FIRST TIME HEARING | LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Freebird 1977 LIVE AT (Oakland Coliseum Stadium) | REACTION 

RIP Ronnie, Steve and Cassie

@@proudarmymom8657 RIP all of Skynyrd.

Ronnie said he'd never make it to 30, he died at 29 years, 3 months shy of his 30th birthday.

The best die young.

Yeah I was gonna say this. Seen many documentaries on this. But this was one of the last live performances recorded. And in it they point out Ronnie’s look at Gaines as one of admiration. And because King had just left the group. And Ronnie didn’t know if he’d be able to replace him. Then Cassie said how about my brother. And it was this show that sold Ronnie on Gaines and that he made the right decision. He wasn’t sure before this.

Amen to that!!

Im a 90s kid. Music definitely peaked in the 70s. Much more dynamic, substantive, emotive, and just all around better. Still love my 90s music though.

100%

The album play was was much better than digital recorded music too. They recorded stereo with left & right positioned microphones, and edit from there. Put on a Stones or Zeppelin album and turn down one speaker.

60s - 90s - 70s

Funny how that worked.

Because the people were there for the music!!Love ❤❤

Omg @dmead4106 @The2ndfirst @louisjohnson7273 he isn’t enjoying this Deep South confederate flag loving Lynyrd Skynyrd boomer music. It’s a trend allover YT tiktok etc where black reactionary channels watch the whitest boomer music ever pretending to enjoy it. And 150,000 together with no problems anywhere in the country? Were half of them black? Now go find another black creator listening to Journey Queen hey maybe even Charlie Daniel’s .. be proud you're a Rebel cause the south's gonna do it again 😂😂😂

Still can if they are all white

@@The2ndFirstWeed!

Including me, argh!

Never said you weren't still a hottie@@janetd8198

I wonder how many of these girls have viewed the video ( has millions of views ) of that July Day in 1977 at the Oakland Colesuim and recognized themselves going wild that day. I remember these outdoor rock concerts of those days, and this is what it looked like. Skynyrd was my favorite band in those days and still is today. I and some buddies were going to see them, I believe, in November 1977, at the Wings arena in Kalamazoo, MI. Of course tragedy intervened in a most horrific way. I have seen brother Johnny's version a couple of times. This past early October a client sent me to Denham Springs, LA. On the way back I stopped off at the Crash site memorial outside of Gilsburg, MS, a most sobbering experience indeed.

I was 1 of them.. lol ❤

I guarantee someone was conceived after that concert

No cell phones or BRAS!!

@@gregorysimmers no bleached blondes, hardly any makeup, a much simpler time. I miss it

​@@kelleebowers8525 We all do but at least for the first time, the past enhances the present.

There actually were some bleached blondes prominently shown in that audience - but certainly no purple, green, blue or pink hair, no tattooed girls, nothing pierced except their ears!

I believe they also got into a little trouble over going out onto the tongue of the stage

My dad JUST text me and said that was the best version at Knebworth

Lucky guy to see that 1 live!@@hollyschussler7657

They also told ronnie to stay of the tongue. So ronnie took leon..gary...steve and allen out on the tongue. Dont tell a southern man not to do some thing

It was the music festival at Knebeworth Park in England and Skynyrd played right before the Rolling Stones were to come out and close the music festival. Ronnie Van Zandt was not told they could not play Freebird, what he and every other band that preformed that day was told by the manager of the Stones was not to go out on the trademark tongue shaped portion of the stage. Ronnie Van Zandt, being Ronnie Van Zandt was, F that no one tells me what I can amd can't do when I preform. So when the guitar solos start during Freebird, Ronnie leads all his guitarist and bass player out on the tongue portion of the stage as a F you to Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. The video is on RU-vid and you can see Ronnie looking off stage at Jagger assumingly or maybe the Stones manager with a F you look on his face.

Dirt roads are a must.

ask devils rejects lol

Through Niles Canyon in a convertible mustang... Full moon on a summer night. Happy times.

