Skynyrd Rocks, Cleveland Balks

Washington Times ^ | 3/18/04 | Robert McCain

[GOPcapitalist]

Dixie ping!

[Thane_Banquo]

Freebird is the greatest rock song of all time.

[BikePacker]

I can't believe Lynyrd Skynyrd isn't in the RR-HOF already.

What a RIP!

Trivia: Who was Leonard Skinnard? (he was a real guy)

[NYCVirago]

Lynyrd Skynyrd not being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an outrage. If the Hall has room for the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Brenda Lee, they can put Skynryd in.

[randog]

I love Skynard to death, but I swear, if I hear 'Gimme 3 Steps' one more time I'm gonna shoot my radio.

[Bogey78O]

Their High school PE teacher.

[NYCVirago]

Trivia: Who was Leonard Skinnard? (he was a real guy)

Their high school gym teacher.

[Arkinsaw]

Who cares about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It should be in Memphis instead of where it is.

[randog]

Trivia: Who was Leonard Skinnard? (he was a real guy)

The band's gym teacher. Where's my prize?

[Bogey78O]

Well up to now the outrage was over the exclusion of ZZ Top.

Just keep the pressure up.

[Keltik]

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According to Mr. Odom, a hall official said music industry leaders disdain Skynyrd as "the world's luckiest bar band."
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Couldn't agree more.

Duane Allman was a brilliant guitarist (check out his work on Boz Scaggs' "Loan Me A Dime"), but most of the other "Southern boogie" was utter garbage, just a bombastic, screeching variation on heavy metal. And I say this as a Mississippian who was forced to listen to it at the time. What a relief for New Wave & Punk to come in, bringing talents like Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, etc...

And the R&RHOF is a joke anyway. I mean, Billy Joel is in it. JAMES TAYLOR is in it, for Pete's sake...

[billbears]

Ronnie Van Zant would have been proud of ZZ Top's success, but Lynyrd Skynyrd, eligible for the hall of fame since 1998, should have been inducted years ago.

Understatement of the year. I can't believe Skynyrd wasn't already in the Hall of Fame. They let ZZ Top in before Skynyrd? The band whose songs all sound the same is in the Hall of Fame but Van Zant and the boys aren't? And I thought giving Jethro Tull the Grammy for Hard Rock over Metallica was an injustice....

[BikePacker]

Looks like Bogey wins the prize...

Enjoy....

[NYCVirago]

I demand a recount! ;)

[BikePacker]

Slightly offbase, I got the chance to see Molly Hatchet in a little bar (300 people) in Clarksville TN while stationed at Campbell back in '87 (they had already "peaked" as far as pop-culture was concerned) but they flippin' turned that scene into the wildest, hard drivin' show you could ever imagine... finished with a long version of "Flirtin' with disaster" with 2 or 3 rough languaged (but right on target)stanzas that brought the house down.

[squidly]

I'm a living oxymoron, an Alabama native who can't stand Skynyrd. They don't deserve the HoF either. Popularity does not equal innovation and creativity. They had the former but not the latter two. The Hall only inducts those who have all three.

btw I love the Allman Brothers

[BikePacker]

I demand a recount! ;)

It's all legal-like... you were slow on the draw.

[cryptical]

They let ZZ Top in before Skynyrd? The band whose songs all sound the same is in the Hall of Fame but Van Zant and the boys aren't?

I saw ZZ Top about 4 or 5 times in the late 70's - early 80's. I think 38 Special opened for them every time, and I liked the 38 Special show better each time.

I also saw the Rossington-Collins Band in '80. Never saw Skynyrd live, though. My loss.

[jscd3]

According to Mr. Odom, a hall official said music industry leaders disdain Skynyrd as "the world's luckiest bar band."

What a moron - everybody knows that Commander Cody and The Lost Planet Airmen is the world's luckiest bar band...