I'm a french woman and Joe Dassin had making a cover from Bobbie Gentry...It was a good song for me..but Bobbie she's the greatest voice ,music and more. Bravo ❤
Listen to the applause. The audience knows they have just witnessed one of the greatest performances in history. It's a stunning performance of the best ballad ever. Whew!
.. the delivery here is absolutely masterful. She reinterprets it from the recorded version, but, the different pauses, phrasing, and subtle emotional asides are pure brilliance.
Every live rendition I’ve ever seen of her with this song seems more dynamic than the last. I’ve heard the song hundreds of times but I’m hanging on to every word regardless. Tremendous performer.
Yes a song that put suicide in the light at a time when it was taboo to even say. at the time she took a risk. And it turned out to be one of her best songs.
This is as good as you’ll ever get from a complicated guitar accompaniment and a thought-provoking lyrical scene-stealer. Wonderfully brilliant and will forever be a true classic. 👌👏👏🫶
Such a lovely voice, she sings like she's telling a story with all the emotions in this song. I met this lady in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1975, I was the manager of a Chevron station. We talked for about 10-15 minutes, she was sitting in her white Mercedes two seater, she looked so wonderful in that car too. Just in case she happens to read this, Hi, lady, it's good to see you're still doing well, I'm happy for you.
What an amazing singer and performer and delivering a wonderful story throughout the song. Love her incredible writing and talented which she can play guitar and many other instruments. A fan. thank you for you beautiful performance.
She is remarkable of course. Singers like Adele, Pink, billie and others from today are too. I love old, classy Songs… but I love new ones just the same…
absolute stunning classic. Beautiful voice, words - total package. Miss hearing your music Bobbie. Loved the movie. I believe it's the only movie made from the words of a song.
BOBBIE GENTRYAWESOME SINGER SONG WRITER THEY DONT MAKE UM LIKE THIS ANYMORE MUSIC WITH EMOTION AND FEELINGS THANK YOU FOR SINGING AND SHARING ,SO WE CAN ALL ENJOY AND RELATE TO
This is one of the most powerful song interpretations you will ever find. As far as storytellers go there's only one other performer who could match this kind of singer-songwriter performing their own songs excellence and that was Harry Chapin. Ms Bobbie is brilliant here.
Imagine the confidence and skill necessary to play around with the phrasing -- live -- while maintaining a metronome-like quality with the music. Supreme talent.
Me too! The days when humanity share compassion,and love for one another,people,and musicians had class,the days when America was a blessed nation. What a wonderful time in history,brings back a unique,and certain kind feelin and emotion from the music of that time, the 50's thru the 70's,the memories, and music never get old.
We are living in the very last of days spoken of in the Bible when the love for one another will wax cold and the truth become a lie and the LIE will become the truth.
This song has such an haunting emotional effect on most people who listen to it ,and yes she is an amazing artist who faded away from the industry in 1982 with so much promise and talent. She was ahead of her time for her ability to write, produce and perform her own music that many women artist enjoy the fruits of her labor today getting full credit for their efforts. I must correct something Andy Williams says in his introduction that her song won a Grammy for best song of 1967 is not true. "Up, Up And Away" by the 5th Dimension won that year. She received 8 nominations in 1967 and won 3 Grammy awards for: Best New Artist , Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance and Best Vocal Performance, Female.
And Ode to Billie Joe received a grammy nomination for best engineered recording and won Jimmy Haskell the grammy for best arrangement. It's then record ten grammy nominations and four wins broke down barriers for women in the recording industry. It was the #1 song of 1967 . King Curtis and The Kingpins took their instrumental cover to #26 pop and #6r&b. Five covers of the song hit the charts in 67 alone . For Gentry it was the Billboard #3 single and #4 album of 1967.
Bobbie gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "total package". Amazing vocals? Check. Great player? Check. Terrific songwriter? Check. Good looking? Oh dear God, check. There are very few women she would not blow off the stage.
she is a wonder to be hold, but she has only one style of voice. not much range..I love janis joplin tina turner, they would some how not fit this song, but they are not blown off the stage by anyone
In 2022 ,an 80 year old Bobbie Gentry(who now only goes by her birth name Roberta Streeter) inked a massive new multi million publishing deal with Universal Music Group keeping her legendary cannon of songs under their publishing umbrella until they become public domain.
"It was the 3rd of June another sleepy dusty delta day." ...1967 vinyl was super crossover popular that year. Vietnam raging, great and awful drugs abounded, MLK and Bobby Kennedy still alive, Michael Jackson still just singing in the shower, voter suppression, Nixon and LBJ, what a crazy time to be alive. Thanks Bobbi Gentry.
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I'm a french woman and Joe Dassin had making a cover from Bobbie Gentry...It was a good song for me..but Bobbie she's the greatest voice ,music and more. Bravo ❤
Sweet Lord in Heaven.
