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  • @tektoniks_architects
    @tektoniks_architects Рік тому +396

    I can't even begin to tell you how massively popular this was back in the day. It was a huge hit.

  • @gailvolm3862
    @gailvolm3862 Рік тому +157

    One time on the live Academy Awards a streaker ran across the stage wearing only his shoes as actor David Niven was at the podium. After the initial shocked silence and shrieks of laughter at the entirely unexpected sight more commonly seen on a University Campus David Niven quipped, "This is the only laugh this man will ever get, and he got it by stripping down and showing everyone his shortcomings." At which point the entire theater erupted in raucous laughter! One of the best one liners ever on live TV, and we have had the 7 second delay ever since.

    • @richb313
      @richb313 Рік тому +4

      David Niven was cool.

    • @johndalley1288
      @johndalley1288 Рік тому +8

      Yes I remember when that happened. Shows you how old I am

    • @susanharrah3462
      @susanharrah3462 Рік тому +9

      I remember that

    • @amazane1
      @amazane1 Рік тому +6

      The 7-second-delay came about due to lots of such things happening in a smaller timeframe, and the usual overeaction ensued. Those were the days....sigh...🍀🙂✌

    • @happymethehappyone8300
      @happymethehappyone8300 Рік тому +4

      Remember It Well.

  • @gduhate
    @gduhate Рік тому +130

    Streaking was huge back then and so was this song! Simpler time …

    • @ArgonTheAware
      @ArgonTheAware Рік тому +13

      we even had streakers at my high school graduation in 1978

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 Рік тому +3

      @@ArgonTheAware 77 graduate! Loved those days!!!!!!

    • @IChooseJesus9091
      @IChooseJesus9091 Рік тому

      Or flashing...

  • @corringhamdepot4434
    @corringhamdepot4434 Рік тому +214

    I remember the streaking craze in the mid 1970s, when this song was No. 1 in the UK charts in 1974. Streakers would try to disrupt major sporting events like football and cricket matches. Producing some iconic news report photos.

    • @dazo69
      @dazo69 Рік тому +11

      They used to show them in all their glory on the tele back then as well lol

    • @markwest9119
      @markwest9119 Рік тому +10

      I don't remember what year (definitely in the 70s) but as a kid my dad took me to the time trials for the Indianapolis 500. This was during the height of the streak phase. Streakers were breaking out every 15 minutes. One guy climbed up to the top of one of the tall flag poles above the infield stands. A whole army of streakers broke out in the pit area. It was bizarre almost beyond description.

    • @lantose
      @lantose Рік тому +8

      Spring of ‘74 at our college there was a huge streak night in the center of three dormitories and everyone had a great view from their open windows, and of course there were hundreds of people outside, but the campus police finally shut it down.

    • @mgordon1100
      @mgordon1100 Рік тому +2

      Equivalent to all the real stupid things that UA-camrs do in 2022.

    • @88wildcat
      @88wildcat Рік тому +4

      They had a streaker during the telecast of the Academy Awards in the early 1970s.

  • @raystevensmusic
    @raystevensmusic Рік тому +21

    Thank you so much for watching and enjoying this classic music video of mine. The song was originally released in 1974 and is the biggest selling hit of my career. This video was made later in the early 90s and revamped its success. It was a blast to make this video. I appreciate you checking it out! Boogity Boogity!

    • @alesiaking5578
      @alesiaking5578 Рік тому +1

      My dad would have a sit for hours, listening to every song on every album of yours. Those are some of the best memories of my lifetime. We’ve never laughed so hard!! Love you Ray.

    • @IceManTX69
      @IceManTX69 9 місяців тому +1

      Hey Ray! As kids in the 70s we had this on a 45 record and would play it and giggle endlessly. Thanks for the great memories!

    • @davidblauyoutube
      @davidblauyoutube 5 місяців тому

      I still have your "I Have Returned" album on cassette tape! When I was growing up in the 80s, I memorized all the words and sang along on road trips to help pass the time. Thank you for being such an important part of my childhood.

