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  • this was in 1979 not in 1978

  • @backbeat56 this is a little off topic but have youever listened to live after death

    the double live album from maiden? dude it's twice as fast as the originals which I think sucks its as if they were trying to hurry up and get out of there or they were pressured to fit it all in or something anyways very dissapointing. this was not a live energy/adrenalin thing you can totally tell!! wtf?

  • The elec' guitar tone was so bad back then, I would not have listened to this track had it not been such an energetic version of the song. That's a compliment to Nugent.

  • WOwzers!!!!!!!!

  • now thats how u fuck your guitar

  • this was in the 79 not the 78

  • That was awesome showmanship!  I agree with blueluna64 this is the sexiest song I've ever heard...and watched for that matter. Nugent ROCKS! Saw him in the 70's at Busch Stadium in St. Louis...Great show!

  • TEd got more pussy than any other rock star at that time, I'd bet on it

  • No match no how!!!!!!!!!

  • Derek St. Holmes is awesome. I was fortunate enough to see him perform this song at a small club 30 years ago and was so close to him I could have grabbed his guitar. Great memories

  • @suiteblue Who is the bassist? is excellent

  • That's right there is some insane, intense shit !!!

  • ted for prez the world would be better place to live,fresh game n guns for everybody

  • The man has balls to wear a tail and actually rock it.

  • you say lady gaga, i say Led Zeppelin

    you say hannah montana, i say AC\DC

    you say owl city, i say Deep Purple

    you say jonas brothers, i say The Rolling Stones

    you say justin bieber, i say The Beatle

    you say taylor swift, i say guns & roses.

    95% of teens these days listen to the same crappy pop songs over and over. if your one of the 5% left who still listen to real music, thumb this up, then copy and paste it to t least 5 video's. DONT LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK AND ROLL DIE.

  • Does a pro like Ted mean to play this song to fast live?....is it for the extra energy?...or a mistake....as a drummer I used a "BeatBug" live to get the correct tempo because I had a habit of playing to fast when in a live environment. Anyone with pro stage experience have a comment?

    P.S.....What a GREAT song!!

  • @backbeat56 - with all due respect, backbeat56... what you see captured here in terms of tempo change? nothing short of intentional by Ted and his ultraprofessional band. they were playing mind-bending blues, but nonetheless blues... on a TV show. and TV audiences by-and-large, to this day, still want to be ENTERTAINED, not made to FEEL - most people live life superficially. slow blues has depth, but if you play it up-tempo, it's less provocative, more palatable for TV. my two cents - peace...

  • @backbeat56 YES BACKBEAT ,I HAVE STAGE AND STUDIO EXPERIENCE . I CAN ASURE YOU TED PLAYS IT THE WAY THAY REHURSE IT . HE IS A PERFECTION ON THE STAGE FREAK .

  • sexiest guitar lick of all time.

  • His "Spirit of the Wild" came about many years ago...I've seen the Nuge 48 times in concert, and he has been all about the Spirit of the Wild since the very early 80's He is just a lot more into it than he may have spoke of 30 years ago. 1st time I heard him make reference to the Spirit of the Wild, was back in '83...as he played "Great White Buffalo.

  • Whatever the hubub might be about Ted and Charlie, this is one of the greatest BASS lines ever laid down in rockdom. Damn cool video. Needs more current views, so I shared it on that facebook thing.

  • THE SEXIEST Guitar Solo of ALL TIME!! ¥ Hells YEAH!! \m/

  • DAMNNNNNN STRAIGHT!! ¥ I couldnt have said it better myself!!

    This song.. WAS..IS & ALWAZ WILL BE ...THE SEXIEST GUITAR SOLO...EVER!! Thnx for posting!!

    \m/ SuZi

  • Umm.. Scream Dream ROCKED dudes... It came out in '80 b.t.w. Hair? C'mon! Ted used a Les Paul on that album, instead of a Byrdland... only difference.

  • *gasp*

  • FEEL THAT SHIT TED..........FUCK LOOK AT HIM FEEL IT FUCK ME THATS BEAUTIFUL :)

  • lol tail...

  • ted nugent is to fkn cool yeah baby

  • The singer looks a little like mid 1980 ozzy. Just saying

  • Awesome. Fuckin thug at shreadin that guitar. Dream song.

