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 Post subject: The predisposition of the young Southern mind
PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:20 am 
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So, for Christmas our kids got the Playstation game Guitar Hero II. Needless to say they've been playing it......regularly. The game has tons of classic to modern, rock to metal songs that the player has to master. At any rate, my eight year-old comes home from school yesterday, on his birthday, with one word written on the back of each hand in ink:

FREEBIRD

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Well, at least those "Alabamians" are from Florida, which is at least in the neighborhood, unlike so many other "Southern Rock classic" bands like Golden Earring (Dutch) and The Band (Canadian). Probably half of what's called Southern Rock on "South" compilations is by people not from the South.

I guess songs like "Radar Love" become South by default.

Still, there's plenty of Northern Good Ol' Boys who have songs like "Freebird" stamped into their personal psyches.
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Who was the pitcher that was unable to play because he injured his hand from playing too much guitar hero?
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Who was the pitcher that was unable to play because he injured his hand from playing too much guitar hero?


Detroit reliever Carlos Zumaya


And 'spoon, maybe I should have said "redneck" instead of "Southern" mind. :lol:

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frosted Wrote:
Well, at least those "Alabamians" are from Florida, which is at least in the neighborhood, unlike so many other "Southern Rock classic" bands like Golden Earring (Dutch) and The Band (Canadian). .


To be fair, Helm was from Arkansas. But your point is noted.

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Stop Breathin' Wrote:
Hegel Wrote:
Who was the pitcher that was unable to play because he injured his hand from playing too much guitar hero?


Detroit reliever Carlos Zumaya


haha. that's ridiculous.
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Stop Breathin' Wrote:
my eight year-old comes home from school yesterday, on his birthday, with one word written on the back of each hand in ink:

FREEBIRD




Nice. He's already ahead of schedule.

I didn't discover Skynyrd until around 8th grade. I'll never forget it though. I got Gold and Platinum ON TAPE for Christmas.

8th grade Christmas produced the following TAPES:


Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gold and Platinum
REM - Green
Jimi Hendrix -Smash Hits
AC/DC - Who Made Who


Mowed a shitload of lawns to those.
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Let's all raise a Jax tall boy to the duality of the Southern thing!

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Joel Zumaya. Not sure if his teammates lambaste him with cries of "shut up, Joel", though. Might be that.
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frosted Wrote:
Well, at least those "Alabamians" are from Florida


to be fair, most "southern rock" from florida is from jacksonville/gainesville which is more like georgia than florida. i'm talking about the aforementioned skynrd, molly hatchet, 38 special, allman bros, and tom petty.

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crutches of destruction Wrote:
Joel Zumaya. Not sure if his teammates lambaste him with cries of "shut up, Joel", though. Might be that.


my bad. I wasn't sure about that but didn't want to research.

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I'd probably just drink myself to death. More so, I mean.


"Hey Judas. I know you've made a grave mistake.
Hey Peter. You've been pretty sweet since Easter break."

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Do they have a multi player version for the "THREE GUITAR SONIC ASSAULT"?!

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