€œWerewolves-of-London-to-use-in-his-song-All-Summer-LongĪnd just for the record, raise your hand if you have ever been in a band that did those two songs as a medley. Gary Rossington Matthew Shafer Ronnie Van Zant Waddy Wachtel Warren Zevon. Is it just me, or do the contradictions in that statement just scream off the page?Īt any rate, apparently he paid royalty fees to the copyright holders, at least. The lyrics to Lynyrd Skynyrds Sweet Home Alabama are often associated with. Option A, Warren Zevons Werewolves of London. He even calls out for a rendition of Sweet Home Alabama from that dead band, while. Background Warren Zevon explained that the song was written really fast. Zevon settles into a groove here that is somewhere between insult of and homage to bucolic existence. And that's why people have reacted the way they have to the song.' Fanpop quiz: Besides Sweet Home Alabama, what other song does Kid Rock sample in All Summer Long. right since Vietnam / Sweet home Alabama / Play that dead bands song. The song samples the Werewolves piano hook, mashed up with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama, a song Zevon satirized in Play It All Night Long in 1980. The same year, Warren Zevon released 'Werewolves of London'. I think people don't believe half the s-t they hear some rapper or some pop girl singing about. Lynyrd Skynyrd released 'Sweet Home Alabama' in 1974.

And that's what's missing in music today. They'd know it was real, and there'd be that connection. I knew people would hear it and know I wrote it. He said: 'I knew the track was solid - it's got two of the best songs of all time mashed up together, it's got great melodies, so really, my work was done. Kid Rock explained to MTV News why the song has been such a success. The song samples the Werewolves piano hook, mashed up with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama, a song Zevon satirized in Play It All Night Long in 1980.

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