Free Bird Song Analysis Essay

Jared grew up in NJ and he grew up with a younger brother. The song he chose was Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. A friend recommended the band to him. He likes to listen to the song with the windows down in his car. The guitar solos are the best parts of the song. The reason he likes the song is because he likes to be free. The song “Freebird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd tells me that they like to be free and it can also mean that he is finally free to go out into the world after living with his family for so long. “Freebird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd is a song about love as well as leaving and moving on and it can have many different meanings for many different people. It was originally written about love but then a guitarist for the band Allman Brothers Band, …show more content…
The song is usually played at the end of their concerts and it is a favorite among many people as it has many different means like for instance one person played it during their graduation and another person played it during a funeral. So it has many different meanings among many different people. Also, it is considered as a classic rock anthem and it is a common song for people to request at concerts as well as it is a song that they will always do at the end of their concert. Their first album was called Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd and why they called their first album that is because no one knows who to or is able to pronounce …show more content…
It was first being recorded in 1972 and it was meant to be a ballad at the time. It was continued to be refined until 1973 when it was being recorded for the final cut. They had been working on the song for over 2 years. The lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant came up with the lyrics one night and he had two of the bands guitarists Allen Collins and Gary Rossington play the song continuously until he was finally able to write the lyrics for the song. The meaning behind the song and its lyrics is it is about this guy and this girl and how the guy was trying to explain to the girl that he can’t settle down and make a commitment. The opening verse, which is “If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?” is inspired by Allen Collins’ girlfriend who asked him the exact same question in that opening verse of the song. It was finally released in 1974 by itself as a single. The band initially thought that it wouldn’t be a hit and its record label company didn’t want it on the album that they would be releasing later on and also another concern was that since it was so long that radio stations wouldn’t play it but it eventually ended up hitting the #38 in the top 100 in 1976 when a live version of