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sdfernando

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4. A very basic rule I go by in music is...

Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:14 PM

Oct 2018

if you have to toot your own horn about how good you are, then you aren't that good.

...and that goes double if you are trying to get some kind of award or recognition.

sorry ted n....but we just aren't that into you.

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Ted Nugent calls his omission from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame "sacrilege" [View all] True Dough Oct 2018 OP

Ok. Place his nameplate in a urinal. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2018 #1

Well, just like Trump, I hear he does enjoy that sort of thing! Initech Oct 2018 #96

Mr. Crosby said exactly what I was thinking. spanone Oct 2018 #2

Fuck Ted Nugent and fuck James Hetfield, too... ADX Oct 2018 #3

A very basic rule I go by in music is... sdfernando Oct 2018 #4

Same thing with everything else. Initech Oct 2018 #7

I took your words and posted it on Facebook. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #97

Nice! Initech Oct 2018 #104

And if you say you're not a racist, you're probably a racist. nt tblue37 Oct 2018 #110

That holds true for so much in life. SMC22307 Oct 2018 #101

Get over yourself pants shitter Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #5

No kidding, especially with a mediocre music history like this: catbyte Oct 2018 #80

I'm sure Ted's song about fucking underage girls is something the HOF wants to associate with. Initech Oct 2018 #6

Mr shit his pants to get out of going in the service? pwb Oct 2018 #8

If Blue Oyster Cult isn't in, Ted shouldn't be anywhere close. Since his 70's double live brewens Oct 2018 #9

Rigt there w you. Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #82

And Buck Dharma (Don Roeser) Could Really Play The Guitar ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #125

"No, the asshole isn't good enough" fishwax Oct 2018 #10

:-) CentralMass Oct 2018 #20

Billboard Hot 100: Scurrilous Oct 2018 #11

If Ted were still selling out Staples Center or the Shoreline Amphitheater, that would be one thing. Initech Oct 2018 #18

Good empirical data True Dough Oct 2018 #19

Yeah, but he had that D-list "supergroup" Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2018 #55

To be fair with this sort of music, record sales are a lot better indicator ... mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #60

You'd lose that bet onenote Oct 2018 #83

S'why I said Album sales are a better gauge ... 6 #1 albums a better reflection mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #113

actually, zep has had 7 top 20 singles on Billboard charts onenote Oct 2018 #114

And the Replacements Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2018 #88

MC5 being snubbed has been a personal beef of mine for a while! Docreed2003 Oct 2018 #92

Preaching to the choir on the 'Mats as well ... though their career was brief ... mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #112

The Smiths, The Cure, and Joy Division/New Order were pretty much the soundtrack Neema Oct 2018 #118

I'm right with you Neema, plus U2, REM, Replacements, Femmes, Talking Heads, Police, INXS, Boingo mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #119

Ooh! I'll check it out. Thanks! I grew up listening to Neema Oct 2018 #123

Yup, I like most of those bands too ... mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #127

Vince Clarke, IKR? Totally underrated. Neema Oct 2018 #129

Glad you like ... mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #130

Is he referring to himself in the third person? treestar Oct 2018 #12

That's a sign of a mental health issue Fritz Walter Oct 2018 #87

"George is getting angry!" (n/t) SMC22307 Oct 2018 #98

Ted, please read the sign above the R&RHOF entrance ... lpbk2713 Oct 2018 #13

The HOF criteria: onenote Oct 2018 #14

I beg to differ mikeysnot Oct 2018 #26

But in the wrong way. Of course, that is his intent. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #99

Ted has none of those things TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #70

So a talent-free fascist gun-sucker like Nugent should get into the Hall Of Fame..... Paladin Oct 2018 #15

Haha.. ted nugent.. What A LOSER. Cha Oct 2018 #16

Warren Zevon is 1,000x the artist Ted could ever dream of John Fante Oct 2018 #17

There are a LOT of musicians who are better than Ted who aren't in the HOF jmowreader Oct 2018 #48

For sure. John Fante Oct 2018 #93

Bing Crosby cofounded Ampex - the tape recorder and recording tape company. Mike Rows His Boat Oct 2018 #128

Joan Jett Isn't In ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #126

Where he needs to be is in the Bowhunting Hall of Fame jmowreader Oct 2018 #21

Inflicting long, painful deaths on beautiful wild animals. Paladin Oct 2018 #28

Who do you think is in the Bowhunting Hall of Fame? jmowreader Oct 2018 #32

So go hang out with Nugent, if he's so goddamn "knowledgeable and pleasant." Paladin Oct 2018 #50

Nugent was busted Mendocino Oct 2018 #122

He should focus his energies on the receiving end of an embalmer. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #100

I call it great! You don't deserve a place in those hallowed halls. How bout adm to Thekaspervote Oct 2018 #22

The HOF is waiting for Commander Crappy Pants to pen the song about avoiding Vietnam. Hassler Oct 2018 #23

Sorry Ted, they don't have an "Asshole" Induction Category. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2018 #24

