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Interracial Couple Reacts To LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sweet Home Alabama!!!
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Believe it or not, your interpretation of a song and the artist's actual intent aren't always one and the same and your opinions aren't facts.
I mean you can obviously tell they`ve never paid much attention to skynyrd. Theyre literally googling during the video
Everyone gets “triggered “ by what they perceive to be the truth.I’ve heard songs from the other side of the spectrum and didn’t take it too literally.We just live in a time of people waiting to be offended,Dave Chappelle just made a comedy show that offended everyone, and it was great.I e never owned anything with the confederate flag on it,but I’ve known at least 5 black guys that have the flags on their trucks.Its funny, they’re southern,so it is what it is.If you do,or say, anything anywhere now you’re going to piss people off,that’s the old way of saying Triggered.
@@dannyreeves4782 it's not a dave chappelle special if no one gets offended lol
JAYKNO60 I say that it’s not comedy in general if it’s not offensive.That is being taken away too though,just make jokes about the President because that doesn’t get old does it? Now I’m triggered by the triggering,so I’m going to have to become a Subaru driving vegan,if I buy a pair of those teva sandals I’ll get rid of myself.Sensitivity is a bastard.
JAYKNO60 You’re damn right, I’m a middle aged white guy from the south,and I would love to have a 35 year old Richard Pryor here today to piss all of the whiners off.That would be epic,Dave’s holding it down, but Pryor was the guy that told Cosby to suck his dick back in the “ “Cosby’s a good ole pudding pop guy” days.
I'm still wondering what "interracial couple" has to do with anything.
clickbait, like "christians react...", it's their right to seek attention though, no problem
It shouldn't have anything to do with it, but as always, Vin has to put race into everything.
Honestly I totally understand the title, because of the controversy surrounding the band and their music as being racist when they are not, so being they are an interracial couple we get the differing opinions as far as the race issue goes.
It’s kinda obvious
Everybody in Alabama is racist...
Sori you got it right when you pointed out that they booed the Governor.
"We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two," Van Zant later said. "We're Southern rebels but, more than that, we know the difference between right and wrong." In fact, those "boos" are thought to imply that the band disagreed with Wallace's politics-and that bit about Watergate seems to be a pointed remark about the hypocrisy of the North, which had its own problems, too."
This is the 2nd time Vin's said he wasn't a fan of the Rebel flag (both Skynyrd videos), but in a Pantera(?) video several months ago he said it didn't bother him. Hmmm...
A hypocritical Christian? NO WAY!! YOU DON'T SAY!?!?
It's trust like the rap artists that was wearing the flag in the 90s and early 2000s. Smh
Pretty sure I also said I’m not mad at southerners for having pride in it. Ya know both of those concepts can be true simoutaneously. I personally am
Not a fan of it but I’m not going to demonize a person for loving it
@@VinAndSori I'm Mexican and that's part of our history also. We went to school taking pride of this flag and what it stands for. I guess I didn't live it so I don't see how bad it was I guess. He still have racism in my job and HR doesn't do anything about. What's sad it's not white people but a Mexican (born in Mexico) that set up black people for his gain. So sad and he doesn't like me I stand for respect and knowing it's wrong.
"You know they had Confederate flags and stuff. I never cared about that. Like, it doesn't bother me." - Cowboys From Hell, 6/24/18, 6:38
What's with the title changes: Millennials react? Interracial Couple reacts? What's next: Gearhead and Nu-Metaller react? Just throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing if it sticks?
It's used to attract more new Villagers, keep an open mind buddy.
It might attract people to an specific video by playing the algorithm a bit, but it won't attract *villagers* because the vast majority of videos is about metal and religion (So not a lot of overlap to get people to stay on the channel) so a Rock song to talk about racism? Kiiind of left field....Except for some future Burzum songs maybe hehehe
clickbait, like "christians react...", it's their right to seek attention though, no problem
I'm not talking about having the right or not, I am talking about what is actually more effective. Clickbait *does* work but it creates a volatile, unreliable audience that becomes just a temporary influx not a sustainable audience which is preferable.
It's true that the "Christian couple reacts" has gathered mostly atheists and agnostics. You can see it in the comments and the likes..
So if this "Interracial couple reacts" continues, what will it gather?
This is a retort to Neil Young's song Southern Man. Yeah a fucking rap battle in the 70's. Lol . The Swampers were responsible for the Muscle Shoals Sound (there is a great documentary about them on Netflix). They were the rhythm section for almost every big song from the 60's-70's (Mustang Sally, Respect....). A quote from Van Zant (singer)"Wallace and I have very little in common," Van Zant himself said, "I don't like what he says about colored people". "In 1975, Van Zant said: "The lyrics about the governor of Alabama were misunderstood". 'We tried to get Wallace out of there' is how I always thought of it." Ronnie was not racist. He was a very intelligent man and just looked at things differently. Oh BTW they are from Florida. The state capital of Alabama is Montgomery. He used Birmingham to call out all the racist bullshit that Wallace was doing. That is the city that had the bombing of the church that killed the 4 little girls and all of that other shit. He was calling out Wallace and his supporters.
Neil also wrote a song called "Alabama" which... well, read the lyrics. But i think maybe something thats been missed here... The line right after the "infamous line" is ... "does your conscience bother you? Tell me Truth"
Neil Young - Southern Man
Southern man
better keep your head
Don't forget
what your good book said
Southern change
gonna come at last
Now your crosses
are burning fast
Southern man
I saw cotton
and I saw black
Tall white mansions
and little shacks.
Southern man
when will you
pay them back?
I heard screamin'
and bullwhips cracking
How long? How long?
Southern man
better keep your head
Don't forget
what your good book said
Southern change
gonna come at last
Now your crosses
are burning fast
Southern man
Lily Belle,
your hair is golden brown
I've seen your black man
comin' round
Swear by God
I'm gonna cut him down!
I heard screamin'
and bullwhips cracking
How long? How long?
Also, the whole 'feud' with neil young was all good natured and they were fans of neil young. Ronnie Van Zant is even wearing a Neil Young T-shirt on the cover of Street Survivors while Young performed SHA at a memorial event for the three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in a plane crash in 1977
Yeah, I think this is a case where Vin and Sori miss the context of the song. It would probably help them to research this one and make some follow up comments
Fireside now, call in and fill in the blanks
You know who had a guitar with the confidante flag on it? Dime
So?
Pantera used the confidante flag and weed flags all the time
Yup ! Still my fav guitarist
Dime(Pantera in general) and DAC had a solid relationship, even did a collaboration.
Well the flag isnt racist the flag is southern heritage, my black friends from school wore dixie outfitter shirts with levis and a skoal can in their pocket i mean trying to say a flag thats history isnt racist but you want to call it racist due to the fact that some kkk morons used to run it around and somehow Confederate flag got turned into this racist flag through misconceptions and if you watch grand dragons they will have a kkk flag as well as a Confederate flag that was to show their support of the south then they had the kkk flag to show their support for the kkk.....im not saying nothing bout you vin i just think the thought process your using for the Confederate flag is Extremely divisive ...
The members of Lynyrd Skynyrd aren’t even from Alabama. They were born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Just a little fun fact.
I will add this in defense of LYNYRD SKYNYRD'S race relations. Their backup singers and many in their road crew were black. Their guitar tech was also black and sometimes stood in to play with the band when one of the other guitarists physically unable to perform. The band themselves dropped all use of the Banner of Northern Virginia. They wrote songs about important people in their lives regardless of race.
@@michaelvondrake7489 Well only the backup-singers on the studio recording were black.
