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  • @wallyh24
    @wallyh24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    The way Lex’s face lights up during guitar solos is everything…so genuine

    • @justdone1068
      @justdone1068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lex is such a headbanger 🤘😝🤘

    • @victorylane2377
      @victorylane2377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Someone needs to buy her an electric guitar. I bet she would learn it quickly.

    • @dgodfrey3914
      @dgodfrey3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lucky for her they had like 16 guitar players in the band.

    • @ralphfiligenzi6180
      @ralphfiligenzi6180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      She's a cutie alright and smart too.

    • @michaelsmyth500
      @michaelsmyth500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She's beautiful!

  • @chrisandrews759
    @chrisandrews759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    "Hey, do you guys remember the 70s? I dont!" - Joe Walsh of The Eagles

    • @kenwelch198
      @kenwelch198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me either.

    • @marklynn3994
      @marklynn3994 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very hazy

    • @dcummings4834
      @dcummings4834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saw these guys 3 times pre crash. I know I was there but it's all a little hazy!

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Life's Been Good,,,,,👍😎

    • @user-iu7yj6oy1t
      @user-iu7yj6oy1t หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love Joe! Huge talent!

  • @SergioGarcia-po4xb
    @SergioGarcia-po4xb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm 58 years old, the 60s were a decade of innocence, the 70s were about experimentation, the 80s were a full blown party, the 90s was the hangover and the 2000s a new beginning for me and hopefully everyone else, God bless you all. 😎✌🙏

  • @freebirdtony
    @freebirdtony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    This song was dedicated to Gary Rossington, one of the three guitarists. Gary wrecked his new 73 Ford Torino into an oaktree, his injuries caused a delay in the band's production. Ronnie really layed into him over that.
    Ironically enough, Gary is the lone surviving original member of the band. There is another surviving member of the band, Artimus Pyle, who replaced the original drummer Bob Burns in 1975.

    • @matthunter983
      @matthunter983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      lead guitarist Allen Collens also became a paraplegic due an alcohol related car crash

    • @freebirdtony
      @freebirdtony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@matthunter983
      Yes, that was in 1986, and his girlfriend died in that single car accident.

    • @bentindle9036
      @bentindle9036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is another guitar player that was an original member, his name escapes me right now. He left before they hit big. But he is in the band now.

    • @bentindle9036
      @bentindle9036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rickey Medlocke

    • @freebirdtony
      @freebirdtony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bentindle9036
      Medlocke was with Blackfoot. The other original guitarist along with Rossington and Collins was Ed King, who was with the band '72 - '75
      King co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" and was the main guitarist on that classic.

  • @mnemonic1363
    @mnemonic1363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    This song was written after one of the band members got in a pretty bad car accident. Kinda realized they were going a little too hard.

    • @DanielFrost21
      @DanielFrost21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      The band member was Gary Rossington.

    • @rsw1227
      @rsw1227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@DanielFrost21 he is "Prince Charming"

    • @mnemonic1363
      @mnemonic1363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DanielFrost21 It's crazy because then Bob Burns died in a car accident

    • @jeremyfagner6808
      @jeremyfagner6808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Drove head on into an oak tree. Just like the song says

    • @KnightRacing3267
      @KnightRacing3267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ironic that Rossington is the only one left alive.

  • @SearlesHernandez
    @SearlesHernandez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Lol. I told my wife about this song about 15 years ago and she's like "There's no song named that." I remind her every time it plays.

  • @jasondaniels8691
    @jasondaniels8691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Ronnie Van Zant was one of the best songwriters ever.... do you know that he never wrote a word down they were all in his head that's amazing

  • @ninerman7797
    @ninerman7797 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think Brad & Lex are the best music reviewers on you tube, please keep it rocking 🎉

    • @user-iu7yj6oy1t
      @user-iu7yj6oy1t หลายเดือนก่อน

      They should dive deeper into this band, so much talent. The deeper cuts that never got much airtime are awesome

  • @SIXX2772
    @SIXX2772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    The original LYNYRD SKYNYRD 73-77 was the absolute best band ever, so many classics pumped out of these guys in just a 4 year career and between the ages of 19 to 25 .....AMAZING BAND !!! My favorite of all.

    • @victorylane2377
      @victorylane2377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Second best after The Allman Brothers Band. ;)

    • @mikeleone1337
      @mikeleone1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She gets it , southern rock kick ASS!

    • @SIXX2772
      @SIXX2772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@victorylane2377 Nope...but to each his own

    • @tyronesharp401
      @tyronesharp401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Those 4 years Skynyrd were genius. I saw them a few times and they were amazing.

