My niece cried when her aunt (my wife) trimmed her hair just a little shorter than she wanted. Her dad, my brother, hammed it up and told her, "It's so short, we'll have to call you Fred". That was over 50 years ago, and family still calls her Freddie! We saw Ray at CabaRay last year, and expect to go back before Ray retires (we're the same age, both like what we do, and neither of us has retired yet).
I decided to try something different one time. I cut my quite long hair up to my neck. I walked in the house and my two sons cried. Almost 20 years later and I have not cut it since lol
I wound up bald when I said the wrong words. I didn’t go to that barber again. I also had a situation when my barber got fired. Following that, my haircuts weren’t nearly as good. Some time later, I stumbled upon him at another barbershop 18 blocks west of my apartment. After I stumbled upon him, I went to him again. I have been going to him for twelve years altogether. There’s so much truth in this song!
I heard that back in the late '80s.I AM from Coos Bay,Oregon.Loved it.We do have alot of trees here.Sadly,our lumber,trucking and papermills are long gone.We still have loggers here.
I live in the Willamette valley, same up here.. liberals killed us... (If you like LOGGING music check out Craig and Terry (gypo crummy is probably third biggest hit).
As some people have mentioned on here, the 2nd verse is missing from this music video as it was cut down for time. Even as it was released in its single-version, the runtime is still 4 minutes, which is pretty long for a comedy single. The choice was made to edit a verse out for the music video which also helped keep the production costs down. This is a pretty common practice as many songs have a single-version which is shorter for videos & airplay. Thank you!
I was just posting about this when I glanced down and saw that you talked about it. Glad I can read! BTW, do you have a link for the full-length Ahab the Arab? I had that album for decades before I found that there was more to the story...the version I have ends with Clyde saying EEyah EEyah...and that's the story...." Never made much sense to me . :)
David Sain Oh yeah! I have listened to Ray Stevens since I was a kid. It's ridiculous how over-sensitive people have gotten. All those old cartoons with their portrayals of the races at the time? I laugh my head off at them cuz of how ridiculous the point of view was back then.
The album cut featured a visit to three barbers. The second barber visited was into punk rock and a whole lot of other things. The visit to the second barber was edited out when the song was issued as a single.
With all the hair salons and barber shops closed due to the CV-19 pandemic, I'm beginning to resemble this song Ray. (Groan!) :-( I'm actually at the point today where even a badly done self-haircut will be an improvement... so, here goes nothing! Wish me luck! :-\
A captist? And i thought i was the only one ;) Seriously though, this song is the truth. If i didnt live so close to Coos Bay, OR. i'd go back to my childhood barber!
Love Ray Stevens and his amazing songs💞🤗💞🙏🏻😂😂😂 Ray you are a PRECIOUS PRICELESS TREASURED BLESSING AND A NATIONAL TREASURE AND LOVED BY ALL. KEEP THESE AWESOME SONGS COMING 🎶🎶🎶🎶💞🤗💞🙏🏻Thanks for sharing your wealth of GOD GIVEN TALENT WITH US FANS FOR SO MANY YEARS 💞🤗💞🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😂😂
Saw a new barbershop $30 haircut I'm greatful 4 my barbershop with a tinny sounding radio speaker plays the oldies station a old pup that hangs out in the shop mounted perch in the empty fish tank deer head on the wall magazine selection of trains/ model trains/ guns/ deer hunting only 1 barber at all times in his 70s with shakey hands that causes the scissors to stab me every now and then yet his mind is still there and all day long telling dad jokes and will never judge you no matter what walk of life you come from and if you ask for anything other then a trim or buzzcut it won't look all that great yet he's been a staple of the area since long b4 I was born 33 years back and you just can't beat the old time barbershop and the customer base it really gives you a great appreciation for the past and ones elders brings me right back to my youth and the shop I grew up in just like the lyrics in the song and with today's inflation its a blessing still for all these years he only charges $5 for any haircut you ask for $2 more if you ask for a face shave me and the entire city will deeply miss him and his shop when his time comes or his his mind goes because I don't know of a single shop just like his and how it used to always be instead you'll be lucky to find a place charging $18 a buzzcut and its always some gal fresh out of school or thick on the accent that makes it hard to hold a conversation while the top 7 same songs play all day long I truly feel his beloved establishment is thing of the past and truly a time machine he even has a working corded rotary phone and just for the record the mounted perch in the fish are real......REAL DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jason Platner Btw, I'm a born again Christian, but we have to keep that kind of talk out of the shop nowadays, you know. They've got us Christians walking on egg shells in this day and age! Are they going to bury that part of our Constituion with wherever they buried or burned the evidence of the Civil War??