  • @danielhaynes2373
    @danielhaynes2373 Рік тому +14

    For all the fun songs Ray Stevens sings, he had a jaw-dropping beautiful song called, "Everything Is Beautiful". You'd never know that it was HIM.

  • @jbask3218
    @jbask3218 Рік тому +25

    "It's Me Again, Margaret", "Sittin' Up With The Dead" & "Gitarzan" are other great Ray Stevens novelty songs.

    • @LN-Lifer
      @LN-Lifer Рік тому

      Blue Cyclone
      Haircut song
      Pirate song

  • @kenhenderson1762
    @kenhenderson1762 Рік тому +35

    Streaking stated in the Spring of 1974. By the time Ray Stevens wrote and recorded this song the fad had faded away. But, shockingly, this song made it to #1 and, at least briefly, revived the fad! The funniest of Stevens' comedy songs was called "Gitarzan", recorded in 1969.

    • @hipsville
      @hipsville Рік тому +1

      Guitarzan was huge too. My favorite Ray Stevens song.

    • @OgreProgrammer
      @OgreProgrammer Рік тому +2

      @Zippy Knowitall When I was a kid, we had a tape filled with songs like those. It wasn't quite the same, but that old song "I like Bread and Butter" was on it too.

    • @phillipharrison7283
      @phillipharrison7283 Рік тому +1

      And another was 'Along came Jones'

    • @phillipharrison7283
      @phillipharrison7283 Рік тому +2

      @Zippy Knowitall Camp Granada otherwise known as 'Hello Mother, hello Father'

    • @dggydddy59
      @dggydddy59 Рік тому +1

      Oh man, Gitarzan was such a huge song when it came out. We kids thought it was funny as hell every time it came on the radio.

  • @Falconer1128
    @Falconer1128 Рік тому +64

    OMG! I am so happy you guys did this track. Ray Steven's is so stinking funny. Please do the track and video for "the Mississippi Squirl Revival. You will fall off the couch laughing!
    He also does some serious tracks too that are amazing.
    Love you guys. Your channel is awesome.

    • @highnrising
      @highnrising Рік тому

      I half agree. He was stinking.

    • @rhondarocca9855
      @rhondarocca9855 Рік тому +3

      Mississippi Squirrel Revival is the best!

    • @Falconer1128
      @Falconer1128 Рік тому

      @@rhondarocca9855 lol. For sure!

    • @bobbybobbatunday9959
      @bobbybobbatunday9959 Рік тому +1

      Mississippi squirrel revival is his best work by far.

    • @willhorting5317
      @willhorting5317 Рік тому +3

      I always preferred the original versions of "Ahab The Arab"; "It's Me Again Margaret"; "Guitarzan"; and the Christmas hit "Bad Little Boy"...over "Mississippi Squirrel Revival".😁😎

  • @HeavenlySigns24
    @HeavenlySigns24 Рік тому +6

    Hahaha childhood!.... Mississippi squirrel revival was great too

  • @diamondwchamp
    @diamondwchamp Рік тому +35

    This was huge back in the 70s and Ray had other hits "Everything is Beautiful" and a comedy hit about the Shrine Convention. Ray Stevens was like a Royal Jester.

  • @floorticket
    @floorticket Рік тому +30

    My dad and I saw a streaker at the San Francisco Symphony in 1976-ish. Right there in the lobby, running in circles with a crowd around him. Totally crazy 70s fad. I was about ten.

  • @neilmartin99
    @neilmartin99 Рік тому +7

    I fully endorse women streaking whenever possible.
    Check out Guitarzan" by Ray Stevens and "They're Coming to Take Me Away" by Loudon Wainwright III

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Рік тому +49

    Brad & Lex, you’ll love his “Everything Is Beautiful”!! (a real song, not like what you just did.)

