Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction
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Here’s the next song I listened to for this History of Rock Music with Amy and Karl series, and I can really hear the influence of the South in it, including Country Music!
Here’s the link to the original song by Lynyrd Skynyrd:
• Sweet Home Alabama
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Please listen to the ALLMAN brothers band.BLUE SKY
heard the song strange fruit? that's what neils song reminds me of. yah, ignore the strange fruit on our trees, just lookit that sky. i remember listening to this lynyrd skynyrd song as a kid, wasn't impressed, eventually i listened closely, heard neils song, heard more, apparently the writer, not a racist, by writing it was making fun of the other writer in the band, a racist, i forget their names, if i were impressed, maybe i'd have bothered to remember, or look it up.
How can we expect to represent the most creative decades ever, namely the 60s and 70s with two songs ? 4000 albums and 5400 singles were released in the USA alone in the 70s. Sweet Home Alabama would be about number 2000 on my list.
@@richardj9016 maybe contrasting is a start, they've got several hundred in their list aside from the ones we ask for, patience... but yeah, sweet home alabama is probably lower on my list cause i'm canadian and we have some dang fine stuff that nobody's reacted to, like corky and the juice pigs panda song.
Well since you listened to Sweet Home Alabama you now have to listen to Neil Young's Southern Man since this song was written as a response to Southern Man hence the lyrics:
"Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don't need him around anyhow"
Let me please explain the purpose of what we are doing here, once again. The initial songs Amy is listening to are two from each decade. They are almost randomly picked songs that you would have heard on the radio during that time. THIS IS NOT THE END BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION! I have over 300 songs on the list, but the idea was to let Amy hear how, in very general terms, the music changed, that is in sound quality, style and approach using just two songs, this will provide her a better context for when we do the focused study. Once we have completed the general overview, then the detail begins. Then we focus down to the various genres and subgenres, and dare I say sub-sub genres of music. As I have pointed out in previous posts, I have 10 songs just from the Surf Rock Sub Genre. This is a huge topic, I ask for you all to be patient because this is going to take a while.
Yeah, I feel you. How can you possibly pick? Especially in the 70's, where multiple sub-genres just exploded onto the scene.
On another note, check out Blackberry Smoke for a more current Southern Rock example that carries on the Skynyrd and Allman tradition, and does it really well, and has a great time doing it. Their "Leave a Scar Live" concert is on CZcams. The showrunners for Yellowstone are obviously fans, as they have about an album's worth of their songs on the soundtrack.
@@dougcobbokc I agree totally, it is tough. It is particularly challenging when people suggest songs by an extremely narrow grouping of music that almost no one would be familiar with. I get it, hey I like B.B. Gabour - Nyet Nyet Soviet, but I am not going to use the song because it is just too specific. Thanks for the comment and the suggestion!
Just started watching these they’re enjoyable I’m not a rock fan as such but Metallica one might be a surprise!
I just discovered this channel and love it! Take your time to make sure it's exactly what you want . . .
Thank you
I'm sure Karl has already pointed out that this is Southern Rock, which is a blend of rock, blues, country and bluegrass. While it has its origins in the South, it became popular outside of the South. By the time I was in high school in the mid to late 70s, it was very popular amongst my generation. The many other great bands in this subgenre include: The Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Molly Hatchet, Johnny and Edgar Winters, Leon Russel, etc. While I'm not a fan of today's country, back then there also tended to be a cross-over amongst Southern Rock fans into Outlaw Country (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, etc.) Even Johnny Cash got lumped into the Outlaw group.
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.
Toe tapping rock.
@@Hartlor_Tayley Roy Clark. and Glen Campbell. Deadly on guitars.
@@nellgwenn absolutely. Those guys were the best pickers.
@@nellgwenn Glen Campell and Roy Clark were two of the best guitar players of their times, and Buck Owens wasn't too bad either. I was more into the Outlaw groups at the time, particularly Jerry Jeff Walker, who started as a folk musician in Greenwich Village. But I always appreciated Roy and the others, who tended to get more exposure on the popular Hee Haw TV show of the day. The cross over I saw from Southern Rock to Outlaw rock may have also just been a regional thing (I was in Arizona).
Billy Powell on piano was classically trained and very skilled. He never stopped playing but the sound man faded him in and out where needed.
