I’m not sure if this qualifies as a “guilty pleasure” or not – and I’m not even sure I believe in “guilty pleasures’ when it comes to music - but I’ve just discovered the Ben Folds a capella album, released last year. And I can’t stop listening to it. Basically, Ben Folds recorded about a dozen university accapella groups singing his songs. Everything from “Selfless, Cold and Composed,” from the Ben Folds Five days, to more recent solo tracks such as “You Don’t Know Me.”
So, I’ve decided a person could hear this album and either think: 1) This is so cheesy. If I wanted this, I’d watch “Glee,” or 2) This is insanely catchy and a testament to the song craft of Ben Folds. Call me cheesy – and I don’t watch “Glee” - but I think it’s insanely catchy and that Ben Folds is kinda brilliant.
Here’s an audition video for one of the winning groups.
