The song of the day today shall revolve around what is playing from my favorites list on my IHome. After exploring the wild world of Shakespeare for my Shakespeare class I decided to take a quick look over at Sparknotes just to make sure I understood what I had just read from “The Merchant of Venice.” During my check a beautiful piano riff started playing in the background. Best comparable with a classical melody with depressing lyrics, Ben Folds’ 1:40 second long ode to Fred Jones and his wife is a perfect example of haunting beauty.
The song, which mentions Fred Jones and his screaming wife, was inspired by a newspaper cut-out that wrote of an unhappy husband who wanted to divorce his wife with a brain tumor because he claimed she was not the same person he married. Folds’ ability to approach such unsavory topics like unhappy marriages in a quick song over the beauty of classical piano is astounding. Don’t think so? Well check out the song and tell me what you think of Ben Folds. Some think he is overly vulgar. Some think he is a genius. What do you think?
Check it Out with interesting short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJye3_Edjmo
The Music Court 
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