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  • @mzluna313
    @mzluna313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    This is my favorite LS song! I decided to get rid of "That Smell" 1/2/2015. Free and clean from heroin for 7 years and haven't looked back!

    • @unclemeat7310
      @unclemeat7310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Congrats. 5 years sober here

    • @mzluna313
      @mzluna313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@unclemeat7310 That's what's up! Congrats!

    • @Kimberrann
      @Kimberrann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s awesome! Congratulations!

    • @tonycocchiola7192
      @tonycocchiola7192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Congrats to you.I've been clean 7 years now

    • @michaelt3308
      @michaelt3308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👏👏👏👏 My fav is "I Know a Little"

  • @geoffsullivan7902
    @geoffsullivan7902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rock bands,partying and addiction……these guys wrote about what they saw,did….no holding back. ❤️🎼❤️😎🔥

  • @joyceellis9722
    @joyceellis9722 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From Jacksonville Florida home of Lynyrd Skynyrd. 66 y/o I watched their rise & fall. So sad. They would have been so good.

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not just great musicians, but great writers and arrangers, those dueling guitars and let's not forget Billy Powell on the keys. Those first five albums came at you without a rest.

    • @SuperGForce01
      @SuperGForce01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gary Rossington, Allen Collins and Steve Gaines on guitars. Like his predecessor, Ed King, Steve Gaines was phenomenally gifted. A huge loss.

  • @frankbird2614
    @frankbird2614 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Smell! Hands down! I was in my early 20’s when the album come out, and I was a player then , great job, to much money from a young dummy, fast cars, girls plenty, hanging out by the ocean, when I wasn’t working, Southern Californication” I knew what the lyrics meant first time I heard it! Blasting out of my custom pioneer Am/FM cassette radio with supper power Jenson speakers with the tweeters, cruising PCH Blvd. hittin refer and six pack tall can Buds on the passenger side floor one between my legs. Working on a night move” Never thought I see 35 let alone live to be 66 now! Thank God! I’m still alive! Jesus Saved Me, Hallelujah” Unfortunately some didn’t make it,😢 I wasn’t gangster, and I wasn’t rich, grew up in a middle-class neighborhood“ started work before I was 13 and worked up until when I retired, what a ride it’s been:
    Really enjoyed watching you and hearing this song again! Your analysis and interjections were spot on! I will definitely subscribe and keep following you” keep up the good work! And may God grant you success and continued love:”
    Peace out✌🏻

  • @gregj1295
    @gregj1295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your playing some awesome music. Thanks

  • @killrinstinx4148
    @killrinstinx4148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey y'all. " the smell of death surrounds you". I might be mistaken but i think has to do with the smell of an auto accident.....the gas....alcohol....blood etc. Their guitarist ran into an oaktree while dui. Hence the inspiration for the song. Rather tragic that a short time later the band was involved in a tragic plane accident

  • @joeyricefried9621
    @joeyricefried9621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Travellin Man & I Need You!!

  • @deeberwill51
    @deeberwill51 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every song on this album...every one of em!!

  • @hankarmentrout6697
    @hankarmentrout6697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite song by these guys and yes him saying he been there before is an underrated ad lib

  • @royalway12
    @royalway12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Stratocastor really shines on this song.

  • @michaelhuff2762
    @michaelhuff2762 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out Lynyrd Skynyrd behind the music. Really good

  • @wild8757
    @wild8757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    💀☠️“He said the smell of “DEATH”surrounds you” and “can’t speak a word when you’re full of ludes” as in Quaaludes!☠️💀

  • @firedoc5
    @firedoc5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gary Rossington crashed his new car about the same time as Allen Collins was also in a wreck that killed his girlfriend, all due to drugs, booze, and speed. They learned some hard lessons in the worst ways. With their endless talent they were able to bring it out in song that hits home regardless of generations.

  • @goldiekildea2924
    @goldiekildea2924 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    BJ,
    Ronnie sings "I know I been there before."

  • @RayfordRaySiegel
    @RayfordRaySiegel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For a song that's similar in topic, check out "Suicide Solution", by Ozzy.

