"You can't do that in France!" he exclaimed after one song, an assertion I would have to disagree with, as France has not banned rock music. And I could swear he yelled "Remember the Alamo!" before playing "Stormtroopin'", which would make sense if "Stormtroopin'"had anything to do with the Alamo. Ted Nugent may rock out in a drug- and alcohol-free manner, but he really manages to live up to his Motor City Madman appellation.

He played some new songs, which I wasn't all that familiar. Most of them sounded pretty good though, especially the ones from his latest album Craveman. But most people were there for the old stuff, which he stuck to for most of the show.

Ted also talked about how much he loved America, but he was wearing a Confederate flag shirt for part of the show, which would suggest while he loves our country, he wants to secede from it as well. He was also wearing a camouflage cowboy hat, perhaps an indication he would like to join a tribe of pro-slavery Ents. His most overtly political statements, however, came during the song "Kiss my Ass", in which he spewed bile at John Kerry, Michael Moore, and pretty much every other liberal in the country (not to be confused with his new song "Stand", which features some truly dumb lyrics, even for Ted Nugent).

Then he shot an arrow at a cardboard cutout of Saddam Hussein. I was hoping he was going to shoot a flaming arrow or maybe use some of the guns he had lying around on stage, but no such luck. Still, it's nice to see someone supporting the beleaguered cardboard-cutout-of-Saddam Hussein industry.

Nugent finished his almost two hour show with "Cat Scratch Fever", "Stranglehold", and "Great White Buffalo", all of which were completely awesome. There were a couple older songs I was hoping he'd play, but overall it was a really good show. It did bother me, however, that some guy yelled at me for me for wearing earplugs. Since when is tinnitus a sign of manliness?

Ted Nugent takes a lot of flack for being uncouth and uncivilized, and he certainly seems to revel in his redneckery. Then again, I live in a town where public urination is an enormously popular activity, so I'm not in a position to judge. I don't share Nugent's enthusiasm for hunting, and I still have a difficult time believing the same man who once legally adopted a 17-year-old girl so he could have sex with her is really all that committed to family values.

In Ted's defense, she was really hot, but still, that's not what Jesus would do. But I do believe that Ted Nugent is a consummate showman and can still put on a great concert. Ted and I may not have much to say to each other, but I will go to my grave as one of his fans.