Added: 3 years ago
From: EMOPaco77
Views: 344,814
Sort by time | Sort by thread (beta)

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (591)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Living in South Central VA. About 10 miles from the NC border. I know people are used to where they live and wouldn't have it any other way, but I've seen what the big cities and all have to offer. But i just couldn't imagine waking up every morning to a concrete jungle instead of seeing what i do now. i love the south. Ronnie really did an amazing job painting a portrait of what it's like to live here.

  • 6 ppl didnt like this hahahahahahaha losers

  • im sorry but why would anyone who knows about this song even dislike it! it baffles me... any way i love this song i live in hawaii and this song brings me back home =)

  • another damn good one from skynyrd

  • I use to have an acoustic version of this... sigh.....

  • @ParkersStage greatest hits has it

  • What an amazing song....

  • 2:48 Piano FTW!

  • Twinkles, I'm glad the song does. All I Can Do Is Write about It is a very sad Dixie Anthem! Skynyrd will Never be Forgotten. Ronnie Van Zant-a true genius!

  • i lived in the south for 5 years east texas and outside alexandria and i grew up to this band but after living down there i understand it worst day of my life was coming back to fucking boston i hate it here now

  • the crash was oct 20 1977

  • 6 DISLIKES?!?! nice try obama!

  • @THEFLYINGREDNECK Being that the theme of this song is the loss of our environment the reference to Obama is illogical. If anything the explicit opinions of Obama and his supporters would be in favor of the theme of this song, a greater respect for our environment and traditional values while the explicit opinions of his chief rivals is that promoting the interests of industry over the interests of traditional values and the environment.

  • @poleske this song talks about DIXIE! obama hates dixie and dixie hates him too

  • @THEFLYINGREDNECK

    1 You can not speak for all of Dixie

    2 What has Obama done to indicate a hatred fro Dixie

    3 This song is clearly about the environment, the concrete creeping is clearly a metaphor for urban expansion and the destruction of rural environments.

    You are trying to abduct the message of Lynrd Skynyrd to promote your own political agenda. In this way you are breaking down the traditional values lauded in this song and reverse the progress these prophetic musicians helped create.

  • @poleske ive never been a fan of obama but this song has nothing to do with him. to me it is how the country life is shrinking and the cities just keep growing

  • @poleske The flyingredneck has been shot down by wisdom

  • @THEFLYINGREDNECK What an idiot.

  • @beyondblasphemy coming from the guy with a shitcock picture

  • @THEFLYINGREDNECK You are a smart one!

  • I was 8yrs old the day of the plane crash. i was on route 395N in Ct heading to my grammy and grampas house in worcester mass when the news came over the radio, it was the first time i ever saw my older brother cry.

  • @roastbeefdinner What date was the crash?

  • mamma mia.....godo!!!!

  • unless you from shreveport to richmond or lexington to tallahassee you dont understand this song. god bless dixie

  • @ntdejene18 Blue Ridge mountains of NC and I have to agree with ya!

  • so redneck but so good

  • why do i have to incracious desire to play ...but i just cant

  • sucha different time.. and it wasnt even that long ago

  • so good.

  • love love love love love the piano part

  • i definitley like this more than wagon wheel

  • they are thre best bar none

  • Live in North Carolina now but born and raised in Tennessee both are beautiful states!!!

  • its only about 30+yrs ago and yuou can tell just from the pic..the avg citizen is so different..look how skinny or in shape these guys are now versus how fat these pricks are now

  • this is the best skynyrd song ever written no question about it

  • The most underated/beautiful song by Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • R.I.P Arick Thomas Price

    

  • When you can picture in your mind what the artist is singing, you know it is a great song and this is one of them. Probably my favorite Skynyrd song.

  • @aliciamatthews20 From experience, both of those last things are among my most valued memories.

  • Comparing this to the Studio version.... this has much more feeling and passion. and I love the beauty this brings out :) Forever live Skynyrd! WOO

  • I AGREE THIS IS THE BEST DAMN SONG EVER MADE!

  • In Ronnie's Best Country Artwork All I Can Do Is Write about It, a year before the plane crash that ended his life, Skynyrd and the Dixie Rebel Holler of Southern Rock, he angrily warned and wrote about how life in the South was being threatened by concrete development-Ameerica itself is changed 35 years later. Yet in a strange and sad way nothing really changes at all and that is a damn shame! In my favorite Skynyrd song, Ronnie asked "You better listen to my Song!" Skynyrd will live Forever!

  • @hoprabbitbunny I see that your a true Skynard fan, Fly High my friend...

  • @hoprabbitbunny This is by far my favorite Skynyrd song. ;_; It makes me cry.

  • Freakingfantabulous... :)

  • @DawnsEarlyFright hey, its you...

