And then there was Ben

Okay, everyone knows I love Ben Folds, and I've seen him live a few times.  When I found out he was coming to play with the Utah Symphony I was curious...would it be like a Ben Folds concert? or a more serious night at the symphony?  Would they play his music? or would it be more classical?  The concert was up at Deer Valley at their amphitheater, which was a beautiful venue...

Not the show I was at but this was exactly what the sky looked like.

The show itself was pretty awesome.  Ben(yes we're on a first name basis) was funny, charming and brilliant on the piano.  The orchestra was also amazing...including a small choir.  I got lucky and knew every song they preformed and I got to hear several of my favorite songs of his.  Probably one of the funnest moments of the night was when Ben wrote a song impromptu on stage and constructed all the orchestra parts as well.  It was pretty incredible to watch him work and see the orchestra follow along and play a beautiful song with no sheet music -just following Ben's direction.

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Here's a video.  Fair warning there is swearing.  This clip is quite long so if you want to skip to the complete run through of the song skip to 7:45.  A little back ground here, the song is referred to as "Rock this Bitch" which is an inside joke for Fold's fans...the phrase was first used at a live concert by a fan who was yelling it in the audience in reference to the show.  At that concert Folds made up a song on stage as a joke using the fans words as the only line in the song.  Since that time fans have started requesting "rock this bitch" at concerts and Ben always just makes up a new song every time.  Someone was requesting it at our show so Ben stopped the set list and this happened...(the other lyrics he throws in are all in reference to things that had come up that night at the concert).