Thanks you....
You should know a little something about the band before trying to equate them to racism. Maybe you should do your research before you turn the camera on.
Not the first time they, well Vin over reacted.
Exactly. I mean, Vin is black, so probably from the time when he was born he was told that all southern people are racist people. So no wonder that he says stupid shit all the time.
I've been alive for 55 years. 99.9% of all the racists things I've seen come from the black community.
@@lgray1963 then you need to get out more. The vast majority, black or white, aren't racist. What you're seeing is a small example being blown out of proportion. The same thing that has been done to white southerners by race baiters.
We need to start seeing each other as people and not as their skin color.
Im starting to dislike Vin quite a bit, hes bring too many preconceived notions to these tracks, Skynyrd are on the record as saying they are against racism, the flag was something associated with the south, and in those days wasn't necessarily thought of as it is today, they were proud of where they are from, that was it. Sori sees it for it is, and he brings this toxicity that's clearly coming from a place of ignorance.
Immediately after the song is over Vin’s body language is in serious discussion mode, but Sori comes in with extra pizza sauce and then talks about putting down a dog 😂😂 your such an innocent person Sori, don’t ever change. Vin your blessed you got a Diamond with this girl. Such a charged topic of discussion in definitely tuning in the fireside tonight. Peace out ✌️
Hubris is a thing Vin, you get so much wrong in your interpretation yet you speak on things as if you know for sure.
Call in on the next fireside
I will if I can, do you know when that will be?
Tonite or tommrrow
Cool, sounds good. Tomorrow night's game sucks so that would be better but either way is fine. Skins/Dallas is at 4:30 so anytime after the game is fine. I want to be clear up front, I have an interracial family too, I'm not arguing that racism doesn't exist, it clearly does. I just don't think you have enough information to make some of the statements you made. I think in our current society, name-calling tends to end any useful discussion and prevent any growth.
Sweet Home Alabama was James Hetfields first record/song that he bought too btw. This song in a way led to Metallica, Megadeth and even Pantera who were huge Skynard fans. Dime had the flag on his guitar mainly because he was a Skynard fan.
None of the guys that wrote this is from Alabama, it was a response to two Neil Young tracks. I don’t find it as easy to write this off as a “ racist “ or a support of racism track. It’s more at least to me don’t judge all southern people for the ills of their region. Like lines in Birmingham they love the governor, boo boo boo, doesn’t show entire support for Wallace
Lemme know your thoughts at the end
VinAnd Sori I can definitely see how that one line can be interrupted as a racist line...If you think the Governor is true you must be a racist. However the band writing as non Alabama residents, think they took Alabama asa symbol of the South cause everything civil rights related was popping off in Alabama especially Birmingham. They don’t mention the state capital of Montgomery until the end where Ronnie sings Montgomery has the answer. I take it as support for what Rosa and Dr King was doing in Montgomery. I obviously didn’t know the man, but Ronnie said he didn’t agree with Wallace. And he said the confederate flag was a gimmick from the record label. And no Ronnie passed in that plane crash, so no interview, could prob get his brother who took over as vocalists
Firstly, what is with this race baiting, lazy click-baity title "Interracial Couple Reacts To LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sweet Home Alabama!!"
Why even use that as a tile, so Vn can play the victim of something that never happened to him[or any other black person in America alive today or for the lats few generations- most if not all those who did suffer during the era are dead and gone)? The band is not racists, there is nothing racist about the song. What gives?
Secondly. If you're gonna focus on only ONE{bad} aspect of the culture that the confederate flag was part of for a time- and thus declare the flag "evil", you have to do the same with every other flag and every other symbol{including religious ones; including the cross/etc}. Pretty much every flag has been used during times which the culture or country thereof was doing some bad things{and some good}. The stars and stripes must be "evil" then because under it's cover America dropped the a-bomb/H-bombs on Hiroshima and nagasaki, did the CIA's mk-ultra and agent orange, invaded Iraq under Dubya, list goes on. You have to demonize it them too. You also would have to demonize the flags of say south Africa because currently horrible things are being done In racist attitudes against the Boards{white/Danish descended farmers whop feed the people; look up Lauren Southerns new documentary "farmlands" on youtube ad watch it and also look up/watch some of Stefan Molyneux's vides on yuotube dealing with this topic}. You have to call their flag "evil" then. You also have to call Canadas maple leaf flag 'evil" because under it in the past aboriginals had children taken from them and forced into abusive residential schools{not to mention demonize the Christian cross as "evil" because it was Christian churches/sects that did the evils}. You have to call every aboriginal tribes symbols or flags 'evil" because in the past the various tribes did horrible shit to each other. You have to call Russias flags and symbols 'evi;" because of Stalinist commie USSR's body count{50 millionish}- same with Chinas flags and symbols because of Maos communist mass murdering and the current communist govts mistreatment of it's people. You have to call Britians flag/sym,bols "evil" because of the current Orwellian climate there and because of it's being slaves to monarchy for centuries and Britains past crimes. You have to call the Christian cross symbol "evil" because of the many crimes commited under this symbol over the last 1700 years until recently{not so much anymore admittedly} , the same with Israels flag and jewish symbols, same with arab and muslim religion and countries flags and symbols. List goes on ad on.
Not to mention the stars and stripes- of the North U.S. because during slavery of blacks period, both the north and south engaged in slavery under their flags and symbols{however it must be noted that only a couple percent of very wealthy land owners, not even all of them, let alone the average whites therein; owned slaves or promoted and wanted it; most whites rejected ad condemned slavery and racism in both the north and south; why do you think when the war/revolution happened it was over fairly quickly and freedom for the slaves won? Because most white people in the north-under stars and stripes and the south- under the confederate flag, opposed slavery and fought and lost their lives to win that war}
Or else you are being double standarded and hypocritical.
As to the confederate flag and the south particularly{and also Lynard Skynards song here; in which all they are doing is showing love for their home, family and community and state- alabama- and the people thereof; what's so wrong about that?}.
Newsflash: the confederacy existed and their flag/symbol symbolized, more than slavery{which only a small number of wealthy land owners in the south wanted to keep- btw so did a small number of wealthy land-owners in the north} - it represented several different things and causes of the people of the southern states; part of the reason why they rebelled against the north was partly due to the norths hypocrisy is scapegoating only them for slavery{and all of them- which is still happening today quite unfairly and a lot of northern states and federal propaganda pushed through Hollywood, academe, Hollywood, establishment comedians and so on is bigotry against the people of southern states- still aleblling them all racist monsters and ignorant hillbillies,etc}, and aklso moreso because the south did not want globalist elites controlled federal govts totalitarian rule to rule over them and their independent states, they opposed the feds absurd extremer taxes, and many other things; slavery was such a small part of it all that the confederate flag{and southern pride} is and was always about much more, it was about the aforementioned independence causes I just talked about. Slavery was such a tiny component of it, and most southerners who back then and today love their flag and ove their people and their states were and are anti-slavery and anti-racism. Hell, even General Robert E Lee{despite the disinformation history revisionism propaganda by the globalist controlled feds and neo-Marxist influenced north} was against slavery. he owned some slaves, only because he had inherited them, andhe actually wanted them to be free from slavery. His reasons for fighting the north were not about keeping slavery, it was about the other reasons/causes I mentioned{he had some racist views about blacks, but he did not hate them, he basically did the same thing as the soft bigotry of low expectations left does today- infantilized them}.