    • @freebirdtony
      @freebirdtony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Excellent commentary.👍🏻

  • @kenklein4783
    @kenklein4783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Lex, you make me feel so ancient when you say ‘way back in the 70’s’! Truly though, it was a remarkable time to grow up, and I am so thankful I did.

    • @jamesfoster2238
      @jamesfoster2238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I did so much stupid stuff in the 70s and there is no record of it on the internet at all... truly a special time to grow up...lol

    • @nolaserv
      @nolaserv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LOL, man that was only yesterday!

    • @babylonsister118
      @babylonsister118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      we really were spoiled!

    • @WhizzingFish12
      @WhizzingFish12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Totally agree! It's worth being old now to have been young then. Great music, keg parties, good weed, and natural girls. So much fun. I feel sorry for kids today - bad music, media addiction, anxiety... Ugh.

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😎

  • @ImaginaryMachines
    @ImaginaryMachines 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    If you go back to the beginning of the song the lyrics are "Whiskey bottles, brand new cars, oak tree in my way" which refers to guitarist Garry Rossington driving under the influence and driving through a VW bug and then into a oak tree. That is when this song was written.
    I agree with you Lex, my dad is the reason I don't drink or smoke. He smoked his whole life and was a alcoholic, I learned from him to not even try it. Addiction isn't anything to mess with and it runs deep in both sides of my family. My dad died last year just after turning 65, he drank every night till he passed out till the day he died.
    I beg people not to drink or smoke, it's not a good way to die

    • @theghostofthomasjenkins9643
      @theghostofthomasjenkins9643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if you go back to the beginning, it's one of the best song openings ever.

    • @janetfradella2935
      @janetfradella2935 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow I did not know

    • @HenryVarn
      @HenryVarn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My parents both had grandparents and siblings who were huge addicts. Nicotine, alcohol, and some of them drugs. These cautionary tales that my parents told me growing up taught me to be smart about what I put in my body. I do drink and very occasionally smoke cigars, but I am always aware of how much I am using and to avoid them becoming a crutch. I'm glad they made sure I knew this, the history of addiction in my family.

  • @SIR-DanielHunter
    @SIR-DanielHunter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Next song you should check out by SKYNYRD is "give me back my bullets" badass riff

    • @landontoney
      @landontoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's just got that funk sound to it. Great song

    • @thursey8237
      @thursey8237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cause we don't sing the blues.Baddest lyric.

    • @sleggo
      @sleggo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I drink enough whiskey to float a battleship around.

    • @michaelstamper3444
      @michaelstamper3444 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I Know A Little

  • @derrickgoodwin6192
    @derrickgoodwin6192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Yall gotta do THE NEEDLE AND THE SPOON BY LYNYRD SKYNYRD

    • @batman66ism
      @batman66ism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Derrick Goodwin HELL YEA Love that song too.

    • @samuelgirard1407
      @samuelgirard1407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The live version 1976 at Winter Garden

    • @bobgarr6246
      @bobgarr6246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually the better and older version from circa 68 - 69 , Needle and Spoon by Savoy Brown is so much better.Chris Youlden's vocals are haunting and Kim Simmonds is just such a great guitarist, incredible playing lead. A true Fretmaster.

  • @unholydriver4987
    @unholydriver4987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Back in the 70's there was no MTV and no internet, so people only saw the artists at concerts, on album covers, or in the rare TV appearance. What they wore wasn't nearly as contrived as it is now

    • @unholydriver4987
      @unholydriver4987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @CEOofYTisPureEvil They also made the comment that bands didn't have agents and image consultants telling them what to wear, and my point is that that's because they weren't in the public eye the way celebrities and pseudo celebrities are today. The advents of MTV and the internet created an opening for a world of advisors and fashion gurus.

    • @deandee8082
      @deandee8082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      absolutely some bands i had no idea what they even looked like as I didn't have the album cover, no jokes man, so many bands, I didn't know till either MTV or the internet... lol, serious tho..

    • @thomasfoley4639
      @thomasfoley4639 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Unholy Driver They did have actual A&R people who if they weren't the ones who signed the biggest acts on the label then they were in charge of all the things they couldn't ask for on the Ryder for the Bands which tells the venues what food they needed to have and alcohol but they couldn't ask venues for weed Coke and so on. Coke back in the late 70's and most of the 80's was just a standard thing like incense or water,

    • @thomasfoley4639
      @thomasfoley4639 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lex, aka Lady Couch Gang, your relaxed and open mind is only matched by your straight up Beauty. Now you two keep things professional and neutral during the show as far as what I have seen, but I have seen Lex looking at Holmes like either you're concerned about his next words or you're getting ready to smash

    • @88wildcat
      @88wildcat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "What they wore wasn't nearly as contrived as it is now." Kiss, David Bowie, and Elton John have all entered the conversation.

