sweet home alabama, whats with the Neil Young diss?
09-24-03, 08:16 PM
#1
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sweet home alabama, whats with the Neil Young diss?
lyric
"Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow"
I don't get it.
"Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow"
I don't get it.
09-24-03, 08:39 PM
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Neil Young had a song called "Southern Man" which was less than flattering to the south:
Southern man better keep your head
Don’t forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man
I saw cotton and I saw black
Tall white mansions and little shacks.
Southern man when will you pay them back?
I heard screamin’ and bullwhips cracking
How long? how long?
Southern man better keep your head
Don’t forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man
Lily belle, your hair is golden brown
I’ve seen your black man comin’ round
Swear by God I’m gonna cut him down!
I heard screamin’ and bullwhips cracking
How long? how long?
There was no actual feud between Skynard and Young, they were just taking a dig at him.
Southern man better keep your head
Don’t forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man
I saw cotton and I saw black
Tall white mansions and little shacks.
Southern man when will you pay them back?
I heard screamin’ and bullwhips cracking
How long? how long?
Southern man better keep your head
Don’t forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man
Lily belle, your hair is golden brown
I’ve seen your black man comin’ round
Swear by God I’m gonna cut him down!
I heard screamin’ and bullwhips cracking
How long? how long?
There was no actual feud between Skynard and Young, they were just taking a dig at him.
09-25-03, 12:51 AM
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This is a song by the Drive By Truckers. Their songs typically tell true stories, and they actually researched the Skynyrd/Young feud, and according to them, this is what happened...
Ronnie and Neil
Church blew up in Birmingham
Four little black girls killed for no goddamn reason
All this hate and violence can't come to no good end
A stain on the good name
A whole lot of people dragged through the blood and glass
Blood stains on their good names and southern men like us take the blame
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Wilson Pickett comes to town
To record some sweet soul music, get that Muscle Shoals sound
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Aretha Franklin comes to town
To record some sweet soul music, 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 just 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 their minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil
Now, Ronnie and Neil became good, good friends
Their feud was all 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 (anyhow)
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
Church blew up in Birmingham
Four little black girls killed for no goddamn reason
All this hate and violence can't come to no good end
A stain on the good name
A whole lot of people dragged through the blood and glass
Blood stains on their good names and southern men like us take the blame
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Wilson Pickett comes to town
To record some sweet soul music, get that Muscle Shoals sound
Meanwhile in North Alabama, Aretha Franklin comes to town
To record some sweet soul music, 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 just 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 their minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil
Now, Ronnie and Neil became good, good friends
Their feud was all 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 (anyhow)
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
Last edited by Gdrlv; 09-25-03 at 01:04 AM.
09-25-03, 01:41 AM
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remember the urban legend that Lynyrd was buried in a Neil Young T-shirt?
in all, yes it was a response song.
in all, yes it was a response song.
"Sweet Home Alabama" -- the old song -- was a redneck response to Neil Young's powerful protest ballads "Alabama" and "Southern Man."
