Delete comment from: The War on Guns
A couple of observations. First, Ronnie Van Zant wrote "Saturday Night Special". He is deceased now and his little brother Johnny has taken his place. Two different song writers. Second, I never took "Saturday Night Special" to be necessarily anti-gun or even anti-handgun. I took it to be against cheap, throwaway guns that idiots tended (at that time) to carry to look cool or big. All of us would condemn the idiots as portrayed in the lyrics had they been real people. (I could be wrong though. We will never know for sure.)
As for "Gimme Back my Bullets", it is my understanding that Ronnie Van Zant wrote that about a dispute he had with the record label about his contract and song rights. The bullets would be his rights.
In any case, of course the current incarnation of Lynyrd Skynyrd is about making money. Pandering to fans is part and parcel to that.
Oct 13, 2009, 7:26:43 PM
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