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  1. 07-30-2010 03:52 PM #1
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    Ben Harper Appreciation Thread

    I love this guy and he doesn't seem to get a lot of loving on this board.

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  2. 07-30-2010 03:59 PM #2
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    Duck. I brought up Relentless 7 about a year or so ago and found out there are a lot of Ben haters around here.
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  3. 07-30-2010 04:00 PM #3
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    I'll duck and cover. I had a lot of practice at that during the sixties.
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  4. 07-30-2010 05:34 PM #4
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    I used to be a big fan back in the day. Still, one of the best live shows I've ever seen was Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals at the Bronco Bowl back in '98 or so before it closed. I really stopped listening to him after the "Diamonds on the Inside" album, though. What's good since then?
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  5. 07-30-2010 06:44 PM #5
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    Used to like him. Don't really know why I don't anymore. He just seems like he sold out a long time ago.

    Stealing kisses and all.
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  6. 07-30-2010 07:03 PM #6
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    Fuck Ben Harper.

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  7. 07-30-2010 08:57 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Durant Durant View Post
    Fuck Ben Harper.

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    Fuck you.

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  8. 07-30-2010 09:02 PM #8
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    Major talent. He drifted a bit . . . it happens. "Fight For Your Mind" is practically a desert island disc for me.
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    He's changed a little, but I'm still a Ben Harper fan. He puts on great shows.
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  10. 07-31-2010 12:13 PM #10
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    I used to download a lot of stuff via Napster back in college. Many of the songs Ben Harper songs I found blew my mind. But they were more of the epic slowed down emotional turbines.

    The only album I have is Fight for your Mind. Still love 'Ground on Down'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmyjazz View Post
    Duck. I brought up Relentless 7 about a year or so ago and found out there are a lot of Ben haters around here.
    Not sure of a Ben hater, but damn I cannot get into the Relentless 7 at all. It puts me to sleep. The older stuff BH used to make is some of my favorite stuff. I don't hear that coming from him anymore.
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  12. 07-31-2010 12:38 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Staboned View Post
    but damn I cannot get into the Relentless 7 at all. It puts me to sleep.
    Does not compute.
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    "Walk Away" is still one of my favorite songs of all time. Simplistic perfection at its finest.
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    The haters know where they can put it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tasmaniac View Post
    I love this guy and he doesn't seem to get a lot of loving on this board.

    Saw the thread title and immediately thought of posting this video. I'm a fan.
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  16. 08-01-2010 03:57 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpette09 View Post
    Saw the thread title and immediately thought of posting this video. I'm a fan.


    Cool. I think I'll take on the Jack Johnson haters as well.

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  17. 08-01-2010 05:32 PM #17
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    I don't hate Jack Johnson but I do find the songs I've heard on the radio to be boring. No biggie though as to each their own.

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    Not a Jack Johnson fan. His recordings are really well done, though.
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    dude is awesome. I always loved when he joins Pearl Jam on "indifference", but he did lay down a mean slide guitar on "red mosquito" at ACL last year.
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    Harper is fantastic.

    I like Jack Johnson too, but only for short periods of time.
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    His R7 drummer Jordan Richardson is from Fort Worth - a really good guy and an amazing drummer.

    I've been in and out on Harper, but I'm digging his latest stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tasmaniac View Post
    I love this guy and he doesn't seem to get a lot of loving on this board.

    I was there. He said at the end that the cloud of smoke over the crowd during that song was the biggest he had ever seen.

    Oh, and I saw Jack Johnson the next year at Bonnaroo, too. We were up close and it was an awesome show. I'm a fan.
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