Neil Young pays tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant: Alabama / Sweet Home Alabama - 11-12-77
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- "Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ol' Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow"
Or does he?
Ronnie & Neil.
Less than a month after Ronnie Van Zant and other band members untimely death in a horrible plane crash, Neil Young paid tribute by playing his song "Alabama," followed by a (VERY) brief segue into Lynyrd Skynyrd's mega hit "Sweet Home Alabama." Recording is from Nov 12, 1977 at Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida. The show was a benefit for the Children's Hospital Charity and Neil played with his band, dubbed the Gone With The Wind Orchestra:
Neil Young - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
Nicolette Larson - background vocals - RIP
Ben Keith - steel guitar - RIP
Spooner Oldham - piano
Tim Drummond - bass - RIP
Rufus Thibodeaux - fiddle - RIP
Karl T. Himmel - drums
According to the wonderful Thrasher's Wheat website: neilyoungnews.t...
As Fred Mills puts it in his book review of Lynyrd Skynyrd: Remembering The Free Birds Of Southern Rock by Gene Odom, "[Ronnie Van Zant] would just as soon go onstage wearing one of several Neil Young T-shirts that he owned in order to fuck with any yahoos in the crowd who missed the humor and irony of the “Sweet Home Alabama” lyrics."
As for Neil Young's reaction to all of this? One widely circulated theory during the 1970's was found in Neil's stunning response to Lynyrd Skynyrd with On The Beach's "Walk On."
I hear some people been talkin' me down,
Bring up my name, pass it 'round.
They don't mention happy times
They do their thing, I'll do mine.
Little did we realize at the time the symbolism in "Walk On", but years later as On The Beach surfaces and makes its place with other classics, did some of Neil's meanings sink in. (The lyrics in "Walk On" have also been interpreted to refer to bandmates Crosby, Stills, & Nash. Others argue that the song is in response to press reviews of Young's Time Fades Away tour.)
It seems that whatever grudges Lynyrd Skynyrd had for Neil's music may have been resolved - if there ever was any feud to begin with. From an interview with Ronnie Van Zant:
"We wrote Alabama as a joke. We didn't even think about it - the words just came out that way. We just laughed like hell, and said 'Ain't that funny'... We love Neil Young, we love his music..."
As for the rumor that Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded the Neil Young song "Powderfinger" (see for lyrics analysis), here's an interview in MOJO Magazine , where Young said:
Young:Lynyrd Skynyrd almost ended up recording Powderfinger before my version came out. We sent them an early demo of it because they wanted to do one of my songs.
Interviewer Q. Surprising, that. After all, Lynyrd Skynyrd put you down by name on Sweet Home Alabama, their first hit single....
Young: Oh, they didn't really put me down! But then again, maybe they did! (laughs) But not in a way that matters. Shit, I think Sweet Home Alabama is a great song. I've actually performed it live a couple of times myself. "
***Neil Young, from his book, "Waging Heavy Peace" (2012) - "Everyone played, and it was the country wall of sound, the Gone With the Wind Orchestra. What a sound! Soon after I was so high on that orchestra that I did a free concert in Miami, and took the whole group down there and played. But we didn't record it - I can't believe it. It must be the only thing I've ever done that I didn't record. I did "Sweet Home Alabama" at that show, and the folks loved it. My own song "Alabama" richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it today...)"
1977-11-12
Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida, USA
Children's Hospital Charity
w/ The Gone With The Wind Orchestra
1. Are You Ready For The Country?
2. Dance Dance Dance Love Is A Rose
3. Old Man
4. The Losing End
5. Heart Of Gold
6. The Needle And The Damage Done
7. Sugar Mountain
8. Already One*
9. Lady Wingshot*
10. Four Strong Winds
11. Down By The River
12. Alabama Sweet Home Alabama
13. Are You Ready For The Country?
* - song debut
The Young/Skynyrd “feud” is honestly one of the more wholesome rock stories ever. It’s rare to see somebody called out who admits, “yeah, you know what, I *was* being an asshole”. That they wore each other’s t-shirts later is just charming.
