Why People Lost Their Minds When A Brooklyn Store Played ‘Sweet Home Alabama’

The Federalist ^

[Night Hides Not]

I shop at Sprouts. For the most part same food as Whole Foods but 50% less.

They also have great music playing in the stores.

[ifinnegan]

The Brooklynites, including the writer’s wife, have mental illness. It’s a form of schizophrenia to have that sort of association with a song.

[Alberta's Child]

It’s funny to hear it playing in the background during breaks in the action of nationally televised NHL games in Canada. LOL.

[Exeter]

Thin-skinned and no sense of humor. Down here just about everybody knows the lyrics to Charlie Daniels’ Uneasy Rider, we’re not so insecure that we can’t laugh at ourselves...

[central_va]

The tough NYer can't take a little Southern jingle. Too bad.

[Alberta's Child]

It also has one of the greatest stanzas in a rock song — the one that begins: “In Birmingham they love the gov’ner ...”

[nutmeg]

Thought you might enjoy this. ;-)

[CodeJockey]

Montgomery’s got the answer.

[Ouderkirk]

I always hated Sweet Home Alabama, not for the sentiment but there was better music done by these guys.

[RegulatorCountry]

It’s surprising just how many outside the US know and love Sweet Home Alabama. Sing along, absolutely thrill to it. Strikes a chord, especially among the historically dispossessed. But then, so does the battle flag.

[taildragger]

Boy, too bad the sound system couldn't be hacked and the following be played without them being able to shut it off....

[bigdaddy45]

*sigh* You young kids just don’t get it.

[Pajamajan]

"i.e. hippie-commune-type place"

In Cali we have Trader Joes, which I call Hippie-Mart.

While it does have good, interesting food choices available, and the stores are clean, the staff friendly- many of their customers have a a sort of hippie vibe to them, and would probably react the same way the people in this article did if Sweet Home Alabama played there after the election.

Good article.

[PLMerite]

I crack up every time I watch that.

[\/\/ayne]

Good thing they didn’t play “God Bless America,” the liberals would have had to rush out and burn a flag.

[Hardastarboard]

I think Sweet Home Alabama ought to BE the national anthem. Talk about the ultimate FU to New York.

[wardaddy]

Lol

[wardaddy]

Heartrending homage to night Dixie truly died a little

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T8-cWwuMq3o

I’m driving across cold northern Indiana last nite on 31 south headed home

Always such a sad song

[blam]

Sweet Home Alabama

Ronnie Van Zant and Neil Young were friends. Here's a song written by Young for Van Zant to record. He died before recording it.

- Roll Tide -

[LambSlave]

My wife's son...

lmao Amazing they didn't know they were being trolled at that point.