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Knute
I found this fan's response to the Roger quote. It's good for a laugh.
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Hey Roger Taylor:
The guys in Lynyrd Skynyrd went through the South in the late
sixties and early seventies as rock-n-rollers with long hair! Do you
think the sight of four effeminate limeys would scare them after facing
all the good-old-boy roadside bars and backwoods joints they played
while woodshedding? Ever heard Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider"?
If you are stupidly going to refer to the members of Skynyrd as
"rednecks" because they were from the South (which, by the way Rog, is
where rock 'n' roll was born), then I am going to refer to you and your
fellow bandmates as "swishy Brits." And it's off the topic, but why has
your country continued to make such pussified rock 'n' roll for the
past quarter-century or so? Is the swishiness in your blood or what?
And yes, while Skynyrd had three guitarists, they also didn't have
to spend eight months in the studio
overdubbing/multitracking/whatevering to come up with "Workin' For MCA"
or "Saturday Night Special" - rockers which simply and straightly kick
the ass of anything you and your mates ever came up with. "Free Bird"
goes on for months? You're one to talk - how about "Bohemian Rhapsody"
and that "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions" monstrosity? Fuck, at
least Skynyrd wasn't channeling a Nuremberg rally. I'll put the
original Skynyrd's output of Pronounced through Street Survivors up against anything your cute little band came up with any time.
"Bollocks" to respect for the dead? I agree. When Freddie Mercury
croaked, I did a shot and cracked a beer and broke down and cried!
Queen could never again get together to create more gems like "Bicycle
Race"! Oh no! The tragedy! No more pretentious, overblown, aristocratic
British rock! No more brilliance ala "Body Language"! Boo-hoo! What a
loss!
Finally, Roger, let's get something straight. Lynyrd Skynyrd was
one of the finest, toughest, rock 'n' roll bands ever. Queen was an
overblown, crappy pomposity of an outfit that performed show tunes
covered up with a buncha overdubbed guitars and vocals. And as I type
this, I sincerely hope that wherever they are ... Ronnie Van Zant is
busting a pool cue over Freddie Mercury's skull.
(Note: A letter-writer in the June issue of MOJO points out that
the concerts occurred in 1974 and sent a photo of a ticket stub to
prove it. Makes sense as Skynyrd was still in the bars in '71 and
Queen's first album didn't come out until '73 - sloppy fact-checking by
MOJO. The letter-writer also says at the show he attended that Skynyrd
blew people away and half the crowd left before Queen came on. He and
his pals got bored with Queen after a few numbers and also left.)
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Hey Roger Taylor:
The guys in Lynyrd Skynyrd went through the South in the late
sixties and early seventies as rock-n-rollers with long hair! Do you
think the sight of four effeminate limeys would scare them after facing
all the good-old-boy roadside bars and backwoods joints they played
while woodshedding? Ever heard Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider"?
If you are stupidly going to refer to the members of Skynyrd as
"rednecks" because they were from the South (which, by the way Rog, is
where rock 'n' roll was born), then I am going to refer to you and your
fellow bandmates as "swishy Brits." And it's off the topic, but why has
your country continued to make such pussified rock 'n' roll for the
past quarter-century or so? Is the swishiness in your blood or what?
And yes, while Skynyrd had three guitarists, they also didn't have
to spend eight months in the studio
overdubbing/multitracking/whatevering to come up with "Workin' For MCA"
or "Saturday Night Special" - rockers which simply and straightly kick
the ass of anything you and your mates ever came up with. "Free Bird"
goes on for months? You're one to talk - how about "Bohemian Rhapsody"
and that "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions" monstrosity? Fuck, at
least Skynyrd wasn't channeling a Nuremberg rally. I'll put the
original Skynyrd's output of Pronounced through Street Survivors up against anything your cute little band came up with any time.
"Bollocks" to respect for the dead? I agree. When Freddie Mercury
croaked, I did a shot and cracked a beer and broke down and cried!
Queen could never again get together to create more gems like "Bicycle
Race"! Oh no! The tragedy! No more pretentious, overblown, aristocratic
British rock! No more brilliance ala "Body Language"! Boo-hoo! What a
loss!