Going to regret asking, but, how in the hell are you walking on eggshells because of being a Christian in your own private business. As long as you don't discriminate, use your religion to harm others, or try to shove it down other people's throat, nobody cares. The US is predominantly Christian. By a huge margin.
Bring the 3 cuties with ya, and stop by my place...I just wanna feast my eyes on some HUMAN/Pretty females for a change... a dying breed here in the Carolinas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@joehintz3900 I'm a cutie👱♀️. I was born in N.C. living in Michigan now😝. Almost all of my Christian Conservative friends are gorgeous. For the most part, women do not take care of themselves these days. By the Way... you know what they call a Pretty Woman up here?? A Tourist!👝
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My niece cried when her aunt (my wife) trimmed her hair just a little shorter than she wanted. Her dad, my brother, hammed it up and told her, "It's so short, we'll have to call you Fred". That was over 50 years ago, and family still calls her Freddie! We saw Ray at CabaRay last year, and expect to go back before Ray retires (we're the same age, both like what we do, and neither of us has retired yet).
I decided to try something different one time. I cut my quite long hair up to my neck. I walked in the house and my two sons cried. Almost 20 years later and I have not cut it since lol
Hey, we live in Coos Bay, Oregon! Thanks for mentioning our beautiful little town!
Happy 82nd Birthday Harold Ray Ragsdale. Thank you for the life long memories of humorous songs and stories.. God Bless..
I wound up bald when I said the wrong words. I didn’t go to that barber again. I also had a situation when my barber got fired. Following that, my haircuts weren’t nearly as good. Some time later, I stumbled upon him at another barbershop 18 blocks west of my apartment. After I stumbled upon him, I went to him again. I have been going to him for twelve years altogether. There’s so much truth in this song!
"I run this church for loggers". That line killed me, I'm still laughing about it :D
Still
Wrooooooonnnng!
I've always Loved Ray Stevens songs
I heard that back in the late '80s.I AM from Coos Bay,Oregon.Loved it.We do have alot of trees here.Sadly,our lumber,trucking and papermills are long gone.We still have loggers here.
I live in the Willamette valley, same up here.. liberals killed us... (If you like LOGGING music check out Craig and Terry (gypo crummy is probably third biggest hit).
Ray Stevens humor is original and kind of feels like Mark Twain!
Love this song of Ray Stevens!!! I've always loved Ray Stevens!!!
I knew a born again barber who would give a sermon, lol.
Good for him need more of them
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😁😊 so fun to watch and listen to Ray!! He is a genius!
Always loved Ray Stevens.... He is so talented.
Ray, you are Timeless!
As some people have mentioned on here, the 2nd verse is missing from this music video as it was cut down for time. Even as it was released in its single-version, the runtime is still 4 minutes, which is pretty long for a comedy single. The choice was made to edit a verse out for the music video which also helped keep the production costs down. This is a pretty common practice as many songs have a single-version which is shorter for videos & airplay. Thank you!
Still, great fun and great memories .... thank you mr Stevens. Now to look for the Blue Cyclone...👍👍
That and I just don’t think we could see you with purple hair and not die laughing!🤣
Did I mention that 2nd barber is gay?
Well I just thought y’all was being PC!!🤣😂
I was just posting about this when I glanced down and saw that you talked about it. Glad I can read! BTW, do you have a link for the full-length Ahab the Arab? I had that album for decades before I found that there was more to the story...the version I have ends with Clyde saying EEyah EEyah...and that's the story...." Never made much sense to me . :)
That’s fun. Just listened to this one for the first time.
so glad this man still making music 2020
2024... Lol
🤣🤣
Sent it to my truck dtiving buddies 😁🤣🤣
Some of the boys can expect this, I just braid my hair 😍
still funny after all these years! Love ya, Ray!
David Sain
Oh yeah! I have listened to Ray Stevens since I was a kid. It's ridiculous how over-sensitive people have gotten. All those old cartoons with their portrayals of the races at the time? I laugh my head off at them cuz of how ridiculous the point of view was back then.
That was ANOTHER good song I had heard from Ray Stevens when I was younger
what a mellifluent song. i just hear and hear and hear. loads of fun in this music.
