Liberal Yankees freak out when ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ played in a grocery store

Yellowhammer ^ | December 6, 2016 | Jordan Laporta

[OrangeHoof]

“A Southern Man don’t need him around anyhow.”

[Ouderkirk]

The message may not move me
Or mean a great deal to me
But hey! It feels so groovy to say

Donovan kind of in a dream-like, tripped out way
His crystal images tell you 'bout a brighter day
And when the Beatles tell you
They've got a word "love" to sell you
They mean exactly what they say

I think I could say somethin' if you know what I mean
But if I really say it, the radio won't play it
Unless I lay it between the lines

That last stanza, really tells you what they are thinking. It was a direct jab at The Beatles, Donovan and the Momma & Pappas. But if I really say it, the radio won;t play it, unless I lay between the lines..... That was to tell you to look deeper that the surface.

Sweet Homa Alabama was much more in your face about it, which was fine as far as it goes.

But these types of songs were a staple of the music scene in the late 60's to 70's. You could publicly attack your contemporaries if you were slick about it.