First time listening to "Free Bird" beginning to end! Reaction and Vocal Review feat. Lynyrd Skynyrd
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I've heard snippets of this song so many times, but today I'm finally listening to the entire piece all the way through. Today's video is an audio-only reaction to Lynyrd Skynyrd's song "Free Bird."
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The bass in this song is incredible. It doesn't get the recognition that it deserves.
100%
Keeping everything held in place and organized whilst chaos hits everywhere at all times from every direction is certainly some sort of sorcery to be honest
Leon was phenomenal
Most don’t give props to bass or drums :)
Bob Burns drums too...amazing
Allen Collins was a bad bad man on guitar. Led a tragic life, but blazed a star across the sky while alive, like a free bird. RIP Mr. Collins.
@MusicmanrobertAllen didn’t die in the plane crash, it was Steve, Cassie, and Ronnie
RIP 🙏 Ronnie, Casey, Steve, Gary to many gone😢
This song stays in your head for days after you listen to it
@Musicmanrobert not allen
Allen also played the acoustic guitar that you hear throughout the song, he was Lean,Mean,Shredding Machine 🎸 also his girlfriend at the time asked him that question (if I leave here tomorrow would you remember me) they later married
The live version at Oakland coliseum guitar "duel" is even more epic and a piano solo in the middle... worth a watch, even worth a second reaction...
Day on the green 👍
I know. I'm so surprised she didn't react to that one. Oh well. Still my favorite reactor ❤
Knebworth is better ruclips.net/video/l4PzuG5exyM/видео.html Even with the story with the Rolling Stones
Definitely watch that particular LIVE version!!!
Definitely the Oakland performance is a must watch and worth a seperate review
Free Bird isn't a song, it's an experience.
"Free Bird" and "Stairway To Heaven" go hand in hand as two of the greatest rock songs of all time in my book. Amazing...
They were always the last songs played at my middle school dances. :-)
Add comfortably numb pulse version to the list
Exactly, Tony!
@@FUBAR_87 Has to be live! Not that boring as batshit version on the LP
Would you guys add Sultans of Swing Alchemy? Cause to me its top 3 live performances all time for me.
you're gonna get this a lot - Live Oakland 1977
Oh man, I'm with the gang... You have to hear this LIVE just once in your life, like maybe Oakland 1977
Oakland live version 1977 is an amazing performance - TRULY A MUST SEE!!
I would say the '76 version, since all the Oakland clips in youtube have a cut in the solo
@@freddyfleal Yes Knebworth 76 is the way to go.
Seeing it live helps to understand what's going on with the instruments. 3 Guitars plus one bass guitar.
Yes, please, that is really the ONLY way to do this song. Oakland.
Knebworth put it to shame
I remember hearing this song for the first time, as a Frisbee throwing teenager, back in the 70's and thinking , this song has a ton of false endings and a never ending crescendo!
It leaves you feeling exhilarated!
Same here. We had the radio on at work and when this came on we all stopped. when it was over, we all said, "Holy ...., what was that?"
I have NEVER seen a first-time listener enjoy this masterpiece so much. Thank you so much. That was amazing.
Did you win a free guitar too? Lol
Free Bird at Oakland 1977 is one of the greatest rock performances of all time in my opinion.
Greetings from Scotland. Wonderful song. Back un the day saw them live 5 times. A great night out and still much missed.
Holy Smokes!! A Scot who's seen them 5 times and I only seen them once in 2019. Though I was only 10 years old when this album came out!! I'm Jealous!! ☮️
I'm 55, and I never tire of hearing this song.
I always joke that the lead guitarist is still playing the solo, it never finishes.
I've listened to this song for 50+ years, and I've never fully comprehended the complexity of the interplay of instruments. That makes it so awesome. As you can imagine, the live versions are insanely extended with glorious guitar dueling. The genius of this makes the subsequent tragedies to various members so sad.
3 GUITAR ASSAULT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A song that proposes "I can't change" for several minutes then lays down many more minutes of change after that huge tempo change. Love your show!
There is a longer version of this song (maybe another minute or two) that gets cut off by the fade-out of this version. It’s found on their Greatest Hits album, and I’ve always thought it’s a more satisfying completion of the song.
Allen Collins not only played the guitar solo, he composed every note of it.
...and at a young age of 18.
And it took him more than a year. Over & over, till every last note was right where it had to be...
Truly an American anthem! Countless helicopter flights over the Middle East listening to this! Love that you love it!!!!
Just some good ol' boys having a good ol' time making good ol' music. Whether you see it performed at a show, or better yet, a rehearsal, you just came away with a joy of how amazing music can be.
