Ned Raggett: Ned or Raggett?

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Discuss.

― Josh, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Raggett is reminiscent of being "ragged", or "raggo", as we used to say in our school, a slang term for being "played" or "cut". So it wins.

― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't like calling ppl I 'know' by their surname, or anyone calling me by my surname. It smacks of English public schools - 'Raggett minor'! - or boot camp or something.

Why is it that 'Lou' (Reed) and 'Miles' (Davis) don't sound (too) silly, but you'd never call Bowie 'David'?

― Andrew L, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Because there are loads of Davids around, but far fewer Lous and Mileses. It shows what a great figure he was that in the context of basketball, one can get away with just saying 'Michael'.

And there are people in our circle who do call me Skidmore, because there is another Martin, predating or prioritised above* me with these friends.

*Not a complaint: the main person who calls me Skidmore used to live with the other Martin. And she is rather public school.

― Martin Skidmore, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, I realised that was the answer as I soon as posted my stoopid question.

Don't fancy Boredoms then Martin?

― Andrew L, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He said he prefered Ned

I usto be called by my middle name cos there was another victor in class until like 4th or 5th grade. And then i was talking to some people that knew from them and kinda drifted away adn they still call me by the middle name. Feking hilarious

― Chupa-Cabras, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, Ned indeed, it being my name. And it's not short for anything either in my case (it is a nickname by original derivation, but 'Ned' itself is the name on my birth certificate and all).

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned is an excellent name. Ned. That's just simple and great.

― Lindsey B, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

short for Nedwick?

― gabe, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Nesbitt, Neduardo...more seriously, Ed and Edward -- it involves a shift of the 'n' sound ('mine Ed' to 'my Ned' -- ref. 'nuncle' as an equivalent to uncle, which Tolkien fans might recognize).

And thanks, Lindsey. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to have a great-nuncle Ned, who was quite possibly the coolest guy I ever knew. He used to sneak us ciggies and look after us when we were drunk (and afraid to go home). So ALL Ned's are pretty darn cool in my book :-)

― Rhia, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned Raggett is neither Ned nor Raggett -- discuss amongst yaselves.

― Michael Daddino, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He's clearly more than the sum of his parts.

― Graham, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

(even if those parts are being thought of cf. members of Atomic Kitten)

― Graham, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

WELL, Graham. I do like your story, Rhia. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually, Ned is both....and neither. Just chew on that for a while, why don't you?;>

― Nichole Graham, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

hanle y has answered: NED IS NEBBYBONES!!!

― Ron, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Heavens!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I wouldn't call David Bowie "Bowie" to his face cos it isn't his name. (On a similar tip Paul Daniels will always be Ted to me).

― Pete, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What's your middle name, Ned? Maybe we'll call you that.

― Christine "Green Leafy" Indigo, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's Andrew. But I like Ned better. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ha, Sundar is also a nickname/truncation by derivation but is what appears on my birth certificate. If only my name were Sundararaman Subramanian I'd surely have a lock on the longest-ILx-name prize.

― sundar subramanian, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...

On the Roadfood eating tour I was on this past weekend, one of the participants looked so much like Ned that I'm still not sure it wasn't some elaborate level designed to mess with my head. I didn't have the nerve to say "can I take your picture? I need photographic evidence of your existence to show the rest of the internet." But I did get some blurry shots of him riding a mechanical bull at the NM State Fair -- coming soon to this space.

― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 17:06 (fifteen years ago)

What color was his tie?

― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 17:49 (fifteen years ago)

No tie, but I'm sure that was just to ease my suspicions.

― If you want me to "get there," pay attention to my angina (WmC), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 18:00 (fifteen years ago)

read that at first as "Radiohead eating tour"

― buzza, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 18:11 (fifteen years ago)

I am pretty sure they don't consume human food.

― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 18:11 (fifteen years ago)

no, people eat Radiohead

― turn in yer badge (San Te), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 18:17 (fifteen years ago)

Surprisingly stringy.

― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 18:21 (fifteen years ago)

OK, so it was Ned + 40 lbs. judging from his WDYLL photos, but the resemblance was still uncanny.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/nedtriptych1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/nedtriptych2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/nedtriptych3.jpg

― If you want me to "get there," pay attention to my angina (WmC), Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:37 (fifteen years ago)

Looks more like Wavy Gravy.

― svend, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:45 (fifteen years ago)

Or Mark Volman

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 23 September 2010 03:04 (fifteen years ago)

I dig Ned's unyielding magnanimity:

----

BLACK SABBATH ALL THE WAY

WHO REALLY SAID THAT JIMMI WAS TONY'S DADDY.
IF YOU REALLY LISTEN TO JIMMIS SOLOS ARE PRETTY DIRTY AND JIMMI HAD TO USED TO GUITARS TO SOUND LIKE ONE THATS WHAT COULD I SAY GREAT. WHIILE
TONY DID NOT HAD FINGER TIPS AND ONLY USE ONE GUITAR TO SOUND LIKE
TWO OKAY. yOU SHOULD LISTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE SOME SABBATH SO YOU COULD GET A BETTER OPINION i KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE ZEPPELIN BUT YOU GOTA OPEN YOUR MIND AND LISTEN TO MORE MUSIC.
LISTEN TO

