Rag Doll
Recording Artist: Ted Nugent
Writers: Jim Vallance
Steven Tyler
Joe Perry
Holly Knight
Date Written: March-April 1987 / Vancouver Canada
Albums: Tribute To Aerosmith: Not The Same Old Song And Dance (1999)
Guitar Gods: The Classic Rock Anthems (2006)
Sunset Strip 80s Metal Hits (2006)
World's Greatest Tribute To Ted Nugent (2006)
This Is Rock Anthems (2007)
This Is Mullet Rock (2007)
80s Rock Gods (2007)
The Is Guitar Gods Vol. 2 (2007)
Trailer Park Rock Hits (2008)
Audio:
 
Ted Nugent: vocal, guitar
Derek Sherinian: keyboards
Tony Franklin: bass
Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
 
Produced by Bob Kulick
Cover Versions:
Also recorded by Aerosmith, Joe Louis Walker
Comments:

Aerosmith's version of "Rag Doll" is equal parts Ragtime and Rock-n-Roll.  You hear the quarter notes, but you "feel" the dotted eighths.  This is a band who knows how to swing and swagger.

Maybe I'm spoiled, knowing how effortlessly Aerosmith locks into a groove.  By comparison, Ted Nugent's version of "Rag Doll" is a plodding, heavy-handed catastrophe.

No nuance, no feel, no swing, no swagger.

Lyrics: Rag Doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man

Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag Doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before

I'm feelin' like a bad boy
Mmm, just like a bad boy
I'm rippin' up a Rag Doll
Like throwing away an old toy

Some babe's talkin' real loud
Talkin' all about the new crowd
Try and sell me on an old dream
A new version of the old scene

Speak easy on the grape vine
Keep shufflin' in the shoe shine
Old tin lizzy, do it till you're dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

(Chorus)

Yes, I'm movin', Yes I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Tap dancing on a land mine

Yes I'm movin', Yes I'm movin'
Old tin lizzy, do it till you're dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

(Chorus)

Baby won't you do me, baby won't you do me....
Like you done before (huh huh)

Yes, I'm movin', Yes I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Get crazy on the moonshine

Yes, I'm movin', I'm really movin'
Slow gin fizzy
Do it till you're dizzy
Give it all you got until you're put out of your misery

(Repeat Chorus)