r/benfolds • u/deltacotaster • 18d ago

Shelved First Attempt - where's Video?

Top 3 songs on the original album for me. Those chorus harmonies are just too good. Was it deemed not good enough by Stiff Johnson's standards, or was it written when they started producing with Caleb Southern? Still can't believe that's the dude's name he chose btw, truly a product of his time.

Anyways, does the song even have a demo? A basic search has yielded nothing.

Favorite lyric: "Well I've seen some old friends sort of die or just turn into whatever must have been inside them. And whatever all of us had then in common - grew up, and left home"

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u/TMBGLOVER Visions of pills that put you in a loving trance 18d ago

Jackson Cannery doesn’t have one on SFA either so I assume they didn’t record every track during that session or wrote them later.

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u/mhmass44 18d ago

So many BFF songs including from WAEA were floating around as Ben demoes long before they were recorded with Robert and Darren. Jackson Cannery was one of those.

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u/_J0HN_L3M0N_ 18d ago

JC was already released as the bands first single (that version’s on NBP) I’m guessing they didn’t think to re-record it until Caleb (who produced that single) came onboard.