Love from India, love lynyrd skynyrd soo much

One of the greatest songs from the greatest bands in history.

Wow! But I don’t know how anyone could be alive and NOT know one of the top 10 greatest bands of all time. And personally, I don’t think drummers get enough credit.

Artimus played it live though I believe

The drummer for this song...WOW. Love it

Amen

Me upon giving a caveman a mountain dew bajablast

I can’t sit still when I hear this solo

Sure did

yes, so uplifting

and it's the studio version....live went on a while longer. maybe with the BEST FINISH ever.

Allen was probably still going 10 minutes after the fade out lol. When Skynyrd played the Knebworth Festival in '76 Ronnie had to go out and reel Allen and the guys in from the end of the stage. Allen would probably go on for 20 minutes if Ronnie let him.

@@heartfanjim01 Allen said once that they had rehearsed this song so much that could go over 25 minutes.

🤘

@@rocketmann6969 the show where they supported the Rolling Stones and were told not to use the extended stage that was just for Keith and Mick, went "fuck it", wandered to the front of the stage and played about a ten minute solo that the Stones could just not follow..?

everytime feels like the first time!

That solo stunned me the first time. I heard it first on Forrest Gump but didn't know it was half of this song. It was amazing

no, it is good that he' s hearing it at all, the guy is so young... nice that he is musicaly educating himself💪💓

The dooo youtuber guitarist play the solo on Omegle I immediately and listen to this song

Just look up all the variations that the band did for new listening experiences. My favorite is the Shade Tree Demo

Yess but the piano based version with Billy Powell is even better than this one he truly had Gifted Hands

Truth!!..

Yes!

sorry mate, one of the worst songs i've ever listened to... boring and cookie cutter as it comes with endless showponying ... so boring

@@THEGLORYRISING even though I disagree, I’m not going to come after you for it. Watch out for the ones who grew up with this song, they will hunt you down

Exactly. Lol, that was awesome

When he paused it just before the solo my brain just kind of just went nnnnnrrrrrppppphhhh lol

everytime he calls it a slow relaxed chill song, im just sitting here like... oh you just wait a minute boy you gonna learn today!

my boi Allen Collins!!! RIP

And that's the short version

Well its southern rock so its just country with some balls

@@tim6454 lmfaooo nice observation

It's called "County Rock "

It’s classic rock not country

I wanted to tell him "strap in, just wait"

Sending love brother

So sorry, Bud!

@Joel young . It may be late but I'm sorry for your loss xx

When I found out that my 20 year old friend died..I was driving. Right before I pulled up at home ..this song came on. So I think of Tommy Jones every time I hear this song.

who the fuck plays free bird at a funeral

I know and I smile like Willem DaFoe right before the outro.

That was my favorite part of this reaction too! I was a single Mom with 5 kids and 4, teenagers and early adults. When they pushed me too far, I went into my bedroom , locked the door and turned on Freebird full blast! And they KNEW to leave me alone! I had had enough and the long guitar solo was to release the frustration! I played it until all that was gone! Now they are all grown ! And I do fly a Freebird!

Amen

I remember listening to this for the first time on the radio, the guitar solo made me fall in love with it.

That’s the sound of legend right there. Notes of rock heaven. They were the greatest ones to ever have played rock music. Gone too soon! They is a place in gillsburg Mississippi some call sacred ground.. it’s way back on a lonely place where the world came crashing down, behind a no trespassing sign where few have ever been they say every nightfall you can hear freebird in the wind

you beat me to it lol

Yeah it is. By me. Every day. This kinda music is better than trash rap

RIP Collins

AND THE PROBLEM IS....?????

And people are still fighting in a make believe church in Kentucky.

I can relate to that 100% 🤪

It is the guitar riff that makes this song a great song.

🤘

My brother recently pasted 2 weeks ago n wanted played at his funeral ...im sorry for ur loss

this comment made me cry man

This is Skynyrd’s Stairway to Heaven.

Loved this..love what your doing...your face is priceless during this...rock on..from a Woodstock hippy girl✌

Facts!

In my opinion the greatest song ever written

🤘🏾

100% agree, music transcends race, nationality, etc.

