Hello everyone... just wanted to note... this one was a struggle. lol My computer started experiencing memory issues and I had to start editing over twice. I almost gave up. Can't quite put my finger on why else this edit was so "extra" tedious but it was. I included a screenshot of my editing timeline at the very end of the video if you want to see how many edits had to be done. Near the end my computer was acting up bigtime, so apologies if I missed something! I'm glad I didn't give up on this one... as it was a mandatory song on my compilations list. As always, thank you all for being here.
I was like 6 and remember it well other than the exact day/year. Blaring in my dad's old pathfinder on the way to visit family in Amish country ripping through back roads. Peak nostalgia
Tonight we lost the last surviving member of one of the greatest bands ever Lynyrd Skynyrd, . Gary Rossington passed away today at the age of 71. A founding member he was the last living member of the band. Most famous for the lead guitar chirping birds sound during free bird. They are all gone now… They were the sound of my teenage years and I am filled with sorrow. RIP Gary and please say hi to the guys.
Omg that makes me sooo sad. Truly in my personal opinion one of the greatest bands to ever be created. #RIPLS #GoneButNeverForgotten We Miss You All Down Here
This song is so popular that you could be at just about any concert and if there's a silent moment, someone in the crowd will usually shout out "FREE BIRD!"
One time I was on the motorway on my motorcycle, my playlist threw this at me, and of course I gunned it. I got pulled over, and when asked "why were you speeding?", I just turned Bluetooth off and this continued playing. The officer's face lit up and said "you're right, but please don't do it again", he's still my best friend to this day. He later changed his statement "you're right for speeding to that song, but please don't do it where the police are"
I love watching folks who have never been exposed to this kind of music before. Music isn't just sounds, it is a journey and Freebird is one of the best examples of that.
Folks who have never heard southern rock are great. There's ALWAYS going to be a guitar solo, and it's ALWAYS going to be epic. (This one is just a little more epic than most).
I'm 68 now and for my generation this was just normal, everyday rock music. But watching all y'all watch it makes me realize just how special our music was!
The electric guitar was at its peak then. It will go down in history as any other piece of music made with an instrument that that hasn't been around very long. Compared to other strong instruments, the advent of electricity secured many classic rock songs into history simply because it was music that was impossible to make prior.
I'm 68 years and a Great Grandfather and lived thru these times. You should never look at your grandparents the same way. Your reactions had me in tears. THIS IS MUSIC. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
Allen Collins wrote this riff when he was 16, his girlfriend asked Allen "" what if I leave here tomorrow" He wrote the music and a few years later Allen Collins and Ronnie VanZant wrote the lyrics. they wrote the song so Ronnie could rest his voice sometimes played at shows as long as 20 minutes, the record label did not want to put the song on the Pronounced album, said it was too long. Skynyrd has many great songs check it out.... Maybe like Tuesdays Gone.
PS. THE ALLEN COLLINS SOLO LIVE VERSION IS OFTEN VOTED AS THE 2ND BEST IN R&R HISTORY !!AFTER ZEPPLINS LIVE "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN SOLO (JIMMY PAGE ) AND JUST. AHEAD OF VAN HALENS "ERUPTION"..🙏✌
I was six years old when their plane went down...I still remember my uncle Harold just sobbing his eyes out...their music is all over the songbook of my life...
A slow rolling night train......turns into a steamrolling locomotive volcano. The 3 guitar attack is born in this song. A truly pure American original delta blues rock signature sound. 2 full on axes simultaneously riffing at each other's chords. All the while a rhythm fully aces the fills for every progression....it's mind blowing to this day some 40 years later to the 1st time listener's. ❤️👍
Totally agree with Robert Austin -- fantastic description "slow rolling night train ..... into steamrolling locomotive volcano" Damn. Description as good as their music!
You truly get the genius of this guitar outro. I mean just imagine the practice time they had to do to get this down like that. One little mistake and the whole thing falls apart.
My GOAT song still produces goosebumps after nearly 50 years from its release. Happy to see the joy across the faces of so many first time listeners. Music reveals our connectedness. Love and light to us all!
This song is universal. Music doesn't see color. I saw them in 1977 at Soldiers Field in Chicago. I was with my siblings, cousins and best friends. We all got separated in the crowd. I ended up with my Cousin Stevie and brother from another Mother. We were bummed that we weren't with everyone else. They also had the weed. Stevie, Jack, Danny and Laura are gone now and so is several members of the band from an airplane crash. I'm gonna watch the live version and cry some more. We're in our 60s now. ENJOY EVERY NOTE 🎶
Such a wonderful story. Watching the live version of this really made me wish I could have been there! I was 5 years old in 1977 so a little young yet, but I remember this song from then and the day of the airplane crash. Perhaps because Elvis had just died two months prior which I also remember vividly where I was when that was announced. Crazy. Thank you for sharing your experience with this song... and as hard as it is to sit and cry missing our loved ones, it's absolutely ok to do. Good cries are good for the soul, especially when it's a song and fond memories that trigger the tears.
I followed my all over the country by myself for 3 in a half year's. Everytime they played Free Bird 🐦 they played it longer. They longest they played it was in T Town at the University of Alabama for 1 hour! A encore that lasted for 1 hour 1 song. You will never see 👀 that today. EVER! They ALWAY'S Played for US THERE FAN'S. ALWAY'S GAVE IT EVERYTHING THEY HAD FOR US! THAT'S WHY WE LOVE EM LIKE WE DO! 👍 👌 👏 AND ALWAY'S WILL. TO THIS DAY THEY ARE THE ONLY BAND I REALLY LISTEN TO THE MOST. THEM GUYS AND GIRL'S ARE MY HEART ❤️ 💙 💜 💖.
