Posted on 04/21/2021 4:59:12 PM PDT by SamAdams76
I never heard the term ‘southern gothic’ before, but I’ll never tire of those two songs.
Billy Joe was a guy not a girl
“Many have obsessed over who she was really talking about in that song?”
When it came out, the DJ said she was talking about Warren Beatty.
Had not thought about an induced abortion, not a developed baby.
Reasonable implied twist in the story.
They met in a chat room for people who want to do something evil to right the evil they had done before. So current y’all.
Great song....the gators got your granny...one of the better lines...swamp rock genre...
You think John Fogerty listened to that one?
Not exactly. But I am younger than quite a few folks here. :)
Kind of along this line, my boss (who is 18 years older than I, almost to the day) told us about a post on Facebook he saw. It was something about how the #1 song on your 21st birthday would determine 2021 for you. The #1 song when he turned 21 was “War” by Edwin Starr.
I mentioned that the #1 song when I turned 21 was “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. He says, “That could work out well for you.” I replied, “No, it wouldn’t. I could end up in divorce court!”
Hmm, mine was “Ghostbusters”.
I play guitar too, and “Little Wing” is one of those songs I’ve learned to play okay, but not exactly like the original. It seems simple on the first few listens, but once you actually try playing it you discover how complex it really is.
I agree, I’ve always thought Glen captured the sweet Southern night air with that song! You can almost shut your eyes take a deep sniff and smell it!
That was my thought too
The other character that the song was partially about was a female and was seen at the bridge with Billy Joe throwing something over the side. She had a sudden loss of appetite when she heard about Billy Joe jumping off the bridge. And wasn’t she talking to him after church just last Sunday night?
Exactly but, despite its complexity, it feels like it was just Jimi noodling around on the guitar and that’s what came out. I just bought a sweet Taylor acoustic and I’ve been working on a bunch of old acoustic songs for the past several weeks-Blackwater by the Doobie Brothers, Machine Gun Kelly by James Taylor, Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot and some of his others as well.
Exactly. Every detail in the song can be sensed, felt, imagined - like you are there.
That’s what is so magic about the song. And Bobby Gentry emotes the song in every word, almost confirming that she lived this - this is her story.
Wonder what happened to her? Study Philosophy in LA area? That’s insane......Mississippi Delta girl?
And boy - she was the very definition of beautiful........
A little bit lighter toned, but also Southern story tellin’ style, are the more recent “Third Rock From The Sun” and “Bubba Shot The Jukebox.”
I'm thinking Jim Stafford slipped a spider down her dress at the Carroll County picture show.
How about Travis Tritt’s “Modern Day Bonnie & Clyde”?
“Well, it’s a long way to Richmond, rollin’ north on 95..”
Thought about that song while driving south on 95 one day and, all of a sudden, a 1970’s muscle car sped past on the right with a cop on its tail.
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