Very sad when he died. And for me the second death of Skynyrd. There's almost nothing left of the band now if you're an oldie like me. I followed Ed on Facebook until he died and there was a little bit of a hubbub about him rejoining but it never happened. And that really was another nail in the coffin.
@@ChristianRThomas Well, we got the final nail in the coffin yesterday. I, personally, never cared for the post-1977 Skynyrd, but now I think they should just hang their hats and call it quits especially.
@@coonkirk1796 I'd have thought they'd have two, but it seems it'll keep on going until the wives get up on stage to keep that money machine going. This from Rolling Stone, I think, but it may have been the Guardian: "Lynyrd Skynyrd’s upcoming US tour with ZZ Top is expected to go ahead despite Rossington’s death.".
I'm not American but they sound so Southern to me. I love all kinds of Southern music from Folk to Metal.
100% Southern Rock incorporating many aspects of various American genres
An awesome documentary called “Muscle Shoals” is a must need watch. They mention the studio in the lyrics “Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feelin' blue
Now how about you?”
The documentary outlines the sound of the south at the time of this record.
The Motown of the south!
The key to the music in "Sweet Home Alabama" is that the guitars are very well played. The guitars sound casual but the riffs are very crisp and precise.
Extremely well played!
Blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, soul, blues rock... It's all in there.
Amy, I enjoyed your reaction. As a fan of Lynyrd Skynryd since their first album, I find it very interesting to listen to your interpretation as someone new to the Southern rock genre and LS in particular. I would like to suggest you consider reacting to Freebird, Live at the Oakland Coliseum, 1977. Not only is Freebird Skynyrd's masterpiece it is considered by many to be the best rock guitar solo ever. And as outstanding as LS was in the studio, to truly get a feel for how influential and talented they were you need to view a live perfromance. The Oakland performance is one of the best live performances of any rock and roll group to ever be video recorded and a great example of how LS could really play to the crowd.
That Gospel flavor came from the back up singers. Again, you provide an interesting perspective. These guys and the Allman Bros. helped shape what came to be known as Southern Rock. Southern Rock took many styles and fused them with the blues and played it thru a "Marshal stack" and walla - Southern Rock! There were several bands about that time in that category, but those two bands wrote the book.
I am no music scholar but I would call that type of piano Ragtime.
Often used in southern rock, jazz, blues and old juke joint Boogie Woogie ! 💃🕺😊
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I would consider the piano style as Honky Tonk.
@@pdtoons9121 totally Honky Tonk which I suppose is a kind of mash up of piano styles, boogie woogie, ragtime and Professor Longhair and Pinetop Perkins styles too. czcams.com/video/lgTKVR5Xl4c/video.html
I was getting some barrelhouse style.
@@detritus8095 barrelhouse. Yes
I’m a Yankee, but I must say Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the greatest Rock bands ever; almost as good as The Allman Brothers Band, whom you also need to check out.
Almost.
Congratulations on your fast growing channel, best wishes in your endeavors.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is the epitome of Southern Rock.
Long live Southern Rock!! It is the best of all music!!
Skynard's "Freebird" was and still is a Rock Anthem of the 70's and early 80's
Wooooooooo
Freeeeeebirrrrrd!
Just found your channel! I think you would really love the band Steely Dan. You can’t go wrong with a single song from their large collection. Each song is packed to the brim with musicality.
Agreed!
Yes, there is a ton of potential there, and with other bands that pushed the musical envelope. Joni Mitchell, early Genesis, Rush, Yes, Kate Bush, Radiohead. I would love to be in her position of having a refined and trained ear but hearing these acts for the first time
Steely Dan is one of the most harmonically complex bands of all time, at least their albums after 1975. To appreciate them it helps to know some music theory.
Yes ! I'm a big fan of this band. I'm sure Amy will find somme interest in this music. Greetings from France !
Aja!!!
Can you imagine greasy rockers with cut off sleeves jeans jackets playing air guitar, mimicking the solos to the note and feeling like they are in the deep South, while they dance in a suburb rock club in Athens Greece?Rock is Transatlantic , good rock plays with the tension between the British and the American sound.There where groups that had absolutely British sound and feel and groups like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the South Rock bands that where as Americana as it gets.That polarity was beautiful and was stretching and amplifying the width of the whole genre of Rock.The track is anthemic,catchy and transcendentally patriotic! You know , the way Ithaka is a archetype island for home returns ,Alabama is the universal state of having a good rocking time! A sweet home!