My favorite recording of this is from the concert after the plane crash... they just played the music and let the crowd do the singing. Absolutely magical and tear-jerking
It was sad about plane crash they were headed to little Rock ar didn't get to see them but when the gang had bon fires in river bottoms we dra nk and rolled few in their honor
First off I don't need to warned what to say. When the started to play after the free bird went down, they used to put the mike on the stand in the middle of the stage with Ronnie's hat on it and let the crowd sing. Isaw it happen on more than one occasion. I'm from the burgh, and they loved to play there. As in the album Live from steel city. And I know where iwas whe I heard the plane went down. Heard it on DVE.
@@saddletramp6935live from steel city is a great album. Freebird from that show is one of the better live renditions of the song. The piano being so front and ce ter in the mix is awesome.
I love how Lex's eyes just lit up when she realized what was happening. LS was one of the best bands in the world. RIP all who died in the crash, and since.
All the musicians on here understand the significance of this, but to hear this song and remember this was recorded to tape is still mind blowing. Love that there were zero pauses.
This song has so much emotion for me!! My boyfriend was 19 and I was 16, this was his favorite song, we were teenagers in the 70s, we made plans for our future together, he passed away at 19 from a motorcycle accident, I think of him everyday and what might have been!!💔💔💔💔
Am with you Miss carolina. 55 years ago fell in love with 'the love of my life'; plans for lifetime; 50 years ago today she walked away, I heartbroken. I am 68 years old, still in love today and still broken heart; WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN only The LORD knows. In love still and 'died of a broken heart' when I go home. I'm ready for the pain to stop.
@@pmcclaren1 hang in there Paul, you've got this!! True love never dies, I know the, what might have been has a way of eating us alive but we have to move on for our own sanity!! Theres nothing wrong with tucking her in a corner of your heart where only you know she's safely put!! We are luckier than many, we've experienced real true love, not everyone can say that!! I'm here if you should ever need a friend!!💖💖💖💖
Best use of this song in a movie soundtrack was Kingsman: The Secret Service, when Colin Firth's character turns psychotic along with an entire congregation of evengelist church-goers. The editing and choreography of the scene is incredible to begin with, but Free Bird effortlessly pushes the intensity up past 11. It's chaotic and beautiful and the music ties it all together so well. The rest of the movie is good fun too, but I guarantee you, that one scene will stay with you forever.
No matter race or age this is the greatest southern rock band of all time. I am 52 and been listening my entire life. Real musicians no computer bull crap. I have never heard anyone say they didn't like Lynyrd Skynyrd. Listen to every mothers son and on the hunt!!!!
Whenever I'm down, I go load this video back up and dance in my living room. My heart rate goes up and my depression leaves. Best anti depressant I've ever come across!
I never would have guessed that in 2022, people would be discovering this song...and loving it. I'm so happy about that. The picture of the band at the end makes my heart hurt a little. I remember hearing about the plane crash on the radio...it was a "stop you in your tracks" kind of news. I was lucky enough to see them when I was a teenager around 1973/4 at Tech Coliseum in Atlanta. I thought my arms were going to fall off because we clapped to the beat all the way to the end. Great Memories. 50 years later...
This really is an iconic song. The fact the newer generation are reviving it and using it for meme or just generally enjoy the amazing amount of effort put into the music is awesome. A song like this really comes around once in a generation.
Seriously? Sultans Alchemy Live Comfortably Numb Pulse 25 or 6 to 4 Tanglewood About a dozen Allman Bros songs About a dozen Clapton songs About a dozen Jeff Beck Songs Go back to Peter Green. Even Jimmy Page solos?
nope first single released was Gimme three steps and it doesn't chart, 1974 Second Helping released and Sweet Home Alabama charted at number 8 in the US. Then FreeBird was released charted at 19
@@markhopkins222 I think what he's saying is that it was from their first album. Pronounced is one of the greatest debut albums of all time - Freebird, Simple Man, Three Steps, Tuesdays Gone... Not a bad song on the album, and 4 absolute classics.
First and foremost gotta learn how to pronounce the correct name of the band. Secondly, ya sit comfortably in your easy chair and listen to Free Bird. The band’s most iconic song. Thirdly you instantly become a fan!
Watching black folks get lost in “Freebird” makes me feel like this world has a chance💟💟 We really are products of our environment- love to all humans❤
Lynyrd Skynyrd got this name from a principal they had in school in Florida. I grew up on this music. My brother would play Skynyrd on 8 track at home and in the car 24 /7. THIS to me is the all American song; it's about FREEDOM and the ability to be who you want to be. Growing up in the 70's, we were SOOOO blessed to have so much great music and talented artists! This was back in the day when FM radio played albums and not just pop songs in the top 100. Today it's all changed. This was REAL back in the day. NO Auto tune, no lack of talent and real passion! IT's so cool to see all these people from different cultures and backgrounds loving Free Bird!! Going to show you, when the music is iconic, it will live forever! I remember the night in 1975 listening to my local am radio hearing the news breaking about their plane crashing. We lost Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gains and his wife. THIS is SOUTHERN ROCK my friends! Nothing else like LS!! EVERYONE knows the lyrics to this song. IF this song doesn't hit you in your soul, nothing will.
@@dominicpinkerton4163 I just looked this up and your correct! I had heard this story years ago and the story was their Principal. I was in 5th grade when the news of their plane crash came on the radio. I listen to Skynyrd all the time. There were some other good Southern Rock band but NO ONE touched the true Icons, LS. Have a Merry Christmas.
I must say, glad you didn’t give up. this was pretty good. the scrolling triple cuts was a hilariously nice touch. good job. Lex “that solo made me tear up” Brad “WHY??” 🤨 Lex “…I…don’t…know…” 😆
This just goes to show that music is universal. Anybody can listen to and appreciate music, no matter what color your skin is, what god you pray to, whether you come from a big city or a small town, you can appreciate music all the same.
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but there are THREE guitars playing in unison on EVERY Skynyrd song. One of their shows I was in third row in front of the huge speaker bank. Couldn't hear for three days!
Sorry but not true Ed King left the band and they only had Allan and Gary for the Gimme Back My Bullets album then Steve Gaines joined before they recorded One More From the Road and helped write most of the songs on Street Survivors before being killed with Ronnie and his sister Cassie in the plane crash.
