Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!
88K views · Jul 24, 2023 · Film & Animation
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@aileenturrietta7553 · 3 years ago
After all these years, the lyrics roll off the tongue like it was yesterday.
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@steveturner3999 · 3 years ago (edited)
This was a huge hit when it was released. It was kinda controversial because it inferred certain things and left it up to the listener to draw their own conclusions. Bobbie Gentry had a sultry voice. She was a looker as well.
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@pennyanderson3475 · 3 years ago
What a picture this song paints. The conversational quality as she talks about suicide and the bleakness of life and the people coping by not coping is chilling and the story certainly leaves you wanting to know more.
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@handfuloftrains4781 · 3 years ago
"Child, what's happened to your appetite?" is a chilling line. The family is oblivious to what the girl is feeling.
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@Jeff_Lichtman · 3 years ago (edited)
People have speculated about what they threw off the bridge ever since this song was released. But it doesn't really matter. Bobbie Gentry said the song is "a study in unconscious cruelty." The family engages in idle talk about Billy Joe, yet doesn't notice how upset the narrator is over his death, or catch on to the fact that she was involved with him somehow. IMO, it's better for it to be a mystery.
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@denisemay6807 · 3 years ago
The thing about this song to me is the story is told so well that you can picture the scenery going on through the entire song in your head.
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@sherigrow6480 · 3 years ago
I heard someone refer to this as southern Gothic, which seems perfect. She wrote and produced her own music.
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@rootbox · 3 years ago
After a brief but successful career, Bobby Gentry retired and has been elusive and mysterious as ever.<br>She was one of the first female musicians to compose , produce and publish her own tunes - and did a mighty fine job of doing so.
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@Verlopil · 3 years ago
You can hear her emotional numbness in the way she relays the dinner conversation. A masterpiece of storytelling.
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@scottmarleneking6298 · 3 years ago
I feel like Harry Chapin's "Taxi" might be the kind of ode you're looking for.
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@RedDawnRocker · 3 years ago
Another fantastic song from Bobbie is "Fancy" ... another soulful story.
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@scottmarleneking6298 · 3 years ago
The perfect combination of what was said and what was unsaid.
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