Exactly!

I work for an international corporation. Got the opportunity to meet and work with people from all over the world. People who are willing to better themselves pretty much have the same aspersions, a better life for their children than they had! I started in textiles!! One step up from hell!! Problem is it's all millions of southerners ever knew, and they snatched it right out from under them! Thriving community's turned into slums. Noone cared about it till it started happening in places like Detroit!!!

I agree. Man I was listening to Aretha Franklin and ended up here. Grew up on rock n heavy metal, but love all good music. As long as it’s good, I like it. From Metallica, to Elton John, Guns N’ Roses, Biggie, Kanye, Whitney Houston. All good music makes me feel good in different ways.

My dad was 52 as well when he was called home. Fly high freebird🕊

Yeah, like Sympathy for the Devil, You Can't Always Get What You Want, and Stairway to Heaven. All amazing songs, but they all had their purposes as those emergency records

THIS THIS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I completely agree with you. Every genre of music has their gems

@Adam Perissinotto mumble rap neither

That is basically fact

Exactly, I'm 46, been a rocker most of my life, but thanks to the wonders of KZfaq I've exposed myself to other types of music than I used to, even artists that this guy might like. People like Stormzy, he's good. Not the kind of thing I would listen to often but it takes talent to do the kind of music Stormzy does. The kind of talent I don't have lol.

🤣🤣🤣

Best answer ever! You just won the internet!

Legend has it....

Hope it never stops

Thank you for providing us with the food. Farmers don't get the appreciation they deserve these days.

@@BLaCkKsHeEp thank you so much! Most farmers I know are having a hard time getting by right now. But the truckers, the electricians, plumbers, trashmen....ect. all make our lives much better. People like you make it all worth while.

@@thepitpatrol youre a respectible guy id like to hang out with, thanks for your work

@@FattyMachine3000 thank you sir!

Hi, I just wanna say thanks for all you do. I’m 17 and I’m thinking of being a farmer, I live in the city and I hate it, I just wanna get out and live in the country and go fishing every day.

Amen Brother!

They say math and music are the only true universal languages

@@lesterforney6200 And math only proves itself.

Great point!✌

@@TarossBlackburn that's because music is so cool it doesn't have to prove anything LOL

14 y/o here. My mother was more of a 21st century music person, but my father was all classic rock, blues and country. Got into this type of music a couple years ago and it never ends. From Simple Minds to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Rush, I just keep going deeper, and I can’t wish it any other way.

Yea im 62 and wacthing people reaect to this lot black Sabbath or evsn Elvis its fun fo. Watch

Lol I Thought the same bout closing your eyes that’s the way I do it .... half way. I am 55 and we played this at a junior high dance it was pretty dam cool then

The way it is meant to be listened to.

Just like it played at every party. And it got quiet just to let it wash over you!

Now that's what they called Rock N Roll kid.Your music today is crappy compare to back then in our times is nothing but always a good time.

Yes, but the guy watching it isn't high lol .

Me right now literally lol

Hayes Hancock go get em buddy the worlds your oyster...!

Can’t become cultured if you don’t sample the culture.

@@theyakamoz1 yeah mine only listen to rap mostly. I listen to all. New rap sucks though

Well said!

He is no longer a deprived child. He has now tasted "Southern Rock" and there is no "un-tasting" it. Wait until he hits on Molly Hatchet, The Outlaws (The Guitar Army), Marshall Tucker and other fine Southern Artists.

Doesn't matter how you grew up, our ( above 6 0) music ill always be the Best !