  • @davidvsr
    @davidvsr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "you say you"ll be alright come tomorrow, but tomorrow might not be here for you: one of the best lines in ANY song

  • @scarbelly32
    @scarbelly32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I love the story of Ronnie Van Zant taking the producer outside,sending him home saying "we will call you when the records ready". That's back when men were men and musicians could play their instruments.

  • @kerryosborne966
    @kerryosborne966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    And if you want to listen to another Lynyrd Skynyrd song I suggest Gimme Three Steps I can't believe nobody has mentioned that song it's one of their greats

    • @justbe4481
      @justbe4481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or give me back my bullets.

    • @bloodybutunbowed291
      @bloodybutunbowed291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Facts! To both!

    • @AntiAnathema
      @AntiAnathema 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      and Ballad of Curtis Loew

    • @dennistyler8746
      @dennistyler8746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "On the hunt" is another...

    • @richardbazile2062
      @richardbazile2062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that's my favorite, that's the song that dude said i never heard a brother sing skynard, changed some lyrics blonde haired to bald headed mother,lmao

  • @donjenkins3861
    @donjenkins3861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    This is pretty much a true story. The band had started partying so much that they were all losing control. But one of the guitarist, Gary Rossington ran into a tree one night while high, inspiring Ronnie Van Zant to write this song. The whole band was out of control on fame, fortune and drugs. 🤗🤔😎

    • @madmitch3365
      @madmitch3365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hence the second verse “Oak tree you’re in my way”.

    • @highline64
      @highline64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ironically Gary is the only original band member left along with Pyle who came along in 74

    • @nikaltesla9400
      @nikaltesla9400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The song is genius because Gary would have to play this song every concert knowing it was written about him.

    • @Long_Haired_Country_Boy
      @Long_Haired_Country_Boy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@highline64 Ricky Medlocke was with them a short time also.

    • @SpeedOfThought1111
      @SpeedOfThought1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      and they paid the price to get their kicks

  • @bobmurray6697
    @bobmurray6697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This song is haunting. The smell of death surrounds you. Like an aura. Slow down you’re not invincible was the message.

  • @fothebo1
    @fothebo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love the pure enjoyment on Lex's face during the guitar leads. She has the greatest smile.

  • @LivingCanvasFilms
    @LivingCanvasFilms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    My brother would sing this to me as a kid he was 14 years older than me. We would be in his Camaro with an 8track player heading to the beach in NJ. Sadly my brother passed away 8 years ago from cancer.... every time I hear this song I think of him.

    • @ryanjsgrandma2009
      @ryanjsgrandma2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice story, thank you for sharing

    • @unclej7842
      @unclej7842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lost my two older brothers. When I want to share something, they aren't there. Miss them. Sorry for your loss.

    • @fordykid5296
      @fordykid5296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What beach? I live in Seaside Heights

    • @perijetton9275
      @perijetton9275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man I miss the 70’s! RIP to your brother ☮️

  • @tarinindell8217
    @tarinindell8217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Outstanding band. You should check out "Saturday Night Special"

    • @SonicImmersion_
      @SonicImmersion_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I came here to recommend the same thing! The slide guitar by Gary Rossington in that track is awesome.

    • @davidteller7681
      @davidteller7681 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This longtime fan's favorite Skynyrd song

  • @eyespyyourspy1328
    @eyespyyourspy1328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This is my favorite Skynyrd song. The guitar riffs, the atmosphere, everything about this song hits my soul. Oooooo That Smell!"

    • @chopper5245
      @chopper5245 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree 💯

    • @barbpercy8849
      @barbpercy8849 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me, too!!

  • @jreed8861
    @jreed8861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Skynyrd was hands down one of the greatest to do it, Tuesday’s gone, Saturday night special, the ballad of curtis Lowe, gimme three steps so many good ones.

  • @conteur5297
    @conteur5297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "The smell of death surrounds you". It is an intervention.

    • @dianaspears571
      @dianaspears571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, this was the intervention of the 70's before Betty Ford era.

  • @rickyconner6782
    @rickyconner6782 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love Lex's comment about originality. Very true.

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's because from the mid sixties to about the late seventies, the record company handled the business and let the artists alone to make the artistic decisions. Once they started pushing the artists around and brought in 'song doctors ' and everything became solely about the bottom line, musical originality was dead.

  • @musicman9969
    @musicman9969 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Gary. One of the greatest guitarists ever. Ronnie would be happy you lived this long

    • @OldMusicFan83
      @OldMusicFan83 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gary, Allen and Steve- immortal combo!

