He was just on tv talking about why kids should have guns--ugh!

what are your plans for today?

Yeah, he's a nutjob (and I'm pro-right to bear arms), but his old stuff is still incredibly fun to listen to. He could definitely play some guitar.

My plans, I'm gonna loaf around the house, drink some beers, eat some junkfood, watch some movies, surf some net, listen to some tunes.

And if Terrible Ted's not your scene, here's another song that I find entertaining:

Ann Castle - Go Get The Shotgun, Grandpa

Nugent is at the far end of a fairly common celebrity tendency to become a parody of oneself as one ages. Rockers are especially prone ot this--think Mick Jagger, or (ugh) David Lee Roth. Poor guy.

(And thanks for the tunes, Jon!)

I'm with you LarryC. All three of those guys were incredibly cool in their own way at one point; Jagger for his swagger and omnisexuality, Roth for his joie de vive and Toastmaster General sense of fun, and Ted for his kiss-my-ass-if-you-don't-like-it crudeness. But they all wore out their welcome eventually.

Quiet's good if you've just gotten your kid down for a nap.

Here's a song just for you. Its both salute and wish for your birthday.

ABC Family has all the xmas specials on today, all day, for you, jon : >

i'd kill for an mp3 of "you talk sunshine, i breath fire".

damn. it's been an hour and i was so sure i'd come back and find that jonmc had posted my coveted nugent mp3, but he musta passed out. actually, i'd kill multiple times for mp3's of the entire journey to the center of the mind lp.

short ted nugent soundclip.

whooweee we get to go to Lor's company holiday bash at the comedy club this evening. Thankfully, there is alcohol - and it's 2 mins from the house!

Tomorrow's agenda: the Traditional Ladder Tree goes up.

Nuggets has the Dukes' version of Baby, Please Don't Go on it. If I wasn't on dial-up, I'd upload it. Dog Eat Dog actually has good lyrics, too - unusual for Ted.

nugent. really? I'm surprised you like this guy. ted nugent is pedestrian in every horrible sense of the word. he's about a half-step above "jim dandy" don't you think? all the nuge has ever done is play octaves on his guitar and deliver single entendres, right? sorry to piss on the nuge parade, but i'd rather listen to some old dirty blues than listen to some guy fake it and then cry about not knowing the songs were full of drug references 10 years, 20 years, 30 years? down the line. i've had to listen to this shit most of my life, and ted nugent is THE WORST CLASSIC ROCK that you could ever find. Take it from me, I live where they think classic rock is still current. I mean, what's the difference between this and a Neil Schon solo (i'll tell ya, neil's better).

the difference is ted and neil played, you sat in your grandiose misperceptions and smirked. i saw ted regularly before there was such a thing as classic rock (or rather, when classic rock meant elvis) and he was raw, wild, and fresh. i don't begrudge him the fact that after you were born he cranked out a lot of formulaic crap to get a pile of money. and also, he flat turned down a joint i tried to give him in 1970.

Cage Fight!!!

I'm not nominating Ted for sainthood, but when I'm in the mood, he's a lot of fun, for his obnoxiousness if nothing else. Plus his solo on "Journey To The Center Of The Mind," was actually pretty damed good.

I like old dirty blues records and millions of other things just as obscure and underground as I'm sure you know if you read this site, but even stuff like this has it's place. Thing is, like you say, it's overplay that's drained the life out of what's actually in many cases good music.

I got so tired of a lot of this stuff that I didn't listen to any of it for 2 years. Then me and pips hooked up. She alwyas liked rock and roll, but she didn't know much about it. A couple weeks after we started dating, the local classic rock station was doing a countdown of the top 1000 of all time. They played all the usual suspects, plus some of those 'once a year' songs like "Hocus Pocus," and "Theme From An Imaginary Western." I got to tell her some of the lore behind the songs, which was fun, but what was better is the songs sounded good to me again. After getting some distance, I was able to come back and appreciate them on their merits.

And I agree Schon is actually a better player (and Perry's a better singer than anyone Nuge ever hired). I could talk about this shit all day.

he flat turned down a joint i tried to give him in 1970.

From one interveiw I read, the rest of the Amboy Dukes were so dope addled (many died drug related deaths) that Ted had to handle all the day-to-day business of the band. That could make a man a mite bitter, I imagine.

Quonsar's point about historical context stands, too. When solo Ted broke, it was still the lingering patchouli-hippie-pastoral era. A crossbow weilding maniac in a loincloth must have been refreshing.

Also, surprisingly, many critics (Marsh, Bangs) have given Ted credit for his musicianship.

also Q, I just finished this book (Nuge is mentioned quite a bit). You'd love it.