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Fans outraged after Lynyrd Skynard denounces Confederate flag
Examiner.com ^
| 9/19/12
| Kyle Rogers
Posted on 09/20/2012 12:18:47 AM PDT by LaybackLenny
Now the band has suddenly decided to become political correct. Gary Rossington, the only original member, grovelled to CNN's Fredricka Whitfield. He says he doesn't want to offend anyone by using the Confederate flag. He said the band will no longer display the flag. Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama" in 1977. This was three months before the plane crash that killed three of the original members.
--SNIP--
The band released a new studio album just days ago ironically titled "Last of A Dying Breed." The band is preparing to go on tour to support their new album. However, there is a growing outrage among fans. Many say they have attended Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts for decades, but will never buy a ticket again. Twitter and Facebook have exploded with condemnation. Many are now calling the band a "fake," who just own the right's to the original band's name.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: battleflag; dixie; garyrossington; goodmove; guitaridol; lynyrdskynyrd; music; southernrock; stillademocrat
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To: pepsionice
I followed Skynyrd ver 1.0 and Rossington-Collins in my youth and enjoyed the Rossington/Thomason/Medlocke guitar line-up in ver. 2.0.
Rossington can play the hell out of his Les Paul but i’ve not once been impressed with his intellect.
His mind is either addled by his past excesses or he’s remained uneducated.
But to his credit he’s managed to make a fortune off the Skynyrd brand.
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posted on
09/20/2012 3:23:04 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
To: LaybackLenny
I hope Gary Rossington will remember
Alberta's Child don't need him around, anyhow.
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posted on
09/20/2012 3:59:16 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
To: LaybackLenny
They betray their base, for the benefit of people who will never like them no matter what they do.
The operating basis of the GOPe for decades.
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:07:40 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Charlie Daniels - Payback Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwTJj_nosI)
To: LaybackLenny
Well done to Skynyrd’s management.
This was the last hurdle to getting urban audiences to abandon hip hop and R&B and head out to Skynyrd shows.
To: LaybackLenny
“Sweet Home Alabama, praises former Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace. “
In Birmingham they love the guvnor’
Boo, boo, boo..
They were not praising Wallace.
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:35:18 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
To: PapaBear3625
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:42:48 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: max americana
Maybe they can fly this one, instead...
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:44:27 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!)
To: LaybackLenny
Who was complaining before they issued the statement?
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:45:18 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
To: LaybackLenny
Maybe they can get the Dixie Chicks to open for them and call it
"The Politically Corrected Suicide Tour"
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:46:43 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Lancey Howard
“I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Spectrum in Philly not long before the plane crash. That was a great band. These new guys are a bunch of leeches profiting off the name. It’s a shame.”
Good for you. I never saw either version, but I remember when they died, like it was yesterday. I’ve never trusted their 2.0 version, and if they’ve decided to insult their fan base, that’s fine - I won’t have to hear their name anymore when it comes to concert advertising.
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:49:29 AM PDT
by
BobL
(You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
To: Rebelbase
"Sweet Home Alabama, praises former Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace." "Sweet Home Alabama, praises former DEMOCRATIC, Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace."
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:50:47 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!)
To: LaybackLenny
This is outrageous!
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:51:00 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Support your local Republican candidates. They are our last line of defense.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
09/20/2012 4:51:24 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!)
To: Republican1795.
A large part of implementing cultural marxism is to make it appear to be inexorable. It's a lie.
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posted on
09/20/2012 6:08:38 AM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: LaybackLenny
I despise that stupid “Free Bird” song — all about how to be fleshly and irresponsible
This band is over
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posted on
09/20/2012 6:10:21 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: pepsionice
I am offended by obama/biden signs, so stop displaying them? no, I will defend your right to display them, but I have a right to my don’t tread on me flag, my one man one woman = marriage sign, my cross hanging from my rear view mirror etc
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posted on
09/20/2012 6:12:34 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: LaybackLenny
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posted on
09/20/2012 6:13:05 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
To: Rebelbase
In Birmingham they love the governor Now we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth
Where is the Boo Boo Boo?
Whatever, I've never liked 'em. Their gun control song "Saturday Night Special" (from a crew likely to know where that term came from) told me all I needed to know about their politics.
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posted on
09/20/2012 6:19:42 AM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: LaybackLenny
Say it ain’t SO!!!!
My life is OVER....
To: Lancey Howard
I saw them in concert in LA with Charlie Daniels around 1975 when at school at UCLA...
All my other friends went to see - ahem - David Bowie...
Awesome concert....
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