I'm young 16 put i dont do munch rap. Mainly r&b and rock. My dad grew me up with all kinds of songs never new. So im barley living in 2017 rn

Very well said, it's not because you are uncultured. For a long time Lynard Skynyrd was looked on as being a racist group because they always flew a Confederate flag at their concerts. It was often said that if you listened to them that you were racist. Anybody that chooses to actually listen to their songs can see that they are just a great band singing great songs with no hate in their hearts

Super tramp lol. Cheeeeeeesy

First thing I thought of when I heard him say that

I just thought yeah think smooth, best way to be introduced to one of the greatest riff in guitar history

😂😂 He spoke too soon. I bout fell over when he said " I'm getting a headache.". He getting that HEAVY dose of Skynyrd

💓 💪

My mom was a flight attendant back in the 90's. Whenever she came home, she always brought new foods for us. I remember going "eww. Yuck. I dont want to eat that. It LOOKS gross. Etc" Lesson she taught me: just try it. If you dont like it, you dont like it but you might discover something new you like. As an adult, I can cook dishes from Filipino, American, Italian, French, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc... 😅 Thanks for the lesson mom!

3 times?! all those precious memories, I can only wonder what it was like then.

My husband and I saw them several times in Charlotte, NC and I think In Columbia, SC. We actually saw them at their last concert in Spartanburg, SC. Love this song, it is my favorite even though it makes me cry. My husband told me he couldn’t change his addiction problem, nor did he want to change while we were listening to this song. We’ve been married since 1974. And he has changed, but has suffered through the years.

@@sheilarobbins7670 ... Big Hugs to you & your husband. 🤗. 🌹🌺💚

@@austinglass1916 we were fortunate to have been young in the ‘70s when it was real music. No lip syncing, no auto tune. We saw most of the greats here in the south. We grew up with the “Toy Factory” that later became The Marshall Tucker Band. I played foosball with the band, but didn’t know it was them, nor did they know me. It was more like hey you want to play? Me, sure. Alice cooper gave a weird but unforgettable concert. Ted Nugent, ZZ Top, just to mention a few. That is the unfortunate thing of being young in the ‘70’s......you have a lot of memory loss 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 but what you remember was great!

I'm 60 also, the best music generation!

Or listen to Mark Knopfler when Eric Clapton was his backup guitarist

Not really the way the band worked, but OK!💀💀💀

@@gridster1237 Especially back then. They could freely play and they did.

Beautiful Southern girl Jennifer, Together with epic song..

A-Men

@@demetriuscooksey7147 amen = let it be so, so be it, or - it is true..

Absolutely!! He admits he feels uncultured. Not so, he is willing to listen and observe. That's half the game right there. Much L&R for that!!!

Yeah or the one holding the guitar,😉😏😒

Allen Collins

Ronnie wrote the solo for Allan Collins just before they went to woodstock thats when Allen joined the band

They all got long hair lol

Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down.

Read this comment at the exact time it started. Lmao

nothing like someone experiencing a facemelting for the first time eh?

So true

I’m a fan of the genre but this song never gets old. My fav by far.

Haha what was his look when they told him there's 3 lead guitar players in this band

Lol

The only correct answer.

Producer: How long will the guitar solo be? Lynyrd Skynyrd: Yes.

gary rossington and allen collens

like 3 guys??

Survivors formed the Rossington Collins Band but yea, never reached that height again

Sacrificed.

No, it didn't end, though.

@@donnahilton471 Nope. They won. They're music still played today.

Thank you for making me feel old.

Well I'm a 57 year old white male that didn't hear this song till I was 50 lol.

@@thepitpatrol Shane I highly suggest that you purchase pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd put some headphones on give yourself 2 hours

@@curtiswallauer4330 will do!

🌹lol, I hear ya!!

And the wonderful thing is each part broken down is pretty easy. Combining them.........multiple musical orgasms

The main dude on guitar fot this song qas Allen Collins. Sadly he has passed but he was a GREAT guitarist !

The original Three Guitar Attack.

@@ItzSpeedy09 Gary Rossington is playing slide, Alan Collins plays the lead in the solo and Ed King plays rythm and accompanies Alan in the solo.

This is all Allen Collins. He wrote the entire song including the solo, slide parts. Rhythm, etc. During the solo on the studio version, Allen is actually mostly quadruple tracked, which means he recorded 4 solos and they mixed them into the final mix. So while it may seem like multiple guys playing this solo, it is ALL the man Allen Collins

Sorry but that solo is all Allen Collins...check your history

@@Jack-hk1cc nah your doing Steve Gaines dirty

@@justben193 he is saying, the studio version is only Allen Collins. Both of the guitar tracks are played by Allen on the studio version (without rhythm).

