Ted Leo Show
Saw Ted Leo + the Pharmacists last night at the Exit/In - it was a really cool show! The first band, the Lucky Guns, had the whole grungy 70s thing down: hearing them from outside as we approached the club, i was like "what the *&$^ is this crap?!" then seeing the actual band and having my skeleton shook made it a little more palpable somehow. Think dazed & confused as far as the look, heavy rock like dead meadow as the sound. Most everyone else hated them, but i ended up getting in to it a bit. They were just so sweaty and grimy and banging their heads like there was no tomorrow, you had to give them some respect.
The Lucky Guns
Middle band, the Oranges Band, were good, tight, but ultimately wore out their welcome by playing the same song over and over for what felt like forever.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, photo by John Brassil
They were great! SO energetic and fun; all the indie kids were trying their hardest to dance. I saw a lot of people singing along to every word. I've never really heard much by TL (most memorable was his live cover of kelly clarkson's "since you been gone" mixed with the YYY's "maps" (showing how much "Since.." ripped "maps" off!), but alas, though someone in the crowd shouted for it, he did not play it.) I'm definitely a full-fledged fan now!
posted by courtney @ 6:17 PM
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i was telling this to kelly earlier that night - sameer and i saw the lucky guns open for kings of leon and we both rated their performance at a solid "what the hell was THAT? (not good)," on a scale from "scott stapp concert in fallujah" to "the beatles, jimi hendrix, and led zeppelin playing in your house and getting along great, actually." but i thought they were 64% better this time around.
i was mad, however, that some anonymous girl called out for "since you been gone" 'cause i had been planning that all day. work's been a little slow lately... yes i typed this at work...
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