I don't think Neil actually called himself an asshole but yeah something like that. The Lynyrd Skynyrd song was actually in response to "Alabama" and not "Southern Man" like many people thought.
I am Southern, and I loved Neil and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Southern Man and Sweet Home Alabama were both awesome songs. Timeless songs. I am happy they were both written. Actually one of the songs is about Racism which is all over the world, not just the South. One song is written about Love for the South, a place many of us were born....Two different concepts. These two songs feed off each other, and that is one reason they are timeless. Btw, I am Southern and proud, and I hate racism period.
My grandmother is from Georgia (still kinda deep south) and she's very liberal, and believes in the old saying "to each his own" she's read the bible many times, but really couldn't care less about what people do with their free time (as long as they don't hurt anyone). She actually said herself that she wouldn't discriminate against anyone no matter what, even if they worshipped the devil, because if they have good intentions, why should we intervene. I'm glad the deep south isn't full of racists and there are still amazing people like you and my grandmother who believe in fairness and that everyone should be given the same opportunities, no matter who they are.
***** The South was never racist? What do you call slavery and Jim Crow?
***** True history and being selective on what you want to call "true history" is not the same. What happen happened but don't pretend the South's racist past never happened.
***** yaaaawn...time for you to adjust your tin foil helmet. Peace
***** Sad that you live in a world where you think people are educated only by "tv shows."
So funny that most Americans don't get it. Van Zandt wore a Neil shirt for ages in concert and they both complimented each other publicly. Ronnie was the best and so is Neil.
RONNIE WAS BURIED IN A NEIL YOUNG T SHIRT
+gzilla14031 No he wasn't. I would like to believe this too, but it was a long sleeved flannel button down shirt actually.
stevegaines1
Ronnie was NOT buried in a Neil Young shirt, and that rumor needs to stop. In 2000, some fucktards tried to open his casket, and although they were never caught, many people wonder if they were trying to see if Ronnie _was_ wearing a Neil Young shirt. They never got the casket opened, however, they did break open Steve Gaines ashes. Even though the vandals were (supposedly) never caught, its _my_ hope that they were caught, and that they succumbed to some good ole fashioned Southern Justice. On the other hand, three days before Ronnie and The Gains siblings died, Skynyrd's album, "Street Survivors", was released. On the cover, Ronnie is wearing a Neil Young shirt.
Ronnie is wearing it in the above picture though.
Great balls of fire! I was THERE! and had no idea at all that this was recorded! It was a very cold night (for Miami) there on the water. Skynyrd was originally signed to headline and I do not recall hearing Neil Young announced as a replacement.
When he walked out on stage we all wondered about any animus between the bands and how Young would handle that. As you can hear, the tribute was VERY well received!
I'm 60 years old now, and this is a most treasured memory. Sometimes we all get lucky.
I was there as well, and It was a cool tribute. Was Bayside even there then? your memory is better than mine I didn't remember it was cold. I saw Him at Gusman Hall and Palm Beach and in Fort Lauderdale. and Stills at the baseball stadium and at UM campus thems were the days
I was there too and YES IT WAS COLD! At 18 and broke I had hitched from Orlando down to Miami. The show was free and HUGE crowd. Neil Young WAS announced ahead of time as that was a main reason I went besides the other bands that played all day. But anyway I wore shorts and a T-shirt not expecting cold snap. I got there around midnight the night before and spent the night outside with just a sheet to stay warm. Coldest I've ever been.
👍🏼😎👍🏼
@@hogitz stills at the University of Miami yelling at the audience because they were chanting for Neil who would bailed months earlier at the baseball stadium months earlier at the baseball stadium. LOL
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I just heard this tribute by Neil Young to Ronnie Van Zant. I never know it existed. It brought tears to my eyes. Thanks Neil! Lynyrd Skynyrd Forever!!!
Both of these men have inspired me all through my life.
Neil you are a beautiful person, mad respect to you and Ronnie! May he rest in peace.
Skynyrd and Neil loved each others music. In fact Neil originally wrote Powderfinger for Skynyrd to record, but tragedy struck before they ever had the chance.
Sedan Delivery , too.
Imagine. So sad.
