🎵 ​Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special REACTION

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[@wild8757]

Bad ass tune by Lynyrd Skynyrd, one of my favorites!💣🔥🎸🥁

[@GeneOh]

I love the guitar tone in this song.

[@wild8757]

Check out “Needle and the spoon” or “On the hunt” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, old school Lynyrd Skynyrd! 💣🔥🎸🥁

[@wolfmanscott8669]

Yes, and the cover of on the hunt by Corrosion of Conformity. And do them back to back.

[@chadwhitfield6946]

Their "funnest" song is Working for MCA

[@SteveSmith-sw9uu]

True. Good ones! Maybe swamp music for a little happier vibes too

[@mrnobody9104]

Ronnie was the greatest storyteller for the common man there ever was, and hot damn the band always played it tasty!

[@MrBigspendn]

Including Bob Seger.

[@johndonovan758]

It's fascinating how this song sounds like a southern country boy offering some common sense take on guns, but it is completely opposite from our 21st century assumptions on what someone from his demographic would have to say about it. I'm guessing that back then, country folks thought of guns as primarily useful tools, which meant having a barrel long enough to hit something from a distance while hunting. Inaccurate, short-barrel handguns were probably seen as appealing to hot headed, urban city slickers.

[@unkindestcut]

I think that’s just down to how successful the NRA has been in the past 50 years ensuring the proliferation of handguns through every corner of the country. Guns were a tool back then, now they are a fetish.

[@melod7670]

Culture wars have made common sense uncommon..

[@briantaulbee5744]

I know a lot of "country folk" who have very level heads about guns. Rifles are useful for hunting, but you damn better take care of them, and take care that they're NEVER stored loaded and the ammo is hidden away so that small kids don't kill themselves if they find the rifles and start playing with them. And handguns, as Skynyrd says, are useless for anything other than killing another person, so seriously consider whether (1) you need to do that, and (2) you're willing to do that.

[@FreeMTrider]

Yes for sure. The southern boys of Skynyrd fought with their fists.....and "come to a fix not afraid to fight". Now a days the gun industry is just pumping guns out in the name of fear just for money and not really for survival being the focus. I guess we've come full circle from the days of the wild wild West.

[@billthrasher3587]

@@briantaulbee5744 Dude. I grew up in the country. We had loaded guns behind the door! True country people teach our kids how to shoot guns at an early age and most young kids wont touch a gun if you make them shoot it because of how loud they are.

[@richardworton4597]

You can't go wrong with SKYNYRD

[@jackolson8775]

before SLAYYYER !! , there was FREEEEBIRD !!! ha ha ha Skynyrd rocks 🤘🏼

[@freebirdtony]

Sho got that right.

[@elpuko7968]

Precrash.

[@freebirdtony]

@@elpuko7968 That is common knowledge.

[@BenWillyums]

The vocal quality that Brad is talking about towards the end is sincerity. That's why they feel gritty and smooth at the same time.

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

Ed was in a room playing the lick, and Ronnie opens the door and sings the first two lines to the song, closes the door, Ed's mind was blown, Ed never knew how a guy could do that.

[@mateostaplez7497]

Saw them in concert at Legion Field in Birmingham in 1977 with the Outlaws and Edgar Winter. The police shut the power off in the middle of Free Bird and started a riot...what a time that was

[@thunderstruck5484]

Sounds like a great concert and memory, one of the first 45 records I bought as a kid was “Frankenstein “ and I moved on from The Partridge Family

[@holly8064]

Why did the police shut off the power? They sounded like such losers

[@Kenny-cl2nm]

Was there myself🎉

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here..I actually feel like I was born hearing Lynard Skynard..My parents LOVED them..Of course, I do too..As I got older I really began to pay closer attention to the musical arrangements and they were truly Amazing..This is one of my favorites along with "Needle and Spoon" and "I need You"..Love Your reactions..

[@jayjordan7104]

Al Kooper said they were the best arrangers and composers of any rock band he's worked with or heard. That layering and texturing of 3 guitars. He asked them where they had learned to develop counter-point so well for guitars and they said, "What's that?"

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here...Thank you for that Awesome info!!.

[@gregd8427]

Those are great songs too.

[@navagate1900]

A Saturday Night Special was a cheap Snub Nose Revolver. Used by criminals and cops, sometimes carried in a Ankle Holster.

[@Followme556]

Holster part notwithstanding, you are correct- it was an inexpensive firearm, sold by various companies, and designed to give poor people access to guns for self defense. Typically cops would use name brand expensive revolvers, but of a similar design. The term was invented by northern antigun democrats in order to vilify and ban inexpensive guns used by poor people.

