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March 18

Song Lyrics

Aprox. in the year 1990-91 K.T. Oslin had a song out that had this lyric within it. "Gonna look in my little black book." This is basically the one and only line I'm able to remember about the song. Is there any way possible I could receive the complete title of this song, in order to order it from a musical catalog? "Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and effort. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.235.137.130 (talk) 12:49, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Was K. T. Oslin discography helpful. if not, the place I look for this kind of thing are lyrics websites. A search for that exact lyric produced one hit which is your question above. Guessing that "gonna" has a variety of spellings or might have been misheard, this search shows a few variants that might help you find what you want. Astronaut (talk) 18:12, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Southern Man - Sweet Home Alabama

This is one of my favourite musical duels. The one thing I've always wondered about is a line in the answer song: "Now Watergate does not bother me / Does your conscience bother you?" SHA was written in response to Neil Young's song and Van Zant seems to be implying that Watergate should be somehow on Young's conscience. Ignoring the fact that Van Zant didn't whip any black people personally and Young didn't break into any hotels personally, why would he think a Canadian would be bothered by Watergate? If Young had been a Nixon supporter, I could still understand it, but I don't think that's the case. It's like trying to make an Australian feel guilty about South African apartheid or something. It just seems like such a misapplication of guilt... did anyone ever point this out to Van Zant? There's lots of discussion about SHA's politics on the talk page, but this isn't mentioned. Matt Deres (talk) 14:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't think the reference was to Young's nationality, rather to his cheek in writing Southern Man in the first place and daring to tell people like Van Zant that they're wrong. --TammyMoet (talk) 16:42, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

But why bring Watergate up? If I wrote a song that seemed to insult your sex/nationality/etc. and you wrote a response to me, wouldn't it make more sense to point out the shortcomings of my sex/nationality/etc. rather than something completely unrelated? As recorded, the song seems to be a bit of a non sequitur. Matt Deres (talk) 23:37, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I always assumed that just that one verse of the song was directed at Neil Young, and that the other verses were directed elsewhere. Regards, Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 23:45, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Canada was known to shelter draft dodgers during the Vietnam War, perhaps that is the reference to conscience? 75.41.109.190 (talk) 00:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

The whole song was not about young, just that one verse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.146.186 (talk) 03:55, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I think Lynyrd Skynyrd is saying that all Southerners aren't responsible for the actions of the KKK, any more than all Northerner's are guilty of complicity in Watergate. It's not a very good comparison, though, since the KKK required a much broader conspiracy than Watergate did. StuRat (talk) 02:00, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

The old-style or "conservative" view would be that those who stood by and did nothing to help thwart the KKK, were complicit in enabling it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:53, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

But they might also agree that your civic duty to oppose orgs like the KKK does not extend to risking your life. And, based on the tactics of the KKK, they would be doing precisely that. StuRat (talk) 07:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Well, I guess the consensus is that I'm misinterpreting the song a bit. :) Thanks for your input everyone. Matt Deres (talk) 10:34, 21 March 2012 (UTC)