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Fleaslayer t1_iubnyk5 wrote

Sweet Home Alabama has the verse:

>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

Which is a reference to Southern Man, by Neil Young.

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BishopGrisha t1_iucwy8b wrote

There’s a fun chain here.

  1. Neil Young writes “Southern Man”.
  2. Skynyrd writes “Sweet Home Alabama” in partial retaliation (though Van Zant said he harbored no resentment).
  3. Warren Zevon writes “Play It All Night Long” about how only rednecks listen to Skynyrd (chorus starts “Sweet home Alabama, play that dead band’s song”)
  4. Kid Rock samples Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” for that song that fetishizes “Sweet Home Alabama”, a move that’s too spot on to be unintentional, even for someone like Rock.

Which means that, ultimately, Neil Young is responsible for Kid Rock’s comeback as a “country” artist.

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Fleaslayer t1_iue2mjw wrote

That's funny, though you might be giving kid rock too much credit

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