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Neil is the grunge guitar God, another amazing Neil Young grunge guitar classic is a track called "Down by the river " live with Neil's band "Crazy Horse" this is a must hear Neil Young performance
Neil Young actually did a song called "Alabama" which is really what they were calling him out on.
When a Canadian boy (Neil) travels south and finds shocking differences, this motivates his many great songs.
Neil and Ronnie were friends. Neil served as one of Ronnie's pallbearers. Check out "Neil and Ronnie" by The Drive- by Truckers for the truth about that "beef".
They were respecful of each other. Neil wasn't at Ronnie's funeral but was listed as an honorary pall bearer. Ronnie often performed wearing a Neil Young "Tonight's the Night" t-shirt but he and the rest of the band definitely bristled at the lyrics to Alabama and Southern Man and the lines in Sweet Home Alabama were their way of telling Neil they disagreed.
Agree on the Drive-by Truckers suggestion. Also the song "The Three Great Alabama Icons" by them as well
@@stpnwlf9
Bullshit 🙄
@@stpnwlf9...they were butthurt by the thruth but there was much respect.
This was covered *very* well by Merry Clayton (who did the incredible backing vocals on the Stones' "Gimme Shelter").
The first rap battle. History tells us that Neil won this battle in every way. Iconic artists all around
Never so few lyrics in a song proved to be so powerful for social awareness …….Neil Young a superstar in more ways than one….BLM
Love Neil saw him once at Atlantic City racetrack with csn. I grew up listening to all them. Turning on my two boys to all my music. They turn their friends. I’m a lucky lady !!!!! 66 years young
I think "Alabama" was the song Skynard was reacting to rather than "Southern Man". "Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her, and I heard ole Neil put her down."
That's specific. "Southern Man" is a general indictment of the Southeast. "Alabama" is specific.
However, listen to the pain in his voice and the anger, even rage in that guitar. I mean part of the lyrics is a subverbal, gutteral scream!
I saw Neil live and I've never seen anybody break so many guitar strings. Leave it to a Canadian to say what many of us feel.
My guess is that it was a reaction to both. I don't think "A Southern Man don't need him around, anyhow" was an accident, but making the song about Alabama and not their home state of FL almost had to be a reference to "Alabama".
You are 100% right
@@Abri412 Wow, I always heard that as "A _second_ man don't...". Which always confused me, but I didn't think too hard about it, because that song is why I stopped listening to Skynard. Anyway, your version makes _so_ much more sense! (And is correct, according to Google.) ☺
Alabam You Got The Rest Of The Union To Help You Along
Neil Young and Crazy Horse are right up there at the top of my list of "the most impactful 'sounds' in music." The vocal harmonies they create with Neil, and the guitars - whether acoustic or electric - just... idk, they simultaneously sort-of send my brain spinning through the universe while also "crushing" it somehow. Don't know how to describe what they do to me. But it's music that takes over my whole being.
This whole album - "After the Gold Rush - is one of the most important albums in my life. It's been constantly played since I discovered it somewhere circa 1989 (via my hippie friends - we were into Neil Young via Dylan etc, not via grunge). The "Everybody Knows this Is Nowhere" album is another. They're albums I will always crave to listen to from start to finish without a single thought of skipping a track anywhere.
edit: also - the sequence of events is:
"Alabama" - Neil Young - released 1972
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd - released 1974
"Southern Man" - Neil Young - released 1977.
Both Southern Man and Alabama were released be for SHA.
Southern Man 1970
I think the reference in Sweet Home is more toward Neil Young’s “Alabama” as opposed to this one in particular.
One of the great singer songwriters of my generation thank you ❤❤❤
What an intense real song hitting the heart of the matter during those civil rights era of standing up with people who had died or suffered for the cause. !it is worth reacting to that great album, After The Gold Rush!
You weren't alive prior to the Civil Rights Act & have no idea how pervasive this was, especially in the south. Carry On by CSNY is fire
When people are getting poked with a stick it all depends on which end of the stick you are on whether it is acceptable or not. Like I told my son when he was in high school. He was arguing that there wasn’t a problem with bullying in his school and I told him that of course he would feel that way, he was one of the bully’s. Neil Young does have a song called Old Man.
@@stevedavis5704 you don't have to be on the wrong end of a stick to see that some things are wrong, even as a very small child
Sweet Home Alabama is a response to both Southern Man from After the Gold Rush and Alabama off Neil’s famous Harvest Album. Neil Young actually grew to like Sweet Home Alabama and played it live a couple of times. Young was later quoted in his book Waging Heavy Peace, “‘Alabama’ richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record,” he said. “I don’t like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue.” He even sent them a demo of his great song Powderfinger to use on their next album before he recorded it for Rust Never Sleeps, but they never got to record it before the plane crash.
