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Post by kingdiamond on Apr 24, 2021 21:17:50 GMT
I confess that I once had a Ted Nugent CD. I think it was a greatest hits set. It didn't do anything for me so I got rid of it. That was before I knew he was an asshole. Anyway, I could never figure out why this guy was so popular back in the day. I somehow got dragged to see Damn Yankees back in 1990 and I was fucking miserable. Ted did his bow and arrow thing and Tommy Shaw's caterwauling gave me a headache. The weed I had that night made me paranoid too. Terrible night all around.
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Post by Mediocrates on Apr 24, 2021 21:40:20 GMT
When Ted Nugent's career really kicked off (late '70s?), I took him to be a knock-off Johnny Winter, put on the market and promoted (my theory) to fill the vacancy left by Winter, who had faded at that time from rock music and was transitioning more into roots and blues. Except that Ted Nugent sucked. Winter was not to everyone's tastes, but he had taste and a genuine passion for certain genres of music past. Nugent was just a cartoonish cock-rocker.
He later resurfaced on my radar with his frequent appearances on MTV (mid '80s?). Still not quite yet political, but unmistakably an asshole.
Years later he found his true calling doing radio, being a racist asshole. This his real talent, and he's done very well for himself with it.
Ted Nugent is the racist Dillydipper of Johnny Winters
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Post by Potsie Hoofman on Jul 12, 2021 1:25:56 GMT
Pardon my SHiteness, but as I grew up in the area, a little more about Nugent "doing radio".
In the mid 90s, when the TeleComm bill was signed, the Z Rock franchise went under. I don't know if ol' Ted had an ownership stake, but the 102.7 frequency in the Detroit area was purchased and stunted all weekend playing nothing but Ted Nugent music. That's right. 72 hours (give or take) of nothing but Nugent music, sound bites, quotes, whatever. After that, Ted did mornings (blah), and while the station did have some talented folks, a lot of the jocks sounded like that friend of your dad's that came over, reeked of weed, and made sexual puns in front of your 11 year old self. The station was sold again and changed to an R&B flavored format.
Again, if you are of a certain age in this area, you had Seger and Nugent shoved down your throat. And Kid Rock. Boy, what a great representation of the area 🙄
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Post by huffyhoffy on Aug 29, 2021 2:06:46 GMT
My clueless aunt bought me a Ted Nugent LP in the 70s, when I was around 8 years old. Even at 8 I could tell he was a douchebag, and took the album back to the store and got Led Zeppelin II instead.
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Post by NeverHeardOfEm on Oct 20, 2021 15:42:39 GMT
Some SHite bumped an old thread today about which one musician's life you would have saved. Here's the best answer (from dsdu):
I'm having a hard time coming up with a dead musician who I wouldn't substitute for Hendrix in that sentence.
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Post by Mediocrates on Oct 20, 2021 15:47:09 GMT
Some SHite bumped an old thread today about which one musician's life you would have saved. Here's the best answer (from dsdu): I'm having a hard time coming up with a dead musician who I wouldn't substitute for Hendrix in that sentence. Please Please Please
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Post by UDII on Oct 20, 2021 16:07:34 GMT
Some SHite bumped an old thread today about which one musician's life you would have saved. Here's the best answer (from dsdu): I'm having a hard time coming up with a dead musician who I wouldn't substitute for Hendrix in that sentence. 93 lykes and the poat survived since January. I would have thought it would be "Gonzo" by now.
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