[@billdurfy2110]

Used by police as an unregistered “throw down”. You shoot an unarmed person? No problem, he’s armed after the fact.

[@flyingburritobro68]

@@billdurfy2110 they still had serial numbers!! Just inexpensive revolvers

[@Followme556]

@@billdurfy2110 But our police would neeeeeeeeever do that! They're heroes! Back the blue! .....right? LMAO. (this is sarcasm for the stupid people among us)

[@wayne8498]

@@Followme556 Stupid games get you stupid prizes. Don't cry

[@M78UltraM78]

I for one am glad you guys are looking into actual talent and discovering that Lynyrd Skynyrd and all Southern Rock evolved from the much appreciated Black mans blues whom were so much more than just Black. Talent.. it holds no barriers... Heritage NOT Hatred.

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

Back when this song came out, we were not accustomed to hearing news every day about somebody getting shot the night before. Violence was just ramping up then, and the .38 caliber revolver was the weapon of choice for street thugs and the poorer strata of society because of its ready availability and relatively cheap price. Police nicknamed the .38 special the "Saturday Night Special" because so many of them were used on wild drinking Saturday nights to commit murders among people in what should have been minor disputes.

[@DaveWilson831]

the .38 Special was also the most common handgun used by the police and the FBI at the time. My .38 snub nose Smith & Wesson is commonly known as the "Chiefs Special". The term "Saturday Night Special" came from the practice of pawning your gun on Monday and getting it back out on Saturday.

[@Rosedach]

And I always thought that Saturday Night Specials were the cheap 25 cal. and/or 32 cal. handguns.

[@DaveWilson831]

@@Rosedach they can be

[@rickywright3894]

And you didn't know if they would blow up on you.."you might even shoot yourself too"

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Sure. That's just the anti-gun lobby story. Now tell us about zip guns and knives.

[@djl9919]

Absolutely a outstanding tune. I watched "If I leave here tomorrow" like 5 times. Rock on Brad & Lex

[@johnglue1744]

That documentary is so good.

[@holly8064]

Huh? I'm a bit confused....do u mean "Free Bird"? I sure hope so.....😂 then 😕 cuz that would be kinda sad

[@djl9919]

@@holly8064 it's on Netflix. It was released last year.

[@holly8064]

I'm sorry- I didn't know about it- I don't have Netflix. Thank you

[@djl9919]

@@holly8064 nothing to be sorry about. Enjoy your evening😀

[@Beach5289]

Truly a once in a lifetime band , the musical talent , lyrics with a message , performance , just nobody like Skynyrd .

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Definitely Lynard Skynyrd is in the top 7 rock bands ever 👍❗

[@SS-fb7zd]

I am black man always liked this because you could dance to it,I never get tired of hearing it ,the lyrics mean even more 45years later

[@robertwalker1803]

They could do it all…You are ready for their rocking song” Working for MCA”…..This song was used in the movie “ The Longest Yard” with Burt Reynolds..

[@SonicImmersion_]

My favorite parts of this song are the slide guitar by Gary Rossington. Often played with a Cordicin medicine bottle sliding over strings lifted above the guitar frets by a metal coat hanger stuffed underneath. Thanks for playing this song!

[@brettkenschaft4239]

Another great "story" song from Skynyrd! Right up there with Gimme Three Steps! Love how they can really paint a picture with their lyrics.

[@willasacco9898]

A lot of their songs came from their real lives. They led real lives.

[@jamesrobertson2361]

The song was about a Saturday night special was cheap available pistols that were outlawed in the sixties.

[@markhopkins222]

Outlawed in Maryland not nation wide

[@HBFTimmahh]

And any pistol that could be hidden easily was a Saturday Night Special. They weren't anti gun,. They were anti dumb.

[@dt1064]

Now, do "Give Me Back My Bullets" from them. I believe you did "Give Me 3 Steps."

[@brucevidito4923]

I've seen then at least 10 times. By far my favorite southern rock band. I got to see them together with ZZ Top.

[@wheresatari668]

Awesome. I've seen some great classic bands like The Allman Brothers, Alice Cooper, Tull, Johnny Winter, Hot Tuna, Grand funk Railroad and more, but never these guys or ZZ Top, sadly.

