One could spend countless hours online researching the various theories of the song’s meaning, the “feud” between the band and Neil Young based on his songs “Southern Man and “Alabama” or what Skynyrd thought about Alabama Governor George Wallace. 07 1976 Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Cardiff Capitol Theater - Cardiff, Wales Nov.There are many stories concerning the iconic tune Sweet Home Alabama.
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By the time of this song, Nixon was a discredited liar & an embarrassment to all Americans. In the line about Watergate, they're comparing Wallace to former President Nixon. I don't know.īut the next line "we all did what we could do" suggests Wallace left them wanting. Or it could be them mocking Wallace's detractors, like Neil Young. Those boos could be interpreted as Skynyrd booing Wallace. Missing from the above lyrics is the line "Boo, boo, boo!" Not so cool to rally around a well-known segregationist. Then I noticed the lyrics about the people loving Governor Wallace. Initially I heard it as the Alabama answer to California Dreamin'. The message of the song is, like the South, complicated. Where the skies are so blue and the governor's true They pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how 'bout you? Lord, I'm coming home to you, here I come AlabamaĪnd they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do) In Birmingham they love the Governor, boo, boo, booĭoes your conscience bother you? Tell the truth Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her (southern man)Ī southern man don't need him around, anyhow I miss Alabamy once again and I think it's a sin, yes
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