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Jeannie C. Riley is best known for her 1968 country & pop hit "Harper Valley PTA". But she had some other songs such as "The Girl Most Likely", "There Never Was A Time," "The Rib," "The Back Side of Dallas," "Country Girl," "Oh Singer," & "Good Enough To Be Your Wife". Later she became a born-again Christian and began recording gospel music during the late 1970's.
Damn I'm so tickled you found this and liked it! ❤ And yes, the song is written from the point of view of the little girl that they tasked with bringing the letter home and giving it to her mom. 😠 I have loved this song since it was on the radio all the time when I was a little kid. And then later in life, I was playing in a honky tonk band and it just so happened that we would have this younger woman guest-sing with us sometimes and she was incredible; she could do Adele and things like that. We learned some of the songs that she was into, but she also learned a couple of the songs that we thought would be hilarious for her to that we could play, including this one! At first she had a hard time memorizing all the lyrics, and I remember the first time we did it at a show, she had written them down on a piece of paper that she unfolded and had to look down at now and then. But about the third time we did it live, she had learned all the lyrics and was really starting to have fun delivering it. The audiences would really get into it and dance and hoot and holler, and it was so fun. And I will also say that we had a great time playing it as well; it's so fun to play guitar or bass guitar, or pedal steel, or drums to it. It really was such a fun time to do something like this that's so old and have people of all ages excited about it. 😊
@@MrsPenPal ❤️ Yeah, it's like this snapshot moment in that moment of history. But what I really liked was the way that you identified with it and definitely got the twist at the end. But your comments at the end about seeing it from both the young daughter's POV, which must have been so embarrassing and stigmatizing for her, and then also from the mother bear angle. Right on. But one thing I would point out is that there is no indication there anywhere that the girl was performing poorly at school. That's what is so egregious about it, and it was not uncommon at the time. They just totally use the girl to take a dig at the mother. And they weren't just saying snippy words; they probably really despised her, even though they were ten times messed up compared to just her expressing herself and being in control. We don't know if she's divorced or maybe even widowed. But either way, she's a single mom trying to do all this at once back then in that era. It just made me happy to see that you found it and got to experience it, and of course I always love your critiques of the way they look and the way they dress and all that kind of thing. 😊
I'd never seen this video....but I remember listening to this in Elementary School. "Socked it to...the Harper Valley PTA" . You sure got the reaction right, MrsPenPal.
what a great song and good reaction , try Bachman Turner Overdrive " You ain't seen nothing yet" a classic rock driving song, with great rhythm and beat , and a few surprises.
Hello Blessing.👋 Big country song that crossed over and hit #1 on the pop charts. The lyric " and this just another Peyton Place," refers to a popular nighttime soap opera. Another great female story song around that time is Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe". Check it out if you haven't already.😊
It was also made into a movie and a TV series, both starring Barbara Eden (I Dream Of Jeannie). The reference to Peyton Place is a best-selling book, movie, TV movie, & TV series about the goings on in a small town. The author of the book became a pariah in her town because of it. I believe the TV series was the first night-time soap opera.
I was in high school when this first came out. It was quite a time then. Miniskirts were a statement by young women of independent thought. Women were still supposed to be passive, even subservient, and this was one of the anthems of women coming into their own. This song came out in the terrible (not because of this song) year of 1968, six years before women were granted the right to have their own credit cards. It was also different in that it was done in country western style, but it assaulted the pop music charts. It was really catchy and such a joy to listen to. Thank you for this blast from the past.
Written by the great singer/songwriter Tom T. Hall. Tom was known as the storyteller in country music. Yes, you should check out Loretta Lynn & Tammy Wynette if you haven't already. There are so many great story songs in Country Music.
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Jeannie C. Riley is best known for her 1968 country & pop hit "Harper Valley PTA". But she had some other songs such as "The Girl Most Likely", "There Never Was A Time," "The Rib," "The Back Side of Dallas," "Country Girl," "Oh Singer," & "Good Enough To Be Your Wife". Later she became a born-again Christian and began recording gospel music during the late 1970's.
