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1* "Underground" is an epic rock song about alienation and fitting in with an underground rock scene. Early on, there's a moment wherein Darren (the drummer) declares "[[LargeHam Hand me my nose ring!]]".
2* Ben Folds doing improv piano for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB1do0pULJY Chatroulette]].
3* The first two lines of "Army":
4--> Well, I thought about the [[TitleDrop army]],
5--> Dad said, "Son, you're [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] high."
6* From "Draw a Crowd"
7--> Ohhhh oh, if you're feeling small, if you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall!
8** From the final stanza of the same song:
9---> Taste my Vanilla Thunder!
10* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u_3Z9_LUw video]] for "Rockin' the Suburbs", which consists of really angry suburban white persons trying to look like a hardcore rock band. For extra funny, they're all played by Ben. The fact it was directed by Music/WeirdAlYankovic does not hurt, either.
11* His explanation as to why Ben Folds Five only has three members:
12--> "Because Ben Folds Three sounds stupid."
13** There's a behind-the-scenes video for "Do It Anyway" where the [[Series/FraggleRock Fraggles]] remain in character - at one point Red wonders aloud when the other two members are going to show up.
14* His ''soft rock'' cover of "Bitches Ain't Shit."
15** ...and then his friend asked him to play it ''at his wedding''!
16* Ending "Fired" wth a [[PrecisionFStrike precision]] MotherFBomb. ''In harmony!''
17* The fact that his most recent songbook transcribes the parts on some of his songs where he slams his elbow down on the keyboard. The man is thorough!

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