Regardless of Lee. Fact is that all flags have been used during times when all countries and cultures have done some evil shit in history{same with all symbols of all religions}, why scapegoat only the confederate flag as 'evil", overcous on the slavery aspects and ignore the majority of reasons why the flag exists and majority of what it represented and represents?
And more importantly here, why use that race baiting, playing the victim, intellectually and morally lazy clickbaity title in reference to this band and this son{when the band is not racist and the song is not racist}?
Come on Vin/Sori
It is a reaction to Neil Young's Southern Man
Seriously guys...not a great title to the video at all!
To say the least...
Why? Are you triggered by interracial couples?
Mortiis no not at all..but it seems like they're doing it to draw attention
No, ass. It makes the assumption that there must be something against interracial couples in a song called Sweet Home Alabama. And look, WOW, a real interracial couple are going to LISTEN TO IT!! Alert the press!
Obviously it's a clickbait title, probably to see how triggered the confederate flag lovers get, and it works every time lol
I think for most people that likes the southern culture, the confederate flag doesnt represent any race related stuff. Its more about freedom, family and God (even though im not religious).
I completely agree... I held this belief for much of my youth.
However, even on casual observation, it's clear that a huge bulk of people attach additional meaning, and that meaning is pretty negative.
You can choose to ignore that, but that's a choice to disregard a fundamental truth of what the icon communicates.
What you want it to represent almost doesn't matter. What matters (in terms of communication) is what is heard.
But say to the people who do see it as a racist symbol... do you think the flag should be flown on government property and parks to where if they wanted to have a picnic, it’s flying over their heads at the park? Or have to sit in the shadows of a statue of a man who fought to keep their ancestors enslaved?
You could claim the same for any and all flags dude, why single out only the confederate flag for scapegoating?
Firstly, what is with this race baiting, lazy click-baity title "Interracial Couple Reacts To LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sweet Home Alabama!!"
Why even use that as a tile, so Vn can play the victim of something that never happened to him[or any other black person in America alive today or for the lats few generations- most if not all those who did suffer during the era are dead and gone)? The band is not racists, there is nothing racist about the song. What gives?
Secondly. If you're gonna focus on only ONE{bad} aspect of the culture that the confederate flag was part of for a time- and thus declare the flag "evil", you have to do the same with every other flag and every other symbol{including religious ones; including the cross/etc}. Pretty much every flag has been used during times which the culture or country thereof was doing some bad things{and some good}. The stars and stripes must be "evil" then because under it's cover America dropped the a-bomb/H-bombs on Hiroshima and nagasaki, did the CIA's mk-ultra and agent orange, invaded Iraq under Dubya, list goes on. You have to demonize it them too. You also would have to demonize the flags of say south Africa because currently horrible things are being done In racist attitudes against the Boards{white/Danish descended farmers whop feed the people; look up Lauren Southerns new documentary "farmlands" on youtube ad watch it and also look up/watch some of Stefan Molyneux's vides on yuotube dealing with this topic}. You have to call their flag "evil" then. You also have to call Canadas maple leaf flag 'evil" because under it in the past aboriginals had children taken from them and forced into abusive residential schools{not to mention demonize the Christian cross as "evil" because it was Christian churches/sects that did the evils}. You have to call every aboriginal tribes symbols or flags 'evil" because in the past the various tribes did horrible shit to each other. You have to call Russias flags and symbols 'evi;" because of Stalinist commie USSR's body count{50 millionish}- same with Chinas flags and symbols because of Maos communist mass murdering and the current communist govts mistreatment of it's people. You have to call Britians flag/sym,bols "evil" because of the current Orwellian climate there and because of it's being slaves to monarchy for centuries and Britains past crimes. You have to call the Christian cross symbol "evil" because of the many crimes commited under this symbol over the last 1700 years until recently{not so much anymore admittedly} , the same with Israels flag and jewish symbols, same with arab and muslim religion and countries flags and symbols. List goes on ad on.
Not to mention the stars and stripes- of the North U.S. because during slavery of blacks period, both the north and south engaged in slavery under their flags and symbols{however it must be noted that only a couple percent of very wealthy land owners, not even all of them, let alone the average whites therein; owned slaves or promoted and wanted it; most whites rejected ad condemned slavery and racism in both the north and south; why do you think when the war/revolution happened it was over fairly quickly and freedom for the slaves won? Because most white people in the north-under stars and stripes and the south- under the confederate flag, opposed slavery and fought and lost their lives to win that war}
Or else you are being double standarded and hypocritical.
As to the confederate flag and the south particularly{and also Lynard Skynards song here; in which all they are doing is showing love for their home, family and community and state- alabama- and the people thereof; what's so wrong about that?}.
Newsflash: the confederacy existed and their flag/symbol symbolized, more than slavery{which only a small number of wealthy land owners in the south wanted to keep- btw so did a small number of wealthy land-owners in the north} - it represented several different things and causes of the people of the southern states; part of the reason why they rebelled against the north was partly due to the norths hypocrisy is scapegoating only them for slavery{and all of them- which is still happening today quite unfairly and a lot of northern states and federal propaganda pushed through Hollywood, academe, Hollywood, establishment comedians and so on is bigotry against the people of southern states- still aleblling them all racist monsters and ignorant hillbillies,etc}, and aklso moreso because the south did not want globalist elites controlled federal govts totalitarian rule to rule over them and their independent states, they opposed the feds absurd extremer taxes, and many other things; slavery was such a small part of it all that the confederate flag{and southern pride} is and was always about much more, it was about the aforementioned independence causes I just talked about. Slavery was such a tiny component of it, and most southerners who back then and today love their flag and ove their people and their states were and are anti-slavery and anti-racism. Hell, even General Robert E Lee{despite the disinformation history revisionism propaganda by the globalist controlled feds and neo-Marxist influenced north} was against slavery. he owned some slaves, only because he had inherited them, andhe actually wanted them to be free from slavery. His reasons for fighting the north were not about keeping slavery, it was about the other reasons/causes I mentioned{he had some racist views about blacks, but he did not hate them, he basically did the same thing as the soft bigotry of low expectations left does today- infantilized them}.
Regardless of Lee. Fact is that all flags have been used during times when all countries and cultures have done some evil shit in history{same with all symbols of all religions}, why scapegoat only the confederate flag as 'evil", overcous on the slavery aspects and ignore the majority of reasons why the flag exists and majority of what it represented and represents?
And more importantly here, why use that race baiting, playing the victim, intellectually and morally lazy clickbaity title in reference to this band and this son{when the band is not racist and the song is not racist}?
I'm not American, so I'm looking at this as an outsider, but I could never understand why many Americans hold the Confederacy in such high esteem. I mean, even if you put the whole race related stuff aside, doesn't the Confederate flag represent treason?
Yea the union jack was flying on British ships when Britain was involved in the slave trade but no ones outraged about the UK flying union jacks today lol
Do you even know anything about the Civil War Vin? 3% of Southern Population owned slaves at the time. The war was fought by poor farmers who had nothing to do with the politics like it always is. Imagine your country declares its independence and then gets invaded by another country and there are soldiers burning down your towns and cities. Wouldn’t that propel you to fight to defend your women and children?
Nobody was invading during the civil war?
LOL! Hey, guess what, turd? It's 2018 and the poor are STILL fighting the wars for about 3% of the population. The Civil War was TOTALLY about slavery and the rich wanting to maintain it for their own greed. Good grief, don't be such a sore loser.
