Maybe they can fly this one, instead...
Posted on 09/20/2012 12:18:47 AM PDT by LaybackLenny
Now the band has suddenly decided to become political correct. Gary Rossington, the only original member, grovelled to CNN's Fredricka Whitfield. He says he doesn't want to offend anyone by using the Confederate flag. He said the band will no longer display the flag. Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama" in 1977. This was three months before the plane crash that killed three of the original members.
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The band released a new studio album just days ago ironically titled "Last of A Dying Breed." The band is preparing to go on tour to support their new album. However, there is a growing outrage among fans. Many say they have attended Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts for decades, but will never buy a ticket again. Twitter and Facebook have exploded with condemnation. Many are now calling the band a "fake," who just own the right's to the original band's name.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd...to be honest, this version 2.0 of the band hasn’t had a 4-star hit since the original band was in the aircraft accident. They do a decent show, but there’s not much worth talking about.
Sweet Home Alabama
Play that dead band’s song
Turn the speakers up real loud
Play it all night long—Warren Zevon
I heard the fans protested at a nearby Stucky’s.
Great bands only live forever if they hang it up BEFORE they jump the shark and are just playing fairgrounds.
Are they gonna substitute Sweet Home Alabama with
Imagine, mm’kay?
They’ll probably display the fag flag.
Not putting up the Confederate flag anymore? It’s part of history. I have the L.S. box set. Maybe time to sell it. Yikes. (And I’m a Yank from Mass.: “That’s the cowboys and the hippies and the rebels and the Yanks, you just go and lay your hand on a Pittsburgh steeler fan and I think you’re gonna finally understand.”—Charlie Daniels band.)
They’re ‘Lynyrd Skynyrd’ like I’m Kieth Richards, please
Never saw the real deal but caught Rossington-Collins Band in 79, they did Free Bird instrumental with a lone spotlight on an emptly microphone stand... very moving
That’s OK.
Southern Man don’t need them around, anyhow.
When you see this you wonder if the political correctness agenda has won.
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Spectrum in Philly not long before the plane crash. That was a great band. These new guys are a bunch of leeches profiting off the name. It’s a shame.
I’m so happy to see so many Zevon fans here. I think Gary Rossington has just lost of third of their ticket sales for this tour. Too bad. I saw the old version 1.8x of Lynrd Skynrd in 1989 or so. They played a good show.
The band ain't Lynyrd Skynyrd from back in the day and never will be.
Nuff said.
That Rossington-Collinstourwith Henry Paul Band kicked soooooo much ass
Though this move is surprising given they capitalized on that flag as well in their marketing
The song, Frank and Jesse James is still a lot of fun to listen to at anytime.
The song, Frank and Jesse James is still a lot of fun to listen to at anytime.
I followed Skynyrd ver 1.0 and Rossington-Collins in my youth and enjoyed the Rossington/Thomason/Medlocke guitar line-up in ver. 2.0.
Rossington can play the hell out of his Les Paul but i’ve not once been impressed with his intellect.
His mind is either addled by his past excesses or he’s remained uneducated.
But to his credit he’s managed to make a fortune off the Skynyrd brand.
The operating basis of the GOPe for decades.
Well done to Skynyrd’s management.
This was the last hurdle to getting urban audiences to abandon hip hop and R&B and head out to Skynyrd shows.
“Sweet Home Alabama, praises former Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace. “
In Birmingham they love the guvnor’
Boo, boo, boo..
They were not praising Wallace.
bttt
Maybe they can fly this one, instead...
Who was complaining before they issued the statement?
“I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Spectrum in Philly not long before the plane crash. That was a great band. These new guys are a bunch of leeches profiting off the name. It’s a shame.”
Good for you. I never saw either version, but I remember when they died, like it was yesterday. I’ve never trusted their 2.0 version, and if they’ve decided to insult their fan base, that’s fine - I won’t have to hear their name anymore when it comes to concert advertising.
"Sweet Home Alabama, praises former DEMOCRATIC, Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace."
FIFY
I despise that stupid “Free Bird” song — all about how to be fleshly and irresponsible
This band is over
I am offended by obama/biden signs, so stop displaying them? no, I will defend your right to display them, but I have a right to my don’t tread on me flag, my one man one woman = marriage sign, my cross hanging from my rear view mirror etc
Where is the Boo Boo Boo?
Whatever, I've never liked 'em. Their gun control song "Saturday Night Special" (from a crew likely to know where that term came from) told me all I needed to know about their politics.
Say it ain’t SO!!!!
My life is OVER....
I saw them in concert in LA with Charlie Daniels around 1975 when at school at UCLA...
All my other friends went to see - ahem - David Bowie...
Awesome concert....
Aw c’mon...
The best mom/son dance song is “Simple Man”...
And “Gimme Back My Bullets” cancels out “38 Special”...
you forgot the “sarc” tag, those urban types will never understand country/Southern values
*huge smile*
Very good!
This is what brought down the Iron Curtain...
This and Levi’s jeans....
-— Great bands only live forever if they hang it up BEFORE they jump the shark and are just playing fairgrounds. -—
Depends if they’re just phoning it in. For some reason, the public has a short attention span for popular music acts. Not many stay at the top for longer than 15 years. In rock, I can only think of U2, Elton John, Aerosmith, and Billy Joel.
If they’re in the “Puppet Show and Spinal Tap” stage of their careers, still writing songs, and still putting on a good show, I’m all for it.
I’ve enjoyed fairground shows by Eddie Money, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker, Pointer Sisters, and War, among others. Intimate setting, great performances, and the price was right.
I’m an illustrator and plan on illustrating until I drop. I don’t have to fear a “fairground” stage of my career. Doesn’t seem fair that musicians have to.
When I was stationed in Germany, I did go home with a waitress, but she wasn't with the Russians.
Here's my offering of great Zevon lyrics:
Carmelita, hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town
Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire
With my pearl-handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check
Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town
I saw her leave luau
With the one who parked the cars
And the fat one from the swimming pool
They were swaying arm in arm
I can hear the ukuleles playing
Down by the sea
She’s gone with the hula hula boys
And she don’t care about me
Ahina ini Manu amu kapawana....
Isn't that funny? I love the hairstyles :)
Wallace, the man admired by James Earl Ray (see the book Hellhound on His Trail)
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