Lynyrd Skynyrd Supports Romney???? WTF!

[napkinz]

Say it ain't so!!!!!!


Lynyrd Skynyrd Cancels RNC Concert; Journey Performing at Romney Fundraiser

Monday, August 27, 2012

Lynyrd Skynyrd was supposed to perform a special concert Sunday in Tampa, Florida, ahead of the Republican National Convention, but the band pulled the plug on the show at virtually the last minute.

Skynyrd cancelled the concert as a precautionary measure due to Tropical Storm Isaac. A statement obtained by The Huffington Post from singer Johnny Van Zant reads, "We were excited to be participating in the Republican National Convention and the Liberty Plaza concert. With the weather conditions unknown and for the safety of our fans and friends, it is best to cancel the show and not put anyone in harm's way."

Read more:
http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2012/8/27/lynyrd-skynyrd-cancels-rnc-concert-journey-performing-at-rom.html

[kooljerk666]

1. go fly a plane...............

into a pile of manure............

drop dead

[pintobean]

50. That is one seriously

fucked up post. How old are you?

[DefenseLawyer]

2. The non-dead members of Lynyrd Skynyrd are old, white, Southern and rich

And you are shocked to hear that they are Republicans?

[napkinz]

5. I could be wrong but I'm almost sure ...

I once read here on DU a few years ago a thread about rock bands and party affiliations, and someone wrote that in the 70s Skynyrd supported Jimmy Carter.

I know it's asking for a lot, but does anyone else remember that discussion here on DU?

[WCGreen]

7. Because he was from Georgia

[Johonny]

32. So didn't Charlie Daniels

there is a big difference between dead rock stars and old burned out stars is they never change their values. That's why people like Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin are so popular. They never became old, rich, burned out bitter rock stars. Same goes for the most of Skynyrd. Charlie Daniels on the other hand... not so much

[Drale]

43. There are only 2 original members left

Gary Rossington and Rickey Medlocke and Medlocke is not really truely orignal but he joined in the 70's. Its very possible the all the new members are right wingers. I saw them last year and the songs they played from the new album were chocked full of right wing crap.

[SomethingFishy]

53. It wasn't Skynyrd it was the Allman Brothers...

[JaneyVee]

3. They have a song called Sweet Home Alabama.

[RebelOne]

22. That is my favorite song from the group.

And I am not even from Alabama. I am a Florida transplant in Georgia.

[dmkinsey]

28. "Watergate does not bother me. Does your conscience bother you"

and "I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow"

I think they were always Republicans, even back in the '70s

[edhopper]

38. K&R

Republicans and proud rednecks.

That is a racist song.

From their song Red White and Blue about 10 years ago:

My Daddy worked hard, and so have I,
paid our taxes and gave our lives
to serve this great country
so what are they complaining about

Yeah we love our families, we love our kids
you know it is love that makes us all so rich
That's where were at,
If they don't like it they can just
get the HELL out!


I heard a lot of that love it or leave it crap in the 60s.

[Skip Intro]

42. You use the term "crackers" and then call someone else racist?

[edhopper]

44. Tone is so hard to get on the net

I was saying it like Richard Pryor. It was funny here, didn't translate well.
I'll change it.

[WilliamPitt]

49. Are we doing this again?

Skynard supported Carter in '76. That song is *not* a South-shall-rise-again anthem.

[In_The_Wind]

57. thank you

[NightWatcher]

4. rednecks from Jacksonville who wear rebel flag tshirts? whodathunkit

shocked I tells ya

[napkinz]

6. I thought I read a few years ago here on DU that back in the 70s

... they supported Jimmy Carter.

So yes I'm shocked.

[NightWatcher]

12. the Skynyrd that tours now is not the Skynyrd that toured in the 70's

The current lineup is a bunch of rednecks that attract the same with their music and persona

[Hoyt]

55. I think Carter has done a lot of good. But his record in Ga wasn't a lot better than Lester Maddox.

[opiate69]

8. I`m more surprised by the Journey tidbit...

although $500k is a big motivator.

[napkinz]

10. but who cares about Journey

[JI7]

9. They are Getting Paid for it

[PD Turk]

11. Lynyrd Skynrd ended on October 20 1977

Anything after that has been in name only.

[madokie]

16. Yup

[99Forever]

23. Exactly.

A half-assed tribute band is still sporting their name.

[fishwax]

52. +1

[modem77]

13. Hope they play Saturday Night Special.

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. +1 n/t

[DLine]

14. I went to two Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts back in mid 90's...

Admittedly, I was a big fan of theirs in my younger days. I can still appreciate the music. Though I don't recall any band members being very political, being southern and a redneck favorite Im not surprised they support the GOP like many others in the south and even I used to.

Today's Lynyrd Skynyrd is nothing more than a tribute band. Gary Rossington is the only original member as everyone else is either dead or have quit.

[Erose999]

36. I thought Billy Powell was still around? I read somewhere they Art Pyle refused to play with them.

and their first drummer, Bob Burns (I think he only played on their first 2 albums) used to come into the seafood restaurant where I worked like 20 years ago. I remember him being a nice guy, pretty sure I remember him saying he wouldn't play with them if they asked.

[DLine]

39. Billy Powell died a few years ago...

Artimus Pyle stopped playing with them in the early 90's and as far as I know hasn't had anything to do with them since.

[Care Acutely]

15. Writers of the most popular segregationist anthem of all time?

Yeah, who could have seen THAT ONE coming?