  • @timmurphy5580
    @timmurphy5580 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    People my age (63) do you remember that day we were waiting for Lynyrd Skynyrd to come to our city. When that plane crash happened I lived in Cleveland. They were on tour to come there in a couple weeks. It was weird to hear this song the week that they died. When I hear it, I still get the creeps

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    One of their best IMO. I love Southern Rock. The smell of death was the knowledge that people they knew were dying or almost dying because of their actions.

    • @BST-lm4po
      @BST-lm4po 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. Their hard partying had put them on the brink of death!
      "Angel of darkness is upon you,
      stuck a needle in your arm!
      (You fool you....)"
      Ronnie was an incredible lyricist!
      Maybe the best,.. in my book!

    • @oldschool4382
      @oldschool4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BST-lm4po Take a listen to Needle and The Spoon same story

  • @gixxer750axld
    @gixxer750axld 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    being one' back in the day' people , lol. The southern rock bands would have their whole guitar players line up together during the solos , miss those days .This band was/ is legendary!

  • @MrScottsearles
    @MrScottsearles 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think Brad pretty much nailed it when he said "all of it". All of it combined,

  • @fredrickm4436
    @fredrickm4436 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lex, you are sooooo smart. I'm 56 and grew up in the 70s, and you are so right in many things you say. brad...you have a treasure for a woman, or friend, or whatever she is to you. this is my favorite reaction channel.

  • @brettsmith724
    @brettsmith724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Call Me The Breeze
    studio version.. The both of y'all will not be disappointed. From the era! Welcome to the Skynrd rabbit hole you guys

  • @paulkeah-tighii2256
    @paulkeah-tighii2256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love when Lex plays air guitar 😎

  • @mariannegoldweber1577
    @mariannegoldweber1577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was 14 in 1976 and my 20s in the 80's.... I called them the dark years because I didn't see many TV shows or movies during that time.
    Life was one on going party, concerts music and work.
    I've lived my youth in my youth. No regrets. The seventies eighties and early nineties were a blast.

  • @Vlasko60
    @Vlasko60 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite Skynyrd song. Good message. Great solo. Those backup singers.

  • @zebjohnson5118
    @zebjohnson5118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    " Call Me the Breeze"
    Disclaimer I'm not responsible for any speeding ticket if this song is listened to while driving😲✌️♥️

    • @suecook1326
      @suecook1326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Especially the version where Billy Powell solos on the piano. Does he ever spank those piano keys!! th-cam.com/video/P9wBpmZn9nA/w-d-xo.html

    • @zebjohnson5118
      @zebjohnson5118 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@suecook1326 yes ma'am he sure does ♥️

    • @jerryjones8479
      @jerryjones8479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You got to mention that this wasn't originally by them god it kills me JJ Cale gets no recognition

  • @derwoodbowen5954
    @derwoodbowen5954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Nose candy, ludes, crank, the whole package was big during this time. Almost everyone knew someone who went down this path. Guess it is a miracle we all survived the 70's.

  • @redeemed6955
    @redeemed6955 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From one old timer with Experience do not even try experimenting with drugs. You two have a fantastic life together, love your vibes.

  • @karenwalsh1143
    @karenwalsh1143 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They played this song on the radio for decades! Believe me. I know!!

  • @brianray278
    @brianray278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great reaction yall another great skynard song is the ballad of Curtis loew

  • @banjoeypicks
    @banjoeypicks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a 1978 high school grad, I know a thing or two about the 70's. Awesome time to grow up in!! Bands like this give me SOOO many great memories. Great job you two!! Love from Alabama

    • @OldMusicFan83
      @OldMusicFan83 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m class of 84 and was a kid then, but agreed. Awesome era!

  • @garmit61
    @garmit61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    From Lynyrd Skynyrd’s best album. I bought Street Survivors on vinyl when it was released in UK. Within months a plane crash killed the singer, lead guitarist and one of the backing singers. Ironically the album cover has the band stood in flames. They really were a very special band back then.

    • @oldschool4382
      @oldschool4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Had the same original version signed by Gary, Allen ,Derk Hess,Dale Krantz -Noe Rossington other that formed Rossington Collins band gave it to me at a party Left in my Dad and Moms Garage for safe keeping the both passed 8 years ago cleaning out the house it and about 8 other albums had been stolen from garage. They changed the cover to a photo without the flames the re- released 25 or 30 years later with the flames again originals have some value

  • @mikesanders4362
    @mikesanders4362 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos! And love Lynyrd Skynyrd! Ironically, this song, with its tone of death and darkness, was prophetic by the genius songwriter Ronnie Van Zant. He wrote of the downward spiral of excessive use of drugs and alcohol in the band. The irony...this song was released 3 days before their plane went down in the swamp in Mississippi. Oct 17th 1977, Oct 20th 1977. Did that give you chills??