I was born in 1958..growing up in this era was the greatest! Bethany you really need a Time Machine, seeing all the great bands live
Nice reaction, this is one of those that needs to be live, Oakland 1977 is a good one. Allen wrote this one when he was 17. How many people were playing guitar like this in the late 1960's? There were not many Clapton, Page, Beck, Hendrix, Duane........ Allen was one of the GOATS.
Thanks for sharing your enjoyment of this great piece of art.
This band wrote so many iconic songs in the few short years before the plane crash that took so many important members. Absolutely one of the best to ever do it.
Just to mention that Lynyrd Skynyrd had 3 guitar players !!!
Only two on this song, and only one plays the (dual) solo (two different takes combined).
Great reaction, Bethany! Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws and The Marshall Tucker Band are my three favorite southern rock groups.
I would add Allman Brothers.
don't forget Molly Hatchet
I've always seen the Big 3 (Skynyrd, Allmans, and Tucker) as representing different versions of Southern rock. Skynyrd was the rock/blues version, the Allmans were a more jazz + blues version, and Marshall Tucker a country version. They were all great in their own way.
As others have mentioned the live version is a must. Whether you do it as a reaction video or for your own enjoyment do yourself a favor and check out the live 1977 version of this song. Which was already linked by someone else. Several members of the band including the lead singer were killed in a plane crash just a few months after that live version was filmed.
Came out about a year before I went into the Army. That was the greatest time to be growing up, and I thank God that is the era I grew up in. Music was so important to everything going on. I also want to thank you for making it possible for me to get so much more out of listening to music than before I started watching your videos.
I never thought of the two guitars as the two lovers in opposition, before. It changed how I thought of the song, on a totally different level. The parting of two can be a very traumatic thing and the solo so encapsulated how this breakup would be. Thank you for your insights, my dear. Much respect. 🎶🧚♀🎶 Oh, and you move your shoulders very nicely to the music. : )
The message of the song is meant to be bitter-sweet, which is a difficult emotion to capture in music, but the guitars nail it perfectly. It's rare to hear a song that could give you that feeling even with the lyrics stripped away, but you'd pick that up from a purely instrumental version as well. Even setting aside the outstanding performance, they're playing the song-writing game on extra hard mode, and absolutely killing it, lol.
Bittersweet? I've always heard it as if the guy just can't wait to get the hell out of her life and fly FREE! But he's a gentleman about it. Sort of...
The reason this song is a rock anthem is because they had a killer live version and it was their encore, and it lasted for 10 to 15 minutes (got to love great southern rock!).. For 20 to 30 years every band had to endure crowds calling for "Free-Bird" while waiting for any band to come back out for their encore. Some bands really hated it..
BTW, its really hard to keep track of the separate parts because its 3 lead guitars and a piano all potted up. ...
Ronnie Van Zant’s vocals really nail the emotion/feelings of the amazing lyrics! It was so fun watching you pick up on the details of both the vocals and what is going on with the instruments. There are so many musical elements doing their own amazing things and you did a great job pointing them out. As others have said, the Live Oakland ’77 version is a must watch and it would be fun to see your reaction to it as well! It’s very cool to watch the crowd anticipate and react to the tempo change that you noted during this reaction. Also, the whole instrumental section is just awesome to watch! This was a fun reaction…I really enjoyed it!
This one needs to be revisited in a live version. The studio verson is great, but the live versions are considered to be better than the studio version.
Agreed, the piano was much better than the organ IMO
Naw man, there are no songs that are better live, unless you think the vocals carry the song
@@Pocketkid2 I have to disagree. Freebird live is so much better
Great reaction! Just know when you watch the live versions, either Oakland or Knebworth or both, Ronnie had developed nodes and FreeBird is the last song.❤
That moment you started thinking "not so sure if its a guitar.. SOLO...." LOL.. loved it. Thanks for this one. I saw a couple of people mention the live versions where they go a bit more "dueling" along with additional instruments getting some highlight, highly recommend you check those out too.
I think because Ronnie wrote all the lyrics to these songs, they really come across to the listener as sincere and heartfelt. He really was a wonderful lyricist. And when you hear these songs , you don't ever think of his vocals as "lacking" in any way. They just seem to perfectly compliment the words and music. Nothing fancy...just great tone and great diction, unique to him and just right! 🙂
I was in high school when this song came out. This song came on the radio very frequently for a long time period.
And i love that this guitar duel is travelling across the expanse of space for all time
She got the Freebird sway going.
Funny you put it that way- the Free Bird sway. Reminds me of a girl who commented on one reaction video that the first half of the song is all foreplay, the rest- the jamming- a six minute orgasm. Wish I'd have said it, but can't take credit. Besides, I never had a six minute orgasm. Even when I was young. They are a beautiful thing to witness, though, up close & personal...