  • @lindakessler8768
    @lindakessler8768 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only someone who has been there can write that song. Great song, better message. 👍🤙

  • @mlhesler68
    @mlhesler68 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rossington and Collins had gotten out of control with drugs and alcohol but that was the reason Ed King left the band after a sub par concert Ronnie put a broken beer bottle up to his throat. Drugs and alcohol often accompany success.

  • @CallmeGNana
    @CallmeGNana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    “The smell of death surrounds you.” We love watching young people discover the music we grew upon!

    • @stevedavis5704
      @stevedavis5704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I remember when this came out. Somewhat controversial with the old folks who felt it was promoting drug use. That’s not the case at all. As you said, it’s nice to see young people listen to what we liked and seeing them enjoy it.

    • @wendellburkhart8297
      @wendellburkhart8297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stevedavis5704 You are exactly right and if anyone pays any attention to Skynyrds songs they've never promoted drugs or violence .

    • @chellj8175
      @chellj8175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes !! So much great music to discover !! Love you two !! Your reactions are great !!

    • @edwardvolner8678
      @edwardvolner8678 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah,seams a whole new generation is discovering the greatness of Skynyrd

    • @JesseJames-vc2bm
      @JesseJames-vc2bm ปีที่แล้ว

      RVZ wrote songs that will last forever. "For the Common People" ~RVZ

  • @salmuscles
    @salmuscles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    “the smell of death surrounds you” this song for the guitarist who got drunk and crashed his truck into a oak tree... true story not a metaphor

    • @clodge5196
      @clodge5196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yep Gary Rossington hell of a guitar player

    • @mykalbizu906
      @mykalbizu906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It was his Ford Torino not a truck

    • @ladyyankeerebel3067
      @ladyyankeerebel3067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Only it was a car....but yes. All true. Ronnie wrote about what he knew

    • @bobkennedy5585
      @bobkennedy5585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes this was an intervention song for Gary

    • @bobkennedy5585
      @bobkennedy5585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ronnie had really cleaned up his act at the end and was training with weights even

  • @annmills3163
    @annmills3163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    This song is about their guitarist Gary Rossington who bought a new car got drunk and hit a tree. They were supposed to go on tour a few days later but his injuries held all of that up. The band was kind of pissed at him because his drinking and drugs were getting out of hand. The smell of death surrounds you

    • @highline64
      @highline64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Strangely he is the last living survivor of the original members

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      After the plane crash, and his slow recovery, Gary spent more and more time here in Sheffild, Alabama. Shefield had always been their home-away -FROM HOME And as Ed king said, The Shoals was a better place to work than new york or LA. Gary Cut several albums as hishealth got better and he would be sited once in a while in the Shoals Area.

    • @randybonner9870
      @randybonner9870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah , hence , " Oak tree here in my way " .

    • @MrBobNLinda
      @MrBobNLinda ปีที่แล้ว

      He must have taken that lesson to heart, considering he was the last of the original members to pass away.

  • @nosparex
    @nosparex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    "The smell of death surrounds you" is the lyric. Take care...

  • @MACMISIAS
    @MACMISIAS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    The cover of this album gives me goosebumps... That was their last album before the plane crash...

    • @gandalf679
      @gandalf679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It was also pulled off the shelves shortly after the crash, couldn't find a copy unless you already owned the original...I did...Rock ON!!

    • @toddshaw843
      @toddshaw843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thats right , it was changed out of respect for the deceased and a request of Teresa Gaines, Steve Gaines wife, the original cover of "Street Survivors” was a photograph of the band standing in flames. Eerily, Steve Gaines' (in the middle) eyes were closed and his head appears to be engulfed in the flames.

    • @MACMISIAS
      @MACMISIAS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have the original cover with the flames and I bought it in Greece!

    • @cidvid2007
      @cidvid2007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They reissued that cover without the flames after the first run. It was wild to hear the news back then.

