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BishopGrisha t1_iucwy8b wrote

Reply to comment by Fleaslayer in Songs that tip the hat to earlier songs by ShortBusRide

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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