Neil Young - Alabama (Official Audio)

[@jacquesdelaballe5934]

I discoverd this song when it was out for the first time in 72 when I was 20 and 52 years later, it is still the same pleasure to listen.

[@Mercedes-o6r]

Yo tenia 17. 😊

[@johnselig8261]

Neil Young Tribute Band drummer in Vegas says "This is one of our more difficult songs", with complicated harmonies and changing beats and I love it!

[@suzannecarr4536]

1972…I was 18…after all the assignations, the Viet Nam war…this song was so poignant, I still tear up today at 70.

[@Mercedes-o6r]

17. 😊

[@mahendrakarunaratne4788]

One of the most underrated songs of all time. Phenomenal guitar work!

[@Burt472]

...And great lyrics

[@nickfromearth]

this song is responsible for the greatest southern rock anthem lol

[@brandens7615]

This guitar work doesn't even come close to Lynyrd. Their response to southern man and this song put Neil to shame and he should be shamed for stereotyping the entire South. Do you stereotype the entire black community for the actions of few

[@Legocatshouse]

​@@brandens7615If the south don't want to be stereotyped. They've had over 50 years to beat the allegations, and failed. Some responsibility could be taken.

[@joanparker2205]

And great backup vocals by Crosby and stills

[@Muzik2MyEarz]

Played this song in my band, back in the day. Neil still going strong. Harvest is still my favorite.

[@robertgillingham985]

I saw them both live at different times in my teens and they were both geniuses. Neal and Ronnie.

[@SimonAshworthWood]

A comment for the algorithm. Great work, Neil! 🙂

[@franktanguay7655]

it’s a real great song. I got no complaints about this You’ll never hear this kind of music again the stuff today u can’t even call it music!😢

[@haydenhoopla]

Oh Alabama The devil fools with the best laid plan. Swing low Alabama You got spare change You got to feel strange And now the moment is all that it meant. Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders That's breaking your back. Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch And a wheel on the track Oh Alabama Banjos playing through the broken glass Windows down in Alabama. See the old folks tied in white ropes Hear the banjo. Don't it take you down home? Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders That's breaking your back. Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch And a wheel on the track Oh Alabama. Can I see you and shake your hand. Make friends down in Alabama. I'm from a new land I come to you and see all this ruin What are you doing Alabama? You got the rest of the union to help you along What's going wrong?

[@Mia-qt4th]

❤

[@astralciaran]

*tied in white _robes_ (reference to the Klan)

[@haydenhoopla]

@@astralciaran ever heard Powderfinger?

[@KevinSmith-cb6sr]

Maybe George Wallace pissed off a few folks?

[@Jan_Mac]

​@@astralciaran the old folks, tied in white ropes But you have the gist 🌟

[@TheKeefed]

Good heavens, This, Ohio, Southern Man etc. etc. True genius. And my favorite ever, Winterlong. Always make me tear up. Sublime.

[@laurentpetit6930]

J'adore cette chanson !

[@lynneleeluckdowsing6654]

such a distinctive voice, feel...

[@eacomedy]

The devil rlly does fool with the best-laid plans

[@eco2geek.]

So now the Alabama supreme court has ruled that embryos are "extrauterine children" and this song is more relevant than ever.

[@scottsegraves9601]

And today, Alabam Attorney General OK'd release of a White police officer after he's served TWO YEARS of a sentence FOURTEEN for the manslaughter of a Black man.

[@Riddle99-v7q]

Solidarity from Finland, some terrifying things are happening over there. :(

[@danmoore3660]

Except this time whites are being discriminated against.

[@tr1ppyh1ppy]

abortion is amazing

[@ddebenedictis]

It's whacky. Next thing, spilling my seed will be deemed murder 🙄

[@pazuzu3933]

Amazing album.

[@claudesaintpierre7352]

I got it in 1972 😊

[@JohannSebastianWainwright]

One of the best albums of all time. Every song is a powerhouse of emotion.

[@kolias33]

Harvest,,,my album! 💗

[@tarynciccarelloo57]

the devil plays with the best made plans❤

[@jm096]

Fools*

[@peterbaruxis2511]

@@jm096 & laid*

[@mikaelpedersen1327]

Neil Young a true legend!

[@awonderfulfeeling8588]

Actually a pretty good song

[@bauseeker]

DUH ! !

