Why: Simplified Song Interpretations: Miscellaneous
This one amuses me in its' attempt to group Fired (lyrics) and Fred Jones Part 2 (lyrics) into one category:
Much of Rockin' the Suburbs, including "Fired," and "Fred Jones Part II" relate tales of tired men, past their prime and faced with weary anticipation of middle age.
– The Clemson TigerGreyseal counters, "Is that, like, Clemson Junior High? Because that is about as insightful as my pinky toe."
I have no idea what song the following quote is referring to while expressing that Ben's formulas get tedious:
He has a song about the regret he feels for the way he handled a difficult situation with a female companion, which mimics the themes from the hit "Brick" and "Mess" (from Ben Folds Five's "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner").
– Daily NebraskanWhat song? Could it be Carrying Cathy? If someone as preoccupied with this topic as me can't figure it out, the author is probably better suited to tell us the name of the song. (I'm a sucker for Ben's "tedious" formulas, anyway.)
The next example, a compliment, leaves me confused, considering that Ben Folds Five's catalog contains very few love songs, if any. Break up songs are really more their thing.
And the final song on the CD, "The Luckiest," is easily the best love song Folds has ever written, hefty praise considering some of his earlier work with BFF. – Cornell Daily Sun
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