    • @vincentmyrick6803
      @vincentmyrick6803 Рік тому +3

      And "Misty"

    • @xenialafleur
      @xenialafleur Рік тому +3

      Still one of my favorite uplifting songs

    • @johndalley1288
      @johndalley1288 Рік тому +3

      Yup probably his best song

    • @robert-ef8qv
      @robert-ef8qv Рік тому +1

      Yes , absolutely Everything is beautiful is such a amazing song . I remember Playing that song after the tragedy of the Newton mass shooting with all those precious little kids and teachers . Always cry listening to it .❤️🙏😢

    • @alexcampbell3032
      @alexcampbell3032 Рік тому

      @@robert-ef8qv Get a grip man. That was a complete hoax.

  • @SteveInTheOC
    @SteveInTheOC Рік тому +2

    When i was young (the 70’s) my friend and i was sitting on the porch and one of the high schoolers went streaking by. The had “streaked” through the high school and down the block to his home. He became the coolest dude on the block. 🤣

  • @grapeman63
    @grapeman63 Рік тому +17

    Streaking was all the rage in the mid-70s. There was scarcely a sporting event in the country that wasn't disrupted by someone streaking. It still happens, occasionally, today, but the mid-70s is where it all began.
    My own short streaking career began and ended in late 1975. Our French teacher was late to class one day and we were all just sitting around waiting in our 11 year-old peer groups, when someone dared me to streak around the classroom. It only lasted about 20 seconds but the girls seemed highly amused by it all. I got my clothes back on just before the teacher arrived and nobody spilt the beans, so I got away with it!
    Those were the days!!

  • @user-jh4rl1wq1y
    @user-jh4rl1wq1y Рік тому +23

    As a kid in the 70s I always got hyped when it came on the radio!! 😆😆
    There was *no video* though! Not as far as I remember ever seeing. I think this video is a remake or something.
    And streaking was a thing in the 70s too, sort of a left-over from the 60s I guess with all the hippies getting naked.

    • @mariacavanaugh1010
      @mariacavanaugh1010 Рік тому +2

      Yeah, I prefer the original cut...this one's not as quick and exciting.

    • @katrinaprescott5911
      @katrinaprescott5911 Рік тому +1

      Ray Stevens released a VHS tape of videos in the 80s to some of his more popular songs that had been released pre-MTV.

  • @myopicseer
    @myopicseer Рік тому +10

    I was alive when this came out, and you have to understand the CONTEXT of the times. There were a lot of streakers shocking the nation, it was like the cold bath challenge before there was Internet of social media. A rash of streaking incidents seized the attention of the nation... and this song came out, and then even more public streaking happened.

  • @Perfect_Blend
    @Perfect_Blend Рік тому +10

    LOL, he just played several different parts. A lot of guys in my high school went streaking thru our football or basketball games. This song just cracked us all up so much.

  • @maxdamage4259
    @maxdamage4259 Рік тому +4

    Ray Stevens - The Mississippi Squirrel Revival is some next level funny. its worth a listen if you want a good laugh

  • @ProdigyBowlersTour
    @ProdigyBowlersTour Рік тому +4

    Ray Stevens was a HUGE artist in the 1960s and early '70s, known mostly for these novelty-style records. But two of his very best songs were not novelties. 1970's #1 song "Everything Is Beautiful" But for my money, his best song was "Mr. Businessman" from 1968. Definitely worth a listen. His other novelty songs were great, too. "The Streak" was probably his biggest (a #1 hit in 1974). But check these out: "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills" (1960), "Ahab the Arab" (1962), "Guitarzan" (1969), and "Along Came Jones" (1969). Two others that were noteworthy: "Unwind" (1968) and "Sunday Mornin' Comic' Down" (1969). Then in 1975, he kind of rose from the ashes and released a song that might have been thought of more as a song for Nat "King" Cole than for a country artist, but Ray Stevens proved 'em all wrong with his top five hit, "Misty." After that, Ray Stevens pretty much disappeared from mainstream top 40 radio and found whatever success he enjoyed in country music. But his chart success was fleeting at best after 1975. But during that period between about 1961 and 1975, Ray Stevens was a bona fide star in the music business. If I were to direct you to just two of his songs, I would point you to "Ahab the Arab" and "Mr. Businessman" to get a sense of just how versatile he's been.

