Ted Nugent -keyboard-hunter

[Rexx]

A few years back I was gonna start a thread about Ted Nugent using a machine gun on a synth that appeared on his property but I couldn't share that clip off my dvd (lacking hardware)
Well this is a link to a different but equally amusing clip of Uncle Ted taking a pot shot at keyboards. :o)

http://www.rockandrollbadboy.com/videos/celebrities/ted-nugent-hunting-keyboards/

Maybe Jordan could do a rebuttal to Ted's anti keyboardist outburst's?

[jeebustrain]

I remember seeing that video... It's kind of funny in a lame redneck sort of way.

Also, he's had some not so nice things to say about keytars, too.

[Grey Loki]

Well, at least it was only a Casio.

[keythief]

Well then....that was just about as entertaining as Teds' music and just as intelligent and inspiring as well.....
perhaps if I was a Bud drinkin', Ford pickup drivin', tobacco chewin' good ole boy, I could see the humor...
but I'm not and I don't....

[Liquid Shadow]

Organs and harpsichords came before the guitar and helped develop music far more than the guitar. Then the piano came along and all hell broke loose. Without keyboard instruments, the guitar and music in general would not be nearly the same. Not to mention the guitar being very limited in comparison to the expressiveness of a grand piano (with the right person sitting there) or the tonal capabilities of any number of synthesizers.


Look at the music of men like Herbie Hancock, Beethoven, Art Tatum, Chick Corea, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Bach, Oscar Peterson. Then look at Ted Nugent's music.



Hmmm.

[ProggleRock]

Organs and harpsichords came before the guitar and helped develop music far more than the guitar. Then the piano came along and all hell broke loose. Without keyboard instruments, the guitar and music in general would not be nearly the same. Not to mention the guitar being very limited in comparison to the expressiveness of a grand piano (with the right person sitting there) or the tonal capabilities of any number of synthesizers.


Look at the music of men like Herbie Hancock, Beethoven, Art Tatum, Chick Corea, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Bach, Oscar Peterson. Then look at Ted Nugent's music.



Hmmm.

Dude, lighten up! It's rock 'n roll!

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Look at the music of men like Herbie Hancock, Beethoven, Art Tatum, Chick Corea, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Bach, Oscar Peterson. Then look at Ted Nugent's music.

Better yet, look at the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Goldy McJohn, Jon Lord, Edgar Winter, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Jan Hammer, Jens Johansson, etc. Then look at Ted Nugent's music.

[Athox]

they had little harps like way before organs and stuff... and I guess the sitar and company are quite old. so they had to have somewhat of a clue on how to make the guitar...or? :P

[ChrisMcCoy]

Better yet, look at the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Goldy McJohn, Jon Lord, Edgar Winter, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Jan Hammer, Jens Johansson, etc. Then look at Ted Nugent's music.

After seeing Ted Nugent live with Damn Yankees, I think he'd get a kick out of all this seriousness about his "music". I'd venture to say, he's more about what he does live on stage than what he writes in the studio. If you get a chance to see him play live, you'll see what I mean. He's just this raw, wildman guitar player who's all over the stage, and usually louder than everything else in the mix including the drums. I've never considered him a serious songwriter, just a very energetic and visual performer. He seems to have fun doing that. There's a reason why he has the nickname "The Motor City Madman"...
More info here...if you're interested at all...
http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviews00/NUGEBOOK.htm

[Rexx]

I believe the Lute is older than the Harpsicord. And the Lute is very simular to a guitar.

Yeah I love Ted Nugent and his music. He's not the greatest guitarist but he is a valid rock star. Better than many. Seeing him live is amazing and using a flaming arrow shot from his crossbow into an old Gibson birdland is a kick!

His video of shooting a synth like it was a deer is nothing short of humorous!
He maintains that hard rock guitarist attitude of the 60's and the 70's where many ppl only dug guitar based rock (w/o keyboards).

To each their own. I had that attitude for a while when I was 14 then I heard Kansas, Angel, Queen, Foreigner ... and decided I love keyboards and guitar period.
When Judas Priest included some synths on their Turbo album many got upset of the introduction of keyboards to their music.
Heck even Queen for years wrote "No synthesizers used" on their albums but ppl heard orchestrations, they were all Brian May's genius using his guitar, overdubbing, EQ, Fx and EBow to get sounds like clarinet, oboe, tuba...

[Piranha]

I don't think that guy was being serious about his keyboard theory.

Nevertheless, I wish he would have shot himself in the hand somehow.