Ted Nugent somehow succeeds at being simultaneously truly entertaining and being an absolute, 100% dick-head asshole. I enjoy his rants for the same reason I enjoy watching televangelists preaching. It’s all idiotic horse-crap — and much of it is downright mean-spirited and destructive — but I can’t help but appreciate the delivery. Sorry if this disappoints anybody. My question is: where does Uncle Ted fit on Plurbie’s spectrum of Rock Animality?
I’ve enjoyed the responses to both discussion topics on Ted Nugent. He has totally lost all good will with rock and roll. He pop music’s equivalent of the crazy perverted uncle who was caught flashing young school girls and now is pissed off that the cops keep harassing him.
I believe his brand of dinosaur cock-rock would be enjoyed popularly in a ktichy kind of way not unlike Alice Cooper, Kiss and Motorhead if it wasn’t for his overtly political stance. Big dumb rock has it’s place and is whole lot of fun to listen to while tail gating or playing in the background in your garage while working on your 1972 Chevelle SS.
About 10-15 years ago, Ted was a popular interview on local Detroit rock stations. He would call up other rockers from his era and chat about the good ole days. He would sometimes bring a band along to the station and indulge listeners with a 30 minute version of Fred Bear. It was funny and harmless. But once his views became more narrow minded and xenophobic he was shunned by his hometown radio and fans. His flock of admirers have sadly moved on to Kid Rock who has welcomed and endorsed the typical Michigan Militia attitude of god, guns and country that has unfortunately become so pervasive in the state.
I must confess however that I really like his muscular guitar work on song like Strangehold and Free For All, but I feel so dirty admitting that.
If anyone is looking for a latter day version of the Nuggets album, full of classic garage rocks songs all sounding like they have vocals done by a mid-’60s Mark Lindsay should check out this album:
LEO SAYER HAS A MONSTER BOX SET
Amazon has posted an alert that ’70s singer-songwriter Leo Sayer has a 14-disc boxset, Just A Box: The Complete Studio Recordings 1971 – 2006, due October 28. No other details yet.
Ted Nugent somehow succeeds at being simultaneously truly entertaining and being an absolute, 100% dick-head asshole. I enjoy his rants for the same reason I enjoy watching televangelists preaching. It’s all idiotic horse-crap — and much of it is downright mean-spirited and destructive — but I can’t help but appreciate the delivery. Sorry if this disappoints anybody. My question is: where does Uncle Ted fit on Plurbie’s spectrum of Rock Animality?
You hit the nail on the head regarding Nugent’s strengths and weaknesses!
My guess is that he would not rank too high in terms of Rock Animality, but we’ll need EPG to break it down.
I’ve enjoyed the responses to both discussion topics on Ted Nugent. He has totally lost all good will with rock and roll. He pop music’s equivalent of the crazy perverted uncle who was caught flashing young school girls and now is pissed off that the cops keep harassing him.
I believe his brand of dinosaur cock-rock would be enjoyed popularly in a ktichy kind of way not unlike Alice Cooper, Kiss and Motorhead if it wasn’t for his overtly political stance. Big dumb rock has it’s place and is whole lot of fun to listen to while tail gating or playing in the background in your garage while working on your 1972 Chevelle SS.
About 10-15 years ago, Ted was a popular interview on local Detroit rock stations. He would call up other rockers from his era and chat about the good ole days. He would sometimes bring a band along to the station and indulge listeners with a 30 minute version of Fred Bear. It was funny and harmless. But once his views became more narrow minded and xenophobic he was shunned by his hometown radio and fans. His flock of admirers have sadly moved on to Kid Rock who has welcomed and endorsed the typical Michigan Militia attitude of god, guns and country that has unfortunately become so pervasive in the state.
I must confess however that I really like his muscular guitar work on song like Strangehold and Free For All, but I feel so dirty admitting that.
http://pitchfork.com/news/52538-morrisseys-autobiography-has-a-release-date/
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But this might be worthy of a read:
http://newsok.com/shirley-jones-racy-memoir-debunks-wholesome-partridge-family-image/article/3886794
Happy 73rd birthday John.
Now if that don’t make you feel old…
If anyone is looking for a latter day version of the Nuggets album, full of classic garage rocks songs all sounding like they have vocals done by a mid-’60s Mark Lindsay should check out this album:
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Out-Loud-Mark-Lindsay/dp/B00DCD0XZE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1381345691&sr=1-1&keywords=mark+lindsay
You won’t believe it’s from 2013.
RTH favorite Leo Sayer –
LEO SAYER HAS A MONSTER BOX SET
Amazon has posted an alert that ’70s singer-songwriter Leo Sayer has a 14-disc boxset, Just A Box: The Complete Studio Recordings 1971 – 2006, due October 28. No other details yet.
Oh! My! God! How much love do you need? 14 discs worth! I feel like dancing, woo! Dancing, woo! Dance the night away!