I love old school Skynyrd. To me, the best driving song in the world is Call Me the Breeze. Hell, Skynyrd is summertime cookout, beer drinkin' music. It don't get much better than that. That said, Ronnie the greatest singer of all time? I love him, but Freddie Mercury says hi... Not to mention Elton John in his prime.
Skynyrd does rule. Esp. at parties. I would take Ronnie over Mercury, John, Lennon, Morrison... etc...
The lyrics that Ronnie made connect with people personally. I've never been on a Yellow brick road, or in a yellow submarine, nor had any desire to date a fat bottomed girl, etc... lol