@@justben193 if you want to see the master at work look up Skynyrd at Knebworth Fair 1976...Free Bird...it’s all Allen...not taking anything away from Gaines...but this is Collins...Let’s just agree that they always kicked ass...too bad they have a tribute band out there now...the originals live on👍🏻

Exactly, Live is Best!!!!!!

I feel ya, I am so grateful to have witnessed this type of music in real time. God Bless the Boomers and their music!

@@deel2621 boomer music was the best. Not a boomer tho

You speak the truth ! Been listening to skynyrd since 1975

Ronnie didn't sing lyrics, he DECLARED them.

Amen!!!

One of the best bands I seen them in concert before the crash and after

@G Man. Also listen to the Outlaws "Green Grass & High Tides" Great Love song from Southern Rock where the guitar literally dies of exhaustion at the end!!

I would suggest anyone watch a live version of the song where all 3 guitars get together play the solos it's amazing. Rossington and Medlocke are amazing guitarists

RIP RONNIE VAN ZANT!!! Your amongst the ROCK GODS now🙏🏿🤘🏾

@@Kaylin_h how many verses? 3? 2 chori? And about 7 minutes of guitar solo. Legendary track

@@Kaylin_h dide wtf thats so op check out iron butterfly

I was waiting for that!!

Duval💪🏽

I miss living in Jacksonville back in the day, and I miss Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Tampa here. 💜

I've lived in jax beach my whole life and I DIDNT KNOW THIS IS WHERE LYNRYD SKYNYRD WAS FROM?!?!? 😳😳

West side

Jennifer Hurlburt See my comment above☝️☝️

❤️

Jennifer Hurlburt I’m 13 and from the south was actually listening to this the other day with a propane torch in one hand tank in the other clearing brush I started singing to it and now I’ve got no more brush in that clearing

@@jasonsfarm37 Nice to see another young lady paying attention to great music! My younger daughter is now 17 and I started turning her on to great music a few years ago- She “gets” it! Makes me proud....

77 live helped me deal with my father's death 12_28_20 9_28_63

That is a great thought....

Yessss so many memories of doing that in high school

Still do

@@brianlarsen3030 ......I heard that !! 👍

The underrated "I ain't the one" from this, their first album. It's the first track on the album. Not to mention "Working for MCA" featuring some coldass guitar work from Ed King.

Charles Bolen That Smell!

All Skynrd

Its Skinner, not Skinnert. 🙂 it's ok.

I went to the school they did. ROBERT E LEE!

@@vickinewby408 such a passive aggressive looking emoji

I guess he wasn't ready for it. But his grandparents are gonna love it.

@@DerrickMims thank you for getting my joke.

Thats what you get from a "oldie but goodie" :)

That's actually a really neat story!

In ‘75 I had the late shift on the college station. I would always put something long on so I could put everything up and be ready to sign off at 3 a.m. One night I threw on “Thick As A Brick” and got everything taken care of. I cut it off just a couple of seconds early to start my sign off Phone rang and I thought it was my girlfriend. A WASTED dude, “Hey man you didn’t play the rest of the song!” “Sorry dude I stopped it just a little early “ “No man. The other side! You gotta play the other side!!!” “Sorry dude I got to split” As for THIS react, you don’t know what you don’t know. Whether you do another react to it, watch Free Bird in Oakland and the live version from Knebworth. It’s debated as to which of these is THE GOAT Greatest rock performance of all time. Anything else you do of Skynyrd use the live version Fox Theater Atlanta The album was called “One More FROM The Road “.

@@Bamaboompa the difference between the two performances is that one group knew the song and the other one didn’t, much like this reaction.

The plane crashed 4 years after freebird released but yeah rip RVZ this songs frontman

They were marked . Their music had soul.

Ronnie’s younger brother is now the singer and the guitarist from Blackfoot (i forgot his name) is now the guitarist or one of them lol

I thought they died before it

@@funecheeseofficial3576 I think his name is Johnny

😈😱😜😂

Same here. Loved it. So refreshing

Don't forget Leon Wilkinson on bass.