Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama | REVIEW
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I am from England and this has the American South all over it. Ronnie's vocals, the lyrics, the guitar licks. And Ty is right, Billy Powell's piano stands out even when competing with 3 guitarists, haha!
I am from the American South and concur with this assessment.
This was the bar closing song for several bars in NOLA when I went to college there. ❤ Fun memories.
When they mention Muscle Shoals, they are talking about The Muscle Shoals Rythem Section...the house band in Muscle Shoals, Alabama that pioneered that funky jazz bluegrass soul rockin' sound...
The solo really is a very good solo. The entire song is special. I was 14 years old when it came out. Took the country, if not most of the world, by storm. A cherished memory is hearing this song on the school bus. Cool bus driver.
I went through periods of burnout on this song when I was listening to the radio a lot. Classic rock stations tend to overplay this one. But it wouldn't take more than a few months between listens to get a hunger pang for
Sweet Home Alabama.
Rossington- King- Van Zant are the writing credits. Gary Rossington had the original idea for the song, Ed King starts off the song "do do do do do do do, do do, do do do do do do. Rossington and King duel back and forth on guitar. Ed King was the only non- southerner on the band; from L.A.
I'm on my way to California to see the Aftershock concerts . Band-Maid , The Warning , Muse , Shinedown on Day 4 Band-Maid has a bunch of new songs on TH-cam =) Thanks for doing "Sweet Home Alabama" I saw Lynyard Skynyrd in 1974 =)
@Barry Lyndon I'm not going to see Muse , The Foo Fighters were the headliner on day 4 of AFTERSHOCK Muse took their place when their drummer died and The Foo Fighters canceled their appearance. Their are 55 other bands their . The Warning , Band-Maid and Kiss are the ones i want to see. Sorry i don't think any southern rock bands will be there =( but i'm not sure because i haven't heard of half of the bands lol The tickets were free , i have a VIP pass that allows me to go all 4 days =)
Great southern rock band from the 60's-80's. It is very sad what happened to this band in losing so many members in a plane crash. My favorite songs are "Simple Man", "Free Bird" & "Sweet Home Alabama". They had lots of great songs such as "Tuesday's Gone", "Call Me The Breeze", "I Know A Little", "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew", "What's Your Name", "That Smell", "Gimme Three Steps" etc.
Hey guys, appreciate y'all... you bring some great tunes. Nothing to be said about this, its an epic Southern Rock cornerstone. Have a request for your Southern Rock library; do some. 38 Special & Molly Hatchet! (&ya gotta check out the Freeburg live performance) 😎
You guys should play some of the other fun songs from the ‘70’s, like “Play That Funky Music” by Wild Cherry, “Ballroom Blitz” by The Sweet, “Slow Ride” by Foghat, and “Black Betty” by Ram Jam. You probably know these songs already. They are all massive hits.
Steamroller by James Taylor
Yeah, "Slow Ride"!
This is an undeniably catchy, bluesy, Southern rock, fun song. I'll always love it
The next Lynyrd Skynyrd tune you should absolutely do is "They Call Me the Breeze" a proper banging tune. They played with the Stones in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, my home town, when I was a nipper, check out that live version.
High school, lake, Texas, 1980’s❤️
Al Kooper is who originally signed Skynyrd He was also a founding member and original vocalist for Blood Sweat and Tears with an extensive background in several blues projects
🥰🎶🥰🎶 It is an anthem for the South. These guys, for the most part, are from Jacksonville, FL. Ed King was from Cali.
This just such a fun one to hear and to play, you really jam on it,a lot of people mistakingly think they are from Alabama because of this song,but they are from Jacksonville Florida
"Things going on" from their first album. Another banger.
Gotta listen to Free Bird live at Oakland Collisium 🐦 IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
It's a feel good song.
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Neil Young loved LS already, and loved this song. They were all friendly and respected each other, there was no actual personal feud, which is cool. LS solos are always insanely good.
Jennifer, I did not realize Neil Young had indicated he liked the Sweet Home Alabama. I did see an interview in which someone indicated that Ronnie Van Zant had indicated he had a great respect for Neil Young and the Southern Man song. I think creating a response song to Southern man is one of the things that endured LS to southerners. I personally hated NY solo. I had to sit through him one time to see John Cougar at a fair. He droned on forever. I did like CSNY and Buffalo Springfield, but I can always find a reason to turn the station when Neil Young comes on, and it has little to do with Southern Man. Funny thing, my wife can never remember which is which: Neil Young or Neil Diamond. I tell her that Neil Dimond is the sharp looking Jewish Jazz singer we like, who looked like his name (Diamond), and Neil Young was the heavy slob we saw at the fair, who could not find the end of the song, and was the opposite of his name (Young).
@@MScottBlalock Yeah, he said, ''Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record,” and he also said that looking back on Southern Man, he sounded too condescending and didn't communicate his message well. They all respected each other.
@@jenniferfoster1692 Wow, how about that. Thanks for the info!
Yeah that was all media, the respect between them as great acts really showed up after the crash, when Neal Young started a tradition,of performing sweet home Alabama,or at least a portion of it in his live shows
@@edwardvolner8678 I didn't know he did that, it's very cool. Yeah, they all respected each other as artists a lot.
I heard it my whole life in California, so Ryan is quite accurate.
Interestingly none of the three songwriters were from Alabama, being born in Florida and California. It was Ronnie Van Zant's reaction to Neil's song Alabama, which was pretty brutal in its depiction of the state as a symbol of slavery and oppression. Whatever the history it definitely is one of the great rock songs of all time no doubt.
