A relevant verse of Sweet Home Alabama, celebrating George Wallace, the segregationist governor
In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo hoo ooo
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth
In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo hoo ooo
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth
And yes, yes, I've heard the Drive-By Truckers song about Lynyrd Synyrd and I know it's complicated...but still, those are the G-D lyrics of the song and they're pretty straight forward.
I mean, here's a 1977 performance of the song in front of what appears to be an almost all-white crowd in Oakland, with a Confederate flag in the background. I mean, come on now.
In 1980, 38% of the people who lived in Oakland were white. This is a stadium filled with an almost entirely white crowd, with a big Confederate flag, singing along to Sweet Home Alabama. You can't tell me these folks had no idea what they were doing.
