Ben Folds

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds kicked off his winter tour here at Princeton tonight to a packed McCarter Theatre. The audience appeared to be a mix of Princeton students and area residents, including a fair number of middle-aged people (this is Princeton, after all).

Folds played a raucous two-hour set list that had the audience often singing along with him. Though he is officially promoting his last album “Way to Normal” that was released in September, Folds played nearly all of his best known songs from over the years like “Army” and “Rockin’ the Suburbs” (the latter of which is the source of the lyrics in this post’s title).

One of the two opening acts was the Nassoons, who will be featured in an upcoming compilation album of Ben Folds covers by a capella groups. The Nassoons performed three songs tonight, including Folds’ “Time,” which is the song slated to be on the CD.

The Nassoons were chosen by Folds after he announced a national contest, and were one of 18 a capella groups chosen from about 250 submissions, according to the Daily Princetonian. You can see the Nassoons’ winning Youtube submission to Folds after the jump: