Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
This is the radio song. I remember it got big on the “air waves”. It’s a flowery ballad about (of all things) a teenage abortion. Ben would later admit, in a live album, that it was based on the true tale of he and his high school girlfriend getting an abortion. Certainly a hit in the making, but Ben has a good way with telling stories through his music.
This was the song that put Ben and his Band on my radar, but I still hadn’t figured him out.
This song made my not like ben folds five. It really was the only song I could ever remember even hearing on the radio. It wasn’t until Jeff played me “zac and sara” that I got hooked.
We listened to Ben Folds on the way back home today. I slept, but I think I heard Zac and Sara.
They have no H’s.