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How is Ted Leo & the Pharmacists?

Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
edited June 2008 in The Porch
What's the music like? Are they horrible?
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    lilreds9121lilreds9121 Posts: 128
    they are not horrible, but i enjoyed MMJ a whole lot better
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    i am a targeti am a target Posts: 806
    ted leo horrible?

    if you see them and think ted leo is horrible then i have to question your sanity.
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    Bathgate66Bathgate66 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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    MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,613
    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.
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    TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,367
    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.
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    i am a targeti am a target Posts: 806
    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.
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    thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    KOL were better
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    SandalsJimmySandalsJimmy 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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    12345AGNST112345AGNST1 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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    SandalsJimmySandalsJimmy 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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    HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 4,590
    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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    slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,759
    You Tube is your friend:

    http://youtube.com/results?search_query=ted+leo+and+the+pharmacists&search_type=&aq=1&oq=Ted+Leo+a
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    i am a targeti am a target Posts: 806
    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
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    bovy_jbovy_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.
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    finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    They seem like a decent band, certainly not mainstream - pretty interesting stuff. :)
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    Stephen FlowStephen 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.
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    Paint Ed Big 10Paint Ed Big 10 Posts: 198
    thunderDAN wrote:
    KOL were better

    KOL is a better band.
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    12345AGNST112345AGNST1 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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    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    not really my type, but not bad.
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    Brain of J.LoBrain 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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    Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Paint Ed Big 10 wrote:
    KOL is a better band.

    Maybe in an alternate universe where everything is the opposite. Not in this one, though. ;)
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    Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    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.

    What other bands do they sound like to you?
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    i am a targeti am a target Posts: 806
    Paint Ed Big 10 wrote:
    KOL is a better band.

    yes. if you like hookless plodding songs with no dynamic.
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    serpent boyserpent boy Virginia Beach Posts: 372
    I've only heard Ted Leo once or twice before, but I'm looking forward to their performance tomorrow night.

    I have to admit, I'd much rather see Kings of Leon, though. They were AMAZING in Virginia Beach.
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    eyesnoeyeseyesnoeyes Posts: 50
    I saw Ted Leo open for Death Cab about a year ago and had no idea what to expect - I was very pleasantly surprised - I thought they were great, so I'm really looking forward to checking them out again at MSG...
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    blacknapkinsblacknapkins Posts: 2,176
    Really good ... worth getting to your seats to catch them.
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    acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    I tried to get into these guys but I could not do it.
    I did find MMJ b/c of PJ. Awesome
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    slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,759
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    What other bands do they sound like to you?

    from the little I've seen on You Tube ... they sound like no other band on earth.

    I mean that in a ambivalent sort of way, but I don't know how you could call them pop. Unless you were talking about that tongue-in-cheek cover of the Kelly Clarkson song that I actually thought was pretty good.
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    blueeyedevilblueeyedevil Posts: 173
    Like most PJ shows I've been to, the audience was respectful of the band, but didn't really give it up for them either. Mostly empty seats. I thought the band was tight and had a ton of energy. Certainly not a bunch of "shoe gazers". It can be tough to appreciate a band when you aren't familiar with the material, but something tells me that Ted Leo and the Pharmacists would really kick-ass in a club or theatre without seats. Not sure that the ampitheatre worked for their style.

    Certainly worth checking out at least once.
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    Determined DiscreetDetermined Discreet Posts: 5
    hobbes wrote:
    ted leo horrible?

    if you see them and think ted leo is horrible then i have to question your sanity.

    I completely agree. You can listen to a bunch of their songs on lastfm....

    http://www.last.fm/music/Ted+Leo+and+The+Pharmacists/Shake+the+Sheets

    Take any of those songs and multiply the energy exponentially and you have Ted Leo live. He's a pretty smart and funny dude as well, so the banter is often quality.

    The last time I saw them was in Asheville a couple years ago. Unfortunately some twat was messed up on something and was being a real dick in the crowd. When it looks like it's about to get physical Ted stops and hops off stage to try and calm this guy down. He even tried giving the guy a tambourine to play along with. While it unfortunately didn't work you're not going to see many performers even try something like that.

    I think he felt bad for us in the crowd though as he ended the show with 'Treble in Trouble' which was incredible.
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