Talk:Ben Folds

message: This list contains no notable or interesting informance. It's US centric, and in addition, off the top of my head I can think of a half dozen shows where he or his works has featured that are not included in the list, so it's far from comprehensive. It's deleted.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.148.5.118 (talk) 15:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: List of TV appearances

message: I was at a Folds concert in San Jose and he said that his dad was in a band called Journey. I can't find any information on his dad being in Journey... anyone have some info on that? thanks. --70.171.204.228 07:33, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Father in Journey?

message: Didn't Ben have a wife between Anna and Frally?  Am I going crazy thinking he was married to a woman named Kate in the mid/late nineties?
*I know he knew a girl named Kate that most people assumed he was with but they were just friends...Tflynn17 18:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wife named Kate?

message: I don't think it does - it seems fine to me, and it seems as if the BFF stuff is getting too detailed for the Ben Folds article. Im removing the clean up tag. Domza 12:40, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup (Feb. 27 2006) 

message: havent visited this article in a while, and am exceedingly pleased at what has been done. the article looks superb to me. well done all who lent a hand.
i would vote to immediately remove the cleanup tag, but will probably wait a day to see if someone else will do it or disagree.
KUTGW!
Burgher 07:51, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  great work 

message: Yeah i realised that, but i didn't know where to stick it, i though you guys would veto my organsation any way, so i left it. Glad i can lend a hand. 
Does some one want to include an internal link to rock this bitch? And maybe one line about rock this bitch, under a trivia heading. Where i think the Korn feud should be stuck in. Domza 06:42, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean up

message: The structure of the article was still pretty messy, so I fixed it up some more. Also added a reference to the guitar parts on Rockin' the Suburbs and moved the info on Songs for Silverman to the right section; there was no reason for it to be included with touring. I'll do some more cleanup soon. -- Stick Fig 17:42, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fixed up some grammar and structure

message: I hope i gave you guys some structure, looks a lot neater now in any light. --Domza 13:16, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hope i helped

message: Could someone make the intro more friendly, and perhaps add a few subsections, etc? Gromreaper 08:44, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Huge intro

message: According to the article on 'Rockin' the Suburbs' Ben Folds had a running feud with the band Korn. I've found no mention of this on the Folds page or the Korn page. If it's true then I'd be interested in any information that anyone can provide about it and i'm sure others would be curious too so it'd be worth including in the article. If it's not then maybe someone should fix the RTS article. MagicBez 03:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Korn called Ben Folds Five a 'wussy rock band' in Spin magazine.   You can also see a quick frame of 'Korn Sucks' in the RTS music video.  --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 04:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool - thanks for the impressively speedy response. Any idea if this is worth mentioning as an aside in the Ben Folds article? It's the kind of incident/argument that interests me so i'd like to see it in there, but if everyone else thinks that it would just be needless trivia then obviously it should be left out. (Any chance of getting a screen-cap of the 'Korn Sucks' frame?) MagicBez 22:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: A Feud With [[Korn]]?

message: I removed this article from the Vegetarians category.  Ben wasn't vegetarian when I talked about the topic with him in 1998, and I see no evidence that anything's changed.  Sure, there's an article on the net where he's eating vegetarian food with the interviewer, but many non-vegetarians eat vegetarian food on occasion.  I could be wrong and Ben could now be vegetarian, but if so then let's see some corroboration of that. Michaelbluejay 06:45, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vegetarian?

