Poll--The Weakest Link: Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Second Helping' Round 1

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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Working For MCA
    dankind said:
    Still not ready to vote, but I've gotta say, it may be a standard and lyrically trite redneck blues song, but the guitar intro, solo, bridge and crying outro are so goddamn tight in "I Need You." I honestly don't know what the hell is wrong with some of you people.
    "I Need You" is one of my favorites.
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Working For MCA
    If you love guitar interplay, I don't know how anyone can't be a fan of Skynyrd.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,951
    I Need You
    MedozK said:
    dankind said:
    Still not ready to vote, but I've gotta say, it may be a standard and lyrically trite redneck blues song, but the guitar intro, solo, bridge and crying outro are so goddamn tight in "I Need You." I honestly don't know what the hell is wrong with some of you people.
    "I Need You" is one of my favorites.
    I am not a die hard fan so I am sure some of my picks might burn for some.
    For me, this was the one that I liked the least when I played.  It would not be in the top 20-25 or so songs that I know and really dig on by LS.
    Apologies in advance to all of the die hards who cringe at a casual fan's picks.  :) 

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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
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    MedozK said:
    dankind said:
    Still not ready to vote, but I've gotta say, it may be a standard and lyrically trite redneck blues song, but the guitar intro, solo, bridge and crying outro are so goddamn tight in "I Need You." I honestly don't know what the hell is wrong with some of you people.
    "I Need You" is one of my favorites.
    I am not a die hard fan so I am sure some of my picks might burn for some.
    For me, this was the one that I liked the least when I played.  It would not be in the top 20-25 or so songs that I know and really dig on by LS.
    Apologies in advance to all of the die hards who cringe at a casual fan's picks.  :) 

    Just don't let the boys on the bayou know your crime. You might not make it back from your next fishing excursion.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,755
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,951
    I Need You
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    dankind said:
    Still not ready to vote, but I've gotta say, it may be a standard and lyrically trite redneck blues song, but the guitar intro, solo, bridge and crying outro are so goddamn tight in "I Need You." I honestly don't know what the hell is wrong with some of you people.
    "I Need You" is one of my favorites.
    I am not a die hard fan so I am sure some of my picks might burn for some.
    For me, this was the one that I liked the least when I played.  It would not be in the top 20-25 or so songs that I know and really dig on by LS.
    Apologies in advance to all of the die hards who cringe at a casual fan's picks.  :) 

    Just don't let the boys on the bayou know your crime. You might not make it back from your next fishing excursion.
    That is how I know so many songs by LS to start with.  ;)
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,870
    I gotta sit this one out. Can’t fucking stand Skynyrd. Everything is the weakest link. See ya in 2 weeks.

    Congrats to Levee! 
    Ditto. No way I'm listening to an entire Skynard album in order to participate in this one, lol.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
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    PJ_Soul said:
    I gotta sit this one out. Can’t fucking stand Skynyrd. Everything is the weakest link. See ya in 2 weeks.

    Congrats to Levee! 
    Ditto. No way I'm listening to an entire Skynard album in order to participate in this one, lol.
    https://youtu.be/59Hj7bp38f8
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,178
    PJ_Soul said:
    I gotta sit this one out. Can’t fucking stand Skynyrd. Everything is the weakest link. See ya in 2 weeks.

    Congrats to Levee! 
    Ditto. No way I'm listening to an entire Skynard album in order to participate in this one, lol.
    Agreed. I have never liked skynard.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Working For MCA
    Missing some great music.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,776
    I got nothing on this album so I'm out...
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
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    MedozK said:
    Missing some great music.
    I feel like most people north of the Mason-Dixon line (not saying the people here, but it could apply) don't like the idea of Skynyrd. Hell, I don't like the idea of Skynyrd, and I'm from Skynyrd country and am a fan of their music. I'll admit that when I first saw the next poll pick, my initial thought was a record to rape your sister by, but that's just a perception and has nothing to do with the brilliance present in the grooves. I just think they're just a polarizing band in this polarized day and age.

    But that wasn't always the case.

    The music that they created on their first two albums -- I like their debut best ("Tuesday's Gone," "Simple Man") -- was goddamn solid, and Street Survivors ain't no slouch neither. I think all three of those at least went platinum, if not multiplatinum, so they were definitely dialed into the zeitgeist of the mid70s. And warming up for The Who didn't hurt.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,951
    I Need You
    I almost typed something about my inability to participate because I was too busy boning my sister to the record - glad someone else went there first.  (I will follow!)
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,483
    The Needle And The Spoon
    We've gone from one of the most respected albums by any band ever to people talking about incest. Nice club you got here...
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    I've just never really liked southern rock in general, Skynyrd arguably being the biggest band of the genre.  That whole "sound" just doesn't do anything for me but make me wish the song was over. Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, there's a song here or there I don't mind but again, don't like 99% of it.  ZZ Top, if they count, is about as tolerable as I get.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,776
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    Missing some great music.
    I feel like most people north of the Mason-Dixon line (not saying the people here, but it could apply) don't like the idea of Skynyrd. Hell, I don't like the idea of Skynyrd, and I'm from Skynyrd country and am a fan of their music. I'll admit that when I first saw the next poll pick, my initial thought was a record to rape your sister by, but that's just a perception and has nothing to do with the brilliance present in the grooves. I just think they're just a polarizing band in this polarized day and age.

