Van Zant’s condemnation of dirt-cheap man-killers was written before the ordeal in the studio and it tells-it’s heavy but slinky at the same time, and Van Zant is at his storytelling best. Of the remaining songs, “Saturday Night Special” is the only one has that characteristic Lynyrd Skynyrd sound. And while Nuthin’ Fancy has its charms, the fact that four of its eight songs are gravel simple hard rockers is not one of them. Sure, Lynyrd Skynyrd could produce very good hard rock-both “On the Hunt” and “I’m a Country Boy” boast riffs every bit as barbarous and stripped to the bone as anything by his English heroes in Bad Company-but in this reviewer’s humble opinion the band was at its best when it boogied. He may have believed that driving it right down the audience’s throat constituted the basis of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s success, but he was wrong. (Indeed, he’d never again have the time to sit down and do some leisurely songwriting during his lifetime, which is why Lynyrd Skynyrd was never able to top the transcendental brilliance of its first two LPs.)Īnother problem is that Van Zant, whose idea of a great band was Bad Company, opted for the ‘eavy touch rather than the light one on such songs as “I’m a Country Boy” (anti-NYC rant), “On the Hunt” (misogynistic rant in which Ronnie at least has the decency to concede he’s a slut too), “Cheatin’ Woman” (typical anti-woman rant distinguished only by cool organ and Van Zant’s wonderfully lazy but knowing vocals), and “Whiskey Rock-A-Roller” (self-explanatory). Dylan) ever, but when it came to Nuthin’ Fancy he simply didn’t have the same amount of time he’d had to write such immortal tunes as “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Tuesday’s Gone,” or “Simple Man” from 1973’s (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) and 1974’s Second Helping. I’ll stand Ronnie Van Zant up against any American songwriter (exceptin’ B. The biggest problem lies in the songs, natch, and the problem with the songs is that they were written in a rush, in the studio between tours. The way I see it, Nuthin’ Fancy only boasts two songs-I’m talking about “Saturday Night Special” and “Am I Losin’”-that are truly indispensible. It lacks the sublime touches that make Skynyrd’s first and second albums rock landmarks, and the assortment of to-die-for songs (“That Smell,” “One More Time,” “All I Can Do Is Write About It”) scattered throughout the two LPs that came after it. It may even be the worst of the five albums the original Lynyrd Skynyrd-which is the only Lynyrd Skynyrd that matters-recorded between 19. But during the four short years before fate shot their airship down, the Southern rockers produced a veritable shitload of immortal (and yes smart) tunes that I, for one, have been listening to with pleasure for decades.ġ975’s appropriately titled Nuthin’ Fancy isn’t the best Skynyrd LP out there. It is my unreconstituted thunk that Lynyrd Skynyrd is America’s second greatest rock’n’roll band, right behind the Velvet Underground.
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