As Parrot Head said, not quite true. I've got a bootleg from a concert they put on at Winterland in 1975 where Gary and Allen are the only guitarists in the band. Ed King had just quit and they were jumping back and forth between auditioning replacements and fulfilling their touring schedule then.
So happy to see new people being exposed to this for the first time. I bought this album the week it came out. Saw them in concert 3x over the years. Gary, one of the founding members and last surviving member died not too long ago. RIP. The music of my youth.
Freebird, Stairway to Heaven, and Any Pink Floyd song cannot be interupted to "clock-in" at work. I always sat in my car until these songs ended on my car radio out of great respect. So much a part of my life that makes me ... me. God Bless Ya'll and Go Vols!!
I grew up dropping acid and eating mushrooms and listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This brought me so much joy to see these young people 'getting it!' I cried joyful tears. Great job putting all of this together and thank you
I love watching young folk discovering tunes that my generation grew up with....what one reactor said "this is music". thank you for compiling and sharing WonderMomma
Thanks so much to you who put this together. The editing was superb. As an old man (but still kickin' ass), I enjoy watching the young folks loving this band that I've been listening to since 1973. Great music NEVER gets old!
Song we heard on radio driving from Ca to Az when we got the call that my dad was in hospital ICU… This song came on like 3-4 times, my sister I sang and rocked our asses off and cried the whole damn time.. RIP Daddy “Chucky” Wells still missing you.
This is one of my all time favorite bands in the world & Free Bird is my favorite song of all time. It's timeless. It's so great to see a younger generation rockin out to Free Bird like me & my friends used to do all the time when we were young. Still to this day, when I hear Free Bird, I get chills & I am caught up in the magic of the song. Just a beautiful song, beautiful lyrics & the guitars, bass, piano, & drums are killing it thru the whole song. It is one of the best rock songs ever made, period! Love it! Probably will have it played at my funeral if I have one. That's how much I love this song. Thank you for all the beautiful reactions! Ya'll made my heart swell with love for each & every one of you. This is a great compliation & thanks for making it! 😊 😊
The young lady who said she caught the holy ghost: Amen! Heaven couldn't be no better than this. I'm so amazed that there are so many people who have never heard this, we were weaned on this music. This is the most sublime rock jam in all of music history. Keep it alive!
Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of several bands to come out of Jacksonville, Florida. They always ended their concerts with a much longer version of Freebird. Other bands from Jacksonville include The Rossington Collins Band, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, etc. It became traditional for audiences to request Freebird as the finale, no matter which band they were listening to. Nirvana famously played Sweet Home Alabama instead, another Lynyard Skynyrd song. Even "Weird Al" Yankovic has performed it live - straight, not a parody.
At concerts the crowds would chant “Freebird!!” over and over to get them to play it. Great times. I and millions of others grew up on this stuff and am thrilled that a younger generation is as captivated by it as we were. Broke my heart when I heard on my radio in my college dorm that their plane had crashed and so many of them died…what’s so cool is that the genius of this group lives on. RIP fellows. Thanks for all your great sounds.
Now I finally understand why parents in the early 2000’s thought “rap was crap.” It’s bcuz they grew up with music like this!! Their standard was set SO high, that it’ll never be reached!
I swear to God, I got tingles down my spine watching this! Just before the main instrumental, enjoying the reactions, I just kept thinking 'yeah, its been good so far...but Skynyrd are about to take that lift to the top floor'!🥲
The humour right up front. The attention to detail. (You know Lex likes the guitar solos, etc.) The classic song choice. This Showstopper ticks all the boxes. (I don't care what song you do next, just please make it a long one!) Thanks, Momma!
I was at their 1st real concert in Denver CO, 20 minutes.... they grooved for 20 minutes without stop!!! It was INCREDIBLE!!! Best concert I EVER went to!!
@@WonderMommaOG Mabye next you could do a montage of Van Halen's Eruption solo from "Live without a net". Lots of funny, jaw dropping "stank face" reactions in that one!
Young people today don't know what they are missing. The music from this era was real music, played by real musicians who loved what they were doing and how the audience was reacting to the music.
Ehat I'd give to be born early enpugh to enjoy it all, i dont give a shit about world issues, politics, drug problems (drugs prolly made it better) i would live through it all for shit like this knowing i lived a full lofe life
@Jared well more along the lines of seeing a concert, meeting the bands, and seeing it all during a different time where MTV played music instead of reality tv
@@DorianLeBl You're right. I grew up in the 90's (I know that's way past Skynrd's time) which was a special time for music. Going to see bands like Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, early Coldplay, Beck, Tribe, Rage, RHCP, NIN, AIC, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. can no longer be duplicated. Cheers.
a lifetime ago when i was just a baby, in Jacksonville these cats were in high school , my uncle Herb was a classmate and played guitar himself, they weren't Skynyrd yet just a high school band, they literally used to practice afterschool in my grandparents garage. one of my uncles has some 8mm film of it (no sound sadly) ive seen it. after school, he went to Vietnam and the band went on to become the band we just watched play. we lost my Uncle Herb in 1980 in a freak hunting accident, seeing this and watching these fine people reacting to it made me think of him, he would have loved every second of seeing how much everyone enjoyed the music his friends made. I want to thank you @wondermommaOG you gave me such a wonderful gift! God Bless!
I'm so glad you all enjoyed Freebird so much, its one of the best examples of a hard driving guitar band, I was a young buck when this came out & we all new how powerful it was, they had 3 guitar players & they would challenge each other to play harder & harder, check out the live versions, the gig in Atlanta is the most famous, the name Lynyrd Skynyrd was the name of the founding members gym teacher, the band died in a fiery airplane crash, such a sad day
Back in the 70s, we used to rock out to this song all the time. If there was a band playing that was taking requests, you'd always hear someone shout "FREE BIRD!!!!"
