24943 Ben showcases a lot of, as of yet, unrecorded material. The Modest Mouse cover is cool, and the songs are great. Wonderful for both Ben fans and those new to his music. Excellent Quality and Show Jonathan Aizen 2004-11-14 13:36:58 2004-11-14 13:36:58 5 35543 phenomenal show with ben engaging the audience and a great rendition of bruised that gives me chills everytime. great bigguy 2005-03-20 10:13:09 2005-03-20 10:12:34 5 55011 Track 3 = Apple Candy Great song! Very simple rendition, I prefer it to the original. Track 3 = Apple Candy misterlawyer 2005-11-08 00:04:00 2005-11-08 00:04:00 5 59090 The sound quality is great, Ben plays well and there's lots of entertaining between song chat. Great Show GMM 2006-01-03 07:39:52 2006-01-03 07:39:52 5 64939 Ben Lee is a singer / songwriter from Australia and has a backing band. He tours constantly, and you might know him as 'the guy that dated claire danes' for a while in the late 90's. Now, for this awesome recording: 'Pop Queen' has some great riff teases of classic rock and roll songs. Really great sound quality and a great set of music. Ben tells some hilarious quips between songs too, and the audience is captive, quiet and truely entertained. 'How close I've come' starts with Ben doing a little bit of Phantom Planet's "California" which is best known for it's use in the opening theme song for the Fox TV show "The O.C." .. At this time, all the songs for Ben's 2005 studio release 'Awake is the new sleep' had not been recorded and this probably was among the first few performances of the songs. Great unique version of 'Float On' by Modest Mouse with just ben on guitar and Laura on synth. 'You Confuse Me' ben explains he wrote for an album called 'mix tape' where he wrote songs for others to cover. 'The Cigarettes will kill you' is a great bare boned solo acoustic guitar version of the song. Ben even jokingly starts the song with singing 'with or without you' by u2. 'The Pony up' cover is also solo acoustic. Great version of 'Bruised' as well with ben on guitar and "Captain Cuttles 2000" aka Jason on piano so gently, it's like a walk down a windy blustry park in new york city with fall leaves blowing around your feet and crunching as you walk over them. The encore of two stripped down ben solo songs are beautifully done. Really simple guitar work and gentle vocals on both encore songs, and you can hear the audience sing along at the closer of 'We're all in this together'. Definately stream this show and listen to it at work! A great ben lee show! Tyler 2006-03-21 15:12:47 2006-03-21 14:41:54 4 Tyler 5 4.80