Finally, Roger, let's get something straight. Lynyrd Skynyrd was
one of the finest, toughest, rock 'n' roll bands ever. Queen was an
overblown, crappy pomposity of an outfit that performed show tunes
covered up with a buncha overdubbed guitars and vocals. And as I type
this, I sincerely hope that wherever they are ... Ronnie Van Zant is
busting a pool cue over Freddie Mercury's skull.
(Note: A letter-writer in the June issue of MOJO points out that
the concerts occurred in 1974 and sent a photo of a ticket stub to
prove it. Makes sense as Skynyrd was still in the bars in '71 and
Queen's first album didn't come out until '73 - sloppy fact-checking by
MOJO. The letter-writer also says at the show he attended that Skynyrd
blew people away and half the crowd left before Queen came on. He and
his pals got bored with Queen after a few numbers and also left.)
john bodega
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[b]doxonrox wrote:[/b]
I don't like their music. But the actual truth is that they made a name for themselves in the music industry, regardless of what you envision their beliefs to be, while you live with your mom and post on Queenzone. Walk proud!!!
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I'm not a group of racist, cracker morons, though. I think I get at least half a brownie point for that.
[b]doxonrox wrote:[/b]
I don't like their music. But the actual truth is that they made a name for themselves in the music industry, regardless of what you envision their beliefs to be, while you live with your mom and post on Queenzone. Walk proud!!!
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I'm not a group of racist, cracker morons, though. I think I get at least half a brownie point for that.
Knute
He was a good solid piano player.
His solo on Call Me the Breeze is excellent.
It's not easy playing those boogie-woogie licks. I'm trying to learn that sort of shit right now.
So to say he wasn't a good musician is just ignorant. All of them were good musicians and Van Zandt was a very good lyricist.
In their recent incarnation they were pretty much a caricature of themselves and they become some run of the mill blase Americana band. But back in their heydey they were a good band.
His solo on Call Me the Breeze is excellent.
It's not easy playing those boogie-woogie licks. I'm trying to learn that sort of shit right now.
So to say he wasn't a good musician is just ignorant. All of them were good musicians and Van Zandt was a very good lyricist.
In their recent incarnation they were pretty much a caricature of themselves and they become some run of the mill blase Americana band. But back in their heydey they were a good band.
john bodega
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[b]Knute wrote:[/b]
they also didn't have
to spend eight months in the studio
overdubbing/multitracking/whatevering to come up with "Workin' For MCA"
or "Saturday Night Special"
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And it showed...
Thanks for pasting that letter though, I got a giggle out of it!
[b]Knute wrote:[/b]
they also didn't have
to spend eight months in the studio
overdubbing/multitracking/whatevering to come up with "Workin' For MCA"
or "Saturday Night Special"
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And it showed...
Thanks for pasting that letter though, I got a giggle out of it!
Saif
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[b]doxonrox wrote: [/b]
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
Come on, you guys are being terribly harsh.
Truth is, of course, that their plane couldn't hit the ground hard enough.
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I don't like their music. But the actual truth is that they made a name for themselves in the music industry, regardless of what you envision their beliefs to be, while you live with your mom and post on Queenzone. Walk proud!!!
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Shut the hell up, you're obviously an idiot and it has nothing to do with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
[b]doxonrox wrote: [/b]
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
Come on, you guys are being terribly harsh.
Truth is, of course, that their plane couldn't hit the ground hard enough.
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I don't like their music. But the actual truth is that they made a name for themselves in the music industry, regardless of what you envision their beliefs to be, while you live with your mom and post on Queenzone. Walk proud!!!
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Shut the hell up, you're obviously an idiot and it has nothing to do with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Holly2003
What's thre reference to Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider" all about then? It hardly supports the idea that Southerners aren't intolerant rednecks.
Raf
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[b]doxonrox wrote: [/b]
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
Come on, you guys are being terribly harsh.
Truth is, of course, that their plane couldn't hit the ground hard enough.
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I don't like their music. But the actual truth is that they made a name for themselves in the music industry, regardless of what you envision their beliefs to be, while you [b]live[/b] with your mom and post on Queenzone. Walk proud!!!
