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Folds discusses fake album
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 18 February 2009
Ben Folds has been discussing that ‘fake’ version of his most recent album, ‘Way To Normal’, which he leaked onto the internet last year in a bid to confuse fans. Pretty much recorded in one day in Dublin, the fake album featured new spoof songs using the same titles as the proper album.
He told Sun Media: “It was basically a really good excuse to go in and make music quickly. I was interested to see if you could go through that process with any kind of result in two or three days rather than months. So we did it, we wrote bogus bullshit lyrics to the titles of the songs on the album. We made up the music, recorded it and mixed it that day in Dublin, Ireland while on tour”.
Folds said he wasn’t concerned that fans would prefer the fake version to the genuine product, and would actually be quite pleased if they did. He said: “If they did then good, that means I made music that they enjoyed. Also part of me rebels against the official releases of things because it’s gotten so big. It’s all out of whack and I wanted to do something about it”.