    • @chacecrowell
      @chacecrowell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      got the flame edition hanging up in my bedroom though now I really want to track down the rerelease

  • @thewiseoldherper7047
    @thewiseoldherper7047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I’ve always liked this song because of the message. The best “just say no” message ever created.

  • @michaelyork4554
    @michaelyork4554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The Guitar Work in this Song Is Sublime. "I Know A Little" has the most infectious Guitar Licks, in a short LS Song.

    • @perijetton9275
      @perijetton9275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That 3 guitar army was strong!

    • @joeday4293
      @joeday4293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also, Poison robbed the shit out of the guitar hook from "I Know A Little" for "Unskinny Bop." Just when I thought I couldn't hate them more, LOL.

    • @julievanmeter2852
      @julievanmeter2852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of My All Time Favorites!! They need to play it more!!

  • @deandee8082
    @deandee8082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    the band was really coming into their own, so sad it all ended the way it did, they were really progressing as a band and the skill level was off the charts..

    • @johnstanley5813
      @johnstanley5813 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's crazy that it's as if it couldn't have really happened any other way. Absolute legends. It's amazing the musicians they were able to put together to keep a shadow if ot going but that original group is just legendary.

  • @marjolewis9405
    @marjolewis9405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My absolute favorite LS song. The back up singers are killing it.

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Honkett , Jo JO bILLINGSLY was laid to rest in nearby Cullman Alabama which is hit by tornados SO often. Hopefully she is resting in peace.

  • @LoveBandit1000
    @LoveBandit1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Their guitar players were SO under-rated and unsung....they kicked some serious butt in many songs!

    • @markcosta9665
      @markcosta9665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best “ group” of guitar players ever assembled in one band. Tremendous!!!

  • @yenlard6683
    @yenlard6683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This song is a monster. Even though I’ve heard it so many times, it still gives me goosebumps 🔥

  • @allisterfiend_2112
    @allisterfiend_2112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "The smell of death surrounds you"

  • @curiousman1672
    @curiousman1672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Great song. Let's give a shoutout to the Honkettes. Best background singers ever. Cassie Gaines, Jojo Billingsley, Leslie Hawkins. Rest in Peace ladies.

    • @jillybean3688
      @jillybean3688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Leslie's still alive.

    • @curiousman1672
      @curiousman1672 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jillybean3688 Serious? I thought they were all gone. Glad to be wrong.

    • @jillybean3688
      @jillybean3688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@curiousman1672 she had bad injuries in the crash. Had to have facial reconstruction etc. But yes fortunately she is still with us.

    • @BrianBowser
      @BrianBowser ปีที่แล้ว

      Loved the Honkettes. Thought Leslie Hawkins was HAWT! RIP to those lost in the crash & praying Leslie found peace afterward.

    • @Drewzer154
      @Drewzer154 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the record, Jojo wasn't on the plane either. She was in the hospital for substance abuse. She became a born again Christian after the incident, but later passed from cancer.

  • @imaginemoore5912
    @imaginemoore5912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    One of the most underrated songs in music.

  • @ericsmith6615
    @ericsmith6615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wife here...Growing up hearing Skynard all my life.., I always felt this song was quiet a warning about the dark side of drugs and alcohol..That was a truly powerful message for me..LOVE YOUR INSIGHT!

  • @GBeret83
    @GBeret83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "That Smell" and "The Needle and The Spoon" were both 70's interventions written as warnings by Ronnie and done Skynyrd style!!

    • @edward5750
      @edward5750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Both songs have intricate guitar playing 🎸

  • @mcbeezee2120
    @mcbeezee2120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Such a great song/story. Saw them at Anaheim Stadium, late September 1977. Just weeks before their plane went down. What a loss to the music world.

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All of the Honketts are gone now with the exception of of the Wonderful Leslie Hawkins! Muscle Shoals Still loves you, Leslie!! Rest in peace Cassie Gains and Jo jo Billingsley. They were a very tallented group and they always appeared to be ready to Rock!

