TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote 'Sweet Home Alabama' as a diss track for Neil Young.
"Southern Man" and"Alabama" about the Civil Rights Movement, but Lynyrd Skynyrd misinterpreted them as a dig at their native American South and took the songs as a personal insult.THE BACKLASH: Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote"
" in response, calling out Neil by name in these lyrics:"Well I heard Mister Young sing about her / Well I heard ol' Neil put her down / Well I hope Neil Young will remember / A southern man don't need him around anyhow.", he wrote,"'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don’t like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue.
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