No more Sweet Home Alabama at Everbank Field

[JayBird]

WHAT!!!??  Flyovers cancelled?  Nooooo.........

I guess sequestration took care of that, huh?  Kind of expensive to do flyovers.  I always figured they used those for training missions of some kind.

Yeah, go figure, a guy who sold his yacht for 150 million and makes bumpers for cars cannot afford 10 flyovers for his paying customers. Class act.

Please check your facts, Khan, the Jaguars, the City of Jacksonville, the State if Florida have no say in this matter. The Department of Defense issued an cease order on all operations not pertaining to combat in April. I am actually in favor of this, just because you have money shouldn't allow you to "buy" out military.

As an aside, both NYC and always-seem-to-be-going-broke San Diego had corporate sponsors who were willing to pay for fleet week, and Uncle Sam and Little O turned them down.

[I-10east]

^^^+1000

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Don't get too riled up.  It's just MTroll making his rounds.  He'll get pissy and leave again.  :-)   

[fsquid]

why get rid of something that has been played for years?  Caroline Panthers play "Sweet Carolina" when the game is in doubt and the home team is going to win.  Sure, they don't get to play it often, but I see the similarities.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

why get rid of something that has been played for years?  Caroline Panthers play "Sweet Carolina" when the game is in doubt and the home team is going to win.  Sure, they don't get to play it often, but I see the similarities.

Maybe they should play something by Yellowcard or Limp Bizkit or Red Jumpsuit Apparatus instead.  A song that is from a local band that actually references Jacksonville.

[If_I_Loved_you]

why get rid of something that has been played for years?  Caroline Panthers play "Sweet Carolina" when the game is in doubt and the home team is going to win.  Sure, they don't get to play it often, but I see the similarities.

Maybe they should play something by Yellowcard or Limp Bizkit or Red Jumpsuit Apparatus instead.  A song that is from a local band that actually references Jacksonville.

Why not have Rick Ross sing Box Chevy?

[reednavy]

Oh no, they're going to stop playing a song about Alabama in Jacksonville, womp womp. Yes, tehy're from Jax and blah, blah, blah, but it's a song "about" Alabama, big deal, get over it.

[funwithteeth]

Yes, fine, if they want to play a song by a band with a local connection, go ahead and play Lynyrd Skynyrd, but why a song that's a paean to another state? The crowd might as well just start chanting ROLL TIDE whenever the Jags score.

[fsquid]

why get rid of something that has been played for years?  Caroline Panthers play "Sweet Carolina" when the game is in doubt and the home team is going to win.  Sure, they don't get to play it often, but I see the similarities.

Maybe they should play something by Yellowcard or Limp Bizkit or Red Jumpsuit Apparatus instead.  A song that is from a local band that actually references Jacksonville.

maybe room for both?  I'm not familiar with how much music they play during the Jags games.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

maybe room for both?  I'm not familiar with how much music they play during the Jags games.

Between most plays and into - out of commercial breaks.  A lot!

Personally, I think it's more of the image issue that we're working on.  Yes, they're from J'ville.  And, Yes, they're singing about Alabama, but more importantly is the image that's associated with the song that they're trying to eliminate. 

Khan, to date, has put his money where his mouth is in regards to re-branding the team and the city as a more cutting-edge, progressive product.  This is just another step in that direction. 

Now, if we could only get the ACTUAL city to adopt the same sort of strategy.....

[fsquid]

so southern rock is a negative now?

[If_I_Loved_you]

so southern rock is a negative now?

No It's Not! Kahn better watch trying to change us just because he is the new Owner of the Jaguars?

Lynyrd Skynyrd

When I think of Southern Rock one group comes to my mind first and that is Lynryd Skynyrd. The bands first five albums released between 1973 and 1977 cemented the Jacksonville, Florida band as the best southern rock band of all time. The bands first album "pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd" featured one of the biggest anthems in rock history with "Freebird." The album also featured the classics "Tuesday's Gone," "Gimme Three Steps," and "Simple Man." The album "Second Helping" came out in 1974 featured their second biggest song in my opinion "Sweet Home Alabama." The album also featured "The Needle and The Spoon" and "Call Me the Breeze." In 1975 Lynryd Skynyrd released "Nuthin'Fancy" featuring "Mr. Saturday Night Special." Lynyrd Skynrd continued there success in 1976 with "Gimme Back My Bullets." In 1977 Skynyrd released there last album until the 1990's with "Street Survivors." The classic album contained tracks such as "What's Your Name?," That Smell" and "I Know A Little." Unfortunatly Lynryd Skynyrd's history is filled with tragedy. The biggest tragedy was the airplane crash. Since, the airplane crash the band still has had members die of various fates. In 2006 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Today Lynryd Skynyrd continues to record and tour. In 2009 the band released their album "God & Guns." http://voices.yahoo.com/the-top-10-southern-rock-bands-all-time-5246779.html

Lynyrd Skynyrd will always be a part of Jacksonville Florida and Thank God!

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

No It's Not! Kahn better watch trying to change us just because he is the new Owner of the Jaguars?

You're so right.  I think this is EXACTLY what Khan wants everyone to think about:

[coredumped]

I still think this is the way to go :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Zd3Fa5Xac&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[exnewsman]

If they don't play any better than last year they should just play the blues all game long... But really - a song about Alabama playing her in Jax no matter what the connection is to the band. Very odd. I mean it's a great song. Maybe they can just play the track without vocal. That opening guitar part is what gets people screaming at the stadium.