This is one of "Southern Rock" staples.
Love to get the other side from Neil Young and his 'Southern Man'. Music with a social message and humanity to balance the blinkered southern land loyalist approach. Nice guitar work in this one and a real crowd pleaser, in the South.
It was Southern Man that inspired THIS song, not the reverse. Neil did a sweeping condemnation which 'the blinkered southern land loyalist' band took exception too because of it's generalities of the South and 'Northern' self righteous attitudes and 'better than' egos.
@@stanleymyrick4068 That song and his 1972 Alabama, which Young has since said he regrets a bit because of the tone of condescension.
@@stanleymyrick4068 Well stated. Lynyrd Skynrd's music was so original in their style and lyrics. The group which consisted of a lot of personell changes tackled a lot of controversial topics at the time in their music. But they did it as they saw it in their life without intentionally trying to be political. So in the Lynrd Skynrd tradition, I hate the word country rock. It does not exists. Lynrd Skynrd was not country rock, it was rock.
Have you ever step foot in the south?
@@markhopkins222 I grew up in North Carolina during the sixties and seventies. Lynrd Skynrd was a rock band.
Every year on the Oktoberfest in Munic hundrets of germans and tourists from all over the world sing along to this song .. no matter age, everyone knows it.
Did you see the NFL game between the Buccaneers and the Seahawks in Munich? Everyone was singing Country Roads and Sweet Caroline. The whole stadium. And they sang those songs all the way through. I didn't see the game just highlights on YT. I'm a Steeler fan.
That's the beauty of a song like this. Someday after I retire, I'd like to make the trip to Bayern for Oktoberfest and sing this along with my German cousins.
@@nellgwenn Every Alabama home football game you can bet this is always played in the stadium Roll Tide Roll!!!
@@nellgwenn I was 10 years old in 1978 when the Steelers won a super bowl and Alabama won a National Championship. In my 10 year old mind I equated the two and though I have never been to Pittsburgh I have always been a fan of the Steelers. Also the Coke commercials with Mean Joe Green was big at the time and one of the most iconic football plays in the NFL with the Immaculate Reception.
@@trailryder5813 Yep I saw the Immaculate Reception game on TV and my dad went crazy for a half hour, maybe longer.
"Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Got do it eventually.
The genre is Southern Rock. Many great bands. Allman Brothers are required listening.
In memory of Elizabeth reed would great!!!
@@martinzeppelin89 Midnight Rider is another great one.
@@martinzeppelin89 Jessica as well
Any ABB song is a monument
I learn so much from your observations. Thanks so much. I’ve been playing mandolin by ear for 35 years, so learned perspective is so good.
How can you have missed all this music so far?
I cannot believe you never heard these very well known popular music songs. You hear this in shopping malls and almost everywhere. No one can escape it..
Watch her first video
@@Teo22athome Which "first video"? I have the same question and searched already for Amy's background, even sent a FB Message to her. Can you link the exact video of hers that explains how she possibly, as a classical musician, completely missed iconic groups and songs played worldwide?
@@darrell3323 czcams.com/video/yOWGX7YCtCI/video.html
@@darrell3323 It is called "All about Virgin Rock Channel"
Basically when she wasn’t involved in classical music her friends were Amish and of course they weren’t playing a lot of rock. On an AMA I asked how she knows she hasn’t heard a band or a dong in a store or something and she admitted she may have but also she doesn’t usually pay attention and certainly not the way she does when she purposely decides to enjoy listening to music. She said something like that.
One of the best songs and arrangements of all time. Authentic.
I would so have loved to hear the outcome of the planned collaboration between Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young. So sad it didn't come to that
Southern rock. The best of it.
I really hope in the future she gets around to doing some songs by Kansas which I think she would enjoy....
I find it tough to pick one song of theirs. She might have to listen to "Leftoverture" or "Point of Know Return" in their entirety to really get the feel for how good they were.
@@EddieReischl She'd have to do "Carry on My Wayward Son" or "Dust in the Wind" to get any views, though.