HELL YES
No feud
Total respect
now, then and forever more
Both extremely talented musicians who contributed greatly to my music taste.
I grew up listening to and learning Young and Skynyrd on my guitar. This music will be with me forever. (22 y/o)
Both of them are Legend! Enough said 🤠🇺🇸🇨🇦🥩
I spoke with Ronnie V. in July of 1977, and he said that the comment about Neil, who he really liked by the way, was in defense of themselves, just defending themselves, and not being against Young. It was the times, and they responded, not a big deal...sure sold some tunes though, both of them...
absolutely. that is exactly how i saw it and as did most
It must have been a honor to speak to him. His music speaks for him and his music is GREAT.
What I always liked about Skynyrd (and why I think they got along with Neil) is while Skynyrd were more than willing to defend the South they didn't see it through rose colored glasses.
Rockin'-thank you Neil Young-music from the heart.
I wish we could have been gifted the song they were supposed to write together I can only imagine how good it would have been
Neil Young and Ronnie Van Zant, Sweet Home was written tongue in cheek, and surprisingly in support of, Neil as a response, to Alabama, and Southern man. Neil got the joke, and many people did not. Any hard feelings because of these songs, was purely between fans, and media, and not the original parties. As far as the "buried in a Neil Young tshirt", I believe I read that was a urban legend, and not actually true.
Ronnie & Neil ... the myth that never dies ...
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Ime sure Neil grieved the tragic loss of so much talent that fatefull day 3 weeks earlier
Cool..just found this…first album ever bought at 10 years old in 1970 was After the Goldrush…in Alabama😎
I get it love that Dame Canadian ☮️✌️💀🇺🇸😆
Skinard and Young. Two of the great artists trying to make sense out of a horrible time in Alabama.
thats a new way to misspell skynyrd
Really excellent tribute.
I was at this show, Neil Young was amazing and a great way to celebrate his birthday. My friend Donald Ellis and I caught a Greyhound from West Palm Beach for this show. Neil had multiple acoustic guitarist and violinist.
you should of recorded it, this recording of it is shite.
Epic! Man, that’s a great story
Church blew up in Birmingham
Four little black girls killed for no goddamn good reason
All this hate and violence can't come to no good end
A stain on the good name.
A whole lot of good people dragged threw the blood and glass
Blood stains on their good names and all of us take the blame
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Wilson Pickett comes to town
To record that sweet soul music, to get that Muscle Shoals sound
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Aretha Franklin comes to town
To record that sweet soul music, to get that Muscle Shoals sound
And out in California, a rock star from Canada writes a couple of great songs about the
Bad shit that went down
"Southern Man" and "Alabama" certainly told some truth
But there were a lot of good folks down here and Neil Young wasn't around
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd came to town
To record with Jimmy Johnson at Muscle Shoals Sound
And they met some real good people, not racist pieces of shit
And they wrote a song about it and that song became a hit
Ronnie and Neil Ronnie and Neil
Rock stars today ain't half as real
Speaking there minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil
Now Ronnie and Neil became good friends their feud was just in song
Skynyrd was a bunch of Neil Young fans and Neil he loved that song
So He wrote "Powderfinger" for Skynyrd to record
But Ronnie ended up singing "Sweet Home Alabama" to the lord
And Neil helped carry Ronnie in his casket to the ground
And to my way of thinking, us southern men need both of them around
Ronnie and Neil Ronnie and Neil Rock stars today ain't half as real
Speaking their minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil
There's Good and bad on every side
+Patrick Jordan .......Drive-by Truckers ...Sothern Rock Opera by the way.
And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd, but I sure saw AC/DC
With Bon Scott singing, Let There Be Rock tour
With Bon Scott singing
LET THERE BE ROOOOOCCCKK!
Eat shit neil young
Thank You for this Mr. Van-Zant would be touched by this , I think. ..I am
was there! 42yrs ago this weekend!
Thanks for uploading this song and commentary! - Maybe it will help clear-up some of the misunderstandings fans have had over the years as to the history between Ronnie and Neil, as well as the meaning of the lyrics to "Sweet Home Alabama"
Yes. Lynyrd Skynyrd actually loved Neil Young and the lyrics in Sweet home Alabama criticizing him were in reference to his take on the racist Southern culture at the time with his song Southern man.
