The obligatory “Aerosmith guitarist endorses McCain” post
posted at 4:35 pm on October 30, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Did anyone else expect the news during the final week to be more … exciting? If you’d told me back in February that I’d be blogging the endorsements of 60-year-old guitarists five days out from election day, I’d have said, “Why? Is Ted Nugent going to endorse Hillary?” Instead, this.
Don’t get me wrong, we’re happy to have him. Even if he wouldn’t make the cut of that new “Don’t Vote” video.
“We pretty much stay out of it, but seeing so many people come out for Obama, I just felt like ‘What the hell, I might as well raise my hand for this side,” Perry said from his Duxbury home…
“I’ve been a hardcore Republican my whole life,” he told the Herald. “My mother and father drilled into me from the very start that if you work hard and be positive, you’ll get what you’re working for. I guess I’m living proof of that.”
Of criticism about McCain’s age, Perry said: “My mother’s in her 80s and she does aerobics. My manager’s 70 and he’s right there. That doesn’t bother me.”
And despite lopsided polls, he urged his fans to get out and vote.
“I’m an optimist. It ain’t over till its over,” he said. “I think that he’s got a chance.”
The boss looks forward to playing “Dream On” on “Guitar Hero” but I have other plans. Exit question: If McCain wins, Perry and the Nuge hook up for a blistering cover of “Barracuda” at the inauguration?
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Love in an elevator!
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:36 PM
IfWHEN McCain wins, Perry and the Nuge hook up for a blistering cover of “Barracuda” at the inauguration?Fixed and farking yes!
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Love the enthusiasm!
m064404 on October 30, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Beatles? C’mon Big A…you’re supposed to be a bit edgier than that.
flipflop on October 30, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Allah playing the Beatles on Rock Band… hmmmmmm.
Ok Allah, which Beatles song was your Favorite?
upinak on October 30, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Exit answer: Hellz Yeah!
BadgerHawk on October 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Beatles video game? I always knew Allah was a hippie. Across The Universe your favorite movie too?
BJ on October 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
OBLIGATORY.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
“Sweet Emotion” suddenly sounds much better.
CurtZHP on October 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
AP is gonna karaoke “I am the walrus” to us on election day.
lorien1973 on October 30, 2008 at 4:40 PM
But y’all forget………..
JANIE’S GOT A GUN!!!!!
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:40 PM
‘Hey Dude‘
Vashta.Nerada on October 30, 2008 at 4:40 PM
ANd I KNOW how to use it.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Yellow Submarine comes to mind.. or De Soile’s Love on DVD does as well.
upinak on October 30, 2008 at 4:40 PM
I am constantly amazed by where people are shaking out in this election. What’s next, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir endorses Obama?
D0WNT0WN on October 30, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Oh Hell yeah!!!!
rbj on October 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM
I think he is FOS, and is just trying to get some cheap press….
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Would be awesome if Perry and/or Nugent would perform for Barracuda or McCain in the rallies.
It would really pump up the crowd.
jencab on October 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Did someone mention Uncle Teddy?
He can get me in that stranglehold of his just ANY ol’ day!!!
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:43 PM
I wore out several copies of “Rock in a Hard Place” when I was a kid, but I never figured Joe for a Republican. Pleasant surprise.
I guess Joe recognizes “Rats in the Cellar” when he sees them.
pugwriter on October 30, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Love that song, mom. We have much better looking guys on our side, don’t we. Teddy in snakeskin pants, long hair….yum.
HornetSting on October 30, 2008 at 4:44 PM
IT’S ALIVE I TELL YOU
LimeyGeek on October 30, 2008 at 4:45 PM
That would be nice but, Ann Wilson already said she can’t use it.
Rock and pop artists go out of their way to make sure Republicans/Conservatives don’t use their music as campaign themes. Here are a couple recently I specifically remember…
Jackson Browne said McCain couldn’t use “Running On Empty” for an ad about oil drilling and gas…
“You’re Still The One” by Orleans. They told George Bush last election he couldn’t use it.
They simply hate us.
hawkdriver on October 30, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Ok I have to disagree…
Ted needs to keep the clothes on. Like his music, other then that.. BLAH!@
upinak on October 30, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Best
Inauguration
EVAH!
ThePrez on October 30, 2008 at 4:46 PM
“Aerosmith rocked the house at a recent McCain campaign stop at the Green Acres retirement home on Wednesday”……
I don’t think that works….Perry Como, yeah.
BobMbx on October 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM
I thought that the RNC had paid for the rights to use it? I remember Wilson coming out during the convention but aren’t they allowed to use it legally? Anyone?