message: Someone added obnoxious homophobic comments. I tried to delete them all, but this article still needs a lot of revision.
(Guest) 22:15, 8 February 2006 (EST)
Does calling his wife "life partner" have anything to do with that? I think that's an odd term for it...Zack Green 03:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It means "arrives" on stage, you filthy person. ~ Gromreaper 07:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Fixed. Thanks for the heads up! =) KhalfaniKhaldun 04:22, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: It seems Ben Folds has done the sound-track for Over the Hedge. Im watching it right now. Aw heck, now I see the reference in the artcile.
"Open your eyes Lukeyson"
=== Inconsistency in article ===
The article says that he contributed 3 songs to the Over the Hedge soundtrack.  Then later down the page it says that he has 5 songs on the OtH soundtrack.  Which is it, 3 or 5? SeanAhern 15:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Over the Hedge 

message: The article says that he contributed 3 songs to the Over the Hedge soundtrack.  Then later down the page it says that he has 5 songs on the OtH soundtrack.  Which is it, 3 or 5? SeanAhern 15:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency in article 

message: I'm not exactly sure where it belongs, but 'The Bens' EP ought to be mentioned in the discography, and there's no mention of the project at all in the article. Powrtoch 23:48, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing EP?

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 04:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links 

message: All but one of the external links in the "Early life & musical beginnings" section are either irrelevant to the topic at place of insertion or redundant information better suited to being used as a source and made into a footnote rather than a direct link.
The University of Miami section seems to disrupt the timeline of the section; are we to believe that in 1990 Folds moved to Nashvile, got a publishing deal and started "Jody's Power Bill", only to uproot to Florida, attend university, uproot again (this time to New York), and start acting in theater troops ALL before 1993?  Perhaps someone who knows the dates can put them in to clear it up. --Museerouge 18:34, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Early life & musical beginnings" section needs pruning 

message: Not familiar enough with the subject matter to edit but I noticed a discrepancy: the article claims  song "Kate" is both written by Fold's first wife and also about Fold's second wife.  Something seems amiss?
VegDisc41 19:27, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kate 

message: This picture looks like it was taken by someone's cell phone from far away at a concert.  Isn't there a promotional picture or something from an album to put up instead?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.156.89.159 (talk • contribs).
Removed because of the horrible picture.  I'd recommend getting a better picture, which is entirely possible, instead of putting up a crappy cell phone pic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.156.89.159 (talk • contribs).
:I have re-added this free image to the infobox.  If you do not like the image request a better one, but it should also be free.  Do not remove a free image when there is no replacement, and do not replace a free image with a fair-use image.  Please see Wikipedia:Image use policy for further information. - cgilbert(talk|contribs) 18:16, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Is it possible that this section can be shortned up and have a new page for Ben Folds Discography be created? Robhakari 19:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography 

message: Anybody else think this section in particular needs cleaning up?  It's long and unwieldy, contains a lot of opinions and unsourced anecdotes and finally moves onto a brief section about his web presence that doesn't really fit with "crowd involvement".  Thoughts? Docta247 08:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree 100%. Its rambling, almost as if someone tried to fit a personal anecdote (and picture!) into the greater context of the section. If I remember correctly, the last paragraph could stay, but the previous two or three should really be edited. I think its just a matter of doing it... Clemenjo 09:37, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crowd Involvement 

message: Could we remove the unsourced and seriously not notable information about the early life of Ben's ex-wife?  We don't have that information there about the other ex-wives...  Docta247 06:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure - it just came over via merge from Frally Hynes :: maelgwn - talk 12:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We do now.  http://podcast.itm-1014.com/klsx1/506608.mp3, mentioned at the end of the podcast. Notthegoatseguy 18:03, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frally 

message: There's a template at the bottom of the page for the Ben Folds Five, including stuff like their albums and whatnot.  Seems to me like it would be beneficial to have one for Folds himself, as he has released a fair bit of material on his own. Hezekiah957 06:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ben Folds template 

message: Would I be right in thinking that the line "Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May / And in June reformed without me, and they got a different name" in Army refers to Pots and Pans/Bus Stop? It seems to fit, but I can't find a reference for it. — sjorford++ 17:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old bands 

message: I've been hunting around to try and find when but it was sometime in the mid 90s. I only remember that it happened because it was the first time that I'd heard them. They played Philosophy and I think Jools Holland described them as punk on piano. The BBC sadly doesn't have any archive of Later guests/performances so unless a nerd compiles something on the web soon or somebody can remember when/what or has a recording of it, I don't see how the exact details could be ascertained.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.76.198.79 (talk) 11:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV Section - Ben Folds Five on BBC's Later With Jools Holland 