In many interviews, singer Ronnie Van Zandt regularly waxed poetic about how the lyrics were written in jest but then the song took on a life of its own with their confederate flag waving Fanbase at the time.
Now it is pure rock and roll lore.
I mean who is this Canadian to be telling THEM what a Southern man should or should not be doing? That was the basic mentality.
But in truth both Neil Young and Leonard Skynyrd very much respected and admired each other and played together on occasion.
Ronnie Van Zandt made it a trademark of his to be wearing Neil Young T-shirts at many of their shows.
In fact he was wearing a Neil Young T-shirt on the original album cover of their final album with their best lineup ever for the album "Street Survivors". That was the album cover where they were standing in the middle of the street full of flames. They went on tour just after the release of this album and that's when their plane went down. The record company pulled that record cover and replaced it with a bland one considering Steve games in the middle of the picture was completely engulfed in flames and he was actually killed in the crash, but many of those original albums were already on the street on the plane went down. I have two copies of the original album.
Killed in the crash were new prodigy guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, long time back up singer Cassie Gaines. Also killed was Ronnie Van Zandt of a broken neck and a couple of other people not in the band itself. The rest of the band got fairly messed up seeing as how they were in a small touring plane that went down in a dense forest and banged around like a tin can. Drummer Artimus Pyle ran injured through the forest and through some fields to get help. But nothing could be done for those already taken.
As a testament to Van Zandts and the bands love for Neil Young, Ronnie Van Zandt was actually buried wearing his Neil Young T-shirts when he was placed into the ground forever.
All the research I've done says that he really wasn't buried In a neil young shirt.. that it's just a rumor
I wish we had more Neil Young type people in this world.
Neil is a citizen of the world
Love this statement! Neil is great!
Seriously! Well put!
Born to rock
The rivalry and feud between the band and Young is an urban legend...they respected each other quite a lot. Neil actually wrote Powderfinger (my personal fav) for Skynard but be
from what I understand from a book on classic rock I read there was no bad blood between the two singers.
just a few weeks after the plane crash, for me it was a nice tribute
Just my observation, it seems "Sweet home Alabama" included Neil Young as a joke. Its just good boys having fun...I dont get from the vibes of the song Skynyrd was being hateful just musically flirting so to speak.
***** yeah....anyone who opposes racism and segregation is a liberal asshole huh? You didn't know this(and probably soooo much more) but Skynyrd was going to record two songs Neil wrote for them....Powderfinger and Sedan delivery, they were friends and Neil has played SHA in concert.
I'm a conservative southerner and I knew Allen Collins from Skynyrd and they WERE just pokin' FUN at Neil....we discussed the whole thing at length....they ADORED Neil Young....he DID say that the lyrics to 'Southern Man' STUNG a little-as longtime fans-but that was Neil's song and he could say whatever he wanted-
Slavery was wrong and so was racism and we FIXED it when we had that fucking bloody civil war back in the 1860's.
nobody ELSE had a war over it-and there's been LOTS of slavery throughout history.
***** it was 'the war of northern aggression' , but most people don't quite get THAT -so I say 'civil war'...I love Neil, but he gets the facts wrong quite often...'Cortez the Killer' is another one that is WAYYY historically inaccurate...but he's a musician-so it's creative license , right?
interesting about the influx of cheap labor (sorry, you said free, I know) but isn't THAT ironic when you think about 'Amnesty for illegal immigrants'-
*THANK YOU FOR THE H.K. EDGERTON VIDEO* -that brought tears to my eyes...that man is a treasure and I love him.. I had never heard of him before...
.we are rebels against the tyrannical federal government....not against black people-
***** you wanna know the real irony?...the statement H.K. made about getting your education and some land and being responsible for your selves is almost verbatim from a James Brown lyric....and it wasn't 'I Feel Good' ...it was from a record entitled 'The Big Payback' ....James wasn't on about welfare either , it was all about individual responsibility...White man don't owe you nothing....this is the greatest country in the world....set up a factory and OWN the job....don't want nobody to GIVE me NOTHING...open up the door , I'll get it myself....and then 20 years later he started smoking PCP and lost his mind...