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM
But I do think an appropriate theme song for Dear Learders tax proposals might be “Dream On.”
hawkdriver on October 30, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Beatles? Beatles? AP, I thought you were cool and edgy. How the mighty have fallen.
Next thing we know, you’ll be plugging “Jackson Browne’s Acoustic Guitar Hero” to us…
Pasalubong on October 30, 2008 at 4:48 PM
HELL YEAH
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM
I saw Aerosmith live at the TexxasJam in 1987. They were really great! I also saw Uncle Teddy there in 1983.
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Most (all?) of the Aerosmith guys live down here on the South Shore and all I’ve seen are McCain signs except 1 hybrid Obama/Kerry sign. If you went by the impression you get here you’d think McCain was going to win Massachusetts in a landslide.
TheBigOldDog on October 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM
You can’t figure Joe out from that record because he doesn’t play on it.
Mark1971 on October 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM
best exit question evah!
CanadianGuy on October 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM
I saw Hank Jr here in Fayetteville on Tues at the McCain rally. He still has a great voice.
hawkdriver on October 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM
I know Tommy Shaw (Styx) is a good friend of the Nuge and I know he once stated that Reagan was his favorite president, but I don’t know if he is a McCain supporter. Tommy, Ted, and Joe would be one hell of a guitar army at the inauguration party.
pugwriter on October 30, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Unfortunately for them, most venues and “travelling shows” including political campaigns purchase a broad license that gives them the right to play a boatload of songs, no matter what the original artist says. I heard this discussed after the GOP convention. I believe it was on Hannity. In any case, Heart has no case to prevent Our Lady Cuda from spinning that tune.
BobMbx on October 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM
No , I concur.
Upanik is a guy…????…and I am thinking “EARLY” Teddy naked. Not GEEZER Teddy naked…though his bow and arrow still make me QUIVER….
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Age check……………
Ohio River Music Festival, Nippert Stadium, 1977.
BacaDog on October 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM
CNN.com is livestreaming Sarah Palin in Erie, PA
and AC360 blog called Obama’s 30 minute buy an infomercial
Barry’s hurtin’
funky chicken on October 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Sorry, gotta have Heart to do Barracuda, but I think we know where they stand. Instead, how about Walk This Way? And if McCain and Palin want to smooth things over with Democrats and Spike Lee, they can go with the 1990s version that had a rap component to it.
BuckeyeSam on October 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Interesting, Styx was the headline at the 1983 ‘Jam and they were horrid. They were pushing their Kilroy was Here rock opera and after a few minutes everybody, including me, left.
I loved Styx in the day though.
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Off topic, but the Onion’s got a pretty funny Halloween video.
m064404 on October 30, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Upanik is a guy…????…
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Nope, all woman and very, very pretty…
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Yep, stick to Rockband 2… guitars are better…
And its already got my themesong available for download…
Skullcrusher Mountain….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV3LP7P_8a4&feature=related
Romeo13 on October 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
HEART’s DAD was a MARINE OFFICER, ferchrissake!!!!
And they STILL won’t let McCain use it.
I hate them. AND all TWO of their stupid songs.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Back in the saddle again!!!
AubieJon on October 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
I find this very positive coming from a rock musician.
Hening on October 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Great. Now I have to buy “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith”. I’m gonna miss you, DDR…
Spanglemaker on October 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
WEBN fireworks, Labor Day 1976.
Speaking of Nippert Stadium, taking in the UC-South Florida game tonight.
BuckeyeSam on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
All Republican women are pretty, carbon.
BacaDog on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Perry’s solo in “Love in a elevator” (long version) is one of my favs.
LtE126 on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
You may a be a tad older than I. Where is Nippert Stadium?
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Sorry..UPANIK…hawt acording to the guy with the big feet…
But I can see where the OLD Nuge would gross her out …naked, I mean.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
No argument there!
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Aerosmith knows how to play the blues too….
Tzetzes on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
LOL
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
lol
HornetSting on October 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM
That ad was darn funny.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM
This doesn’t surprise me. My brother once met Perry in an airport bar during a layover, but my brother didn’t recognize him. They struck up a conversation and Perry and my brother talked for about an hour about sports, politics, all sorts of stuff and until a fan came up and asked him for his autograph, Perry never let on who he was. Once the fan left, he turned to my brother and said something like, “why don’t you pretend you don’t know who I am. This is a good conversation.” And they kept on talking until my brother caught his flight.
Perry is a good egg.
