Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
So this weekend I thought to myself “I haven’t listened to Ben Folds in years, and I got this free Spotify trial from XBox Game Pass”, so one thing led to another and…
Let’s start with the main elephant in the room with Brick. Even ignoring how it was used as pro-life propaganda to make their argument seem hip with young impressionable millennials and how that probably wasn’t Ben Fold’s intention, it’s still a very male-centered song about abortion that barely delves into how the girlfriend feels.
Listening to more of that album, there is the other main single, an angry screed at an ex that includes gendered slurs, a song about an angry dwarf that doesn’t really delve into the experience of being a little person and could very easily just be a stand in for Ben’s own childhood vindictiveness. At this point I’m getting the feeling this is less the fun goofball, occasionally poignant music I remember and more subtlety (and in some cases overtly) angry misogynistic music masquerading and fun goofball, occasionally poignant music.
Then I remember Ben Folds covered “Bitches Ain’t Shit” and decided that was enough Ben Folds for the day. At least “The Theme From Dr. Pyser” is an instrumental, so that’s still enjoyable.
Anywho, share some of your music you liked when you were younger that made you go “oof” when you last listened to it.
Let’s start with the main elephant in the room with Brick. Even ignoring how it was used as pro-life propaganda to make their argument seem hip with young impressionable millennials and how that probably wasn’t Ben Fold’s intention, it’s still a very male-centered song about abortion that barely delves into how the girlfriend feels.
Listening to more of that album, there is the other main single, an angry screed at an ex that includes gendered slurs, a song about an angry dwarf that doesn’t really delve into the experience of being a little person and could very easily just be a stand in for Ben’s own childhood vindictiveness. At this point I’m getting the feeling this is less the fun goofball, occasionally poignant music I remember and more subtlety (and in some cases overtly) angry misogynistic music masquerading and fun goofball, occasionally poignant music.
Then I remember Ben Folds covered “Bitches Ain’t Shit” and decided that was enough Ben Folds for the day. At least “The Theme From Dr. Pyser” is an instrumental, so that’s still enjoyable.
Anywho, share some of your music you liked when you were younger that made you go “oof” when you last listened to it.