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so, last night, ted leo concert. it was pretty good, but i have to say that i think i enjoy seeing him more at the black cat than the 9:30 club. the more intimate venue seems to suit him and his performance better, i think. he just looked so tiny on the big old stage. he's got massive presence, to be sure (even though his bandmates act about as excited in concert as sloths on quaaludes), but the whole thing felt a little less energetic and a little more sterile than times past. in my opinion. the crowd was semi-dead - who were all those people, anyway? - but i do have to give props to the group of kids in front of me who i thought were adorable. they were singing along to every word and dancing excitedly, but not with flailing elbows or anything. they made me smile.
biomusicology and timorous me were the best songs of the night, i thought. c'mon, listen to those mp3s. if you don't like them, something's wrong with your brain. how can you not get a little buzz when, in timorous me, he sings, "Now me and Jodi spend a lot of our time/
Just sitting in silence, driving late at night/And maybe even wondering what’s on each other’s mind/This time" and the drums and bass kick in - buh duh duh bud duh duh - and it's TOTALLY AWESOME. timorous me is one of about three songs in the universe i could listen to on repeat all day and be still be pleased as punch.
and i do have to admit that i thought it would have been nice if he covered "since u been gone" instead of "suspect device," like always. but still. good show, and i do love the ted leo. he's probably one act i'll never get sick of seeing.
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I wish it was at the Black Cat, too, but I thought there were merits to it being at the 9:30. They sounded as good as I've ever heard, for one thing. For another, the big room seemed to get bass player Dave Lerner excited, and he played with more enthusiasm (and better lines, esp. on Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone) than I've seen before.
They had some tempo problems though, and the drummer (Chris something?) occasionally launched into sections of songs at a pace that the others had to then catch up to. I guess maybe they're touring less, and playing less tightly as a result.
And I agree; I'm pretty sick of Suspect Device. But overall: good show.
I suppose his refusal to play Since U Been Gone is part of that whole not selling out thing. Although I do love my pop.
I was just listening to Stiff Little Fingers at work. There's no such thing as being sick of Suspect Device! I've never heard Ted Leo cover it though, so that's something I might get sick of, I suppose.
i couldn't figure it out - was it just me, having ramped up my expectations for summer concerts in DC, only to be let down time and time again?? (minus the Pixies?) Anwyays. Man, I was bummed. Even after they fixed his vocals, the sound seemed off the hwole night, even after copious tuning. Sucked.
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