Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - (Tears for Fears) Everybody Wants to Rule the World

[@Tennantude]

12 years later and I would still kill for a studio version of this.

[@davehutchinson8602]

Wye Oak released theirs

[@EtoThe1toTheV]

Can’t believe it’s been 12 years already, this cover made me go back and revisit Tears for Fears and fall in love with their genius.

[@SmallerDrums]

Couldn't agree more

[@dustenwilson]

Real talk...this is good enough in a way. But I feel ya.

[@Yanafibadawitdemsection]

13 years and just remembered this when Democracy Now played the original after McCarthy got ousted (😂😂😂), in full agreement

[@zachkieri1185]

One of AV’s best Undercovers

[@ammonbarney7690]

Just found this in 2023. Amazing.

[@epob4961]

Big ups to the drummer for Charlie Wattsing the shit out of a drum machine part, and more importantly for wearing an MDC t-shirt

[@Novedrake]

John Wayne was a Nazi and he wouldn't approve of this cover

[@AlexReynard]

This might be the best cover of this song I've ever heard. I didn't think it could sound the same without a synthesizer. Naw. It just had to be done with the right heart.

[@TheSPT]

If there is anything someone has accused Ted Leo of doing, half-assing a song isn't one of those things.

[@sevendaughters]

it's funny how James Canty, who has a CV that stacks up against most in guitar music post 1960, radiates pure 'dad who won a contest' energy here

[@MrHarco77]

JD is the backbone of all types of greats. The man.

[@mcnell311]

Drummer is killin

[@erichimes3062]

💯

[@mhandsco]

Keep coming back for drums.

[@martinroach608]

Matthew H Been coming back to this vid for a few years now. It’s just too good..other covers simply don’t have the live rawness...drums certainly included!!

[@SmallerDrums]

Same here, dude!

[@carthag]

do check out more ted leo tho

[@nickrakich2319]

100%. Just nails that syncopated hi-hat rhythm.

[@robertorolfo]

@@martinroach608 Absolutely. Sometimes I wonder how good it could have been if they had more time to practice and record, but then it might have lost some of the magic...

[@alexeipg]

It makes it so much better when the band actually likes and knows the song.

[@HolidayKirk]

Ted Leo just seems like the nicest guy ever

[@SpookyApparition]

maybe the best AV Club cover ever?

[@mhandsco]

SpookyApparition For me, still Shake It Off, but this is one I keep coming back to.

[@mhandsco]

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[@kirkd1268]

just what i needed

[@richieb1125]

I'd say it's a toss up between this and Gwars - get outta my dreams. It's hard to compare greatness

[@johnbroadway5218]

The cars just what I needed by the bluegrass band is impressive

[@markbrooks4471]

Never heard of these guys, im here chere checking out the covers because Low were here. This is a bloody top shelf effort. The drums are perfect and the Pharmacists pass muster. Hats off blokes.

[@MrHarco77]

drums are on point. drummer has a cool pod called bassists and drummers. All Hail Marty Key - Young Pioneers and of course JD Canty on the guitar.

[@jon8004]

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE FROM LONDON

[@whippermctingle]

Holy drummer!?!?!. That sounds so hard to play. Killer cover.

[@rachelbailey8822]

im 42 and will never stop watching this

[@Wedge_A_27]

Rachel Bailey 40 and same.

[@carthag]

same but 38

[@brianpatrick7411]

44 and I concur

[@vansdude8893]

32 and won't stop either

[@calebcustombricks2631]

16 over here and I love this

[@Whoflungpouu]

This is actually a damn good cover of this song

[@mrjehupitchfork]

Ted Leo doesn't half ass anything when it comes to him playing music.

[@kinseymilkbone]

@@mrjehupitchfork As he said, this was his favorite song when he was young. No way was not going to give it his best.

[@jamesmememes3472]

Thanks to his dad and thanks to my dad for showing us really good music. They made us.

[@ImSchizoidMan]

I still think this is the best cover performance Ive ever seen.