One of my favorites of the genre is Train, Train by Blackfoot (so named for their Native American heritage) it has one of the best harmonica intros ever IMHO they also do a great Morning Dew, one of the most covered songs in Rock, but my all-time favorite has to be Keep Your Hands To Yourself by The Georgia Satellites.
The Band was from Jacksonville, Florida. The song was in reference to a song Neil Young sang called " Southern Man " where he was low rating the South. Henceforth the line .... " I hope Neil Young will remember, a Southern Man don't need him around anyhow ". In the end, both sides got along with each other.
When I was 16, I played this in a band. We played some dance for MBA and Harpeth Hall, 3 songs that night (we crashed the party and were from BGA) at the Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel Ballroom. I was the guitarist.
I still know those solos from motor muscle memory. We practiced in barns in the winter months where my hands would freeze. I am filled with joy, watching a classical musician hear this for the first time, and pretty much all these songs you are reviewing lately.
Tears of joy sometimes, and I had my tissues out today as well. These people are telling you some great songs to review.
Freezing and practicing, I remember that well.
To write a lyrical hook that gets the listener involved makes the song even more epic. A Hey Jude “Na na na nananana, nannana, hey Jude...” repeated like ten times, makes the song their encore epic song. Drops of Jupiter by Train does this to make their song more epic live, as the crowds join. I’m sure there is a music theory explanation for this. I just observe.
The 70's and early 80's produced a great flowering of Southern Rock with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty, Allmand Brothers, Atlanta Rythm Section, Little Feat, B-52's, and REM among the most successful
The song is responding to Neil Young's songs Southern Man and Alabama.They mention Neal Young in the lyrics."Well I hope Neil Young will remember.A southern man don't need him around anyhow".
You left out Neil sported a confederate uniform when he was in Buffalo Springfield and of course hung out with Chuck Manson and tried to get him signed like the other drug addicts who all seemingly landed in the same place like lemmings Neil would say. Neil is well known for hypocrisy.
It also has some dubious lyrics, the attempts to justify, of which, I find insincere and entirely unconvincing.
Despite that, it's a great tune and always gets the toes tapping.
@@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar Recorded in June 1973.I was 25 and lived that era.As Dylan said "The Times they are a -Changin".
@@jerryg53125 True, but I'm not sure the lyrics were on the side of that change.
The very fact they've had to explain them at times means they are at least ambiguous and I just don't find the explanations for the 'dodgy' bits that convincing, which is a shame as songs like 'Saturday Night Special' have got a good message behind them.
Another very enjoyable posting Thank you so much for sharing really appreciate the work you put into these. I definitely enjoy spending this time with you
One of my favorite songs..so fun and catchy. Love Lynyrd Skynyrd and Southern Rock.
Love these videos!! So much fun! I had a calculus teacher, who was also the conductor of the school Symphony. You remind me of her. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I had Calculus and music left back to back. Two hours of joy! Keep up the good work and fun!
This one was the response on Neil Young's Alabama & Southern Man
I saw a little head bobbing in time to the music. You're into it, now! That piano style is called 'honkey tonk'. Southern rock is the overall style. Allman Bros. and Little Feat give great live performances. Enjoy!
Oh yes, Little Feat for sure. Allman Bros. goes without saying. Does anyone consider Little River Band as 'southern rock' (Aussies, I know)
@@rk41gator yes, my brother likes Little River Band, Marshall Tucker, Rossington Collins, Black Oak Arkansas, Georgia Satellites and others. Even Jimmy Buffett. 🧂
@@kenjordan5750 With a beer in your hand, the sun blazing overhead; who doesn't like ol' Jimmy Buffett? Don't tell the purists, but I would put Buffett in the Southern Rock genre.
One of my favorite bands. I was waiting for this.
God i love this song. The moment you first hear it , its got you, you know its great.
I'm surprised you didn't start with Free Bird 🙂
Gospel...nice! The girls always struck me that way.
2023: never heard Sweet Home Alabama. I have to admit, I'm a little jealous. I mean, I guess it was decent the first thousand times I heard it... 🙃
its up there with "hotel california" and "sweet child of mine" as one of the most overplayed classic rock songs of all time.
