REO Speedwagon and STYX - It is time to dump American Embarrassment Ted Nugent from the Tour!

[CatWoman]

Why This Is Important

I'm a proven patriot that was hunting down Communists when I was 18 and 19 - when Nugent was starting his career as a Chicken-Hawk Draft Dodger!

While Nugent was practicing killing bunny rabbits and varmits - I was teaching the South Vietnamese how to kill enemy Communist T-54 Tanks!

While Nugent was peeing his pants - I was protecting the people and the peace, at great risk to my life with REAL AMERICAN MEN!

While Nugent was playing with ponies - I was in the U. S. Cavalry riding out of the sky into a destiny with death!

I fought for the honor of my country and regardless of who sits in the oval office respect for that office. The President of the United States of America deserves respect regardless of your political affiliation.

I am asking the true patriots in our country to stand with me and demand that REO Speedwagon and Styx drop Ted Nugent from their concert series.

Ted has gone nuts and needs to come in off the road to get in touch with what really matters. Threatening our President has gone too far!

http://www.change.org/petitions/reo-speedwagon-and-styx-it-is-time-to-dump-american-embarrassment-ted-nugent-from-the-tour

[dmr]

1. K&R

[NYC_SKP]

2. Yep.

Me, too!

[CatWoman]

15. ...

thanks

[lunasun]

3. signed the petition!

[LaydeeBug]

4. why didn't the author sign the petition? Who wrote it? nt

[CatWoman]

16. did you click on the link?

[roguevalley]

27. Nugent now says that he feels like a 'black jew at a nazi-klan meeting'

[Zambero]

46. Another pathetic right-wing "play the victim" analogy

What really happened to Ted Nugent is that he got tarred and feathered. First off, he exercised EXTREME-ly bad judgment by belly flopping into the vat of tar. Once he crawled out, he apparently got a bit hungry for his daily ration of raw flesh and proceeded to run amuck through the chicken coup. And he came out looking kinda bad for his self-directed efforts. Of course, the only way for Ted to "save face" was to turn the tables and blame others for his own reprehensible actions.

[MrSlayer]

5. I'll sign one to cancel the entire tour.

Massive suckage all around.

[saras]

8. You, sir, OBVIOUSLY haven't heard "Plexiglass Toilet", Styx's undisputed masterpiece.

[CatWoman]

19. I've always loved STyx

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. I am so old......

that I saw STYX when the were an opening act.

Get off my lawn, whippersnappers!

[Kaleva]

10. I saw Journey and Heart as opening acts for Ted Nugent.

[Drunken Irishman]

26. By the time I saw my first concert, in elementary with my aunt (KISS, 1998), Nugent opened...

Along with Skid Row (far better than Nugent, in fact, far better than KISS). Shows you where his career went.

[Jennicut]

34. Skid Row!

That is what I grew up on. The Styx, Reo Speedwagon stuff is a bit before my time. Is it embarrassing to admit that I went to a Poison concert when I was 14?

[KharmaTrain]

32. They Played My High School Prom...

1973...right after the release of their first album and two years before their national breakout with "Lady"...they were still known as the "Dukes of Roseland" to many of us...

[ProfessorGAC]

49. First Time I Saw Them. . .

. . .was at the Joliet Armory. We were the token local act that opened for the opening act. (If memory serves that band was called Exile.)
GAC

[otohara]

7. K&R

Thanks

[RufusTFirefly]

9. Bragging about killing Commies. That's America to me!

OK, so it's just some dude with a petition, but must we defend brutal American imperialism in order to condemn someone who has threatened the president with violence?

[meanit]

13. hypocrisy

Although the OP is a bit heavy on the imperial stuff, I think it's worded to point out the hypocrisy to those who think that Nugent is some kind of an " American warrior patriot", when just the opposite is true.

[NYC Liberal]

28. Exactly. I don't support the "imperial stuff" of the petition, but

I fully support seeing chicken hawks get called out on their bluster and swagger by people who actually have something to back it up.

It's kind of like that "Beyond Scared Straight" show where the punk faux-tough-guy teenagers come face-to-face with actual, hardened criminals and gangs, and piss their pants.

[Kaleva]

11. First thought Catwoman was a commie killing, tank blowing up, death defying vet...

until I clicked onto the link at the bottom.

[CatWoman]

17. Catwoman was a commie killing, tank blowing up, death defying vet...

and that's just my day job

[Dr. Strange]

12. When REO Speedwagon and Styx want to dump you...

I'd say you've truly hit rock (and roll) bottom.

[sofa king]

52. I thought that tour was The Nuge's punishment.

[Quixote1818]

14. K and R

[Ruffhowse]

18. Proudly Signed!!

n/t

[DonCoquixote]

20. Styx dumped their lead singer

So frankly Styx withotu Dennis Deyoung is a joke. He was their main songwriter, the one who made all those concept albums the rest of the band "hates" even though they still play all those hits.

[miyazaki]

23. Ya. I'd sign a petition to get Dennis back into Styx and dump Shaw. n/t

[CBGLuthier]

30. Me too

Saw them back in 76 I think it was. Truly a great show. I remember that little shit Tommy Shaw running up and standing on the monitors so people could see him.

Tommy Shaw used to do a bit wile working with Nugent making fun of DeYoung and the whole Paradise Theater thing. Reall asshole shit.

