I'm almost 6 years clean from heroin! There's only 3 end results for an addict - incarceration, death, or recovery! This is for those watching who may be struggling tonight with addiction! You CAN do it! You absolutely DESERVE to live a life unchained! If you fall, as many of us do many times, as long as you're breathing it's not too late! Just pick your ass back up and hustle for your recovery the same way you'd hustle to get that fix!
@gerhardbraatz63053 жыл бұрын
Great message for all who are out there still struggling with their addiction. THERE IS A WAY OUT!
@ethellittleage70003 жыл бұрын
Congrats!!! I'm clean from heroin for 10years in November. Great feeling!!! Again congratulations!!! So proud for you
@mzluna3133 жыл бұрын
@@ethellittleage7000 Congratulations to you as well!! That's absolutely amazing! Life is beautiful on this side - not perfect! Just beautiful! Keep on keeping on, my friend!
@gerhardbraatz63053 жыл бұрын
@@douglasostrander5072 after some 30 yrs of trying, by the grace of God I took my last drink in 2007. It took a lot of getting back up from being knocked on my ass. Hang in there. It will come to you if you keep trying.
@douglasostrander50723 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@tekay443 жыл бұрын
"one more drink, fool, will drown you.." great line. been sober 30 years, they weren't kidding.
@bobshaw123 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the greatest American band in history ... Enjoy the ride
@SorrySackOfShit3 жыл бұрын
FUCK YES
@raymcarthur38702 жыл бұрын
You got that right!
@shirleybuffington64203 жыл бұрын
Ronnie wrote this song after Gary Rossington totaled out Gary’s brand new car while drunk and stung out on drugs just days before they was supposed to start out on tour it made Ronnie mad and he wrote this song to show Gary how stupid he was and wanted him to get clean.
@BST-lm4po2 жыл бұрын
Ya, it really messed up their concert schedule! Ronnie was pissed. He was a business man, and Gary wasn't taking care of business!
@MomentsDivine2 жыл бұрын
Gary was fined $5000 by the band, but they were all still best buds.. They loved each other in spite of the drunken brawls.. it was all just guy stuff.
@hannejeppesen18093 ай бұрын
Seems to happen with bands. Same thing happend with The Band, Rick, Richard and Levon doing heroin, Robbie trying to keep it all together. Rick had a near fatal accident broke his neck and back, left him in pain for rest of his life, but got hooked on heroin because of the pain. Although I believe he did heroin before his accident, but probably was major reason he continued to use it. Too bad, such a talent.@@BST-lm4po
@Deetroiter3 жыл бұрын
Thing I love about lynryd skynrd is that they are one of the most honest bands I’ve ever came across. There’s no gimmicks, no filler, no nonsense or profanity, either….just a group of normal looking guys who can play their butt off with good solid tunes. There’s nothing to sell, the musicianship speaks for itself
@maryreilly5092 Жыл бұрын
100% Agree with you.
@GBeret833 жыл бұрын
The Needle and the Spoon and That Smell were both cautionary tales written by Ronnie Van Zant with real life inspirations at their core. In a manner of speaking, both songs were meant to be 70's interventions done Skynyrd style!
@standupp28853 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 70s, to all this great music, we had no idea just how spoiled we were. These artists, the singers, keyboardists, guitarists and drummers were virtuosos. Very few bands out there now, that write and perform their own music. Back then all your rock bands did, only a few pop stars existed, like Cher and Streisand and they never wrote anything but their name!
@byronmitchell37843 жыл бұрын
LYNNYRD SKYNYRD, "THAT SMELL". MY FAVORITE SONG BY THEM. "WHISKEY BOTTLE, BRAND NEW CAR. OAK TREE IN MY WAY.. " YOU FOOL YOU, DON'T STICK THEM NEEDLES IN YOUR ARM"...THE MESSAGE WAS ALWAYS CLEAR...
@dog007dog3 жыл бұрын
The needle and the spoon is another warning song
@angelatucker6743 жыл бұрын
And Saturday Night Special
@christopherbako3 жыл бұрын
He warned alot about drugs, alcohol ,guns & women.
