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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
204-Lynyrd Skynyrd-Sweet Home Alabama.
1976-Number 21 single.
Best Bit-At 0.11. ‘And we were trying different things and we were smoking funny things,making love out by the lake to our favourite song.’
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American Rock band formed in Jacksonville,Florida in 1964,tragedy struck when founding member Ronnie Van Zant,guitarist Steve Gaines and backing singer Cassie Gaines were killed in an air-plane crash on October 20,1977,the band reformed in 1987.
‘Sweet Home Alabama’ was written as an answer song to two songs by Neil Young,’Southern Man’ and ‘Alabama,’which dealt with themes of racism and slavery in the American South,Neil Young is also mentioned in the lyrics.Another of the songs subjects is George Wallace a former Governor of Alabama who was a noted supporter of segregation.
The Watergate scandal which was big news around that time is also focused on and the legendary musicians the ‘Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section’ who were based in Alabama are also name checked by their nickname ‘The Swampers.’
‘Big wheels keep on turning,carry me home to see my kin.’
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