  • @Nickel138
    @Nickel138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is it, Brad!! “Is this song about drugs?” Yup, this song is definitely about drugs. 😋 “Just one more fix, Lord, might do the trick. Hell of a way for you to get your kicks.” Best line.

  • @levinicholsonmusic547
    @levinicholsonmusic547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Yall should check out "On The Hunt" & "Needle and The Spoon" by them as well that whole second helping album is lit!!

    • @justinpalmer6098
      @justinpalmer6098 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent choices!

    • @carlyyoung12
      @carlyyoung12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ballad of Curtis Lowe is a true story!

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Two songs that displayed one of Skynard's major influences: Free.

  • @chucke728
    @chucke728 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    DUDE.....Love this baby girl....because SHE makes ur show

  • @richardbazile2062
    @richardbazile2062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    tell our boy to not take this shit too serious lex is a flat out rocker, what a joy, rock out children. i am the lead singer for the Bluestreak band, stl, we heard a dude swear i never a brother sing Skynard, we laughed our ass off, rock on

  • @annaoswald5943
    @annaoswald5943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It's so awesome you both are loving this amazing band. Your terms "they come with the heat" and "they're songs slap" are spot on. You will not see any decline in the quality of music as you go deeper into their catalog.

  • @tylerdavis9957
    @tylerdavis9957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lynard skynyrd: Tuesdays gone
    Is the best song to play when your leaving a party. Iconic really

    • @nikaltesla9400
      @nikaltesla9400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ... and so perfectly part of the soundtrack for the movie Dazed and Confused.

  • @johnburens3395
    @johnburens3395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Growing up in the 70's was different than now and it was a good time despite crippling inflation and crime. We had these songs to keep us together though and help us through any bad times.

  • @tomfinn9887
    @tomfinn9887 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lived back then. Things were crazy, but we loved each other.

  • @gunsfan4ever
    @gunsfan4ever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I really love watching you 2. I feel like we would be good friends if we lived around each other. Keep up the great work.

  • @Innerexpansion
    @Innerexpansion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Watching you two appreciate Skynard so much is awesome. Love Lex’s expressions during the solos. Can really see genuine enjoyment.

  • @MusicFan1977
    @MusicFan1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Back in the 70s musical artists worked hard at their craft - they learned and practiced their instruments. And groups typically wrote their own songs. The problem today is that songs are often written by committee and the artists are not truly dedicated to bettering their voices or musical instruments. Obviously that's not universally true, but it's become too easy these days to become famous as a packaged product. Most of the real talents out there don't get recording deals or hyped by the record companies. Check out Starcrawler (Bet My Brains or No More Pennies) for a talented recent rock band.

    • @ugaladh
      @ugaladh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Back then, people wanted to form "bands" of multiple talented people, now days its about being a celebrity, its about ME. add in over-production, sounds pop is required to have, lack of tempo changes, etc. Beano has a video on "Why Boomers hate modern Pop".

  • @tammyjackson3113
    @tammyjackson3113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Speaking of ending a party song Skynyrd ended their concerts in the 70s with FREEBIRD until the tiles fell off the ceiling of the auditorium. Great time to be a teenager.

    • @OldMusicFan83
      @OldMusicFan83 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Johnny VZ still ends the concert with Freebird. Sounds just as good!

  • @benj1955
    @benj1955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Watching your channel always makes me happy. You're so much fun and down to earth. All this from a pension age Brit who was buying all of this 70s stuff in my teens and early 20s. I think you'd like the Allman Brothers Band who came before Lynyrd Skynyrd. I watched your white privilege video today. It was brilliant. People are nice or they're not.

  • @mygaylefriend
    @mygaylefriend 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know this entire album by heart.
    Truly a classic.

  • @normapadgett4209
    @normapadgett4209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You two are so sweet ~ love watching your reactions to some of the GREATEST music ever written. Thank you for being so adorable.

  • @ericdavis1338
    @ericdavis1338 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, my name is Eric and I'm 57 years old man. I discovered tonight while on TH-cam something called: "Reaction Music". I'm watching you two do what you do. As said I've been sitting here watching various videos you've done for a couple of hours now. I was born and raised in Detroit I don't know if you know much about Detroit but it's off the chain in every way you can imagine. I have to tell you both, this has been "My Sunshine on A Cloudy Day". Actually, more than that watching you two and your willingness to be open-minded gives me hope it's what I needed. My faith has been tested over the times. You think you can't take another step and you do. There's power in what you do I know it's music but it goes beyond that, it's a learning tool. I feel like I could write a book right now. The reason I'm saying these things is because I was the only white man and my neighborhood for most of my life. I don't see color I just see two Young People doing something amazing. Never lose your open-mindedness and always keep the faith..... Music has NO boundaries. Best Wishes two you Both.....

