and great fodder for a rivalry that was pretty much non-existent.
Now if you can actually definitively solve this debate about it being "racists" after all these years, you will be the first since that has been a "hot topic" since the song was released.
Certainly, thats not what the general thinking is. As a matter of fact there are several web sites devoted to just this topic.
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/jammin/lynyrd.htm">Here is one example
As for the intent of the song, the "grudge" with Neil Young, etc... I'm going to go with what Ronnie Van Zandt said in an interview...
"We wrote Alabama as a joke. We didn't even think about it - the words just came out that way. We just laughed like hell, and said 'Ain't that funny'... We love Neil Young, we love his music..."
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It should also be noted that shortly after the band was involved in a fatal plane accident, Neil Young performed a rare live version of "Alabama" at Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida on 11-12-1977 for Children's Hospital Charity with The Gone With The Wind Orchestra and he changed the lyric chorus from "Alabama" to "Sweet Home Alabama".
Recalling the concert tribute in an interview with the Boston Globe, Young said: "I just sang 'I hope you all will remember. I thought it was a cool thing."
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