Ronnie Van Zant was seen several times wearing a Tonight’s the Night Neil Young T-shirt. He’s wearing one on the cover of the Street Survivors album. There are also rumors he was buried in one. I don’t know if that is true or not, however.
Great reaction to a great song. Long live Neil Young 🤘
Beef? Go back and watch Free Bird Live at the Oakland Coliseum. Ronnie is wearing a Neil Young T shirt.
I love Neils guitar playing. Sure he isnt the most technical but his tone and melody is second to none. Theres something about it that hits me. Peter Buck from REM said "nobody wants to hear a 7 minute guitar solo, unless it's Neil Young" and I agree.
And then Warren Zevon wrote a response to Sweet Home Alabama called Play it All Night Long...and then Kid Rock wrote a mash-up of Skynyrd and Zevon and called it All Summer Long...
You maybe interested in Gordon Lightfoot's "Black Day in July" he penned this song during the 1967 Detroit riots. The news clippings some videos show are haunting.
The song is what it is ,the lyrics are what they are.... Neil is who he is.........live with it !
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY) released an extended version of Southern man in '71, a year after Neil Young dropped "After the Gold Rush". Young played off and on with CS&N, on and off, early in his career. Maybe this is what you heard.
Threre's an urban legend that says Ronnie Van Zant was buried wearing a shirt that read "F*** Neil Young." I used to thing that was a terrible dis until I found out the two were actually friends, and that Young was an honorary pallbearer at Ronnie's funeral. If that was indeed what Ronnie's shirt read, knowing Neil and his good-natured, ironic sense of humor, he would've gotten a chuckle out of that. As for the song, "Alabama," which apparently caused their "feud," Neil himself later admitted, in his 2012 autobiography, that his lyrics were "accusatory and condescending," and "too easy to misconstrue.'
Ronnie never wore any such shirt. In fact, on the cover of Street Survivor, he is wearing a Neil Young "Tonight's the Night" t-shirt. He was a fan of Neil's music. He just disliked some of the lyrics in the song 'Alabama'.
@@stpnwlf9 Yes, like I said, it was an urban legend. My point was, WERE Ronnie to have worn that shirt, Neil would've gotten a chuckle over it instead of being offended. They wore each other's shirts quite a bit.
@@stpnwlf9
Oh fiddlesticks! Stop repeating yourself like a broken record. 🙄
Yeah Alabama is also a great song by Neil Young. Definitely try it some time.
Nope Down By The River much much better
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN this is music, not sports.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN
Stop bickering
pay no attention to denveroutdoorman he's NOT a true Neil Young fan.
There never was a "Beef" both of the bands liked and respected each other, there are pics and video's of the lead singer of Skynard wear a Neil Young "Tonight's the Night" T-shirt while preforming. Neil actually gave his song "Powderfinger" (A Civil War themed song) to them to record within 6 months, but they never did and Neil Young and Crazy Horse recorded it instead. I've seen Neil 12 times in Concert...
Neil Young's song "Alabama" was the song that irked Skynard (not even from Alabama, BTW - Jacksonville, FL). The line referring to a "Southern man not needing NY around...", just might be their most clever lyrical phrase/dig...but that ain't sayin' much, imo.
Whatever went down between them I didn’t know and I love both of their songs still today.
It was a mild disatgreement over the sentiments in the song Alabama. In truth, they were fans of each others' work.
Thank you, I don’t know why I never knew any of this I must have been under a rock lol.
@@stpnwlf9
Nonsense 🤣
If you like Neil Young's raunchy electric guitar style, check out his "Down By The River". Pete Townshend was the first guitarist to combine distortion with "one-note solos" (try The Who song "I Can See For Miles") which might have inspired Neil. By the later-1960's Neil had developed his unique electric style, really intense, distorted, "dirty", using droning repetitive notes. The most "distorted" popular guitarist of the 60's/70s. By 1990's, Young was the "Godfather of Grunge". Also, Neil played great guitar on CSNY's "Almost Cut My Hair".
Yeah Neil's best stuff is his rock...too many wimpy boys only want Neil s Acoustic
yeah, denveroutdoorman wouldn't know a good acoustic guitar ROCK song .
Skynard recorded part of their first album in Muscle Shoals Alabama. They loved the people and town. I hope that clears up the connection to Alabama.
As a topper on the subject you might want to try reviewing Zevon's, Play It All Night Long. It is a reply to 'Sweet Home, Alabama'. And it is a doozy. Peace.