  • @deeberwill51
    @deeberwill51 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just listen to entire "STREET SURVIVORS" album. Pretty much every song is awesome!!

  • @richard_n
    @richard_n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If you guys are liking the southern rock sound, be sure to check out The Black Crows and 38 Special. Both are amazing bands.

    • @TracyfromNC
      @TracyfromNC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Black Crows will knock you out

    • @TracyfromNC
      @TracyfromNC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lex, you're right...it was crazy...we all tried things...just like soda pop.

    • @oldschool4382
      @oldschool4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Crows shake You Money Maker Awesome although some Otis Redding covers etc

  • @robinreiley1828
    @robinreiley1828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The late 60's and 70's were a Party that never ended.24/7/365 "The Party" was going on. Not just for the Youth, there were full bars everywhere, with people finishing work and drinking till closing time. The WWII Generation and the Vietnam War Generation, knew that Death was always waiting and tried to live as much as they ( we ) could. Every teenage boy knew that at 18 their Draft Card would come, and they might not see the age of 21. It made you take risks.....

  • @cjo2012
    @cjo2012 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brad and Lex, please read this. I just found you guys and after listening to your warmly intuitive and perceptive reception of 'The Ballad of Curtis Lowe' and now this, there's so much I need to share with you 2. Also I just saw that you have over a quarter of a million subscribers. So congratulations and God Bless. Forgive me if I write too much and I can't thank you enough for reading this. OK so...
    I am a guitarist/singer from the Bronx NYC. Currently I'm the singer in a Led Zeppelin tribute. But as they say 'first and foremost' I'm a guitarist. I was in one of thee first Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute bands to ever exist back in 1985. I know every molecule there is to know and love about this band. Plesse continue reading with my loving appreciation...
    Lex, I need to thank YOU right away for saying, in your Curtis Lowe review, that you can't understand why people would say Lynyrd Skynyrd is racist. They are ignorant in the truest meaning of the word. Ronnie Van Zant and the band knew how richly the Blues (which is a distinctly original American music form directly resulting from the Black experience in our great but historically flawed country), inspired and informed their songwriting and guitar playing. ~ So people see photo's and draw conclusions. The band used to display a conferate flag as a backdrop at their concerts. They were proud of the good parts of southern culture and I'm sure they despised racism. They knew their history and they acknowledged the social context of the musical table at which they feasted. They had a song called 'Things Goin' On' in which they sang about how wrong it is to spend millions on going to the moon while people go hungry on American streets. They werent socialist's but they had things in PERSPECTIVE.
    Ok, now THIS song. Brad, I think you nailed it about the prevalent use of alcohol and narcotics in those wild rock star days of the 70's, and the different ways one might smell death all around them. These lyrics however, were quite specifically inspired by one of the principal and founding guitarists in the band, Gary Rossington (ironically the only surviving member of the original band). One night, Gary went and got very badly intoxicated on everything and who knows what else, and proceeded to crash his car into the Oak tree mentioned in the song.
    This inspired Ronnie Van Zant to quit all drink and substances but too late, he and several others were killed in the infamous plane crash that ended the band weeks before this song was released.
    One more thing about your reactions, I was lovin' how you two didnt know it, but you were swaying left to right in perfect unison while you were diggin' the music. Noteworthy how Lex was smiling with joy but Brad was serious faced as if to say.."damn this stuff is for real".
    Ronnie Van Zant wrote songs about everything from urban sprall to handguns to homelessness LONG before it was a virtue signal to do so. Ask me the songs.....PS Lexie, I saw you playin' air guitar on that last sustaining note of the song ...you go ahead girl...and keep shinin' that beautiful smile.

  • @shanesturgill75
    @shanesturgill75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've been playing guitar for 26 years, and this song was the impetus for my initial interest. Such tasty playing on this one!

  • @vellaropedart9190
    @vellaropedart9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That sustaining guitar feedback at the end of this song still send chills. They were really trying to get clean towards the end. They had just got Steve Gaines (younger brother of back up singer Cassie Gaines) as their 3rd guitarist (replacing Ed King) and we're getting back on top of their game. So sad their career ended as tragically as it did.