  • Comment removed

  • get this chorus tattooed on my forearm?

  • @bitz219

    ya most defiantly.. we need more good american boys

  • by far their best song

  • amazing song, but not to sure i would wanna be close enough to a Gator to see them being protective...

  • hell ya whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • I have played in copy bands for thirty years, and of all the different places I've played Skynyrd is the most requested band hands down .....No other group even comes close........They are just as popular today as they were back in the 70s.....

  • stucifer I love this song hope you do too

  • stucifer this is not Jonny Vanzant. The band had actually been playing for many years at small clubs before they hit the big time.1973 and 1974 when the radio stations started to give the band play time. This is just one of the songs that they recorded before becoming famous. And this song was never played on mainstream media radio.

  • @bearing44

    Was it ever on any Lynyrd Skynyrd album that wasn't a greatest hits type album?

  • @Stucifer gimme back my bullets

  • yes

  • Yall all say yall are Skynyrd fans but yet every other world out some of yalls mouth is the f word.. U hardly ever heard them cuss in their songs so i wander wat they would think bout yall..

  • @50kacey i can't speak for em but i'd like to think they would have a less judgemental outlook on it than yourself

  • I don't remember this song, and I was a Skynyrd fan, back in the day. Is this Johnny Vant singing? What year/album did this come out.

    It is an awesome song, though.

  • Remember riding down the back wood trails in nc in a '84 lifted toyota listening to this song. perfect southern moment

  • On a morbid note, I think if I had to choose one song to play at my funeral, this would be it.

  • wen i hear this song it litteraly brings a tear to my eye and i dont fucking cry!!!! skynyrd truely touches my soul.

  • i listen to all classic rock , and blues . trust me no other music legends can match skynyrd

  • must not have heard to manny songs then!!!!!

  • Comment removed

  • recommended listening......reflects my thoughts exactly

  • ok who's the five dislikes,,like i wonder ,if ya dont hear the soul of this song i doubt ya got one.sorry but for ronnie u five can kiss my southern ass.ya dont have to vote to piss on someones 'art'dont click it cuase ya can,and if ya reall dislike this song please tell me why maybe explian it so i dont feel offended u disliked this song.it being one my favorite i feel insulted somehow,ok im running out of space,so ill just say.excuse you...

  • Comment removed

  • @myndstyne dont even bother the 5 dislikers man, I feel kinda sorry for them, its their loss, not ours.. They are sad sad people. Peace and prosperity man, SKYNYRD FOR EVER.

  • PIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAA

    PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  FOR U BABYY LOVE U KITTYYYYYYYYY KITTYYY KITTYYYY KITTYYYYYYYYYYYYY HAIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­Z MY BISS UR BEST LOVE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU PIA LOVE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUU

  • lynyrd skynyrd was a great band with some great song writing but to not remenber that the allman bros marshall tucker wet wille and grinder switch paved the way for southern rock is being very foolish

  • What an awesome song!!!My GOD!

  • This song is truly a testiment that Ronnie was the greatest songwriter of all time with the greatest band to accompany him. A genius taken from us way to soon but he will live on through these masterpieces. If I may add a note here to Johnny: "Keep singing those songs for Mama little brother".

  • @goffronny

    greatest "southern" band...Led Zeppelin easily tops Skynyrd in overall talent; easily.

    But...southern band; noone comes close to the full and original Skynyrd.

  • Ohh shit 666 likes

  • Got a touch of : Country Boy syndrome tonight !!!!!

  • I remember me and my freinds smoked pot to this lol

  • proud to be from the south! this song is perfect.

  • Much better than the studio version.

  • Comment removed

  • "Well you can take a boy out of ol' Dixieland, but you'll never take ol' Dixie from a boy"

  • Haters stay away, this is one BAD ASS song!!!!!

  • my new fav my dad saw them live 8 times before the crash inNC cant argue with good taste

  • straighter than a grizzlies dick u can't fuck with this

  • i wonder who dislikes this

  • i seen the grass of Tennessee. and im from MN. its sweet alright

  • All i can do is keep playing this song!

  • lynyrd skynyd well van zant now we love you

  • briliant song!!

  • who the fuck says nothing is perfect....better clean ur ear & fuckin head mate...

  • can we all just stop arguing and just listen to some good music please? thank you =]

  • 5 people need there ass kicked

  • *THUMBS UP IF YA DONT WANNA GIMME A THUMBS UP*

  • I can see the concrete slooowly creepin',Lord take me and mine before that comes.Hell yeah!

    Not much left of paradise to be paved! Time to get right w/ yourself! :D

  • @Bastardsonofabitch71

    **Take me in mind, before that comes**...sorry had to correct

  • @techie3484 I always sang it like you say it is,then the more i read along with upload w/ lyrics which had it as "Lord take me & mine before that comes."I'll take your word for it cuz u prob. wouldn't have replied to correct me if you weren't right. Thanx either way!

