Terry in Crapchester wrote:
Btw, Mr. Saturday Night Special is a pretty abrupt departure from the ideology we're talking about with Sweet Home Alabama. Mr. Saturday Night Special was, quite clearly, an anti-handgun song, although it also seemed to conclude that gun control would be futile as well:
Skynyrd were full of contradictions. Listen to "The Needle And The Spoon", or "Simple Man" as further evidence.
Regardless of their ideology though, they were simply the greatest Southern Rock and Roll band ever. Save your takes on The Allman Bros and Marshall Tucker, clones. I'm not hearing it.
As for Neil Young, one of the first albums (remember those Lp's?) I ever bought was Heart of Gold. It's been downhill for old Neil ever since, at least as far as spending my cash on any of the tripe he's recorded since.
But whatever, dudes. I still listen to his riffs on the classic rock radio stations. He is one hell of a musician.
Keep on Rocking in the Free World.
ps; Piss on the Dixie Cunts. They shouldn't even be in the same conversation.