    • @edwardvolner8678
      @edwardvolner8678 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank note bend and sustain was Gary Rossington,he was their funkiest guitarist

  • @patricianixon7674
    @patricianixon7674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was so jail bait to go to the last concert Lynyrd Skynyrd but went with a group and I'm so glad I got to see them.

  • @jamesbuttz9497
    @jamesbuttz9497 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your all's TH-cam channel first off. Lynyrd Skynyrd is the best American band to ever do it. They've touched so many hearts and souls through their music if you listen to the lyrics. I can remember being a young boy and always hearing this music as I grew up to it through my family playing it and the radio playing it. The tragedy of this all most of them died in an airplane crash back in the early '70s if I'm not mistaken they're playing run out of gas and they crashed in the swamps. There is a VH1 movie that you all need to watch about this that shows them actually leaving the on the airplane. And then the drummer there's only like two or three original band members that are still alive. Made a movie about the plane crash y'all need to watch this movie and realize the tragedy of this band the world's greatest band of all times. Their music still lives to this day and played on the radio in movies their music will never die.

  • @joemoe765
    @joemoe765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We need of see Lex react to live Skynard... Freebird Live in Oakland. You will lose your mind! Enjoy your humor and happy vibes.

  • @overkill1025
    @overkill1025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my favorites all time. Rich unique guitar tone, nice solos, great lyrics, awesome performance.

  • @dzl8596
    @dzl8596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some of the best guitar playing you’ll ever hear is on that album.

  • @charlrsperry3354
    @charlrsperry3354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brad and Lex, this song was written by the lead singer Ronnie VanZant and member Allen Collins. It was written about another member of the band who was living too hard and into alcohol and drugs. He wrecked his new car, oak tree you're in my way. All the band partied but this guitarist took it to the extreme. As fate was denied, he's the only original member ALIVE TODAY. And may I add, my favorite guitarist of all time. All four guitarist of the band over the short years were OFF THE CHAIN great, but Gary Rossington WAS the guitar sound most recognizable in the best band the world has ever known.......LYNYRD SKYNYRD !!!!!

  • @chrisandrews759
    @chrisandrews759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the best by them! Opening lines are fire 🔥

  • @metalmellie4371
    @metalmellie4371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is about when the band was drinking and doing substances. One of the guitar players got wasted and hit an "Oak Tree", and almost died. He was pretty messed up from it. The small (I think) was when he hit the tree and all the smells in the car from the alcohol, drugs, to the engine smell from the crash. So Ronnie made a song about it.
    On the Hunt is amazing you gotta react to it!! Alson Needle and the Spoon is amazing as well!!!

    • @devinw5150
      @devinw5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That smell Ronnie’s singing about is the smell of death. “The smell that surrounds you” is referring to living on the edge and everything you do is one step away from killing you (car wrecks, drugs, drinking etc)

  • @robertmather7334
    @robertmather7334 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw them in concert before the plane crash. Amazing performance.

  • @Pipeline66
    @Pipeline66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Skynyrd always sang about freedom and moving. My favorite is, “You Got That Right” written by their newest (1976) guitarist and possibly best, Steve Gaines.
    Best line, “I’ve done everything in my life. The things I like, I do ‘em twice.” Awesome!

    • @oldschool4382
      @oldschool4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      RIP Steve he brought an entirely new edge to the bands sound very apparent from Street Survivors that shared very little with their earlier works

  • @BackRoadStoneRevival
    @BackRoadStoneRevival 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If you want to see a good Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary checkout “If I Leave Here Tomorrow”

  • @dingusbro925
    @dingusbro925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:11 surprisingly this very very short guitar segment is my favorite part of the song.

  • @stacymarietomlinson3288
    @stacymarietomlinson3288 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Skynyrd ride out! The needle and the spoon, classic. I never dreamed, a hidden gem. I love them bars! Whisky bottle, brand new car, oak tree you're in my way! And those two lead guitars, and and a third guitarist right? So sick! The heart of the guitar era, mid 70s.

  • @riveralph3687
    @riveralph3687 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great reaction to and discussion of one of Skynyrd's deepest songs. And those GUITARS!!! I get goosebumps every time I hear the leads in this. Love y'all's reactions.

  • @jrshelton3398
    @jrshelton3398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    LS was so damn good.

  • @southernway8132
    @southernway8132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All there albums are ones you can just put on and not skip one song! They are one of the best gone to young!

