"Extended version"? Yikes...longer than Berlin Alexanderplatz, I bet. (Not a knock on the song, which I love.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Here's that Pitchfork hackjob: http://web.archive.org/web/20040723103918/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/solos/
who the eff is Michael Sandlin? (apparently it's originally from 1998, and then re-run in 2004 just to be cheeky.)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
hey there fella with the hair colored yella
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
God that Pitchfork list is just...ngggahhhhh
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah man that made me real angry
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
what kind of monster doesn't like "mandecello" by cheap trick????
Michael Sandlin seems like a miserable provocateur who probably lives under an overpass in Indianapolis now and sucks dick for cigarettes.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
ACE OF SPADES FFS.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
The fact the guy runs down Rory Gallagher as "soulless" makes me think this list is some kind of joke.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
Oh god I didn't get that far
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
I pretty much stopped caring at "Ace of Spades." I mean, where can you go after deriding that? And it's the first entry.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Magic Man. COME THE FUCK ON.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
This is the same guy who put "Supernaut" on his list of Worst Riffs of the Millenium. He has good taste.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously, that's some hipster contrarian bullshit.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
i'm kind of annoyed w/myself for letting such transparent trolling get to me
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of Skynyrd haters, this profoundly misses the point, and embarrasses itself in the process.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol I appear to have started a thread about it in 2004: Pitchfork resurrects old feature: 50 Worst Guitar Solos of the Millenium
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
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Good point!
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
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jesus, i think i just turned to stone reading that.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Dear Ronnie, wherever you are, please avert your eyes.
What. The. Fuck.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
What them say. Made it about 2/3 of the way through, and I deserve a fucking medal.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
"DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT RONNIE LIKE THAT" *cries*
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
WTF, is she suggesting she is more southern than Skynyrd?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, damn, that excerpt is stupid on so many different levels.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
play it pretty for atlanta
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
<3
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
Man, that boy is funky
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 8 March 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
it's hotter'n a fox in a forest fire
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
New album now available for pre-order, comes with best T-shirt of 2012.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I would wear that with no shame.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
wow
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
but that's the Yankee flag!
― pplains, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
branchin' out:
1. Last of a Dyin' Breed2. One Day at a Time3. Homegrown4. Ready to Fly5. Mississippi Blood6. Good Teacher7. Something to Live For8. Life's Twisted9. Nothing Comes Easy10. Honey Hole11. Start Livin' Life Again
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
It's actually a pretty good record - I bet xhuxk will love it. Blurs the line between Southern rock and modern hard country, in a non-suck way. My favorite song is "Homegrown."
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
I can't handle anything after 77...
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
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― global tetrahedron, Friday, 3 August 2012 03:18 (eleven years ago) link
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y'all heard saturday night special
what do y'all think about curtis loew
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 August 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
currrrtissss loew was the fiiiinest pickah to evaaaahhh play the blueeeeess
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 August 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 August 2012 08:40 (eleven years ago) link
Did you ever see a she-gator protect her young Or a fish in a river swimming free Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennessee And Lord I can't make any changes All I can do is write 'em in a song I can see the concrete slowly creepin' Lord take me and mine before that comes
― how's life, Friday, 3 August 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
These idiots would probably be shocked to know how much money Skynryd and the Allmans raised to help Jimmy Carter get elected president. Carter was essentially unknown and they helped a ton.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 3 August 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
Plus Saturday Night Special advocates tossing all guns into the sea. Not exactly NRA-friendly. Workin for MCA denigrates the "pencil pushers", which Mitt Romney seems to epitomize.
One could go on and on....
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 3 August 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
I agree with you completely, but as a footnote, the same could be said for Rick Perry.
― pplains, Friday, 3 August 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
looking at them right now...
― Mark G, Friday, 3 August 2012 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
fkn perfect summer music really, innit? sweating my ass off in the car right now, skynyrd making it tolerable
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 August 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
"[The Confederate flag] 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." - Ronnie Van Zant
Seriously, if he were to resurface as a zombie, his second thought (his first thought being "braaaiins") would be, "Who the fuck are these fuckers claiming to be fucking Lynyrd fucking Skynyrd?!"
― Sun? Sun? It's your cousin, Marvin Ra (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 4 August 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
fkn perfect summer music really, innit?
Turn it up
― Brad C., Saturday, 4 August 2012 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
So many good stories about Skynyrd, but I love how they discovered Billy Powell could play piano
[from Wiki]
Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Powell grew up in a military family (his father was in the U.S. Navy) and spent several years of his childhood living in Italy where his father was stationed. After his father died of cancer in 1960, he moved with his family back to the United States and settled in Jacksonville, Florida. He met his lifelong friend, Leon Wilkeson in elementary school. Billy's interest in piano began to grow and he began taking piano lessons from a local teacher named Madalyn Brown. She swore he did not need her, claiming that Billy was a natural and picked things up well on his own. When it was time for high school, his mother enrolled Billy and his brother, Ricky at Sanford Naval Academy in Sanford, FL.Musical career
Billy returned to Jacksonville where he enrolled at Bishop Kenny High School. When he graduated in 1970, he enrolled briefly in a community college, majoring in Music Theory. Around this time he found work as a roadie for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Billy remained a member of the Skynyrd crew for two years (which included, amongst the grittier shows, highlights such as Skynyrd landing a support slot for Leslie West's "Mountain") In his second year with them, 1972, Skynyrd played one particular gig, a show at the Bolles school prom. After his usual routine working with Kevin Elson, Billy had time to rest for a short while. In the corner he spotted a piano, so Billy went over and sat down with it. Just fooling around, Billy launches into his piano based version of Freebird for the boys in the band to listen to. Ronnie, astonished at his roadies hitherto secret ability said 'You mean to tell me, you've been playing the piano like that and you've been workin' for us for a year....'. Billy replied, "Well, you know, I've been classically trained most of my life.' He was then told Skynyrd were looking for a keyboard man, and Billy was in![1]
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 August 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link