Ben Folds said this song was about an older rockstar who wrote a song about his ex, and he's performed this song year after year. He's gotten really sick of this song, but he can't stop performing it. If he did he'd be a "one hit wonder with no hit." While the fans sing the chorus for him, he's sing these sarcastic lyrics in his head.
This song is part of the "Foldsby Project" The lyrics were written by the novelist Nick Hornby, and performed by Ben Folds.
I read recently where Nick Hornby was thinking about Eric Clapton and his song Layla which was supposedly written for George Harrison's wife at the time Patty Boyd. She later left George and was married to Eric but eventually they too divorced. Hornby wondered what it was like for Clapton to have to sing that song over and over after the feelings had gone away. Of course Clapton is no one hit wonder but speaking for myself as a 40 something I can say Layla has always been the song I most associated with him. Painful...
I read recently where Nick Hornby was thinking about Eric Clapton and his song Layla which was supposedly written for George Harrison's wife at the time Patty Boyd. She later left George and was married to Eric but eventually they too divorced. Hornby wondered what it was like for Clapton to have to sing that song over and over after the feelings had gone away. Of course Clapton is no one hit wonder but speaking for myself as a 40 something I can say Layla has always been the song I most associated with him. Painful and full of longing...and just amazing guitar work...when I heard the story of it's origin for the first time I must admit the song took on new meaning for me. I think they (Ben and Nick) nail the feelings and emptiness that sometimes come from cheating and breaking off a relationship that you, after the fact, come to find you valued a great deal more than you thought.
I don't think it's sarcasm... I think like Splerb said, the singer is regretting his actions and really regrets breaking his relationship with Belinda....and is now doomed to sing this song for the rest of his career.
I don't think it's sarcasm... I think like Splerb said, the singer is regretting his actions and really regrets breaking his relationship with Belinda....and is now doomed to sing this song for the rest of his career.
Ben Folds said this song was about an older rockstar who wrote a song about his ex, and he's performed this song year after year. He's gotten really sick of this song, but he can't stop performing it. If he did he'd be a "one hit wonder with no hit." While the fans sing the chorus for him, he's sing these sarcastic lyrics in his head.
I read recently where Nick Hornby was thinking about Eric Clapton and his song Layla which was supposedly written for George Harrison's wife at the time Patty Boyd. She later left George and was married to Eric but eventually they too divorced. Hornby wondered what it was like for Clapton to have to sing that song over and over after the feelings had gone away. Of course Clapton is no one hit wonder but speaking for myself as a 40 something I can say Layla has always been the song I most associated with him. Painful...
I read recently where Nick Hornby was thinking about Eric Clapton and his song Layla which was supposedly written for George Harrison's wife at the time Patty Boyd. She later left George and was married to Eric but eventually they too divorced. Hornby wondered what it was like for Clapton to have to sing that song over and over after the feelings had gone away. Of course Clapton is no one hit wonder but speaking for myself as a 40 something I can say Layla has always been the song I most associated with him. Painful and full of longing...and just amazing guitar work...when I heard the story of it's origin for the first time I must admit the song took on new meaning for me. I think they (Ben and Nick) nail the feelings and emptiness that sometimes come from cheating and breaking off a relationship that you, after the fact, come to find you valued a great deal more than you thought.
I don't think it's sarcasm... I think like Splerb said, the singer is regretting his actions and really regrets breaking his relationship with Belinda....and is now doomed to sing this song for the rest of his career.
I don't think it's sarcasm... I think like Splerb said, the singer is regretting his actions and really regrets breaking his relationship with Belinda....and is now doomed to sing this song for the rest of his career.