybody donated $1, we'd have all the bandwidth we needed... and for a 28 song double cd, that's not a bad price. Jen, Phil and I are going to pay the basic hosting cost each month which gives us 10gb of bandwidth... so unless everybody is ok with having the site up for 1 week at the beginning of every month, we need help. Sorry for the inconvenience, but that's just how it has to be.
Anybody that would like to help with hosting, please e-mail me and we can talk and see if you're still interested.
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
I am one of the two, and I got my songs.
Come on people, help out.
[sig]-=0=-
I like to have sex with people with strong personalities.
http://drewmg.tripod.com - You know you want it.[/sig]
what about the people that posted offering you bandwidth?
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
I've been in contact with all of them. The biggest problem is once we actually look into their hosts, they don't allow mp3 downloads, so even thought they're offering, that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to work out.
I am contacting everybody who offers though, so it's not like we're just ignoring them. It's just not something that needs to be taken care of on the boards.
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
Angelfire might work. You just have to save them right, and if you're good, you'll work it out that you can make one account per song. Takes a while, sure, but it's free, right?
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
The main reason is that Angelfire doesn't allow linking to files hosted on their servers -
http://www.angelfire.com/sys/dlparent.shtml
That and the fact that they won't allow illegal mp3's (And we have nothing to prove they're legal)
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
it's easy, just create a page for each one. Angelfire also doesn't seem to care that I've got a page up with my MP3 on it.
Sorry Adam, but making a page for each one isn't an option. We've already got enough time and energy in this, if people want it, they can give a dollar. I'm not asking for much, a dollar. I don't think that's asking too much. Thanks for the idea though.
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
wait...I'm confused? Is it going to be up for good beginning in March? If so, then we only need to donate if we can't wait until then? And if not, I have a problem donating. Because I don't want to donate $1 only to have the website go up temporarily for a couple days...because what if I don't realize it and miss the window of opportunity to download?
-Matt
[sig]"Once something has been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral." ~The Simpsons
"Some men pursue greatness. Other men have greatness thrust upon them...while they're in the bathroom." ~The Wonder Years[/sig]
You guys need to donate something!
I did it and I haven't even heard the songs.
These guys/girl put soo much effort into this and want to share it with us, don't you think they deserve some help in doing that?
Come ON!! If you downloaded it, send a buck or two. Do it NOW!
[sig].:kelly:.
He said, "Well I hate that it's come to this
But baby I was doing fine. How do you think
That I survived the other 25 before you?"
www.brujakelly.com[/sig]
Matt... what Jen, Phil and I are paying for is 10gb of bandwidth a month. At the beginning of each month, it starts off at 0gb... but as soon as we hit 10gb, the site will be down then for the rest of the month. This month, we used 25gb in like 8 days, so 10gb will probably last us less than a week. Extra bandwidth costs $8 per 5gb. So for every $8 that gets donated, we will purchase an extra 5gb of bandwidth for that month. Once the bandwidth is gone, the site will be down again until 1 of 2 things happen.
1. It becomes April 1 and the bandwidth gets reset again
or
2. We get $8 donated and purchase an extra 5gb and the site will be back up then for more people to download
And thank you very much to the 2 people that have donated in the last couple days... we're now only $1 away from getting an extra 5gb this month!
http://tinyurl.com/369jv
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greyseal, lowdre, mojochic, mrsbenfolds, Jesus123 and MrGazspacho are the coolest!!!!!!!!!
Help out Don and Barb!!!!
www.oneangrydwarf.com/help.html[/sig]
What about all the people that offered all of that webspace? Why don't you ask them for help?
[sig]http://oad.benfoldsfive.net
It's still good.[/sig]
i'm donating $5. i would put up some more $$$, but i am an unemployed, recent college graduate.
Guys, guys .... Have you ever heard of bittorrent?
It's a program that allows you download files while uploading as well. I'm looking into helping donate webspace, but seriously, donating $$$ will not be an ultimate resolution.
With Bittorrent, the only files you would be hosting would be a few KB's big, and all you would have to do is keep the program, like a little p2p program, open on your desktop, and everybody would be uploading to everybody else. It's the wave of the future, yo.
*still wondering*
[sig].... in bed.[/sig]
Guys, Don has been doing web related "business" for a while now and has checked into all of his options for this site. If you don't want to donate a dollar or two, don't complain if the site goes down. There are legal issues with having certain mp3's on the net for download, trust us when we tell you we've looked into all the possibilities for this project and found the best to be what we are doing right now.
~Jen
[sig]"Yo back in the day you mother fuckers made fun of me, stepped to me, wouldn't let me be. In the halls you pulled down your pants and showed your butts to me, all the girls went tee hee hee.
Well, you wait and see Short Bus not through with you, straight out of mother fuckin' in school suspension fool. I told you bitches this shit would be continued
Bennie whoops your ass in part two...electric boogaloo.
Yo, what's my name...Short Bus Benny"[/sig]
Here:
Download Bittorrent, this program, at this URL:
http://bt.degreez.net/
Then, I have uploaded one song (for now...more to come) Once you have downloaded and installed that program, (very easy), just download the following link:
http://animyu.dnip.net/10 - Dion Read - Hospital Song.mp3.torrent
(copy and paste into your browser)
And select the directory to download into, and then it'll start downloading... then please leave your client open, and continue uploading. (I'm on an EDU so it should be fast, help make it faster ^^)
If the people hosting the website want to adopt this method, they are free to use my friend's anime tracker (http://bt.edwardk.info:6969/announce).
If not, someone please send me all the songs, and I will host the torrents to get them all.
Cheers.
Again, those URL's are cut off in my above post... please copy and paste the whole thing if you are going to use them...
Again, those URL's are cut off in my above post... please copy and paste the whole thing if you are going to use them...
I will be mirroring the site hopefully by the beginning of next week. I've got all the images and mp3's... I just need to design the website interface.
-Matt
(Who is not affiliated with the Original Tribute Album.)
[sig]For *all* your Ben Folds New England Needs:
http://benfolds.calgar.net
Ben Folds New England -- It's not just for New England anymore![/sig]
Why don't we just do a sharing tree for this...like is done for some concerts?
-Matt
[sig]"Once something has been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral." ~The Simpsons
"Some men pursue greatness. Other men have greatness thrust upon them...while they're in the bathroom." ~The Wonder Years[/sig]
Damn, I don't know how I managed to miss the link for a month!!! I regularly visit but must have overlooked it, I as so pleased to see the site and tunes finally up for download.
Thanks so much for your persistence Don, Jen & Phil, you've done incredibly well.
Also thanks Playhouse for your kind words about my version of Don't Change Your Plans, Reevo is just me in my music room so it's always excellent to get feedback on recordings so I'm really grateful. If you fancy listening to more of my tunes, some of which are covers, then feel free to head on over to my site www.ektopia.co.uk
Cheers everyone, have a happy tribute
Doh, the above link isn't working correctly due to DNS settings and IP changes since a re-host, it'll be sorted soon but you can get to the sight here http://ektopia.co.uk
Sorry for the extra post
Reevo
Phil, just noticed that my .org name isn't on the tribute site, any chance in adding it please?
Reevo