Everyone's reaction brought a smile and a tear.. Glad to see a classic is recognized nearly 40 years later. Thanks to all the reviewers for a fond memory of my youth.
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Hello everyone... just wanted to note... this one was a struggle. lol My computer started experiencing memory issues and I had to start editing over twice. I almost gave up. Can't quite put my finger on why else this edit was so "extra" tedious but it was. I included a screenshot of my editing timeline at the very end of the video if you want to see how many edits had to be done. Near the end my computer was acting up bigtime, so apologies if I missed something!
I'm glad I didn't give up on this one... as it was a mandatory song on my compilations list. As always, thank you all for being here.
It's appreciated you not giving up, I've watched a few videos of yours, love the editing for them. I'm a subscriber now
Thanks for all you do. I love your channel and reaction montages/compilations.
@@mightybalzaq6686 Many thanks!
Hey this was awesome babe. I enjoy watching people who have not heard Free Bird expression. Thanks for this video.
Wow.. thanks so much!!
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert and they closed with a 20 minute rendition of Free Bird. It was insane.
YOOOOOO is there any clip of it? I NEED to hear that?
@@tonyrun5802 No sorry. When I saw them in concert there was no such thing as a cell phone. We just held up Bic lighters.
@@thorimsdal626 damn, that's unfortunate. Well, I'm glad you were born early enough to have a blast at their concert!
i timed a 23 minute live version in 76.....unreal
Do you at least remember when it was? Maybe someone recorded it
I love that they have no idea they are about to hear one of the most iconic solos in music history.
6:05, the heads bouncing says it all.
Absolutely agree with you
Not really a solo. There’s 3 guitar players playing an iconic piece!
@@mh-12-34-6-b🙄
Technically a duo
Imagine listening to Free Bird for the first fucking time in your life. That would be the best moment ever.
@@luiseliendo2007 me in gta sa
@@luiseliendo2007 I get jealous about stuff like that.
I was like 6 and remember it well other than the exact day/year. Blaring in my dad's old pathfinder on the way to visit family in Amish country ripping through back roads. Peak nostalgia
@@pmeyers618 didn't we all hear it for a first time?
@@brennanthabault1351 I envy the feeling of hearing it the first time.
Tonight we lost the last surviving member of one of the greatest bands ever Lynyrd Skynyrd, . Gary Rossington passed away today at the age of 71. A founding member he was the last living member of the band. Most famous for the lead guitar chirping birds sound during free bird. They are all gone now… They were the sound of my teenage years and I am filled with sorrow. RIP Gary and please say hi to the guys.
Dixie has been mourning my good man🥺
Omg that makes me sooo sad. Truly in my personal opinion one of the greatest bands to ever be created. #RIPLS #GoneButNeverForgotten We Miss You All Down Here
I miss them all so much
RIP Guys! 🐦🕊🕊
Wow. High School days & so many gone. The music remains in my heart too.
This song is so popular that you could be at just about any concert and if there's a silent moment, someone in the crowd will usually shout out "FREE BIRD!"
That was a troll perpetuated by a popular radio DJ.
Yes ❤
LOL And that person was me. I do it at every show and it always gets a laugh from the other old timers.
or yell out Slayer
Legend has it, that the guitar solo at the end,
goes on and on, across the Universe ... forever and ever 🦅 🎸 ⚡️
If this is not true, it's still 100% true.
And the stars and planets sway in time to the music.
4:34😄
My dad had this played at his funeral so I like to think the same
They had to fade in those days, albums had limited groove space.
One time I was on the motorway on my motorcycle, my playlist threw this at me, and of course I gunned it. I got pulled over, and when asked "why were you speeding?", I just turned Bluetooth off and this continued playing. The officer's face lit up and said "you're right, but please don't do it again", he's still my best friend to this day. He later changed his statement "you're right for speeding to that song, but please don't do it where the police are"
Cool
Based cop
sir, the freebird was playing
Then everyone clapped
You guys still friends?
I love watching folks who have never been exposed to this kind of music before.
Music isn't just sounds, it is a journey and Freebird is one of the best examples of that.
Folks who have never heard southern rock are great. There's ALWAYS going to be a guitar solo, and it's ALWAYS going to be epic. (This one is just a little more epic than most).
Amen
I'm 68 now and for my generation this was just normal, everyday rock music. But watching all y'all watch it makes me realize just how special our music was!
The electric guitar was at its peak then. It will go down in history as any other piece of music made with an instrument that that hasn't been around very long. Compared to other strong instruments, the advent of electricity secured many classic rock songs into history simply because it was music that was impossible to make prior.
So true my friend
We were spoiled weren't we. 😎🎸
I’m 64 and loving this song ❤since high school days ty for sharing this video ❤
這首歌太瘋狂了❤
I'm 68 years and a Great Grandfather and lived thru these times. You should never look at your grandparents the same way. Your reactions had me in tears. THIS IS MUSIC. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
Gregory, thank you for being here. I completely agree with the grandparent comment. I'm a grandmother of 4. 💜
68 Year-old Great Grandma here!
70 year old grandfather this was my first concert at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in 1970!!!
@@timreding4364They were my first concert, too. Richfield Collesium in NE Ohio. I'd never been in a crowd that big. Good memories.
67 yr old here man I loved the 70s my first concert was Edgar and Johnny winter
Allen Collins wrote this riff when he was 16, his girlfriend asked Allen "" what if I leave here tomorrow" He wrote the music and a few years later Allen Collins and Ronnie VanZant wrote the lyrics. they wrote the song so Ronnie could rest his voice sometimes played at shows as long as 20 minutes, the record label did not want to put the song on the Pronounced album, said it was too long. Skynyrd has many great songs check it out.... Maybe like Tuesdays Gone.
