Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe

johnny8906 Says:

Mar 8, 2012 - love this song best version yet if id bin there had to get up no way could turn my back to that

mapn123 Says:

Mar 17, 2012 - There was a movie telling a story of one possible explanation of the suicide, but Bobbie Gentry never said, herself. The exact reason isn't necessarily even the point of the song, it's more about how people react to it. Maybe.Great song, great performance of it. I've always found it weird when they plunk the performer in the middle of the audience like that, though, so that some people have their backs to her, and others are looking at her back.

softie461 Says:

Mar 20, 2012 - ************

mrdramirez09 Says:

Apr 2, 2012 - Now that's singing!

rupertmja1 Says:

Apr 3, 2012 - Where are the people that can sing like this today? They just do not exist.

Jay Lee Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - The people unfortunate to be sitting facing away from her are watching the performance on the auditorium monitors. Surly not big jumbo-trons, and a poor excuse for the real thing.

Buffalobigboy69 Says:

Apr 27, 2012 - Outstanding song and singer! Such a clear and distinctive voice from a beautiful women. Like everyone has said. Were are the singers like this today?! I just love story songs like this.

Irlandese64 Says:

Apr 27, 2012 - What Bobbie Gentry could do with just a small guitar and her enormous voice.....

TheAverycross Says:

Apr 28, 2012 - Such a storyteller...and beauty Ms. Gentry is in this video! Thanks for this amazing post:) Love the way she connects with the audience, sitting in the middle of it.

spareaxe Says:

May 5, 2012 - Billie Joe threw an apple down to those guys from Deliverance passing under the bridge....true story! Not.

candelise Says:

May 7, 2012 - Where IS BOBBIE GENTRY??

TheBazzaroo Says:

May 11, 2012 - Oooh i say, that's rather good.

C0NTR4B455 Says:

May 11, 2012 - I'm in love with Bobbie G...

assaidsly Says:

May 13, 2012 - High back-combed chestnut hair, coal-black eyes, graceful, talented....Quite a girl.

gary1961 Says:

May 16, 2012 - She is what you call a woman. Absolutely gorgeous, fantastic singer, God, how I wish she would make a comeback while there is still time. How old is she? Born in 1944, nearly 68. Come on, Bobbie, you know it makes sense. You've still got millions of fans. Unleash your singing talent onto an unsuspecting younger audience.

drbryant23 Says:

May 17, 2012 - This is astoundingly good.

k1nkladze1 Says:

May 17, 2012 - bbcrad2 prompted me to look at this tonight. How will I sleep now? remarkable

rob51e Says:

May 18, 2012 - Brilliant.

pamelahairston1 Says:

May 18, 2012 - yea shes awesome have always been mesmerized by her voice!

Getrealpeeps Says:

May 20, 2012 - VERY GOOD!!!

Getrealpeeps Says:

May 20, 2012 - YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, THEY SUUUUUUURE DON'T

cusick420 Says:

May 26, 2012 - this is not cusick420...but his woman.....but I can sing like that...when I am drinkin or am alone in the car!!! LOL! :D

wingseclipsed Says:

May 30, 2012 - I don't understand what it was that was thrown off the Choctaw Bridge. Seems I missed the actual story after all-- can someone tell me what it means that she was with him just before he died, and won't tell anyone what was going on but still mourns him What WAS going on? I've loved this song - my parents bought it when I was about 5 but still, i wish someone would clue me in.

NedNickerson2010 Says:

May 30, 2012 - Bobbie Gentry gave an interview when the song first came out and said the song was based on a true event, but that she would never explain what was thrown off the bridge or why Billie Joe jumped.When the movie came out, Herman Raucher, the screenplay writer, asked Bobbie Gentry why Billie Joe jumped and she said she didn't know.So, in the movie, it was a rag doll that was thrown off the bridge. Billie Joe jumped because of guilt he felt after having a drunken gay encounter with a local townsman.

wingseclipsed Says:

May 30, 2012 - This would be a good song for Susan Tedeschi's voice.