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i posted a picture of the band with the honkettts relaxing in Sheffield Alabama, with the world famous Swampers before going to Enland and blowing the Stones off the stage! The picture can be seen on youTube along with the great Skynryd song, One more time! it wasn't the first encounter between Americans and British. in 1969, The Stones slipped into tiny Sheffild, Alabama to record a few decent songs. one was you Gotta move and a couple of obscure songs called Wild horses and Brown Sugar. Then they quietly slipped out of thown because they were here illegally. People from all over the world come here to FAME StudioS in Muscle Shoals and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield Alabama. Both studios are active again and are also museums. Watch the Briliant movie, MUSCLE SHOALS AND YOU WILL BE HOOKED JUST LIKE THE RST OF US! Then visit the Studios. Its two small towns so they are easy to find.

    • @timmorin2304
      @timmorin2304 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      August 27th 1977 with Ted Nugent and others. I was there.

  • @rdobery
    @rdobery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    They did this song after one of the band members had bought a new car and promptly crashed into an oak tree because he was drunk and high. The opening line, whiskey bottles brand new car oak tree you're in my way, was supposed to let him know....hey this song is about you. Straighten your ass up.

    • @fortunate14t48
      @fortunate14t48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gary Rossington. As of today he’s the only one in the band still alive. Hhmmmm

    • @spike3082
      @spike3082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The only original member left and only 1 of 3 still alive that survived the plane crash

  • @bryanhicks5712
    @bryanhicks5712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973-1977)is the greatest rock band to ever do it!

  • @fishhookism
    @fishhookism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "the smell of death that surrounds you."

  • @sixslinger9951
    @sixslinger9951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Steve Gaines played the beginning of the main guitar solo. He was such a great guitar player. Their plane crashed 3 days after this Album Soul Survivors was released. RIP to all the members. very sad day in music history.

    • @jeffphilips9279
      @jeffphilips9279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Street Survivor is the name of the album

    • @timgard7091
      @timgard7091 ปีที่แล้ว

      www.xnxx.com/video-11d2f3cf/milf_handjob_and_massage_with_happy_ending_cumshot

    • @timgard7091
      @timgard7091 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I. Remember when I spent my last 10 dollars on this album, I had 2 homeless Vitinam vets staying with me, willing and earl, bad ass Mf, we listened the album all night, party with Quludes, Whiskey,

    • @andychisarick6879
      @andychisarick6879 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Street Survivors" actually...

  • @Chevy11
    @Chevy11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This song is a damn JAM!!!!!!!! Can you imagine seeing this live?!

  • @kennethkearney116
    @kennethkearney116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should check out, "Tuesdays gone" and "stay"!

  • @robertrohde4579
    @robertrohde4579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Since before I was 8 years old in 1973 and to this day, Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of my favorite bands ever!

  • @missshirley9893
    @missshirley9893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Watching people learn why Skynyrd is so iconic is ...hell I can't even describe it...🥰

  • @yankeeladee02
    @yankeeladee02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    They’re best known for, “Free Bird” and “Sweet Home Alabama”. I personally like “Simple Man” and “The Ballad of Curtis Loew” most. “Gimme Three Steps”, “Call Me The Breeze”, “Saturday Night Special” , “Swamp Music” are fun as well. Southern Rock superstars!

    • @FURTHER_ADO
      @FURTHER_ADO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Way to go with the deep cuts. Nobody would've thought to suggest all their hits and singles.

    • @yankeeladee02
      @yankeeladee02 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FURTHER_ADO Of course there are plenty more, but that’s a few of my faves 😉☮️💟

  • @vickihoward406
    @vickihoward406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ya'll need to watch the documentary "If I Leave Here Tomorrow" It is the BEST one I have seen about Lynyrd Skynyrd.....

  • @carlyyoung12
    @carlyyoung12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “Four Walls of Raiford” and “Ballard of Curtis Lowe” and “Gimme Three Steps” are some of my favorites!

    • @mrtoad8585
      @mrtoad8585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Four walls of raiford is my favorite skynyrd song

  • @vickiconley3638
    @vickiconley3638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Could you do, "Give me 3 steps", and "they call me the breeze"? Good review guys.