  • @Bastardsonofabitch71

    Actually, I stand corrected....you are right, I apologize. "Lord take me and mine before that comes"

  • @Bastardsonofabitch71 No big deal man.Great song though!

  • every on should get the message of this song!

  • Best Song ever!

  • 5 dislikes are all from Niel Diamond.

  • @knievelhotmail

    You realize that Ronnie VanZant was a fan of Neil Diamond. If you actually payed attention to this band at all, you'd know that on the cover of Street Survivors, VanZant is wearing a Neil Diamond shirt. Dumbass.

  • @marvelfan281 Yeah, was tired. Meant Niel Young, not Niel Diamond. I missed in my attempt to reference another Skynyrd song.

    All in internet land will now know of your vast superiority to others in knowledge pertaining to bands that haven't existed with their original members since before you were born. All hail marvelfan!

    Go read a comic book kid, maybe mom will warm up some milk for you and tell you you're cool again.

  • @marvelfan281 neil Diamond sucks balls period

  • @dsmalf  You mean Neil Young .... Damn man

  • @bryant5266 no i mean neil diamond and yes he sux. pay attention man

  • @dsmalf Yeah ok.. Sure you do... F Off

  • @bryant5266 suck a dick and mind your own business

  • @dsmalf Get your shit straight MF....If your going to comment on something make sure you know what the fuck your talking about bitch...Suck my Dick Dumbfuck

  • @knievelhotmail It's Neil Young Dumb ass.....

  • @bryant5266 Ummmm...yeah, that was addressed about 2 posts ago.

  • this is why ronnie van zant left us cause he asked the lord to take him before the concrete started creeping. we all miss him but in the end he will always be with us now and in the end up above ^^^^^^^ .

  • thumbs up for the south unreconstructed till the end>

  • I think I might no choice, but to! 

  • It's hard to choose favorites, but I think this just might be my favorite song! Born and raised in California, but I'm going to be moving to Georgia soon. Hopefully I get to visit the beauty of the hills in Carolina & the sweetness of the grass in Tenessee too..

  • @aliciamatthews20 I hope you do to >>>>>>> Hi ^ from Kentucky

  • @aliciamatthews20 most of carolina (at least south) is flat...

  • @aliciamatthews20 Come to Alabama. it literally has most of the great things of every sothern state. But it also has some of the worst things too.

  • @aliciamatthews20 The south its the most beautiful land you ever see man. I hope you enjoy it there arent to many places with such beauty left.

  • @aliciamatthews20 Well I'm from England. Its music like this that has me desperate to go to America (especially the South) and find myself some beautiful blonde Southern girl, then spend time with her listening to all of the genius songs these boys have penned. Also Sweet home Alabama has to be the best? Its certainly one of my favourite songs ever. Although this is pretty incredible!

  • @aliciamatthews20 im born and bred in england......never been to the states but songs like this make me want to :)

  • @sr19 ur always welcome out here man

  • @sr19 If you ever were to come here, we would welcome you with open arms.The country here is probably as good as in England.But, wow what a beautiful place it is here in the country.And there still is so much of it.There is nothing better than being in a peaceful, serene place here in the US....gravel roads, BBQ, friends, nature, living off the land, the sounds of freedom....of course, if you do come here, you will have to fight, because right now, we are being assaulted by socialism.God bless.

  • @aliciamatthews20 2 months ago...surely you have seen both by now

  • @aliciamatthews20 I was born in Cali and lived in NY and Now live in GA. I'm sure you will like it. Where in GA are you moving to? Been a Skynyrd Fan since I was kid and MY Girlfriends dad went to Robert E lee High in JAcksonville FL he actually new the guys and had the same Gym teacher that the band is named after. Some cool stories I have heard

  • @aliciamatthews20 we would love to have ya! Once you move here, you'll never look back. This is God's country. Friendly people and good times. Despite what you've heard, we love everybody down here. Greatest place on earth!!!

  • @aliciamatthews20 HAHAHA! I LIVE IN GEORGIA!

  • skynyrd fuckin rocks....PERIOD...

  • im from florida, i owned a house in tennessee, visited carolina, and i am a proud southern boy

  • @Kahunabro1997

    from tennessee, lived in carolina, and now live in florida!

  • Some of the shit people bring up on YT is just ...amazing. Can't we All Just stfu and enjoy the good tunes? Damn.;Then again do what ya want just leave me out of it. lol

    Sláin

  • this is my favorite skynyrd song

  • sweeeeeet mannnssss 

  • Oi vey. Can't we all just agree that politics make babies cry?

