The Next Big Thing

The Ben Folds/Regina Spektor collaboration has been out and on the internets for a while, but I finally heard the non-leaked version the other-day. I’m a little disappointed. What I thought would sound like this, actually sounds a little more like this:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq4mNU0qrlk]

That’s not to say the track is heinous. It’s quite lovely. Thing is, it’s just neither as pop-orientated or as quirky as I’d've hoped for from Ben ‘n’ Reg. Thank goodness then, for the youth of today. When all else fails, a bassoon, keytar and djembe trio can always liven up the proceedings.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyhw658SYAM]

I can’t decide whether my favourite member is the bassoonist dressed as Pauly Bleeker, or the be-hooded Regina-stand-in djembe-ist, clutching a lyrics sheet in his hand, before throwing it away to rock out. Also, they have the best end to a video, ever:

‘Not bad’
‘Not bad at-fucking-all’

Proof, if anything, that music lessons WILL pay-off. No matter how bizzarre the instrument.