Top Gear vs Rednecks - Page 2

holmsy · 13-02-2007, 11:39 AM

what was the eppisode called or the season and number? i wouldent mind watchin the whole thing

Sourbastard · 13-02-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Abacus

Well, they didn't shoot them or lynch them. Like I said, measured and reasonable.

It’s the morally bankrupt views expressed as the norm by extreme left wing institutions such as the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald that makes the Southerner’s reactions seem a little over the top.

You wouldnt have a clue if all the clues in the world held a parade down your street singing "obvious clues are here again"

I've lived in alabama, and you zero idea, but please, keep on sprouting your rhetoric, I will defend to the death your RIGHT to make yourself look like a moron.

Scott · 13-02-2007, 11:58 AM

"you got a real purdy mouth boy"

Dezza · 13-02-2007, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by holmsy

what was the eppisode called or the season and number? i wouldent mind watchin the whole thing

It is the latest episode. Season 9, episode 3. I also thought Stig's American cousin in the episode was hilarious, "Big Stig"

holmsy · 13-02-2007, 12:14 PM

thanks ill have to get hold of it.

Ford_Boy · 13-02-2007, 12:16 PM

those guys rule. why did they right the song "sweet home alabama" if it was such a dangerous place? lol

Dezza · 13-02-2007, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by holmsy

thanks ill have to get hold of it.

You'll find it on torrent sites, but you didn't hear that from me ;)

Des · 13-02-2007, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford_Boy

those guys rule. why did they right the song "sweet home alabama" if it was such a dangerous place? lol

Read the lyrics properly...."Does your conscience bother you?", check out some of the actual events that the song is about....

S3SR · 13-02-2007, 12:46 PM

bloody dialup!

my guess is it was staged....

*off to uni to watch the latest eps*

Ford_Boy · 13-02-2007, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Des

Read the lyrics properly...."Does your conscience bother you?", check out some of the actual events that the song is about....

I've got the lyrics but it makes no sence to me at all.

"Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow "

"In Birmingham they love the governor
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth "

What's it all mean?

Abacus · 13-02-2007, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford_Boy

I've got the lyrics but it makes no sence to me at all.

"Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow "

"In Birmingham they love the governor
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth "

What's it all mean?

Sweet Home Alabama was Lynard Skynard's response to Neil Young's songs "Alabama'' and "Southern Man" which were critical of certain southern attitudes. If you turn up the volume near the line "And I heard Mr Young sing about her" you should be able to hear Young singing the words "Southern Man".

In the liner notes to his greatest hits album, Decade, Young wrote that Southern Man "could have been written on a civil rights march after stopping off to watch Gone With The Wind at a local theater."

This song has often been misconstrued as indicating that Skynard's lead singer, Ronnie Van Zandt and Neil Young, disliked one another. However, Van Zandt was a great fan of Young and even wore Neil Young T-shirts while performing. (It was been suggested that Van Zandt was actually buried wearing a Neil Young T-shirt, after he and Steve Gaines died in a plane crash in 1977. Van Zandt's grave was actually randsacked by people trying to prove or disprove this theory, and his body was relocated to an undisclosed location).

The words "Muscle Shoals does have the Swampers" is a reference to a group of studio musicans that played on many recordings at different studios in Muscle Shoals, (where Skynard spent a lot of time). "The Swampers" were often requested because they played so well as a group.

Incidentally, Lynard Skynard weren't from Alabama, they were from Jacksonville, Florida. Gary Rossington has been quoted as saying the song was written on the road while they were travelling through Alabama.

Hawk · 13-02-2007, 01:50 PM

Whoa!! That would have to be scary. Great job of painting the cars...but of all places to need a jump start!!!

Tote · 13-02-2007, 01:52 PM

Forgive me, I was'nt that old when Nixon was impeached, what does the reference Nixon imply, that its OK for the republicans to be crooks if you are from the south. What does the Governor of Alabama have to do with it?

Regards,
Tote

Abacus · 13-02-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tote

Forgive me, I was'nt that old when Nixon was impeached, what does the reference Nixon imply, that its OK for the republicans to be crooks if you are from the south. What does the Governor of Alabama have to do with it?

Regards,
Tote

Quick bio on Governor George Wallace here:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAwallaceG.htm

You have to note that when Ronnie Van Zandt wrote this song he invoked both irony and sarcasm.