NEÎL YOUNG'S "OLD MAN"!
Like a Hurricane from Live Rust. Or Ohio.
Roll down 65 n you'll hear this song every day on radio.
to call this song a classic would be a vast understatement, possibly in the top 5 most popular rock songs of all time. everyone and their mother knows this tune, even if they don't know the band or don't care much for rock
Love what y'all doin 👍....
In the late 70"s/ early 80's (southeast Texas) this is what the grownups called "SUNDAY MUSIC"!
She smiles. What a great reaction. That is nice.
I really hope in the future they go back to the 60's and listen to some psychedelic and experimental rock from 1966 to 1969
Great insight!
I haven't even watched this video yet but as a classical musician(violist) as well as a southern girl I'm very excited to see your future analysis of this band. They're incredible and made incredible music for the short time they were around(original band).
The Ballad of Curtis Lowe and Four Walls of Raiford are their best stuff.
The style is called Southern Rock, being The Allman Brothers the best band in that genre.
You know when the Allman Brothers came out the term Southern Rock wasn't a thing. It was only after with the popularity of bands like this. The Allman Brothers just got lumped in with all of them. And they hated that. They hated being classified as Southern Rock. They were too diverse. Especially when you consider Duane played that guitar solo on Layla.
The best?
@@nellgwenn Absolutely! The Allman Brothers are much more worthy of Amy's scholarly review. I met Bill Graham, who discovered them and I know friends of theirs. This song also has a political angle that defends the southern states pride, a concept which is not clear what it is that they are so proud of. The song is often requested by or played in bars by people with threaten you with physical harm for disagreeing with them.
@@nellgwenn Duane also cut a few tracks with Aretha Franklin.
discussable.
For me its the original Molly Hatchet (first 3 albums) who are on top of my "southern rock" list.
Let's hope that Karl uses more than two songs to define this decade .... :-)
Go ahead you can say it, it’s good old boy music.
I love your analysis! Always been a casual music lover but you really take it to the next level. You should do Focus - Hocus Pocus. Such a unique song!
You must have Carl have you listen to Southern Man by Neil Young … possibly one of the most versatile guitarist and song writers: Folk, Rock, Punk, Metal … his career and music are really fluid across his career. It was part of the inspiration for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama - I believe this music really comes out of Credence Clear Water Revival - whom pulled this style of music out of the roots of the 20th century.
This is a southern person's view on the political events of the time. The governor he's talking about is George Wallace ("segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"), who wasn't much liked by their generation (hence the 'boo, boo, boo!' lyric). The song also references Neil Young's song Southern Man and the Watergate scandal.
The overall message is saying that the southern youth have their own problems to deal with (segregation, racism, etc) and don't want to be told how to deal with it by someone who doesn't understand (Neil Young is Canadian)... after all, Nixon was heavily supported in the north and therefore was a northern problem. Basically, 'y'all deal with your political BS, we'll deal with ours' being the short of it.
So it's not as 'yay Alabama!' as it might lead on from a surface listen.
These guys were really great when they got those geetars going. Great listen and discussion. Thanks
Brilliant sound on your channel.
Thank you for the reaction! It would have been great if you had been given the opportunity to hear Neil Young's "Southern Man" first, as this song is a response to Neil's.
Ooooo no portion of Southern-fried rock is complete without a helping of Gimme Three Steps 😁
Quite surprised that you haven’t heard it up until now! I live in the Himalayas & I’ve been hearing it since like forever.
I'd love to see you react to "Black Water" by The Doobie Brothers!
Grew up on the Westside with all these boys. They played prom at my high school, Edward H White HS. I've been to "The Jug."
Freebird, Simple Man and others better choices to hear the best of Lynyrd.
She would like "I know a little" I think.
I disagree strongly SHA was the best tune that LS put out, more interesting things going on with the music. The ones you mentioned, I found to be boring and a come-down from this tune. Give me the fast lively riffs any day.
@@keithbrown7685 And I disagree strongly. Free Bird was their best. And I know a Little is a fast lively riff.
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A Supertramp song please, would be Fool's Overture or any other one...
Amy, just passing to say that you inspires me!!❤️
I’m a musician, guitar player, composer.
Although having a healthy knowledge of all you’re listening to, as well as classical music, I can’t help but be delighted with your reactions and following analysis.