TheEDZEPPELINBAND
To paraphrase the late, great George Carlin, "civil war" is an oxymoron, much like "military intelligence."
a southern man don't (does not) need Neil Young telling about that..
Alabam You Got The Rest Of The Union To Help You Along
Brilliant
good to see this is viewable again
Didn't know Neil wrote Powderfinger for Ronnie to record. This song nails it!
Drive By Truckers
RONNIE AND NEIL
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the little part at 3:01 is just awesome...PLAY IT RUFUS!!!!-
"such is the duality of the southern thing" ...like what you did there Rusted televisione -
Well, i hope Neil Young will remember ...
I see what you did there with the Drive-By Truckers thing. ;^) (I love DBT!)
@@BubbaZen10
Alabam You Got The Rest Of The Union To Help You Along.
I hope Van Zant will remember.
They knew each other and where actually friends.
LOVE THIS'''
THE MOST AMAZING WEEKEND!
Ronnie was underrated he was so very special and I. Must say his voice was way more amazing than he was giving credit for us skynyrd boys know he was so so gosh dam great screw those who underrated my favorite inspiration as singer Allen was the other one but trueley I loved them all fly high free birds rest in peace if not for lynyrd skynyrd n the Allman brothers i would of never taught my self guitar and learned every skynyrd song
Neil Young was realy the greatest
no he wasn't Ali was really the greatest..
Brilliant commentary.
Don't have my old album sleeve handy from"one More From The road" handy,but I'm pretty sure somewhere in the album sleeve,there's a quote from Neil saying he really respects them
Only one other person noticed the late beautiful and talented Nicolette Larson was singing with Neal Young.
4:07 Sweet Home Alabama
it also appears Neil only knows three words of Sweet Home Alabama
goosebumps
RIP fallen skynyrd crash and other causes we miss you all
Alabama will forever pay for that part of her past. Too bad, because she's really moved forward. Problem is, she's always the last to move forward. OK- next to last, after Mississippi. Mountain Brook AL, done.
Cool .
Van Zant gang
when he died music died #ronnievanzant
Marlin rayvon you are a pufta
Marlin you are the Jewish sandwich!
samuel baxter you nearly got yourself a brain tumor thinking them disses up lol
Marlin Rayvon Well, honestly, it describes you pretty well.
Maybe you should grow up, rent a dictionary, and a clue.
Anyone know where I can rent a decent pair of Jackboots and a gas mask?
I saw a concert in Miami where Neil sang this version, It could be this recording. I heard Neil was a Pall Bearer at Ronnies funeral. Never heard about the "Tonights the Night" T-shirt story though.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD NOT ONLY PLAYED IT PRETTY FOR ATLANTA, BUT FOR GENERATIONS THEN, NOW AND FOREVER, EVERYWHERE.
stop shouting..
Free Bird!
AH HA!
Thanks, answers some of my brain farts about Neil young and somehow got simple man by Charlie Daniels equal to by LS... Feud and lyrics history in the description helps. Thanks
@neohip
No... RVZ was NOT buried in a Neil Young T shirt, that's an old urban legend. Ronnie was buried in a plaid shirt and jeans.
and since there was no blood feud those morons effed up Ronnie and Steve's graves for no reason (but then why bother tearing open steve's remains anyway if all they wanted to do was prove Ronnie wore a Neil Young T-shirt)
@@iHeartsNostalgiaPit Devil worshippers
Two heroes of mine! Matthew van Eijk
Bad sound good song !
Nice riff at the end. Nough said.
Nicolette Larsen
Just FYI, Neil Youngs' Mother was a Member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
viviandarkbloom100 Yeah, well look into who his father was.
I know he was a writer. I wasn't claiming an absolute American Heritage for Neil. He is a Canadian through and through. Just pointing out, we all have diverse histories. The lucky ones do anyway.
viviandarkbloom100 Both of his parents were well connected, believe it.
they had that in Canada?
Ha. That was my question.
The south branched out & helped build America...no Canadian can change that .😄
You must be pretty young to think they were rivals. They had great respect for each other. Do some more searching about it. I'm sure the truth is out there.
