I'm A Reasonable Man, Get Off My Case

Please bleed
So I know that you are real
So I know that you can feel
The damage that you’ve done

Ben Harper - Please Bleed

(1999: Burn to Shine)

So Ben Harper just played a 3.5 hour acoustic set.

It happened and I was there.

Mr Harper Is Coming Back

Smack bang in the middle of Radiohead in Brisbane and Harvest in Melbourne.

Ben Harper - Give Till It’s Gone

Rating:

8/10

Key Tracks:

Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Free; Spilling Faith

Sounds Like:

Ben back to his best. No weak tracks, just solid throughout.

It’s not what we do
It’s what we do with what we feel
Takes all you have to stare him down
And whisper “Devil, no deal

Ben Harper - Don’t Give Up On Me Now

(2011: Give Till It’s Gone)

Happy Birthday Ben Harper

Ben Harper, Moby and Jim James talk about Creativity

Today it all became clear
Looked out my window not in my mirror
Make the book that is your life worth reading

Ben Harper - Spilling Faith

2011: “Give Till It’s Gone”

First Half of 2011: Favourite Albums

With the first six months of the year done and dusted, everyone else is starting to put out this list. I figure I might as well jump on the bandwagon. Judge away…

  1. The Kills - Blood Pressures
  2. tUnE-yArDs -  W H O K I L L
  3. Aloe Blacc - Good Things
  4. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
  5. Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
  6. Seekae - +Dome
  7. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
  8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
  9. Ben Harper - Give Till It’s Gone
  10. Teeth & Tongue - Tambourine

Ben Harper - Don’t Give Up On Me Now

Ben Harper - The Way You Found Me

Take me as I am

Or leave me the way you found me

Ben Harper - Better Way

What good is a man who won’t take a stand?

What good is a cynic with no better plan?

Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside

Tell me why the first to ask is the last to give, every time

Ben Harper - Rock N Roll Is Free

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