I can easily say that this song has one of the best guitar solo of all time
Free Bird is one of the best jam secession's with a few awesome lyrics tossed in
Lynyrd Skynyrd is such an amazing band, even though they had a tragic history. That makes them that much more special. I think you should critique all their songs. Simple Man, That Smell, Gimme Three Steps, Saturday Night Special, The Ballad of Curtis Lowe, and many more
You missed out on the piano solo. Well worth the listen. An amazing concert with tons of people. One of the best 👍.
The end of Free Bird. the dueling guitars are almost butting heads with each other, and it just intensifies into such an uplifting chaos that resolves in the end with both of them together going in the same direction!
A little secret: The solo is ALL Allen Collins! Gary’s strictly Rhythm and Slide on this.
Yep, that's the bass working its way up the scale. It raises the tension by raising the "floor" while the drums and piano keep the galloping going and the guitars keep climbing, until the last note of the whole thing, when all the instruments come together at the same time and everything explodes back into the main riff and solo.
This band said so much in such a short period of time. 74-77 what a catalog. Thanks for this one.
This song will always remind me of my friend Aaron Ferguson who was killed in a car accident over 20 years ago. He was in his early 20's, he lived his live free as a bird and now he's free from all of the demons that he fought to overcome. R.I.P. my brother.
Great to see a reaction to this centred on the voice & his great expression, thanks
One of the greatest rock songs of all times!
You are the first one that I've seen on here acknowledge Leon's bass playing the guy was very much under rated. You know the leader singer always love Paul Rodgers singing maybe you should do a reaction on some live Bad Company there's plenty on u tube Bad Company by Bad Company yea.
Bass players are almost always the most under appreciated members, unless their name is Les Claypool or Flea lol
There was nothing like this song and overall sound back in the mid 70s...I look at this like a 200 year song...they will be listening to this 200 years from now..very rare
11:47 I watched a lot of reactions to Free Bird. No matter what the person's personality is like, where they come from, what music they usually listen to, one thing is constant. The smile that slowly grows on their face when the solo is coming
Ok scanned SOME of the comments and didn't see mentioned that I believe the piano player Billy Powell was discovered during the making of this album. He was the roadie and no one knew he was a classically trained pianist until everyone was taking a break at Muscle Shoals studio and he started playing and dropped some jaws!!! Great Channel Bethany!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
Yep, Freebird is a masterpiece. Every instrument is performing its part to perfection while not drowning out the others, all while working in concert to deliver a phenomenal sound that is timeless. Rock music just does not get better than this.
You owe it to yourself to check out the live versions of Freebird even if not for a reaction but just for your own exposure to southern rock. In particular, the Oakland Coliseum 1977 and Knebworth 1976 versions. Also, the Knebworth versions of T for Texas and Call Me the Breeze are some of the best southern rock, or any kind of live performance, that you will ever see.
Now that you've heard the studio version you need to check out the last time the original band performed it live in Oakland Ca. its the last song of the concert. The guitar solo grabs you so much more.
The sounds of my generation. You'll never grow old if you Rock & Roll.
Love your channel and your voice. You have reviewed many of my all time favourites. As a 70+ year old, I remember a lot of these when they first were released. Keep up the great work!
You really need to see the live version.. it’s a wild version to see the best live version of any song. May all the original members rest in peace play it. Purdy fly high free birds fly high.
Yes sir Ronnie we still remember you…
It is just awesome!
Roof open, this tune on high volume, and lead foot on the pedal on the highway... = Ultimate bliss!
It is like a 9 layered cake with unique and interesting fillings in each and every layer. I find new stuff in this on each hearing.
You should see the live 1976 version of this. Not just great musicianship but the joy they get from playing it. It’s an epic performance.
One of my all time favorites, absolutely love this. Great reaction, as always, with the loveliest of all vocalysts!
Such an incredible weaving of three guitars, bass, piano and drums. They are all going their own way but in the same direction.. that's what makes this song special
You really should see the live version in Oakland Coliseum in 1977.....Outstanding performance.
When I heard this song for the very first time I talked to myself: "Oh my God, what!! - was!! - this!!-??"
And yes, often forgotten to appreciate: the bass and the whole rhythm section. Great choise, thank you.
There was a reason why they were so great in the 70's.
Watch the live performance of this at Oakland Coliseum.
The solo plays on "Kingsman" movie in a really good action scene
There's a reason that this song and Stairway to Heaven were #1 and #2 as most listened to for years in the 70's and 80's!