Teddy-boy Shittypants... Raster Oct 2018 #25

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Thank you David Crosby. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #27

I call it evidence supporting the existence of God. n/t Downtown Hound Oct 2018 #29

You know what the worst left out band is d_r Oct 2018 #30

Jann Wenner snubs early 80s new wave Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2018 #47

The cure d_r Oct 2018 #59

Are they?!? YAY!!! mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #66

Personally d_r Oct 2018 #117

Unless they're NY based ... that's usually a leg-up. mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #68

No B-52's?! smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #85

they let black people and women in! KayF Oct 2018 #31

The Rock HOF should induct the GUESS WHO Zambero Oct 2018 #33

He's got it wrong .... CatMor Oct 2018 #34

This idiot does not belong in any hall of fame Gothmog Oct 2018 #35

LOL He seriously thinks he's more deserving than Patti fucking Smith? Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2018 #36

This is almost funny. Hulk Oct 2018 #37

Link Wray nominated, but did not get in Dr Vegas Oct 2018 #38

Is there a Pedophile Hall of Fame... GReedDiamond Oct 2018 #39

poor little snowflake nt elmac Oct 2018 #40

Let's see. A couple of hits in the 70's? madinmaryland Oct 2018 #41

Dude, seriously? You can get in for twenty-one bucks. TygrBright Oct 2018 #42

I'm 48 and can say... sfwriter Oct 2018 #43

Cat Scratch Fever is the biggie. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #52

Thanks a lot! tavernier Oct 2018 #86

This performance is embarrassing! Nugent isn't even a good poser. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2018 #91

I'm 55 and can say... jmowreader Oct 2018 #54

My point is... sfwriter Oct 2018 #63

I'm 69 and never heard him once on the radio. llmart Oct 2018 #84

Notice how all the right-wingers wallow in self-pity today? CaptainTruth Oct 2018 #44

Nugent is a HOF asshole, but I have to admit I still love Journey to the Center of the Mind mtnsnake Oct 2018 #45

Anthony Bourdain said that his Nugent episode of BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #46

Gotta admire Bourdain True Dough Oct 2018 #62

Me too... BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #67

Who's Ted Nugent? oh, I remember elmac Oct 2018 #49

Sacrilege? Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #51

Another Lying Ted rusty fender Oct 2018 #53

Crying Ted in this case, IMO True Dough Oct 2018 #64

CAT SCRATCH FEVER LuckyCharms Oct 2018 #56

On the Plus Side, Ted--You ARE In the ASSHOLE Hall of Fame! DoctorJoJo Oct 2018 #57

Ted Nugent belongs in the gun-humper, racist Hall of Fame, and that's about it. Hoyt Oct 2018 #58

Politics aside, he and the Amboy Dukes SHOULD be in the HOF maxsolomon Oct 2018 #61

I loved Bon Jovi! True Dough Oct 2018 #65

KISS is in and Blue Oyster Cult is not? maveric Oct 2018 #76

If he wants to blame liberals for holding him back from his vaunted HOF induction Mr. Ected Oct 2018 #69

If it comes down to The Shaggs and Butt Nugent ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #71

I remember a live show I saw featuring The Shaggs on the PA during the break hatrack Oct 2018 #131

New Category? Firestorm49 Oct 2018 #72

Regardless of his politics BobTheSubgenius Oct 2018 #73

Dear Ted, catbyte Oct 2018 #74

Nugent is a piece of what he did in his pants AZ Jim Oct 2018 #75

I call it hygiene sandensea Oct 2018 #77

I call it both fitting and proper. calimary Oct 2018 #78

... NurseJackie Oct 2018 #79

Actually, it's because you suck, wangotangoman! 2naSalit Oct 2018 #81

Ted Pungent... a legend in his own mind. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2018 #89

Based on his musicianship world wide wally Oct 2018 #90

Who? Amimnoch Oct 2018 #94

He's already in the Hall of Fucksticks Blue Owl Oct 2018 #95

I think that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame can accommodate and honor Mr. Nugent... davepdx Oct 2018 #102

A Special Award for Ted: Bronzed Fecal-Caked Pants. VOX Oct 2018 #103

He's not in the RRHOF because nobody wants him there. Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #105

Fuck. Off. Ted. JHan Oct 2018 #106

Other than the pedophilia song MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #107

You Still Stink of Crap, Ted. MineralMan Oct 2018 #108

If Ted Nugent's music was any good he'd be in the Hall of Fame. But it sucks! Kajun Gal Oct 2018 #109

Don't forget 90-percent Oct 2018 #111

Maybe Ted should try dying to get the pity vote. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #115

Mettalica shouldn't be in the Hall of fame Demonaut Oct 2018 #116

They should create a special Lifetime Mediocrity Award for him Tarc Oct 2018 #120

Grandmaster Flash, ABBA, and Patti Smith all contributed something of value to rock music. Initech Oct 2018 #121

Good For David Crosby ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #124