First reaction to LYNYRD SKYNYRD - "Free Bird" (Live Oakland Coliseum Stadium)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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Do yourself a favor - consider it a belated birthday present - dive down the rabbit hole of Skynyrd ! Simple Man , Call me the Breeze , . too many to suggest .
Honestly there isn't a bad skynyrd song they are all great songs with powerful messages and alot of truths to them
On The Hunt. I Need You. Both very underrated
Tuesdays Gone...should be your next
Oh yes go down
Swamp music is the greatest southern rock song ever! IMO
Young lady. All of fans are in our 60s and 70s now. The 70s was the best rock and roll of all time. Much respect from a grand paw from Texas.
And from a Grammie from Canada. 🇨🇦
Brilliant all together.
70 year old hippie in east Tennessee here
I absolutely loved hearing Verdy talk about how mellow it was and then "Oh! The tempo picked up a bit..." And all I can think is, "Girl, you'd best strap yourself in, now!" This was always a heck of lot of fun to play in Guitar Hero, as well.
Much more fun to get a smart ass in the audience who yells out, "FREE BIRD," only to bust out a version on guitar that puts tears in that same smart asses eyes.
I was thinking the exact same thing!. "Honey, we're just getting started! That was the introduction"!
@@alanmcclure9546 That "smart ass" is actually an indicator of just how powerful this song is. It is THE ROCK ANTHEM. And real evidence that The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band was one of the greatest bands to ever take the stage. And the only band to ever blow Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones off their own stage in their own country. There was not a single band that could match the pure power of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Band. And if Ronnie had known as much about aircraft as he knew about music, they'd have set sales records that would have beaten Elivis and The Beatles. Records that would have stood for a very long time.
Skynyrd was my first concert. It was Foreigner, 38 Special, and Skynyrd for $7.50 in 1977. I was 15.
Oh wow ! I'm not even going to ask if you had a good time .
That's a great concert.
Your lucky getting to see Ronnie and Donnie share the stage
My first concert Pink Floyd 1977 World Series of Rock 16 yrs old $10.50! Can only go downhill from there!
lucky. (i'm jealous but not in a bad way lol)
It makes me so happy to see another generation is listening to the brilliance of Ronnie van zant and the rest
Artimus Pyle, the drummer kept the band's pace just like it was meant. He's one of the last survivor's and you just have to wonder what music that was never made when their plane went down. This video was made over 45 years ago. I was 18 years old and had just graduated HS and I'll soon be 64, just like all these girls rocking and now we need pain reliever to walk throughout the day.
No we ALL 66 year old don't need rain reliever to make it through the day.
Your Health is MIST IMPORTANT thing you have = physical and mental
@@Steve-gx9ot I'm in about as good as shape as anyone my age but I spent over 40 years powerlifting and my joints feel it. I still lift every other day and walk 2 miles in days between, but we are getting older and with-it, joint pain.
Free Bird is right up there with Stairway To Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Hotel California as iconic rock songs.
Iconic Americana
@@treebeard8475 Americana? Led Zep and Queen are Brits.
@@hiccup1dt102 I meant free bird but I love the British musical invasion as well 🤪 did you know the library of congress has Grateful Dead 5/8/77 Cornell tape on file? Now that’s Americana haha
@@treebeard8475 I'm from the Eugene area , People here are fanatical about the dead. Lived near Ken Kesey but never met the man. You would know his house by the magic bus sitting outside.
@@hiccup1dt102 that is very cool!! The bus just says “further” as it’s destination 😎
When I was in my teens in the 70s, the first half of Free Bird became a common song played at funerals of our generation,for friends lives that ended to soon. A powerful expression that we still feel today.
Hell yes play this when I die 🤟or Warf rat by Grateful Dead haha either works
Listen to Four Walls Of Raiford
It’s in my will. And my kids said they could not think of playing anything else.
Billy Powell on piano!! I was so fortunate to be on stage less than 5 feet from Billy the whole concert at Allentown, Pa. At the fairgrounds. 1998 when I was doing security with Marshall Tucker. Me and Billy were high fiving giving knuckles it was awesome!
I'm 66 years old I've seen them come and go. We had the best music groups to listen, to see in concerts in person and many were iconic bands. This is a whole another level. Sit back and buckle up and enjoy the ride 😀. Hold on tight. Get ready to me amazed. Rock on 😂
Freebird is a Southern Rock anthem. One that stood the test of time! ❤👍👍
My favorite band in the world from Jacksonville Florida, my home state , God bless the Rebels that we are , they made the 1970's my teen years just fantastic
Nobody ever talks about how the live version of this may be the best false ending ever in rock. It just goes and goes and goes and then struts right off the stage. Incredible.
The 1977 equivalent of a mic drop lol
And the version from their live album One More From The Road is actually quite a bit better than this one. Also check out T for Texas live from Knebworth
Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the most popular bands from the seventies ! They have so many hits " Gimme Three Steps ", "Simple Man" "That Smell ' But my favorite is " The Balled Of Curtis Lowe " Thanks for checking them out =)
Ballad of Curtis Leow is one of the best songs in history.
L. S. Was the band of the 70s!! No one could touch them! Actually, the best band of all times, than and even now, no one can touch them. So called music now is nothing but studios BS.
Listen to Four Walls Of Raiford
Even their non-hits are great.
Gimme Three Steps is such a FUN song 🎵
Sitting here crying with joy this was the wheelhouse of my teenage years. And born and raised in Atlanta Ga. South will never be the same.
Your city had a good band back then. Atlanta Rythym Section! I am a Florida Lynyrd Skynyrd fan for life.
However, the South has been proven RIGHT!
Lynyrd Skynyrd (the original band) was from Jacksonville, Florida and played Southern rock, which had roots in country and bluegrass (they named themselves after Leonard Skinner, a high school teacher they all hated 😂)... They debuted in 1973 - their first albums was "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd"... and worked the touring circuit to build a following and were known for their 3-guitar line-up of Allen Collins, Ed King and Gary Rossington... Ronnie Van Zant was the lead singer, Leon Wilkeson on bass, Billy Powell on piano, and Bob Burns on drums.
The band carried on releasing albums - 'Second helping' (1974)... "Nuthin' fancy' (1975)... "Gimme back my bullets" (1976)... Bob Burns was replaced by Artimus Pyle (drums), Ed King was replaced by Steve Gaines (guitar)... and Lynyrd Skynyrd finally struck platinum success in 1976 after releasing the live album 'One more for the road' that year. That is the band in this video clip. Gary Rossington played the slide guitar, while Allen Collins and Steve Gaines did the finale.
The band recorded their 5th album 'Street survivors' in 1977, but just before the release, Lynyrd Skynyrd were on tour flying in a rented airplane which crashed in Mississippi in October on 1977... Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Steve Gaines (guitar) and Gaines' sister Cassie Gaines (backup singer) were killed in the crash. Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded as a result.
In 1987, Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed w/ Ronnie's younger brother Johnny Van Zant taking over vocals... but the later albums were not as successful as the original band's records.
Most of the original band have passed away... Gary Rossington (guitar) is the only original member left. Former drummer Artimus Pyle is still alive... Allen Collins (guitar) was paralyzed in a car crash before he died in 1990... bassist Leon Wilkeson died in 2001... keyboardist Billy Powell died in 2009... former guitarist Ed King died in 2018... former drummer Bob Burns died in 2015.
Really fun when a person you like is about to listen to one of the all-time historic songs for the first time. Was pretty psyched to watch this! Some might say this is the "Stairway to Heaven" of Southern Rock. I wouldn't argue. The song takes off like a bird that's finally free, and we fly right along with it. Really tragic that only a couple of months later half of them would be killed. And never should've happened.
I can’t imagine being in that plane crash what a nightmare I wouldn’t wish on anyone
Taken from us to soon grow up listening to them. Their plane actually went down about 40 miles from my home town.I grew up 20 miles from McComb , Ms. in Tylertown I didn't know anything about it until I got to work in McComb the next morning. We were actually working a few miles from where the plane went down. I was looking for oil seismographing back then . We didn't get much work done that day.
Hey Verdy did you notice there are no cell phones in the audience. The concert took place in 1977 and the audience is old enough to be your grandpa or grandma. What a drag it is getting old. Great Reaction.