When you close your eyes and sway back and forth, you experience what we all have 1,000's of times. You don't just listen to Freebird, you FEEL it 💖
The guitar jam is history 😊
First for the first time! Scrolling through her vids when i saw this.
You have to watch free bird in Oakland California! Absolutely a must no bs!!!
You saved me! As someone born in the 70's, I'd completely neglected my annual listening of Free Bird. Man, I could've been kicked out of Gen X!
The Live 1977 Oakland version of "Freebird" is one you absolutely have to listen to and watch as I think you get a better understanding of who this group was and how much the fans were absolutely bat stuff crazy about them and their music. Even if you don't want to do another reaction to this song, you should watch and listen to the 1977 Oakland version just for you own pleasure. Lynyrd Skynyrd was a live band first and then a studio band. Good job though young lady.
This guitar solo was playing when Jenny was getting ready to jump off the balcony to her death.
My mom introduced me to Skynyrd when i was a 90s kid. Glad she did.
One of the best songs ever
If you watch the concert footage others have referenced you’ll see that, yes, they are dueling!
Love Freebird. A treasure.
If you like dueling guitars in southern rock, listen to Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws.
No need to apologize for stopping the song. We're here to get your impressions of the song and learn more about the vocals. You point out things we may not have noticed. We can listen to the song on our own with a renewed appreciation.
100% Agreed. No need to apologize.
As much as I love Free Bird I can't help but be smitten by Bethany, her All-American girl next door looks with such a great smile. !
Oakland 1977 live is a must see.
Re: acoustic guitar strumming, the thickness of the strings and the pick can produce a very percussive sound, not to mention the angle of the pick. It is a very organic thing. Also WHERE you strum matters, closer to bridge is going to be brighter, closer to the neck more darker. Neil Young for a one is a master of varying his strumming patterns for maximum dynamics.
You must react to 1977 Oakland Live version! People don't realize they had 3 guitarist which is incredibly hard to sound and be tight together.
If you grew up in 60’s, 70’s and 80’s it makes it impossible to find much of anything of value in today’s popular music. Real musicians playing real music with real singing. It’s not repetitive pre programmed over produced garbage that means nothing and doesn’t move you at all. And I’m talking about rock, pop, soul, funk, R&B and whatever else that happened during that time period other than some lousy disco music and a few other songs. Because that stuff might be even better than today’s music.
You are so right - "girl is one of the most horrifying words to sing" as is "love" --as you reference how one single syllable comprises so many sounds and possibilities -
i've had no vocal training, but I did sing in some pubs and local bars for fun, and I'm learning a lot on your channel --- gracias, and keep on!
THAT scene of Kingsman
Also in Captain America elevator scene and John Wick I believe also
@@Jamesd1861 And the end of Devil's Rejects.
Might be worth noting, some of the ending solo actually appears in Forrest Gump when Jenny gets high and tries to jump off her balcony. Always thought the erratic, pulsing energy was so perfect for that scene
Yes! The song and scene have become tied together in my mind. Can't hear it without thinking of the movie scene.
This song has cost me so much money because somehow, some way, every time i hear it im doing 93 mph down a dirt road in my '87 Pontiac Firebird, and the pheonix decal on the hood never fails to shed a tear, crush a beer, and then peel itself from the hood and take of into the sky in a fiery streak. Its the damndest thing.
You are Sooo v lovely! Great reaction, my friend ! ❤😂
The reason this song gets cited so much is it’s essentially the first “power ballad”.. starts as a ballad and then the power and tempo increases to this exciting solo, and if you never heard it that break part of the guitar solo is just “fantastic”.. and two guitars just kicking a$$ is just great stuff. I was playing in my band and after numerous requests for the song, we as a band decided to learn it note for note, the drummer is a huge skynard fan wanted to learn the “live” 16 minute version, so we
did, good times!
This song is still blazing across the universe
To hear it as the background music for an action scene . . . The Kingsman, the church scene. Crazy movie and the Freebird solo fits perfectly.
worlds most dangerous band right there… they fought each other and anyone else nearby… THE EPITOME of a rock n roll band
She said, "Oh golly, is that the bass I'm hearing?"
Yes, madam, that is that bass. And it is marvelous.
The guitar leads are three or four simple riffs, just fast.
The Movie "Muscle Shoals" has some good background info on Lynyrd Skynyrd and this song. Highly recommend watching the movie.
Great film!
Now' you know what it's like to listen to one of the greatest solos ever. Allen Collins once played it 30 times in the recording studio, because he didn't think it was perfect enough.
"Galloping, Emergency" - Well said. & then the next & finally triumphant transition just lays it all down as if in deliberate Declaration