@@ScottGibbs First off, the your first sentence is not relevant in the discussion about the civil war, and he did say "like it always is", acknowledging your point before you even made it. The civil war was about slavery, but the soldiers had basically no choice. Deserting would mean death, switching sides would mean invading your hometown and killing your neighbours. The soldiers were sold the idea that dying for your brethren was honorable. The flag represents the 97% that had to fight and die for something they should have had no part in. You are not contradicting A S with any of your points, you are just being ignorant and not realising that his point is not to defend the southern politicians intentions but to educate people about the ACTUAL state of the south at that time, and to make sure that people dont disrespect southern soldiers by calling them racists or their flag racist. The rich 3% might have thought that the whole south fought for their ideas, but in reality they fought for their families and their home
Jesus H. Christ... what happened to schools and their teaching of history? Did they start teaching whatever was politically correct for the time, and forget about the truth all together?
I think an important point about this song is the time it came out. It was written in '73ish. Wallace ran an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination of President in '72. An assassination was attempted, but only left him permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Not able to campaign afterwards, he still won the Michigan and Maryland primaries along with primaries in several Southern states. He also came in second in states such as Indiana, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. He ended up with less than 300k total votes of the eventual nominee. Granted, at that time, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas didn't have primaries, so none of his votes came from those areas.
Good stuff!
Muscle Shoals is a recording studio. It's a very famous recording studio that did the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Willie Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Cocker, Levon Helm, Paul Simon, Bob Seger, Rod Stewart, and Cat Stevens.
""Sweet Home Alabama" was written as an answer to two songs, "Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young, which dealt with themes of racism and slavery in the American south. "We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two," said Ronnie Van Zant at the time.
In his 2012 autobiography Waging Heavy Peace, Young commented on his role in the song's creation, writing "My own song 'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue"."
"In 1975, Van Zant said: "The lyrics about the governor of Alabama were misunderstood. The general public didn't notice the words 'Boo! Boo! Boo!' after that particular line, and the media picked up only on the reference to the people loving the governor." "The line 'We all did what we could do' is sort of ambiguous," Al Kooper notes. "'We tried to get Wallace out of there' is how I always thought of it."Towards the end of the song, Van Zant adds "where the governor's true" to the chorus's "where the skies are so blue," a line rendered ironic by the previous booing of the governor. Journalist Al Swenson argues that the song is more complex than it is sometimes given credit for, suggesting that it only looks like an endorsement of Wallace. "Wallace and I have very little in common," Van Zant himself said, "I don't like what he says about colored people."
Music historians examining the juxtaposition of invoking Richard Nixon and Watergate after Wallace and Birmingham note that one reading of the lyrics is an "attack against the liberals who were so outraged at Nixon's conduct" while others interpret it regionally: "the band was speaking for the entire South, saying to northerners, we're not judging you as ordinary citizens for the failures of your leaders in Watergate; don't judge all of us as individuals for the racial problems of southern society"."
It’s a great right wing song , that is all you need to know .
You make good points how we all have implicit bias and people jump to being offended thinking you're calling them racist.
Interracial? thats a term i mostly only see on....... other sites
Yeah I saw it on Netlix once. Oh... wait.
It was Interstellar.
Many people that fight for their "country" do not by necessity align with their governments policies. Military service isn't always voluntary.
Very good point
The Swampers are session musicians, they played on country songs but also Aretha Franklin records.
Muscle Shoals is quite synonymous with R&B in general too.
As a Southerner I like the flag BUT I fully get why people don't, and the sad fact is most of the HATE it has tied to it from both sides has waaaay more to do with actions after the war than anything about the war. Infact its not even an official ''Confederate'' flag, it was a ''battle'' flag used so the officers could see where their lines were during battles, after the war it was adopted by veterans because it represented the solders and not the government. Funny how it was intended as a non-political symbol of the Southern fighting men.....
Appreciate this!
If you are really interested in understanding the highly complicated nature of the Southern solders and officers look up ''Stonewall" Jackson, The man was a champion of the black people before the war. He bought slaves to free them, he ''owned'' a couple of elderly slaves that were afraid to be free, so he bought them so they wouldn't be sold away from their families. He started a black Sunday school that he and his wife ran teaching blacks to read and write, even though it was illegal. He died a hero of the South and his BLACK best friend a freed slave lead his funeral precession. An utterly fascinating man and a great example of how there was a whole lot more going on than the 15 minutes you get in history class.
Great topic. The Flag in Question was Not actually the "Confederate Flag". That was the flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, also known as "The General Lee"... the flag was designed by a White Supremist but General Lee chose the banner because it was very Noticeable on the Battlefield. He felt the actual Banner of the Confederacy looked too similar to the Federal Flag on the battlefield. HOWEVER, as African Americans were returning from WW-I, and wanting the chance to Vote for a country they fought for (again), Hate Groups all started raising the "Banner of Northern Virginia" and wrongly calling it the "Confederate Flag" or "Rebel Flag" just because it was so Visible... just a little TRUTH about those flags.
@@WVMADMAN1 Yeah, Jackson was a very interesting character. So was Robert E. Lee. Any slaves in Lee's household were inherited through his wife. Lee didn't actually like the institution of slavery. From the beginning he wanted Colored soldiers in his army but Davis and the Constitutional Congress regularly turned him down. After the war, he paid the slaves of his wife for time served. When Lee learned one of his units was waylayed and turned back by a "Colored Platoon" he wrote to point out to Jefferson Davis "If colored men make good soldiers, everything we are fighting about is Wrong.".
@@WVMADMAN1 Exactly. Its better to do your own research. I never knew this information. Very interesting. I did knew the fact that the flag was designed by a white supremacist. Great information.
Vin misinterprets lyrics part 353237. It wasn't a pro-racism song.
oh I get it, "interracial" because Vin is a viking.
Racist song or not, this is one of the most iconic songs ever in the history of music. So was Neal Youngs song "Southern Man." Both are incredibly Iconic songs. Until all races ultimately blend together, hundreds of years from now, racism will always be a part of our existence. Great review, and congratulations on Sori's pregnancy. The thing I noticed more than anything in this video was her pregnancy glow. The same glow my wife had when pregnant with our child. Made me smile.
The discussion on this one was particularly amazing. Love you guys.
PLEASE, react to their song "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe". It's a story that's probably more true to their feelings of race and segregation. It's on the same album that Sweet Home Alabama is on. I truly don't believe they were racist, but were upset that Southerners as a whole we're known for being racists because of the actions of certain groups of degenerates from the south. Just my opinion. Love you guys, keep the awesome videos!
Yeah this song made me realize that Skynyrd wasn't racist. It took me as a black man a long time to listen to them. But if you look at it, they are very influence by black music. Simple Man, That Smell, and the ballad of Curtis Love is my favorites.
THE DEEP you are exactly right!!!!!!
I gotta agree. I've been trying to get Vin & Sori to do Curtis Loew for awhile now. Would love to hear the perspectives of both races hearing that Ballad.
Love the videos, can't wait to see more! Thank you for what you do every day. 😊
Yes!!!
Lets not forget that certain rich landlowers in the north also owned slaves and wanted slavery, but the narrative always focuses on scapegoating only the south, because it is bigotry against southerners propaganda.
Firstly, what is with this race baiting, lazy click-baity title "Interracial Couple Reacts To LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sweet Home Alabama!!"
Why even use that as a tile, so Vn can play the victim of something that never happened to him[or any other black person in America alive today or for the lats few generations- most if not all those who did suffer during the era are dead and gone)? The band is not racists, there is nothing racist about the song. What gives?