I would kill to have a 200 hours chatting with you..😂
Here it goes…. I think you should do “Awaken” by the band Yes.
Keep up! Your videos are perfect.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Hi, I'm pretty sure you have discovered that this is a specific sub genre of Rock country Gospel and blues called Southern Rock. Keep up your personal Rock musi discovery, it's fun for all. Rock THe Blues.....
I grew up with this music going thru school and it brings back memories, the power of music to do that like food lol
How difficult it would be to pick songs from the 70’s (unless you just stuck to straight rock). Stevie Wonder’s funk/R&B, Led Zeppelin’s rock, The Rolling Stones blues rock, The Eagles early country rock, Queen, Marvin Gaye, The Who, David Bowie, Genesis’ progressive rock, anything from Punk or Disco? Also, all those Yacht Rock groups like Loggins and Messina or the soul/pop of Hall and Oats. Tough task.
Funny thing is Ed King the lead guitarist on this number is from Southern California. He was in the band Strawberry Alarm Clock in the sixties. Also played all the basslines on the first album call Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd. Pulling anything racist out of this song is a sign of these times. They were not racist they were proud southern boys making great music and Ronnie wernt afraid to tell it like it was! Listen to Curtis Lowe from the second album. They grew up in the poorest sections of Jacksonville Florida and loved the gospel music and the southern beauty of it. I get the same emotion listening to LS as I do listening to Beethovens 3rd! A swelling of pride in that humanity can take an in animate object and create a universal language.
The piano fills were always my favorite
The piano player is Billy Powell (RIP). At first, he was a roadie for the band then showed how he could play piano. He was classically trained but could play just about anything. Skynyrd had their own sound that is Southern Rock, but many of their songs are diverse and contain a mix of rock, gospel, blue grass, blues, and even some jazz. Each member brought their own influences and styles which makes them so unique. You really need to do a deep dive on them. Not just their music but their story which makes them legendary. A must though is "Freebird", especially the live version from Oakland Coliseum.
Please review their live performance of 'Free Bird' from 1977. It is amazing, and you get to watch how they perform.
yes from the knebworth show. allen collins was amazing
Surprised the more melodic "Free Bird" wasn't the pick.
Oakland Coliseum -Live in 77'...You just can't beat it. OUTSTANDING!
I love the backdrop.
Random fact: The title of the song is a reference to a blues song by Robert Johnson, "Sweet Home Chicago."
repetitive like catnip. it is gratifying and gratifying and gratifying, and then it wears off the way a day fades into night and we sleep. It is a HOOK!
One of those jams you can't get out of your head. The recording is also so real and clear: "presence."
Just to give you a bit of trivia on this song.
He mentions Muscle Shoals and the Swampers.
That is a small town that had a recording studio. The Stampers was the session musicians that played on the songs recorded there.
Some great artists came outof there including Percy Sledge and Aretha Franklin, her song RESPECT was recorded there and was her first hit song. Other bands that recorded there were the Rolling Stones and the Great full Dead.
"Da South will rise again maaaan"
Southern Rock; elements of blues, jazz, rag time, and country western. Hope you get the opportunity to hear songs by the Allman Brothers Band. "Jessica" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed " are two instrumentals I really believe you would enjoy. Many great songs this band.
The guitar riff was.written by a guy from Glendale, California (Ed King), not a southerner. There is a whole lot going on there guitar-wise. This band had three guitar players and this song has a number of different parts and variations. If you think it's repetitive, you're not really listening.
As for the lyrics, Sweet Home Alabama is an answer record to Neil Young's Southern Man. Lynyrd Skynyrd wasn't an in your face Southern Pride band (despite using the Confederate flag) but felt the need to respond to what they felt was Neil Young painting with an overly broad brush.
This gal is pretty clueless of musical styles outside of her classical music wheelhouse. I'm certainly not implying that she's necessarily wrong. I CAN tell you that her takes on music theory are pretty spot on but, and this is a big qualifier, she often recognizes complexity in music as the only criteria relevant of review. I have found this trait to be fairly common in people who are primarily versed in classical music theory (yes, this is an anecdotal observation). I personally don't care if a song has one or one hundred chords, as long as I'm emotionally involved, I consider a song successful.Sometimes, I wish that she would just push all that theory gunk over to the side and let the music just move her.
