The bi-annual concerts in the quad on Duke's campus are always an adventure. It really seems that the laws on campus are suspended when the campus throws a party and things can be a pretty crazy with a whole lot of obnoxious thrown in. But Ben Folds' performance for the Last Day of Classes party was worth the hassle.Folds and his band, which has now expanded to four players for a lot of the set, put on a great show of songs new and old. The set wasn't too heavy on Folds' latest album Way To Normal with only five songs making their way to the set. It did however include some of the "fake" leaked versions of the album's songs including "Lovesick Diagnostician" and "Bitch Went Nutz."
While the hits of the set for the lively crowd were "Rockin' the Suburbs," "Bitches Ain't Shit" and "Kate," one excellent inclusion that seemed to go unappreciated by much of the crowd was the old Five song "Missing the War." The album Whatever and Ever Amen had so many great songs tucked between the more popular singles.
By the end of the night, the campus was wrecked and everyone wandered home and hopefully stayed out of trouble. Check out Ben Folds complete set list as well as more photos below.
[all photos by Kevin Norris]
Ben Folds set list:
Lovesick Diagnostician
Dr. Yang
Hiroshima (B-B-B-Benny Hit His Head)
Bastard
Annie Waits
Still Fighting It
Sentimental Guy
Bitch Went Nutz
Free Coffee
Landed
Zak and Sara
Fair
Brick
Effington
Rockin' the Suburbs
Army
Not the Same
You Don't Know Me
Kate
Bitches Ain't Shit
1 comment:
Ben Folds was probably the lesser of the three acts last night. Gym Class Heroes & Girl Talk were very very good. Ben was alright, but really put the crowd to sleep after GCH tore it up.
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