  • went to see both ted and foghat in dayton and cinci oh. nothin 2 to 4 kids in ohio but jam in early late sixties and seventies. dudes i been to ass kikkin jams . ACDC was just comin out and was a warm up band.. back in the day you didnt have to be seated. acdc flipped us out. i was a 14 yr old who loved the whole scene. bon scott and lead guitarist bro came off stage and into a crowd that could have crushed him. my soul is rock and paul rogers takes cake. i was 11 and 1st concert 13 band in cinc

  • fik'n awesome! ted used to be the loudest in concert back in the day and Heart ,a close 2nd

  • Met Charlie Huhn and Cliff Davies (drummer-now deceased) backstage at a Boston concert in Kalamazoo, Michigan while I was interviewing the backup band: Sammy Hagar. What a show by the Red Rocker!

  • It's a wonder Nuge never split them white slacks.

  • Mit the preposterous Charlie Huhn ... :  )

  • I don't know where you got this but THANK YOU! Nobody rocks like Ted, he's a rock god! I LOVE this video!!!

  • Great vid!!

  • The man of guitar ! \m/

  • ostras!! yo lo vi en madrid en febrero del 83,, cuando yo iba a los conciertos de rock,,, ala vuelta nevo en elche....si,,si,, lo recuerdo muy bien....

  • great

  • If you don't know your Ted Nugent, then please...do not try to pretend like you do. As some of the, ummm, facts a few of you have spewed. Are mostly wrong!

    I've been following his career all of my life, since I first heard his music at the age of 9. I'm 46 now, and I am still... THE one, THE only, and THE original..."Ted Head'!!

    Those "Dead Heads" who follow the Grateful Dead, have nothing on me!

  • Derek st holmes is the shit...and Ted plays pretty good too! He should have kept him around. Too much meat rots the brain.

  • The only concert I have ever been to that I considered to be too loud was a Nugent concert and I've been to around a hundred. I love it loud but holy fuck it was illegally loud. I couldn't hear shit for a week.

  • Now this in an American. REAL rock n' roll, hunter, fisher and best of all a Michigander!!! You ROCK Ted, always will!!!!

  • this was the shit

  • Does anyone remember Ted with the Amboy Dukes at Mentor Hullabaloo (Ohio) in 1968?

  • uncle ted was much better solo but he's still goood here with the dukes. spirit of the wild was his best album ever. he's the same guy dumbass so don't hate on one of the greatest patriots around. SPIRIT OF THE WILD!

  • Yeah, this was awesome! He turned into a side-show act after about 1978. Double Live Gonzo kicks some serious ass...

  • i like ted's lazy eye....

  • this song basically defines great rock in the 70's- kick ass, heavy riffs, and mind-blowing solos!!! Ted is the ultimate!!!

  • LOVE IT!!!

  • Excellent video. Sorry it has been a year for apost here.

  • man! with St. Holmes, this is way better than when I saw the Nugewithout Derek during the early eighties in the Snortatorium Lauderdale FL

    !!

  • the real stranglehold!!! with derek st. holmes on lead vocal instead of ted!

  • the real stranglehold!!! with derek st. holmes on lead vocal instead of ted!

  • Motor City Madman, I remember this like it was yesterday.... Always a great show

  • Damn brother-thanks for bringing this to vision!! I remember those days all too well!

  • Muscle Cars and Old Rock.. Nugent is Awsome! Suiteblue Thank's For The Post..! Great..!

  • is the same Charlie Huhn on vocals who collaborated on the album "Dirty Fingers" by Gary Moore in 1981 with Tommy Aldrige on drums, Jimmy Bain on bass and Don Airey on keyboards, an excellent disc, only appears and vocals stresses very well, a greeting

  • Awesome bass lines......

  • Awesome bass lines.........

  • Charlie Huhn at 0:45 = Ozzy Osbourne in the early 80's!!!

  • si dice che sia stato lui ad inspirare paul Gilbert alla chitarra....qualcuno sa se è vero...?cmq canzone stupenda...XD

  • Ted is rippin that Gibson Byrdland up!

  • Wow , You just dont get this these days do ya?

  • That was excellent guitar playing. Ted is underrated.

  • Greatest show I have ever been too!!!

