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November 07, 2005
Angel's Back in tha Day Tale: A Night With Ted Nugent
It's 1980 and times are still pretty cool; still some hippies and long hairs around and lots of pot still. So I hear that Ted Nugent is playing in Reno, Nevada. Can't find anyone to go with so this chick I know says her sister likes Ted Nugent and would love to see him. That's cool so I ask does she wanna go with me. This chick is only 18 years old and seems cool. I was 33 years old by then.
So we get to the concert and Martana's really fucked up. She had been drinking and stoning all day it seems. So I have to drive her VW to the concert - she's too messed up. We get inside and it's a pretty rowdy crowd of peeps. Little different than I was used to. Lot's of long haired cowboys and biker types.
We work our way to the front of the stage and Martana is flirting her little ass off with all of the dudes. The show starts and Ted's singing "Cat Scratch Fever", man, the place is jumpin'. I'm just into smoking a "J" and feeling mellow; lot's of pot all around us. So, there are a few fists fights going on all around us. Some angry peeps in the audience.
People start pushing hard and Martana and I are pushed up against the stage. It's getting scary and I'm trying to get out of there. All of a sudden, Ted Nugent flys over the stage and audience with only a loin cloth on and hangin on to a rope. He starts yelling, "rape em! Rape em! Rape em!" Man, the dudes in front go wild.
One dude grabs Martana and starts trying to pull her clothes off. I start hitting him and trying to get us out of there. She's screamin and Ted's exciting the crowd even more. It turns really ugly. These 4 dudes surround me and Martana and start trying to rip our clothes off. Luckily I had self defense training in the military and was pretty strong in those days. I start hitting these dudes. They push me up against the wall of the stage and I fall to the ground. I thought I was gonna be crushed.
Then these security guys push through the crowd and save me and Martana's ass's. They take us back to security and make sure we are ok. So they let us go and I decide I'll never to to another Ted Nugent show again. I didn't know anything about him back then. After, I read that he was a really macho asshole and was into killing animals just for the kill. That was one concert that turned bad.
That shit used to happen sometimes back in those days. There were a few general admission concerts where peeps got crushed to death against the stage. After that I learned my lesson (not getting too close to the stage unless I knew it was gonna be a mellow concert). Still like "Cat Scratch Fever" but have a hard time listening to it since that show.
angel
Posted by i220 at November 7, 2005 07:42 AM
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Man, this kinda taints my view of tha Nuge... But, hey - I guess he is what he is. Not all that safe with women around apparently - or animals for that matter :S But aaal-right when guitars are around. Stick to hitting the drums Nuge! This is a different age.
James Brown Fan.
Posted by: Love Tha Nuge! at November 8, 2005 07:33 AM
My boy Scatty has dropt a list of top 5 funk riffs on his blog. Scotty's blog. His choices were so monster that it prompted me to drop come a little more obscure. Check below:
Know Your Enemy - RATM. Outro bass riff. If that ain't funk then I don't know what is?
Groove is in the Heart - Deelite. Shaaiiiittt!
Bust a Move - Young M.C. Gotta give my man Flea one.
Rock the Nation - Michael Franti & Spearhead. "We're livin' in the 'mean'time..."
Ramble On - Led Zeps - JPJ grooves the shit outta ait!
Great topic my man!
FunkFan
Posted by: FunkFan at November 9, 2005 08:55 AM
right on scotty, i know all those kick ass tunes, except "know your enemy" will have to check that one out, man, anything that led zepplin does is ok in my book, love the zep
angel
Posted by: ANGEL at November 12, 2005 01:47 PM
man i think i made a mistake, is that led zepplin or led zeps???? hey what can i say i'm still back in the 60's, sorry if i got the wrong group.
angel
Posted by: ANGEL at November 12, 2005 01:49 PM
hey !220 been giving you lots of props on www.hipforums.com about this great website of yours, got some canadian brothers and sisters on hipforums.
peace out
angel
Posted by: ANGEL at November 28, 2005 09:27 PM