[@awonderfulfeeling8588]

@@bauseeker what's with the tude

[@Vicky-fn2ru]

It sure is 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@JerzyBorowski-ot3ie]

NEIL YOUNG GENIUSZ GENIUSZ GENIUSZ nad GENIUSZAMI KOSMOS KOCHANI na zawsze dziękuję BARDZO i MIŁOŚĆ ☮️ POKÓJ MUZYKA tak

[@Jammies944]

😊

[@neilangus4401]

If you listen you Can hear where the chord structure for sweet home alabama is How ironic

[@MrMorrill9]

if you are on moonshine

[@joeprod1]

It’s not ironic. This, and of course Southern Man, are the reason Skynyrd wrote Sweet Home Alabama.

[@neilangus4401]

@@joeprod1 This is what I mean

[@matteosilva9628]

Only the time in one your benediction for we change and you know all.

[@BLAB-it5un]

Two sad things about this incredible song: one, many people think "Southern Man" inspired the reprehensible Lynard Skynard song and, two, there is no justice that their song is a million times more well known than this Neil Young gem. And Neil's message is spot on unlike those other fools.

[@camy1512]

Well you're wrong

[@ronni5467]

Skynardsongs are Genius, young only had One good song and This Ain't it😊

[@John-f4h8e]

I like them Both....so there.....

[@PietroLochis-jh2ij]

grazie grande vecchi tempi bellissimi

[@Kizmiass-o6p]

For 50 years I thought it was old folks driving white Volks(Volkswagens)

[@Jammies944]

😂LOL

[@James-ze5tq]

❤GOD❤BLESS GOOD OLD❤NIEL YOUNG❤AMEN❤😊☆☆☆☆☆

[@09keef]

Neil invented a lot on this song- the riff, theme, and bass/drum part, that Tom Petty and others ripped off. Great creative moment for Neil.

[@goldfieldfireworks7352]

It's still true today, 50 years later.

[@ThereAreThoseWhoCallMeTim]

I really like this song AND Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama”. Sorry not sorry if anyone is offended by this remark.

[@grumpy9478]

LS liked it - made a ton of $$$ off it too.

[@ThereAreThoseWhoCallMeTim]

@@grumpy9478 Indeed, and from what I understand, after Sweet Home Alabama was released, the guys from Skynyrd stated that they had no grudge or bone to pick with Neil Young at all. They simply wanted to give a sort of casual counterpoint to his song. And Neil himself has said multiple times he has no problems or grievances whatsoever with Skynyrd or their music either. That’s how I’m able to enjoy both of their Alabama songs.

[@outthere9370]

Don't b sorry! Neil & L.S. were actually very good friends.

[@yetivanmarshall1473]

@@grumpy9478 in an interview, Ed King said he never had to work another day in his life from the royalties from SWA.

[@randyaltiman3426]

Neil made Skynyrd.

[@Grey-cat88]

Estoy encontra del racismo. Bella cancion. I am against racism. Beautiful song

[@randyaltiman3426]

Plane and simple.

[@Tiagosan180]

Alabama es pura inspiración

[@Karmakatt6]

Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track. Took me my entire life to understand what the hell he meant.

[@cretubogdan9991]

what's that?

[@KatGlos]

As someone who has never been to the US I just googled it.

[@labor366]

That was another reason to love his music, it made you think .

[@paddy19656]

I was 14 and I knew.

[@cathystruska1558]

Now more than ever this song is more relevant than 50 years ago, The rise of the Proud Boys, the Klan, Nazis The return of Jim Crow, The Ghosts of separatism, How could it all turn south ( no pun intended) Like this….Tom Struska

[@ejrjdje6297]

KKK

[@ejrjdje6297]

Kkk

[@ejrjdje6297]

Kkk

[@steelershave6]

The return of Jim Crow?

[@PrinceBandar]

'paranoia strikes deep'

[@jeffsage50]

just the good stuff,i think

[@GFRnation]

Inspired sweet home Alabama so I like it

[@Michael-we9vp]

This song is the ultimate BEATDOWN of Alabama and its open embrace of racism.

[@philyouderian94]

Got that right b.

[@AverageCanadianStinky]

the south will rise again

[@johnrinaldi5623]

Lynard skynard actually put the hatched in the ground with neil young just recently which was a little bit silly but same time totally cool..neil had his musical mind set and Lynard had their own musical mindset at the time and gave neil some shit but 40 years later they had put it all to rest old school rockers making nice..