When I was in highschool. The only two Lynyrd Skynyrd songs I knew was Sweet Home Alabama,and give me Three Steps. For whatever reason I had no interest in listening to them. Then in April of 95. I was working at a lumber mill in East Spokane Washington. It was the day of the Oklahoma City bombing. I had about an hours drive home. I was feeling kinda of sad. A friend of mine,had left a Lynard Skynyrd cassette in my car. It had been in there for a couple of weeks. I hadn't listened to it yet. I popped it in. It was the live album. I heard voice coming through my speakers saying what do you want to hear? Someone shouted Free Bird. Up until this point I had never heard listened to the song. It started playing. Right from the moment. I heard the piano. I knew this is something I am going to like. I listened to the entire song. Thinking this was the most thing I had ever listened to. I was actually crying. When it was finished. I wasn't sure why. I thought maybe because of Oklahoma City bombing. I couldn't say. Until this day. When Free Bird comes on. I start to well up with tears. That is what music can do. It make you feel emotions, good and bad. Long live the great Lynyrd Skynyrd!!! PS. I ended up buying all thier albums afterwards, and I became a big fan. In 2004, I was on stage with the band at Fort Hood TX, a welcome home ceremony. I along with myself and four other soldiers, were brought on stage by Stone Cold, he threw us a beer 🍺, and we chugged it. We left the stage, and Lynard Skynyrd went and played Free Bird right afterwards. No just kidding. They played Sweet Home Alabama. I know it didn't have all the original members but it was cool. I got a few of their autographs, and pictures taken.

God bless Artimus Pyle. He has the BEST working Skynyrd tribute band working today!

Love Artimus!

It is the best performance of all time.

Exactly!!! I remember being there.

It was a shame they lost Ronnie Vanzant! So young😢

Y'all are so fortunate to have been at this show. It's incredible.

I saw them in Philadelphia and the same thing we all left when Frampton came on August of 77

Oh ok..Frampton. That explains the over abundance of chicks in the audience. I didn't know that.

Without a doubt

I’m 45 and me too man, this is my childhood. Both my parents cried the morning they woke up and the radio announced the plane crash and deaths of members of the band.

I’m 63 and it’s still on my playlist for favourite tunes

What a great guitarist!!!

I really missed the seventies my teen years

Yes it was

they are all grandmothers now

@@billwalker7556 and probably still smokin’ hot! 🔥

@@stevenewcomer8837 probably

Sounded ridiculous

@@ciararespect4296 seriously?

AB very perceptive of you to notice the guitar/bird is crying. The Bird Chirp is the sound of the trapped bird who breaks free and joins the other free birds (guitars).

@@marykuettner752 yes. Seriously.. First I heard the weird chirp out of place with the music thenI listened to the whole song and can't see the big deal.? It just sounds like a bit of old country music then later a bit of cheesy piano followed by a bit of rock guitar nothing particularly innovative like say stairway to heaven or hotel California /bat out of hell? . A load of long haired skinny hick type people jumping about on the stage 😂 Incredible the big crowd especially a lot of girls and women. I suppose everyone lives in the zeitgeist of their time? And don't necessarily know any better Just proves to me you can make any old sound and if it becomes popular and played enough then people will like it regardless

@@ciararespect4296 well, the reason it was so important musically is the introduction of the three guitar lineup, and the intricate line they are playing. I understand that not everyone has an ear for what is happening here. Certainly the lyrics aren't earthshaking. Doesn't mean though that this isn't an important piece of musical history and that these aren't three of the best guitarists in the world. If you don't hear it then you don't.

The great Leon Wilkinson on bass.

He was their roadie and had no idea that he was a trained pianist. Like classically trained professional pianist.

Funner fact: Most of those cats grew up together in the same neighborhood.

It wasn't a small bar. In 1972 Lynyrd Skynyrd was hired to play music for the prom at The Bolles School which was a private prep school/Jr. College in Jacksonville Florida. Billy had started working as a roadie for the band about a year and a half earlier and it was at the prom when during set up Billy saw a piano in the corner he hopped on and started playing FreeBird thinking he was alone. Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington heard him play it and immediately invited him to join the band even though the band had never had a piano player up to that point. They knew he was a talented musician but had never considered having a piano due to the genre being Southern Rock. They also had never heard him play before that. But it wasn't at a bar, and it wasn't raining outside which caused a delay for the "roadies". It was just a prom. Billy hopped on that piano and right onto the back of music history.

@@patrickbrinkmeier1858 who is Lynyrd skinner? A tribute band to Lynyrd Skynyrd???

@@calbowman4588 . Stupid auto correct on my keyboard.

Dito

😅😅

That's hilarious!

Perfect! Lol

Was this recorded in San Fransisco or Oakland?

@@patsstuffclark9522 Oakland Coliseum July, 2 1977.

Artemis is the only one still living.