  • @anthonyblakely399
    @anthonyblakely399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "The Smell of Death that surrounds you," is the key theme to this song." Pick yo poisons wisely my shaman," mentor said to me ....... "and make sure you have the remedies for that poison you are putting into your body." Free Bird and That Smell" are my top favorites from Lynard Skynard......who are among the gods of Rock n' Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @NathanThurberMusic
    @NathanThurberMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of their best! Check out "Coming Home" by them.

  • @Nickel138
    @Nickel138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    “Just one more fix might do the trick. One hell of way for you to get your kicks.” That’s such a good line. Also, he says, “the smell of death surrounds you.”
    If you haven’t done it yet, y’all need to react to Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimmie Three Steps. It’s a true story, and kind of funny. 😂

    • @jillybean3688
      @jillybean3688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's "One hell of a price for you to get your kicks". Hell Yeah!

    • @bryaneaves7680
      @bryaneaves7680 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Can’t speak a word when you’re full of Luke’s”😎

    • @ericdole1879
      @ericdole1879 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bryaneaves7680 ludes as in Quaaludes

  • @TheTheratfarmer
    @TheTheratfarmer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    one of the best bass players ever

  • @billspivey6919
    @billspivey6919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The smell of dope cooking in my spoon. Will never forget

  • @lawrencekoprowski6480
    @lawrencekoprowski6480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They was singing the smell of death that surrounds you. Greatest songs list 😊

  • @Guitaural.
    @Guitaural. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a loss to Rock when Ronnie Van Zant and band mates passed. Too many great songs to even start mentioning....

  • @krdaniel01
    @krdaniel01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ooohh that smell.... The smell of death surrounds you. This was the last album they made. And had sold out shows to perform, their plane crashed and of course killing Ronnie Van Zant and others.

  • @fredselbman3319
    @fredselbman3319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Speaking from experience, addiction is a bitch, and she takes no prisoners, clean and sober for now for over 20 years, one of LS best songs !

  • @anthonyg813
    @anthonyg813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That guitar work on this song is legendary! All 4 of Skynyrd's featured guitarist King, Collins, Rossington, and Gaines are so underrated!

    • @rubicon-oh9km
      @rubicon-oh9km 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only three. Ed King left two years before this.

  • @jake1976
    @jake1976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Skynard, Steely Dan, Bob Seger. Today's reactions are the best you have ever done.

  • @joelok48
    @joelok48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saw these guys live twice. Both times this song got standing ovations. Duelling guitars at the end actually better than the record both times. Incredible concert band.

    • @doulbledee9758
      @doulbledee9758 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saw them twice too 1976, & 1977 I was 17.

  • @monickalynn4365
    @monickalynn4365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My ex,children's father,lived in the Gaines home in Orange Park,near Green Cove Springs with Bud Gaines. (Cassie,Steve 2 of the airplane crash victims' father)I didn't realize the legends L.Skynyrd were to music as I was about 6 when the plane crashed.Wish I'd taken photos and talked a bit more to family members when bringing my children to visit their father. Only later did I begin listening and deep diving the L.S. catalog. Even met Lacy VanZant,Ronnie,Donnie,and Johnny's father. He was super nice,looked like a large Southern Santa Claus,white-bearded farmer,rural type,much older man.The people I met were extremely kind people, unpretentious,with a palpable air of tragedy,deep pain about them, in hindsight. Considering all the loss,not sure how they were even upright tbh

  • @ToddSauve
    @ToddSauve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That album cover from Street Survivors where the band is going up in flames was pulled from the market when they crashed that plane carrying so much of the band back in 1977. If you have a pristine copy of that first release it is worth a few bucks! I had it back in the day but I wore that LP out, and the cover, too. Probably their most accomplished album. Those guitars are hard to beat! 🎸🎸🎸

  • @francisedwards4069
    @francisedwards4069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's a live performance of this song done in a small club, right before the plane crash

  • @patrickseevers3858
    @patrickseevers3858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They wrote this as a result of one of the band members wrecking his car into a oak tree. And the whole band was partying so hard that it was causing problems

  • @angelatucker674
    @angelatucker674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The first anti-drug, anti-drink song I remember hearing! Love Lynyrd Skynyrd..my favorite to this day!!