Plain And Simple. "SIMPLE MAN"WAS THEIR SECOND GREATEST MASTERPIECE FOLLOWED BY THEIR BIGGEST HIT "SWEET HOME ALABAMA !!✌😎
PS. THE ALLEN COLLINS SOLO LIVE VERSION IS OFTEN VOTED AS THE 2ND BEST IN R&R HISTORY !!AFTER ZEPPLINS LIVE "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN SOLO (JIMMY PAGE ) AND JUST. AHEAD OF VAN HALENS "ERUPTION"..🙏✌
Fun starts at 6:04
8:50😃
9:10
I was six years old when their plane went down...I still remember my uncle Harold just sobbing his eyes out...their music is all over the songbook of my life...
I was about the same age, and lived in Jacksonville. I can remember Channel 4 covering this.
A slow rolling night train......turns into a steamrolling locomotive volcano. The 3 guitar attack is born in this song. A truly pure American original delta blues rock signature sound. 2 full on axes simultaneously riffing at each other's chords. All the while a rhythm fully aces the fills for every progression....it's mind blowing to this day some 40 years later to the 1st time listener's. ❤️👍
Extremely and articulately well put, sir!
Totally agree with Robert Austin -- fantastic description "slow rolling night train ..... into steamrolling locomotive volcano" Damn. Description as good as their music!
Arrowhead Ftball's fantastic descrition -- you are a true craftsman with words!
You truly get the genius of this guitar outro. I mean just imagine the practice time they had to do to get this down like that. One little mistake and the whole thing falls apart.
One of the only tunes with a 10 minute guitar solo that makes me wish it went on for another 10 minutes.
My GOAT song still produces goosebumps after nearly 50 years from its release. Happy to see the joy across the faces of so many first time listeners. Music reveals our connectedness. Love and light to us all!
Agree with your comments. Bye, oh bye, baby...it's been a sweet love. Breaks my heart every time.
❤️ all the reactions ❤❤❤❤nice song ❤❤
This song is universal. Music doesn't see color. I saw them in 1977 at Soldiers Field in Chicago. I was with my siblings, cousins and best friends. We all got separated in the crowd. I ended up with my Cousin Stevie and brother from another Mother. We were bummed that we weren't with everyone else. They also had the weed. Stevie, Jack, Danny and Laura are gone now and so is several members of the band from an airplane crash. I'm gonna watch the live version and cry some more. We're in our 60s now. ENJOY EVERY NOTE 🎶
Such a wonderful story. Watching the live version of this really made me wish I could have been there! I was 5 years old in 1977 so a little young yet, but I remember this song from then and the day of the airplane crash. Perhaps because Elvis had just died two months prior which I also remember vividly where I was when that was announced. Crazy.
Thank you for sharing your experience with this song... and as hard as it is to sit and cry missing our loved ones, it's absolutely ok to do. Good cries are good for the soul, especially when it's a song and fond memories that trigger the tears.
Hey was at that show in 77 great day hot as hell but great show
🍺⚡🍺
That’s was my first concert I was 13 years old ,lived in Chicago there was amazing concert came through Chicago in the 70s
I followed my all over the country by myself for 3 in a half year's. Everytime they played Free Bird 🐦 they played it longer. They longest they played it was in T Town at the University of Alabama for 1 hour! A encore that lasted for 1 hour 1 song. You will never see 👀 that today. EVER! They ALWAY'S Played for US THERE FAN'S. ALWAY'S GAVE IT EVERYTHING THEY HAD FOR US! THAT'S WHY WE LOVE EM LIKE WE DO! 👍 👌 👏 AND ALWAY'S WILL. TO THIS DAY THEY ARE THE ONLY BAND I REALLY LISTEN TO THE MOST. THEM GUYS AND GIRL'S ARE MY HEART ❤️ 💙 💜 💖.
My favorite recording of this is from the concert after the plane crash... they just played the music and let the crowd do the singing. Absolutely magical and tear-jerking
Reminds me of this gem of a video: ua-cam.com/video/cZnBNuqqz5g/v-deo.html (crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody)
It was sad about plane crash they were headed to little Rock ar didn't get to see them but when the gang had bon fires in river bottoms we dra nk and rolled few in their honor
First off I don't need to warned what to say. When the started to play after the free bird went down, they used to put the mike on the stand in the middle of the stage with Ronnie's hat on it and let the crowd sing. Isaw it happen on more than one occasion. I'm from the burgh, and they loved to play there. As in the album Live from steel city. And I know where iwas whe I heard the plane went down. Heard it on DVE.
@@saddletramp6935 damn... The hat on the mic stand really hits home
@@saddletramp6935live from steel city is a great album. Freebird from that show is one of the better live renditions of the song. The piano being so front and ce ter in the mix is awesome.
Dude said; I got to call my Mama!! 🤣 ultimate compliment!👍🏼👍🏼🥳
I love how Lex's eyes just lit up when she realized what was happening. LS was one of the best bands in the world. RIP all who died in the crash, and since.
Best part of the video for me. That face is still me when it speeds up.
Yep. The ABSOLUTE BEST part of the video!! 🤘🏼🤙🏼
Shout out to you WonderMomma for putting this together. I know it took a lot of time and is a labor of love
All the musicians on here understand the significance of this, but to hear this song and remember this was recorded to tape is still mind blowing. Love that there were zero pauses.
Ya the recording engineers back in the day we're truly talented
Free bird!! One of the greatest songs ever written. Glad you chose this one for our visual and auditory pleasure! Thanks again.
After hearing that song for 50 years I still get chills and I still love it so much!! ❤❤
I concur!
Thank you Lynyrd Skynyrd ... For a awesome child hood ... ❤
It’s wonderful to watch the reactions of people finally discovered that truly great music is played with real instruments by talented musician
That is so true! Great comment...
Ain’t no truer words ever spoken ♥️
That's a very old head comment, great music still exists and can be good even with no "real" instruments.
Odd implications
@@destructo3457 yes! Thank you for pointing that out.
This song has so much emotion for me!! My boyfriend was 19 and I was 16, this was his favorite song, we were teenagers in the 70s, we made plans for our future together, he passed away at 19 from a motorcycle accident, I think of him everyday and what might have been!!💔💔💔💔
Oh my God. Just read your post... Heartbreaking. Life is so beautiful and so sad all at the same time. Peace be with you...