[@holly8064]

U saw Skynyrd with ZZ Top??? Now I am SUPREMELY jealous. LOL

[@brucevidito4923]

@@holly8064 , It was September 28th, 2012 at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA. I figured it might be a once in a lifetime opportunity so I had to go. I had seen Lynyrd Skynyrd several times and ZZ Top 4 or 5 times but I had never seen them perform together until that night. It was AWESOME !

[@glennphillips5090]

You two are are beautiful souls. Mind, heart, spirit. Peace, love and harmony to you both. You listen to music the same way I do...

[@mneugent7658]

I can't imagine a more straight forward song message.

[@Deadwood1919]

Song was inspired by a shooting at a card game. As another 'useless fact', a concert they played as a backup to Sabbath saw a Skynyrd member fire a blank from a handgun over the heads of a rowdy crowd.

[@colonelkilling2425]

That's some down and dirty southern rock and roll.

[@lennyo5165]

In the first shooting "the Creeper" is the husband coming home finding his wife and her lover (he of course shoots the lover).

[@rubendelgado1865]

An excellent group of musicians. So many great songs from these guys. My favorite song from them is Call Me the Breeze. The original singer Ronnie Van Zant and 5 other members died in a plane crash in the 70's. Amazingly enough his brother sounds just like him and took over lead vocals after he died.

[@rockinredneck57]

2 other band members, Steve Gaines, his sister Cassie, who was a backup singer, their road manager, the pilot and Co pilot all died. 6 people in all.

[@taradevine6026]

My friends husband was on that plane and survived. He was their manager.

[@rubendelgado1865]

@@taradevine6026 WOW, hello Tara. I can't imagine being in something like that.

[@taradevine6026]

@@rubendelgado1865 Shes told me all kinds of stories about it. Such a horrible tragedy.

[@davidteller7681]

As a Skynyrd fan from their start, Saturday Night Special is my favorite Skynyrd song. Powerful, that smoldering guitar...!

[@dreggymon]

This is like THE party song. Countless gallons of alcohol have been consumed to this. Also, one of the greatest guitar solos ever.

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

Yes, definitely an anti-gun song. This song was in the movie The Longest Yard, both with Burt Reynolds and the remake with Adam Sandler.

[@timwasko847]

Ronnie owned a gun when he wrote this. The line ant good for nothin but put a man 6 feet in a hole. Is because Saturday night specials are cheap black market guns with a short barrel so it has no accuracy past 5 ft. Making them good for nothing except killing a man feet away

[@Forbenssakeakatheshortking]

Gimme back my bullets . Saturday night specials were cheap guns that were just as likely to blow up in your hand than kill someone else

[@cstanfield0333]

I still love the way Lexi cuts her eyes at Brad when she hears a certain hook! ❤

[@NeverGiddy]

Bon Scott died and was replaced by Brian Johnson. AC/DC continued and rose to even greater fame with their new frontman. Paul D'Anno was replaced by Bruce Dickinson. Iron Maiden continued and rose to even greater fame with their new frontman. Ronnie Van Zant died and that was it. The day the music died: October 20, 1977. There was no Lynyrd Skynyrd without him. "Saturday Night Special" was another great song from Ed King, who also brought us "Sweet Home Alabama". SNS was in the 1974 Burt Reynolds movie, "The Longest Yard" before its release on the album, "Nuthin' Fancy", in March of 1975. Lynyrd Skynyrd was a great band to listen to, but not a band you'd want to a member of, if your desire was to live a long life.

[@richardbailey7558]

Brutal song lyrics. I love it.

[@MrScottsearles]

"For twenty dollars you can you buy yourself one too, any 'ol pawn shop will do".

[@zzyzxx13]

"Like a black cat do"? Ha! For the last 48(ish) years I thought Ronnie was singing "like a black haired dude". lololol But its one of their best tracks, imo. I love it in the car chase scene of The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds. Burt was from Florida so maybe he was a fan of the band and wanted to include the song in his movie. But the song is about a real gun. Those Saturday Night Specials really were the gun of choice for crooks back in the 70's.

[@andychisarick6879]

Know whats REALLY embarassing? For 40 years, till 10 years ago, I thought on Free Bird Ronnie sang " Wont you fly-y-y free bird." Finally saw some lyrics and its " fly high free bird." My favorite group, their most famous song...all those years I was missing that one VITAL word. So dont feel bad about your black cat.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

What a great band. It's one of those bands that released several albums before the plane crash and then after that I don't really care about them but I honestly can't think of a song on any one of those albums that I used to play over and over in High School that I didn't like. Some are slower than others serious, some just very playful but man, just a great band.

