Driving south from Boston to the Florida swamps this week.
Driving south from Boston to the Florida swamps this week.
Originally Posted by Sting
Jfc.
Freebird.
Let's actually honor a damn fine landmark song.
Originally Posted by Sting
So here's the deal.
Immediately, I know LS > Aerosmith. They are an elite great band.
It feels like a vote for LS is easily mistaken as a vote for a rebel flag or some shit. Is it? I always felt like southern bands like Skynyrd and Allman brothers were way more anti-racist than northern bands. That's my impression.
Beyond all of that. I see LS as a guitar jam band--best seen live--but with more stink on their songs than a Journey or Aerosmith. More frenetic, driving, energetic, quasi-punk pocket playing.
I don't want this band done dirty or dismissed.
Originally Posted by Sting
They are a solid band, I will say. In the conversation.
The conversation on this one has been absurdly muted.
It might be time to wrap this up. Not as in "take my toys and go home" but as in "ok, I'm tapping out."
Because I've been listening to entire LS albums and this is a legit contender. But I'm sorta flagging. I can't put myself in that state of disbelief after working so hard to realize RHCP is my pick.
I might need to take a breather.
I think I will. I'll sorta tie a knot on the GAH quest for now and do some housekeeping.
But these dudes here, they are funky dudes. This is the real music. Yeah, it's blues rock. It's a little bit pigeonholed.
But otoh, they use that central theme to run the gamut of all musical styles. They are way more intellectual and prog and plain ABLE as musicians compared to a ton of these other GAH bands.
I'll leave with a parting song...my fav LS deep cut. If there was ever a song worth the description "it slaps".... this one.
Originally Posted by Sting
Fun fact: when I first saw this thread late at night I read about the history of Lynyrd Skynyrd and it creeped me the **** out.
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