An episode in Forrest Gump

"sweet home alabama"

01:47:15, Jenny returned to Greenbow, and the two danced together in Forrest's house, the accompaniment of the dance music was Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home" Alabama". The cheerful rhythm of this song makes people want to dance to the rhythm of the music. This song "Sweet Home Alabama" is really loved by Americans, especially the southern counties. It has been used as the theme song and episode in many movies, such as the famous "Prison in the Sky". It plays to the tune in the movie when the robbers take control of the plane and when the killer finally escapes from the police and gambles in Las Vegas. It can be seen that when filmmakers in the southern United States like to insert this song to enhance the atmosphere when they want to show that they are forgetful and happy, this is the case for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Alabama", "8 Mile", etc. . When it comes to the origin of this song, we have to mention Neil Young. He once wrote a song "Southern Man" that derogatory to Alabamians. At that time, Alabama was looked down upon by many Americans from other places, thinking that it was a place where uneducated country people lived. Southern racism was prevalent and very conservative. Lynyrd Skynyrd, who has a very good relationship with Neil Young, took advantage of the fact that his recording studio was settled in Alabama and wrote the song "Sweet Home Alabama" to ridicule Neil Young:

I heard Mr. Young Singing about her

I heard Neil talk down to her

I hope Neil Young figures it out

Southerners don't need him telling them what to do< /p>

Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her

Well I heard ole Neil put her down

Well, I hope Neil Young will remember

In fact, this situation is just like many close friends in the cross talk industry who use each other as a burden, because they are true buddies who dare to make fun of them. As a result, fans from both sides took it seriously, and the war was not over. The war escalated to the point where Neil Young's fans dug up the grave of the Lynyrd Skynyrd member who died in the plane crash to see if the body was indeed wearing a shirt with Neil stamped on it, as the legend said. T-shirt with Young's name. This incident later became an uproar and became known as the largest "fan grave-robbing incident" in history. The police were dispatched, but no one who dug the grave was caught.

When it comes to the band’s crash, countless rock fans sigh with regret. This rock band with a strong Southern flavor, which was founded in Florida, suffered a plane crash three days after releasing its seventh album in 1973. The name of this album is "Street Survivors", and the cover shows the band members standing in a row on the street, being swallowed by raging fire. After the crash, the record company urgently changed the cover photo to a version with the band members standing in front of a black background. It was not until the CD version was re-released in 2001 that the original ominous photo was put back. The plane crash resulted in the loss of three members of the band, including singer-songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister and vocalist Cassie Gaines. Other band members were also seriously injured.

Neil Young specially organized a concert to commemorate them. At the concert, Young roared like a beast and sang "Sweet Home Alabama", a song that "cursed" himself. The emotions and scenes are all moving to tears.

The crash almost caused the Southern rock band to disappear. It was not until ten years later, in 1987, that members Gary Rossington and Bill Powell reunited Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the new vocalist was the late vocalist Ronni Van Zant. brother Johnny Van Zant.

Introducing a little tidbit: "Turn it up" at the beginning of this song was the band's lead singer Ronnie Van Zant casually asking the sound engineer to turn up the volume before recording. It had no meaning. During the final mixing Everyone felt that the effect would be good if they were kept, so they kept it. The "Swampers" mentioned in the lyrics are a group of musicians active in Alabama recording studios who specialize in providing harmonies for solo singers.