  • @Oriolesfun
    @Oriolesfun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They will forever be legends. They’d give the shirt off their backs to anybody. R.I.P. Ronnie, Steve, Cassie, Jojo, Leon, Allen, and Ed

  • @wendideleoncampbell4174
    @wendideleoncampbell4174 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite songs by skynyrd🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

  • @deniseriley6622
    @deniseriley6622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how ya'll just bop and groove to everything. Love Ya'll 💘

  • @johnstarace8369
    @johnstarace8369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Even though I’m a Metal Head I love Skynyrd. This is the lead singer Ronnie Van Zant’s attempt to straighten out the rest of his band after he had gone sober. One of the guitarist’s in the band had hit a tree with his car after a wild night of partying, the guitarist almost died. The horrible coincidence is a few weeks after the band released this album Street Survivors some of the band died in a plane crash on their way to play a concert. Lex, to answer your question about celebrities and rock stars and drug addiction, when your introduced to a lot of money all of a sudden, and your used to partying most people tend to overindulge, lots of money lots of drugs, almost always a bad combination.
    Stay Cool 😎 and…
    \m/ Stay Metal \m/

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This song was arguably the closest Skynard came to heavy metal.

  • @mikeat2637
    @mikeat2637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was really crazy back then, I'm in my mid 70's and saw it all and did some. It was a different environment than the last, say, 25 years. In the 60's and into the 70's it was way different than today. I'd go into more detail but I don't think the people at TH-cam would appreciate it.

  • @bigguygoogle457
    @bigguygoogle457 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love you guys.. I lived in the 70s,80s and into 91 with the smell of death around me . Finally owned the truth that I had to change or I would likely end up in jail a nut house or dead.. I went clean and sober for 10 years and fell back. Fortunately found my way back. Been clean and sober now for 23 years.. Thankfully with the help of God, my friends and family.. I get a kick out you 2 and other similar shows. So much good music to find.. Keep on rockin!!

  • @terryriffe4792
    @terryriffe4792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You need to react to "call me the breeze " by them next

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fire,,,🔥🔥🔥👍😎

    • @oldschool4382
      @oldschool4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep Very Good JJ Cale Cover

  • @AntiAnathema
    @AntiAnathema 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    during this song live they always run a smoke machine to fog up the whole crowd and there is an additional funky smell that mysteriously comes up too

  • @silversliver1592
    @silversliver1592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Up here in the 416 [TORONTO THE NORTH] Southern Fried Rock is what we call it and we love it, Molly Hatchet rocks also

  • @cmccracken5976
    @cmccracken5976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been waiting for someone to react to this song. Everyone wants to react to Freebird which is a great song, but love That Smell

  • @chrisandrews759
    @chrisandrews759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If lex likes skynard this much I can't imagine what she'll think of Allman brothers. Duane allman and dicky Betts are freaks of guitar!

  • @dragon-lu3mk
    @dragon-lu3mk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the best anti-drug song ever ...

  • @da324
    @da324 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The 70's was the decade of decadence. These guys were phenomenally talented and they were about to be world wide known until the plane crash. I saw them in Lakeland Fl. just a couple of days before the crash. What a show.

  • @gregj1295
    @gregj1295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, if you grew up in the late 60's and 70's and loved music it was an amazing time. The music was your life story, the good,the bad, love and of course the Vietnam War songs. All the great songs from hundreds of artists just kept coming. Glad your enjoying part of our life.

    • @tammyalmond4824
      @tammyalmond4824 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love you guys. React to MOTHERS FINEST

  • @derrickgoodwin6192
    @derrickgoodwin6192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He is talking about his guitar player being strung out on drugs at the time of this song

  • @legalizitt
    @legalizitt 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Top 5 band! Mine are Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Rush...AC/DC, David Bowie, Guns 'N' Roses, Neil Young, Scorpions, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen(if you can relate to working man lyrics with heart), The Who, Van Halen, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Deep Purple, The Doors, Foo Fighters, Jethro Tull, Motley Crue, Marilyn Manson, Queen, Soundgarden, Tom Petty, Tommy Bolin, Yes, ZZ Top, and I suppose The Beatles.

  • @garydouglas7239
    @garydouglas7239 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It was the best time ever. We weren't even allowed in the house until evening time and we belonged outside

  • @donbrunt4393
    @donbrunt4393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm sure someone else pointed it out that this song/album was released just after their plane crash that killed about half of the band.....the smell of death was around them....but they could not have guessed how it would claim them. Very sad moment of my senior year in HS.
    I must say that I do like your reactions.
    I think Rush is the perfect band for you to explore more. Brad will love Neil's lyrics to ponder and Lex will just groove to and feel the music.

    • @neilpatrickhairless
      @neilpatrickhairless 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ronnie knew. I've even heard that he was about to step back into a production/management role in the band and hand the lead spot over to Steve Gaines so that he could "get away" from the party, so to speak