  • @xdg6451
    @xdg6451 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3 incredible guitar solos in 1 song that reached its apex with the great Alan Collins

  • @jennyboo9604
    @jennyboo9604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We listen to this cd over and when we were teenagers riding around ♥️

    • @dcummings4834
      @dcummings4834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We listened to this 8 track over and over when we were teenagers riding around!

    • @jennyboo9604
      @jennyboo9604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dcummmings 🤣🤣I was teenager in the 80s you must've been teenager in the 70 s 🤣♥️

    • @dcummings4834
      @dcummings4834 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jennyboo9604 yep!

  • @jayjordan7104
    @jayjordan7104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Al Kooper, the Forrest Gump of Rock n Roll, said they were the best composers and arrangers of any band he ever heard or worked with.
    He asked them how they learned to do counterpoint with their 3 guitars and they said, "What's that?"
    They are tight, melodic, often with 2 guitar leads going off at once.

  • @fuzzydan4544
    @fuzzydan4544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the stuff I grew up with in Garden Grove, Ca in the 70's. Grove high!! 🖐 it was all fresh music then. It's still fresh.. Glad to see your vid while smoking a hooter, it was cool. I'll have to check out more.. 🚀💥👍

  • @AndrewKelly-x8w
    @AndrewKelly-x8w 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The song is about Gary Rossington the lead Guitarist and his drug and alcohol addiction and hitting an oak tree from a drunk driving accident after he bought a new car and his addiction to quaaludes and cocaine

  • @richdiddens4059
    @richdiddens4059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The perfect follow up to this would be Steppenwolf's (God Damn) The Pusher and then Canned Heat's Amphetamine Annie.

  • @allanboyer2769
    @allanboyer2769 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lead guitarist Gary Rossington got wasted and crashed his truck into an oak tree and damn near killed himself. The smell of death surrounds you.

  • @Yesquire0
    @Yesquire0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bluesy, bible-thumping rock-and-roll. We are all sinners. Southern rock was a real thing.

  • @kyleregister6592
    @kyleregister6592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Born right here in Jacksonville "Duvalllll" makes me so proud to see Asia vibing with our sound. Thank you for doing Skynyrd right

  • @billness7310
    @billness7310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The sad irony here is that Ronnie wrote this song for Gary rossington because he was drinking hard doing a lot of coke they all probably wear but Gary was a very hard drinker. The sad irony is that out of all of them Gary is the Lone Survivor still living. And of course sadly Ronnie was taken in the plane crash. Ronnie song Whiskey rock-a-roller, Chorus Line, sometimes I wonder where do we go Lord don't you take my whiskey rock and roll

  • @DwightParker
    @DwightParker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simple Man is the best Skynard song (IMHO)......

  • @williamswisher5936
    @williamswisher5936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Y’all are one of the best if not the best reactions people I’ve watched. Awesome job really. I look forward to watching y’all

  • @alphajava761
    @alphajava761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Their best song imo. Musically I think it's better than Free Bird. This song should be 3 minutes longer.

  • @walterlangley9793
    @walterlangley9793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was actually at a crash site of Allen Collins or Gary rossington where they had wrecked their car. The smell of spilled whiskey is what he's talking about

  • @kplants4137
    @kplants4137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They Angel of Death is upon you. Stuck a needle in your arm. Man what a wake up call !! Ronnie got sober and wanted his band mates to do the same.

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Whiskey bottles, brand new car.....oak tree you're in my way......"

  • @Selki933
    @Selki933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That album cover was recalled as it came out real close to the plane crash. It was released without the flames

    • @jfree336
      @jfree336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I had one of the originals before they pulled them off the shelves

  • @lisakropp3881
    @lisakropp3881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should really react to their documentary about their life. It's fascinating.