    Ted was shreddin it was insane i was so high though

  • 1976- my 1st concert-caveman of rock&roll-chicago-tstick-oldst­yle-wore the tshirt-til it was threadbare-still c him every chance i get- no one rocks like terrible ted-rockon

  • the studio version is better

  • JOHN SAUTER on BASS!!! Decatur Illinois...John is the inventor of stranglehold...The best Bass player that ever played with nugent...

  • I'm not complaining, but..I think ted needed an echoplex to make this more spacey like the recording...

    Still very tight playing. I'm just commenting.

    I really love the spacey sounding bands ie steve miller, Nugent, P floyd etc.

  • At 1.37 behold the inventor of Stranglehold. Mr. John Sauter Decatur Illinois!

  • moter city mad man muther fuckers...... BWAHAHAHHAHA

  • Ted Nugent ---> Scaring Children and Blowing Speakers and Annoy the Neighbors since almost before time began ... Rock On Ted! ... Stranglehold is still the best Long Rock Anthem ever ... this shit will put you into a Rock Coma if you put enough Watts behind it.

  • Ted Nugent ---> Scaring Children and Blowing Speakers and Annoy the Neighbors since almost before time began ... Rock On Ted! ... Stranglehold is still the best Long Rock Anthem ever ... this shit will put you into a Rock Coma if you put enough Watts behind it.

  • Ted Nugent ---> Scaring Children and Blowing Speakers and Annoy the Neighbors since almost before time began ... Rock On Ted! ... Stranglehold is still the best Long Rock Anthem ever ... this shit will put you into a Rock Coma if you put enough Watts behind it.

  • O ted is one of the fastest guitar players of all time and best.when you young punks can play like that ,you just might have something,heheheheheheh

  • Its fucking , Baby fucking HOT!

  • Soooo geiles Soli!!!

    Er zierpt Sie schön durch und nagelt Sie dabei!!!

    Greatz!

  • Fuck all the shit,Listen to that.

  • they should replace the american national anthem with this  ROCK ON AMERICA!!!!!!

  • I agree that sir Charlie Huhn is an incredible rock singer. He is under rated and for some reason has never really gotten what he deserves which super stardom. I have seen Foghat and also heard their new songs, like Mumbo Jumbo which never get airplay. Their new stuff is frigin GREAT. Check out Family Jewels Album. Charlie rocks and so did Ted.

  • dam ant knowone able talk shit bout ted, hes tearin that shit up.

  • charlie had /has a terrible coke problem..thats why ted had a problem with him aside from that charlies drinking mixed with the coke hurt him off stage when he needed to speak to anyone...was an obnoxious idiot..all lost respect for him being a falling down drunk with a "sinus" problem...trust me i was there everyday and had to listen to it (many times over)

  • look bro this rock and roll...it dosent matter if he did had a problem..longs u can play the gutiar like that who cares

  • @fasteddie925 I was at a house party and Charlie's cousin had a coke problem too...must be in the gene's.

  • @fasteddie925 Hey..back there in the late 70s..to the mid to late 80s...WE ALL HAD more or less a COKE problem...I remember carrying a mirror...Cocaine, Rich Man's Aspirin....in the back of my 200 SX...lol..too much fun...way too much fun..

  • Ted and I don't see eye to eye politically, but damn if we don't see eye to eye when it comes to rock anthems. This is still the sexiest song I've ever heard!

  • @blueluna64 AMEN! Makes me wanna dance nekkid! and scream at the long - haired boyz! lol ROCK AND ROLL!

  • TED NUGENT kicks asssssss i love this SONG

  • Hey I know that guy singing! Sweet pants Charlie!

  • I went to the Kiss show in 79 at the New Haven Coliseum(spelt that wrong) anyway I was 7 and my older brothers buddy worked security The Nuge was the opener he was Fu#$in awesome never forget it

  • @lpmeyham You did forget. Judas Priest, not Ted Nugent, was the opener for KISS for that show.

  • the god of guitar

  • the opening part is fucking crazy and seems faster then usual.sounds better i think.

  • That was pretty bad ass right thayer

  • TED NUGENT RULES! i want to unlock him in guitar hero!!! :D

  • ted's just a young'n

  • UNCLE TED FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!

  • Shit!

  • That singer's name is Charlie Hughes and he use to be in ViC Amato and Company the house band for a tiny little bar in Grand Rapids Mich called Danny J's. I use to shoot pool with him and Vic on their breaks smoke dope etc. One day Ted walked in and caught the show - trust me they were fucking great our house band for like two years straight - Ted came back the next day and oferred Charlie a spot in his band. A few weeks late our little bar band hero was on Midnite Special a REAL R&R Hero!