message: Most of the content in this page seems to be relatively accurate, but there are only 15 sources for such a significantly long article. It definitely needs more citations. khalfani_khaldun (talk) 18:21, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources Needed 

message: This whole section looks more like an advertisement for Ben Folds than an objective description of his new promotion.  How can this be flagged for lacking neutrality?
129.98.104.103 (talk) 12:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Recent Internet Changes" 

message: The article states that Ben Folds has been married, and divorced, four times, but only three wives are mentioned.  If there was another wife between some of the women listed, that needs to be mentioned.  Or, at the very least, if his last wife was his fourth, it should say she was his fourth wife and not his third.  I can't really fix the section until I know if the problem is that a wife was left out of the article, or if he was only married three times. SailorAlphaCentauri (talk) 20:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Four Wives? 

message: The personal life section could use some major clean up.  It's kind of confusing when it comes to all of his different marriages and stuff. Especially right now at the moment since apparently he and Fleur are living in Nashville with "their children" but to my knowledge, his only children are with Frally.  Also what does the sentence about the song The Luckiest have anything to do with his personal life, as it just says that it was written for a certain movie, and not about a certain person in his personal life.
The tours section is really sloppy.  It just lists a bunch of dates and locations such as "In early 2006 Folds toured Europe."  There's no real organization to the section, which makes it hard to read.  It also needs a lot less "He played (place) on (date)" and perhaps a list or table of recent tours, how long they lasted and where he went.
There's a lot of mix up in the main paragraph about who he has worked with, etc.  Perhaps we should have seperate sections for his different releases.  Such as having a DVDs section for all of his DVDs, such as the WASO performance, the MySpace DVD and his new live DVD that comes in the deluxe versions of his new album.  Also have a section devoted to people he has also worked with, such as producing, back up vocals for Weird Al, John McCrea doing back up vocals for him, work with William Shatner, etc.  Then another section for Soundtracks he has appeared on, as apparently they are also numerous.  Instead of these just being little tidbits that are thrown out into the main article.
Just some suggestions to see what other think about cleaning up this article a lot and seeing where we can get it.
Bondidude (talk) 21:27, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overall Clean Up 

message: According to AMG, this album is just a different mix & sequence of Way To Normal, with a bonus disc of GarageBand files for remixing. Should this just be included as a part of the Way To Normal page? It has a different name, so it's a bit weird.Thee darcy (talk) 19:43, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Seeds & Stems

message: What happened to the "Personal" section?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.25.98.194 (talk) 23:08, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question. He is a public figure, and for better or worse his personal life is a matter of public record. I can't help wondering if this has been done by someone connected to Mr Folds. I imagine it's because he is sensitive about his perceived status as a "serial monogamist" - sorry, but IMO having four marriages in twenty years IS pretty notable for a public figure, particularly for someone of his age and in these times. I suspect he's also very 'antsy' about any discussion of the end of his marriage to Frally -- which she spoke about to the Australian press, much to his chagrin -- and his new marriage to the mysterious Fleur (... and why *is* her 'maiden name' so hard to find - I haven't been able to locate it anywhere on the web). That being said, I don't think the section was biased, critical or prurient -- it simply stated the facts, which were supported with citations, as was the quite reasonable claim about the connections between his personal life and his songs. Why was this done? Smells like internet censorship to me. Dunks (talk) 23:08, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  See the section "overall cleanup" above for a discussion of the problems we were having with that section. Aristophanes68 (talk) 02:45, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not sure that no information at all is better than the above mentioned confusion, though Aquarion (talk) 11:45, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happened to the "Personal" section 

message: BFF recorded a song for the Godzilla (Matthew Broderick version) soundtrack called "Air" back in the day. Seems like it should be mentioned, as other soundtracks/one-offs are. 67.78.62.56 (talk) 14:36, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Godzilla 

