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.
What song is it you want to hear? asks Van Zant on the definitive, 14-minute live version on One More From the Road. But audiences initially didn't want to hear Free Bird â dedicated to Duane Allman â until Collins added an uptempo section to the end of the ballad and the overlapping guitars started to boogie.