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Old 07-04-2009, 03:07 PM   #1
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'Freebird' ultimately unforgettable

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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.
Great article...

My favorite quote in it comes from Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood:

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(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."
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Old 07-13-2009, 02:07 PM   #2
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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.
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Old 07-13-2009, 07:23 PM   #3
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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.)
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