Am I a redneck if I like Skynryrd's Free Bird?

[Taverner]

I mean

As far as rock ballads go

This is THE KING

Especially that guitar solo at the end - I swear it never gets old

And even though I loved it for years before, Zombie's use of it at the end of Devil's Rejects was classic.

Proof? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMxUaeJxNuY

[IndianaJones]

1. I wreck that guitar solo on Guitar Hero. nt.

[Taverner]

3. Yeah yeah yeah anyone can wreck a guitar solo with FOUR BUTTONS!!!

Try playing it on a real guitar, pally! (yes, I can play the solo on my strat. A real strat. Not a game controller strat. You may touch me now.)

[IndianaJones]

6. four? I play on expert...thats five buttons! and sometimes more than one at once too. nt.

[Taverner]

7. Learn it on a real strat and we'll talk :)

And Guitar Hero players have found Guitar easier because of the game btw...

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. that I love Skynryd

is my guilty secret

[Taverner]

4. They were a good band

If anything, the fingerpicking style of guitar both guitarists have

You hear it on "Double Trouble"

[BeachBaby]

5. If you are, then I am, too.

It's been my favorite song since I was a little girl, for personal reasons.

[KamaAina]

8. Of course not, silly.

You're just a fanboy of one of the two most overplayed cuts in rock radio history, that's all. "Free Bird" and its rival, "Stairway", remain popular today for one reason and one reason only: to give jocks a chance to take a pee and/or smoke (of whatever) break during their air shifts.

One wonders, in fact, if the proliferation of pre-digested satellite-programmed crapola might presage their demise.

I have a feeling I'll be hearing from our resident Zep fan soon... :scared:

[Taverner]

9. I agree with both

But, Freebird is a great song as is Stairway

I don't listen to "classic" rock stations anyway - I have Sirius and listen to mainly their indie station because it is pretty good.

[cemaphonic]

10. Nah, it's overplayed, and a heckler's cliche to boot

but it's a good song.

[Bake]

11. No.

You appreciate the finer things in life.

:hi:

Bake

[Ava]

12. i can't help it.. but i love "sweet home alabama"

i think there's something in the water here in alabama. i've tried to fight it, but i can't help it.. i like the song and have to sing along everytime i hear it.

[Taverner]

14. It has one of the best intros ever used in rock

[jobycom]

17. Even in Mississippi, that intro has the power of a sacred hymn.

And I can't even think of anything I consider sacred.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Face it. We've all got a bit of redneck in us.

And yes, Free Bird's guitar solo is righteous. One of the best.

[Kali]

15. hell no it doesn't mean you are a redneck

but it MIGHT mean you are an old school rocker and there ain't nothing wrong with that.

I love me some Skynyrd!

[jobycom]

16. Is there something wrong with being a redneck?

There is something seriously wrong with not liking Skynard (the real Skynard, not that weird thing calling itself Skynard since the crash), but I see nothing wrong with being a redneck.

[Taverner]

20. It just is not me

If you knew me you'd understand

It would be like me calling you a glass blower

[Sultana]

18. Yes

:P

[pokerfan]

19. Knebworth Fair 1976

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG3GTyXMiLk">Lynyrd Skynyrd-Knebworth Park 1976-part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvzfOgQGM9Q">Lynyrd Skynyrd-Knebworth Park 1976-part 2

Ronnie Van Zant thought at first that this song "Had too many chords to write lyrics for," Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington commented in an interview with Blender magazine, "But after a few months, we were sitting around, and he asked Allen to play those chords again. After about 20 minutes, Ronnie started singing, 'If I leave here tomorrow,' and it fit great. It wasn't anything heavy, just a love song about leavin' town, time to move on. Al put the organ on the front, which was a very good idea. He also helped me get the sound of the delayed slide guitar that I play - it's actually me playing the same thing twice, recording one on top of the other, so it sounds kind of slurry, echoey." (From http://www.songfacts.com/artist:lynyrd_skynyrd.php">Songfacts.)

[SPKrazy]

21. Yes, Redneck

so what?

[cwydro]

22. Gimme Three Steps

and Sweet Home Alabama. I could go on.

I love me some Skynyrd.

Don't even get me started on the Allman Brothers.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. Remember that line from "Wayne's World" about "Frampton Comes Alive?"...

..."If you lived in the suburbs, this was issued with packets of Tide in your mail?"

I can't get away from Free Bird and wouldn't even try. Whether it's a guilty pleasure or just a pleasure, I don't know. I came from a small town in Massachusetts, so I don't feel any connection to the "Southern" thing, and I'll admit that I grew up with the Allman Brothers / Marshall Tucker / Wet Willie first wave of "Southern Rock" from Capricorn Records and thought of Skynyrd as pretenders and poseurs when they first came along. But they worked their asses off and meant business and eventually I thought "What the hell" and became a fan.

And yes, the use of the song in "Rejects" is one of the greatest moments in film, period.

:toast: