Ray Stevens - The Haircut Song (Original)

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2011
  • Here is the great classic "The Haircut Song (Original)" by Ray Stevens, from the "I Have Returned" album. I will be posting more of original Ray Stevens songs, so subcribe to keep up to date.

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  • @simbaking6338
    @simbaking6338 2 роки тому +28

    This album is so underrated...every song on it were spot on hillarious.

  • @adamdavis2760
    @adamdavis2760 3 роки тому +15

    This is probably Ray Stevens best album overall, My dad always had him on at some point growing up.. 41 now and still love him

  • @johntracy72
    @johntracy72 4 роки тому +30

    Believe it or not, I first heard this song at the barber shop on the NATO base in Keflavik, Iceland while waiting to get a haircut.

    • @SteveonLI
      @SteveonLI 4 роки тому +4

      wow. i first heard it this morning at home on long island ny. outrageous. was this a coincidence or was the barber shop playing it for fun?

    • @derrickguffey4775
      @derrickguffey4775 3 роки тому

      Lol that's fabulous

    • @lewisluckenbach2440
      @lewisluckenbach2440 Рік тому

      I was in Iceland the summer of 1969. I was 15 at the time. I turned 16 later on on that year. I like a lot of the Ray Stevens songs.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor 4 місяці тому

      I once read that the XO on that base was a Lieutenant.

  • @kinkajou777
    @kinkajou777 Рік тому +6

    This song hits home, especially now! I recently learned that my barber of 14 years resigned. He’s now working in a restaurant. Today I’m trying a barbershop three blocks west of my apartment. Being that I keep my hair short, I will look like Curley. I don’t think a barber could go wrong with that haircut. I could live with a born again barber, myself! Sounds the safest out of the Ray Stevens worthy barbers!!

    • @mugwump242
      @mugwump242 Рік тому

      Except for the way the born again barber's shop shook Ray down for all his cash and his watch too!

  • @jwilson811
    @jwilson811 11 років тому +13

    I can't believe this album wasn't more popular, every song is good

  • @harro16
    @harro16 10 місяців тому +3

    How good is Ray Stevens?! Everything is Beautiful and The Haircut Song, two classics. 💜💜💜💜

  • @bobpitman4949
    @bobpitman4949 4 роки тому +6

    Where did those times go when we could have great music like this! Every time I hear this song, I almost roll on the floor laughing!

  • @RobertSmith-zi4dh
    @RobertSmith-zi4dh 3 роки тому +4

    I have been a devout fan of Mr. Stevens since I was a little kid. This is one of my most favorite songs

  • @isaachousley325
    @isaachousley325 5 років тому +9

    This song is so much more hilarious since I joined the military and now have to deal with weekly haircuts from numerous barbers.

  • @stephensandiford3981
    @stephensandiford3981 4 роки тому +5

    I am from Southeast Georgia my Dad was a logger I was helping top trees when I was 11 years old in 1987 until I turned 15 in 1991 that is rough work!!

  • @tonycampbell4982
    @tonycampbell4982 3 роки тому +7

    Yes finally the unseasored version.

  • @sluggotg
    @sluggotg 5 років тому +6

    We have loved this song since the 80s.

  • @GooglFascists
    @GooglFascists 11 років тому +20

    A barber shop with a steeple. An usher led him to the barber chair- HILARIOUS.
    That's almost possible in some of the little southern towns I've been in.

  • @cynthiahoff1512
    @cynthiahoff1512 3 роки тому +3

    I love Ray! I've shared his music with anyone who would listen and most loved him no matter their age or musical preference.

  • @jrm3371
    @jrm3371 Рік тому +3

    Love it! I’m from Coos Bay, Oregon. Used to listen to this in the Alibi on the jukebox. Great times and memories!

  • @clutch4t4
    @clutch4t4 12 років тому +19

    "I run this church for Loggers." Went through three cassettes of I Have Returned. Much fun.

  • @JR-wg6mm
    @JR-wg6mm 6 років тому +11

    Had to find this one to get the whole song. Love it

  • @Spartan.GT_
    @Spartan.GT_ 8 років тому +50

    "What could possibly make me nervous" And he said "I'm Gay" and I said "Noooo problem" XD

    • @owend8610
      @owend8610 4 роки тому +4

      Looked him dead in the eye and i told him, "im a logger, played football in high school"

  • @carmendawnallan8871
    @carmendawnallan8871 6 років тому +8

    Love Ray Stevens, and He's Always Got a Fan,I'm one 4ever 👍 😊.💌 😊.

  • @stephw8588
    @stephw8588 4 роки тому +5

    “NoOoOooOo problem,” has me dead 😂

  • @janado5
    @janado5 5 місяців тому

    This song just came flying back into my mind. Just started talking to someone who, when asked what he did for a living, he replied "I'm a logger" 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mottthehoople693
    @mottthehoople693 3 місяці тому +1

    This song is so right..The other day I went to a barber whom Id never been to before.He was deep in conversation with someone behind me.I wanted a beard trim no hair cut..The first thing he did was take a huge swipe right up the side of my head!!! I was so surprised I couldn't say a word!! went in looking for a beard trim came out looking like ww2 commando with a beard half an inch long...$60 bucks ...sigh..and everyone loved it lol...

  • @RabbitSeason0
    @RabbitSeason0 12 років тому +5

    Awesome! This whole album is hilarious, thanks for putting it up here.

  • @ShinKyuubi
    @ShinKyuubi 6 років тому +4

    Good ol' Ray is always good for a laugh and pick me up with his music.

  • @MalindaDFried
    @MalindaDFried 11 років тому +6

    Have always loved Ray Stevens

  • @laurapoulsen276
    @laurapoulsen276 7 років тому +10

    I have been trying to find this version for a long time. thank you for posting this.

  • @jrfarm2
    @jrfarm2 7 років тому +2

    I was a logger in Garibaldi, Oregon 60 years ago love this song

  • @kiddynamite1991
    @kiddynamite1991 4 роки тому +3

    "Quite possibly the toughest man in the entire world."

  • @TheKhopesh
    @TheKhopesh 9 років тому +19

    That second verse was the best in the whole song.

    • @rexfariss5653
      @rexfariss5653 5 років тому +5

      agreed, pity he took it out of later versions.

    • @Beezlie727
      @Beezlie727 5 років тому +2

      @@rexfariss5653 I suspect that at 6 minutes plus a lot of radio stations had a tough time fitting it into their formats! Take a verse out, it fit better!

    • @akaicedtea6236
      @akaicedtea6236 3 роки тому +2

      And make sure you dont offend (certain) people

    • @akaicedtea6236
      @akaicedtea6236 3 роки тому +5

      But for real the second verse is the fulcrum of the song. It goes macho to weird to religious. The running a church for loggers isnt as funny without the second verse. The juxtaposition makes it better because the first two verses are about masculinity.

    • @williamwilkinson8735
      @williamwilkinson8735 2 роки тому +2

      @@rexfariss5653 ...they took it out for radio play, nazi and gay weren't words they wanted played on the radio back then

  • @Wraiths_and_Wreckage
    @Wraiths_and_Wreckage 4 роки тому +1

    Might be the best song in existence

  • @charlesmarshall8272
    @charlesmarshall8272 Рік тому +1

    Love this song

  • @Darknessblade13
    @Darknessblade13 11 років тому +3

    love Ray Stevens

  • @captjamus
    @captjamus 5 років тому +2

    First heard this song while playing darts in a pub in Seoul, South Korea, back in 1988. Couldn't help but laugh - and ended up losing the game. Darn musicians...

  • @houndandhandbag
    @houndandhandbag 8 років тому +2

    Thank you for sharing this! I love this from end to beginning!

  • @richdawggreen4658
    @richdawggreen4658 8 років тому +13

    HAHAHA! BEST VERSION OUT THERE :) $R$D$

  • @johntracy72
    @johntracy72 8 років тому +26

    Barber chair was a Peterbuilt.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor 3 роки тому

      Peterbilt.

  • @carolcostello5695
    @carolcostello5695 7 років тому +2

    I love this song!

  • @jamese3169
    @jamese3169 5 років тому +4

    Haven't heard this song in years

  • @williamgoodwin3245
    @williamgoodwin3245 2 роки тому

    Tic tok sent me here. Glad it did 🤣

  • @dskeen8216
    @dskeen8216 7 років тому +6

    One of his best.

  • @kevinrobar775
    @kevinrobar775 2 роки тому +1

    Great song

  • @josephbright3946
    @josephbright3946 5 років тому +2

    I'm not ashamed of what I do for a living.

  • @toneddef
    @toneddef 9 років тому +13

    There's the middle verse!

  • @brianhowe7393
    @brianhowe7393 4 роки тому +2

    I live in Montana….. yup

  • @sirrobertr.youngjr.592
    @sirrobertr.youngjr.592 5 років тому

    I'm a musician science 1987 revisited 1991 I now play guitar full time I was trained by a student of Dr. music for 3 years I would like to go full time!

  • @carlthornton3076
    @carlthornton3076 10 місяців тому

    Very Good!... #121 ✝ {9-19 -2023}

  • @johntracy72
    @johntracy72 10 місяців тому

    You don't see too many barber shops with a steeple.

  • @chaysewilliams983
    @chaysewilliams983 7 років тому +1

    good video I had my haircut on Saturday the 17th

  • @sharoncampbell5477
    @sharoncampbell5477 4 роки тому

    I love them all

  • @jggraybill
    @jggraybill 6 років тому

    I loved him when i was younger

  • @theoriginalrichyremobyprob7303
    @theoriginalrichyremobyprob7303 6 років тому +1

    I'm a logger. Quite possibly the best song in the entire world. This is the carlsberg of song. We know carlsberg claims

  • @plectro7058
    @plectro7058 3 роки тому

    I love IDM bro 🍃

  • @frickerfenrir5565
    @frickerfenrir5565 7 років тому

    en love this song

  • @mjames2991
    @mjames2991 4 роки тому +1

    Current times! 🤣😆

  • @brockr4537
    @brockr4537 9 років тому +10

    My fav part "Whap Whap"

    • @houndandhandbag
      @houndandhandbag 5 років тому

      Mine too! My mom and I always make references to this and no one knows what we're talking about!

    • @owend8610
      @owend8610 3 роки тому

      Love the barber

  • @alexysleblanc9811
    @alexysleblanc9811 5 років тому

    Yaaas

  • @djphillyb
    @djphillyb 12 років тому +2

    Good stuff!

  • @briank06261973
    @briank06261973 5 років тому +1

    Barber chair was a Peterbilt.

  • @Wavemaster1653
    @Wavemaster1653 11 років тому +4

    "What could possibly make me nervous?"

  • @tonysmith9333
    @tonysmith9333 7 років тому +7

    Raised in coos bay

    • @sampleshrimp
      @sampleshrimp 5 років тому

      Tony Smith been topping trees?

    • @jrm3371
      @jrm3371 Рік тому

      Raised in Coos Bay too

    • @leroyclark5832
      @leroyclark5832 6 місяців тому

      Go pirates. Good bye Englewood😮

  • @williamflach5025
    @williamflach5025 6 років тому +1

    Cool channel

  • @bdfbbgbmhggffb-ol2ze
    @bdfbbgbmhggffb-ol2ze 7 місяців тому

    he’s funny

  • @briankady1456
    @briankady1456 9 місяців тому

    I run this church for loggers...

  • @bustedaxle
    @bustedaxle 12 років тому +1

    I'm a logger!

  • @charliegeorge.
    @charliegeorge. 11 місяців тому

    Did this reach no1,2,3,4,5,6...?

    • @SammyReed-cd4cu
      @SammyReed-cd4cu 5 місяців тому

      It went to #45 in the Billboard country chart.

    • @charliegeorge.
      @charliegeorge. 5 місяців тому

      Ha! It was a reference to barbers clip on grades. 1 to 6 or more.🤣​@@SammyReed-cd4cu

    • @SammyReed-cd4cu
      @SammyReed-cd4cu 5 місяців тому

      @@charliegeorge. Oh.😳

  • @stevebardill5784
    @stevebardill5784 12 років тому +3

    im a logger

  • @zebokick973
    @zebokick973 11 років тому +2

    I'm secure in my manhood

  • @jessehornbaker4291
    @jessehornbaker4291 5 років тому +1

    I run this church for loggers

  • @sirrobertr.youngjr.592
    @sirrobertr.youngjr.592 5 років тому

    is there any more people with any poetry they would hoke too hear on radio

  • @ddc9188
    @ddc9188 4 роки тому

    That's so funny

  • @savedbyzero3554
    @savedbyzero3554 6 років тому +1

    .......I SAID A TRIM....... NOT THE YUL BRYNNER SPECIAL......!?!?!?!?!

  • @nintendonerdsvideos4727
    @nintendonerdsvideos4727 7 років тому

    Love the random latin
    domnius master
    possum - I am able
    pax - peace
    post mortem - after death
    et duci and led
    puella - girl
    can't catch the other 2 words

    • @Helgatwb
      @Helgatwb 7 років тому +2

      dominus possum pox probiscus post mortem et tu Brute puella carborundum

    • @houndandhandbag
      @houndandhandbag 7 років тому

      Thank you!

  • @DavidRevelle-gk6wi
    @DavidRevelle-gk6wi 2 місяці тому

    Gay punk rocker part is the best part of the song

  • @63x927is58401
    @63x927is58401 12 років тому +1

    HUMROUS!

  • @rchris3821ify
    @rchris3821ify 3 роки тому

    He said, I'm gay. ,

  • @jessehornbaker4291
    @jessehornbaker4291 5 років тому

    Run this church for loggins

  • @charlescarlin8735
    @charlescarlin8735 4 роки тому

    Auto re Stevens

  • @caseywyatt8046
    @caseywyatt8046 9 років тому +1

    You might look like Larry,Moe,or Curly if the stranger cuts your hair .....get a barber you have known LOL

    • @aaronduczek
      @aaronduczek 8 років тому

      I for real read this right ass we was saying it

  • @bubbasth1
    @bubbasth1 9 років тому +26

    This IS the original version of this Ray Stevens song.. The newest one leaves out the second verse, (I think they must have received flack from the Gay folks) thats pathetic..

    • @chaxinitus
      @chaxinitus 7 років тому +2

      Well the second version also has a music video, and with the nazi references they might have wanted to cut it so they could possibly play it on TV.
      That said that second verse does go a bit far in some regards, I'm bisexual and adore dark/offensive humor so really doesn't bother me at all, but I can see why some people wouldn't take too well to a lot of it.

    • @avenasia
      @avenasia 7 років тому +2

      What's sad is that he doesn't even really say anything negative about the second guy. It's more of a parody of the dark, gothic extremist lifestyle than about his sexuality. And it totally ruins the joke about Ray not being comfortable in his new environment. Gone is the second reference to the logger joke (the third being in the southern church barber) and the funny description of his haircut and how he fit in at the West Coast. In actuality, the Josie Cotton song "Johnny Are you Queer?" is more offensive in that it could be interpreted that that being gay is not okay. It's just overly sensitive nonsense. Just wait folks. Pretty soon we're all going to get offended by the word Taco because of the negative connotations it has on Mexican people. Which means all Taco Bell's will become Spanish American Bell.

    • @bubbasth1
      @bubbasth1 7 років тому +4

      Talk about your 'bad influence' on the internet. How about we all just sit back, relax, check all our uptightness at the door, smile at everyone sincerely, (no matter what their colour, creed, political affiliation, sexual orientation, man, woman, old, young), and just enjoy a man who writes and sings songs, (and he is no 'songbird'), about simple things in life and how we need to step back from all our useless personal ideals, and just have a giggle or simply smile at so many 'Real' things made fun of, or just plain hilarious, tongue in cheek, unbridled Ray Stevens. Try it, yea that's it, squeeze your arse cheeks and bellow out a good hearty laugh at ourselves and the world....I think it's time we all just 'EXHALE' !!!!!!

    • @FastDuDeJiunn
      @FastDuDeJiunn 6 років тому +6

      Loggers should of been offended...... not the gays lol

    • @functionalschizophr
      @functionalschizophr 6 років тому +2

      i'm sure there are quite a few gay punk rock hair stylist in the world...the joke is middle ground...

  • @Supertron1
    @Supertron1 3 роки тому +4

    If this song came out today, the SJWs would throw a fit over the story about the LA barbershop.

  • @kaohsiung99
    @kaohsiung99 Рік тому +1

    Half Baptist + Half Catholic = *Cathtist*

  • @donaldstewart9873
    @donaldstewart9873 3 роки тому

    DUH!!! Hello! Not original!

  • @jessehornbaker4291
    @jessehornbaker4291 6 років тому

    Great song