    But that wasn't always the case.

    The music that they created on their first two albums -- I like their debut best ("Tuesday's Gone," "Simple Man") -- was goddamn solid, and Street Survivors ain't no slouch neither. I think all three of those at least went platinum, if not multiplatinum, so they were definitely dialed into the zeitgeist of the mid70s. And warming up for The Who didn't hurt.
    I heard Free bird so many times as a kid that when I first heard Jump in The Fire I realized that the jam session at the end was a homage to this song.

    This wasn't my era of music.  I learned Tuesday's gone from Metallica and only heard Simple Man after that. 

  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
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    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    Missing some great music.
    I feel like most people north of the Mason-Dixon line (not saying the people here, but it could apply) don't like the idea of Skynyrd. Hell, I don't like the idea of Skynyrd, and I'm from Skynyrd country and am a fan of their music. I'll admit that when I first saw the next poll pick, my initial thought was a record to rape your sister by, but that's just a perception and has nothing to do with the brilliance present in the grooves. I just think they're just a polarizing band in this polarized day and age.

    But that wasn't always the case.

    The music that they created on their first two albums -- I like their debut best ("Tuesday's Gone," "Simple Man") -- was goddamn solid, and Street Survivors ain't no slouch neither. I think all three of those at least went platinum, if not multiplatinum, so they were definitely dialed into the zeitgeist of the mid70s. And warming up for The Who didn't hurt.
    I heard Free bird so many times as a kid that when I first heard Jump in The Fire I realized that the jam session at the end was a homage to this song.

    This wasn't my era of music.  I learned Tuesday's gone from Metallica and only heard Simple Man after that. 

    Hugely influential! If anyone actually takes the time to listen to the guitar textures of Second Helping, you'd be either lying or deaf if you didn't hear their influence on Stone and Mike -- sludgy, groovy riffs and piercing leads ("Workin for MCA," "The Needle and the Spoon"). I wonder if there's a YouTube video out there that just isolates the guitars.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Working For MCA
    tbergs said:
    We've gone from one of the most respected albums by any band ever to people talking about incest. Nice club you got here...
    Well at least we didn’t get into Zeps underage groupies... if it were today, they wouldn’t have made it to the 4th album.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
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    https://youtu.be/Z5WXDnfEErE

    Close your eyes, listen to the first 25 seconds of this, and tell me it doesn't sound like something that could be on a Lost Dogs 2.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
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    dankind said:
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    Missing some great music.
    I feel like most people north of the Mason-Dixon line (not saying the people here, but it could apply) don't like the idea of Skynyrd. Hell, I don't like the idea of Skynyrd, and I'm from Skynyrd country and am a fan of their music. I'll admit that when I first saw the next poll pick, my initial thought was a record to rape your sister by, but that's just a perception and has nothing to do with the brilliance present in the grooves. I just think they're just a polarizing band in this polarized day and age.

    But that wasn't always the case.

    The music that they created on their first two albums -- I like their debut best ("Tuesday's Gone," "Simple Man") -- was goddamn solid, and Street Survivors ain't no slouch neither. I think all three of those at least went platinum, if not multiplatinum, so they were definitely dialed into the zeitgeist of the mid70s. And warming up for The Who didn't hurt.
    I heard Free bird so many times as a kid that when I first heard Jump in The Fire I realized that the jam session at the end was a homage to this song.

    This wasn't my era of music.  I learned Tuesday's gone from Metallica and only heard Simple Man after that. 

    Hugely influential! If anyone actually takes the time to listen to the guitar textures of Second Helping, you'd be either lying or deaf if you didn't hear their influence on Stone and Mike -- sludgy, groovy riffs and piercing leads ("Workin for MCA," "The Needle and the Spoon"). I wonder if there's a YouTube video out there that just isolates the guitars.
    I can't believe that people are straight out refusing to vote for a band because they're Southern Rock, not their era, rape my sister music....Zep and ACDC were okay though? I wouldn't refuse to vote on any album, it's about music. And if it's the Southern thing - I'm a  bleeding heart liberal Yankee who loves Skynyrd.  

    They set the standard for a lot of guitar rock and it's the blues and without the blues there is no rock and roll. Not saying you have to like an album, but I can't believe people are just saying they will not listen to 50 minutes of music and vote.

    But to each their own. 
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