@bobmurray66972 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites
@mrnobody91043 жыл бұрын
Ronnie to me stands tall among the all time greatest songwriters.
@kennethr29063 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, love the way he tells the story
@jillybean36882 жыл бұрын
I love Ronnie's swagger and badassness
@mrnobody91042 жыл бұрын
Absolutely too bad that breed is few!
@jamesmyers71422 жыл бұрын
I've been a Skynyrd fan for years but I've really got back into them listening with you. Has to be in the top 2 or 3 rock bands of all time. Great lyrics, great vocals & without a doubt the hardest hitting instrumentation ever.
@rickyprice75973 жыл бұрын
My favorite Skynyrd song. As a young man, I took heed of their cautionary tale.
@wallyh243 жыл бұрын
Man those boys really could play those guitars...Gaines, Collins , Rossington...
@rockinredneck572 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Ed King. He wasn't as flashy but every bit as good.
@bobkennedy55852 жыл бұрын
@@rockinredneck57 or Leon Wilkeson. A hell of a bass player in his own right.
@philsalyer9067 Жыл бұрын
@@rockinredneck57 True that. King wrote a lot of the earlier songs including sweet home Alabama. No one could pick that lead in to the song like King !
@rondawildey58013 жыл бұрын
These songs from the 70s bring back so many good memories from high school
@ole94213 жыл бұрын
I know, right?! Sitting around with your best friends and air guitar jamming along with it. Man, their songs rocked!
@angelgr763 жыл бұрын
I love watching reactors who truly appreciate the music that I've loved all my life!
@Jamesd1861 Жыл бұрын
Badass to the bone band… Never will be another rock band like these guys… GOAT 🎸🥁🎹🎼🎤
@vickirecord55343 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered how Gary felt playing this song every night knowing it was written to send him a message.
@Cornell843 жыл бұрын
Ironically he is the only original member still alive.
@vita22003 жыл бұрын
He heard the message and keeps repeating It! Still alive!!
@garytrew27662 жыл бұрын
Another point here, Gary was the one who wrote the chord progression of the song,so he had to be intimate with it to help Ronnie with the song. And I don't care what people say it takes days and weeks for a lot of songs to be completed to a finished product. Thanks for reading this, brothers and sisters of the Skynyrd Nation. Brother Gary
@BST-lm4po2 жыл бұрын
@@garytrew2766 I think you're mistaken. Allen Collins is credited with writing the song. If Gary would have written the cord progression, he would have been credited as a song writer too, but he's not. It's just Collins & Van Zant.
@garytrew27662 жыл бұрын
@@BST-lm4po thanks for the opinion.
@RalphMasielloArt3 жыл бұрын
This song is about guitarist Gary Rossington, who was actually one of the survivors of the fatal Skynyrd plane crash. He is now the ONLY original member of the band still living.
@rickyprice75973 жыл бұрын
Kinda ironic, huh? It's still good advice, though.
@zhs19803 жыл бұрын
Artimus still alive
@wildmorrison3 жыл бұрын
And Artimus.
@TheSchuyler753 жыл бұрын
still makes me think of farts lol
@iTzDreamSeller2 жыл бұрын
We knew
@tammydean30033 жыл бұрын
The deeper you dig into this rabbit hole...your gonna be a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan!
@BackRoadStoneRevival3 жыл бұрын
You nailed it exactly, that Aura you bring around yourself with all the drugs and alcohol is That Smell.
@WinneganFake3 жыл бұрын
I think you are spot on, Smell is used in the same way as Aura, not just a physical smell, death/sickness vibe radiating
@dibutler91513 жыл бұрын
Whiskey bottle brand new car Oak tree you're in my way. How perfect is that storytelling that is so simple?
@jwright69392 жыл бұрын
Best opening lyrics of any rock song ever.