[@rongainey]

Yeah, I wouldn't call them overall "anti-gun". They do actually celebrate hunting and fishing in other songs. But yes, this song is explicitly against HAND guns, not generally used for hunting. Not sure if the slang has survived into modern times or if it is an outdated term, but "Saturday Night Special" was a term for a cheap handgun, liable to be purchased and used in sketchy circumstances. Time was, a Southern "good old boy" could actually write a song against handguns and not get called a "crazy liberal commie traitor", or worse... Those days are long gone, as far as I can tell.

[@jduncanandroid]

At the time, perception was that handguns were basically for gangs... *ahem* excuse me.. minority run gangs in particular

[@donshepard268]

It's not a anti handgun song

[@rongainey]

I don't know what song you're listening to, but I'm listening to "Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. You should listen to the last verse carefully. It's not really a question. It says "Handguns are made for killing, ain't no good for nothing else, and if you like to drink your whisky, you might even shoot yourself." It's against handguns.

[@richardworton4597]

Gary holds that note forever. Live he walks up to the Amp and grabs a beer 🍺

[@Thorkildzen]

With all the debauchery surrounding the Mythos of this group their musicianship is often overlooked

[@stoneysopranoyukon9398]

If you haven't already, I recommend "All I Can Do Is Write About". Another great reaction guys. ✌❤🇨🇦

[@leonardwashington6456]

Excellent choice, might I add "Was I Right or Wrong" and "Four Walls of Raiford"

[@bobbymcbay1586]

@@leonardwashington6456 Four Walls of Raiford ftw

[@bishopsheen6897]

Longest Yard...Burt Reynolds...Car chasing scene!!!!

[@frankrizzo4460]

This song was in the beginning of the original movie The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds..

[@jamesbass932]

also the remake too

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Funky heavy southern rock. Great lyrics too. This song is one of their best. Who knew? Anti handgun song.

[@brianfranklinlee8490]

How old are you damn people? Skynyrd wasn't and the Song wasn't anti gun. They were just singing a friggin song. I grew up in Jacksonville, FL. I remember when they were playing in Honky Tonk's. Most were illegal. People would go to these places and easely become victims. And back then that's what cop's carried. .38 Specials. And haven't you ever heard of 38 Special the band? That's the other Van Zant.

[@johnglue1744]

@@brianfranklinlee8490 Hahaha what? Ronnie Van Zant stated he was against guns in several interviews but you do you.

[@unkindestcut]

@@brianfranklinlee8490 How old are you? A Saturday Night Special isn’t a police handgun, it’s a cheap and poorly constructed handgun that was likely to be used in impulsive acts of violence like the events in this song. Ronnie Van Zandt once said these handguns should all be dumped in the sea. It may not be an “anti-gun” song, depending on your definition of “anti-gun,” but it clearly paints a picture of the problem of widespread handguns combined with the volatility of human nature.

[@brianfranklinlee8490]

@@johnglue1744 You obviously didn't grow up in Jacksonville, FL. I did. It was the record company that forced them to take a stance like he did because the radio stations stopped playing certain song's. It was just a story about a bad guy who used a 38 special revolver. They threatened the same thing with Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. They did an interview David Gilmore and Roger Waters had to say the guy was sick and needed a shot of insulin. That's bullshit. He was dope sick on heroine. When they gave him a shot of heroine he was fine. But the record companies had them do an interview to say it wasn't about heroine. They had to come out with that lame shit. And the other Van Zant started a brand new band named 38 Special. And they to are not Anti anything. It was different back then. We didn't shoot in school. Murder happened but not even close to what it is today.

[@rogerwilcojr]

It says dump all people to the bottom of the sea, not dump the guns. It is an anti stupid people song.

[@KenNPotter]

Yet another great reaction! Most Lynyrd Skynyrd songs are from real experiences. You should check out “Give Me Three Steps”. Another true life experience for them.

[@jonthomas-iv5wo]

Kim I absolutely love New 3 steps above the test results public reaction never been heard just by a couple people I'm mca consultant name Jonathan 🎫♾️ it could Getty images aways away on vacation 👍

[@jimtatro6550]

These guys were so great!! 🔥🤘🏻🎧

[@sporkfindus4777]

***** Anyone reading this, watch the scene from the film The Longest Yard where Burt Reynolds evades the cops while this song is playing on the radio. It's properly badass!! I think it's on YT as "Burt drives his Citroën"

[@davearnew9535]

I have the same smile on my face as lex every time I listen to this band

[@HBFTimmahh]

1st on was murder. The creeper shot the man as he was putting on his trousers. This on is about pistols.

