Talk:Ben Folds Five

message: Did the band actually say "it's not a pun on the poker term", or is Idono just referring to the cited interview with Ben Folds? -- Tim Starling 00:51, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
In an early interview with the band at a radio station, a member of the band explains their name, "It is just our name, it just sort of, 'came to be.'"
While this doesn't say anything about a pun directly, it does indirectly cancel this out. Beside this reason, there is very little reason for this line to be included anyway, as the band has nothing to do with poker. -- Idono 21:29, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The truth is the band got really tired of constantly getting asked the meaning behind their name, even early on, so they frequently made up different answers every time they were asked.  Look through published interviews and you can find at least a dozen different explanations, I bet. Michaelbluejay 08:38, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the name 

message: I remember reading that when the band split up, they said "Nobody gives a shit about piano rock anymore". The problem is, I can't remember where I read it. A quick Google search of that phrase revealed that I don't have the phrase exactly right, or I read it somewhere that never made it onto the internet... does anyone have any idea where I might have got it? --Nathan (Talk) 04:09, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Never, ever heard that. I've heard the breakup came as a result of each member of the band feeling that their time as a band was up. - Idono 20:48, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split up 

message: Uh... I could swear that for a very short time in the 90s, I couldn't listen to the radio for 30 minutes without hearing this song. Are we sure that it wasn't released as a single?--Jpawloski 10:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Searching the web gives me some conflicting answers. One site says it was released only in Austrailia and Japan, another says only Japan, and another says UK and Japan, but none say it was released in the US; might explain why it's not listed. ---- DarthInsinuate 16:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  discogs.com only has UK and European promo CD's listed here - https://www.discogs.com/Ben-Folds-Five-One-Angry-Dwarf-And-200-Solemn-Faces/master/381980 - but the site is not exhaustive, and depends on users creating entries for specific releases they have.  After checking eBay, there was indeed a commercial Australian CD single released for it; I've uploaded a scan of the rear sleeve with tracklist and Manufactured in Australia statement here - http://i.imgur.com/pa1V0Vj.jpg.  I'm going to add it to the table, but I'm not 100% certain of the chronology on where to place it.  From memory, it was released in the second half of 1997 in Australia (that's when I recall hearing it on the radio and seeing the video on TV), so I'm going to place it after 'Kate'.  Although it missed the ARIA top 100, it likely charted somewhere outside the top 100, and I can ask about its peak at some point in the future.Nqr9 (talk) 04:51, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Going by the catalogue no. (664535 2), it was released after the European pressing of 'Song For the Dumped' (664480 2) [but not after the post-'Brick' re-issue in Australia - 666031 2], before 'Brick' (665325 2), and by the looks of it, instead of 'Kate' (664536 2 - European pressing) in Australia.Nqr9 (talk) 05:03, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  One Angry Dwarf 

message: Why no mention of the Christmas 7" in the discography?
: I guess it's because it's such an incredibly rare record no one knows it exists, let alone anyone who actually wants to edit this Wikipedia article. ---- DarthInsinuate 10:04, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christmas 7" 

message: Started trying to reorganize and section this page, but it's still in need of a lot of attention. Moonty 20:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History, etc. 

message: that's NOT BFF. that's ben on tour with his band. is there one out there that can be put up??? Bouncehoper 04:03, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture! argh

message: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3421972
if you scroll a lil bit you get to this lil tidbit
"Apparently, Ben Folds Five (FYI: there were never more than three members of that band) decided to break up after playing on Letterman in July 2000. When they made the decision, an awkward silence followed (understandably) that was broken up by Will Ferrell, also a guest on the show that night!"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.171.137 (talk) 03:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: will ferell

message: "I'm not sure about the whole break-up thing as I have tickets to see them next Sunday, which seems to be a part of a UK tour. So I would assume they are back together in some form?"
92.236.72.38 (talk) 13:45, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Brek Up

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