Damn I'm so tickled you found this and liked it! ❤ And yes, the song is written from the point of view of the little girl that they tasked with bringing the letter home and giving it to her mom. 😠
I have loved this song since it was on the radio all the time when I was a little kid. And then later in life, I was playing in a honky tonk band and it just so happened that we would have this younger woman guest-sing with us sometimes and she was incredible; she could do Adele and things like that. We learned some of the songs that she was into, but she also learned a couple of the songs that we thought would be hilarious for her to that we could play, including this one!
At first she had a hard time memorizing all the lyrics, and I remember the first time we did it at a show, she had written them down on a piece of paper that she unfolded and had to look down at now and then. But about the third time we did it live, she had learned all the lyrics and was really starting to have fun delivering it.
The audiences would really get into it and dance and hoot and holler, and it was so fun. And I will also say that we had a great time playing it as well; it's so fun to play guitar or bass guitar, or pedal steel, or drums to it. It really was such a fun time to do something like this that's so old and have people of all ages excited about it. 😊
Thanks for sharing lovely story ☺️
@@MrsPenPal ❤️ Yeah, it's like this snapshot moment in that moment of history. But what I really liked was the way that you identified with it and definitely got the twist at the end.
But your comments at the end about seeing it from both the young daughter's POV, which must have been so embarrassing and stigmatizing for her, and then also from the mother bear angle. Right on.
But one thing I would point out is that there is no indication there anywhere that the girl was performing poorly at school. That's what is so egregious about it, and it was not uncommon at the time. They just totally use the girl to take a dig at the mother.
And they weren't just saying snippy words; they probably really despised her, even though they were ten times messed up compared to just her expressing herself and being in control.
We don't know if she's divorced or maybe even widowed. But either way, she's a single mom trying to do all this at once back then in that era. It just made me happy to see that you found it and got to experience it, and of course I always love your critiques of the way they look and the way they dress and all that kind of thing. 😊
I'd never seen this video....but I remember listening to this in Elementary School. "Socked it to...the Harper Valley PTA" .
You sure got the reaction right, MrsPenPal.
Awwh thanks for watching! Her performance is a perfect match for her voice :)
@@MrsPenPal I totally agree!
Been a long time since I heard this song. Great reaction! Thanks, Blessing! 🙏😊❤️
Thanks for watching Russ
what a great song and good reaction , try Bachman Turner Overdrive " You ain't seen nothing yet" a classic rock driving song, with great rhythm and beat , and a few surprises.
Top country song that did a cross over to pop. A movie was made 1978 based on the song lyrics staring Barbara Eden.
Hello Blessing.👋 Big country song that crossed over and hit #1 on the pop charts. The lyric " and this just another Peyton Place," refers to a popular nighttime soap opera. Another great female story song around that time is Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe". Check it out if you haven't already.😊
Halito 👋🏽 you're stepping into my childhood with this one. This song inspired a movie (made for tv). Sassy fun song 😎 🎵🧡
It was also made into a movie and a TV series, both starring Barbara Eden (I Dream Of Jeannie). The reference to Peyton Place is a best-selling book, movie, TV movie, & TV series about the goings on in a small town. The author of the book became a pariah in her town because of it. I believe the TV series was the first night-time soap opera.
I was in high school when this first came out. It was quite a time then. Miniskirts were a statement by young women of independent thought. Women were still supposed to be passive, even subservient, and this was one of the anthems of women coming into their own. This song came out in the terrible (not because of this song) year of 1968, six years before women were granted the right to have their own credit cards.
It was also different in that it was done in country western style, but it assaulted the pop music charts. It was really catchy and such a joy to listen to.
Thank you for this blast from the past.
Written by the great singer/songwriter Tom T. Hall. Tom was known as the storyteller in country music.
Yes, you should check out Loretta Lynn & Tammy Wynette if you haven't already. There are so many great story songs in Country Music.
Great song!!! 😅
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Sock it to me was slang for "tell me", back in the day.
you get it, call the people out!
The song is based on a true event and the events were fictionalized for the song.
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Speaking of sassy country - you would probably like Loretta Lynn's Fist City
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PTA is the parents teachers association
Fleetwood Mac. The chain.
Twenty years later . return to Harper valley p.t.a
Is even a better song .you really need to listen to
Check out Loretta Lynn first city
Fist City?
tammy wynett, i don'twanna play house
If I may ,would like to suggest song from The HARDKISS - Журавлі / Cranes (bird*)