@NondescriptMammal2 жыл бұрын
Always loved the guitar work on this one, Skynyrd put out a ton of great songs but this has always been one of my favorites
@margiemcpeak93043 жыл бұрын
Hi Biz! Very cool choice & reaction! It's a heavy message on a sobering issue! Those southern boys made bangin' music, right!? Peace, love and stay safe! 🔥🤘
@brendanewman5493 жыл бұрын
The part about oak tree you,re in my way is when mr.Gary Rossington hit the oak tree with his car but, thank GOD he,s free of all them demons now. they were all so young back then, he is in his 70,s now and much wiser. peace to you an stay safe.
@annettecoker25603 жыл бұрын
Another great song. High school was so awesome with these band's. It was a beautiful time to be young. Thank you for sharing.
@Tuesdays_Gone3 жыл бұрын
The Honkettes vocals (backup singers) are impeccable. Yeah, after Rossington’s car wreck, and even before, most of the band was trying to clean up their act as they were in their mid 20s now and Ronnie probably 27. It is definitely an anti drug song.
@douglasostrander50723 жыл бұрын
They are always teaching a lesson, far from perfect
@srt8rocketship2413 жыл бұрын
Oak tree you're in my way...Great job reacting. Legendary musicians. They took this Genre around the world and rocked it. Skynyrd was the common everyday man's band. Mostly they sang about their own experiences , such as this.
@joemcbride52603 жыл бұрын
It’s about Gary Rossington got in a car accident and almost died and actually was telling him if he keeps it up he’s going to die
@yourebusted57863 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is that later Allen Collins died from complications after a drunken car wreck
@jillybean36882 жыл бұрын
@@yourebusted5786 no he didn't. He died of pneumonia in 1990; 17 years after he survived the plane crash.
@ladypaul79322 жыл бұрын
I was a young teen awaiting their arrival at LSU THAT October. My state trooper dad gave me permission to go after MUCH begging without him. I was too young to understand this song. It's haunting now, yet TIMELESS. This is a GREAT GREAT song.
@sheilajenkins89273 жыл бұрын
Another great review!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Ya killin’ it fam!!! 💞 No need for me to repeat everything that’s already been said ... except for please keep up the Skynyrd reviews and THANK YOU!!! 😂🔥🎸🤘
@andreaknapp23943 жыл бұрын
Love Skynyrd! This is one of my faves by them! Try Tuesday's Gone...a beautiful song!
@joemcbride52603 жыл бұрын
Also wrote this in the hospital and Ronnie never wrote down any lyrics he remembered them he said if I can’t remember them they are no good
@xenajaxon3 жыл бұрын
I love how you love them lynerd skynyrd boys,
@LordEagle3 жыл бұрын
Tuesday's Gone and Call Me the Breeze,,,🔥🔥🔥👍😎
@laudanum6693 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite Skynyrd songs with deep meanings are "Was I Right or Wrong?" and "All I can do is write about it".
@trpnpics3 жыл бұрын
I see you're a few songs in now on reviewing Skynyrd. I'm glad to see you're liking them and the sounds and messages they were conveying. You refer to them as "every mans band", and that's not necessarily a bad thing. As it were though, Skynyrd is the quintessential Southern Rock Band. They are the mark that all other southern rock bands strive for. And while there are others I'm not sure you've gotten to just yet like The Marshall Tucker Band, The Allman Brothers and The Outlaws, as good as they are (and they are great), they are not as good as Lynyrd Skynyrd. In my never so humble opinion.
@JohnSmith-mu4to3 жыл бұрын
Prince Charming is the only one left today Guitarist Gary Rossington!!
@Almcingrid36633 жыл бұрын
Artimus Pyle is still alive
@JohnSmith-mu4to3 жыл бұрын
@@Almcingrid3663 not in Skynyrd since early 90's
@Almcingrid36633 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-mu4to but, he was in the plane crash.