Secondly. If you're gonna focus on only ONE{bad} aspect of the culture that the confederate flag was part of for a time- and thus declare the flag "evil", you have to do the same with every other flag and every other symbol{including religious ones; including the cross/etc}. Pretty much every flag has been used during times which the culture or country thereof was doing some bad things{and some good}. The stars and stripes must be "evil" then because under it's cover America dropped the a-bomb/H-bombs on Hiroshima and nagasaki, did the CIA's mk-ultra and agent orange, invaded Iraq under Dubya, list goes on. You have to demonize it them too. You also would have to demonize the flags of say south Africa because currently horrible things are being done In racist attitudes against the Boards{white/Danish descended farmers whop feed the people; look up Lauren Southerns new documentary "farmlands" on youtube ad watch it and also look up/watch some of Stefan Molyneux's vides on yuotube dealing with this topic}. You have to call their flag "evil" then. You also have to call Canadas maple leaf flag 'evil" because under it in the past aboriginals had children taken from them and forced into abusive residential schools{not to mention demonize the Christian cross as "evil" because it was Christian churches/sects that did the evils}. You have to call every aboriginal tribes symbols or flags 'evil" because in the past the various tribes did horrible shit to each other. You have to call Russias flags and symbols 'evi;" because of Stalinist commie USSR's body count{50 millionish}- same with Chinas flags and symbols because of Maos communist mass murdering and the current communist govts mistreatment of it's people. You have to call Britians flag/sym,bols "evil" because of the current Orwellian climate there and because of it's being slaves to monarchy for centuries and Britains past crimes. You have to call the Christian cross symbol "evil" because of the many crimes commited under this symbol over the last 1700 years until recently{not so much anymore admittedly} , the same with Israels flag and jewish symbols, same with arab and muslim religion and countries flags and symbols. List goes on ad on.
Not to mention the stars and stripes- of the North U.S. because during slavery of blacks period, both the north and south engaged in slavery under their flags and symbols{however it must be noted that only a couple percent of very wealthy land owners, not even all of them, let alone the average whites therein; owned slaves or promoted and wanted it; most whites rejected ad condemned slavery and racism in both the north and south; why do you think when the war/revolution happened it was over fairly quickly and freedom for the slaves won? Because most white people in the north-under stars and stripes and the south- under the confederate flag, opposed slavery and fought and lost their lives to win that war}
Or else you are being double standarded and hypocritical.
As to the confederate flag and the south particularly{and also Lynard Skynards song here; in which all they are doing is showing love for their home, family and community and state- alabama- and the people thereof; what's so wrong about that?}.
Newsflash: the confederacy existed and their flag/symbol symbolized, more than slavery{which only a small number of wealthy land owners in the south wanted to keep- btw so did a small number of wealthy land-owners in the north} - it represented several different things and causes of the people of the southern states; part of the reason why they rebelled against the north was partly due to the norths hypocrisy is scapegoating only them for slavery{and all of them- which is still happening today quite unfairly and a lot of northern states and federal propaganda pushed through Hollywood, academe, Hollywood, establishment comedians and so on is bigotry against the people of southern states- still aleblling them all racist monsters and ignorant hillbillies,etc}, and aklso moreso because the south did not want globalist elites controlled federal govts totalitarian rule to rule over them and their independent states, they opposed the feds absurd extremer taxes, and many other things; slavery was such a small part of it all that the confederate flag{and southern pride} is and was always about much more, it was about the aforementioned independence causes I just talked about. Slavery was such a tiny component of it, and most southerners who back then and today love their flag and ove their people and their states were and are anti-slavery and anti-racism. Hell, even General Robert E Lee{despite the disinformation history revisionism propaganda by the globalist controlled feds and neo-Marxist influenced north} was against slavery. he owned some slaves, only because he had inherited them, andhe actually wanted them to be free from slavery. His reasons for fighting the north were not about keeping slavery, it was about the other reasons/causes I mentioned{he had some racist views about blacks, but he did not hate them, he basically did the same thing as the soft bigotry of low expectations left does today- infantilized them}.
Regardless of Lee. Fact is that all flags have been used during times when all countries and cultures have done some evil shit in history{same with all symbols of all religions}, why scapegoat only the confederate flag as 'evil", overcous on the slavery aspects and ignore the majority of reasons why the flag exists and majority of what it represented and represents?
And more importantly here, why use that race baiting, playing the victim, intellectually and morally lazy clickbaity title in reference to this band and this son{when the band is not racist and the song is not racist}?
I'm waiting for "Interracial Christian Couple interviews Varg Vikernes"
Yasssss!!
Please Vin/Sori, save yourselves the trouble. I'm not as active on your channel as before, but I'm not sure if you read my previous warnings. Varg, besides his insane theories, is a narcissist. He is in love with the sound of his own voice. He will either mock you, try to make you looks foolish or rant about some huge conspiracy (Involving the Jews who pushed Satanism into black metal, of course. It all combines together for him).
But I doubt that he will even talk to you...
He doesn't worth the effort. You are not going to change him.
I would suggest trying to hook Nergal. Although it's going to be tough now, with Behemoth's new tour... I'm not sure if he will find the time for a long interview.
@squashedeyeball Varg won't catch them off guard and he would be careful about what he says as well. But if it turns out to go along the path you described, then it's a win-win for both channels anyways..
As for Nergal,
what time is better for an interview than when on tour and promoting a new album?
Regarding Nergal, I don't know man. I assume his schedule is full to the limit. After all, if he finds to the time to talk with vin and sori it's going to be a very long discussion... But I hope he will talk to them.
And Varg... He might be an absolute fool, but he has a way with words. Words, and his "all self important and all knowing" expression and tone. He can talk nonsense and make it seem like it's the best thing that was ever said. I just don't want to see vin and sori falling into his verbal ambushes. That is, if they are going in trying to be nice. If they are going ready for (Civilized) war, then I will be more settled about it.
Squashed!!
Ronnie Van Zant and Al Kooper set the record straight way back in 1975-not that anyone seems to have paid any attention to their comments.
“We tried to get Wallace out of there is how I always thought of it," Kooper said.
"The lyrics about the governor of Alabama were misunderstood," Van Zant said. “The general public didn't notice the words 'Boo! Boo! Boo!' after that particular line, and the media picked up only on the reference to the people loving the governor. The line 'We all did what we could do' is sort of ambiguous.
"Wallace and I have very little in common. I don't like what he says about colored people." Adding, “We're not into politics, we don't have no education, and Wallace don't know anything about rock and roll."
Montgomery is the capital of alabama not birmingham
The Neil Young Diss track 😂😂😂
Not a diss track guys do your research
clickbaiting couple react
Actually this song came out in 1974 which is the year Wallace won re-election renouncing his racism and past segregation views. So the Watergate scandal reference as well as Wallace's previous racist views were to be put behind and move forward. Does your concience bother you? I also would like to add that Skynyrd were from Florida and were singing from a native Alabama southerner's viewpoint. With the Neil Young bringing up the past in his song and everything that is in this song, I believe it is just the opposite of what you think the song is celebrating. It's celebrating putting the racist past behind and move on and celebrate just being a southerner from Alabama.
I do enjoy your lyrical breakdowns. This and rime of the ancient mariner have been really good.
Nice video! They were reacting to Neil Young's "Southern Man"! Please react to that next for context! Neil calls out the south for their hypocrisy of claiming Christianity while hating black people. Great song. Thanks again for the commentary!
Exactly Vin ! The middle part of the Four Horsemen is inspired by this song. In fact Dave Mustaine was playing this riff in the studio just to bother the band(Dave wanted to make a speed and agressive song but them no) and when they recorded the song they include this. Cheer up from France, sorry for the mistakes (if they are mistakes) .
