Rock This Bitch



     Many  years  ago, on March 2 2002 at the Vic Theatre in
Chicago, some random fool managed to immortalise himself  on
a Ben Folds record by shouting Rock this Bitch during a live
concert recording. Ben took this instruction  to  heart  and
improvised  a  song, which later appeared on Ben Folds Live.
Since that day, it has become tradition for concertgoers  at
his concerts to yell Rock this Bitch and force an impromptu,
improvised rendition. When Ben Folds Five performed in  Fre-
mantle, Western Australia, on 14 November 2012, this was the
result:

     Free- Fre-mantle Why is it Free?  Gotta  pay  for  your
Mantles anywhere else

     Free- Fre-mantle Costs a pretty penny Where I come from

     I took a walk Ont he High St Seperated by a Chines Mas-
sage

     And  a  tent  They closed at 4:30 I needed coffee so iw
ent to a place called Gino's.

     Where I found out How call it is To be Italian

     Free- Freemantle It's not free Anywhere else but it is

     `Cos where I come from A little town called  free-beer.
Get it Free Beer haha Free Beer haha

     Rocking this bitch Rocking this bitch In Freo

     Rocking this bitch Rocking this bitch In Freo, In Freo

     We  are  rocking this bitch With distortion Coming from
Sledge Woah Slege, play some distorted shit.

     All his notes  Are  pure  They  are  square  waves  And
they're yours

     Cos  you  fucking  paid for them And I'll tell you this
much You got a lot of sledge for your money

     Each note he plays lowers  the  costs  of  the  fucking
notes.

     Drum Circle With Jim Bayes And Happy Sack?

     And  a  meal  From  the  Harikrishna  girls  Out of the
streets Of Free-mantle

     Rock this bitch in Fremantle Rock this bitch in Freman-
tle Rock this bitch in Freo Freo Freo Freo

     Rock  this concert is oh not free-o It is cost-o, cost-
o, cost-o But you get lots of notes for your money

     Now we'll show you  dynamics  I'll  go  from  Piano  to
mezzo-piano  To  mezzo-forte  To  forte  Double forte Triple
forte

     Fremantle!





                         2023-07-24