RandySF
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Wed Aug-31-11 06:48 PM
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Wednesday Evening Sanity Break: Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe. |
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Bobby Gentry's genius was leaving listeners to wonder about the circumstances around Billy Joe's death and the narrator's connection. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv33eaygVDQ
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Wed Aug-31-11 06:52 PM
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1. Where I grew up this song put Bobby Gentry in line for sainthood. |
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And you know, it IS a pretty darn good song.
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Wed Aug-31-11 06:54 PM
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3. It IS a good song...but they put her up for "sainthood'?...Not just "celebrity", or something? |
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:00 PM
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4. Well, Mississippi was used to getting almost exclusively negative attention. |
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She was beautiful, the song was smart and evocative, people were paying attention without excoriating or ridiculing. Yeah, it was a major deal.
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:08 PM
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7. Yeah, right, I can see the context now...I'm glad it made people in the state feel good! |
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It IS a smart and evocative song, and yes, Bobbie Gentry was certainly beautiful.
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Wed Aug-31-11 06:53 PM
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2. I'm game....So what do people think the singer and Billy Joe were |
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"throwin' off the Tallahatchie bridge"?:hippie:
When someone asked ME this question at the tender
age of eighteen, I said "flowers" and people thought
I was naive....Whatcha all think it was?
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:05 PM
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6. The only thing I heard was "a fetus" so I assumed that some kind of |
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botched abortion took place and Billy Joe committed suicide as a result.
I don't know. Just speculating...
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:11 PM
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8. I think a lot of people thought too, though it is kind of grim...Can anyone think of another |
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interpretation?...Something between "naive" and "grim"?
I'm not saying the "grim" wouldn't be what she had in mind, just hoping
for something a little less expected.
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:14 PM
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9. It's kind of weird when you think about it, disposing of a fetus off a bridge. |
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But that was the trope at the time, as I recall. Strange, that...
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Thu Sep-01-11 01:05 AM
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It doesn't seem so weird to me...Creepy, yes,weird, no.
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:03 PM
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5. One of the youtube comments was that a movie was made of the song story in 1976. |
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Maybe that gave it up?:shrug:
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:31 PM
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10. Nope. I saw it. Doesn't shed any light on the mystery. n/t |
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Thu Sep-01-11 01:02 AM
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13. Crap..but thanks for telling us...I was going to hunt it down and watch it. |
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Wed Aug-31-11 07:40 PM
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11. "Where is Bobbie Gentry" |
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While on Youtube, check out the wonderful Jill Sobule's "Where is Bobbie Gentry". Lyrics here: http://www.songlyrics.com/jill-sobule/where-is-bobbie-gentry-lyrics/
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Wed Aug-31-11 08:32 PM
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12. Did I flash forward - It's not the 3rd of June, is it? n/t |
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