This was not a serious "beef". It was more playful, and they were fans of each other, and friends. Ronnie wore a Neil Young t-shirt on stage quite often, and Neil said he liked Sweet Home Alabama more than Southern Man, and that he doesn't like his own lyrics in his song Alabama now. Too condescending.
True
In fact, Ronnie VanZant is wearing a Neil Youn 'Tonight's the Night' t-shirt on the cover of Street Survivor.
@@stpnwlf9
Nonsense 🤣
Do down by the river
I see this song as constructive criticism, especially the phrase "When will you pay them back?" That's what? 500 years of back pay, is what it is. That's what would heal the USA. But that's none of my business. (Sips tea.)
500 years? That’s historically incorrect. 1619 - 1865. Leave it to a Canadian to not know their butt from a hole in the ground. But I’m just inserting some factual knowledge here. (Sips coffee, cause tea sucks)
Sheesh. How could not like Canadians? This was the 70’s and many rockers sung about injustice. After all there is an inner sense of justice in all humans. From toddlerhood on. No matter where you’re from.
@@ruthjohnson4380 Lol. Have you seen what Canada has done? They froze truckers accts. Because they didn’t want the shot and protested. They lock ppl up for “musgendering” a delusional person. They take their children away. Canada is a cesspool. Geez!! Pay attention!
“Alabama richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record,” Young once said. “I don’t like my words when I listen to it today. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, too easy to misconstrue.”
Merry Clayton covered it (as well as sang background vocals to Sweet Home Alabama!) as did Sylvester and the Hot Band, so maybe you heard it from one of them? The next song on the album is 'I'm gonna give you till the morning comes' and I always thought of it as part of the same song. Like, we can't wait forever for southern change to happen. We need change NOW (and we still do, and NOT just in the south!)
ABOUT TIME you got Neils Rock!!! Too many wimpy reactions just do Neils Acoustic but miss his good stuff
Both Neil’s acoustic and electric are great. But VERY different.
pay no attention to denveroutdoorman he's NOT a true Neil Young fan
Absolutely
Should hear Carry On from Csny s 4 way street with dueling solos
I think his song Alabama is the song Skynyrd was referencing to. Neil Young was Canadian.I guess that was the point with them.He more than likely would have been drafted during The Vietnam War if for not being a Canadian citizen .He and Ronnie ended up being good friends.Young became a duel Canadian/American citizenship just a couple years ago.
I believe Alabama was a response to Sweet Home Alabama. The album, After the Gold Rush, which featured Southern Man, came out in 1970. Harvest, the album that featured Alabama, came out in 1972. Follow up with that song to tell the whole story!
ITYM that Sweet Home Alabama was a response to Alabama, not the other way around. :)
Both Southern Man and Alabama were recorded before SHA.
I hope you read this. There's a band called Drive-By Truckers that did an entire album about Neil and Ronnie. It's called Southern Rock Opera. Ronnie and Neil actually became friends, and you can see some photos where Ronnie is wearing a Neil Young shirt.
But check out that album.
And it sucks...as covers always do
more acoustic guitar Rock from Neil.
This shows the difference between country music beefs and rap beefs. No one got shot, or stabbed over this. And you can guarantee all parties involved have many, many guns and plenty of knives between them. Rap beefs are insane and it takes great artists lives away from us all too often.
One of the best "diss" songs is John Lennon's "How do You Sleep?" which disses Paul McCartney when he officially and legally dissolved The Beatles
Should have done this from live 4 way Street album with Neil and Stills trading leads
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Cortez the Killer…that song doesn’t get radio play but OMG, it’s insanely good
Not as good as Cowgirl in The Sand
Acoustic Cortez The Killer. ROCKS.
"Oh, but they all became great friends and sang each others songs and wore each other's tee shirts." That never meant dick to me. One guy said, "don't be a violent racist." The response was, "get lost." If someone says "don't be a violent racist," then you don't criticize them. End of story.
Nils Loefgrin didnt know piano so finally did it as a polka
The song I heard that set Lynyrd Skynyrd off and wrote about ,Mr Neil put her down, was the song -Alabama- sung by Neil Young. Take a listen
Neil also wrote a song just called 'Alabama' where he really bashes the state. Listen to that one too. ua-cam.com/video/9QGMz9beIL0/v-deo.html
Alabama is, as mentioned, pretty pointed and a similarly great song.
I love this song! So, you CAN sing. You hit all the notes. If you sing the lyrics clearly and breathe deep into your diaphram, we'd all be able to hear your talent! Now, if you'd like to hear Neil Young playing his guitar (not singing, though,) listen to "Country Feedback" by R.E.M.
