Tuesday, April 15, 2008

140. Joe Jackson - Be My Number Two

Found On: Body And Soul (1984)

“Won’t you be my number two? / Me and number one are through / There won’t be too much to do / Just smile when I feel blue.” I can never tell if this gentle piano ballad is funny, mean or heartbreaking. Add in the musically dramatic ending, and that makes it the basic blueprint for Ben Folds’ entire career.

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