  • @dianafrost936
    @dianafrost936 Рік тому +7

    Somebody actually streaked across the stage at the Oscars when this song was popular

  • @karlsmith2570
    @karlsmith2570 Рік тому +16

    Hey Brad and Lex, another Ray Stevens song you should react to is "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival"

  • @kerrylewis2581
    @kerrylewis2581 Рік тому +2

    My friends and I were starting our first day of high school back in 1974. As we get off the bus, we see a bunch of older kids streaking across the school grounds when my friend Barry recognizes his old babysitter Karen as one of the girls. We never saw anyone streak again, but we never forgot about that day. Wild times back in the seventies.

  • @waynecatterton5127
    @waynecatterton5127 Рік тому +4

    Check out "Mississippi Squirrel Revival", "It's Me Again Margaret", "Southern Air" to name a few.

  • @polyestawyldesage504
    @polyestawyldesage504 Рік тому +7

    Streaking was actually a huge fad when I was a kid. Sometimes it even happened at big sport events. Think of it as what people did before there was an internet for hashtag challenges

  • @danastearns7939
    @danastearns7939 Рік тому +1

    Ray Stevens is famous for his nutty, comical music. this song "the streak" released in '74. Streaking became a rage in the mid 70's. His first was "ahab the arab" in '62; Mississippi squirrel revival; Shriners Convention; , and a few other comical ones. Then in 1970 he released a very nice song called "everything is beautiful".

  • @canaguy
    @canaguy Рік тому +1

    During the times where a streaker showed up at AWARD shows, Olympics, football field, NASCAR or where a news report, sporting event was live. Ray Stevens did a lot of comedic songs during the 70's

  • @NT-fo3me
    @NT-fo3me Рік тому +8

    Yeah, streaking was actually a rather common thing in the 70s - at sporting and other public events, colleges and sometimes just because. It WAS weird, but funny.

  • @gkiferonhs
    @gkiferonhs Рік тому +6

    Ray Stevens has done a number of really funny songs.

  • @wboyd4330
    @wboyd4330 Рік тому +2

    When I was young we had all the crazy songs like this. My Dinga Ling, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, They're Coming to Take me Away and Disco Duck just to name a few.

    • @Falconer1128
      @Falconer1128 Рік тому +1

      Lol. The "Hello Marget" song just makes me ROFLOL. It's hilarious. And Disco Duck by Rick Dees? The weirdest and hilarious track!

    • @dianafrost936
      @dianafrost936 Рік тому +1

      On the flip side of the 45 They're Coming to Take Me Away it's done backwards!

    • @Falconer1128
      @Falconer1128 Рік тому

      @@dianafrost936 lol. I didn't know that. That's epic.

  • @gwumpyolman
    @gwumpyolman Рік тому +7

    I love Ray. I think you guys should listen to most of his stuff. But first I think should be "Everything is Beautiful" and "Along Came Jones". The last one along with "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival" and "It's Me Again, Margaret" were me favorites as a kid.

  • @s.rry-guld2961
    @s.rry-guld2961 Рік тому +13

    Havent watched the video Yet but want say that Ray Stevens is and will continue to be My Fave Comedy Singer while he does have some serious songs like "Everything is Beautiful" and "Misty" his Best songs are funny as all get out
    AFTER WATCHING EDIT:
    I love watching yall react to songs I grew up listening to. My Dad and I used to belt out the words of this song every time it came on the radio lol am so happy yall liked it.
    a few of rays to check out:
    The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
    It's Me Again Margret
    Where Do My Socks Go (When I put them in the Dryer} -This One just pure Silliness and its Great-

    • @way2deep100
      @way2deep100 Рік тому

      And let's not forget Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)

  • @Mediawatcher2023
    @Mediawatcher2023 Рік тому +2

    The 46th Academy Awards ceremony is perhaps best remembered as the ceremony in which a streaker named Robert Opel ran across the stage naked while flashing a peace sign with his hand. In response, host David Niven jokingly quipped, "Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?