@worthlessfiat85163 жыл бұрын
@@Almcingrid3663 and got shot trying to get help
@MomentsDivine2 жыл бұрын
I’m 66 and I just recently discovered how Amazing Skynyrd is!! Sure, I heard Sweet Home Alabama on the radio in the mid- 70’s, but I had no idea they had so many freakin’ phenomenal songs!! Not to mention how Amazing they were in concert .. Been watching every concert and interview video I can get my hands on…. Making up for 47 yrs of missing out on Skynyrd!, Baby!! 💃
@stevedahlberg8680 Жыл бұрын
I really like how you noticed The Wonkettes on the backing vocals, and that arrangement was just so perfect to feature them here. They always carve out a space in the jigsaw puzzle of the various moving instrument lines and their arrangements to do whatever they want, and here they made sure that you could always hear their vocals as they came in, usually pretty high and on pitch. You can't work your way up to it you just have to nail it. And so there's space for it to breathe in the music, but then also, they slap some nice reverb on it and it's just perfect. The other thing that has always got me about the song is exactly what you said. This song really is a banger and not only is the musicianship good just the whole arrangement and how engaging it is makes you want to move. It certainly makes me want to move. And then the more the lyrics start to sink in, the more you're like what? Laugh. That's a great way to use tension.
@joemcbride52603 жыл бұрын
He’s talking about one of the guitarist Gary Rossington he got in a car accident and just replying if he keeps it up he’s going to kill him self PRINCE CHARMING that’s Gary that’s what Ronnie the lead singer called him
@blanebienvenu72807 ай бұрын
We loved it when it first came out and love it today the message is timeless believe me they knew first hand
@markwarren7157 Жыл бұрын
Yes Sir! You really have his meaning figured out. Nice to see you enjoy these songs I grew up with; I am from Jacksonville, Fl. and I remember them as a local band before they became famous.
@ricksloop10753 жыл бұрын
Great song! Another great message song by Skynyrd is “Saturday night special”. Great song, but doesn’t get reacted too. Also, “Ballad of Curtis Lowe”, great story.
@blackelk06 Жыл бұрын
You hit the nail right on the head he's trying to warn people but telling them that smell of death is around you don't do them drugs cuz you may not be here tomorrow ✝️✝️✝️🙏
@toneighty69133 жыл бұрын
either you've lived this song or someone close to you has. maybe not sticking needles but having close calls when you're stuck in that party stage of life.
@richdiana36633 жыл бұрын
My daughter is on methadone to keep the fentyal laced heroin that killed her bf from killing her.
@weirdgilly59023 жыл бұрын
fax 🤙
@friedrice693 жыл бұрын
T for Texas, I Need You, Travellin Man. LIVE 1976. Thanks!!
@stangreen3853 Жыл бұрын
I’m going to sit my grandsons down to listen to music that I grew up with, purposely playing this song. Music is one of the most powerful ways to get a message across. Thanks to Lynyrd Skynyrd for the song, thanks to you for this reaction.
@davidvsr2 жыл бұрын
"you say you'll be alright come tomorrow, well, tomorrow might Not be here for you..." my favorite line in any song...
@UncleRandy733 жыл бұрын
This is an anti drug song and Skynyrd has one also talking about the damage from guns “Saturday night Special” that is deep but with great song writing.
@bobmurray66972 жыл бұрын
Not so much anti drug but overindulgence
@joemcbride52603 жыл бұрын
Listen too The Henry Paul Band-Grey Ghost Live version if you can it’s about the lead singer Ronnie Van Zant lead singer of Skynyrd
@joemcbride52602 жыл бұрын
Love that song
@Frank-pe9pk Жыл бұрын
Oak tree you’re in my way refers to Alan Collins crashing into the tree when he was drunk. And ludes was quaaludes with was a drug that really relaxed you. They were really popular and we enjoyed the cheap high. Allegedly!
@rogerrowles87022 жыл бұрын
Lynyrd Skynyrds ?Truth Is Its Power,Above All Else..Even Allen Collins Solo..One Of The top 3 Best Of All time...
