'Freebird' ultimately unforgettable

[mechmike0034]

Lynyrd Skynyrd released the song 35 years ago. Since then, it has been an anthem, a demand, an ode to personal independence and the lamest heckle in the history of rock. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0705-freebird-2ndaryjul05,0,4832778,full.story)
Great article...

My favorite quote in it comes from Drive-By Truckers (http://www.drivebytruckers.com/) frontman Patterson Hood (http://www.jambase.com/Artists/14871/Patterson-Hood/Bio):


(I) grew up in a small town in Alabama in the 1970s and that song was "deadly serious, and still is. But I feel like I could write you a dissertation in defense of it as being one of the most underrated songs in rock history and I could write about its utter banality, and in both papers I would be sincere. To be truthful, it didn't even occur to me there might be irony in 'Freebird' until I moved from my small town to a city."

[Butch]

Have you heard "Southern Rock Opera" by the Drive By Truckers? Great album . . . has many Skynyrd references. It was clear there is a little band-to-band adoration going on.

[gwilks98]

funny you should bring this up. I love coming up with water cooler questions and I gave the guys this one just after MJ died.

Name a bigger song than Thriller. I'm talking cross-gender, cross demograph, bigger impact on people.


Among all the bands and songs that came up, the only song I could name that could even come close was Freebird. (Thinking about it now, We Will Rock You might be up there to.)