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At least Zebonka is still able to [i]live[/i] with his mother.
[b]doxonrox wrote: [/b]
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
Come on, you guys are being terribly harsh.
Truth is, of course, that their plane couldn't hit the ground hard enough.
[/QUOTE]
I don't like their music. But the actual truth is that they made a name for themselves in the music industry, regardless of what you envision their beliefs to be, while you [b]live[/b] with your mom and post on Queenzone. Walk proud!!!
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At least Zebonka is still able to [i]live[/i] with his mother.
pma
The intellectual quality of Queen fans is once again higlighted at queenzone when the name of Lynyrd Skynyrd is mentioned. The words "redneck", "racist" and "ignorant" are shouted out by numbskulls left and right, people who have never ever listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd to begin with, yet find themselves with expertise to label the legacy of such a fine band with such crude words. You people are pathetic at best. How about actually giving Skynyrd a spin? What? They have songs like The Ballad of Curtis Loew? About a white boy admiring a black man? No-way? Nooo, but you all knew that since you are our resident experts on racial relations (and music)
People who are intellectually at the level of well, let's call this intellectual level "QUEENZONE" to signify a level of intellect, slightly below the IQ of 40, fail to see any irony in Sweet Home Alabama, by a band from Jacksonville, Florida (They're not from Alabama? waaa!). "Now we all did what we could do", could no possibly refer to people who helped further civil rights in the south, the "boo boo boo" could not possibly mean disapproval of "the governor" now could it. The confederate flag in Skynyrd concerts could not have been the sole idea of MCA-records, something the band felt very uncomfortable doing (RVZ especially) Rivalry with Neil Young? Yes, RVZ sure hated Young, enough to wear a t-shirt of Neil Young's "Tonights the Night"-album. Ever heard of urban legends? http://www.thrasherswheat.org/gifs/lynyrd-skynyrd-band-1977.jpg
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/gifs/lynyrd-skynyrd-vanzant-tonights-joint.jpg
Skynyrd were supposed to record Young's "Powderfinger", which was sent to them as a demo by Young, sadly this never happened because of the fatal plane crash. Oh, the rivalry and hate between them. Sending demos and mutual admiration, how awful is that. Young befriended racist rednecks! Could it be that he knew the meaning of "irony"...
Lynyrd Skynyrd endorsed Jimmy Carter (JIMMY f'ing CARTER) for president in 1976, played a few of his fundraisers. What a racist redneck thing to do! They even sang the ending line of "Sweet Home Alabama" at gigs as "Mr. Carter's got the answer", now that's just racist, ignorant and redneck isn't it.
If there ever was an award for the most misunderstood song or band, Lynyrd Skynyrd would have no problems winning that award.
But since a person at the level of "Queenzone" has heard from somewhere (or read online) that Skynyrd were racist, he sure as hell is going to repeat this view like any other chimp would.
But as I'm an ignorant racist redneck fuck who likes Lynyrd Skynyrd, I'll get my coat and rush off to listen to those redneck NRA-loving racist fucks sing lyrics like...
Hand guns are made for killin'
Aint no good for nothin else
And if you like your whiskey
You might even shoot yourself
So why dont we dump em people
To the bottom of the sea
Before some fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you or me
Its a saturday night special
Got a barrel thats blue and cold
Aint no good for nothin
But put a man six feet in a hole
Oh wait, that sounds quite familiar as a political stance on hand-guns doesn't it?
Some talentless faggot-hacks who called themselves Queen did a much worse song with the same theme much later in the 80's...
I heard they also played Sun City, those fucking racist pieces of shit. To hell with all of them.
Atleast Brian May had more sense than his idiot internet fans, R.I.P Billy Powell.
