Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoI'm a fan of "Southern Rock," but sometimes the lyrics make me wonder if i should drop it. Generally I listen more for music than message, but I don't want my kids hearing "be proud you're a rebel..."message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareI'm a fan of "Southern Rock," but sometimes the lyrics make me wonder if i should drop it. Generally I listen more for music than message, but I don't want my kids hearing "be proud you're a rebel..."Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
“…cuz the South’s gonna to do it again.” But man, that song rocks, especially the end. In a, you know, country way.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago“southern pride” is just racism alllll cleaned up. so much racism.
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s American pride, don’t use “the south” as a scape goat.
minus-squarefred@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s like saying “butts stink, don’t use the rectum as a scape goat”
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNo it’s more like proudly declaring that your own butt doesn’t stink.
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoI don’t disagree, but I’m saying it’s not that that I like. It’s the musical style, I really like it. I love Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama, Ramblin’ Man by the Allman Brothers, Frankenstein by Edgar Winter, tons of really good songs.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agooh i agree, i love folk music… all of that old school ‘country rock’ is great. not so much the twangy country/western
“southern pride” is just racism alllll cleaned up. so much racism.
That’s American pride, don’t use “the south” as a scape goat.
That’s like saying “butts stink, don’t use the rectum as a scape goat”
No it’s more like proudly declaring that your own butt doesn’t stink.
I don’t disagree, but I’m saying it’s not that that I like. It’s the musical style, I really like it. I love Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama, Ramblin’ Man by the Allman Brothers, Frankenstein by Edgar Winter, tons of really good songs.
oh i agree, i love folk music… all of that old school ‘country rock’ is great. not so much the twangy country/western