(((HUGS)))😪🌹
Sorry for your loss. May great songs like this give you comfort in your memories.
Am with you Miss carolina. 55 years ago fell in love with 'the love of my life'; plans for lifetime; 50 years ago today she walked away, I heartbroken. I am 68 years old, still in love today and still broken heart; WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN only The LORD knows. In love still and 'died of a broken heart' when I go home. I'm ready for the pain to stop.
@@pmcclaren1 hang in there Paul, you've got this!! True love never dies, I know the, what might have been has a way of eating us alive but we have to move on for our own sanity!! Theres nothing wrong with tucking her in a corner of your heart where only you know she's safely put!! We are luckier than many, we've experienced real true love, not everyone can say that!! I'm here if you should ever need a friend!!💖💖💖💖
Best use of this song in a movie soundtrack was Kingsman: The Secret Service, when Colin Firth's character turns psychotic along with an entire congregation of evengelist church-goers. The editing and choreography of the scene is incredible to begin with, but Free Bird effortlessly pushes the intensity up past 11. It's chaotic and beautiful and the music ties it all together so well. The rest of the movie is good fun too, but I guarantee you, that one scene will stay with you forever.
I didn’t see that movie, but I always think of the scene I’m Forrest Gump where Jenny almost commits suicide while she was stoned.
I gotta say the end scene to Devils Rejects beats that- Rob Zombie knew exactly what he was doing 🤘🏻
Yup! Best use of free bird in a movie scene was in Kingsman for sure!
Devils Rejects movie. Hands down.
Jenny on the balcony was pretty powerful, if you've ever been on the balcony.
No matter race or age this is the greatest southern rock band of all time. I am 52 and been listening my entire life. Real musicians no computer bull crap. I have never heard anyone say they didn't like Lynyrd Skynyrd. Listen to every mothers son and on the hunt!!!!
Whenever I'm down, I go load this video back up and dance in my living room. My heart rate goes up and my depression leaves. Best anti depressant I've ever come across!
Free Bird is the National Anthem of Southern Rock. The only way to listen to it is LOUD!! When I listen to Skynyrd so do my neighbors!!!!💯💯💪🔥💯💯✔️✔️
What part of Texas are you in?
Hell Yeah!
You guys are clueless.Love the song, but I,m say again you're clueless.
And if you’re driving, don’t think for one minute you can do the speed limit!!!!
@@SgtBrewdawg: What's a "Speed Limit"? (The only speed limit is the speed of light!)
I never would have guessed that in 2022, people would be discovering this song...and loving it. I'm so happy about that. The picture of the band at the end makes my heart hurt a little. I remember hearing about the plane crash on the radio...it was a "stop you in your tracks" kind of news. I was lucky enough to see them when I was a teenager around 1973/4 at Tech Coliseum in Atlanta. I thought my arms were going to fall off because we clapped to the beat all the way to the end. Great Memories. 50 years later...
Watching these youngins hear one of the greatest guitar solos in the known world for the first time is pure joy.
This really is an iconic song. The fact the newer generation are reviving it and using it for meme or just generally enjoy the amazing amount of effort put into the music is awesome. A song like this really comes around once in a generation.
This and the Eagles hotel California are the most insane guitar solos EVER
You forgot comfortably numb and high hopes. 😊
Mark knopfler Sultans of Swing live ain't to shabby. He's still picken today.
Seriously?
Sultans Alchemy Live
Comfortably Numb Pulse
25 or 6 to 4 Tanglewood
About a dozen Allman Bros songs
About a dozen Clapton songs
About a dozen Jeff Beck Songs
Go back to Peter Green. Even Jimmy Page solos?
November Rain deserves love too
The wildest thing about this epic symphony is that it was the debut single for the band.
That's one way to kick down the door 🔥🔥🔥
nope first single released was Gimme three steps and it doesn't chart, 1974 Second Helping released and Sweet Home Alabama charted at number 8 in the US. Then FreeBird was released charted at 19
@@markhopkins222 I think what he's saying is that it was from their first album. Pronounced is one of the greatest debut albums of all time - Freebird, Simple Man, Three Steps, Tuesdays Gone... Not a bad song on the album, and 4 absolute classics.
@@WhizzingFish12 what he said was it was their debut single and it was not.
I love all the mispronunciations BTW. 😂
First and foremost gotta learn how to pronounce the correct name of the band. Secondly, ya sit comfortably in your easy chair and listen to Free Bird. The band’s most iconic song. Thirdly you instantly become a fan!
Вы еще не слышали как это будет звучать по русски😂
@@brdwargolodny "Free Bird" in Russian? I'm down.
laynard skaynard 😂 on russian, thank you
@@mightybalzaq6686 LLYYNAAARDD SKYYYNAAARD
been listening to music like this for 50 years...it makes me so happy to see this music find new audiences...QUALITY ENDURES!!!
Lex is such a gem. She, above everyone else, gets it. Every guitar solo sends her into another universe 😂
Watching black folks get lost in “Freebird” makes me feel like this world has a chance💟💟 We really are products of our environment- love to all humans❤
Lynyrd Skynyrd got this name from a principal they had in school in Florida. I grew up on this music. My brother would play Skynyrd on 8 track at home and in the car 24 /7.
THIS to me is the all American song; it's about FREEDOM and the ability to be who you want to be.
Growing up in the 70's, we were SOOOO blessed to have so much great music and talented artists! This was back in the day when FM radio played albums and not
just pop songs in the top 100. Today it's all changed. This was REAL back in the day. NO Auto tune, no lack of talent and real passion! IT's so cool to see all these
people from different cultures and backgrounds loving Free Bird!! Going to show you, when the music is iconic, it will live forever!
I remember the night in 1975 listening to my local am radio hearing the news breaking about their plane crashing. We lost Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gains and his wife.
