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• Blackboneamx, Youtube from IdahoThe album, Gimme Back My Bullets, I purchased that vinyl in 1976 at the Base exchange on the Shemya island. I spun it quite regular in 1977 the last part of my remote tour. I still spin my original album on my Marantz 6300 turntable to this day. I find it not to be a rock album that makes me get up and dance. That being said I always turn to this album whenever life or politics spin me down. It is a meditation thing, I use it to regroup myself and gain strength again. Right after that, I might decide to spin Free Bird and realize just how much I have changed.
• Timbo from FloridaThis album had two firsts, one was not having Ed King as a songwriter/guitarist, the other is losing Al Kooper as this was the first Tom Dowd produced album, and the album was a near flop. It had the great ”Every Mother’s Son” and the prophetic sleeper “All I can do is Write about it”! The others songs to me were unremarkable and it showed that they needed another great songwriter like Ed King. The next studio album would fill that need with Steve Gaines.
• T3lb0i from UkI thought the song title was a throwback to the Wild West: you were required to hand over your bullets when you entered a saloon for everybody’s safety and picked them up when you left.
• Rock B. Ert from Maracaibo, VenezuelaGuns have always been a symbol of the Wild West, although here, we speak of the South, the image of Cowboys is linked to Southern Rock.
  
  It is reckless to ask someone to give back your bullets. They can return them in a bad manner.
  But, you came back, to save someone innocent from dying under your bullets, and you are brave enough to look after and recover them.
  
  Didn't knew about the Billboard stuff. That is the way I felt about what the song meant.
  
  My friends and I laughed at the ironic title of this song. It is a good mood from the Florida and an extraordinary song.
  
  Long Live Lynyrd (*keep on recruiting brothers and sisters and stay tall with the name!)
• Mike from Jax, FlI love it when the gun nuts think this is an anti-gun control song. These people don't know my about Skynyrd. Look up "Saturday Night Special". Ronnie believed in guns for hunting, not all these guns that "ain't no good for nothing else". He said we should dump all them to the "bottom of the sea"
• Sunshine from Macon, GeorgiaI love it when these cats talk about the where and what of the conception of their songs. Skynyrd was such a force to be reckoned with and blazing in this era. Tom Dowd was an absolute genius! Highly recommend the documentary Tom Dowd & the Language of Music. Peace
• Double 00s from Los AngelesI appreciate the comments, and respect for lyrics are primarily important to me- I’m a gun totin GA gal, I’m getting “gimme back my bullets” as a tat, my meaning is taking back my personal power AND don’t take my guns.
• Ricky from North CarolinaI think it's about censorship. The MCA record company was trying to censor their rebel ways and Ronnie was pissed. Look at pencil pushers... Sweet talking people... A bullet is a black dot signifying a chorus that MCA wanted to censor out. Gary said something different about getting back on the charts.
  This is just my way of taking this song. I absolutely love the song and the album!
• G Ronstadt from TucsonOur cover band just decided to introduce some Skynyrd to our set list. This song is so dynamic, funky, recognizable but not overplayed and has a deeper meaning than one might expect from first listen. Love this song and it is lot of fun to play!
• Joe from Plant City, Florida Nick, glad you are on board with Skynyrd. Listen to more of their stuff. If you like this song there are MANY others I know you’ll like too. Growing up in Florida in that era was the best. Lynyrd Skynyrd was always on the radio. Rock legends for sure!
• Nick from Fresh Meadows, Nythis song is easily one of the best rock songs ive heard and im really big with the 90's, i actually just heard it for the first time the other day, my cousin told me about it and i took it for granted, but i finally heard it and its instant favorite who cares if the album didnt go platinum they've been around so long who do they have to impress, these young mindless rock stars we have these days, rock music went downhill faaast after the 90's, so its nice to hear something good
• Nuthin Fancy from Cleveland, OhThis album was the only Skynyrd album that did not go platinum
• Andy from Calgary, AbInteresting note: Leon was on record as being very unsatisfied with the mix on this song. I agree as the trebly sound of Pyle's cymbals take away from the rest of the song...
• Sue from Cleveland, OhWeedeater does an excellent cover of this song.
• Pete from Pleasant Mount, PaThis is a great album.
• Ograstamon from Newkirk, OkJohnny: Why don't you take the confusing grammar and 'doubt' of the facts to a Republican or Christian forum where they'll be more at home?
  
  
• Johnny from Los Angeles, CaThe weakest selling! I doubt it, including their new albums.
• Zac from Charlotte, NcThis is easily my favorite Skynyrd song

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