Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee (born 11 September 1978) is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake (2003). He has released eleven solo studio albums.
Career
Noise Addict
Lee's musical career began in 1993 with the band Noise Addict, who were signed to Steve Pavlovic's independent label Fellaheen Records, on the strength of a self-produced and distributed four-track demo recorded in Lee's bedroom. Pavlovic's connections brought the band to the attention of Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Beastie Boys' Mike D, both of whom released the band's material in the US. The group put out several releases on the Beasties' Grand Royal Records. These including the acoustic Young and Jaded EP in 1994, which contained Lee's Evan Dando tribute, "I Wish I Was Him." In 1995, Grand Royal released the band's only full length, the Brad Wood produced Meet the Real You. Noise Addict made a music video for the song "16", toured with Sebadoh, but then broke up. Lee was also briefly a member of the alternative act Gerling. In 2009 Lee recorded a new Noise Addict album, It was Never about the Audience, with a new lineup; Lou Barlow and Lara Meyerratken.
Ben Lee (born 1980 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is a British electric violinist and composer/producer. He is part of the two piece rock violin band FUSE, along with Linzi Stoppard.
Lee is popularly known as the "World's Fastest Electric Violinist" after setting a new Guinness world record playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 58.515 seconds at Rogue Studios, London, UK, on 14 November 2010.
For 4 years, Lee has also held the Guinness World Record for "World's Fastest Violin Player" – previously held by David Garrett – having performed "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 54.24 seconds in London, UK on 18 December 2011.
In 2012, The Discovery Channel named Ben Lee "Ultimate Superhuman" in its television show "Superhuman Showdown" after an international search for people with exceptional physical talents. Lee was examined by a panel of sports and neuro scientists including H A Berlin
In a collaboration with society jeweller Theo Fennell, Ben Lee & Linzi Stoppard created the world's first 24 carat gold plated electric violins encrusted with diamonds, sapphires and rubies.
In Western culture, the finger or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger or the bird or flipping someone off,) is an obscene hand gesture. It communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck off", "fuck you", "shove it up your ass", "up yours" or "go fuck yourself". It is performed by showing the back of a closed fist that has only the middle finger extended upwards, though in some locales the thumb is extended. Extending the finger is considered a symbol of contempt in several cultures, especially Western ones. Many cultures use similar gestures to display their disrespect, although others use it to express pointing without intentional disrespect toward other cultures.
The gesture dates back to Ancient Greece and it was also used in Ancient Rome. Historically, it represented the phallus. In some modern cultures, it has gained increasing recognition as a sign of disrespect, and has been used by music artists (notably more common among hardcore punk bands and rappers), actors, celebrities, athletes, and politicians. Most still view the gesture as obscene. The index finger and ring finger besides the middle finger in more contemporary periods has been likened to represent the testicles.
Finger Five(フィンガー5,Fingā Faibu) was a Japanesepopgroup, composed of the four Okinawan Tamamoto brothers, Kazuo, Mitsuo, Masao, Akira, and sister Taeko. Their greatest hit was "Koi No Dial 6700 (恋のダイヤル6700 - Love Call 6700)".
The Okinawa-based group performed catchy songs, wore matching outfits and had choreographed dance routines. They even performed cover versions of Motown hits, including those of the Jackson 5. The band was formed in 1967 with only the three brothers Kazuo, Mitsuo and Masao, who performed as All Brothers. Conveniently their father owned a bar in Okinawa at which they performed. After winning a local talent contest it was decided that they could go farther if based in Tokyo, although at the time the eldest brother Kazuo was still only 14. The group, who were partly inspired by the Partridge Family TV show, struggled in the Tokyo area, often playing at venues that catered to US military, as they had done in Okinawa.
In 1970, they signed with King Records as the Baby Brothers, but their three releases did not sell well. In early 1972 Akira and Taeko were added to the group and they became Finger Five. Later that year they debuted on the Phillips label, with First Album, and scored a huge hit with the single “Kojin Jugyo (Private Lessons)" in 1973. “Kojin Jugyo” sold almost a million and a half copies, and follow-up singles "Koi no Dial 6700 (Love Call 6700)" and “Gakuen Tengoku” were also major hits.
The second season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 27, 2001 and ended May 16, 2002. The series stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.
