The 1980 Listening Post - Ted Nugent - Scream Dream

 Ted Nugent - Scream Dream

#268

by Tom Mott

June 1980

Ted Nugent

Scream Dream

Genre: Crunchy Detroit Arena Rock 

Allen’s Rating: 2 out of 5

Tom’s Rating: 4.33 out of 5

Highlights:

Wango Tango

Scream Dream

Hard as Nails

Violent Love

Flesh and Blood

 

The Stooges and MC5 flamed out, but straight-edge Ted Nugent took that Detroit energy, added a dash of Sam the Sham, swung in on a Tarzan vine, and ran victory laps around the stage. This is loud-and-fast rock. Crunchy-late-70s-arena rock. Nazarath-UFO-April Wine-Slade-Foghat-Billy Squier-Grand Funk Railroad-Dr. Feelgood rock. Oversized-plastic-comb-in-the-back-pocket rock. Girls-with-feathered-hair-and-fedoras rock. Burn-your-disco-albums rock. Hot-for-Teacher rock. The album kicks off with three killer tracks and never lets up. And the production is fantastic: It's clean, crisp, and burns like rocket fuel. I don't agree with The Nuge's politics, but this album transcends. A big surprise for me. Well done!

https://open.spotify.com/album/5hszWjeNvPjLCIcPDOJyKk?si=B9cC8nCDT6W2hGMj2C5DHg

The 1986 Listening Post - Ted Nugent - Little Miss Dangerous

Ted Nugent - Little Miss Dangerous

#86/1253

March 3 1986

Ted Nugent

Little Miss Dangerous

Genre: Radio Metal

2.75 out of 5

Highlights:

Little Red Book

Painkiller

I used to drive a 1962 Chevy Bel Air. The Year was 1983. It was my cousin’s grandfather’s car. I bought it for $75. It would stall out at stop lights because the filler w was so clogged and I couldn’t afford to get a new one or something. 

I had a boom box that I would place on the floor and blare home made mix tapes of stuff I recorded of the radio. 

Some of it was the radio Metal of the day like Billy Squier. And Toto, which isn’t metal but I liked it. 

I don’t know how I was fortunate enough to have avoided the Nuge. 

All of these songs sound like leftovers from a Motley Crue record. Except “Crazy Ladies” which is such a blatant rip-off off “Hot For Teacher” Ted should be ashamed. 

I will say the Partridge Family era David Cassidy sounding “Little Red Book” was a neat little surprise. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/little-miss-dangerous/1452956864