Shaw has no class.

[ProfessorGAC]

51. You've Obviously Never Met Him

You'd hate him too. He's a tool.
GAC

[The Wizard]

21. Nugent is a loudmouthed punk

Having spent a year in rice paddies and rubber plantations creating havoc and mayhem for people who neither threatened nor harmed us, I can categorically say Nugent would have experienced a serious "accident" after a few days in Vietnam.
Although I disagreed with the war, I served as the alternative was prison.
Luck played a major role in my survival. Next week will mark the 44th year of my return from the sunny shores of Vietnam.
Hell, Nugent shit his pants because he was worried about being drafted. Everything changes once the shooting starts.

[wendylaroux]

41. Right on Wizard

[WhoIsNumberNone]

22. Just looked in on Turd's website- thought this was worth relating

http://www.tednugent.com/events/

He's actually doing a simultaneous solo tour-
The humor here is when you look at the disparity between the venues he's playing with REO Speedwagon & Styx vs his solo gigs...

The Midwest Rock 'n Roll Express Tour is playing prestigious places like Red Rocks Ampetheatre and other big pavilions. His solo tour is playing county fairs and biker rallies.

[WillyT]

24. K & R !!!

[spanone]

25. k&r...

[CatWoman]

29. nother

[madokie]

31. I agree even though I'm not a fan of either three

There is no one that pisses me off quicker than the turdman nugent. Pedophile, chicken hawk great white hunter

and his ilk

[blue neen]

33. Have you ever checked out the lyrics to "Stranglehold"?

here i come again now baby
like a dog in heat
tell it's me by the clamour now baby
i like to tear up the street

now I've been smoking for so long
you know i'm here to stay
got you in a stranglehold baby
you best get out of the way

road i cruise is a bitch now baby
you know you can't do me 'round
if a house gets in my way baby
you know I'll burn it down

you ran that night that you left me
you put me in my place
got you in a stranglehold now baby
then i crushed your face

"Then I crushed your face?" How telling, huh?

[GeorgeGist]

35. Oh f*ck me with a spoon.

We lost the war on Vietnam.

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. Done

Styx was one of favorite bands back in the day.

Cruising down the highway with "Come sail away..come sail away...come sail away with me" blasting from my 8 Track....pure bliss.

[GiveMeFreedom]

37. Signed

I served my country. 75-79 USN VP-1 AW2. Nugent is an embarrassment to veterans everywhere. What a phony human being he is.

[KamaAina]

38. He's touring with REO Meatwagon and Stynx?

[Zambero]

47. And Drab Yankees too?

Sounds like the ultimate "Will Never Get Into the R&R Hall of Fame" Revue.

[dems_rightnow]

54. They haven't let Deep Purple in either

Which means they're totally lacking credibility anyway.

[wendylaroux]

39. signed

yes I saw the pos too, I want my money back.

[Go Vols]

40. .

REO Speedwagon - Golden Country

Lyrics:

Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
Mortgage people you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away
When a lady was raped on your doorstep today
Well your blacks are cryin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand, oh yeah......

[99Forever]

45. Thank you so much for this.

As you can see from my reply below, this song came into my mind immediately after reading the OP. The sentiment of Golden Country is even more relevant today than it was when they played it 4 decades ago. Thanks again for posting.

[pinboy3niner]

42. In my Vietnam vets' group, years ago...

...some of us were invited every year to speak about the war to a high school class on 'Major Events of the 20th Century.'

On my first visit, I noticed 'VIETNAM' spelled out across the back wall of the classroom in letters 2-3 feet high. Then I learned that the letters were made of 58,000 straightpins the students had spent 5 minutes each day putting in.

The next year, the back wall was covered with a collage of 58,000 faces the students had cut from magazine photos.

The teacher, it turned out, had been a VN War protester and draft dodger. For refusing to report when drafted, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison. I can't remember now whether he served the full term or just 18 months, but he did time in prison.

Our group of VN combat vets had enormous respect for that teacher. He accepted the consequences, and sacrificed, to honor his principles.

To use a Vietnamese expression, Nugent isn't worth that teacher's little fingernail.

[Gregorian]

56. Great story. Thanks so much for sharing that.

I didn't know if I'd be willing to go to jail. I wasn't going to Vietnam though. Before I got drafted, the war ended. But it was frightening. Now that I ready what you had to say, I can see how 2 years in jail would actually be liberating. I would pay that price now, if I had to.

I also admire your willingness to see beyond your own ego and experience.

[99Forever]

43. Signed, Facebooked to a whole bunch of my friends....

... and suggested to REO that they listen to their own song, "Golden Country" off REO TWO if they have any question as to why we are upset. I've quite literally been to more REO concerts than I can count and started listening to them before "Ridin' The Storm Out" was even recorded.

[Uncle Joe]

44. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, CatWoman.

[Dollface]

48. + 1000. Nougat only shoots things that don't shoot back. Spineless little pissant.

He shouldn't be on the same stage with those bands anyway. His music sucks. (IMO)

[RebelOne]

50. I signed. n/t

[ObaMania]

53. It'll never happen. I'm sure..

.. Tommy Shaw wants to bring the Nuge' on stage to play some lame-assed Damn Yankees tunes.

[Skittles]

55. MIDORI!

how you been, girl?