Plot
The murder of a Police Chief leads Willows and Brown to Miami ("Cross Jurisdictions"), in the second season of CSI. The Las Vegas CSIs investigate another series of gruesome, unprecedented, and unsolvable crimes, including the murder of Catherine's brother ("Burked"), the disappearance of a University student ("Chaos Theory"), the death of a construction worker ("Overload"), the discovery of a decomposed body in a bag ("Bully for You"), a scuba diver discovered up a tree in the desert ("Scuba Doobie-Doo"), a fetish murder ("Slaves of Las Vegas"), and a death at a spa ("Alter Boys"). Meanwhile, Catherine and Sara investigate both a suspected suicide-by-train ("Caged") and a homicide at a remote convenience store ("And Then There Were None"), Warrick is given the opportunity to head the crime lab ("Ellie"), Grissom and Willows come to face to face with a serial killer in a courtroom ("Identity Crisis"), and Nick studies the death of a woman who drowned in the desert ("Anatomy of a Lye"), after finding himself the target of a stalker ("Stalker").
My head is a box filled with nothing
and that's the way I like it
My garden's a secret compartment
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
Your body's a dream that turns violent
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
The winter is long in the city
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
Open your heart
Catch my disease
I was backstage at Pomona
and that's the way I like it
She drank beer with Coke Cola
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me about the winds from Santa Anna
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me she'd love me like fireworks
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
open your eyes
and catch my disease
So please
Baby please...
published: 20 Nov 2008
Ship My Body Home
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Ship My Body Home · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
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published: 17 Aug 2017
Ben Lee - I am a Sunshower 1999
Surprised this wasn't on YouTube. Great song from a great album.
Deep lyrics, too.
Today a boy outgrew his town
They say his sadness was his sign
It used to happen every day or so they say
He's gonna take it all this time
And everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Today a boy became a man
'Cause he prepared himself to fail
He escaped one night just trying to save his life
I am the hero of this tale
And everybody has seen it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Please take off your clothes
Give me your hand
Please sleep in my bed
Please understand
I'm gonna lay down the law
'Cause everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are t...
published: 04 Mar 2016
Tornados
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Tornados · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 17 Aug 2017
Burn to Shine
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Burn to Shine · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
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My head is a box filled with nothing
and that's the way I like it
My garden's a secret compartment
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it...
My head is a box filled with nothing
and that's the way I like it
My garden's a secret compartment
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
Your body's a dream that turns violent
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
The winter is long in the city
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
Open your heart
Catch my disease
I was backstage at Pomona
and that's the way I like it
She drank beer with Coke Cola
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me about the winds from Santa Anna
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me she'd love me like fireworks
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
open your eyes
and catch my disease
So please
Baby please
come on
and catch my disease
catch it
Na na na na na na na na na
(laughter)
they play Good Charlotte on the radio
and thats the way i like it
they play Sleepy Jackson on the radio
and thats the way i like it
and thats the way i like it
I hear Beoyonce on the radio
and thats the way i like it
cause thats the way i like it
they dont play me on the radio
but thats the way i like it
So please
Baby please
Open your heart
catch my disease
So please
Baby please
Come onnnnnnnn
And catch my disease
Catch my disease!
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
nananananananana
nananananananana
nananana
nananananananana (ooooo)
I do not own this music. Copy right to Sony Music Entertainment.
My head is a box filled with nothing
and that's the way I like it
My garden's a secret compartment
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
Your body's a dream that turns violent
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
The winter is long in the city
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
Open your heart
Catch my disease
I was backstage at Pomona
and that's the way I like it
She drank beer with Coke Cola
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me about the winds from Santa Anna
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me she'd love me like fireworks
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
open your eyes
and catch my disease
So please
Baby please
come on
and catch my disease
catch it
Na na na na na na na na na
(laughter)
they play Good Charlotte on the radio
and thats the way i like it
they play Sleepy Jackson on the radio
and thats the way i like it
and thats the way i like it
I hear Beoyonce on the radio
and thats the way i like it
cause thats the way i like it
they dont play me on the radio
but thats the way i like it
So please
Baby please
Open your heart
catch my disease
So please
Baby please
Come onnnnnnnn
And catch my disease
Catch my disease!
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
nananananananana
nananananananana
nananana
nananananananana (ooooo)
I do not own this music. Copy right to Sony Music Entertainment.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Ship My Body Home · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by Y...
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Ship My Body Home · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Ship My Body Home · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Surprised this wasn't on YouTube. Great song from a great album.
Deep lyrics, too.
Today a boy outgrew his town
They say his sadness was his sign
It used to ha...
Surprised this wasn't on YouTube. Great song from a great album.
Deep lyrics, too.
Today a boy outgrew his town
They say his sadness was his sign
It used to happen every day or so they say
He's gonna take it all this time
And everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Today a boy became a man
'Cause he prepared himself to fail
He escaped one night just trying to save his life
I am the hero of this tale
And everybody has seen it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Please take off your clothes
Give me your hand
Please sleep in my bed
Please understand
I'm gonna lay down the law
'Cause everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Closer to God
Closer for sure
Close your eyes
And watch me become more
Become more
Become more
Watch me become more
Surprised this wasn't on YouTube. Great song from a great album.