@hardtimes1267 Жыл бұрын
I subscribed to your channel because you be doing Skynyrd. Thank you for allowing the words of wisdom from Ronnie van Zant to enter into your life. You are automatically a better person inside just for listening to them. And in all their songs all three guitarist are always awesome and on point. 🎸🎸🎸🎤❤❤
@estuder32anthonywayne983 жыл бұрын
Best opening line in music!
@tommycaver66713 жыл бұрын
Once again, the smile and head bob says all. I myself love guitar attack, can tell you do too!
@derrickgoodwin61923 жыл бұрын
You might want to give a listen to.CURTIS LOWE ALL I CAN DO IS WRITE ABOUT IT. NEEDLE AND THE SPOON
@beebeedavis2403 жыл бұрын
You know all those chemicals in you're body makes you sweat people can smell that i love lynyrd skynyrd all their songs all of them is lynyrd skynyrd
@lancevaughn4323 жыл бұрын
Some of them were starting families and after the car accident and other things it was time to clean up. Unfortunately the plane crashed three days after the album, Street Suviver came out. RIP.
@jamesweekley10872 жыл бұрын
Listening to your comment, you were dead accurate. They were singing about band member Gary Rossington, a heroin addict. This song is an intervention, before interventions were a thing. Kudos to Ronnie and the band members for caring enough to do it. I'm liking and subscribing. You do good reactions.
@dropkickninja53793 жыл бұрын
The sistas singing in the background bring such a flair. This song is a classic.
@angelatucker6743 жыл бұрын
One of the was Whitney Houston's Mom!
@rockinredneck572 жыл бұрын
The Honkettes were Leslie Hawkins, Jo Jo Billingsley and Cassie Gaines.
@dropkickninja53792 жыл бұрын
@@rockinredneck57 thanks, I never knew their names.
@lizthequeen17093 жыл бұрын
There is another group that I saw over 20 times live and now his brother is the lead singer of the group we still go and see him but I saw them live the first time I ever saw him as a 1969 then his scanner played at Woodstock that was at three day festival we were all rocking that in Woodstock New York it’s the most famous fest festival there was ever I go back a long way Liz the queen I’m going to be the queen love you
@stevepincombe38363 жыл бұрын
"Every junkie is like a setting sun". Neil Young. A setting sun is soon gone.
@SM-ri2df3 жыл бұрын
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL NEXT, THE RIFF IS KICK ASS!!!!
@jefflajuett7373 жыл бұрын
So glad you listen to this song it’s awesome in every way
@seanwood59123 жыл бұрын
Tuesday’s Gone 💯🔥🎸🤘🎧👀
@NG-Lespaul Жыл бұрын
You get Skynyrd my brother!! Spot on!!!
@seanwood59123 жыл бұрын
Mr.Banker and Was I Right Or Wrong or two great songs that people seem to forget about sometime..,so May great Skynyrd songs to choose from...they are all good in my book 💯🔥🎸🎸🎸🤘🎧🤷♂️😎👀✌️
@hankarmentrout6697 Жыл бұрын
My favorite song by them. Prolly in my Top 3. I could tell you enjoyed it so thanks for that
@late4dinner922 жыл бұрын
Wow nothing today sounds that good just amazing how good they were
@barrycohen3113 жыл бұрын
Great song. I love that one lyric - "Oak tree you're in my way..."
@EarthWalker20233 жыл бұрын
Whiskey bottles brand new car oak tree you're in my way ( 70's Torino )
@dougmitchell54353 жыл бұрын
I sometimes deal with people who have gotten clean from that part of their life - they have earned the right to say what they say and be critical in a way that no one else has.
@MessickGreg3 жыл бұрын
Needle And The Spoon good one
@davidhunter8013 жыл бұрын
I think you might like The Marshall Tucker Band, they're from the Hillbilly Jazz branch of Southern Rock.