  • @donjenkins3861
    @donjenkins3861 Рік тому +1

    My friend and I captured a streaker back in 1973! Dude ran into a restaurant that only had an entrance and exit on the same side of the bldg! I pulled my pickup up to the exit, and my friend went and held the entrance door so he couldn't get out. My friend was strong and trying as hard as he could the streaker panicked and ran through the restaurant several times before we decided to let him out! He was MAD! We laughed our butts off! Still talk about it to this day!😆😆😆😂😂

  • @LynnThompsonAuthor
    @LynnThompsonAuthor Рік тому +2

    Streaking was a big thing in the mid-'70s. I was once at the beauty pageant for my high school, and several of the guys streaked through the auditorium; they had brown paper bags over their heads, but most of us knew who they were!

  • @thomascanfield9165
    @thomascanfield9165 Рік тому +2

    Some of my high school buddies tried to streak through a party once, but it was too crowded so they wound up just standing around in the crowd. I’ll never forget seeing the parents arrive at the door and seeing 5 naked guys in their kitchen.

  • @coreyz.2800
    @coreyz.2800 Рік тому +3

    Ray Stevens is a hilarious comedy songwriter. "Again the Arab," "Mississippi Squirrel Revival," "It's Me Again, Margaret," "Shriner's Convention," "Gitarzan," "Along Came Jones," these were all songs I heard growing up, from my dad's music collection.

  • @thegreatrosterini4647
    @thegreatrosterini4647 Рік тому +1

    Streaking was a big deal, ball games, any public event... And everyone was singing this song!!!

  • @waynecatterton5127
    @waynecatterton5127 Рік тому +2

    Ray Stevens has so many funny songs, he has quite the collection.

  • @jbjacobs9514
    @jbjacobs9514 Рік тому +2

    This was a phenomenon when it came out in the 70s! I was a kid and we had the 45 record. My brother played it so many times! I used to laugh and laugh as any kid would.

  • @roniw333
    @roniw333 Рік тому +2

    I know you only do requests from your lives but Mississippi Squirrel Revival by him is a must also.

  • @TracyfromNC
    @TracyfromNC Рік тому +8

    Big deal in the day.. so fun...folks was streaking wverwhere...this is like aWeird Al parody. People call him the uncle of Weird al. But please react to his 1971 Grammy winner. . WVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL.. what a difference. Lovely and patriotic!

  • @shawn1432
    @shawn1432 Рік тому

    This song came out when I was a child, this was a time when people worked hard went to church and everyone helped one another. This was on the radio all the time and we sang together as a family in the car and my mom would laugh like crazy.

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 Рік тому

    The Tonight show 1974, spring, with host Johnny Carson. His guest was English actor David Niven. Some guy streaked the stage on TV, they had to cut that part before broadcasting the tape later that night, but the event was still acknowledged. David Niven said , when asked what he thought of this, something like: "He was just showing off his short comings." that got as big a laugh as the streaker himself.

  • @wkanost
    @wkanost Рік тому +3

    The academy awards broadcast had a streaker on live television in 1974 I think. Actor David Niven was about to present an award when a guy runs across stage “naked as a JayBird!” Hilarious!

  • @donarcha
    @donarcha Рік тому +1

    Ray Stevens' Mississippi Squirrel Revival, It's Me Again Margaret.

  • @apatternedhorizon
    @apatternedhorizon Рік тому

    My grandma had this whole special on VHS when I was little. I grew up watching this guy when I was over there.

  • @LordEagle
    @LordEagle Рік тому +1

    I feel sorry for kids today. Life was GREAT in the "60"s thru the '90's. 💥💥💥👍🤪

  • @1drsausage
    @1drsausage Рік тому +2

    This one takes me back to my childhood. If this one amused you try Mississippi Squirrel Revival also by Ray Stevens.