[lumberjack_jeff]

18. Not so fast.

In 1975, Van Zant said: "The lyrics about the governor of Alabama were misunderstood. The general public didn't notice the words 'Boo! Boo! Boo!' after that particular line, and the media picked up only on the reference to the people loving the governor."[4] "The line 'We all did what we could do' is sort of ambiguous," Al Kooper notes. "'We tried to get Wallace out of there' is how I always thought of it."[4] Journalist Al Swenson argues that the song is more complex than it is sometimes given credit for, suggesting that it only looks like an endorsement of Wallace.[4] "Wallace and I have very little in common," Van Zant himself said, "I don't like what he says about colored people."[4]
Music historians examining the juxtaposition of invoking Nixon and Watergate after Wallace and Birmingham note that one reading of the lyrics is an "attack against the liberals who were so outraged at Nixon's conduct" while others interpret it regionally "the band was speaking for the entire South, saying to northerners, we're not judging you as ordinary citizens for the failures of your leaders in Watergate; don't judge all of us as individuals for the racial problems of southern society".[3]

That verse was written to get the states who voted for Nixon to do some self reflection; it is as unfair to blame everyone in the south for Wallace as it is to blame everyone in California for Nixon.

[napkinz]

25. that's what I recall the discussion was about a few yrs ago

right here on DU:

"The lyrics about the governor of Alabama were misunderstood. The general public didn't notice the words 'Boo! Boo! Boo!' after that particular line, and the media picked up only on the reference to the people loving the governor."

That statement and other members here noting the band's support for President Carter.

But as others have reminded me today, this is NOT the same band (three of the original members having been killed in the plane crash).

[Erose999]

34. To my knowledge there are only 3-4 surviving members. At the time of the crash there were about 7 or

8 including backup singers etc. Some of them have died after the plane crash... in car accidents, OD's etc.

[cemaphonic]

48. That's about how I've always taken that verse.

There's also the verse celebrating Muscle Shoals - one of the earliest music production studios to be integrated, and one that hosted dozens of black recording artists in rural Alabama. And, as someone posted downthread, there's "The Ballad of Curtis Loew." Southern identity is complex, and while Southern pride can be shorthand for 'racist', it isn't always, and in the case of Skynyrd, there's plenty of evidence that they weren't.

The current lineup is a different story. But it's a totally different band.

[Proud Public Servant]

19. You mean the band who sang

In Birmingham they love the governor {i.e., George Wallace}
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?

I'll try to contain my surprise.

[Erose999]

27. I think theres a chorus of "boo! boo! boo!" after the line about Wallace. And the next line

"we all did what we could do" was about people in the South who resisted the whole Wallace thing.

[Proud Public Servant]

33. Well, whaddaya know

I was quoting from memory, and always heard that as "ooo-ooo-ooo." But looking it up on line, I see that you're right.

[Erose999]

37. I thought it was "boom boom boom" when I first heard it. But I think the song was written before he

was shot.

[Erose999]

20. I'm guessing they won't be playing any of Ronnie's "pro gun control" songs...

Its all about the money and drugs for the post-reunion "Skynyrd". They should go on tour with Journey, PedoNuge, and Megadeth.

[jillan]

21. What surprises me is that Ted Nugent isn't performing.

[Zambero]

40. Nugent's decibel level, vulgaritry, and profanity

Might not go over well with some of the Christian fundies in attendance, who would likely prefer the Jimmy Swaggart brand of vulgarity. As for the mild-mannered LDS contingent, has Mittens managed to book Donnie, Marie and the gang?

[DLine]

24. I wouldn't be surprised the original band members were less conservative than todays line up.

We are after all talking about a band who named themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd to mock a gym teacher of theirs (Leonard Skinner) who used to constantly harass them about their long hair, which back in the late 60's in the deep south was not as common as in other parts of the country. Im sure they were called "hippie" a time or two.

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[Lint Head]

31. They are from Jacksonville Florida. Republican Wally Word.

One of them lived behind my aunt in a gated community. I think he died recently.

[Ichingcarpenter]

26. They've had a wheel in the ditch

since 77.

[Lint Head]

29. I got your Free Bird right here you Ted Nugent butt smellers.

[maveric56]

30. How many Skynard members are from the original band?

Perhaps only one? None?

[DLine]

41. Only one original member today...

Gary Rossington

[Zambero]

35. A name change is in order for this band

Rygyr Myrtys

[Freddie]

45. Ooh that smell, can't you smell that smell...

Actually quite appropriate for the RNC

[spanone]

46. rock and roll used to stand for something...now it's just a business. nothing more.

fuck em

[RagAss]

47. Are they still alive?

[TlalocW]

51. I'm a little more surprised about Journey than Lynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been the epitome of what a redneck, republican band would be.

TlalocW

[Hoyt]

54. Musicians that proudly wave confederate flags will never make it to my play list.

Wouldn't be surprised if they are Tbaggers for most part.

[Go Vols]

56. .

From Glide Magazine by Ross Warner:

"However, the band had serious reservations about the label they were tagged with. Particularly troubling was the Confederate flag that often hung behind the stage. In 1975, Van Zant mused, “That was strictly an MCA gimmick to start us off with some label. It was useful at first, but by now it’s embarrassing except in Europe, where they really like all that stuff because they think it’s macho American.” The “stars and bars” that eventually began popping up in the band’s crowds became more than embarrassing. It was bad enough to be portrayed as ignorant hayseeds. It was entirely another to be categorized as racist."

http://www.thrasherswheat.org/jammin/lynyrd.htm