THIS is SOUTHERN ROCK my friends! Nothing else like LS!! EVERYONE knows the lyrics to this song. IF this song doesn't hit you in your soul, nothing will.
he was their gym teacher
@@dominicpinkerton4163 I just looked this up and your correct! I had heard this story years ago and the story was their Principal. I was in 5th grade when the news of their plane crash came on the radio. I listen to Skynyrd all the time. There were some other good Southern Rock band but NO ONE touched the true Icons, LS. Have a Merry Christmas.
@@gemini6828 thank you so much i’m so sorry i just saw this i hope you had an amazing christmas❤️
I must say, glad you didn’t give up. this was pretty good. the scrolling triple cuts was a hilariously nice touch. good job.
Lex “that solo made me tear up”
Brad “WHY??” 🤨
Lex “…I…don’t…know…” 😆
Much appreciated!
They band would be overjoyed to see so many folks loving and grooving to their music!
This just goes to show that music is universal. Anybody can listen to and appreciate music, no matter what color your skin is, what god you pray to, whether you come from a big city or a small town, you can appreciate music all the same.
All time Southern Rock classic! Great musicianship and orchestration and instrumentation! RIP folks! 👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but there are THREE guitars playing in unison on EVERY Skynyrd song. One of their shows I was in third row in front of the huge speaker bank. Couldn't hear for three days!
Sorry but not true
Ed King left the band and they only had Allan and Gary for the Gimme Back My Bullets album then Steve Gaines joined before they recorded One More From the Road and helped write most of the songs on Street Survivors before being killed with Ronnie and his sister Cassie in the plane crash.
As Parrot Head said, not quite true. I've got a bootleg from a concert they put on at Winterland in 1975 where Gary and Allen are the only guitarists in the band. Ed King had just quit and they were jumping back and forth between auditioning replacements and fulfilling their touring schedule then.
So happy to see new people being exposed to this for the first time. I bought this album the week it came out. Saw them in concert 3x over the years. Gary, one of the founding members and last surviving member died not too long ago. RIP. The music of my youth.
Free Bird is def a vibe, and one of the best 🎸solos ever for sure and it's still melting faces in 2022! still an amazing song & one my faves 🤘🏻
Freebird, Stairway to Heaven, and Any Pink Floyd song cannot be interupted to "clock-in" at work. I always sat in my car until these songs ended on my car radio out of great respect. So much a part of my life that makes me ... me. God Bless Ya'll and Go Vols!!
This song goes from ballady to just pure rock & flipping roll, the dual solo action is unreal!
I was born in 69. So growing up with this kind of music had a very big impact on me. Changed the structure of my DNA.
Proof that all people need to get along and be happy is great music and killer guitar solos
I grew up dropping acid and eating mushrooms and listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd. This brought me so much joy to see these young people 'getting it!' I cried joyful tears. Great job putting all of this together and thank you
Free Bird was a perfect blend of old Southern Rock and classic black music. It's wonderful to see their magnum opus reach new audiences.
And we're back. This time, it was question mark dude. I musta rewound that ten times. Holy sh*t this video rocks.
😅 I'm glad this is that video for you. There are a couple of return videos for me on various channels!
Live at Oakland Collisium 1977. 🐦 Free Bird. It will blow your mind.
Fuck yeah! I was there! Day on the green! Yea
You're absolutely on point. They listened to the studio version.
Good one! I have a theory that our current world is so crappy because there isn't kickass music like this isn't being played anymore.
Blackstone Cherry are non too bad?
It’s out there. It’s just harder to find amongst all the media and distractions.
@@HughCorbyCruick Back in the day it was easy to find...All you had to do was turn on the radio.
the world went to shit when slayer retired
Halestorm and Fall Out Boy are pretty good.
A rock anthem, PERIOD!
💯💥
I love watching young folk discovering tunes that my generation grew up with....what one reactor said "this is music". thank you for compiling and sharing WonderMomma
Thanks so much to you who put this together. The editing was superb.
As an old man (but still kickin' ass), I enjoy watching the young folks loving this band that I've been listening to since 1973.
Great music NEVER gets old!
Song we heard on radio driving from Ca to Az when we got the call that my dad was in hospital ICU… This song came on like 3-4 times, my sister I sang and rocked our asses off and cried the whole damn time.. RIP Daddy “Chucky” Wells still missing you.
Rip so sorry for your loss 😢😢😢
This is one of my all time favorite bands in the world & Free Bird is my favorite song of all time. It's timeless.
It's so great to see a younger generation rockin out to Free Bird like me & my friends used to do all the time when we were young.
Still to this day, when I hear Free Bird, I get chills & I am caught up in the magic of the song. Just a beautiful song, beautiful lyrics & the guitars, bass, piano, & drums are killing it thru the whole song. It is one of the best rock songs ever made, period! Love it! Probably will have it played at my funeral if I have one. That's how much I love this song.
Thank you for all the beautiful reactions! Ya'll made my heart swell with love for each & every one of you.
This is a great compliation & thanks for making it! 😊 😊
So glad you include Brad and Lex!! I am addicted to these compilations you put together.
The young lady who said she caught the holy ghost: Amen!
Heaven couldn't be no better than this.
I'm so amazed that there are so many people who have never heard this, we were weaned on this music.
This is the most sublime rock jam in all of music history. Keep it alive!
Undisputably the best guitar solo ever performed. Nothing can top this.
This was so much fun watching people react to music they never heard.AWESOME!
Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of several bands to come out of Jacksonville, Florida. They always ended their concerts with a much longer version of Freebird. Other bands from Jacksonville include The Rossington Collins Band, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, etc. It became traditional for audiences to request Freebird as the finale, no matter which band they were listening to. Nirvana famously played Sweet Home Alabama instead, another Lynyard Skynyrd song. Even "Weird Al" Yankovic has performed it live - straight, not a parody.
Not quite Jacksonville, but Gainesville is pretty close. Much live for Tom Petty.
