Ben Folds Five

Wednesday June 3, 1998
Molson Ampitheatre, Toronto, ON
with Sean Lennon, opening for Beck
***1/2/*****

These guys have got a really unique sound.. I don't know what it is, but it's really cool. I think it's because they're all very talented musicians and if they do some experimentation with odd chords, intervals, or timing it won't sound like shit. Anyway, the band played a set lasting about an hour to a crowd who was glad to have Sean Lennon finished and who was anticipating the headliner, Beck.

What really stood out in my memory about their set was one song which ended with variation of an augmented minor 5th chord or something equally bazaar. Then there was a very enthuiastically preformed "Song for the Dumped". A disappointment for myself and many other fans was the omission of "Brick" in their set.

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