PARANOID,WARPIGS,FAIRY WERA BOOTS,RAT SALAD,NIB,IRON MAN,SWEATLEAF,
SNOWBLIND,SUPERNAT,THE WIZARD,SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH I COULD JUST KEEP ON GOING DONT BE IGNORENT AND LISTEN TO ONE EXPLORE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MUSIC THERE'S MORE BANDS THAT PEOPLE DONT MENTION.
BLACK SABBATH WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDER LIKE UNDER GROUND BAND NO GONE WANTED TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO PLAY IN THEIR STAGE AND THEY STILL MADE IT WHILE LED ZAPPELIN ALL THE OPUTUNITIES BUT IF IT WASNT FOR THAT ZAPPELIN WAS NOTHING COMPARE TO SABBATH
I COULD TALK SHIT ABOUT LED ZAPPELIN THAT AINT GANA GET NO WERE...........

― MYER, Saturday, January 1, 2005 10:16 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I salute you. (And hey, I just finally got the box set at long last, so there ya go.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, January 1, 2005 10:22 PM Bookmark

― adamirl (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:54 (fifteen years ago)

One tries. And I missed WmC's post there but yeah, not me.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:27 (fifteen years ago)

Haha, "I saw a fat guy riding a robot bull in New Mexico and thought it was Ned Raggett."

― http://tinyurl.com/tiltablam (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:30 (fifteen years ago)

Sounds like the start of a monologue.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

Funny how the only thing he's got resembling Ned is long hair and a zest for life.

― http://tinyurl.com/tiltablam (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

"I saw Ned Raggett drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's..."

― http://tinyurl.com/tiltablam (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:32 (fifteen years ago)

The Arkansas State Fair is next month. I'll be keeping an eye out for ILXors.

― http://tinyurl.com/tiltablam (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:32 (fifteen years ago)

Haha, "I saw a fat guy riding a robot bull in New Mexico and thought it was Ned Raggett."

Those pictures just brought real world lolz.

― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:21 (fifteen years ago)

I dig Ned's unyielding magnanimity

^^^this

― suspect centauri device (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:23 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

front page of what.cd

http://imgur.com/PdLw7

― elan, Thursday, 27 October 2011 00:38 (fourteen years ago)

oops

http://i.imgur.com/PdLw7.png

― elan, Thursday, 27 October 2011 00:38 (fourteen years ago)

Heard of that guy.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 October 2011 00:45 (fourteen years ago)

That review seems more Raggetty than Nedish.

― Aimless, Thursday, 27 October 2011 00:49 (fourteen years ago)

Spotted this the other day on Wikipedia when researching Cop Shoot Cop:

References

^ Raggett, Ted. "allmusic ((( White Noise > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved January 21, 2010.

― Midnight Maniac (J3ff T.), Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:39 (fourteen years ago)

Good ol' Ted.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 October 2011 00:57 (fourteen years ago)

what a TRaggety for wikipedia copyeditors

― nakhchivan, Friday, 28 October 2011 01:02 (fourteen years ago)

six years pass...

Sometimes Jon Anderson of YES reminds me of Ned R

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52TyA0ejo_k

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:07 (eight years ago)

Now this is a vision

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:15 (eight years ago)

locks on locks

― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:16 (eight years ago)

"Yestival 94" -- I swear to god a lost Scharpling & Wurster bit has come to life

― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 21:19 (eight years ago)

Big Ned
Represent

― calstars, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:56 (eight years ago)

YES INDEED

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 January 2018 18:26 (eight years ago)

this is the greatest video ive ever seen

― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 25 January 2018 18:31 (eight years ago)

I feel like by the end of it, one would probably get all yessed out.

― MarkoP, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:00 (eight years ago)

why late at night in the u.s. does ilx get all nedded out

― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:01 (eight years ago)

did u kno there was only 4 tribes of men? the negroes, the asian, the oriental and the nordic?

― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 25 January 2018 19:02 (eight years ago)

Ties from Topographic Oceans

― Who put all those zings in your thread? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 January 2018 04:35 (eight years ago)

I think I'm in the middle of a mental breakdown and i might be weak but I may be joining jon andersons cult

― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 January 2018 14:32 (eight years ago)

He is a pleiadian I bet

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 26 January 2018 18:27 (eight years ago)

he's got that ancient knowledge they don't teach in school

― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 January 2018 18:50 (eight years ago)

When I stub my toe I sometimes say o red naggett

― i,CloudiOS (darraghmac), Friday, 26 January 2018 18:52 (eight years ago)

the olias of sonraggett

― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 January 2018 18:54 (eight years ago)

Strange visions now in my mind's eye.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 January 2018 18:55 (eight years ago)

Secret knowledge of Nedroads

― calstars, Friday, 26 January 2018 19:01 (eight years ago)

Now I do not know whether I was then a Ned dreaming I was a Raggett, or whether I am now a Raggett, dreaming I am a Ned.

― The Sound of the City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 January 2018 04:38 (eight years ago)

More right than might be thought!

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 January 2018 05:00 (eight years ago)

The "BedRaggled" thing still makes me smile

― Mark G, Monday, 29 January 2018 08:18 (eight years ago)

"Olias of Sunhillow is a progressive rock concept album which tells the story of an alien race and their journey to a new world (the story printed in the LP jacket calls it "the earth", lowercase 'e') due to a volcanic catastrophe. "

― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:24 (eight years ago)

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