  • That singer is Charlie Hughes. He was in a band called Vick Amato and Company that played at Danny J's every nite in Grand Rapids Michigan. I use to shoot pool with him and Vic a lot. One day Ted walked in and caught Vic's show which was damn good believe me- the next day ted asked Charlie to join his band. WE were floored. A few months late there was Charlie on Midnite Special playing with Ted. Our little bar guitar hero a real live rock star ! soooo cool to see this vid thanks!

  • Hey Nuge, is that you? High energy, no apologies, just heavy metal madness. Would I be critical in saying that rock and roll was in it's prime in the 70's and early 80's? Is there anything comparable in the 90's through now? Maybe I'm too old, too set in my ways, too much of a good ol' days kind of person to appreciate the new rock.

  • Really,who is the man???

    TED NUGENT!!!! woo

  • haha the epic slowed down head banging at the end was awesome

  • Saw him in Sacramento in 78,,The man said he didn't do drugs but we thought that was just a visious rumor..Guess not. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang!!!!!!!!!! Love the solo,Puts you into a trance.

  • Ted rocks! He was my dads favorite when i was like 3 lol so ive been listening to him since then and im now 35 lol.

  • hell yeSsssssssssssss

  • Hellllllll Fucking Yeah, Ted Nugent is the Fuckin King!!!!! 5* alll the time!!!!!

  • that tail is so hot.

  • The bit at 5:22 onwards always makes me think of "Beck's Bolero"

  • classic nugent

  • TED NUGENT 4LIFE

  • The man never touched drugs, so I did enough for both of us.

  • The spirit of the wild aging Rock star??? Whats wrong with that? We all age and Ted here can sing at any age!!! Hell yeah!

  • the 70s was 2 things great rock and great hair

  • nugents outfit is my favorite out of all rockers. he is a god of rock, he owns slash and angus young

  • lol tg no jonsbluetooth!!! YES!! fcking love ted nugent lol

  • Porra este Ted Nugent, é o cara ... gostei de ver

  • Porra este Ted Nugent ...é o cara, goste de ver ..gutarra afiada..

  • yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I saw this lineup also in june '79 in Bay City Michigan. It too was a outdoor show. I think The Babys opened and another local/regional band called Salem Witchcraft was scheduled but didn't play.

  • I like this song a lot more when Ted sings it.

  • Best guitarist ever. Don't argue.

  • What a kick ass version of this - Nugent in his prime! I've seen Ted few times, and his guitar playing is better than ever, but his voice really isn't what it used to be. I wish he'd get a singer like Charlie or Derek, and stick to his guitar. For songs like this and 'Stormtroopin', Ted's vocals just aren't as good.

  • ye hah motherfuckers,the south will rise again.

  • Yeah We got one good guy from michigan Hell Yeah that's Ted Nugent.

  • Saw him back in da 70's at The St. Paul Civic Center. Great show. We were trippin' our azzez off on some good blotter. Took us 1/2 hour to find where we parked the R/T after the show.

  • Saw him back in the 70's. Great show. We were fryin' on some good blotter. Took us 1/2 hour to find where we parked the R/T.

  • No if ands or buts! That is John Sauter on Bass Decatur illinois!!

  • twin guitars, spawned by Wishbone Ash.

    do I hear Runaway in this??????

  • why dosnt ted sing

  • All hail the NUGE

  • ahhh yea, screaming guitars, awesome, just what i need to get the subliminal , simplistic thunk, thunk, thunk of rap outta my head.

  • Absolute class act!

  • now this is real, totally rockin roll.........incredible.......­love cat

  • well said suiteblue. well said

  • bad ass.. wasn't the singer in karate kid? lol

  • lol  looks like ozzie has come to stand in for the vocals :P

  • fuck yeah

  • thats freakin awesome!

  • dude is just badass....

  • gta vcs!

  • weres the bufalo !!

  • Gibson, Byrdlands, tube amps,who needs more?

  • what did he say before the drums kicked in? i know he usually says Boys Hit Me.

    Nuge rocks /m/

  • Ted is the 'last century' man.... his guitar playing is so

    old school that his sound should be accompaniment for a electric charlie chaplain skit. Like really, his musicality is cartoonish. Even in 'his' day he was not considered an outstanding guitar player.... but he was / is a great american showman.... and folks, thats entertainment!!!!