@@Anon451ymous don felder too. Orlando-Gainesville-Jacksonville triangle is one of the best music areas in the US
Rossington-Collins Band was formed by LS plane crash survivors (named for their two remaining guitarists).
@@Anon451ymous wrong! They are out of Green Cove Springs.
At concerts the crowds would chant “Freebird!!” over and over to get them to play it. Great times. I and millions of others grew up on this stuff and am thrilled that a younger generation is as captivated by it as we were. Broke my heart when I heard on my radio in my college dorm that their plane had crashed and so many of them died…what’s so cool is that the genius of this group lives on. RIP fellows. Thanks for all your great sounds.
Remember all the bic lighters? They were amazing
Fun fact the band name was named after there janitor when they were in high school
Now I finally understand why parents in the early 2000’s thought “rap was crap.” It’s bcuz they grew up with music like this!! Their standard was set SO high, that it’ll never be reached!
I love it when people experience when the song notches up to 10 with the long solo, it's a beautiful thing.
Growing up with this, I find it hysterical in the best possible way to watch other cultures hear this for the first time and get so turned up!
I swear to God, I got tingles down my spine watching this! Just before the main instrumental, enjoying the reactions, I just kept thinking 'yeah, its been good so far...but Skynyrd are about to take that lift to the top floor'!🥲
Okay- I absolutely love the pronunciation episode in the beginning.
You have editing skills and an obvious natural gift here.
Thank you! 😃
8:32 she gets it 🙌 I love how he looks over at her in amazement, and she’s just lost in that flow state where you literally FEEL the music
I’m glad everyone is grooving, this song hits harder than a semi truck!
I love when people discover the classics!
The humour right up front. The attention to detail. (You know Lex likes the guitar solos, etc.) The classic song choice. This Showstopper ticks all the boxes. (I don't care what song you do next, just please make it a long one!) Thanks, Momma!
You're too kind. Thank you so much.
Real Music. Real Musicians! Hell YEAH!
I was at their 1st real concert in Denver CO, 20 minutes.... they grooved for 20 minutes without stop!!! It was INCREDIBLE!!! Best concert I EVER went to!!
One of the greatest tracks ever,and judging by the reactions,almost 50 years later,it still is.
I remember they supported "The Who" and after this track the crowd of 50k gave them a standing ovation. Fact.
There are so many other reactions on UA-cam to this iconic masterpiece, that you could literally do a part 2 for it! Just sayin'. Well done! 👏👏
haha yes! That is an ever present challenge... deciding who to cut and who to include. Many factors go into those decisions! Thank you so much.
@@WonderMommaOG Mabye next you could do a montage of Van Halen's Eruption solo from "Live without a net". Lots of funny, jaw dropping "stank face" reactions in that one!
@@kevinmclaughlin1092 that one is on my list! I will probably do Eruption with You Really Got Me right after.
If you do, "No Life Shaq" has a funny one
Young people today don't know what they are missing. The music from this era was real music, played by real musicians who loved what they were doing and how the audience was reacting to the music.
Ehat I'd give to be born early enpugh to enjoy it all, i dont give a shit about world issues, politics, drug problems (drugs prolly made it better) i would live through it all for shit like this knowing i lived a full lofe life
ok boomer
They're not really missing it since it is here on UA-cam.
@Jared well more along the lines of seeing a concert, meeting the bands, and seeing it all during a different time where MTV played music instead of reality tv
@@DorianLeBl You're right. I grew up in the 90's (I know that's way past Skynrd's time) which was a special time for music. Going to see bands like Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, early Coldplay, Beck, Tribe, Rage, RHCP, NIN, AIC, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. can no longer be duplicated. Cheers.
a lifetime ago when i was just a baby, in Jacksonville these cats were in high school , my uncle Herb was a classmate and played guitar himself, they weren't Skynyrd yet just a high school band, they literally used to practice afterschool in my grandparents garage. one of my uncles has some 8mm film of it (no sound sadly) ive seen it. after school, he went to Vietnam and the band went on to become the band we just watched play.
we lost my Uncle Herb in 1980 in a freak hunting accident, seeing this and watching these fine people reacting to it made me think of him, he would have loved every second of seeing how much everyone enjoyed the music his friends made. I want to thank you @wondermommaOG you gave me such a wonderful gift! God Bless!
I'm so glad you all enjoyed Freebird so much, its one of the best examples of a hard driving guitar band, I was a young buck when this came out & we all new how powerful it was, they had 3 guitar players & they would challenge each other to play harder & harder, check out the live versions, the gig in Atlanta is the most famous, the name Lynyrd Skynyrd was the name of the founding members gym teacher, the band died in a fiery airplane crash, such a sad day
as a 51yr old man I love watching people experience this classic for the first time. Especially the tempo change my favorite part.
I saw this song performed live twice...23 years apart.... INSANE each time. What Legends are made from.
Intro was HILARIOUS, thank you for making that part of the experience.
Yes dear man you are never forgotten, rest in peace to all.
I can't even express how happy these reactions make me ❤️
That solo is a Jacksonville Florida triangle 3 guitar attack! I wanna hold up a lighter! Iconic guitar work
Mommas on fire. Another great comp, lady. Cheers.
Thanks!
I'm 63 and it makes my heart heavy to hear this song. Such a simpler time and we had nothing but great music. ✌️ To All..
Back in the 70s, we used to rock out to this song all the time. If there was a band playing that was taking requests, you'd always hear someone shout "FREE BIRD!!!!"
Love these compilations they are great. Good job, guys.
Interesting to see so many reactions to a great southern rock classic. And your editing skills are top notch.
I appreciate that!
This Kids is SOUTHERN ROCK AT ITS FINEST,THREE GUITAR ASSAULT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I caught the holy ghost."
That's what I felt when I saw them play this in their hometown of Jacksonville, FL in 1974.
This without doubt is one of the best solos i ever heard in my life
Everyone's reaction brought a smile and a tear.. Glad to see a classic is recognized nearly 40 years later. Thanks to all the reviewers for a fond memory of my youth.