Deep lyrics, too.
Today a boy outgrew his town
They say his sadness was his sign
It used to happen every day or so they say
He's gonna take it all this time
And everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Today a boy became a man
'Cause he prepared himself to fail
He escaped one night just trying to save his life
I am the hero of this tale
And everybody has seen it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Please take off your clothes
Give me your hand
Please sleep in my bed
Please understand
I'm gonna lay down the law
'Cause everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Closer to God
Closer for sure
Close your eyes
And watch me become more
Become more
Become more
Watch me become more
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Tornados · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Tornados · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Tornados · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Burn to Shine · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTu...
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Burn to Shine · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Burn to Shine · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
My head is a box filled with nothing
and that's the way I like it
My garden's a secret compartment
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
Your body's a dream that turns violent
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
The winter is long in the city
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
Open your heart
Catch my disease
I was backstage at Pomona
and that's the way I like it
She drank beer with Coke Cola
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me about the winds from Santa Anna
and that's the way I like it
and that's the way I like it
She told me she'd love me like fireworks
and that's the way I like it
So please
Baby please
open your eyes
and catch my disease
So please
Baby please
come on
and catch my disease
catch it
Na na na na na na na na na
(laughter)
they play Good Charlotte on the radio
and thats the way i like it
they play Sleepy Jackson on the radio
and thats the way i like it
and thats the way i like it
I hear Beoyonce on the radio
and thats the way i like it
cause thats the way i like it
they dont play me on the radio
but thats the way i like it
So please
Baby please
Open your heart
catch my disease
So please
Baby please
Come onnnnnnnn
And catch my disease
Catch my disease!
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
Catch my disease
nananananananana
nananananananana
nananananananana
nananana
nananananananana (ooooo)
I do not own this music. Copy right to Sony Music Entertainment.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Ship My Body Home · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Surprised this wasn't on YouTube. Great song from a great album.
Deep lyrics, too.
Today a boy outgrew his town
They say his sadness was his sign
It used to happen every day or so they say
He's gonna take it all this time
And everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Today a boy became a man
'Cause he prepared himself to fail
He escaped one night just trying to save his life
I am the hero of this tale
And everybody has seen it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Please take off your clothes
Give me your hand
Please sleep in my bed
Please understand
I'm gonna lay down the law
'Cause everybody feels it
And everybody knows
There are those that have the flame
And then there's those that just want to get close
Closer to God
Closer for sure
Close your eyes
And watch me become more
Become more
Become more
Watch me become more
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Tornados · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd
Burn to Shine · Ben Lee · Ben Lee
Breathing Tornadoes
℗ Ten Fingers
Released on: 1998-11-16
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee (born 11 September 1978) is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake (2003). He has released eleven solo studio albums.
Career
Noise Addict
Lee's musical career began in 1993 with the band Noise Addict, who were signed to Steve Pavlovic's independent label Fellaheen Records, on the strength of a self-produced and distributed four-track demo recorded in Lee's bedroom. Pavlovic's connections brought the band to the attention of Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Beastie Boys' Mike D, both of whom released the band's material in the US. The group put out several releases on the Beasties' Grand Royal Records. These including the acoustic Young and Jaded EP in 1994, which contained Lee's Evan Dando tribute, "I Wish I Was Him." In 1995, Grand Royal released the band's only full length, the Brad Wood produced Meet the Real You. Noise Addict made a music video for the song "16", toured with Sebadoh, but then broke up. Lee was also briefly a member of the alternative act Gerling. In 2009 Lee recorded a new Noise Addict album, It was Never about the Audience, with a new lineup; Lou Barlow and Lara Meyerratken.
I could never leave you waiting I've never been so close There's nothing that we'd need to save here So just let it go And take me over, and leave me broken 'Cause this is music for the young and foolish Spilling everything in the dark now You can have it all We can build it up to the stars Just to watch it fall So take me over, and leave me broken 'Cause this is music for the young and foolish Don't wanna live under water, I don't wanna drown in the sun Just wanna cry on your shoulder until the tidal wave comes Don't wanna live under water, don't wanna drown in the sun Just wanna cry on your shoulder until the tidal wave comes Seeking for a secret craving. Headlights on a sign I might have to walk away from you, babe, to make you mine So take me over, and leave me broken 'Cause this is music for the young and foolish So take me over, and leave me broken