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11/25/2006 7:10 am
Southern man don't need him round anyhow - Lynerd Skynerd - what was all that about ?
if you always take the lazy route
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earthman buck
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11/25/2006 7:43 am
The way I heard the story, the guys from Lynyrd Skynyrd were pissed off at Neil Young's portrayal of southerners as racists in the song "Southern Man," so they stuck that line in "Sweet Home Alabama" as 'revenge.'
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11/30/2006 7:51 pm
NOT A NEIL YOUNG FAN :mad:
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11/30/2006 10:37 pm
I don't think he was trying to say that all Southerners are racists, he was just pointing out the South's history of slavery (and conveniently ignoring the North's history of slavery by calling the song "Southern Man" :rolleyes: ). I am a bit of a Neil Young fan, but "Southern Man" isn't one of his better songs, lyrically.
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