# SongShitting, as in, "Thats a real good song, except for this part" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359 "2015-03-19T05:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/181 "2016-06-14T22:06:45Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > What, that’s not right. Sweet Home Alabama’s message is that “not everybody in the south is racist.” > > In Birmingham they love the Governor (Oooo, Oooo, Oooo) (Democrat George Wallace) > But, we all did what we could do (We didn’t support his actions) > Watergate does not bother me > Does your conscience bother you? (A retort to Republican’s that branded Alabama a racist state due to George Wallace’s actions.) > > It’s not well written but the main message is that not all “Southern Men” are racist. . . and we love Alabama. 15 things we have to explain about the song ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ > **[15 things we have to explain about the song 'Sweet Home Alabama'](https://www.al.com/entertainment/2014/04/15_things_we_have_to_explain_a.html)** > > "Sweet Home Alabama" released in June 1974 by Lynyrd Skynyrd, is arguably one of the most popular Southern rock songs of all time, and most assuredly in Alabama > [@](#): > > When the song was released, the governor of Alabama was George Wallace, best known for his “stand in the schoolhouse door” to oppose integration. The line “In Birmingham they love the governor,” along with negative remarks about Neil Young, led many people to believe band members were racist. However, most people overlook the words that follow: “Boo! Boo! Boo!” and the line, “We all did what we could do.” Some people believe that is a reference to those who tried to vote Wallace out of office. Funnily enough, [songfacts.com](http://songfacts.com) reports Wallace loved the song and made band members honorary lieutenant colonels in the state militia. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/182 "2016-06-14T22:40:16Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > What, that’s not right. Sweet Home Alabama’s message is that “not everybody in the south is racist.” > > In Birmingham they love the Governor (Oooo, Oooo, Oooo) (Democrat George Wallace) > But, we all did what we could do (We didn’t support his actions) Whenever I hear that song I always wonder what they actually did. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/183 "2016-06-15T00:51:06Z")
Right, including what they did in response to Wallace making them honorary militiamen. I suspect there is revisionist history at work here. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/184 "2016-06-15T14:07:47Z")
Duffy’s song _Mercy_ is a rockin’ little number and she really sells it until she gets to the line ". . . I need a man who can take my hand " and then she screeches in a really lame attempt at sounding soulful “YES I DOOOO!”. There’s something so . . .unhip about it, like a drunk PTA lady or something. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/185 "2016-06-15T14:35:17Z")
[Aerosmith’s “Back in the Saddle”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX8GG3dnsp8). Great couple of intro bars, and a decently good rocker overall but it never recovers from that annoying horse-whinny + “I’m BAAAA–AACK!”, just ruins the song before it gets going. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/186 "2016-10-16T22:59:25Z")
[Hand Me Down World, the Guess Who](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt6zQK6_WWw). Great playing with solid lyrics about the environment except for the egregious clunker 1:50 in > [@](#): > > Anybody here see the fuzzy-wuzzy loving cup explosion ??? ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/187 "2016-10-19T01:05:55Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Yeah. They thought Young was dissing the South in a few of his songs, so they kind of shot back at him. Neil Young actually sang “Sweet Home Alabama” at a memorial service for the 3 members, who died in the plane crash. That’s pretty cool. The REAL worst part of that song is right after the opening riff, when guy says what I always purposely mishear as “Turn it off!” So I do. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/188 "2016-10-19T20:15:04Z")
Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight” is such a nice song… and then he completely destroys it with the last verse, in which he gets drunk at a party and has to be tucked into bed. The sentimentality of the first two verses is utterly lost. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/189 "2016-10-19T20:46:01Z")
I love [“He Lays in the Reins”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MePq4yH-dnc) by Calexico and Iron and Wine. But the moment the opera singing starts, it’s ruined for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/190 "2016-10-21T12:51:10Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > The REAL worst part of that song is right after the opening riff, when guy says what I always purposely mishear as “Turn it off!” So I do. I’m always compelled to turn it louder, which is often difficult, since I’m usually at max volume to start with. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/191 "2016-10-21T13:43:45Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight” is such a nice song… and then he completely destroys it with the last verse, in which he gets drunk at a party and has to be tucked into bed. > > The sentimentality of the first two verses is utterly lost. Ha ha ha! Exactly! 😃 Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/192 "2016-10-21T14:27:12Z")
Oh - I thought of one! **Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend** : [Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n12OBlcHx9E) Totally fun hippie/poppy love letter of a song with wonderful main riff, and fun lead guitar work by Robert Quine. But after this fun little seduction song, how does he end it? “And I’m never gonna set you free, no no, I’m never gonna set you free.” Fucking creepshow territory. I consciously unhear (thanks Gwyneth) that part and don’t include it when I play it. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359/193 "2016-10-21T15:28:32Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” was one of the dance classics of the early 80s… > [until the sound of a flushing toilet(!) comes in at 3:27.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgGiCKbud5I) HAAH it’s true. I really enjoy Estelle’s “American Boy” until Kanye raps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songshitting-as-in-thats-a-real-good-song-except-for-this-part/715359.md?page=9)