Mr. D on October 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM
yeah and if Adolph Obama wins, he secured the rights to the Beatles “BACK IN THE USSR”
SDarchitect on October 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM
And thank you for complementing us GOP women….We have razors and know how to use them…
***deeeep curtsey*****
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM
University of Cincinnati. 3 days of rock and roll of which I really only remember parts of 2!
BacaDog on October 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM
As a matter of fact, I saw Heart in 1984. My then GF loved them. I only like about two of three of their songs.
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Wasn’t in kindergarten yet. Sorry Dog.
HornetSting on October 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM
It would be cool if they played The Nuge’s “Great White Buffalo” with Areosmith backing him. Oh wait, that might be racist!
Dream yourself a dream come true
Kevin in Washington State on October 30, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Cool, was that where The Who had the infamous show in ‘78?
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Perry and Nugent… could rock get any sweeter?
lionheart on October 30, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Barracuda is the only one I know. I may have heard other songs by them and just not known they were the ones performing, though. That happens to me a lot.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 30, 2008 at 4:59 PM
And guns, and we can bake a mean apple pie.
HornetSting on October 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Walk This Way.
NoFanofLibs on October 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Didn’t exist yet. Sorry Dog.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Dang, That brings up memories. Had to go to the Astrodome the year they skipped Dallas.
cozmo on October 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
It’s University of Cincinnati’s football stadium on its campus in the Clifton section of Cincinnati. Tune in ESPN or ESPN 2 tonight; it’s host to the Thursday game of the week.
BuckeyeSam on October 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Jane he grosses me out.. I do not know WHY! But I would love to go bow hunting with that man… he could teach me some awesome tricks.!
Sorry not a guy!
upinak on October 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Bonzo Bonham would be my pick for drums.
And though he is dead, it has never stopped a determined Democrat.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Well hell. Now I feel old, Hornet!
Toys in the Attic. Give it a listen.
BacaDog on October 30, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Hey! How come you’ve seen pics, but we haven’t!?!?!
lorien1973 on October 30, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Guitar Hero and Rock Band are fun. Know what’s more fun? buying a real guitar and taking some lessons. Try it. I haven’t used my consoles, for anything, in months. Except Ace Combat…and Brothers in Arms…
Leonidas Hoplite on October 30, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Crazy on You and Magic Man or the other two.
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 5:01 PM
She linked one a few nights ago and I clicked. Nice.
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 5:02 PM
LOOOOVE TO MEET CHICKS AT HOTAIR!!!! Sometimes I feel outnumbered and the names don’t give it up.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Hi!
Is this going to be a picture thread now?
Ah yeah, heard both of those. Not a big fan of Magic Man but the other one’s okay.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 30, 2008 at 5:02 PM
FINALLY! A rock star that can admit capitalism has been berry, berry good to him.
Maybe he can talk sense into Springsteen.
Is it cool to tell a young kid with a guitar not to bother writing songs anymore cause the government will sieze the royalties? Groupies don’t like rock stars that have an earning cap.
DeweyWins on October 30, 2008 at 5:02 PM
That was the old Riverfront Coliseum, and it was December 1979. My college roommate was there.
BuckeyeSam on October 30, 2008 at 5:03 PM
I linked 5 minutes ago.. go check.
LOL.. np!
upinak on October 30, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Same town, but the Who concert was at Riverfront Coliseum next to the old Riverfront Stadium where the Reds played. I went to that show too.
BacaDog on October 30, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Two things on Steven Tyler:
- Carly Simon called; she wants her face back.
- I have no idea why. No one does.
Jaibones on October 30, 2008 at 5:05 PM
No other way…
right2bright on October 30, 2008 at 5:05 PM
How did such an ugly man/thing create such a beautiful young woman (Liv)? I ask you.
Jaibones on October 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
That’s right! I remember now. A read a great book that described that and other things called Are the Kids Alright? in HS.
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Special shout out to Joe Perry.
CanadianGuy on October 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Twas.
*Drinks*
hawkdriver on October 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Her Mom was a Super Model.
upinak on October 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Saw REM perform in a room smaller than my den…..under the cover name “CAT BUTT” so they didn’t draw a crowd.
This was in PRE-CELLULAR college days.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
How ’bout Perry plays Toys in the Attic while TedWhite&Blue comes down a ladder from the ceiling, with an armload of Garands and M4 Carbines!!
innominatus on October 30, 2008 at 5:07 PM
And apparently, legally BLIND.
seejanemom on October 30, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Awesome! In Athens?
They were my favorite group in college and much of my young adult life. I saw them in 1995 and Radiohead opened for them. Radiohead blew them away and I have never liked REM much since. Michael Stipe is a big lib.
carbon_footprint on October 30, 2008 at 5:08 PM
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