Nope makes sense !
Thanks !
lmao , long time Sori and Vin fan here. I laughed way to hard at the title.
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A) The band's "homeland" was Florida. This song was a comeback at Neil Young for his songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama" in which he criticized the south for being racists. But, it was barely a comeback, because it was written as a joke and the guys in the band were big Neil Young fans. Neil Young wrote in his memoir that he basically regrets writing "Alabama" because he painted with too broad a stroke. Saying he would rather sing "Sweet Home Alabama" than his own song "Alabama".
B) Ronnie Van Zant flat out said that they, as a band, did not support Governor Wallace and did not like the things he said about black people and that they (the band) tried to get him out. That is why he says "IN BIRMINGHAM they love the governor. Boo boo boo, we all did what we could do" and then later in the song says "Montgomery's got the answer", meaning the civil rights marches were the "answer" or right thing. In Birmingham they love the governor, but Montgomery's got the answer.
C) Were they racist when they made the song? Who? There were seven people in the band at the time of recording, three of them are the writers of this song, one of them said the only line you have hung the entire message of the song on. So, was Ronnie (the singer) racist? Were all three writers racist? Were all seven members of the band racist? This is reason they wrote the song. "Southern Man" and "Alabama" said ALL southerners were racists. "Watergate doesn't bother me" was this band's way of saying we don't blame every northerner for the way their leaders act, don't blame every southerner for what Wallace did and said.
D) The Swampers were a group of musicians in Mucle Shoals that owned and operated a recording studio... But, "Sweet Home Alabama" was recorded in Georgia... By a band from Florida... In response to songs written by a man from Canada
E) I hate this song. Try "The Ballad of Curtis Loew", maybe not a reaction, its far from metal, but its a better song than "Sweet Home Alabama"
The song is simply a right wing anthem and I love it . They also Rock the rebel flag, even better 😎😎. I love how lefty’s do mental gymnastics to justify liking the song . It is pretty amusing .
Do.. Simple Man by them... beautiful song.. really. Cheers =)
As parents, you should play this song for your kids.
@@jeffkaylor6610 I Agree.
Yes! Simple Man or That Smell!
These titles are fucking hilarious
Vin..dont pretend this is your first time hearing this song..no matter how old you are as long as your older than 10 yrs of age, you know this song
It's not "boo hoo hoo", it's "boo boo boo". Just fyi. Sometimes little differences change the entire tone of a song.
Simple Man! I know you will love it! But I need my Power Metal fix so hurry up with Helloween - Keeper of the seven keys 🎃
35:50 Sweet Potato pie! Or pecan pie :) I swear, when I lived in the south, every diner had pecan pie for dessert.
I grew up with this song and had never actually taken the time to dig into the lyrics. I agree with you guys though and I think more people are listening to what you’re saying day to day than you think. Thanks for doing what you do.
First time truly disliked your reaction. And your title illustrates a lot. Thought much more of you two, especially you Vin. Definitely turned off your channel for the first time since you guys started.
Well, this song has a history, so this oughta be fun!.........................Great, classic, fun sounding party kinda tune. Ok, if I remember correctly, Ronnie himself shot down the accusation that the song was an endorsement of Wallace, & he also expressed his displeasure with the things that Wallace was saying about African-Americans. Ronnie said, among other things: "We're Southern rebels but, more than that, we know the difference between right and wrong." Wallace is actually booed in the song (boo boo boo). The "governor's true" line has been described as a deliberate shot of ridicule & disgust aimed towards southern racists, or a reference to the governor being true to his constituents, which is the more likely of the two. It's not a contradiction of the booing of Wallace. This song was originally intended as a bit of a joke towards Neil, it's not a "dis track" because of some kind of feud. Neil Young himself even expressed regret over 1 of the songs in question, "Alabama." Neil said: "I don't like my words when I listen to it today. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, too easy to misconstrue."
In a 2015 Interview, Gary Rossington said: "Everyone thought it was about Neil Young, but it was more about Alabama. We had toured there, going all around playing clubs and National Guard armories. Everyone was real nice. When we were out in the country driving all the time, we would listen to the radio. Neil Young had 'Southern Man,' and it was kind of cutting the South down. And so Ronnie just said, 'We need to show people how the real Alabama is.' We loved Neil Young and all the music he's given the world. We still love him today. It wasn't cutting him down, it was cutting the song he wrote about the South down. Ronnie painted a picture everyone liked. Because no matter where you're from, sweet home Alabama or sweet home Florida or sweet home Arkansas, you can relate."
Also, shortly after 3 of the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a plane crash in 1977, Neil Young performed a medley of "Alabama" and "Sweet Home Alabama" as a tribute. According to Rolling Stone, he's never played "Alabama" again since.
The Watergate references in the song may be a bit more ambiguous, but could be referring to Northern hypocrites casting aspersions against the South, an all Southerners are not the same kind of thing. I think you're really reaching here Vin. Attempting to put your own meaning into the lyrics is very unfair to the writers, especially considering the fact that you like the song & band, & also that 2 of the writers are deceased. It's quite possible that this song is not a racist song at all. A song like They Breed by Malevolent Creation, now that's a blatantly racist song.
I keep posting to vin songfacts.com it has FACTS about the songs he clearly gets very very wrong, guess he doesnt care about the facts? "shrugs"
monicajean37 I believe what the principals involved in the situation have officially & openly disclosed concerning this song, & an uninformed opinion doesn't do anything to change those facts. The intent of the lyrics, & issues of racism etc., have been addressed by the people involved at the time, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. I don't have any reason to think that they're lying.
We’re having a fireside in s few hours bring it up. Why did they have to post commentary about the song not being racist if it was so obviously not racist? Serious question
The song was addressed during interviews & in autobios/bios, they didn't hold a massive press conference about it because of some national uproar. lol Why waste time discussing this in fireside when the people involved have already given us the facts? Makes no sense to me. React to They Breed by Malevolent Creation, now that's a song you might want to discuss.
because they were being accused of being racist in the press and news stations all over America, so they had to react to the song for obvious reasons, they were facing there accusers, its just that simple.
Man, the look on Vin's face when the verse about the governor and Watergate came up. Hoooo that gave me a chuckle cuz I could ALMOST read what was going through his mind there.
Also, since y'all have been hitting some Skynyrd maybe you should react to Neil Young's Southern Man since one of the verses was in reaction to that song? I think Vin would dig the track for sure.
Ya. They snipe Niel Young for his song "Southern man" that addresses the issue of slavery.
Finally someone who can call somebody racist and NOT think that, that person is a bad person.
Wtf that title?
Nice use of clickbait, well done.
i found it weird
well,they are a interracial couple and they are reacting to the song.so..yeah.
Yeah, Clickbait for sure, Kinda a bummer.
@@BLeeFAFO
Not a bummer, it's well done. While "clickbait" does have a bad connotation...the fact is, it brings the viewers.
Mh? What's the problem, guys? Most of their titles begin like this. It's just part of their titles - so please stop the drama.
i just love your discussion
The irony of me watching this right now is i'm actually wearing a Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama shirt
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IMPORTANT: The former is an instrumental that plays before the latter on the album. There are videos that include both of them but do not be fooled by the video with HQ in the title (it's a lie!), go for the most viewed one instead, it’s better!!
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Change of seasons? Anyway,
Allegaeon: Proponent for sentience III the Extermination or Grey matter mechanics. Both very good. Brutal riffing and excellent soloing.