[@nathanshygd75]

the guitar's just so damn crunchy that every time I hear Ted start strumming real hard before the bridge I just wanna stand up and scream

[@tonyjofenig6833]

Living With The Living (2007) is the moment when this band should have gone huge. Ted was punk rock, when everybody was afraid of punk rock. Then came 2008, financial crash and all sorts of BS that Ted was warning us about. Start with: Sons Of Cain, Army Bound Finish with: Tora And The Toradeore, C.I.A. Check out The Both album (2013), Ted Leo & Aimee Mann, 2 great talents with something to say.

[@saramills1485]

Shake The Sheets is when Ted Leo should have gotten big. End of.

[@tonyjofenig6833]

@@saramills1485 Your right, solid from back to front as an album.

[@speshojk1]

incredible cover. essence of the song, and the essence of the pharmacists.

[@chrispulos7082]

Asbury Lanes August 18th

[@ramcharger154]

Can't believe it's been so long ago since they did this .

[@tobysettle8595]

Brilliant cover of a brilliant tune! Gotta say, closed my eyes and it was Joe Jackson covering. And I mean that as a high complement!

[@digitalbots]

This is the best cover of the song

[@actionpdog]

Fucking great drumming

[@neelshiv]

This drummer is sick

[@Dinnerwithstrangers]

One of my favorites covering my favorite!

[@CAIDCARM]

I can’t get enough of this! Well done!

[@robbeason]

There's just something about Chris on the drums and the way this is recorded. It's so rad.

[@MrHarco77]

right?

[@robertneale7148]

I think that's my favorite song.

[@BeeDubDakota]

No doubt! Tough beat and he nailed it!

[@HasanibnSabah]

Ohhhhhh so good...only took me 10 years to see it

[@margaretoxner1056]

Please remember that these guys have truly seen the test of time. Ted and the Pharmacists were originally a band that favored the sounds of Thin Lizzy, and still do, Chris Wilson is one of my favorite drummers. We sometimes talked about the sacrifices musicians make in spite of their personal relationships. My favorite album is called Biomusicology. I have personally seen SO MANY BANDS, including American Princes dissolve because they have "grown up." Oh and to those guys that were legacy students because of your parents... yes, you know who you are Princes. Finally, Lucas Hunsicker, we were pals through junior high and then the rest of our lives.

[@user-gy8xe1om3o]

I am only hearing this for the first time today. Excellent cover.

[@tobysgamingworld1550]

I love TFF and this is a great cover. I listen to it often.

[@saramills1485]

Goddamn this cover is so good!

[@p2curtis]

Really nice.. I had't heard of him before, but sounds great, and a little likeJoe Jackson.

[@HasanibnSabah]

p2curtis Joe Jackson...now that is a name I haven't heard in a while.. let's go down that youtube rabbit hole!

[@ThePlay6666]

Great cover. I liked that.

[@JammastaJ23]

00:17 I love this riff so much. Anyone know the track?

[@carthag]

so beautiful

[@easygolucky30OFFICIAL]

That was so Cool. This is my favorite song as well..

[@esmeraldo7887]

man they nailed it. ever hear is cover of paul's "back seat of my car" he did for a best show wfmu comp. its stellar. and available

[@MrQuick927]

This is so damn good.

[@bigmedicinefilms]

This is wicked good indeed. And nary a synth to be found.

[@kylemarvin4384]

This is very, very good.

[@claudiomolina4994]

awesome!

[@MsMiguel70]

Could NOT remember the name of this super collection. Thanks AV Club, and Ted Leo for leading me back. 🎯

[@RedmondMonk]

can't believe this was over 10 years ago

[@mstrsean]

Fantastic.

[@bamadave83]

This is great.

[@robertgonzalez4222]

that drummer!

[@MrHarco77]

heck yeah Marty!

[@Cajunman1977-k3f]

groovy

[@kinseymilkbone]

Damn, this is prime stuff.

[@LarkVsOwl-de3op]

1:05

[@tillitsdone]

Great!

[@scottcollier9178]

This should have far more views when compared to some of the other Undercover videos

[@mrsbethaniesmith]

Great performance!

[@YutaHMendozaTacoronte]

WOW!!!

