My Favorite Blank

Moving right along in the countdown to the all time best song by the legendary band Lynyrd Skynyrd; we move into the 2 spot now. Don’t worry if you missed the 5th best, 4th best, or 3rd best song of all-time by Lynyrd Skynyrd. You can go back through my blog here and look for all the songs in the top 5 countdown to Skynyrd’s Best!

It brings a smile to my face and apparently many others too, anytime you start to hear the first notes of this song being played on the radio. Perhaps you here it often in a bar, a truck stop, or on the jukebox at your favorite restaurant, wherever you hear it, you definitely know the song. This is probably the most popular song by the band and the one that most people associate with Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Anytime a song can find it’s way into our pop cultural society and appear on sitcoms, cartoons, and the big Hollywood movie screens, it’s a safe bet that the song is approved by all music lovers, races, and generations. It’s these songs that have stood the test of time and no one really knows how to bottle this secret potion or we would remember a lot more songs from long ago. It’s only the special ones that survive the hands of time and there is no doubts about this 2nd all time song by Lynyrd Skynyrd that is has done just that.

You know a song has crossed the generation gaps when a plane crash that happened almost 30 years ago took away the heart and soul of the band, and I can right now hear my 14 and 12 year-old nephews sing a lot of lyrics to this song. Not to mention all the kids that are even younger than them and they can belt out a line or two of this all time classic song by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Now some people might be shocked on exactly where the band Lynyrd Skynyrd is from. I’m sure a lot of the confusion has to do with this song I am referring to at number 2 on the countdown. They are actually from Jacksonville, Florida. If you was thinking they were from another southern state, then don’t worry, you’re not alone. It’s actually a good trivia question, just make sure the guy asking the question knows the right answer too!

It’s true, the boys that made up Lynyrd Skynyrd attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida. It was in high school where the boys met up and history was about to be made at this high school in Florida. This is also the same high school where the band would eventually get their band name, which is still very popular today. There was actually a teacher there that had the name Leonard Skinner who also helped out with coaching the basketball team at Robert E. Lee High School. The band took his name and just threw the letters around some and voila! The name Lynyrd Skynyrd became a word that was as popular as any word Webster had to throw out.

So sit back and relax to one of the greatest anthems that is played on the FM dial today. I’m sure if you was in your car this is one of those songs you want to roll down the windows and turn up the radio and sing it just as loud as you can!

The 2nd Greatest Song by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Is that just a great song or what? Not sure anyone knows the right formula of making a song that goes through one era of time and enters a new one just as strong as the one it left, but there’s no doubts this song has done that and continues to do that in 2007!

Now I can’t just put one video up of perhaps the greatest song Lynyrd Skynyrd has ever done, so here are more variations of what has been done with the song since the 1970’s:

The Simpson’s Style

Clip From 8 Mile (Eminem)

Nelly .vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd

Clay Walker

Japanese Version

I don’t really have a sports room. I would love to have one, but I know a lot of people that does have one in their home. Now I collect sports memorabilia and have a lot of things like that in my bedroom. I was talking more of a room for watching sports on television. Now I have a 50 inch screen television in our den and that is my sports room. We just have a couple of recliners in there with a couch. I wish I had a bigger television and about 20 of those theater style seats to put around it. I see a lot of pro athletes that have it built in their basements with a very large television and plenty of home theater seating. It’s like going to a small theater the way some of them have it set up. I guess that is what I would do too, if I had a basement. I’m not sure my family would go for me doing it like that in the den. I just think those seats look so comfortable and they recline and have cup holders in the arm. What more could a guy want, while watching his sports on the weekends? If you have a room in your house that you lay back and watch all your sporting events in, then please give me all the details and any snacks that you might buy to go with your sporting events.

I think it’s getting close for me to make another trip down to Florida. I usually go down there about once every 2 years and I didn’t go down there last year. So I guess that makes me due to go for this year. I really like waiting when school starts back and all the kids are going back to school. Then there aren’t so many tourists (like myself) that are in the Florida area. It seems like you have more room and it’s like having the place to yourself.

Now fishing in the fall is great for deep sea fishing. So since fall is around the corner I might be looking to go to Destin, Florida where it is the capital of the world when it comes to fishing. There really are some great places over there to fish at. Then I might just go party and do the Panama City Beach or Daytona thing. I guess if I decide not to fish or party, then I might just plan out a Kissimmee vacation. That would be more of a trip just to relax on and take in all the parks and businesses that Florida has to offer. I just haven’t quite made up my mind on what part of Florida I want to go to. So many fun places down there, it would be nice to just go down there for a month and do them all. Maybe someday I will have the extra money to do that. As of right now, I’m really just a 1 week vacation planner. I really can’t afford more than a week and to stay gone that long from my work in North Georgia.

Here in Georgia the weather continues to be the top story of the day. It has been so hot and with very little rain over the last couple of months that all the lakes are starting to dry up. We have serious issues with outdoor watering right now, as all the water restrictions have been placed for the entire state and it has been that way for much of the spring and summer.

It’s bad when the lakes and rivers dry up. It really hurts the fishing and I like to fish. All you can do now is just go through and straighten out the fishing tackle and hope that it rains soon. I am ready to throw a few lures on the old fishing rod and start feeling some tugs from a big bass. I guess I will just have to wait on Mother Nature and let her decide when she is going to drop us down a few buckets of water on the Peach State. Please send any rain dances that you might know of and all prayers for rain in North Georgia will be accepted.