Comments on: I miss the old Ted https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:01:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13962 ER Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:54:06 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13962 They look so bloody wholesome-- not that there's anything wrong with that. 8) They look so bloody wholesome– not that there’s anything wrong with that. 8)

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13956 VelociraptorBlade Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:30:40 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13956 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8" rel="nofollow">Wham! isn't a rock group, but they're still good.</a> Wham! isn’t a rock group, but they’re still good.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13910 ER Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:15:53 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13910 I remember driving once, stopped in traffic, and I was listening to a classic rock station playing 40 year old hard rock. I glanced in my rear-view mirror and in the car behind me I could see a girl young enough to be my granddaughter rocking to music. From the way her body was bobbing and weaving, I knew she was listening to the same station I was. It made me feel...well, validated. BTW, who is Wham! ? I remember driving once, stopped in traffic, and I was listening to a classic rock station playing 40 year old hard rock. I glanced in my rear-view mirror and in the car behind me I could see a girl young enough to be my granddaughter rocking to music. From the way her body was bobbing and weaving, I knew she was listening to the same station I was.

It made me feel…well, validated.

BTW, who is Wham! ?

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13902 VelociraptorBlade Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:50:23 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13902 Looking at this video got me listening to a litany of old classics - ZZ Top, Kansas, Van Halen, Wham!..... I don't know why more people my age aren't listening to this stuff. It's good for the ears. Looking at this video got me listening to a litany of old classics – ZZ Top, Kansas, Van Halen, Wham!…..

I don’t know why more people my age aren’t listening to this stuff. It’s good for the ears.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13876 ER Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:17:33 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13876 He's entitled to his political beliefs. Unfortunately, anything that could be even remotely interpreted as a threat to a President is going to be treated very harshly, as it should be. I'd just as soon not see him thrown into prison, I don't think he's a threat to anyone, but after assassinations and repeated attempts, we do have a zero-tolerance policy, as we should. Besides, if he gets any legal penalty for this, it will just make a martyr out of him. His best days as an artist are way behind him, not because of his politics, but because he sold out, selling commercial crap to teeny boppers instead of the serious music he used to play: rock for grown-ups. And of course, his anti-drug shtick is just that. When I saw him on stage he was snorting coke openly (even if it was just "simulated" snorting) and the crowd was loving it. My brother knows him personally, Ted frequently patronizes a business where my sister in law works. He says he's a nice guy in person. He’s entitled to his political beliefs. Unfortunately, anything that could be even remotely interpreted as a threat to a President is going to be treated very harshly, as it should be.

I’d just as soon not see him thrown into prison, I don’t think he’s a threat to anyone, but after assassinations and repeated attempts, we do have a zero-tolerance policy, as we should. Besides, if he gets any legal penalty for this, it will just make a martyr out of him.

His best days as an artist are way behind him, not because of his politics, but because he sold out, selling commercial crap to teeny boppers instead of the serious music he used to play: rock for grown-ups. And of course, his anti-drug shtick is just that. When I saw him on stage he was snorting coke openly (even if it was just “simulated” snorting) and the crowd was loving it.

My brother knows him personally, Ted frequently patronizes a business where my sister in law works. He says he’s a nice guy in person.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13874 Jody Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:32:24 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13874 Ted has a cult following. He has become more vociferous as he gets older. A 'getting older and losing patience with ignorance' mantra. I really don't think he gives a shit what other people think. He says what he means. He means what he says. His authenticity, something that only comes with age, is what I admire....and of course, his music. Should he not have said it? Probably. Does he care? Probably not. Do I care? Nope. It is what it is. Remember the Dixie Chicks? Ted has a cult following. He has become more vociferous as he gets older. A ‘getting older and losing patience with ignorance’ mantra.

I really don’t think he gives a shit what other people think. He says what he means. He means what he says.
His authenticity, something that only comes with age, is what I admire….and of course, his music.
Should he not have said it? Probably. Does he care? Probably not. Do I care? Nope. It is what it is. Remember the Dixie Chicks?

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13871 TB Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:05:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13871 The quality is the thing, not the quantity. The quality is the thing, not the quantity.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13870 bowser Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:43:39 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13870 There are a lot of them, aren't there? There are a lot of them, aren’t there?

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13865 ER Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:18:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13865 <p>Just what the doctor ordered</p> Derek and Ted administer an overdose of rock and roll. From the same album, and the same tour I saw in 1976. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGtdryPx17M Just what the doctor ordered

Derek and Ted administer an overdose of rock and roll. From the same album, and the same tour I saw in 1976.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGtdryPx17M

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/18/i-miss-the-old-ted/#comment-13864 TB Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:13:55 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13405#comment-13864 Good Lord. That made the news? Good Lord. That made the news?

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