[@bauseeker]

Ya right tell that to Alabami nowaday voters / electors.... and it's *hatchet by the way

[@wynfordbeckett8632]

Did you mean electorate?

[@tr1ppyh1ppy]

i always wonder what’s going wrong, i got my family to support me along, but im always doing wrong, 21 and i don’t know anymore

[@felixsheldon2707]

whats going wrong'🙈🙉🙊

[@HarveyClontz]

What going wrong don't want her . have a wife

[@DIVIDEDWEFALL88]

Fuck Yeah!!!!!!!!

[@Grace-ml2sq]

😇GVB.

[@jimkelly3561]

Sounds like you’ve got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track

[@Jammies944]

😂😂😂😂

[@jcBurton2094]

I hear electric guitar

[@jerryhoward8133]

Love this song. NY puts dem southern boys in their place but good. LOL

[@johnjackson4152]

prompting Lynard Skynard to come out with "Sweet Home Alabama" one of the greatest rebuttals and rock songs of all time. Putting them NY boys in their place.

[@jerryhoward8133]

@@johnjackson4152 John I really could give a fuck about any of this nonsense. Happy new yeat

[@noneofyourbusiness8625]

​@@johnjackson4152exactly lol

[@mk-m6779]

@@johnjackson4152 neil young was canadian why is everyone talking about NY lmao

[@etr4039]

A few weeks after the tragic plane crash in 1977, Neil Young performed at a children’s hospital benefit in Miami, Florida. He chose to play a snippet of Sweet Home Alabama and his song Alabama as a tribute to his friend Ronnie Van Zant. Incidentally, this was the last time Young performed his tune Alabama. As discussed above, he realized the negative impact the lyrics had on the people of the South.

[@randyaltiman3426]

If Neil hadn't made this tune skinhead would be nuthin.

[@phillipstephens1175]

Bullshit!!

[@warrenrandall6936]

Although if you take the politics out of this and Sweet Home Alabama the latter song kicks the former's backside.

[@irone9143]

Sy tahu dari esia abu rizal bakri

[@JohannSebastianWainwright]

Love Skynyrd. Always have always will. But they pale in comparison to Mr Young, who is in a league of his own when it comes to writing songs. Imo, Neil surpassed Dylan decades ago.

[@SamYoungRadio]

Shot out to the back up singers for making this song even tolerable #AlabamaDreams

[@jps0117]

Lynyrd Skynyrd-disapproved.

[@jm096]

Yeah but who cares about them

[@paolacelletti2056]

Who cares!!!!!!!!

[@jasonx1367]

Every time I sing this chorus people think it’s sweet home alabama 😑 don’t you ever think this amazing song is that sweet home alabama crap 💩🤬

[@MaryVandenAnker]

Your. Remark is diumb

[@brianmorgan7703]

Go Neil. Piss on Lynard Skynard, they aren't worthy to kiss your shoes.

[@floydcarbunkel4247]

To alito

[@jamesp1844]

Well I have a hard time liking Sweet home Alabama knowing they're still a very red state, not progressive minded

[@PatricWitt]

Then you learned absolutely nothing from any of this. Southern man don't need you around anyhow. Not everything that is new is progressive. Progressive implies progress, of which I see zero. New doesn't equal good. It is possible things were figured out long before you got here. Pay attention. Don't be stupid.

[@slide4180]

Another Canadian writing an incisive song about the American South.

[@eacomedy]

Or just about america generally haha

[@LuizErnesto-v3i]

4o

[@bobthebear1246]

Looks like Alabama is back to square fucking one at this point. What a goddamn fucking shame.

[@janet.osmonson7451]

Did ya expect anything different? Haa

[@randyaltiman3426]

Neil made LS.

[@phillipstephens1175]

WRONG!

[@wadeboyful]

Alabama his gotten much worse in five decades

[@gilles8564]

A stupid pro jab. Lynyrd Skynyrd was right !

[@anthonyhume-ring810]

God!!!

[@HarveyClontz]

Want every one to stop sending to my phone an leave me alone

[@MrChillfactorH]

what

[@HarveyClontz]

Leave him alone like he said

[@HarveyClontz]

No what about it the damn girl better leave my husband alone. Lest time ill say it . she no woman for sure . but she got it coming tho soon as I fine out witch one she is tho

[@HarveyClontz]

You got it coming when I fine out witch one you are hole

[@gracie4273]

@@HarveyClontz what