People who are intellectually at the level of well, let's call this intellectual level "QUEENZONE" to signify a level of intellect, slightly below the IQ of 40, fail to see any irony in Sweet Home Alabama, by a band from Jacksonville, Florida (They're not from Alabama? waaa!). "Now we all did what we could do", could no possibly refer to people who helped further civil rights in the south, the "boo boo boo" could not possibly mean disapproval of "the governor" now could it. The confederate flag in Skynyrd concerts could not have been the sole idea of MCA-records, something the band felt very uncomfortable doing (RVZ especially) Rivalry with Neil Young? Yes, RVZ sure hated Young, enough to wear a t-shirt of Neil Young's "Tonights the Night"-album. Ever heard of urban legends? http://www.thrasherswheat.org/gifs/lynyrd-skynyrd-band-1977.jpg
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/gifs/lynyrd-skynyrd-vanzant-tonights-joint.jpg
Skynyrd were supposed to record Young's "Powderfinger", which was sent to them as a demo by Young, sadly this never happened because of the fatal plane crash. Oh, the rivalry and hate between them. Sending demos and mutual admiration, how awful is that. Young befriended racist rednecks! Could it be that he knew the meaning of "irony"...
Lynyrd Skynyrd endorsed Jimmy Carter (JIMMY f'ing CARTER) for president in 1976, played a few of his fundraisers. What a racist redneck thing to do! They even sang the ending line of "Sweet Home Alabama" at gigs as "Mr. Carter's got the answer", now that's just racist, ignorant and redneck isn't it.
If there ever was an award for the most misunderstood song or band, Lynyrd Skynyrd would have no problems winning that award.
But since a person at the level of "Queenzone" has heard from somewhere (or read online) that Skynyrd were racist, he sure as hell is going to repeat this view like any other chimp would.
But as I'm an ignorant racist redneck fuck who likes Lynyrd Skynyrd, I'll get my coat and rush off to listen to those redneck NRA-loving racist fucks sing lyrics like...
Hand guns are made for killin'
Aint no good for nothin else
And if you like your whiskey
You might even shoot yourself
So why dont we dump em people
To the bottom of the sea
Before some fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you or me
Its a saturday night special
Got a barrel thats blue and cold
Aint no good for nothin
But put a man six feet in a hole
Oh wait, that sounds quite familiar as a political stance on hand-guns doesn't it?
Some talentless faggot-hacks who called themselves Queen did a much worse song with the same theme much later in the 80's...
I heard they also played Sun City, those fucking racist pieces of shit. To hell with all of them.
Atleast Brian May had more sense than his idiot internet fans, R.I.P Billy Powell.
kosimodo
easy dude...
only one of the replies was saying they were racist.... that was his/her call
I started this thread cause Brian should have met Bill allready in 1974... and not like he stated 3 years ago
personly i do like lynnyrd skynnyrd. (my fav on guitar hero;) )
would never compare them with Queen tho...:)
only one of the replies was saying they were racist.... that was his/her call
I started this thread cause Brian should have met Bill allready in 1974... and not like he stated 3 years ago
personly i do like lynnyrd skynnyrd. (my fav on guitar hero;) )
would never compare them with Queen tho...:)
Saif
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[b]pma wrote: [/b]
Lynyrd Skynyrd endorsed Jimmy Carter (JIMMY f'ing CARTER) for president in 1976, played a few of his fundraisers. What a racist redneck thing to do! They even sang the ending line of "Sweet Home Alabama" at gigs as "Mr. Carter's got the answer", now that's just racist, ignorant and redneck isn't it.
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Rednecks can be both Republican and Democrat. I don't know if he was a racist, but Jimmy Carter was a fucking redneck. So obviously the rednecks voted for the redneck. Most of the South went for Jimmy Carter. You say that he endorsed Carter like it's a good thing or a non-redneck thing to do, which it isn't.
[b]pma wrote: [/b]
Lynyrd Skynyrd endorsed Jimmy Carter (JIMMY f'ing CARTER) for president in 1976, played a few of his fundraisers. What a racist redneck thing to do! They even sang the ending line of "Sweet Home Alabama" at gigs as "Mr. Carter's got the answer", now that's just racist, ignorant and redneck isn't it.
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Rednecks can be both Republican and Democrat. I don't know if he was a racist, but Jimmy Carter was a fucking redneck. So obviously the rednecks voted for the redneck. Most of the South went for Jimmy Carter. You say that he endorsed Carter like it's a good thing or a non-redneck thing to do, which it isn't.
redspecialusa
Here's a little history for you. For most of the 20th Century, the majority of the Southern United States were controlled by a part of the Democrat party called the 'Dixie'crats. The real white power racist southern politicians...some of those Dixiecrats eventually drifted over to the other political party. But I just wanted to point that out so you have some what of a better understanding as to how things were in the South.
