Free Bird
Song by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Sep 20, 2026
PyroHOST
And we're going to play Jolene, her single.
PyroHOST
And then we're going to play Dolly's version of Free Bird featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd to R.I.P. Dolly.
PyroHOST
And let's hear these two great tracks right now.
Dolly PartonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging of you, please don't take my man.
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speaker_1UNKNOWN
I can't change.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Lord, I can't change.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Won't you find? I'm a free bird.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
I'm a free bird.
Bobby CapucciHOST
They were joined by dozens of death penalty protesters.
Bobby CapucciHOST
Around the time of the execution, family members cranked up a car stereo playing Leonard Skinner's Free Bird.
Bobby CapucciHOST
He didn't want nobody to see him get shot, said Gardner's brother, Randy Gardner.
Bobby CapucciHOST
I would have liked to be there for him.
Max GillHOST
There's a line in here, and Lord knows I can't change sounds better in the song than it does with Hell to Pay.
Max GillHOST
Now, Lord knows I can't change, that's a direct quotation for the song Freebird, which we talked about in SRO.
Max GillHOST
So we've got Leonard Skinner here again.
Max GillHOST
Freebird, as we discussed on the last episode, it's about getting away.
Max GillHOST
On SRO, it is ironic as it plays in the car of someone who's died.
Max GillHOST
Skipping becomes a motif on that album.
Max GillHOST
In the song Freebird, not changing means the protagonist has to leave his partner.
Max GillHOST
But in this song, the DBT song, the protagonist stays, but she ends up being the one who's disappointed.
Bobby CapucciHOST
They were joined by dozens of death penalty protesters.
Bobby CapucciHOST
Around the time of the execution, family members cranked up a car stereo playing Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird.
Bobby CapucciHOST
He didn't want nobody to see him get shot, said Gardner's brother, Randy Gardner.
Bobby CapucciHOST
I would have liked to be there for him.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Yeah, they-- Well, that's just one of their many songs.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
"Free Bird".
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Que te mato.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
"Free Bird", if you haven't heard it, listen to, uh, "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
And last but not least, "They try to make her go to rehab, but she said, no, no, no." All right, number one.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
[cheering] Number one is Sam Neill.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
I'm trying to go to bed.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
It's now, like, 12:45, and [laughs] like, Free Bird, you know that song? Free Bird is, like, blasting into my bedroom window at, like, full volume, and I'm just like, "Oh, no.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
What have I, what have we done? What have we done?" Luckily, around, like, 2:00 AM, the speakers go off, and I'm, like, finally able to get some sleep.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
But I had convinced myself, I'm like, "All right.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
And then at the end of the day when you finally get them down to sleep, then you have to come downstairs and your house is completely destroyed, and you have to do the laundry and do the dishes and put things away and try and get your life in order.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
And then you are so exhausted, and all you wanna do is put your head on the pillow and conk out just for, like, a couple hours of sleep.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
I just want you to remember, I want you to remember when you put your head on the pillow when you are a young mother and think about, think about the mom that lived next door to you with your s- with her small children, and how you would blast Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird into her bedroom window at 11:30 PM.
Sarah Merrill HallHOST
Please think about that.
Chris SalisburyGUEST
Um, and as you'll be aware, that was, uh, a mocking tribute to Coach, uh, Leonard Skinner, who was their high school gym teacher.
Eric SenichHOST
Several major labels passed on Skynyrd even after hearing Free Bird, which is hard to believe, but you look back at those early recordings now, what do you think those executives were missing?
Chris SalisburyGUEST
I think you've got to look at it like this.
Chris SalisburyGUEST
There were two distinct label, uh, shopping campaigns before they signed with, uh, Al Kooper.
Chris SalisburyGUEST
Uh, the promise was clear that the recordings you can hear, uh, they were subsequently released as part of the, uh, Collectibles album.
Chris SalisburyGUEST
Uh, I don't know whether you've taken a listen to those, Eric, but, uh-
Eric SenichHOST
Well, is that, is, is that the one, I know the box set has what I think is a really cool early version of Free Bird.
Eric SenichHOST
It's without the ending
TimHOST
No, I'm joking.
TimHOST
I've told my wife what song I want, and it's Free Bird by Skynyrd, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
MushroomHOST
That makes sense for you.
TimHOST
Yeah.
Stinky PeteHOST
But no, I just thought it was interesting.
Stinky PeteHOST
I think Freebird is...
Stinky PeteHOST
Most people know Freebird.
Stinky PeteHOST
Not least of which is because, again, it's in the background to loads and loads of films.
Stinky PeteHOST
It's on loads of film soundtracks.
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Stinky PeteHOST
So it's almost like a protest song, really.
Stinky PeteHOST
But no, I love Joni.
Stinky PeteHOST
I chose Freebird slash Sweet Home Alabama, obviously, for Skinner.
Sheri LynchHOST
A little bit.
Sheri LynchHOST
[Free Bird] If I stay here with you, boy.
DocPANELIST
Oh, God.
Sheri LynchHOST
Things just couldn't be the same.
DocPANELIST
[laughs]
Sheri LynchHOST
[laughs]
MaxPANELIST
Free bird.
MaxPANELIST
Yeah.
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