Other fun songs to check out - “Little T & A” by The Rolling Stones and “Joy To The World” by Three Dog Night. This is classic rock!
When he says "turn it up" he was talking to the engineer about his monitor. But we all turn it up when we hear that.
You guys can't go wrong with "We're an American Band" by American Band. The opening guitar riffs kicked off the Classic Rock sound. I promise you will like it.
MUST react to Free bird!!!!! possibly the best guitar solo EVER
@Barry Lyndon what a,, patronising git you are😳, are you unhappy at all😟
The incredible Merry Clayton and Clydie King on backing vocals here.
Ed King could really make his Strat ring.
Some Americana right there.
Ah, my high school years in Montgomery, Alabama……brings back memories.
Ed King ripping that guitar… One Bad ass guitarist 🎸Al Kooper says Southern man don’t loose your head in first part of the song that you can hear
Have you guys hit Highway Song by Blackfoot? Rickey Medlock from Skynrd. Great solo.
From "Year of the Cat" to "Sweet Home Alabama" 😆🤣😂😃
The pride of Florida!! Florida moss,gators,and OJ lol Southern greetings from a south florida boi 🤘🏽🌞🌞🌞🌞
The rift with Neil Young wasn't a real thing. They were actually friendly, mutually admired each other. Picture from 1977 on the web of Ronnie wearing a NY t-shirt if you search.
From the archive:
Thanks to Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inspired to write the song "Sweet Home Alabama".
Without Young's songs that were so critical of the South's segregationist and racist attitudes for inspiration, it is doubtful that the band would have produced a song with such a long lasting duration that continues to sell well 30 years after its release.
But the ultimate irony of "Sweet Home Alabama" is that for so many, the song's implied put down of Neil Young was NOT meant as criticism but as support of Young's anti-racism. Thus, for those who think it's so clever to put down Neil Young using the phrase "Hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow" little do they realize that they have the meaning backwards. Every day, someone blogs or tweets the "Neil Young putdown" without comprehending that they've actually praised him. Similarly, with the State of Alabama using the phrase "Sweet Home Alabama" as an official slogan on license plates, one truly has to wonder what they were thinking the song was about.
Somewhere, Ronnie is still having a good laugh at Alabama officials and Neil Young bashers. Such is the duality of the southern thing.
Lynyrd Skynyrd are actually from Jacksonville Florida.
Ballad of Curtis Loew
Totally unrelated but you guys should check out Dire Straits Sultans of Swing!
This will be more exciting than darting an asteroid!
Do Tonight’s is what it means to be young “ from Streets of fire” film
brilliant
You guys need to check out a newer band called War On Drugs. I'm an oldies guy, but make exception for this one new band. Check out " thinking of a place" or my personal favorite " in chains".
Meanwhile back the farm.
Hope it’s the live version
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This song is good. But my favorite from them is give me 3 steps and that smell. Check it out. Great reaction
Also The Needle and The Spoon.
Freebird live from England, not Oakland. Oakland shows the crowd way to much.
Alabama but they are truly referencing the southland in general
Well, being from N. GA This is like the South's anthem.
You guys have alot of music to catch up with! Have a great journey! Of course it was 1974, the 70's were the greatest era of music!
thats what you think! I prefer modern music
@@titicaca. The majority of people would agree with me, modern music is terrible, no talent just computerized music.
@@suzanneprock7286 Just because you grew up with 70s music doesn't mean anything that's new is bad. You just have to look a bit deeper than just listening to today's popular music. There's such a broad spectrum of music out there, so many smaller artists that you can find on all kinds of platforms - saying there's no talent and that it's terrible is very superficial. Broaden your horizon. Don't get stuck in the old days.
@@titicaca. Well, I'm 63 years old and have been around for a while, if the music was good, I would acknowledge it. In the 90's, rap and hip hop took over and the rest died, I can't stand rap and don't consider it music. If I heard good music, I would acknowledge it and have no reason not to, so it comes down to personal choice. The fact is, the industry has ruined music because they've lowered the standards, you don't necessarily have to have talent like before and computers do most of the work nowadays and can make a bad singer sound good, that's not talent.
@@suzanneprock7286 You do sound like youre 63! you dont consider hip hop music? what the fuck? I know a lot of older folks say todays music is bad, but that is just an unreflected take. Care to explain why?
Please react to Freebird, live from Oakland ❤️❤️❤️ a request from an Italian girl living abroad 🤗
Luv ya!
Look up the Winterland live shows . They don't disappoint.
I went to almost all of those… awesome is an understatement
@@mt9054 Very cool . Had the plane not crashed I would have eventually seen them . You can find the 74,75,76 shows on TH-cam. I have seen Johnie's version , they just don't have that same magic .
@@dennisbrooks8566 you mean Johnny?
@@mt9054 oops , lol . Yeah .
@@mt9054 Didn't Donnie do some of their songs ? Know you got me thinking which one it was now.
Hey, Could you plz react to Mornin’, The Theme from Moonlighting and Just to be Loved by Al Jarreau? This guy is AMAZING
Ps that the problem they overplayed it in my time.
More deftones... React knife prty
Originally done by Mott the Hoople
Yes, it was an obscure B-side of All the Young Dudes. 😂😂😂
Impossible. Skyward wrote the song. Mot the Hoople may have covered it, but it was Skynard who wrote, recorded, and performed it first. I know, I have the album & have been to their concerts.
That was Sweet Jane you tweakers