The only part in that hateful response to Roger (that someone else quoted that was funny) that was true was that Rock 'n Roll was born in the Southern United States. My optimism about it is that things have by far and wide changed over the past 40 years, and the good old rock 'n roll is one of the many good things that came out of a trying time for my country, and it served to inspire others to move forward and live in peace.
The only part in that hateful response to Roger (that someone else quoted that was funny) that was true was that Rock 'n Roll was born in the Southern United States. My optimism about it is that things have by far and wide changed over the past 40 years, and the good old rock 'n roll is one of the many good things that came out of a trying time for my country, and it served to inspire others to move forward and live in peace.
john bodega
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[b]pma wrote: [/b]
Atleast Brian May had more sense than his idiot internet fans, R.I.P Billy Powell.
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Yeah,
he'll be lynching in Heaven!
God bless!
[b]pma wrote: [/b]
Atleast Brian May had more sense than his idiot internet fans, R.I.P Billy Powell.
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Yeah,
he'll be lynching in Heaven!
God bless!
thomasquinn 32989
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[b]Saif wrote: [/b]
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[b]pma wrote: [/b]
Lynyrd Skynyrd endorsed Jimmy Carter (JIMMY f'ing CARTER) for president in 1976, played a few of his fundraisers. What a racist redneck thing to do! They even sang the ending line of "Sweet Home Alabama" at gigs as "Mr. Carter's got the answer", now that's just racist, ignorant and redneck isn't it.
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Rednecks can be both Republican and Democrat. I don't know if he was a racist, but Jimmy Carter was a fucking redneck. So obviously the rednecks voted for the redneck. Most of the South went for Jimmy Carter. You say that he endorsed Carter like it's a good thing or a non-redneck thing to do, which it isn't.
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Rednecks are traditionally democrats, and in fact many Southerners voted democrat until Johnson "lost the South" by going Civil Rights and Nixon filled in the gap with "the Southern Strategy". Why do they vote democrat? Because the Democratic Party was, ever since the collapse of the Second Party System in the 1840s/1850s, the Democracy was the party of the South, and the Republicans were associated with Reconstruction.
I don't give a shit if Lynyrd Skynyrd didn't *want* to play in front of a Confederate Battle Flag. They didn't refuse to, and so they had no moral fiber there. Fuck them. I don't give a damn what they personally supported or not, they wittingly and willingly embraced racist imagery, and that is inexcusable.
[b]Saif wrote: [/b]
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[b]pma wrote: [/b]
Lynyrd Skynyrd endorsed Jimmy Carter (JIMMY f'ing CARTER) for president in 1976, played a few of his fundraisers. What a racist redneck thing to do! They even sang the ending line of "Sweet Home Alabama" at gigs as "Mr. Carter's got the answer", now that's just racist, ignorant and redneck isn't it.
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Rednecks can be both Republican and Democrat. I don't know if he was a racist, but Jimmy Carter was a fucking redneck. So obviously the rednecks voted for the redneck. Most of the South went for Jimmy Carter. You say that he endorsed Carter like it's a good thing or a non-redneck thing to do, which it isn't.
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Rednecks are traditionally democrats, and in fact many Southerners voted democrat until Johnson "lost the South" by going Civil Rights and Nixon filled in the gap with "the Southern Strategy". Why do they vote democrat? Because the Democratic Party was, ever since the collapse of the Second Party System in the 1840s/1850s, the Democracy was the party of the South, and the Republicans were associated with Reconstruction.
I don't give a shit if Lynyrd Skynyrd didn't *want* to play in front of a Confederate Battle Flag. They didn't refuse to, and so they had no moral fiber there. Fuck them. I don't give a damn what they personally supported or not, they wittingly and willingly embraced racist imagery, and that is inexcusable.
Sheer Brass Neck
The same moral fibre that Queen had while playing Sun City, or getting into bed with The Sun for the WWRY musical?