People are so used to the fake "beefs" between rappers that they think artists always pulled shit like that.
agreed cause Neil made the song Southern Man and that was the reason Ronnie mentioned him in Sweet Home Alabama, Ronnie took it as insult to stereotype them all racist pretty much with his song.
Southern people need to get their shit together.
Don't guess you get it either. Its van zant.
Amazing song by Neil Young...The song on Harvest with Words....i don't give a F***if Neil doesn't like it anymore...the music is amazing...the original version blows me overtime ....Neil is the most important rock musician in the USA of the Hippie generation....(i know he is Canadian but as a Quebecker i don't really knows what that means , their culture is so close to the americans and the food tells it all , the same Shit) Neil is a fantastic song composer, his words are just unique his images powerful...A giant....
I absolutely agree Neil Young it's the most underrated Superstar songwriter when it comes to rock and roll music. I think a lot of his lyrics is misunderstood
Gary Kump and Daniel Phenix: You're both illiterate imbeciles who wouldn't recognize decent music or intelligent composition if they bit you in your ignorant, self-important asses.
check out drive by truckers song Ronnie and Neil
Starts at 4:10
this was only a few weeks after the plane crash i think
Skynyrd is from Florida....
if i am not mistaken van zant was buried wearing a tonights the night t-shirt.
well I'm sorry Julia S....I was wrong....i have fallen victim to the evil media who persists in building these made up legendary stories about our beloved rock Icons...and I am truly sorry for furthering that BS.
HOWEVER....i suppose if you can forgive me and get past my IGNORANCE my point would be that Ronnie Van Zant really LOVED Neil Young and so did the REST of the band....thats what Allen told me...personally...and he would certainly KNOW.
nope they didnt like the lyrics to 'Southern Man' THAT rubbed 'em the wrong way....but the point to this WHOLE FUCKNG VIDEO POSTED HERE IS that THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND LOVED NEIL YOUNG
and NEIL YOUNG LOVED THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD BAND...isnt it?...i mean, GOOD LORD JULIA- GIVE IT UP-
LOL-
judy van zane denied this... he was buried in a plaid shirt
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All you people who think Ronnie Van Zant was buried in a Neil Young T shirt have been drinking the Kool Aid for a long time. He WAS buried in a shirt, just not a Neil Young T shirt. Strange how urban legends persist.
Yeah it was so pervasive that somebody dug him up to prove it.
No, RVZ was a Neil Young fan..as for the shirt, there's pics of Ronnie wearing a NYshirt...tho I doubt if he was buried in it
dont need him around
Alabam You Got The Rest Of The Union To Help You Along
Neil doesn't seem to play Alabama anymore ...
Neil in his own -and only- autobiography said he was going too far in the song and acknowledged the lyrics against skynyrd did not make sense while he loved their music. Case closed
I didn't hear a tribute to Sweet Home Alabama.....
Who really gives a flying f**k about teeshirts... Great song by a great song-writer... Period!!! ~~~ Bob
Do you have a wheel in the ditch & a wheel on the track... What's going wrong...?
RONNIE AND NEAL WERE FRIENDS, RONNIE WAS IN FACT BURIED IN A NEIL YOUNG T SHIRT, AS CONFIRMED IN A SKYNRD BIOGRAPHY DONE, AND RECORDED AND SHOWN RECENTLY ON CABLE. WHY PLAY UP THIS FUED, REMEMBER LYNYRD SKYNYRD FOR THE GREAT BAND THEY ARE, AND WILL ALWAYS BE. NEIL YOUNG ALSO IS A GREAT SINGER.
stop shouting...
There's a story when Neil and Jimmy Hendrix became good friends. They apparently traveled to Woodstock together tripping on lsd
Nowhere in this song does Neil Young pay tribute or so much as mention Ronnie Van Zant.
unfluster at 4:10 mark Neil & the band start chanting the lines “Sweet Home Alabama,” one might be inclined to believe that’s a tribute given it was a month after Ronnie Van Zant’s tragic death. And Neil has since mentioned he was paying tribute to Van Zant during this performance.