[@caroljones8326]

We went this past weekend and toured the recording studio where they recorded a lot of their songs. Along with them other phenomenal artists recorded their too. Such as Aretha Franklin, Rolling Stones, Bob Seger, Rod Stewart, Cher, George Michael, Chris Stapleton. The list goes on and on. If those wall could talk. Great reaction guys. 🤟😎😎🤟🎶🎶

[@robs.6891]

I love this one, the song kicks ass Gimme my Bullets is another favorite

[@jazzzman8050]

Even in the ‘70’s, it was a bit courageous for these good ol’ southern boys to speak up against handguns. And as always, Skynyrd’s guitar arrangements were SO cool 😺🎸👍

[@mikenorton632]

The .38 special was the 70's equivalent of today's AR15. And was the main reason for most of the handgun laws on the books today! The lyrics are self-explanatory.

[@jamesraines7059]

Four walls of Raiford,Mississippi Kid,two old blues tunes.

[@jetblast190]

Been waiting for you both to review Saturday Night Special…very excited! 👍😎 The song is a message against cheap, easy to obtain guns that had no other purpose than killing someone. Ronnie Van Zant, who wrote the song was not anti-gun and was a hunter. In the first verse the “creeper” sneaks into someone’s house late at night and shoots him as he gets out of bed to defend himself.

[@markhopkins222]

Anti cheap Saturday Night special guns not anti guns

[@jetblast190]

@@markhopkins222 Thanks, and corrected.

[@lukegoffkat]

The first verse I believe, is about a man catching his cheating girl with another man. It's the other man that gets shot putting on his trousers.

[@ericoberlies7537]

The first verse was murder too. The “creeper” killed the man as the man was putting on his pants.

[@kevindowd31021]

Saturday Night Special was a cheap gun of small caliber (.22 .25 .30 .32) that was easy to conceal. Also know as an assassins weapon.

[@bobbyscott8024]

Hey y'all, I'm pretty sure most of the band grew up hunting and fishing....something most everyone did here in the South,especially guys! I think the emphasis was on handguns and how easy you could purchase one if you really wanted it.....ie., Saturday Night Special - .38 cal. Hardly anyone I grew up with and hunted with in the early '70's had a pistol...they just weren't a ''thing''. The times changed however with more crime and people feeling less safe especially away from home and they became popular real fast especially among women for protection! Great reaction!

[@shawnj1966]

Saturday Night Special refers to cheap revolvers that were chambered in .38 special usually. They were typically snub nose for easy concealment and favored by street criminals at the time. Semi-Auto handguns weren't as popular back then. Skynyrd wasn't anti-gun. The song is specifically about the use of these types of weapons for offensive purposes rather than defensive.

[@michaelarrowood4315]

This was the first song I ever heard in my life about the dark side of America's strange obsession with firearms... and, man, it's so much more relevant now than it was in the 1970's. Straight out of the headlines, as we bloody each other week after week. Worth thinking about. Thanks for the reaction!

[@timmycollins7665]

They weren't completely anti-gun. They were anti handgun. Handguns were the leading cause of gun deaths back then and still are to this day. This song upset a lot of their fans. But they actually owned a rifle where they recorded at their studio space at their little swamp studio for protection from animals and robbers.

[@MrScottsearles]

There is a version where Ronnie sings "for 20 dollars you can buy yourself one too, any ol pawnshop will do".

[@YedMan01]

Another one of my top five Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, all of which are sung in the studio by the gentleman who died in a plane crash Ronnie Van Zant, which was October 20, 1977

[@l.thomas4268]

Maybe someone on here can remember when they removed the part where the singer says that they won't let me when he wants to tell us what we could do with them. I think the line was I'd like to tell you what you do with it too they won't let me. I noticed they that was removed in the 90s when I hear it on the radio and it's even absent from this recording.

[@scottyoung3501]

The reference is to a Saturday night special is a small cheap 22 that was easy to get and small enough where people would have them in their boot or pocket very easy to conceal

[@TheTheratfarmer]

hell house. Ronnie knew what he was about to sing. "play that again."

[@keithmoon5627]

Good afternoon Bradand Lex this is a wonderful way to spend the afternoon

[@jamesshort8660]

Ohhhh it's the Saturday night special. For $20 you can buy yourself one toooooo

[@eddieward341]

You should try " Mr. Banker" or " I need you" by lynyrd skynyrd.

