Is Steve Jobs a big fan of The Cure? Someone at Apple apparently is, since the company used an piano-based cover of the band’s 1985 single “Inbetween Days” — which attentive Slicing Up Eyeballs readers now report is performed by Ben Folds — to soundtrack its eight-minute promo video for the just unveiled iPad tablet computer. Wonder whether Robert Smith will make a pretty penny in royalties off this one? The music starts around 1:15 in the clip above.
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I am pretty sure it is Ben Folds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk4Yv8u9cyo
You can hear it on this clip from when he used Improv Everywhere to trick his audience
definitely ben folds. more info here!
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/01/ben_folds_and_robert_smith_ipad_ipod_apple_tablet_steve_jobs_song_advertising_unveil_price.php
I argee, that is totally Folds, if not it’s a kickass impersonator.