anonymous May 27th, 2006 11:36AM  
Although the first person is correct about the Bible, the slavery, whipping and all that, they are very incorrect about the Lynyrd Skynyrd song Sweet Home Alabama being an attack on Southern Man. In fact, Neil Young is both a friend of Lynyrd Skynyrd's lead vocalist, Ronnie Van Zant, as well as a fan of the song Sweet Home Alabama. Neil Young often plays Sweet Home Alabama in concert for fun, and Van Zant often wears a Neil Young T-shirt on tour. Sweet Home Alabama was no attack, just a song to show the good things about the south. If you don't believe that Sweet Home Alabama wasn't against Southern Man, look up Southern Man on Wiki.

anonymous September 13th, 2006 03:02PM  
The next guy is almost right, as well. "sweet home alabama" is not an attack on neil, but it is a response to a song. The song is "alabama", though, not "southern man".

Neil sings that the state of alabama has "a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track" and asks "what's going wrong?" skynrd replied with "I heard mr. Young sing about her" refering to their "beloved" state. This is also interesting, since ls originated in california.

anonymous April 30th, 2009 01:38AM  
Actually it was in response to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" but they didnt write it as an attack against Neil. Ronnie and Neil are good friends and they are both fans of each others songs.

anonymous May 4th, 2009 04:57PM  
Anybody pick up on the Lily Belle line?
The hypocrisy of the white southern slave masters wives surreptitiously sleeping with the blacks too?

anonymous September 1st, 2009 07:11PM  
This song is actually about the history of America's racism and brutality. It refers to interracial sex, lynching, violence, White supremacy, and slavery. Neil Young is telling the "Southern man" to look within himself and see all the terrible things he has done.

anonymous September 10th, 2009 09:03AM  
I don't think Ronnie Zant still wears Neil Young t's anymore man.