Awesome video guys! ! Love this channel and being Cherokee Indian I absolutely love the beliefs and the knowledge u guys have!
Thank you !!
@@VinAndSori you're welcome
Get the soda can away from the computer Vin...
😊 you did watch the channel yesterday....
Hahahah nice.
Neil Young - Southern Man
Hi Vin and Sori!
Is so good to se someone like you Vin discerning bad and good things...a thousands likes to you and Sori too of course.
Ha! By the way...I almost forgot...
👉Puscifer: "Conditions of my parole" or "The remedy".
Hail to The Village!!
Immediately after the band sings the verse "Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her," you can hear someone in the background singing "Southern Man." I've read that it was Young's original recording being played, or it's the album's producer, Al Kooper, impersonating Young.
Ya I thank they maybe radicals but listen to Curtis low it’s the other side Ronnie van zant look at thing from all sides
The Governor you are talking about was a Democrat ya know 😉 the more you know lol
Before the southern strategy, mind.
You're right, Wallace was a Democrat & the Southern Democrats were called ''Dixiecrats''. But when Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat, initiated Civil Rights legislation, he said ''we have lost the South for a generation''. But when Nixon, a Republican, was running for President, he cut a deal with Strom Thurman to slow walk the legislation in exchange for his support & Thurman ultimately switched parties & became a Republican. That marked the changed in the parties approach to the ''Southern Strategy'' & the morphing of the GOP into the party that Racists identify with & culminating with the election of Trump. The American Racist is no longer exclusive to the south. They are spread throughout the Mid-West as well. It is no surprise that ''White Evangelicals'' support Trump to the tune of 80%. They have always been closet Racists. Trump has legitimized Racism. The more you know.
@@1719456 And yet, Byrd, the Klansman, never did leave his beloved Democrats. And they hailed him as a good man.
@@1719456 he also said "we will have those n....ers voting Democrat for a generation" funny you brought that up in such a long response and left that line out. Hmmm odd
@@heimdallsgate6141 Unfortunately, that was the vernacular of the time. But he followed through on JFK's vision. The Dems evolved while the GOP drifted steadily to old white men & uneducated poor & middle class with a racist bent & of course wealthy America. Even Robert Byrd came to regret his past as a KKK member. Paraphrasing Trent Lott speaking to Thurman...we would have been better off if we had listened to you. Now we have a racist in chief being praised by David Duke & has yet to reject him. While the GOP remains in a fetal position for fear of pissing off Trump's racist base. The KKK contributed to Reagan's campaign & he had the good sense to rebuke them, But the perception was that the GOP spoke the language of the KKK. The rise of hate groups in America is a correlation to Trump's rhetoric against people of color. LBJ may have used the ''N'' word, but Trump & his base are legitimizing bigotry. Hmmm.
The guys that wrote this song were Florida and California. They had never lived in Alabama. It was a protest song against Neil Youngs 'Southern Man' song.
Good afternoon
I hope you two are doing well and your channel is growing. By leaps and bounds. I just happened upon it while listening to Sweet Home Alabama, of all things. I came of age around 1969 to 1976, when rock first exploded. Since I live in Ga., I was exposed to, and loved, the genre of Southern Rock. It was a heavy mix of Rock and Blues, and the pioneers of this mix centered first on the Allman Brothers and then Johnny Winter, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Marshall Tucker Band. Duane Allman, founder of the Allman Brs. Band, got his start, along with several members of Skynyrd.. as a secessions musician at Muscle Shoals Recording Studio. This area was a hotbed of Blues and R&B music. ( check out Live At the Fillmore and songs such as Soulshine and Statesboro Blues) You will hear that name later on.
On the group, they were not from Alabama but Jacksonville, Florida. Ronnie Van-Zant, just years older than me, and his two brothers both were leaders of bands. The weird name comes from his high school PE teacher who constantly gave him grief over his long hair. He founded his band as, as were all Southern Rock bands, as a fusion of Blues and Rock. They practiced by a small lake with an un-air-conditioned shack. Like most musicians, Van Zant and members of his band were Democrats, and played fund raisers for them. To understand a song like Sweet Home, you need to understand this. Ronnie came up with this song when he went fishing for and hour, The song was literally written and produced the same day. Several lyrics, as you noted, are dated now. First, the line “in Birmingham they loved the governor, boo, boo, boo.” You are right that they reference the events in Birmingham, but that is not the Capitol, Montgomery is. They are booing the Governor of Alabama for these events and some stations in Alabama refused to play this song on the air at the time. The next line, “Watergate does not bother me, does your conscience bother you” is a reference to Watergate. They supported and raised money for George McGovern, the Democrat who opposed Nixon. hence their conscience was clean. Again, this a serious issue at the time. He also uses the name of God in vain at the end of the song, more contention followed.
In terms of your discussion about great-grand fathers serving in the Southern military, they did. Just like the Union Army, they were drafted. The votes to succeed was contentious Only approximately 8% of Southerners owned slaves, and they were rich. Most people farmed and no desire to fight a war. This next concept is easier to understand by my age group. You didn’t have the option to not fight. There were groups called the Home Guard who patrolled the rural areas looking for deserters. If you were a military age man and you did not have written permission to not be with a military unit you were either shot or hung on site, no trial. The same thing could be said for Germans, who again were shot or hung by the Gestapo and your family sent to a Concentration camp. With the USSR, it was the Cheka and you, and your family would simply disappear. It is easy to be another persons conscience when the barrel of a gun is not pointed against you and your family’s head. These decisions were not made in isolation, I have three children and a wife I love, I don’t know if I would have made a stand if it was their lives that hung in the balance. Just something to think about.
The great flag issue. The flag that everyone see’s today is not the national flag that hung over Richmond, the Capitol of the Confederacy. It was called the Stars and Bars and consisted of three bands, red, white, red with a blue box in the upper left and thirteen white stars in a circle, eleven for the states that succeeded and Kentucky and Missouri, which did not. Remember, the votes were close. The flag we see a lot today was the Saint Andrews Cross. It is the national flag of Scotland and flies over Saint Andrews National Golf Course, site of the British Open. The flag was created after the first Battle of Manassas, ii was too smoky from the discharge of canon to distinguish Union from Confederate forces. This is the argument, the SAC was made for the military and hence served as a tribute for their relatives who fought in the War, most of us do not know what our great-grandfathers thought about slavery. Most African Americans see it as a reminder of slavery, I actually understand both points of view, both groups have a good claim.
Anyway, that is probably more information than you wanted. If you like Blues and Rock, check out a list of Southern Bands I have listed under my name, Don Knicely Southern Rock, you might like it. Also, I have a list of songs from a local guy who has it big in the world of Country Music, Zac Brown.
Kriegsmaschine (side project of guys from Mgła) just released new album, you should check it out
And mgla are returning to the studio in 2019.
A clump of cells are not a human being. It is not the same as racism. That was as bad of an argument as the Watergate/Governor one you scoffed at in the song. Not the same, not even close.
I never EVER thought there was anything racist about this song. "In Birmingham THEY love the governor. (boo boo boo). Now WE all did what WE could do. Watergate does not bother me. Does your conscience bother you?" The singer/narrator is NOT approving of George Wallace and his policies. Just the opposite. But he's also saying that bigger causes -rights and wrongs - stem from how individuals conduct themselves in their daily lives and hiding your own sins or trumpeting your own goodness behind those bigger causes, misses the point. Please listen to Curtis Lowe by Skynyrd to see how they link private feelings to public attitudes. Please.