Well, considering the alternative, it's not such a drag...lol
When Skynyrd supported the Rolling Stones as a support act in England at the Knebworth concert they humiliated them in front of their 200,000 plus crowd..their FREEBIRD version is simply they greatest finale song in history... Simply Magnificent!
I was there also. 10cc were on the card. What a concert.
Mick warned them not to go on the tongue and Ronnie said screw you and they all went on the tongue except Leon he ran out of cord lol
@@sg-yq8pm fake news!
@@tommcmanamon8327 Fake news!
They did the same to The Who
"Jam packed" was the term you were searching for. 😊
Hey Verdy you should check out Texas Flood live at El Mocombo by Stevie Ray Vaughn
This petformance was their gift to mankind just before the plane crash
The piano player was a rodie who was to embarrassed to tell the group he played classical piano. But the guys went to lunch & he wrote the piano music for this song & they came back & heard him & went right into recording
Can you imagine that? Most of these girls in the audience today are mothers, and certainly many of them are grandmothers!!! One of the best solos I've ever seen! I felt like I could hug you seeing you because I knew how you felt at that moment, you live the music like me! Thank you Verdy! 🤘🏻
Grandma here rocking it then and still
Most of the girls at this concert are great grandmothers now.
Most are Grandmother's.
I Love Verdy's reactions ! She very sincere for the love and feelings she has for music.
I’ve seen many reactions to Free Bird and you noticed more than anyone! Great job!
Great performance, too bad there are only a couple of months left for the fateful plane crash. This video is a beautiful way to remember his music.
Thanks for the reaction Verdy, it keeps growing...👍
Yep, unfortunately they would lose Ronnie, the lead singer, Steve Gaines, the guitarist with the shortest hair and Steve's sister Cassie, one of the Honkettes backup singers. The Honkettes weren't at this performance. A band manager also died, along with both pilots. 10/20/77
Love 💕 Y O U R reactions. I'm 64. Old school. It's so adorably cute to watch youth explore the musical past. I wonder where You're from. Love the accent. The four 🎸 guitars, (base, rhythm, and two lead guitars).
Yes, 4 guitarists, including the bass, a keyboard player, drummer, and lead singer. Total of 7 people. I saw them in concert in 1975. Great show!
Hey, we can't forget the "Honkettes" who were their back-up singers. LOL
I remember driving flat out at 145 mph in a BMW coupe to this , had it on loud , lovely lovely
This song is the very definition of an "anthem" song. There must be 50,000 people in that stadium, and every one of them is going nuts to this song. The energy it created in them is unfathomable. One of the biggest speeding tickets I ever got was caused, in no small part, to having this song blasting on my car stereo on a warm summer day. The longer it played, the faster I drove. 😄
The Lynyrd Skynyrd band is the real deal when it comes to classic rock bands. Lots of bands can make music in a studio but to be able to put on a show the way that they did is what really defines a classic rock band and they could really perform. Thank you I love your reaction to this ☺️
This was one of the classic lineup's last performances. Only a few weeks after this concert, the band was in a horrific plane crash, and Ronnie Van Zant (lead singer), Steve Gaines (guitar), and Cassie Gaines (backing vocals) all died in it, along with two crew members, and everyone else was badly injured. They did restart the band about 10 years later with Ronnie's younger brother on lead vocals, but when you think about the talent lost in that crash...
Easily one of the saddest days in Rock history.
Actually this was July 2 in California, I got to see them on July 3rd in Tulsa at Willies 4th of July picnic. The plane crash was in October. And yes, another day the music died.
Not really the "classic" lineup. Bob Burns was their original drummer and Ed King was one of the original guitarists. Neither Gaines nor the drummer were a member of Skynard when they released this song. Just sayin'......
How Rossington starts with the most exquisite slide guitar on the SG, then Collins and Gaines go absolutely ballistic...just fantastic. I believe it was 1977 and they were at the height of powers...I was 17, and a great time to be young!!
As soon as I saw the thumbnail i thought " She is going to enjoy this "
Lynyrd skynyrd always gave you everything they had in concert!
