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WarGamer

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16. Here's how I think about it...

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:54 PM

Jan 16

Someone will always hate musicians because of their politics... somewhere a few months ago, someone was sitting in their living room cursing at Beyonce and Taylor Swift... not because of their music, but because of their choice to perform for or support a candidate.

I really appreciate most all musicians. I'm one of those people born without a single shred of genetic musicality. Can't sing, hum or even tap my foot in rhythm.

I don't like or dislike Ted Nugent because he's a pig. I liked him when I was a teenager and his music represented this "coming of age" life experience in the late 70's...

But by the mid 80's I simply found him and his music irrelevant. He'd been simply surpassed by the likes of Van Halen and Metallica.

Kid Rock... in the late 90's, an employee of mine was always playing his stuff in the warehouse... it was OK.

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