How is Ted Leo & the Pharmacists?

Yellow Bedwetter
Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
edited June 2008 in The Porch
What's the music like? Are they horrible?
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  • lilreds9121
    lilreds9121 Posts: 128
    they are not horrible, but i enjoyed MMJ a whole lot better
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  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    ted leo horrible?

    if you see them and think ted leo is horrible then i have to question your sanity.
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    these guys put 100% on out there,

    alltho i wasnt familiar with any of the songs, i heard alot of different band sounds in their music and they really poured it all out
    YThe drummer was excellent and really played thunderous. Someone shouyld tell him to shave that beard tho- unless of course he wants to look amish .
    I enjoyed their performancxe.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,865
    My favorite opening band yet.

    Very high energy.

    Go in and check them out.

    edit: and like Bathgate said, you can hear so many different influences in there, it makes a whole new listening experience picking them out.
  • Travelar
    Travelar Posts: 3,444
    They aren't bad.... they aren't what I was looking for in an opening band though. I warmed up to the second night, so give 'em a chance.
  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    i was crushed when i heard columbia got KOL instead of ted leo. i've seen ted three or four times before and the man is an amazing performer. he does leave it all out there. i'd like to hear him do something with pearl jam.
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    KOL were better
  • SandalsJimmy
    SandalsJimmy Posts: 13
    I was a big big fan of Ted Leo/Rx up until the last album, couldn't really get into it. Seen 'em live a bunch of times -- very energetic. Give Hearts Of Oak a listen.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    i heard about 3 of their songs from amazon to see and i must say....they sound like complete garbage. They sound like pop/rock shit, the singers voice is terrible.
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  • SandalsJimmy
    SandalsJimmy Posts: 13
    so by your metric, if i hadn't heard vitalogy and decided to check it out on amazon and chose bugs, pry to, and heyfoxymophandlemama...
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  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    They give a lot of effort out there, i just didnt care for their music

    Kings of Leon in Virginia Beach absolutely rocked the fuckin place, my favorite opener yet
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    You Tube is your friend:

    http://youtube.com/results?search_query=ted+leo+and+the+pharmacists&search_type=&aq=1&oq=Ted+Leo+a
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    ted leo is outstanding:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=gaQq7NL-qUg

    plus read his blog/news posts on his website.

    http://tedleo.com/news_archives.php?news_item_id=303&offset=0
  • bovy_j
    bovy_j Posts: 1,008
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    i heard about 3 of their songs from amazon to see and i must say....they sound like complete garbage. They sound like pop/rock shit, the singers voice is terrible.

    Wow. They are definitely not garbage.
    Amazon? At least check them out on youtube? Jesus.
  • finnannie
    finnannie Posts: 1,186
    They seem like a decent band, certainly not mainstream - pretty interesting stuff. :)
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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    i heard about 3 of their songs from amazon to see and i must say....they sound like complete garbage. They sound like pop/rock shit, the singers voice is terrible.

    quite the opposite actually.
  • Paint Ed Big 10
    Paint Ed Big 10 Posts: 198
    thunderDAN wrote:
    KOL were better

    KOL is a better band.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    bovy_j wrote:
    Wow. They are definitely not garbage.
    Amazon? At least check them out on youtube? Jesus.

    Just did. Definitely not as bad as what I heard on amazon. But definitely not anything special. They sound like every other band to me.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    not really my type, but not bad.
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    What's the music like? Are they horrible?

    They are a great band, but an amphitheater 1/4 of the way full of bored, anxious pearl jam fans is not their ideal venue.

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