You only get to see that for the first time once. Thank you for letting us share it with you!
Worthy of a VERDY “Woof!”. Fun to watch you respond to this classic performance.
This was a 3 "goddamn" reaction.
Love your RUclips channel Verdy ! Always great taste In music !😉
In my opinion Lynyrd Skynyrd is the greatest rock band to ever exist
You need to check out the Outlaws and their song Green Grass & High Tides If you like the guitars on this one. The Outlaws had ties to Skynyrd & were referred to as the Florida Guitar Army.
Some said Free Bird was too long. I hate that it ends so soon. :). I’m so glad the younger generation is learning and loving the classics we grew up with. On an 8 hour bus ride senior trip, someone played Free Bird on repeat much of the trip. We loved it. Free Bird & Lynyrd Skynyrd defined Southern Rock. Other greats from them are Simple Man, Tuesday’s Gone, Oh That Smell, Give Me 3 Steps, and more.
The problem is not so much that it's too long, but it starts too early. Chop off a few minutes of the dreary beginning, and leave just enough to lead up to the part where everybody, if we're being honest, only really cares about.
I love seeing a young person enjoy the music I grew up with. I saw them live several times and they were amazing every time.
This is freaking crazy, I’ve never had chills like this over a song
My absolute favorite band, EVER. They are phenomenal. Don’t stop here; they have a deep catalog, and really only wrote the bulk of their songs in a six year time span. They are huge.
Nice name!!!
@@warrenhughes911 thank you. I’m a big Skynyrd fan. ❤️🎶❤️
I was at that concert on the green.....the crowd was insane and we didn't have fights, problems people were so friggin jazzed and dancing...Allot of Pot passing around but being on the green was the place to be!!
Musically, Freebird is their greatest song. Lyrically, it’s Simple Man. I can only imagine how much bigger they would have been if not for the plane crash. I would like to think that the universe was saying we weren’t ready for a full onslaught of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but here’s a taste.
The Stairway to Heaven REACTION was EPIC ! SO now the American version of EPIC !
The reason they showed the crowd is because EVERYBODY in the 1970s knew exactly when this song was going to take off. It's the most famous guitar outro of all time.
3 guitarists. One bassist. Nice video. I’ll watch more.
There is nothing better than playing this to friends who haven't heard it and watching the big stupid grin they get on their faces as it really kicks off. Love Freebird.
Peter Frampton had to follow that! 😄
What a lineup that concert had...Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana and Outlaws.
Great track from one of the greatest albums of all time Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd.
I've been listening to Freebird since sometime in the 70s and this was the first time I noticed Billy Powell's too-dee-doots you mentioned at 5:01!
Such a powerful song. I never got to see them live, but I was the same age as those women in the crowd were. Now, we’re in our early 60s!
I missed that one, but saw Zeppelin in the summer of 1977 in that same stadium. Epic.
Ronald and I’m probably older than you but I got to see Jimi Hendrix in 1969 when I was a senior in high school.
@@garythomas9222 You lucky dog. Must of been fantastic 👌. My first was 2112 .think it was 75 or 76.✌️
@@David-ng7cr This will really make you sad David I am so old I seen the Beatles in 1964 I was in grade school and the Rolling Stones and my God the Monkees and Dave Clark Five I don’t mention any of them because No one remembers them anymore.
@@garythomas9222 I remember seeing the Beatles on the Sullivan show. I remember watching my older sisters swoon, but not understanding why. Also remember seeing the Doors on that show and Ed getting pissed because Morrison didn't change one of the lyrics of "Light My Fire". as he was "told" too.
Free Bird !! 🐦 let's go !!!
VERDY, realize this, a lot of those kids in that crowd are grandparents today.
I was in this biz, production coordination, back then and did many, many shows like this. They were like a mid size town, 50 to 75,000 people, or more, rockin' out at the same time, same place. We knew how to party. ;0)
This is one of the best versions (IMHO). Some will argue that Knebworth in England was better because they blew the Rolling Stones out of the water. This shows Billy Powell's classical piano training and how the "three guitar army" of Alan Collins, Gary Rossington, and Steve Gaines work together, and you can't forget Leon Wilkerson on bass. The drums of Artimus Pyle is a driving force that brings on the power. FLY ON FREEBIRDS
It's good to hear Artemis mentioned on Freebird, that Marine was working out!