@wgj4everlong4263 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed,like your reactions to music.So far only watched 3 Skynyrd reactions but gonna check out your others.Music really can bring us together
@brunette38hollowpoint602 жыл бұрын
As a teenager when this song came out, It scared me straight!! I have to give Ronnie V and the LS band the credit for keeping me free!!!♥️
@angelatucker67410 ай бұрын
The first anti-drug song I remember hearing. The first anti-gun song I remember is Saturday Night Special..also by Skynyrd
@ThaDude-ci1zk3 жыл бұрын
Really shows me how much I listen to lyrics as a teenager like intently because I would listen to the groove of this and party my ass off while he was talking about that🤣 and it just really didn't sink in because you when you're a teenager your freaking immortal at least you feel that way wait a few more years dumb s*** starts happening other people and you start to understand how fickle and fleeting everything can truly be
@robc.82693 жыл бұрын
People around the band told them their was a smell of death around them. Then they chartered a plane that Aerosmith turned down to the condition of the plane & the pilot & didn't get off the plane after an emergency mechanical stop . Then the plane went down & several people died.
@rockon42413 жыл бұрын
Fabulous! Thank you "Van Zant's inspiration for the song was the increasing reckless indulgences of the band members culminating in the evening when guitarist Gary Rossington got drunk and high and survived the crash of his new Ford Torino into an oak tree along Mandarin Road in jacksonville, FL"
@connorbiggs71903 жыл бұрын
Vietnam vets were rocking to this🇺🇸🤙🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
@arthurimhof24273 жыл бұрын
From Street Survivor. Steve Gaines first appearance on this album with sister Cassie as one of the ladies on background vocals.. Unfortunately there only album they were featured
@laurabella133 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of the movie Blow now but I’ve always loved it
@user-yj7iq6um8g4 ай бұрын
Great song love these guys! There is a slot machine in Vegas Stinkin Rich that plays this song . Thanks Biz.
@markcarey40693 жыл бұрын
Check out "The Needle And The Spoon" deep shit right there
@sylviapotter63282 жыл бұрын
Ronnie VanZant was a total genius when he wrote this music, these songs are things that had happened in Ronnie's life. Give me 3 steps is a song that always made me laugh because I can picture Ronnie looking for that opportunity to run out the back door 😆
@ivanschultz48792 жыл бұрын
Wow I think you broke this song down and it's been my favorite band for years and years and you have me thinking ty for bringing this to us all
@benkoops6815 Жыл бұрын
Steve Gains, Gary Rossington n Allen Collins dual it out on guitars and entertwine magnificantly.
@freebirdtony3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reacting to Lynyrd Skynyrd. You can't go wrong with anything 'Skynyrd. Please treat yourself and your audience with a reaction to "Call Me The Breeze". Btw, the backup vocalists were Cassie Gaines (who died in the plane crash along with her brother, one of the three guitarists, Steve Gaines, and band leader/lead singer Ronnie Van Zant), JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins. 😊✌
@vellaropedart91903 жыл бұрын
It's so easy to get lost in the six string brilliance of this song! By far their best example of the chemistry of Gary Rossington,Allen Collins,and Steve Gaines. All 3 amazing soloists!
@heathgreen92754 ай бұрын
The messed up part is as a teenager we all loved this song as we was all out partying. We never took the time to really listen to the words. We all thought it was talking about partying and getting messed up. It is but not in a positive way.
@williamlucero13493 жыл бұрын
Great analogy! You get it!
@seanwood59123 жыл бұрын
Tuesday’s Gone🤘🎧🎸🎸🎸
@pattyyoung21033 жыл бұрын
You are a man with wisdom. Does my heart good to know maybe there is hope for us!!
@vellaropedart91903 жыл бұрын
Some people carry the aura of death,especially if they're self destructive. To say some has "that smell" is to say one day they'll probably die at their own hand,directly or indirectly.
@robertwalker1803 Жыл бұрын
Allen Collins riff makes this for me….I think it is one of their top 3 songs ever.
@roberta77277 ай бұрын
Great song 🤘Just say no to drugs!!You know🇺🇸 Let's go🦾
@joemcbride52603 жыл бұрын
A well oiled machine
@brendanewman5493 жыл бұрын
You gotta do free bird you,ll be in for a real treat but, hold on to ya chair. lol.GOD BLESS YOU.