[@craigwhite8770]

Great song!! Mr banker definitely

[@t3chkz0wep0p.2]

My Dad's music, lol. Skynard are decent storytellers when they want to be. Dead Can Dance always tells a story, Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove waits patiently for your attention.

[@CJ-Fischer]

Great Jacksonville Florida band! His brother’s band is 38 Special….name comes from the name of their HS coach Without the y’s lol

[@kaidenorgana5151]

His name was Leonard Skinner.

[@mojavered1273]

In the first scenario the robber murders the man in the home "as he's reaching for his trousers."

[@scott1395]

The song is about Saturday night specials cheap pistols that people used to carry out with them when they went clubbing! They ain't good for nothing but killing someone in the heat of anger!

[@GJRight]

The gritty comes from the guitar 🎸 play. It’s raucous!

[@moegreen5760]

Just saw them in concert. Great band

[@allendixon7700]

No such thing as a bad Lynyrd Skynyrd song anything they gots a damn good song it's all good coming home coming home oh wow that one there brother that's powerful powerful

[@if6turnedouttobe9]

Right on...Right on...One of my favorite Skynyrd songs...

[@headcarter4656]

It's a song about the snub nose revolver they were called the Saturday night special in the day.

[@monalisaganser5813]

Gone too soon! Fantastic music will last. for generations.

[@mikehawk4856]

As soon as those drums and guitar hit, everyone is hooked

[@keithmoon5627]

That's what happens to a man down in the South when you mess with another man's woman you will wind up 6 feet in a hole

[@RobertSmith-xg5md]

The first scenario was someone killing their cheating spouse or girlfriend. Growing up in the deep south back in the 60-70s a "Saturday Night Special" was a cheap small caliber pistol carried in your pocket.

[@jeffgreen8667]

There used to be a pistol called a Saturday Night Special. It think it was smaller than a normal handgun and could be easily hidden, but not like a derringer. That was back in the 1970's.

[@deandee8082]

man Garys 59' is greazy.. I dig it.. Workin for MCA, I Need You, then the quintessential "Gimme Back My Bullets" "Swamp Music" "Things Goin On" "the Needle and the Spoon" "Whiskey Rock a Roller" "Searchin" songs like these for the ultimate Skynyrd experience.. be prepared to dance tho, your legs will just start doin it and you have no control over it.. make some room.. :-)

[@BGRPiccu]

The creeper creeped in and shit the dude while he was putting in his pants. It's essentially a song against guns, at least easily acquired pistols, also known as a Saturday Night Special. Essentially rifles & shotguns at least have a use for hunting, while pistols ain't no good but for putting someone in the grave.

[@devinw5150]

Saturday Night Special is about guns and the destruction they do. Ronnie was always saying that we should get rid of all guns in America. He hated guns. “Hand guns were made for killin’, they ain’t no good for nothing else”

[@billyperry7991]

Brad is very,very, smart and spot on of the meanings of lyrics to most of these songs.

[@sherrelwilson7354]

Patiently waiting for Things goin on & Mississippi Kid #LynyrdSkynyrdLove♥️

[@hog7203]

That's from the Nuthin' Fancy album. Their third studio album. Every song on it is great. But that's they same with all their music. My favorite from that is "Made in the Shade".

[@bradbilkingtonsonmon3617]

The drummer Artimus Pyle later said this song is actually about gun control.

[@Valorius]

Don't let facts get in the way of the nit wits in the comment section who say it's not.

[@bradbilkingtonsonmon3617]

@@Valorius well Ronnie said it also. But with Pyle saying it “while signing autographs” lol seems like the truth!

[@craigwhite8770]

The story I read said Ronnie Van Zant was playing with a gun and accidentally shot himself. So that's how this song came about.

[@SteveSmith-sw9uu]

Gimme back my bullets might be a different theme of theirs. Really good song too

[@fredsanford5954]

FYI back in the '70s a "Saturday Night Special" was a cheap, illegally obtained handgun.

[@jeffreyhobbs8603]

Skynyrd is just the best.

[@brannonjenkins9093]

My jam!!

[@haroldsockey6987]

In concert this week , out here in central California.

[@joelramsey9639]

Talking about guns, the first a man walks in on his wife shoots him. 2nd one playing poker and the guy thought he was being cheated so he shot him.

[@bmrepass]

All-time fav Biker Song🎵

[@mcjake22]

Song is about the pistol A Saturday Night Special $20 got a barrel that's blue and cold