I have always felt this version was better than the Knob' version. Way better. I have never even seen it as close.
Verdy, Oakland was the site of the Day on the Green concerts. Nobody had it as good as The Bay Area for concerts back then. Thanks. Bill Graham.
Those were the good old days. Stadium rock at it's best
Well kid, I was at this concert July 2, 1977. It was a fantastic "Day on the Green". You wouldn't believe the cost of the tickets to get in...
That's how you do it that's called jamming good southern rock the solos kick ass and your cool love your passion too keep rocking
There is an hour video on RUclips about the Muscle Shoals music...and there is a clip in it about the early Skynyrd recording there...but he never signed them so they left for his competitor in the same small town. Ronnie talks about not wearing shoes on stage....loved to feel the stage burn. Good stuff. History of music and bands is much much deeper than most realize
This was July of '77 their plane crashed in October,three and a half months later killing the lead singer, and one of the lead guitar players and one backup singer who was also the sister of the guitar player that was killed. I saw their last concert before the plane crash in Greenville SC. They left Greenville SC the next day on their way to Baton Rouge La. Is when the crash took place. Last month was the 45th anniversary of that day.
It was said that they were having some technical issues with some of their stage cameras that's why there was so many cuts to the crowd. This was recorded with 40 year old equipment after all. Love your reaction.
Hello from Sweet Home Alabama. Everybody loves Skynyrd!
45 years after the plane crash that killed so many of the band in their prime..... their music is an enduring legacy. These guys were the hardest working band in history.
Welcome to Southern Rock's finest, LYNYRD SKYNYRD!
nah. the Allman brothers hold that title. ALWAYS HAVE
Allman Brothers by far @@steveaitch729
Excellent choice for a reaction! Southern rock at its finest. I agree with you about the amount of crowd shots. It would have been nice to see the band playing through more of the clip because it was a truly stellar performance. And it's really too bad that so many died in the plane crash as their career was exploding.
Verdy.. watching how the music moves you intellectually and physically is a pleasure to watch. You appreciate the classic music from the past. I am biased but don't think anything today can compare.
This is the signature song of Lynyrd Skynyrd. This tune was huge back in the day!!!! These boys from the south were LOUD and PROUD!!! Their music is really, really GOOD!!! Decide for yourself..... I can't change, lord knows I can't change!
The man singing lead is Ronnie Van Zant, he usually performed bare-footed. He said he wanted to feel the vib and the music. It was terrible when their airplane crashed. What a loss!!!!! Some of them lived thru the crash.
Near the end those dudes were so poor, they had to share the same cigarette. You know what they were doing, right?? Take care!
Day on the Green, one of many at the Oakland Coliseum by Bill Graham. They had the camera on the crowd at the beginning of the solos because it was a well known song then, and fan reaction was less well known than the guitar work on film. The stadium is where the baseball Oakland Athletics played, and the NFL Oakland Raiders played.
If you want a better live version of Freebird, check out their performance at the Knebworth festival in England in 1976.
My favorite too! You can see the guitar army so much better!
RIP: Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie & Steve Gaines U R Missed 🔥💔🎸🤘🎶 this is southern rock at its best. We lost these wonderful artists just three months later in a terrible plane crash. But we are so fortunate to have these wonderful videos to keep them and their glorious music alive. Here's another one of their songs "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last of a Dyin' Breed" this is the fourteenth studio album and also the first single on the album. The album was released on August 21, 2012. After we lost Ronnie to that terrible plane crash, his brother Johnny Van Zant, stepped up and became the bands lead singer. It is also the first Lynyrd Skynyrd album to feature Peter Keys on keyboards and Johnny Colt on bass (even though credited, the latter is not on the tracks). Last of a Dyin' Breed peaked #14 on the US Billboard Pop Charts. I enjoyed your reaction thanks for sharing👍🎶🤗
Only Gary Rossington is left now.
