I remember now, I remember now, why they call it Freebird

[mmcirvin]

The WSJ and Photodude discuss the tradition of yelling "Play Freebird!" Growing up, I always sort of assumed this was a south-of-the-Mason-Dixon-Line thing. Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing makes the drastic suggestion that musicians kill the joke by actually playing Freebird.

Photodude's commenter "emcee fleshy" mentions that "I also thought, in third grade, that the F-word had just been invented." Me too.