@sylvialee1079 @avnrulz @flick14 @faithtalkforum @dmead4106 omg do you think this young black creator is actually enjoying Freebird? Do you Boomer folk know how many black creator RU-vid channels there are reacting to boomer 70’s nostalgia? Hundreds! More! There have been so many articles written about this phenomenon. It’s a fake world. A world where white viewers cultural world is given affirmation through a young black person’s eyes. Complete with oh yeahs at your favorite guitar solo • nodding and smiling while watching • the amazing look on his face as he discovers “your” favorite part of the song • the ❤️ on your comments. More power to this dude. Making money off of y’all’s ignorance. Hey maybe he really is the one young black creator truly into Freebird. Listen if it gets all you Boomers (respectfully said) to enjoy each other’s comments and think back to your youth then enjoy. Buy do not believe he’s liking this music.

Dude, those girls are probably great grandma's now! It's been 50 odd years since that concert! Ifmost of those girls were at least 17, at 67 they could have 3 generations under them easily!!😂

@@lornadavis476 I'm 65 but not a great grandma yet🤣🤣

@@tammyjackson3113 I'm 75 and just a grandma also.

Titts are flying. I'm bi, prefer two.

Sorry, not just Southern Bands. No disrespect. I saw the original Skynyrd. They had so many amazing songs. I feel so lucky to have been in that era where live music was so amazing! RIP to the greatest bands ever.

Green Grass and High Tides is a absolute must !

Great recommendation, definitely two of my favorites.

Leon was a badass

I agree

I didn’t know that!

He's awesome. He is who I wish I could emulate on the piano. His style just does it for me. R.I.P. BP. 😪

Spot on. “Closest thing to the real feel of the 70’s…”

But we girls had baby oil with iodine mixed in.

not only was sun screen not a thing...we put baby oil on us to try and get a better tan.

I was born in '72. We had sunscreen, but it only went to spf 4 back then, and no one knew (or thought) to reapply at regular intervals. Plus, getting a tan was popular back then, so most people avoided sunscreen, opting for oils instead. My mother used to put sunscreen on me all the time when I was a kid. By the early 80s, spf went up to 6, then 8. Her back was probably peeling like crazy. Ouch.

Still is sir.

I still yell FREEBIRD at every concert including orchestra concerts. There’s one in every crowd 😎

@@toejamtom60 You sir, Are a hero.

Simple man is my favorite..

And Simple Man ❤

Yeah back then we used baby oil and no-sunscreen versions of Coppertone or Hawaiian Tropic! What little sunscreen existed was powered to 4 at best but nobody wanted it - didn’t hear of 15 SPF till the ‘80s and 30 SPF till the late ‘80s or early ‘90s.

Link?

@@ddb3126. I believe it is this one where they opened for The Stones ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vm7bkVxBXdA.htmlsi=OABvlGi4KAdWcoX0

Look up: Freebird Live - Knebworth. They opened for The Rolling Stones.

True. Oakland is way too gay.

Loved the Crowd.Really showing the appreciation.

Frampton was huge.

Then why were they going crazy when the guitar solo started ? Free Bird was the anthem of the 70's...

Skynyrd has much much better music than Frampton.. it's not even comparable.

Greatest jam out of all time ! Frampton couldn't follow that.. He was cool for a few years,but he's not on Skynyrd's level..

​@@michaelb.3982You can enjoy two different bands. You can be there for Frampton, but also enjoy the hell out of the Freebird solo because it just kicks that much @ss. I happen to like the music of both of them. I have also been goth since I was 15 yrs old in '87. We women are capable of liking a variety of music at once.

We used baby oil with drops of iodine in it to fry our skin and give it color.

We did, just not high spf (4, tops). I was born in 1972, and my mother used to put sunscreen on me all the time when I went outdoors in the sun for extended periods.

Artimus Pyle is still with us!

@@beedeegee9374 He is however he was not one of the original founding members.

True, you’re correct, he wasn’t a founding member, but he replaced Bob Burns in 1974, the year after their first Lynyrd Skynyrd album, so he was a part of the band during their peak, until the crash. But to be fair, you didn’t say anything about all ORIGINAL members are gone. 😊@@thomasturner9188

@@beedeegee9374 So you are going to argue semantics now? 1974 was 10 years after the group originally formed. Burns was on the 2nd album as well. Pyle also wasn't the first one to replace Burns the first time he left the group. Should we go through the long list of members over the years? But if it will make you feel better I will change it.

@@thomasturner9188 You win, feel better now? 🥳