[@AquaShibby3000]

I'm a very impossible to please person when it comes to TFF covers, but this is pretty great.

[@CD-hy6fg]

my favorite version of the song

[@thenavajoknow]

Come to think of it, it's quite a Ted Leo-ish song chords wise. Anyhow, one of my favorite non-conformist punk bands covering one of my favorite non-conformist pop bnands is a treat.

[@JoeAsbridge]

Really good cover!!!!

[@david-yt4oo]

1:07 yes

[@c.noahbaoas6816]

2007-2012 was the golden age of indie rock

[@steftrando]

A little earlier than that

[@Filmtense]

Great cover from Steg!

[@MsPKeller]

Just great!!!

[@mikecheck7940]

Wooow i'm a big fan of TFF. But this is the way we should cover a song!!

[@NoLaNpR8]

This is fuckin awesome

[@carthag]

ted leo incl pharmacists fuckin kick ass

[@RastaSaiyaman]

His favorite song, my favorite cover version of that song.

[@plev10]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@jacekbeck1395]

Best cover out there... looked and looked this is it. Weezer's cover pales in comparison.

[@leonardokula]

this drum beat... it's hard as fuck to do!!

[@BKRockwell]

It's really not, but it sounds killer.

[@kennypowers7759]

@@BKRockwell It's relative buddy.

[@jacquesmesrine8031]

@@BKRockwell It is. Its the Purdie Shuffle and the trick is to not to mess it up, is super easy to lose one beat.

[@BKRockwell]

@@jacquesmesrine8031 Speak for yourself. And 'the trick is to not mess it up', eh? Totally different from every other kind of drumming then. I'm not trying to have an internet pissing contest about drumming. I concede my blanket statement that it's not difficult was as poor a generalization as the original statement that it's really hard. Regardless, I find it fun as fuck to play and I think the beat is super tasteful.

[@jacquesmesrine8031]

@@BKRockwell guess we'll have to wait for your video playing this

[@cattalkbmx]

this is one of the better jobs anyone did

[@HauntedCJ]

Just as good if not better

[@ngideo]

Leo really did his homework on this

[@binkymagnus]

well it is his favorite song!

[@tannerin]

They couldn't have picked a better song, it sounds like a Ted Leo original

[@dvweiss]

Wonder why the mixer panned the guitars backwards? Are their amps cross-room?

[@RudieObias]

Is this a great cover of Tears For Fears, or the greatest cover of Tears For Fears?

[@jacksparrow-lm9lz]

Not bad!

[@jamesmememes3472]

13...

[@moofy7624]

Fucking loved this

[@Raulbikcube]

Iirc this won for season 1, right?

[@martyyu]

My friends say, "All Ted Leo songs all sound alike." I say, "So?"

[@gapthfc]

That's some subtle product placement at 0:40....

[@mrsbethaniesmith]

😄

[@MrHarco77]

drums are loud. dig this

[@suzannelemoine3964]

1:06 if you’re impatient

[@pluckymaidens983]

Drummer rules

[@heroineburgh]

Drummer is wearing Millions of Dead Cops T-shirt.

[@watcherofthemundane]

The drummers MDC shirt in this setting makes me laugh

[@VoxRox]

Me, too!

[@loganplourde886]

I never knew Waldo from where’s Waldo played guitar (IK he’s Wally for some of y’all)

[@dudeman1999]

Get this guy doing some Joe Jackson covers! Great job tho

[@johnmullarks3555]

Who do you guys think sponsored this ?

[@MisterAppleEsq]

McDonald's?

[@Crunch_Buttsteak]

JG Wentworth & Associates???

[@eljesseman]

Yeah, man! Goode shite

[@MrDrSmithJr]

It was the first one, and only good one.

[@ThDirtyCurfDrummer]

One of the few times where I feel the cover is superior to the original in pretty much every conceivable way. :)

[@himboghost629]

- Steven Universe comments pending -

[@DeadHeart]

Grizzly Adams rules.

[@lunar7471]

Not a fan of that song but that cover kicked ass

[@RikerLovesWorf]

The drums are obviously altered but still insanely groovy.