Black hip-hip guy reacts to Skynyrd’s Free Bird during his 1st hearing of the song

[LATB]

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Pretty cool IMO
This guy does many rock and country recordings.
And interesting his comment on the Country Boy video, he says hip hop could use more of this…faith, family, and country. A positive message.

Here he listens to Hank Jr’s “Country Boy Can Survive”

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And one more, a different hip hop guy does the same gig and gets tearful listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd “Simple Man”

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Gives me some hope for our world.

[DAB]

Back when songs told a story.

[dvarapala]

* hip-hop

[aerovette]

Hip Hip Hooray !

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Hip Hop Hooray

[Frankie the Fink]

If you like this stuff check out the video reviews of Unchained Melody as sung live in 1965:

Black performers first time hearing of one of the most soulful songs ever sung by the BEST...there are a ton of these reviews:

8 BLACK WOMEN FALLS IN LOVE WITH RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - UNCHAINED MELODY - YouTube

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

If you like this stuff check out the video reviews of Unchained Melody as sung live in 1965:

Great song, great performance, their version is the best.
But this version from Elvis, near his end--he has other videos of song, is touching.
Elvis is overweight, sweating, shaking, etc... but his voice is still one of the very best, and he still had a lot of emotion:

Elvis Presley - Unchained Melody - YouTube

[Onebadcad]

Back on topic, always love Free Bird, my second brother was their greatest fan.
I thank him, as I only listened to C&W, but made an exception for Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I still remember as a kid, watching NWA on TBS, the freebird wrestling trio using the name and song, they did good by it, even though michael hayes was a better loudmouth than wrestler.
Terry Gordy was the man, died at 40, RIP good dood!!

[ratflinger]

Idiots doing what idiots do

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Back on topic, always love Free Bird, my second brother was their greatest fan.
I thank him, as I only listened to C&W, but made an exception for Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I still remember as a kid, watching NWA on TBS, the freebird wrestling trio using the name and song, they did good by it, even though michael hayes was a better loudmouth than wrestler.
Terry Gordy was the man, died at 40, RIP good dood!!

I’m a fan of the music. My first exposure was Sweet Home Alabama, I heard a local band cover it and when I found out who Lynyrd Skynyrd was, I immediately went out and bought the Second Helping record.
Then soon after went back for the Pronounced LP.
I’ve probably listened to Free Bird a thousand times and there’s still emotions. Of course I feel this way about much of the music from that era.

Nearly every Skynyrd song is an absolute masterpiece. And more so because they made it look effortless. The lyrics are genuine and the music is brilliant.

Even at the height of their run they still had that bar band vibe.

[ratflinger]

Never bought a record because of a cover band.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by ratflinger

Never bought a record because of a cover band.

Now you know someone who did. Gotta love that, right?

[Strats-N-Vettes]

Skynyrd album cover controversy:

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Strats-N-Vettes

Skynyrd album cover controversy:

I remember this. After the plane crash they released new copies without the flames.

[Louie Detroit]

Originally Posted by Strats-N-Vettes

Skynyrd album cover controversy:

The record store I went to never pulled the flames version of the LP off the "latest release" shelf after the crash, took a couple of weeks to move them all.