To: combjelly who wrote (801672 ) 8/15/2014 1:55:25 PM From: d[-_-]b Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572385 talking about stranglehold in a figurative sense until you get to the line about crushing her face. I really have no idea what the meaning is - can't even figure it out from the only Ted interview I could find. classicrockrevisited.com Next up we asked about the all time classic, “Stranglehold.” “Good grief huh,” Nugent muses. “The Amboy Dukes performed upwards of 350 concerts a year after I graduated high school in ‘67 and left our Illinois home back to my beloved Motor City. Our nightly rock outs often exceeded three plus hours and there was a lot of experimental extended and very adventurous jamming that went on in the middle of songs. “This earth shattering lick came about from a constantly developing jam session and, as usual, the lyrics were inspired by the pulse, in this case, sexually explicit pulse of defiance that permeated so much of me and my music more and more all the time. The song expresses my refusal to abandon my instinctive high energy, R&B driven musical dreams in the face of constant pressure from management, producers, record companies, booking agents et al, to back down on the feedback guitar driven music that I so love. "Hence, ‘I crushed your face’ to this day, this song is without question THE sexiest, grinding pure animal love song of all time. Not only that,” continues Nugent. “But the ultimate human beings, warriors of the US Military, use this soulful soundtrack for inspiration to kill bad guys, and Kirk Gibson played it just prior to hitting that famous bottom of the 9th homerun, and the Chicago Blackhawks play it every night before attacking the ice to kick maximum ass on their hockey opponents. Then, of course, its use in the movies Rock Star and Invincible pretty much says it all. We can't wait to perform it every night and all real music lovers celebrate it with everything we got constantly; killer tune.”