message: Folds became attached to a piano when his carpenter father brought one home when he was nine Has he been attached to that piano ever since? All the more amazing that he managed to run eight miles a day.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.162.34.166 (talk) 14:48, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cruel fate 

message: It's not him!
Please don't add it unless you have some sort of proof.
In fact, this link states that:
"Ben Folds’ publicist tells us that his client is not the ChatRoulette improviser."
Feudonym (talk) 05:35, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: However, he made a "follow-up". Dvyjones (t • c) 12:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chatroulette video rumors 

message: I don't know if it's worth mention here, but Folds is apparently serving as an impromptu amateur photojournalist for National Geographic on the Nashville floods.  Photos here: . TJRC (talk) 19:15, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nashville flood photos 

message: I've been curious as to when we're gonna make a page for "Lonely Avenue"... because we probably have enough information for a page to be justified now... but I'm not good enough to start up a page by myself, so... yeah.. Alec92 (talk) 17:35, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  When should we make a page for the new album? 

message: Some of these dates seem to conflict. Most notably, 3rd paragraph under Early Life and Career "Majosha broke up in early 1986", though they won a battle of the bands in 1988 as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and according to the Majosha wikipedia page they formed in 1988 and released an album in 1989.
Secondly, the second sentence in the introduction to the article says Ben Folds was frontman of the Ben Folds Five from 1995-2000, though the Ben Folds Five wikipedia page states the group formed in 1993. In the last paragraph under 'Early Life and Career,' it states the trio formed in 1994.
Not sure what of this merits editing, else I would just do it myself. Jtpoland (talk) 18:55, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date Discrepancies 

message: The article says Majosha played at a 1988 Battle of the Bands, then goes on to say they broke up in 1986. I would fix it myself, but I had no knowledge of Majosha until reading this article. 2001:5B0:24FF:CF0:0:0:0:35 (talk) 03:26, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Majosha inconsistency 

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thread_title:  Possible copyright problem 

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message: Currently the "Solo career" section of the article has become a dumping ground for all of Folds's activity since 2008 (outside of BF5), including non-music-creating related content such as acting credits, reality show judging, and book writing. In general this section could be a little cleaner, and I think an "Other ventures" section would be a good step towards that. It should probably also include information on his photography, such as being featured in National Geographic. Thoughts on the section title and concept? Cerebral726 (talk) 17:11, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Other ventures" Section? 

message: Ben Folds recently made a guest appearance at himself in the Amazon original series “the Wilds” as himself, for total of two episodes in 2022. I tried to update his filmography but could not formatted appropriately, an update is still needed. 2603:9000:EF05:5500:19E4:7D82:A8ED:C442 (talk) 20:34, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmography update 

message: Ben Folds married Royal Ballet dancer Emma Sandall on January 17th, 2017 and filed for Divorce in November 2023. Folds met Sandall in Sydney during his orchestra tour in November 2014. 2001:8003:2043:F400:9D9C:FFAB:41EF:D291 (talk) 01:04, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The changes are not supported by neutral, independent, reliable sources. Please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.   Deltaspace42 (talk • contribs) 22:27, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wife Emma Sandall 

message: Sorry, I don't really use wikipedia but https://www.scoopnashville.com/2023/12/ben-folds-five-frontman-divorces-fifth-wife-emma-sandall-after-6-years-of-marriage/ the final marriage listed on the page has been finalized via divorce. 2A0A:EF40:619:9B01:254D:99D6:10B2:1EC9 (talk) 13:21, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortuantely, that does not seem to be a WP:RELIABLESOURCE, and no reputable publication has reported it.  Cerebral726 (talk) 13:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently after five divorces, its not worth writing about.  The Scoop Nashville article from December 2023 is making the rounds on twitter today for some reason, so I suspect we'll get a reliable source in the next few days.--Milowent • hasspoken 17:37, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think the personal life section needs an update