Every day, someone blogs or tweets the "Neil Young putdown" without comprehending that they've actually praised him. Thus, for those who think it's so clever to put down Neil Young using the phrase "Hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow" little do they realize that they have the meaning backwards. Without Young's songs that were so critical of the South's segregationist and racist attitudes for inspiration, it is doubtful that the band would have produced a song with such a long lasting duration that continues to sell well 30 years after its release.īut the ultimate irony of "Sweet Home Alabama" is that for so many, the song's implied put down of Neil Young was NOT meant as criticism but as support of Young's anti-racism. Thanks to Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inspired to write the song "Sweet Home Alabama". You see, Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" is more than just an anthem for many - it serves as a statement for a way of life that is intensely protected such that when threatened - it can produce some very uncomfortable results. It seems as if all of our life that whenever the subject of musical tastes came up and we revealed our appreciation of Young's music, almost invariably it was met with those lines above from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". Growing up in the American South in the 1970's as a Neil Young fan wasn't exactly easy. Verona, Italy - Photo by Paolo Brillo on FlickrĪ southern man don't need him around anyhow" Neil Young with Lynyrd Skynyrd/Jack Daniels Whiskey T-Shirt ![]() Oakland Coliseum, JPhoto by Michael Zagaris Ronnie Van Zant with Neil Young "Tonight's The Night" T-shirt
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