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This is the real one, it made me pick sides, young Neil 💪👍
Drew you may have heard Hue Hef or Tre - 8 sampled this song
This song is about the murder of Lillie Belle Allen in 1969, and her father who was a preacher. Her father is the southern man in the song. Google her name and the song will make complete sense.
Now you know a little about the Y.
I love Skynyrd and don’t think they had a racist bone in their body. But they loved the south just as I do and when you start painting with such broad strokes as Neil did in this particular song, “Southern man” (yeah that’s pretty damn broad). You might see where Southerners such as Ronnie and the boys might feel like they were being called out along with the clan and slave owners. Most Southern folks never owned slaves or joined the klan and certainly today disavow those who did. If Ronnie and Neil put it to rest between them and were both satisfied with it then it’s like beating a dead horse to re-hash it.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Neil wasn't interested in writing a song, "20% of the Southern Men and Their Enablers" Man. Haha... Come on. It struck a nerve b/c racism and its legacy is a significant problem in the South to this day. And larger back then.
BTW, are you upset that "Sweet Home Alabama" paints Alabama with broad strokes?
Me upset ? 😂. Hardly. Just giving my take on the subject. If we don’t agree that’s fine, it’s America. Didn’t mean to trigger you.
@@ksanches Where do we disagree? Who’s saying you’re upset. I’m just following your logic here. It wasn’t disagreement but whitewashing.
Skynyrd was a great band. I’m glad they patched things up with Neil. Not triggered by any of their songs, no reason to be, they’re great. But they were def triggered by this one.
"good book says".
Another Canadian - Tom Macdonald
More research please for the full story
Neil Young over Lynyrd Skynyrd any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Neil Young is not afraid to talk about difficult issues that most artists don't want to tackle (most people for that matter!)
I love both Young and Skynyrd. I do find it strange though that a band would take another artist's words so personally that
they felt a need to put down the artist in a song. Interesting fact: Skynyrd has had a confederate flag as a backdrop at every
live performance since the 70's.-
Of course Neil is a master poet...so when he hits you it hurts. And in the south lots argue that the stories about slavery were exagerted propaganda
Well it was a complete diss to the south for a very valid reason . The majority of slave owners were from the South ,so,,,,
There is no beef...niell young sux
So does your spelling southern man😂
I think he's dissing the south and good for him!!
Randy Newman (Oscar winning songwriter). captured the sentiment of the time with Rednecks. Give it a listen and see if it hit home
It isn't a dis when it it-s the truth. The bigots in the south back then did NOT like it.
Nobody understands that Neil is to 10 guitarists ever
You gotta listen to Neil's song "Alabama" too.
Nope try Down By The River
Yep. Change Your Mind at Farm Aid . Rock N Roll.
i like both songs but when you are a band who wears clothes with the confederate flag you have to expect adverse comments.the constitution of the confederacy forbid any state joining that prohibited slavery. the southern baptist church broke away in a fight over the baptist church support of sabolition of slavery.. unlike the ancient world where slaves were unlucky war captives usa slavery was based on skin color.
Neil is a Canadian, and he should comment on Canadian things not American.
Neil stands up for some Americans more than Americans do ! Civil Rights, kkk, crooked politicians, anti war, pro democracy, college students being murdered by national guard ( his song OHIO), standing up for American farmers ( farm-aid) are a lot of Neil’s topics & he speaks/sings his mind/ and supports more than most Americans do. Neil Young is a 🇨🇦 a legend/ hero for his humanitarian efforts, so what have you all done for your country lately ?? ❣️
@@suzie4417 Neil was, is and will continue to be a flaming liberal. When it comes to politics he should only comment on Canadian things. I stand by that..
@@Blade247
blade you sound like a flaming liberal or at least you whine like one.
@@artvallejos1460 I'm a flaming conservative. Refresh my memory, what did I say ?
@@Blade247
liberals whine, you whine like one.
DREW, YOU HAVE TO BE A SOUTHERNER TO GET IT, SORRY MAN.....NO GO WITH NEIL'S SONG....GLAD HE AND RONNIE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING AFTERWARDS....BUT NEIL WAS WRONG!!!!
Context is necessary when you listen to music in that era. As a native Coloradan, I visited Louisiana to stay with a really close friend. I love southerners but there does exist rascism and the air of superiority over Black people there in the 70’s. You have to remember, there was still segregation back then. People should hear Dion’s Song for Sam Cooke ( Here in America). Gives you a good idea of what it was like.
@trishdaniel6196 Sorry to see you are so proud of your bigoted side.... 🥵
Weird way to say I love racism