  • @ednafenton7558
    @ednafenton7558 Рік тому

    Ray Stevens does most of the voices in his funny songs. Very talented guy. My favorites are "The Shriners Convention", "The Ballad of the blue Cyclone 1 & 2", "The Do-Right family", "Surfin' U.S.S.R", "Guitarzan", "The Moonlight Special", "The Pirate song(I want to sing and dance)". Ray has so many songs. Then there's
    "Ned Nostril & his South Seas paradise, put your Blues on Ice, cheap it twice the price band (icky, icky, ucky, ucky)". Yes, this is really the name of a song. He does a good imitation of Johnny Cash. Song just cracks me up!!!😂😂

  • @claranielsen3382
    @claranielsen3382 Рік тому +1

    Yep streaking was a thing back then lol. Its was also a great time for novelty song. Ray Stevens was one greats. Other songs Convoy, Monster Mash, Itsy bitsy the teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikini, Rubber Duckie just to name a few. Great reaction guys!

  • @kathybwell
    @kathybwell Рік тому +1

    Streaking was in vogue back in the 70's, thank goodness there weren't cell phones. We didn't consider it streaking at the pool or beach, more like at football games or parades. Growing up in the 70's was wild!!

  • @suevan50
    @suevan50 Рік тому +2

    I'd be laying on the floor laughing 🤣

  • @yrualeg1
    @yrualeg1 Рік тому

    Streaking was huge in the 70's when this music came out. I was a kid it was a hit song they played it everywhere!

  • @53kenner
    @53kenner Рік тому

    This song was SO timely back in the mid-70s when streakers were popping up everywhere, including the Academy Awards.

  • @mikerobertson4041
    @mikerobertson4041 Рік тому

    Ray is a super funny guy, an American treasure! He's known for his comedy, but he is actually a very talented pianist, and a very good singer.

  • @CynicAtLarge
    @CynicAtLarge Рік тому +27

    Other "silly songs" to given a listen: Spiders & Snakes by Jim Stafford, Dead Skunk by Loudon Wainwright and Convoy by CW McCall

    • @rhigh100
      @rhigh100 Рік тому

      A 45 of Convoy was the first record i ever bought.

    • @lindagraveline1040
      @lindagraveline1040 Рік тому +1

      Sneaky Snake by Tom T Hall

    • @heatherbegs
      @heatherbegs Рік тому

      Yes, Jim Stafford had some good ones too!

    • @hoosiernationsindiana2085
      @hoosiernationsindiana2085 Рік тому +2

      Round that list out with Energy Crisis by Dickie Goodman, Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Disco Duck by Rick Dees, Ding-a-Ling by Chuck Berry, King Tut by Steve Martin and The Toot Uncommons & Funky Worm Ohio Players. What a time to be young. Loved Convoy & Dead Skunk

    • @danmonges1539
      @danmonges1539 Рік тому +3

      @@heatherbegs , Cow Patty!

  • @cobbycobb73
    @cobbycobb73 Рік тому

    He is a comedian known for funny stories like this that he sings. The squirrel got loose is hilarious.

  • @mcmlxv9827
    @mcmlxv9827 Рік тому +2

    The song was #1 on the Billboard chart for 3 weeks. I was a kid and this was huge.

  • @chrisfurlough466
    @chrisfurlough466 Рік тому

    I used to work with a woman who's family owned the grocery store in the beginning of that video. She said that video was a HUGE amount of fun to make, and that Ray was a great guy.

  • @dr4782
    @dr4782 Рік тому +1

    "The Streak" was a surprisingly big hit, spending three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning May 18, 1974. In fact, it was the #8 song of 1974, according to Billboard's year-end survey.

  • @robeskridge7948
    @robeskridge7948 Рік тому

    Streaking in the 70’s was off the hook. People streaked at football games, World Series, you name it, they did it!

  • @lisanelson6073
    @lisanelson6073 Рік тому

    When this song was popular, so was streaking, for real! The ‘70’s were a crazy time!