Leave it up to Mr. Stevens! What an imagination he has.....as always!
A friend just got a bad hair cut lol and this song was recommended. Very entertaining.
I love all of his songs
The album cut featured a visit to three barbers. The second barber visited was into punk rock and a whole lot of other things. The visit to the second barber was edited out when the song was issued as a single.
I first heard this song just as I was leaving Butte, Montana. Also I have a niece who cuts hair in Butte.
I live near Coos Bay, Oregon. He's accurate in his assessment of the community.
I've never heard this song before. HILARIOUS!
Gibbersh and latin and a real prayer and a possum thrown in there. I love Ray.
Also a "proboscis." 🤣
Here is one of my country music singer singing one of my favorite song of all-time.
You have great humor in every song
Still waiting on my haircut money 😂 😂
Yeah so funny took my young son to a Barbara shop he was holding back tears so sweet
Very good song,Ray
If ya ever find yourself getting a haircut in a church, always remember to tip generously. XD
With all the hair salons and barber shops closed due to the CV-19 pandemic, I'm beginning to resemble this song Ray. (Groan!) :-(
I'm actually at the point today where even a badly done self-haircut will be an improvement... so, here goes nothing! Wish me luck! :-\
My mother cuts my hair, so I don't have to worry about that. Plus it doesn't cost me anything.
Thank you Ray Stevens. I'm part Montanan.
A captist? And i thought i was the only one ;) Seriously though, this song is the truth. If i didnt live so close to Coos Bay, OR. i'd go back to my childhood barber!
I wished the vid was of the full song or there is a part b and c He is so funny. Love listening to him. He's the best
Love that Ray Stevens!
Oh my goodness lmbo👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😛🤣😂🤣😂🤣might need stitches once I stop laughing 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
The LA haircut experience is missing
Love Ray Stevens and his amazing songs💞🤗💞🙏🏻😂😂😂 Ray you are a PRECIOUS PRICELESS TREASURED BLESSING AND A NATIONAL TREASURE AND LOVED BY ALL. KEEP THESE AWESOME SONGS COMING 🎶🎶🎶🎶💞🤗💞🙏🏻Thanks for sharing your wealth of GOD GIVEN TALENT WITH US FANS FOR SO MANY YEARS 💞🤗💞🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😂😂
I love Ray Stevens!
XD ALL OF RAY STEVEN'S IS SOOOO FUNNNY!!!!!
Clever.
I see he put his watch in the offering basket. He should have asked, “Would Jesus wear a Rolex on his television show?”
Give me that head band
Loved it .
I love Ray Stevens I met him he was so nice I sat on his lap and had my picture made
lucky you so want to meet this man he is sooo funny
Y did u sit on lap
@@reaganriddle1583 Well duuh because barbras a cat
@@jennifursun3303 Because he was a child back then
NO ONE LIKE HIM. THE BEST ♥️♥️♥️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😂😂😂😂😂😂
Half Catholic, half Baptist. Love it!
I was raised Baptist and turned Catholic. Does that mean I’m a Batholic?
Or maybe a Baptoholic?
@@bubbasouth69 Wow...most people I know Came OUT of the Catholic church & became Baptist or non denominational.
@@bubbasouth69 A BapCat.
@@bubbasouth69 Or a Cathtist.
I loved it!"😂😘😀❤️😭🎉😎🇺🇸🇺🇲🔥🇺🇸😎🎉😭❤️😀
I was the last haircut of my childhood neighborhood barber. He was in his early 80's when he retired in 2004.
It reminds me...I needed to get me a haircut 💈😂
I remember watching the. VHS 📼 tapes with. My. Cousins. We would. Watch it repeatedly. Dec 21!! 2022 Wednesday
❤
Getem ray awsome stuff buddy keep it up
You might look like Larry Moe or curly if you cut your own hair during this pandemic
He is so funny!!
Very good one
Isn't there lyrics about a barber into punk rock?
Love Ray Stevens. My buddy and I would sing his songs on the drive from Gallatin to Hartsville.
I bought this cassette in Woolworth's in (are you ready for this?) Butte, Montana
Gale Miller lol
Ray has it together go ray
I want the "I HATE MUSICIANS" T-shirt.
sandy Kay Ballard Ray Steve
CabbitSD should say I Hate Democrats
I love listing to the haircut song video on RUclips.
Did anyone see the skin remover O_O?