Muscle shoals is home to a infamous recording studio,the swampers were famous studio musicians that played there.they were on many,many,many famous....huge albums were made there
Unfortunately, for today’s youth, facts are quite elusive. Opinions are used to substantiate this, that and the other, this is American culture today. Ironically, I can feel confident in saying that folks from nations across the world have a better grasp and understanding of our own music, past and present. A little research goes a long way. If you are ill equipped to properly critique music created prior to 1995, you probably shouldn’t.
Please try ice ts band body count or the biohazard song punishment y'all would love it
Institutionalised, cover from Suicidal Tendencies
I think his line "and the governor is true" is tongue in cheek with an eye roll. In the first verse he says "In Birmingham THEY love the governor BOO BOO BOO"
Anthrax - Indians. You've reacted to every band in the Big 4, except for them.
They did Madhouse but i agree. WE NEED MORE ANTHRAX!
@@peeweewallabowski7084 I forgot they did Madhouse, but how many Metallica songs have they done. Like you said, we need more Anthrax.
GG ALLIN liked Lynard Skynyrd:)
@@NirjharDas13 His micropenis made him go mad.
Hahaha
GG go go! React to I kill everything I fuck!
Yes sori your right respect and love no matter who fought who its over
Muscle shoals was a recording studio and the swampers were the studio musicians that played on a lot of records
Megadeth - Washington is next
I´m German and my great grand father fought in WW2 and I don´t think he is a bad Person at all, but I still think being a Nazi or being racist is a terrible thing, cause I don´t think me saying he was wrong about his idotism is the same thing as saying he is a bad person as a whole
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are you sure about that? What about the blacks that fought for Germany? Wearing the nazi uniform. What about the Slavs. What about the Muslims? The video tells when Jesse Owens went to the Olympic games in Germany, he was so well treated there that he said before he died it was one of the best sensations of his life, he was 100x well treated there than in the US where he wasn't even received by the president.
Well maybe he wasn´t bad to black people but to jewish he was, which to me, also is a form of rasicm, maybe not the form that people in the US are used to but it still is
NeRO ganz zu schweigen von dem Betrug dieser "Todeslager"
es zu leugnen, ist vernünftig. Sie sollten sehen, was wirklich in diesen lagern passiert ist, ob sie wirklich von den Deutschen oder aus mangel an quellen aufgrund des krieges gestorben sind, wo nicht nur juden, sondern auch Deutsche ohne nahrung oder durch eine krankheit namens typhus starben
Love their screw you to Neil Young and his Souther Man song, lol.
"Sweet Home Alabama" was Lynard Skynard's response to Young's "Southern Man". The debate about this song being racist has been going on since it's initial release with many saying singer Ronnie Van Zant's lyrics were misconstrued. Van Zant stated, "We're Southern rebels but, more than that, we know the difference between right and wrong." The "boos" were that the band disagreed with Wallace's politics and the Watergate remark was about the hypocrisy of the North, which had its own problems.
Neil Young, in his 2012 memoir," Waging Heavy Peace", wrote this about his song "Southern Man", "I don't like my words when I listen to it today. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, too easy to misconstrue.
Van Zant and 2 other members of Lynyrd Skynyrd tragically died in a plane crash in 1977, Young performed a medley of "Alabama" and "Sweet Home Alabama" as a tribute.
Reaction request attempt #187 Chevelle - The Clincher
#JusticeForDaniel
Lol I love that hashtag! I’ve been watching has it literally been 187 requests ?
@@VinAndSori yup, it's really been 187 at this moment lol. And another villager commented b4 saying, there must be justice for Daniel. Haha. So i went with that as my hashtag for requests.
Hahaaa what's the problem? I live in Holland. Multi racial country also. So what? Everything is fine here. With or without flags. Never mind the colour.
@Willem Van Der Mies I'm sorry. I was in an extremely good mood yesterday and I was too fast with putting this down. The point for me is that I usually don't think in problems. But I mustn't shut my eyes. You're right. But generally I think we live in peace here, don't we?
Notice that the sentence "and the governor true" doesn't make sense on it's own. As a matter of fact, there's a comma missing in the lyric video. It it actually "and the governor, true". What i understand from that is that he is celebrating the return ( "I'm coming home to you") but at the same time he's sorry that the governor comes in the packet. "I'm coming home to you....oh, yeah...and the governor, true, what can i do"
Governor of Birmingham? That's rich! lol Governor of Alabama maybe? hehe
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Not the best Skynyrd song to react to lol. You guys should’ve reacted to Tuesday’s Gone or That Smell.
I’m sure they’re gonna be in regular rotation
Simple man pleeeeaaase? Love you guys
Hell yeah ...” That Smell “ would be amazing 🙌🏻 my personal favorite
I love this song
They really loved the governor. Wallace was in office 1963-67, then his wife 1967-68, then Wallace again 1971-79, and 1983-87.
He did apologize for his racism in 1979, and he appointed black people to state positions.
Fun fact: The George C. Wallace White Way (!!) is a road in Alabama.
Iron Maiden - The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
When that cousin at the barbecue is looking fine af
Arkona-Na Moey Zemle (in my land)
Russian band featuring several folk metal bands kind of like 6 sweet home Alabama songs in one.
It's an awesome song.
ABSOLUTELY VILE!
I can't believe you would consume that trash and put it publicly on TH-cam.
Pepsi Cola that is.
Great video and viewpoints.
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#CokeForever
Yeah, but Suicidal Tendencies never wrote a song about a Coke ;)
They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, PEPSI*
Please react to Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies because of this thread lol, that'd make my day.
Iron Maiden Dance Of Death from En Vivo!
Swampers were the studio musicians in Muscle Shoals Alabama. They played on just about every album that make out of the south east in the sixties and seventies. They were great musicians. I think they are in the hall of fame.
@vinandsori The riff from the four horseman was refferring to this song. When metallica was recording their demo Dave Mustsaine and Lars were not getting along. So, to piss off Lars, Dave played sweet home Alabama instead of the correct song. After they kicked Dave out and recorded kill 'em all they incorporated it in.
Vin, once again, it's putting too much thought and ego into it and overreacting. The Confederate flag was a BATTLE flag for the Southern troops, nothing more, nothing less.
Until the KKK and other hateful groups got a hold of it and used it as a symbol of their hatred and systemic oppression. Just like the swastika was nothing more than an ancient symbol linking heaven to earth.
@@TruthHurts2u So a handful of scumbags can ruin something that millions of people hold dearly? I mean, you can't compare it to the swastika, cause at the time no one loved the swastika but the nazis. There were much more non-racist people who used the confederate flag than racist people. Atleast if you use the definition of racism that corresponds with that timeperiod. Some day, a couple of thousand people might use the american flag to represent the KKK, would that make the american flag represent the KKK? Or would you just deal with the problem and not let them turn something sacred to something hateful
@@deg1studios I can compare it because the swastika existed before Hitler...however, the confederate flag didn't exist before the war and at the time no one loved the confederate flag except racists and traitors. You act like racism was only a small percentage of people, it was a vast majority of the whole fucking south. It didn't become a symbol of hate because of a few it became a symbol of hate because the overall majority of southerners hated and/ or resented black people.
@J Where did I say ALL the south? You have anything to attack besides strawmen? Racist people in denial are they ones who usually try to downplay the role and extent of racism in our country both past and present. Especially racism in the south.
Majority ≠ All... However, If it makes you feel better the majority of the north was racist as well. At least the north had enough morals to recognize them as humans instead of farm livestock. All you right wing extremists always try to make it sound like it was only a dozen guys that were racist when you know damn well it was most the population.