Fact #111092
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Short story:
Lynyrd Skynyrd release a new single, Sweet Home Alabama, on MCA Records in the USA. The song is a response to Neil Young's song Southern Man, which was critical of the racist attitudes of white people in the Southern States of the USA.
Full article:
Merry Clayton (backing vocals) : I said we're going to sing the crap out of this song. They have the nerve to sing Sweet Home Alabama! That's the white interpretation of Alabama. It's not sweet home to black people! It's not sweet home at all. We're going to sing it like a protest song. We were singing it through our teeth, like we were really angry: We're going to sing your song, honey, but not because we want to.
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