Thanks for the great memories
You are a really cool young woman who loves classic rock
If you liked this, then you absolutely must listen to the performance on harmonica - yes harmonica - by Will Wilde. It's stunning. You won't be disappointed.
One of the most played songs of the late 70's.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, the group, has a small piece of my soul, silently, gently, unknown, Insignificant, tied eternally together with all the similar kindred souls, many whose entire lives were torn apart after centuries of stability crashed overnight. 🤠 "Free Bird" is our Anthem, our Modern Day Battle Cry, the day their music Died also in an Aircraft crash, ripped the hearts out of those like myself, More than Music, it was also a Movement, Simple People with extraordinary skills. With them so went our major symbol (S), benefactors, and the whole reason (S) we had, in our minds, to try and be different.
In 1977 the seating capacity of the Oakland Coliseum was 55,000. How many people that were on the field is not known but, it could easily be half again as much. . . . .
I can see Verdy being there at the concert with a guy on her shoulders enjoying herself
I love that you brought up calm in the crowd and the guitars cuz I was thinking. Lol that was the calm before the storm I love the way that this band builds up and just cuts loose it's amazing with their one of the best classic rock bands of all time. Thank you 😊
This is wonderful, but PLEASE listen to the studio version to round out your appreciation of the composition and performance,
New to your channel.
Love your reactions.
Plus you're so cute!
🙂🙃😉😍
Be sure to check out the original studio version.
This live version is not even the best live version.
But the song still rocks, as do you, VERDY .
Stay cool .
Jam-packed stadium.
And yes, it's VERY sad that the camera focused on the crowd for so long.
I loved the fact that a crowd of young,enthusiastic people were having natural fun,without phones, and it was captured for generations to come and though English,THAT is my idea of how Califormia is or certainly used to be.
Nice reaction. Unfortunately like all reactors who choose this song, it is the wrong live version to react to. Knebworth is the ultimate version of Freebird.
Hi Wayne my name is Gary I had suggested this version of Free Bird to VERDY . You are right this version is better I wish I would’ve known about it I’ve listen to this version for years. I also suggested Stevie Ray Vaughan Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys and I have also suggested the Allman Brothers at the Fillmore and Johnny Winters
If you can put a bug in her ears for those two. She said she would do it we just have to encourage her a little bit.
I seen them 3 times and they always kicked ass!
This concert in Oakland, California had to be before October 20, 1977. Most of them died in a plane crash - they ignored a warning that the plane had some problems and chose to fly anyway.
that moment you finally realize that your parents and/or grandparents raised more hell, and rocked *_WAY_* harder than you ever have.
The expression on your face says it all.😁 You mentioned the bass player, someone commented on another video that he almost broke a finger on this performance.
Three outros that I wish would never end: Freebird, Sultans Of Swing, and Hotel California.
This is such a fabulous song, played by such talented musicians. If you can fit this in you need to see the amazing singer/guitarist Gary Moore playing live on Still got the Blues. The version you need to watch is the one watched by 85.2 million!!
VERDY great job with your reaction and thoughts on Free Bird Live Performance from Lynyrd Skynyrd. Just a couple Months after this performance.There was that heartbreaking and Fatal airplane Crash. Lost 4 members of band there road manager and the plane pilot and Copilot.
That's was usually their encore imagine the enthusiasm and drive after a hour in the hot California sun. Now imagine the 2 leads in sink. One of the greatest
Every time I watch this live version, I can't help but think of how most of young folks in the crowd are now grandparents and probably even some great grandparents lol.
I saw them at the Montreal Forum in 1973, they opened for The Who, CHUM FM in Toronto arranged bus packages, it was a great concert.
Yeah you would need to be The Who to follow a band like that.
I was on that bus myself. Had never heard of Lynyrd Skynyrd and didn't know what to expect but here we are fifty years later sharing our memories. You're right, it was a great concert. Greatest opening act ever.
you might see more of the guitarists in the 1976 live performance you can find on youtube.
cool Nordiques shirt btw!
The word you were looking for was Jam packed
I absolutely love your reaction especially on the guitar riff. Thank you for that I really enjoyed watching you enjoy that.
props for the Nordiques shirt....still have one of their Jersey's hanging in my closet