'Brick'
Ben Folds Five (1997)
The Breakdown: Singer recalls taking his high-school girlfriend to get an abortion -- on the day after Christmas, no less.
The Waterworks: "Now that I have found someone/I'm feeling more alone/Than I ever have before."
Casualty Count: One pregnancy, one first love, several Christmas presents.
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Reader Comments(1 of 4)
meghanat 5-05-2007
wow, totally depressing, i wish i nvr wuld of heard this song, now im just sad
Cindyat 5-05-2007
GOD, I LOVE THIS SONG...IT COULD BE FELT BY SOMSNY PEOPLE WHO MSY HSVE BEEN IN HIS SITUATION OR SOMETHIG LIKE IT OUR SIMILAR TO IT...STAYING IN A DEAD END RELATIONSHIP FOR WHAT? BEDCAUSE PEOPLE TELL YOU, YOU IT IS NORMAL TO NOT BE ALONE?? SO YOU CAN CONSTANTLY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING DROWNED OR LOCKED IN A CAGE!
Sonneyat 5-05-2007
Song wouldn't play, again!?!
Sooooo... I'm iiikingtom@aol.com and I love ladies for free.
Ask for "Malcolm" in Marion, Illinois of America, ok?
Charlotteat 5-05-2007
Love this song! I remember when it first came out! Very emotional and the lyrics are touching.
laurenat 5-06-2007
def likign it!!! not done lestin to it but its def a sad one
& to the maker of this websit i def leik the idea of the most sadest songs!!! now u need the best lyrics!
Totat 5-06-2007
I was only 10 when this song came out, and I never knew what it was about because I was so young. You never know what kind of impact a song will have on you until you grow up. I remember growing up and listening to this song, totally not even knowing what it meant. It is a beautifully sad song, though.
Hmm...quite a redundant comment isn't it?
nikyat 5-06-2007
Great song, love it. i have listened 2 ben folds for a long time so its great to see that he's getting a little recognition for his amazing yet overlooked talent. i prefer a live version of just ben and a piano, though. he explains "...i didn't really want to write the song from any kind of political standpoint or make a statement, i just wanted to reflect what it feels like..." i appreciate his guts for writing about such a powerful topic that most artists wouldn't because of all the conflict surrounding abortion. people don't realize how hard it really is on a couple emotionally to get abortions with all the guilt and what-ifs. claps for ben. like this folds tune? check out his piano skill in 'Fred Jones Part 2', 'Carrying Cathy', 'Still Fighting It', 'the Luckiest' or his less mellow, upbeat stylings in 'Rockin' the Suburbs' or 'Fired'.
Oh, and "Sonney" needs either a better sense of humor or a life...the lady-lovin' comments are really startin to bum me out!
SCat 5-06-2007
I found this a little too perky-sounding to classify as "Exquisitely Sad". I think a much better fit for this indie-sound slot on the Top 25 most-sad would be Travis "As You Are" from 'The Man Who'. I almost can't listen to that entire album without getting melancholy.
KPat 5-06-2007
there's several sad songs on this album. "selfless, cold, & composed" is my favorite (sad one). i always pop it in when i want to wallow in self-pity about a failed relationship... not that that's a fun thing to do. it's like pushing on a bruise.
Erinat 5-06-2007
I appreciate this song being included in this list, and it is here appropriately so. But it saddens me that the first in the casualty category is called a "pregnancy" rather than his "baby". I don't know anyone who mourns not being pregnant any more, but the loss of a child may be the greatest a person can experience.
sherryat 5-06-2007
One of the best songs of all time, sad or not.
julieat 5-06-2007
She's a brick? A brick has weight.
A song about being irresponsible, impregnating a girl, and murdering a child.
All because they did not have the 5 seconds to put on a condom?
Sad? You bet your ass it is sad. It is sad he can write a song about being an irresponsible fuck and you guys get gooey.
It is a song about an irresponsible murderer.
I am embarrassed to even be a part of this generation.
Centerstageat 5-06-2007
i feel like none of those guys could ever get a girl pregnant
Lindaat 5-06-2007
wow...I've never heard of this group before but I really really like them. I love the simplicity of his voice, his words and the piano. The song filled me with so many different emotions but made me sad to know another baby died.
Tavasiaat 5-06-2007
i had no freakingg idea that song was about that. i used to sing it when i was like 8 years old,i also sung "semi-charmed life" which was about hard-drug abuse