  • @paintedbird
    @paintedbird Рік тому

    I used to love this when I was kid. Ray had some other really fun songs/videos like Mississippi Squirrel, Sittin' Up With The Dead, It's Me Again Margaret.

  • @nomadicnative2444
    @nomadicnative2444 11 місяців тому

    This was a huge massive hit.. Back in the day. It was so long ago but i love the memories. Thanks guys

  • @snowdog03
    @snowdog03 Рік тому +1

    His Indian Love Call is gold.

  • @myrany8407
    @myrany8407 11 місяців тому

    My best friends oldest sister graduated in 1974(I think it was) and at the graduation they had 4 streakers run across the field. This song started a craze.

  • @meghanallen9978
    @meghanallen9978 11 місяців тому

    My dad took me to see Ray Stevens in Branson when I was a kid. My mom would call someone and say "It's me again Margaret" every time. I had a vhs tape and watched all the time. Lol

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 Рік тому

    "We're goin streaking!" - Will Ferrell as Frank the tank in Old School.

  • @willowb1527
    @willowb1527 Рік тому

    Oh my goodness you're going down the Ray Stevens rabbit hole. He has some funny songs. This is the one that started everything. Yes the 70s were known for streakers like the one that ran across the stage during an award ceremony. ✌️

  • @hobbypassion
    @hobbypassion Рік тому

    Streaking still happens occasionally but it was BIG in the early '70s. My freshman year in college there was a dirt field in front of the dorm. One night after a heavy rain about 10 or 20 people decided to use the mud like a slip and slide naked :-)

  • @Glittersword
    @Glittersword Рік тому

    Streaking just fit in so well with the prevailing hippy counterculture of the time.

  • @jo351
    @jo351 Місяць тому

    When I was in college streaking was a big thing. Tons of people did it... One time I was watching a swim meet all of a sudden the lights started flickering on and off and some guy ran out naked, climbed to the top of the high dive, dove off, swam the length of the pool got out and streaked out of the pool house!

  • @kevinbreaux3039
    @kevinbreaux3039 Рік тому

    Back in the early 70's we were at one of the few fast food restaurants "Burger Chef", when the students from the local college decided to streak. Plastered themselves against the windows right on the main street through town.

  • @Teresia12
    @Teresia12 Рік тому

    We had a streaker in our neighborhood. He was pretty fine. We did have them at sports events too. One of the things done in the 70s with no explanation. But it gave us a lot of laughs and blushes.

  • @jimcarmer1685
    @jimcarmer1685 Рік тому

    I laughed my pardon the pun butt off when Lex said The Brown Streak. 😂😂😂😂

  • @cindyphifer970
    @cindyphifer970 6 місяців тому

    Ray is great. It's Me Again Margaret, Sitting Up With the Dead, Everything is Beautiful

  • @deborahcangialosi355
    @deborahcangialosi355 11 місяців тому

    I remember seeing this at our high school in 1975. There was of them on bikes and one was a female. As one of them came around the turn (we were sitting in the middle of the track) his bike slid and he ended up about 20 from the vice principal. He was able to get out in time but it took at least 20 minutes to get the audience to stop laughing.

  • @chrisa4695
    @chrisa4695 Рік тому

    Ray Stevens was big in the 60’s & 70’s. He specialized in novelty songs which were big in the 70’s. He occasionally did serious country and pop songs. This song was a big hit as streaking was a big fad in the mid-70’s.

  • @JCourts2k23
    @JCourts2k23 Рік тому

    I grew up on Ray Stevens music, I used to have all his greatest hits on VHS tape

  • @wompa70
    @wompa70 Рік тому +1

    Y'all are a trip!
    I think my favorite Ray Stevens song is "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival."

  • @tonycampbell4982
    @tonycampbell4982 Рік тому

    Now this is what we sing at karaoke nights love Ray Stevens

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 Рік тому +2

    This is what we used to call a "novelty song". They were very popular during the 70's. Another good example is "There Coming To take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV. Although some folks who are "sensitive" may not get the joke.