  • @HALEYSABAI - Posted this two years ago, now; couldn't resist responding to HALEYSABAI, because for me HAILEY epitomizes misinformed social networking babble. First of all, Chaplin was a genius; if you're being critical, compare Ted to Buster Keaton, maybe. And you'd still be wrong. Cartoonish? Yes, but cool like Bugs Bunny. As far as Ted not being a great guitarist? I will understand if Haley next posts how Justin Bieber trumps Micheal Jackson. Ted a great showman? No Shit?! Peace. Rock.

  • @suiteblue I'm so with you! Saw Nugent @ Winterland in SF...GREAT concert hall! Great show. Nugent was outstanding, in showmanship and guitar playing. And yes, Chaplain was a genius too! Glad some people still recognize the good stuff :)

    J

  • i love almost have the same length hair as ted nugent awsome! hair!!!!1 fucking kwl as hell this vid!

  • Thnx for posting this great classic from the only Motor City Madman!

    5+*****!

  • This Guy was a Phenom for his time and for all time

  • First concert i ever went to..Live in hawaii,3rd row!!!!

  • I love the way he plays this song in whatever mood he is in. notice how sped uip it sounds

  • this is my moms favorite song, at first i was like "mom, you have no taste" but now i realize that this is one of the greatest songs ever!

  • What is the lineup for this video?

  • DAAAAAAMMMNNNNN!!!!!

    This performance of this song RIPS!!!

  • Is that John Sauter on Bass??????

  • i love it

  • i like all ted to be true! 70 80 90 all his career.

  • entering old school: it still, after 30 plus years later, never ceases to amaze me just how much talent we had in the 70's! This Gen has nothing but trying to make a buck off of what music we have already done..and still woefully lacks in each and every way! enough said

  • oh man I was so born in the wrong time period.

    this shit is the ultimate. i saw him live a few years ago but it was (obviously) nothing compared to this.

    sweet vid.

  • sick vid! sick song!

  • classic nuge  with his best track !

  • charlie kicks ass he's from my home town

  • Uncle Ted is one of the only guitarists who can truly rock the Byrdland.

  • ted nugent is my cousin's husband's uncle.

  • Great Stuff !!!

  • where was Derek at this time?

  • I saw this lineup live in 1979. They head lined a Day on the Green in Oakland. Other bands include Aerosmith and AC/DC! Aerosmith sucked!! (It was a few weeks before they broke up.) AC/DC was great! (It was a week before the release of Highway to Hell and 6 months before Bon Scott died.) But Nugent and Co. were the best! You can see some of that here. Thanks for posting.

  • Hell yeah, must of been a great show with that lineup.

  • YES!! Thanks for memory I was there. I remember Angus & Bon jumping down on TOP of the crowd!

  • was at that show too..hard to believe it's been 30 years..a great, great show..

  • Sick vid! Sick song!

  • Yup .. day on the green #3 that year .. the other band that played that day was frank morino & mahogany rush ... oh and Tommy from 8 is enough band St. Paradise I think it was called.

    Ted killed for sure . good times!

    thanks for posting!

  • I saw Ted and the Scorpions in Seattle in1980. Lost some of my hearing that night. My ears rang for 3 days.  I can still hear Klaus Meine say "Hello See-it-ell...". Just a a great show. Two acts at the TOP of their game.

  • Congratulations for documenting everything so exact concerning all these groups, when they played,and some historical insight. Good job, and it is useful to know. Cheers!!!

  • This show kicked all ass. It is still the best one ever done and Ted was the man. This was only a taste of why Ted was the best performer at that time and the highest grossing stage act for 3 years! The Ted Fingers of Doom!

  • ladies and gentlemen,behold, the man

  • yes, no doubt about it

    ya know how everyone calls him uncle ted?

    my grandma is a Nugent, so he could really be my uncle. :)

  • The "NUGENT" album from the 80's was a disaster...badly produced, and the beginning of songs that were written with a much forethought as a 30 second local car dealer commercial. Charley tried hard to fill Derek's place but ran into the same ego-mania that Derek did. The one song where Charlie really shined from Weekend Warriors was Need You Bad.... muscle mania...

  • Charlie was a good replacement for Derek. That era when both vocalists were with The Nugget was the best!