The reference to Governor Wallace is followed by “Boo Boo Boo”. Van Zandt hated the actions taken by Wallace and the adverse perception of the South generated by those actions, and intended for this song to relate that to the listener, together with his thoughts on the excesses of the Nixon government.

In the lines "Watergate does not bother me," (because he didn't cause Watergate or create it), and "does YOUR conscience bother YOU?" Van Zandt wanted listeners to think about their own actions, not those of people they have no control over.

[Edit]: Ronnie van Zandt wrote the lyrics to Sweet Home Alabama. Ed King wrote the tune.

Casper · 13-02-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tote

Forgive me, I was'nt that old when Nixon was impeached, what does the reference Nixon imply, that its OK for the republicans to be crooks if you are from the south. What does the Governor of Alabama have to do with it?

Regards,
Tote

I think it was the other way around. Alabama's governor's were, from the late 1800's to about the late 1980's Democrat's (hows that for a shocker!)
I'm guessing they were actually having a shot about Nixon and Watergate rather than agreeing with it. Watergate wouldnt bother them if they were Democrats.

Edit: or what Abacus said above

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Ford_Boy · 13-02-2007, 02:47 PM

Thanks Abacus and Casper for clearing it up for me. What exactly was watergate? Was it some kind of civil war?

Neeek · 13-02-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford_Boy

Thanks Abacus and Casper for clearing it up for me. What exactly was watergate? Was it some kind of civil war?

Erm... no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

Abacus · 13-02-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

You wouldnt have a clue if all the clues in the world held a parade down your street singing "obvious clues are here again"

I've lived in alabama, and you zero idea, but please, keep on sprouting your rhetoric, I will defend to the death your RIGHT to make yourself look like a moron.

My dearest man-loving SourBastard.

For somebody who spent some time in the South, you really are an uninformed git.

**Polyal** · 13-02-2007, 02:51 PM

mate google is your friend!

Just enjoy the song for what it is, a catchy tune with a message that most dont get or care about anymore. Also its good because anyone can sing along to it, no matter what your blood alcohol situation is!

Sourbastard · 13-02-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Abacus

My dearest man-loving SourBastard.

For somebody who spent some time in the South, you really are an uninformed git.

Is banning you measured and reasonable? Theres no lynching involved.

ronwest · 13-02-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

I've lived in alabama, and you zero idea,

Been there a few times myself...

I was told once that the "friendly" folks start at St Louis, Mo, and just get friendlier the further south you go. My experiences validate that view.

However, it seems the stereotypical opinions from here in Testosterone Central are contrary.

Well, this *is* the internet... I must have been mistaken.

Ford_Boy · 13-02-2007, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Neeek

Erm... no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

thanks for that.

Sourbastard · 13-02-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ronwest

Been there a few times myself...

I was told once that the "friendly" folks start at St Louis, Mo, and just get friendlier the further south you go. My experiences validate that view.

However, it seems the stereotypical opinions from here in Testosterone Central are contrary.

Well, this *is* the internet... I must have been mistaken.

I spent time from Maryland to Bama before moving up Northwest to Alberta. Like anywhere else in the world the area is full of very different people from all walks of life.

RPO83 · 13-02-2007, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Abacus

I can't see what the southerners did wrong in that clip. The locals weren't to know they were just taking the p***, and the way the locals reacted was completely measured and reasonable.

Its the the fag-and-leftie tolerant liberalism in the rest of the western world that's stuffed up.

What a total disgrace.

Sourbastard · 13-02-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RPO83

What a total disgrace.

He dont know no better, his parents were Brother and Bovine.

ronwest · 13-02-2007, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

I spent time from Maryland to Bama before moving up Northwest to Alberta. Like anywhere else in the world the area is full of very different people from all walks of life.

I used to go over for a month three or four times a year, for around six or seven years.

Most of the time was spent in a rectangle bordered by Detroit, Cincinnati, St Louis and Chicago.

Got further south quite regularly as well.

Always had large amounts of cash on me, always dealing with individuals.
Never had a problem.

Not bad for a "furriner" ....

Dr Smith · 13-02-2007, 04:09 PM

.....and the scary thing is that some of them have the brain cell(s) to vote for a president.....

Tommo224 · 13-02-2007, 04:33 PM

LOL!! that was pretty awesome i must say haha.. i wanted it to keep going but the video ended sigh! lol..

americans mating with vegetables hahahaha i bet that ****ed off a few people lol..