So, if you know me at all then you know that I am madly and obsessively in love with Ben Folds. I love everything about him (except maybe that he has been divorced 3x and married 4 - but that means I still have a shot with him, right? I kid, I kid). If he produced an album where he just mumbled incoherently the whole time I would buy it and love it. Needless to say that I try to go see his concerts whenever he is around the southeast. I've even traveled as far as OH with Kate just to see this wonderful man.

Toby and I got an opportunity to see him at Berry College this past weekend. It was only open to students and alumni, but some friends of ours know a guy so we got tickets. The show, minus the lame audience, was awesome. Ben does a cover of a Dr. Dre (a rapper) song called "Bitches Ain't Shit." The song is gross and completely degrading to women - as is the majority of rap songs. Ben's cover, in my opinion, is meant to be completely ironic. The original version is a fast paced rap song while Ben's is slowed down and, if you didn't pay attention to the words, a really beautiful melody. He slows the song down and brings to focus what the song is actually saying and, in my opinion, poking fun at the rap industry. So, Berry college didn't want him to play the song because they obviously didn't get the irony that Ben is attempting. Supposedly he signed a contract with the college saying that if he played the song then he would forfeit $40,000 that he was to be paid. So, there we are rocking our faces off at his show and Ben starts talking about how he doesn't understand that anyone would take the next song he was about to play seriously and that it is meant to be ironic. Then he goes into his rendition of Dr. Dre's song. It was awesome. A big you-know-what to the man, if you will. Oh, how I do love Ben Folds.