1 A stereotype is an oversimplified and fixed idea of what a particular group of people are like or do. 2  Stereotypes take into account characteristics, personality types, or behaviors. A stereotype is an oversimplified and fixed idea of what a particular group of people are like or do. 2  Stereotypes take into account characteristics, personality types, or behaviors.
When Allen first showed the song to Ronnie Van Zant, he scoffed at it, saying it had too many words.. Later Van Zant had an idea for a melody, asked Allen to play him the song again, and Free Bird was born.
It wasn't until 1973 when the Band had released their revamped version of Free Bird (the original was actually written in 1968 right after their first 2 songs ever - Need All My Friends and Michelle respectively), that they changed their spelling to Lynyrd Skynyrd as a tribute to the band, The Byrds.