You can get this at Lowe’s. It’s called Zip Strip
I did.lol
Saw a new barbershop $30 haircut I'm greatful 4 my barbershop with a tinny sounding radio speaker plays the oldies station a old pup that hangs out in the shop mounted perch in the empty fish tank deer head on the wall magazine selection of trains/ model trains/ guns/ deer hunting only 1 barber at all times in his 70s with shakey hands that causes the scissors to stab me every now and then yet his mind is still there and all day long telling dad jokes and will never judge you no matter what walk of life you come from and if you ask for anything other then a trim or buzzcut it won't look all that great yet he's been a staple of the area since long b4 I was born 33 years back and you just can't beat the old time barbershop and the customer base it really gives you a great appreciation for the past and ones elders brings me right back to my youth and the shop I grew up in just like the lyrics in the song and with today's inflation its a blessing still for all these years he only charges $5 for any haircut you ask for $2 more if you ask for a face shave me and the entire city will deeply miss him and his shop when his time comes or his his mind goes because I don't know of a single shop just like his and how it used to always be instead you'll be lucky to find a place charging $18 a buzzcut and its always some gal fresh out of school or thick on the accent that makes it hard to hold a conversation while the top 7 same songs play all day long I truly feel his beloved establishment is thing of the past and truly a time machine he even has a working corded rotary phone and just for the record the mounted perch in the fish are real......REAL DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just hilarious
"Most people thought I was an insurance salesman."
don't get your haircut in Butte Montana!! lol I love that part because I live only 30 miles from Butte
I have a niece that cuts hair in Butte (I'm from Ronan)
Ilovethatsong!"😂😘😀❤️😭🎉😎🇺🇸
❤❤
You still mad ? HAHA bahaha I love you toooo Ray
WOW
i started cutting my own hair 30 years ago, let my brother's GF cut it once, big mistake!
nice one ray!
SOME people are GOOD hair cutters - OTHERS, pray for YOURSELF!
This is the edited version. The song originally had a third verse. He was in California and got a punk haircut.
He should have added going to one of those girly Foo Foo haircut places.
This a shorter PC version of the album cut. Love the A-Team singers.
Very true song
Also for radio air play another reason to be shortened
When are you coming back to Bremen Georgia.
Wow this is old... RUGER 44 DEERFIELD. (Great little hog gun).
its so true
top :))
Shawn Rhymes here. I remember when this song came out, way back when. Personally I like the extended version much better.
Yea, I did!
I could see shaving cream for slime!!!
I want my barber chair to be a peterbilt
Is is just me, or is some of the song missing??? I thought it was longer. IDK, js.
+wildstreak73 it is its missing the punk rocker
Yes the third verse is missing.
I have noticed that the third barber was cut out of this song. Why?
That is the truth
I'm a barber in Joplin, Mo., Ray! Come see me, I promise to take good care of ya :)
Jason Platner Btw, I'm a born again Christian, but we have to keep that kind of talk out of the shop nowadays, you know. They've got us Christians walking on egg shells in this day and age! Are they going to bury that part of our Constituion with wherever they buried or burned the evidence of the Civil War??
Going to regret asking, but, how in the hell are you walking on eggshells because of being a Christian in your own private business. As long as you don't discriminate, use your religion to harm others, or try to shove it down other people's throat, nobody cares. The US is predominantly Christian. By a huge margin.
Me too Fallon NV
Bring the 3 cuties with ya, and stop by my place...I just wanna feast my eyes on some HUMAN/Pretty females for a change... a dying breed here in the Carolinas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@joehintz3900 I'm a cutie👱♀️. I was born in N.C. living in Michigan now😝. Almost all of my Christian Conservative friends are gorgeous. For the most part, women do not take care of themselves these days.
By the Way... you know what they call a Pretty Woman up here?? A Tourist!👝
Run a church for loggers 😂
Pretty good and in the spirit of Roger Miller loved those women too
😂😂😂😂❤️
Saying grace before a haircut, 😀😆😅😂😇
Didn’t they leave a verse out about the weird guy with the spiked haircut??
Yes they did. Miss that verse. Hilarious.lol.
Lmbo 🙃🕸😊🕸❤🕸🎹🕸❤🕸☮❤
This makes me think of the haircuts I got in China!
Ray that is why I saved my self some money I cut I perm and bleach my own hair pay myself and give myself a really big tip truth
This seems different from the version I heard back in the 70's or 80's.
That one had more verses to it that included other barbers.