  • @Morinul

    Reform shit, more like fuck up shit

  • well i can say i dont give a damn about the president period we had no choices really they all sucked shit but one thing that we do have still regardless is the freedom to disagree

  • who gives a fuck seriously just enjoy the damn song

  • shut up you fuckin hippes and enjoy the good song who gives a fuck about niggerbama

  • Having moved to the country from the city 2 1/2 years ago, I fully appreciate & understand this song!!!!

  • Those 5 people who disliked are hitler, mussolini, tom cruise, obama and pontius pilate.

  • @drewdrummer7

    Obama en Pontius Pilate never did something wrong, son replace them bij Mao and George Bush

  • @Morinul fuck you! obamas done alot of wrong and Pontius Pilate killed an innocent man, how is that not wrong?

  • @drewdrummer7

    Woww, calm down, obama is the best president the US have since a long time, aren't you glad that McCain hasn't won? That would be so bad for America. And yes maybe Pontius pilate killed an innocent man, but the worst thing he did was making a Martyr of Jesus Christ, and that helped Chrisanity to spread. And Christianity only caused war's, suffering and repression, also, Pontius Pilate. Sorry if i'm hurting you because your christian, but this is just how it is.

  • @Morinul well in your messed up view, that would be something wrong that pontius pilate did so you're contradicting yourself. and no i'm not glad mccain didn't win

  • @Morinul well in your messed up view, that would be something wrong that pontius pilate did so you're contradicting yourself. and no i'm not glad mccain didn't win

  • @Morinul are you shitting me? obama is the most fucking bad president this fucking us has ever had

  • @RebornGames503

    Please give some arguments to support that...

  • @Morinul ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmm...you obviously don't care about productivity...because Obama hasn't done anything, besides pass a health care bill that almost nothing to do with Health Care and more to do with what COngressmen wanted in there states....He goes on vacations and spends tax payer money, since he is allowed to have an allownce for "diplomatic missions"....seriously crap there...

  • @bobjob66 Uhm he has not only Reformed the Health Care, wich was really needed! He reformed Wall street, he reformed the Credit Card, he has reformed banking. And all those reforms were good. And you wanted mcCain as president, another Bush, i'm sure that would be very bad, maybe not for the rich, but certainly for the somewhat more poorer. And those diplomatic missions are there to get better relationships with other country's, he's not doing them for fun. But ill shut up now. - A Dutch guy.

  • @Morinul In a country where medical mary is still illegal in most states,id say we are still living in the stone age or for lack of better words the "un-stoned age".Our country is only looking for better drugs and oil.Dont let our kind black prez fool you.We are still unsure where he is even from.I do know he aint from around here

  • @lvpeckerwood

    I think we disagree in to many points to ever reach an agreement, so discussing anyfurther is useless.

    Lets just listen to this AMAZING music and forget our disagreements!

  • @Morinul not so much...people make him to be the best president ever...and I just want to be honest I think it is because he is black and people are scared to say some thing that might be misinterpreted as racist...which isn't the way it should be... I am an American and as an American I have the right to disagree with the president. have you read the health care bill?? because I did....and It isn't really what he wanted....So you call a vaction with his wife every 2 weeks a diplomatic mission?

  • @drewdrummer7 dont forget osama bin laden

  • My personal anthem!

  • if i ever learn to play guitar, i will buy an acoustic and learn this song first

  • In my opinion this is the best skynyrd song ever,and one of the best overall songs PERIOD!! I just wish that this song was played more back in the day so that more people could be introduced to it. RIP SKYNYRD.

  • LOL @ 5 ppl. I truly feel bad for u.

  • 5 people dont have a home

  • amazing song from northern wisconsin!

    

  • just learned how to play this on the guitar... my absolutely fav song :)

  • great music, i love it!!!

  • 5 people havent seen a she gator protect her youngins, fish in a river swimming free, the beauty of the hills of carolina, or the sweetness of the grass in tennessee.....these people need to get out more...

  • Is it just me? or is this a wee bit faster than the album version?

  • @TheNikitabug That's right.........................­.........Lord gave us this good land and the cities are killing it...... I live in the country but I need everyone else to go back to that....

  • @roberts1013 Man you're so right. I also live in the country, but on the horizon the city has emerged and it will get closer every year. Some day the fields and trees we thank God for will be gone but by that time I hopefully am too

  • great quality

  • this is my fav......i often wonder y it still never gets radio play,even today.but then,i figured it out-its probably better off that way.who cares about what some crappy radio station plays.those who love and truely appreciate this band will already know this song is one of the best.if not the best.

  • my absolutely fav song! just learning to play this on the guitar! :)

  • have you ever seen a she gator protect her young

  • Love that piano solo!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

  • the 5 people that dislike this song obviously have no idea wat its about

  • try john prines paradise southern fo sure