The song SOUTHERN MAN is what coz Ronnie put that lyric in Sweet Home and they did not like what he said bout people from the south u got the wrong song SOUTHERN MAN.......................
You’re an idiot
Heard all the stories but what actually did happen?
Well, Neil young wrote a song called southern man, the song was about southern men being racist towards blacks. Then Ronnie Van Zant wrote these lyrics in response to the song southern man in the famous and AWESOME sweet home Alabama "well I heard mr young sing about her, and heard ol' Neil put her down, well I hope Neil young will remember a southern man don't need him around any how" and what Ronnie van zant was saying is not all southern men are racist. Ronnie actually loved Neil youngs music, and Neil loved ronnies. Rumor says they were going to do a duet, until tragedy struck in 1977 when the plane carrying lynyrd skynyrd from Greenville South Carolina to Baton Rouge Louisiana. The plane had some troubles and It crashed in gills burg Mississippi it killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Killpatrick, and the two pilots.
Wasn't Neil at Ronnie's funeral?
Vinky no
Where abouts does he actually sing sweet home Alabama?
I think Van Zant genuinely did bear him a grudge for a while. But, that changed.
*****
He was just telling the South to treat people right; he asked when the South will make amends their slavery. He says things like "Don't forget what your good book (bible) says". He wasn't putting Alabama down. Van Zant just reacted.
pbaylis1 the song was very condescending, something Young admitted to years later. both songs are great.
+pbaylis1 it actually has little to do with that.. and more to do with..Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" meaning is often interpreted as being "racist" because of the the lyrics reference "In Birmingham [where a black church was bombed killing 4 young girls] they love the governor [George Wallace ]" who was a segregationist. This interpretation and analysis has been intelligently reasoned, hotly debated, passionately argued, bickered over, volleyed about, and scrupulously dissected . After singing this line, Skynyrd sing "Boo, boo, boo!" as if to disapprove of Wallace and his policies of racism.
How hypocritical of a liberal asshat to tell others not to forget what the Bible says when he doesn't even believe in it. Typical liberal mindset: do as I say, not as I do (also typical of Cluster B psychopaths)
Michael Peteler
The 'tonight's the night' was a joke.. and NO Neil Young was NOT a pall bearer ,honorary or otherwise, at RVZ's funeral...and one last time HE WAS NOT BURIED IN A NEIL YOUNG T SHIRT.!!
Jeesh ! People, get a grip and lose the urban legends.
1. " Tonight's the Night" was written about a roadie who died.
2. Neil Young was an honorary pall barer at Ronnie's funeral
Correct and as the legend goes, fans were outraged by this so, they dug up his grave.
mourningformorning
"Birmingham was a jungle boom boom boom
That woman's gave doesn't bother me"
No? Those 4 little girls killed in Birmingham don't bother you at all?
uuhhmmm......
"Watergate does not bother me, does your conscience bother you?"
Y1117777 Thanks.
Dumb fuck. You could look up the words easily if you're that stupid.
"Birmingham they love the governor, BOO, BOO, BOO!"
Not wtf ever you said. I didn't look to see when this was posted but surely Google was a thing when you typed this gibberish
Alabama deserved these words then, and continues to deserve them now. Neil Young was not joking. Any regrets he expressed over wording are about diplomacy, rather than substance. The homage to Skynard was a humane obituary to fallen contemporaries. They are buried where the vicious racist "governor is true," and that's where they belong.
+seve2u Dude you have on hell of a shallow mind. Alabama deserved these words? You have no clue and further more I doubt you've ever been to our beautiful state. Lump the whole state into one group, like the Democrat governor Wallace and I look at you with Wallace since you're clearly a democrat too.
actually they werent racist they hated the governer and were just insulting a song from neil, playfully.
You know absolutely fucking nothing about Lynyrd Skynyrd
Nobody is more racist than Oblahblah
Its Skynrd not "Skynard" you fucking idiot. The rest of your paragraph is as dumb as you are. Listen to the song fuckstick.
This pretty much sucks. All the way through. And I like Neil Young usually. Skynyd deserved a lot bettter .
Maybe neil should learn the lyrics !