mjpuczko Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 squeaky fingers is one of my fave ted songs. as is parallel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I wasn't a fan of Ted Leo and the new album hasn't done anything to improve my opinion... it's ok, but it sounds so much like other people I can't quite get my head around it. It's not that it's bad, there's just nothing on it that moves me or interests me. Sorry! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I thought he was "okay" until I saw him live. Immediately afterward, I got some of his albums and was hooked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 This thread reminded me I need to get this....off to the Amazon used bin..... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I picked this up over the weekend and I think it's one of my favorite albums of his. I'm looking forward to checking him out. He kind of reminds me of Joe Strummer mixed with a bit of Joe Jackson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 And Joey Joe Joe, Jr. Shabadoo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 This new one is my first Ted Leo experience. I think the album starts strong, but "Bomb Repeat Bomb" is awful. Hoping it goes back to being good from here... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borracho Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 very good live - lots of energy - doesn't let up. good times! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 apparently i'm the only person who likes bomb.repeat.bomb. i love the entire song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I don't mind it. The only songs that rub me the wrong way are Colleen and Bottle of Buckie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nutop Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 apparently i'm the only person who likes bomb.repeat.bomb. i love the entire song. I love it. Reminds me so much of the Dismemberment Plan. I do agree that Colleen and Bottle of Buckie are pretty weak songs.. Colleen just seems like a practice in rhyming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 i like the music in colleen but the lyrics are whack. i really like bottle of buckie minus the recorder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I think Colleen has good music, but I agree that the lyrics suck. Bottle of Buckie's alright, like i mentioned about the picking... but I don't mind Bomb.Repeat.Bomb, I just don't think the vocals were mixed high enough, it's beyond muffled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Bomb.Repeat.Bomb. definitely has some d-plan feel, but D Plan did it 1000x better it also reminds me of Popular by Nada Surf, haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chendizzle Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 apparently i'm the only person who likes bomb.repeat.bomb. i love the entire song. I love it too, everything about it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mastershake Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I haven't figured out all the hate for "Bottle of Buckie." What's your beef with it? I actually quite like that tune. I'm not crazy about "Colleen," but I don't mind it.i like bottle of buckie a lot as for it sounding like some goo goo dolls song.... i can't even name a goo goo dolls song aside of Iris. i guess i'm happy i don't listen to the radio or this song might be ruined for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chendizzle Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Pitchfork has a good interview with Ted Leo up today. Here's an excerpt about Unwanted Things, Bottle of Buckie, and Bomb.Repeat.Bomb, some of the hotly debated songs around here : Ted Leo: [laughs] I started working on the song as a goof. Not to make a cod-reggae song, but with a drum machine and bass effects, just to have a fun afternoon making a real reggae song. When I got to the end of it, I liked it. With that particular song, there was a conscious decision. Live it'll be more of a punk-reggae/cod-reggae thing [laughs] but we started playing it in practice and thought "this could maybe work!" Then we thought, fuck it, let's do it for real. Why dumb it down? That one was very specific. If we want to do a reggae song, then why not actually do a reggae song? Other than that, everything did come up relatively organically. I will say that just about every element that is a little explicitly "let loose" on this record, it's actually all there on every record that I've done, but in the past I would have more self Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Makes sense. But what the hell is cod-reggae? Does it = white reggae? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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