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***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby afroannnie » Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:49 pm

conman wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhc2cDi66ug

makes me want to get naked 8-)


agreed 8-)
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby Eraserhead » Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:44 pm

Loved Ben opening for PJ on the Oz tour. Amazing support.
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby g under p » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:58 am

conman wrote:
afroannnie wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEnfy9qfdaU&ob=av3n

:thumbup:


That was lovely, I wonder if that was shot in jamaica?

Love this comment below the video...
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby mfc2006 » Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:53 am

one of the best songwriters around.....love his music.
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby afroannnie » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:23 pm

mfc2006 wrote:one of the best songwriters around.....love his music.


totally agree... love his music and lyrics... :D
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby afroannnie » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:23 pm

"This is like a plane, right, Matt would be the engines and Stone & Jeff would be the pilots. Mike & I would be your happy flight attendants. We'll give you peanuts, the exits are..but I would say you aren't the passengers, you are the fucking plane."~EV 5/13/10

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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby samjam » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:43 pm

Love him!! Hoping to see him live in Virginia this September! Hoping my roommate's boyfriend can drive us!! :)
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby afroannnie » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:46 pm

samjam wrote:Love him!! Hoping to see him live in Virginia this September! Hoping my roommate's boyfriend can drive us!! :)


Cool! Have you seen him before?
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby samjam » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:05 pm

afroannnie wrote:
samjam wrote:Love him!! Hoping to see him live in Virginia this September! Hoping my roommate's boyfriend can drive us!! :)


Cool! Have you seen him before?

Nope! Wanted to see him at 9:30 last October but just never got around to it (which was DUMB)!! I neeeed to see him live! What an amazing musician.
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby afroannnie » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:06 pm

samjam wrote:
afroannnie wrote:
samjam wrote:Love him!! Hoping to see him live in Virginia this September! Hoping my roommate's boyfriend can drive us!! :)


Cool! Have you seen him before?

Nope! Wanted to see him at 9:30 last October but just never got around to it (which was DUMB)!! I neeeed to see him live! What an amazing musician.


You'll have a blast! I've seen him probably 7-8 times (a couple of those he opened for PJ) and every time I'm blown away :D Enjoy!
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby mfc2006 » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:19 pm

still haven't seen him live, though....i was close a couple of times, but life got in the way. almost saw him at ACL in 2009, but we didn't want to lose our spot for PJ. so we saw The Dead Weather instead & they kicked ass.
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby uninnocent- » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:33 pm

mfc2006 wrote:still haven't seen him live, though....i was close a couple of times, but life got in the way. almost saw him at ACL in 2009, but we didn't want to lose our spot for PJ. so we saw The Dead Weather instead & they kicked ass.

Took me a long time to catch him live. First was in 2009, and thankfully once per year since. He's a workhorse so I'm sure you will get another shot soon.
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby afroannnie » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:39 pm

uninnocent- wrote:
mfc2006 wrote:still haven't seen him live, though....i was close a couple of times, but life got in the way. almost saw him at ACL in 2009, but we didn't want to lose our spot for PJ. so we saw The Dead Weather instead & they kicked ass.

Took me a long time to catch him live. First was in 2009, and thankfully once per year since. He's a workhorse so I'm sure you will get another shot soon.


I've been lucky that I've gotten to see him a bunch of times and with multiple bands...when he tours, he usually visits D.C. so I always make sure I get tickets. He really mixes things up and I love that there's such a range in his music.

I hope you get to see him soon Matt! :D
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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby bindy123 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:00 am

wow, thanks everyone on this thread, I have just spent the last hour or so reading all the posts and clicking most of the links....such a cool time, am a huge fan of Ben Harper. One of those rare artists that just doesnt write a bad song (in my humble opinion)

I am not very computer literate so I dont know how to get those links sorry...and I sincerely apologise if this has been posted already and I missed it, but can someone please post a link to Ben and Eddie singing Indifference...I really love it

Probably a dumb question but do all you BH fans also get into John Butler Trio...they have a really similar vibe about them...live they are both just incredible...

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Re: ***Ben Harper Appreciation Thread***

Postby LukinFan » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:31 am

bindy123 wrote:
I am not very computer literate so I dont know how to get those links sorry...and I sincerely apologise if this has been posted already and I missed it, but can someone please post a link to Ben and Eddie singing Indifference...I really love it

here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQvD99aItg

I love this version too
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