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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: around the bend on March 05, 2009, 05:41:51 PM
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Hey FOT people.
I've been listening to Hearts of Oak and Shake the Sheets pretty extensively lately and I'm thinking that it's time for me to buy a new cd. I want to more closely examine the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists catalogue. Which one should I get next?
For what it's worth, I prefer Shake the Sheets between the two I currently know.
Thanks everybody!!!
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Hey FOT people.
I've been listening to Hearts of Oak and Shake the Sheets pretty extensively lately and I'm thinking that it's time for me to buy a new cd. I want to more closely examine the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists catalogue. Which one should I get next?
For what it's worth, I prefer Shake the Sheets between the two I currently know.
Thanks everybody!!!
Buy them all. Duh.
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RoboThomas is right.
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RoboThomas is right.
Agreed. But get Tyranny... first. Immediately.
And don't discount tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists. If you don't like/get it, it's on you, not Teddy.
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RoboThomas is right.
Agreed. But get Tyranny... first. Immediately.
And don't discount tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists. If you don't like/get it, it's on you, not Teddy.
Love this album.
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Thanks everybody!
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I would say it's a tie between Hearts of Oak and Living for the Living, but you can't go wrong with any of 'em.
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And make sure you check out the Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead EP. It's a lot of just Ted and an electric guitar. Very very cool.
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This is a trick question.
The only criteria you need to follow is this:
Is Ted Leo on the TL/Rx album?
If the answer is YES, then it is the best TL/Rx album.
Simple, yes?
Tom.
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And let us not discount Chisel. Chisel is some amazing stuff. 8am All Day might be one of my favorite records of all time...
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And make sure you check out the Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead EP. It's a lot of just Ted and an electric guitar. Very very cool.
Yes! Lotta good stuff on there. The solo "High Party" is hair-raising-ly good, and his version of "Dirty Old Town" is just as good (if not better) than the Pogues'.
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Scratchbomb--
Yes!! It is better than the Pouges, and I also admit to LOVING that version of High Party (Bleeding Powers is pretty kickass also). Six Months in a Leaky Boat is amazing as well.
I was actually going to list them all...
The Treble in Trouble EP is also amazing --his version of the Jam's "Come Baby Come" is awesome.
I feel like such a fan boy...
I just really love when Ted does his solo thing with an electric guitar. I have an mp3 of him doing Dancing in the Dark at Brownies before they closed and it might be my favorite thing ever.
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Better than the Pogues? Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
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Can we agree to "less drunk than the Pouges?"
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Everything is "less drunk then the Pogues."
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Everything is "less drunk then the Pogues."
Hunter S. Thompson wasn't.
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I'll settle for better teeth than Shane MacGowan.
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I'll settle for better teeth than Shane MacGowan.
We have a winner.
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Better than the Pogues? Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
I love the Pogues version of "Dirty Old Town". Just think the TL version is at least on that level. Just one man's o'pinion (that's Irish for opinion).
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Better than the Pogues? Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
I love the Pogues version of "Dirty Old Town". Just think the TL version is at least on that level. Just one man's o'pinion (that's Irish for opinion).
That's the amazing thing about TL, though. He is able to take songs and make them sound fantastic, but very different, and very much like a Ted Leo song. Like that "Since You've Been Gone" song. Have you heard him do any Curtis Mayfield? It's pretty amazing.
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That's the amazing thing about TL, though. He is able to take songs and make them sound fantastic, but very different, and very much like a Ted Leo song. Like that "Since You've Been Gone" song. Have you heard him do any Curtis Mayfield? It's pretty amazing.
He makes Rush sound good. Need I say more? As for what album to buy, Tyranny is one of the greatest albums ever but each of the /Rx albums are great. And while you're at it, go see him live. I've seen him 10-12 times now and I've never been disappointed. He'll blow your mind.
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Don't forget Chisel!
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Don't forget Chisel!
On Warmer Music is a great Chisel song. Get the Ted Leo/Rx albums first though. Then go to Chisel for the deep cuts.
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That's the amazing thing about TL, though. He is able to take songs and make them sound fantastic, but very different, and very much like a Ted Leo song. Like that "Since You've Been Gone" song. Have you heard him do any Curtis Mayfield? It's pretty amazing.
He makes Rush sound good. Need I say more? As for what album to buy, Tyranny is one of the greatest albums ever but each of the /Rx albums are great. And while you're at it, go see him live. I've seen him 10-12 times now and I've never been disappointed. He'll blow your mind.
I second all of that. Ted live = unstoppable.