    • @garykidson4489
      @garykidson4489 Рік тому +1

      A couple of good novelty songs were 'I've Never Met A Nice South African' and 'The Chicken Song' by Spitting Image!

    • @danielmaher7108
      @danielmaher7108 Рік тому +1

      God, this song is horrible. I hated it when I was a kid, and it hasn't improved with age. It's right up there with Afternoon Delight and Chevy Van- the worst of the worst.

    • @bobschenkel7921
      @bobschenkel7921 Рік тому

      @@danielmaher7108 What about "Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck. Good old American Cheezzzeee.

    • @willhorting5317
      @willhorting5317 Рік тому

      @@danielmaher7108 you are a stuffy party pooper!

    • @willhorting5317
      @willhorting5317 Рік тому

      @@bobschenkel7921 great song.

  • @jenniferjacobs228
    @jenniferjacobs228 Рік тому

    I love that. Funny. Streakers used to at sporting events a lot in the 70's. This song was a massive hit. As was Gitarzan.

  • @TheOmegaRain
    @TheOmegaRain Рік тому

    Ray Stevens Was So Funny...
    Its me again Margarette,, Mississippi Squirrel Revival, Shriners Convention, To Drunk To Fish, and So Many More lol.....

  • @helenneal4950
    @helenneal4950 Рік тому

    He plays all the parts in his videos 😂 love him.

  • @hunter1961100
    @hunter1961100 Рік тому

    Got to love the seventies we even had the streak in junior high school had to lived that 1 down in high school

  • @terryarnold1343
    @terryarnold1343 Рік тому

    Love you guys, I feel you center each other perfectly.

  • @jeremyhitchcock9182
    @jeremyhitchcock9182 Рік тому +1

    His song it's me again Margaret is hilarious!

  • @RhettAnderson
    @RhettAnderson Рік тому

    Man I loved all the crazy 70s novelty songs.

  • @Sproatacus
    @Sproatacus Рік тому

    So happy. My grandfather got me hooked on ray stevens.

  • @JJJ-014
    @JJJ-014 Рік тому +1

    Ray Stevens is amazing. You could do a full deep dive into his catalogue and find some very funny songs. Many characters like Ethel appear in many of his songs.

  • @Dee-JayW
    @Dee-JayW Рік тому

    Grade 9 school dance with live band (70’s) and someone from my class streaked across the stage 😂 great song.😂

  • @scott3605
    @scott3605 Рік тому

    Used to listen to this back in the 70s crazy song.

  • @Volunteerfan8082
    @Volunteerfan8082 Рік тому +2

    you need to checkout another one from Ray Stevens, the song is called "It's Me Again Margaret" even better than the streak!

  • @jeffdetmer4681
    @jeffdetmer4681 Рік тому +1

    Guys Ray Stevens has written some really beautiful songs. He has also written and performed a number of these comedy songs. You really need to check out the official video version of one called The Mississippi Squirrel Revival. Also for something a bit more serious, check out the official video for a song by Craig Morgan called This Ain't Nothin'. It is a great message for the times, given all that's going on. It tells us that we have all been through harder times and we can get through all this as well. I'll leave yyou both links. This Ain't nothin' - ua-cam.com/video/eSdItuvBxc8/v-deo.html Miss. Squirrel revival - ua-cam.com/video/K16fG1sDagU/v-deo.html

  • @glowormrdr6183
    @glowormrdr6183 Рік тому

    I remember streakers. I don't remember any of them ever getting arrested but they were good for laughs. They showed up at all kinds of public events. I don't remember this video, just hearing the song on the radio.

  • @monkeywithastick5718
    @monkeywithastick5718 Рік тому

    This song coming over the car radio speakers while sitting in the back seat with brother and sister. Mom and Dad would be grinning and laughing because us kids were cutting up so much.

  • @danwagner1702
    @danwagner1702 Рік тому +1

    Ray Stevens did quite a few novelty songs... check out "Guitarzan" and/ or "Bridget the Midget".