Sha sha, baby
Last Thursday I was lucky enough to go see Ben Kweller. It was a great show. He's great on stage... so incredibly entertaining. He was always participating with the audience. He even took a shot of Jager that someone from the crowd bought him. He played a pretty long set. It could've been longer... he's just got so much music to choose from. That makes it hard to share a song I like from him. There are just so many I love. His albums are among some of my favorite. His self titled and Sha Sha are well rounded, and loaded with amazing song after amazing song. I'm pretty sure he's only got one song I barely don't like. Even his olllld self-recorded stuff is great. I guess I'll share a couple of my favs.
I'll start with a song from Sha Sha, Wasted and Ready. Good tune. Tough decision. I almost want to choose Falling as my favorite song from that album... especially after seeing it and singing along to it live. Next is Thirteen from his self titled. This song might always remind me of my last ex. At the show when he played the song, he sat alone on the stage at his piano under a couple of white lights. It was movingly beautiful. Lastly, I'll share a track from his newest album Changing Horses. The song is called Fight. His most recent album is much more folky/country/bluesy. It suits him. And I love the stuff. The only reason I'm not a fan of country music stems from the fact that I hate how most country singers sing. It's that twang. Ben doesn't twang. He sings. This song was part of his encore and it was amazing. My favorite line from the song has to be:
Playing every single card that's dealt to me
You know some days are aces and some days are faces.
Well... some days are twos and threes.
