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Southern Man (3:58)

Cover of After the Gold Rush

From After the Gold Rush and 25 other releases

Southern Man is a song by Neil Young from his 1970 album After the Gold Rush.

The song’s lyrics focus mainly on racism against blacks in the southern states of the USA.

The song ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ makes reference to this song (and ‘Alabama’ from Neil Young’s later album Harvest) with the lyrics:

Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ol’ Neil put her down.
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
a southern man don’t need him around anyhow.
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Southern man, better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change's gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast

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  • amber922

    definitely the best song on the album

    12 May 10:02am Reply

  • fish-oil

    flawless

    21 Apr 1:17pm Reply

  • jeemajamajimma

    I love this song, but I could hear this making an awesome cover--does anyone now of any good ones?

    27 Mar 4:57pm Reply

  • bengt_bangt

    You have to cut Lynyrd Skynyrd some slack, see the songfacts for Sweet Home Alabama: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1702 especially "The feud between Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young was always good-natured fun; they were actually big fans of each other. Ronnie Van Zant often wore Neil Young T-shirts on stage and is wearing one on the cover of Street Survivors, the last Skynyrd album before his death."

    20 Mar 5:09pm Reply

  • Excrono

    Nobody seems to appreciate honestly, even Lynyrd Skynyrd, go figure. I'd pick this over Sweet Home, a song that is pretty much a blind celebration of southern pride while ignoring the evil parts of their culture. It's their lack of remorse and conscious that really irks me.

    19 Mar 3:29am Reply

  • lulugou

    oh the guitar.......................

    22 Dec 2012 Reply

  • WiseJake237

    Masterpiece. [2]

    30 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Samoth_88

    Masterpiece.

    10 Nov 2012 Reply

  • BrianJohnson89

    Always reminds me of William Faulkner novels, especially Light in August.

    20 Oct 2012 Reply

  • MouseDogBird

    Love this song... As well as many other Neil Young songs.

    29 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Harry_01

    Really cool song.

    26 Jun 2012 Reply

  • rajatu

    The first Neil Young song to blow my mind. Right then I knew many others were to follow.

    19 May 2012 Reply

  • gungh0

    Goosebumps.

    2 Mar 2012 Reply

  • username382

    Solo is phenominal.

    12 Feb 2012 Reply

  • oldiesfanjohn

    gotta agree and ppl still bicker over it!

    2 Jan 2012 Reply

  • BackwardBreath

    this song is soooo RUSTY!!!

    8 Dec 2011 Reply

  • pablo323

    Songazo xD

    8 Dec 2011 Reply

  • sonny58

    crack kills people

    30 Nov 2011 Reply

  • prominence_la

    V After many, many years of growing up in redneck country...I'd have to agree.

    25 Nov 2011 Reply

  • AbortingMary

    Definitely better than anything Skynyrd has ever done.

    2 Nov 2011 Reply
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