  • @eddietorres1000
    @eddietorres1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lynyrd Skynyrd also sang an anti Gun song called "Saturday Night Special"

  • @nicholassmith7932
    @nicholassmith7932 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Oak tree your in my way. What this song is about lol. Crashed into a oak tree

  • @rebelxxx3382
    @rebelxxx3382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Checkout - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Junkie (Demo Version)

  • @danarussell1291
    @danarussell1291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The lyrics are "the smell of death surrounds you"!!

  • @chystubin07
    @chystubin07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another fact, the album cover your showing is the original with the flames. There plane crashed right after the album release and the family had it redone without the flames out of respect for those that were lost :(

  • @rene4309
    @rene4309 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They was saying “the smell of death surrounds you”

  • @jasoncarman9656
    @jasoncarman9656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THEVSMELL OF DEATH… Ronnie the singer ran a tight ship. When the band was getting to messed up. He wrote this to them…

  • @goldiekildea2924
    @goldiekildea2924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1954 Yankees the irony of this song and very sad to even mention that ultimately Ronnie was thrown out of the plane and hit his head on an Oak tree and that's what killed him.

  • @gcofield4498
    @gcofield4498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anti drug song..thanks for reaction..yall are awesome..

  • @winstonsmith8441
    @winstonsmith8441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite band. Saw them in concert, the original line-up, several times. If I could only have one band on my playlist it would be Lynyrd Skynyrd and I would be satisfied.

  • @georgegwoolston1730
    @georgegwoolston1730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "The smell of "Death" surrounds you" is the lyric...
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell (original version) Lyrics
    Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Album: Street Survivors
    Heyo! SONGLYRICS just got interactive. Highlight. Review: RIFF-it.
    RIFF-it good.
    Whiskey bottles and brand new cars
    Oak tree you're in my way
    There's too much coke and too much smoke
    Look what's going on inside you
    Ooh, that smell
    Can't you smell that smell?
    Ooh, that smell
    The smell of death surrounds you
    Angel of darkness is upon you
    Stuck a needle in your arm (You fool, you)
    So take another toke, have a blow for your nose,
    One more drink fool, would drown you (Hell, yeah)
    Ooh, that smell
    Can't you smell that smell?
    Ooh, that smell
    The smell of death surrounds you
    Now they call you Prince Charming
    Can't speak a word when you're full of 'ludes.
    Say you'll be alright come tomorrow
    But tomorrow might not be here for you (Yeah, you)
    Ooh, that smell
    Can't you smell that smell?
    Ooh, that smell
    The smell of death surrounds you
    Aw, you fool, you.
    You stick them needles in your arm
    I know I been there before
    One little problem that confronts you
    Got a monkey on your back
    Just one more fix Lord, might do the trick
    One hell of a price for you to get your kicks (Hell, yeah)
    Ooh, that smell
    Can't you smell that smell?
    Ooh, that smell
    The smell of death surrounds you
    Ooh, that smell
    Can't you smell that smell?
    Ooh, that smell
    The smell of death surrounds you
    Oh, you fool, you
    Don't stick those needles in your arm.
    You're just a fool, just a fool, just a fool.

    • @rdhudon7469
      @rdhudon7469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anyone who has had someone die in front of them is familiar with that smell . It is as real as it gets.

  • @billness7310
    @billness7310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check out needle and the spoon and the live version Ronnie says I know I know I know about a needle it'll do you wrong

  • @maritamcnichol8849
    @maritamcnichol8849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was written after Gary (guitar player) was real drunk & wrapped his brand new car around a tree. His jaw was wired shut. They were all into a substance or 2. They got sober & wrote this song.

  • @robertjones6971
    @robertjones6971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta do " Mississippi kid " and " cheatin woman ".🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥

  • @jchihat
    @jchihat ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He’s saying, The smell of death surrounds you.

  • @bobkelly3944
    @bobkelly3944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You guys have got to listen to "you got that right" from the same album . Great listening

  • @markwilliams5606
    @markwilliams5606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta check out. south Side junky 🤠🇺🇸🐎

  • @carollittle1059
    @carollittle1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love it! Happy birthday BJ