@@derfscreechenhowser7548 wonder how she'd respond to James Brown's Sex Machine. That groove could get a dead man moving.
@@srdjr6760 Yeah!! Whip her into a frenzy with the Godfather of Soul then, float her into the clouds with the dulcet swaying sounds of the Reverend Al Green. Take me to the river, wash me in the water.
You really should do Lynyrd Skynyrd song Freebird live from Oakland. 👍
@VirginRock_ .Hello .congrats on a great series. What is telegram?
Just to bring this band into perspective here, They use three lead quality Guitarist a Bassist Keyboardist and Drummer and the lead singer plays no instrument in the band. The band was formed in Jacksonville FL. By lead singer Ronnie VanZant and Gary Rossington lead guitarist Allen Collins lead guitarist and Bob Burns the first drummer until her had a mental breakdown from being on the road so much. But the band that really hit the big-time was as follows, Ronnie VanZant song writer/lead singer. Gary Rossington lead guitarist, Allen Collins lead guitarist, Steve Gaines lead guitarist, Leon Wilkinson bass guitarist, Billy Powell keyboardist and Artimus Pyle on the Drums. Back up vocals were the Honkets three Ladies. The bands last released album was Street Survivor in 1977, then came the plane crash in I believe March of 1977 in witch Ronnie VanZant, Steve Gaines and one back up singer Cassie Gaines Steve's sister were killed. The remaining members started the band Lynyrd Skynyrd back in the 80's with Ronnie VanZant's brother as the lead singer. As of today only one member of the band from the crash is still alive and that is Artimus Pyle the Drummer who was the one who walked out of the swamp when the plane crashed to get help. Just to let you know, Lynyrd Skynyrd was a Southern Rock band that was the leading the way for Southern Rock music along with the Marshall Tucker band and the Charlie Daniels band. But if you really want to hear raw Southern Rock music, Listen to the live version of Free Bird.
This song was written in response to Neil Young's song "Southern man".
Now you gotta jump on the Sweet Home Alabama forums and argue about what key the song is in.
It's in the key of Dixie..
It's in G major.
You should listen to some Bob Dylan! All of his music is absolutely beautiful. He's far more than a musician, he's a poet.
Commit this song to memory for your perusal. "The Endless Enigma" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
My introduction to the song was while I was trapped in a house for three days with someone who played it on repeat for three days straight. It took me years, but I recovered, and I like it now, and I even miss her. I still prefer many other Lynyrd Skynyrd songs much more. And, of course, there's Free Bird.
A bit of trivia regarding the piano player [Billy Powell]. He worked as part of the band's road crew for two years [hauling their equipment around, AKA a roadie]] when during setup at a show he sat down at a piano and played a song. They didn't know he played and they asked him to join the band!
Southern rock wasn't considered country music at the time, but nowadays, it's pretty close to what country music has evolved into.
Of course, Amy should next play Neil Young’s Southern Man, since it partly inspired this song.
100% agree! Neil is one of my favorite musical artist, and this is the perfect opportunity to bring him into the mix.
They were referring to Neil's song "Alabama" more so than "Southern Man" I think.
When I was younger I played lead guitar in a progressive metal band, and we would play the opening of this song as a joke at our shows. Mocking the simplicity and crudeness of it. Now that I'm older I listen to it and hear and appreciate the genius in the simplicity, even if it's still not my cup of tea.
With each Rock song Amy listens to, it appears she is finding out she likes Rock.
Tolerates it
She can't stop moving to the music on this video. I definitely think she more than tolerates it.
@@hejbrian Intellectually she still has some resistance, but her physical reactions shows it's getting into her body and soul. I call that progress. 😉
When I hear Billy Powell, much of his piano work puts me in mind of ragtime, something reminiscent of Scott Joplin perhaps...
I continue to be impressed with your perception of what is going on in these songs. About those piano riffs... I believe the term you were grasping for is "honky tonk".
I was living in Doraville Ga when this song came out, funny that it was recorded just 3 miles from where we lived. The local radio station in Atlanta played this song 11 or 13 times in a row when they received the record--well the DJ did and was removed from the studio after this stunt.