What an extraordinary woman. ❤🤍❤
I still love the song after all these years. Its the unsolvable intriguing mystery story.
This is my favorite song of all time.
Listen to the applause. The audience knows they have just witnessed one of the greatest performances in history. It's a stunning performance of the best ballad ever. Whew!
I agree. Love it. It’s hypnotic
She's telling the truth. Mississippi is scary, still.
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One of the GREATEST songs EVER WRITTEN and delivered by one of the most underrated singers in Music history. What a talent !
So southern it makes me homesick.
We dont have a lot of them from here in Mississippi, but we've had some of the most amazing and talented musicians that have ever existed.
Bobbie could have been massive, but she walked away. One of the most intelligent, storytelling songwriters there's ever been/
.. the delivery here is absolutely masterful. She reinterprets it from the recorded version, but, the different pauses, phrasing, and subtle emotional asides are pure brilliance.
Absolutely, the delivery of that song in this way, amazing.
I couldn't agree more.
Great singers are also great storytellers and actors
Every live rendition I’ve ever seen of her with this song seems more dynamic than the last. I’ve heard the song hundreds of times but I’m hanging on to every word regardless. Tremendous performer.
This is my favorite performance.
Wow! What an amazing song and a perfect performance!
This live rendition is a f’ing masterpiece
Holy-smoke, what a beautiful performance.
An actual live performance. This is an amazing rendition.
Bobbi is the most underrated writer, singer in music history! Loved her style!
Bobbie not Bobbi.
Just noticed.
Haven't heard this song sung by her in a long time. Gave me chills!
A Delta Queen who made her own path in life.
Ode to Billy Joe, one of America's most thought provoking songs.
Yes a song that put suicide in the light at a time when it was taboo to even say. at the time she took a risk. And it turned out to be one of her best songs.
A TRUE LEGEND=BOBBY JO GENTRY....
Never heard a cover of this one is a testament to what a great song this really was!!
This is as good as you’ll ever get from a complicated guitar accompaniment and a thought-provoking lyrical scene-stealer. Wonderfully brilliant and will forever be a true classic. 👌👏👏🫶
The lyrics of all her songs is reading a masterpiece alone and then to combine them with music is sheer genius!
Love this, so southern ❤️.
Beautiful! Heavenly voice! Wish she was still recording music! 🎶💖🎶
one word: wow
I fucking love her dedication to singing it like shes telling a story, doing every affect
Every now and then i come back to this amazing lady.
Truly one of the great songs of my generation. Love it .. The legendary " Ode To Billy Jo "
THANK YOU YOUNG LADY. I WAS BORN 6/21/67. THANKS AMERICA. 🇺🇸✌️👍🏻
Bobbie Gentry was such a great singer and songwriter I would have loved to kept hearing more albums from her you no
Such a lovely voice, she sings like she's telling a story with all the emotions in this song. I met this lady in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1975, I was the manager of a Chevron station. We talked for about 10-15 minutes, she was sitting in her white Mercedes two seater, she looked so wonderful in that car too. Just in case she happens to read this, Hi, lady, it's good to see you're still doing well, I'm happy for you.
What an amazing singer and performer and delivering a wonderful story throughout the song. Love her incredible writing and talented which she can play guitar and many other instruments. A fan. thank you for you beautiful performance.
This is beautiful ❤️
Listening to this in my Grandparents basement in the SIXTIES!✌ She was so Gorgeous.
Portuguese American beauty from Mississippi. Bobbie Gentry also wrote and composed much of her music. Can't find talent like hers today.
She is remarkable of course. Singers like Adele, Pink, billie and others from today are too. I love old, classy Songs… but I love new ones just the same…
Stunning song and voice😮❤❤❤ perfection 🎉
Fantastic live performance ❤
Love this song it’s so original. Just great
absolute stunning classic. Beautiful voice, words - total package. Miss hearing your music Bobbie. Loved the movie. I believe it's the only movie made from the words of a song.
Beautiful song from a Beautiful lady wish she'd come back to us one more time! : )
A timeless classic , great rendition. Wow🎉 I remember it from back when I was 10, on a.m. radio of course... never grows old
BOBBIE GENTRYAWESOME SINGER SONG WRITER THEY DONT MAKE UM LIKE THIS ANYMORE MUSIC WITH EMOTION AND FEELINGS THANK YOU FOR SINGING AND SHARING ,SO WE CAN ALL ENJOY AND RELATE TO
sure they do but they don't get airplay. Check out Marissa Nadler, for example.
Hot stuff and her voice rocks it's been going well great music value for us to hear from her music video
Stunning live performance!
Amazing performance❤🤗🙏
Saw this in its premier. Still as riveting.
This is one of the most powerful song interpretations you will ever find. As far as storytellers go there's only one other performer who could match this kind of singer-songwriter performing their own songs excellence and that was Harry Chapin. Ms Bobbie is brilliant here.
Hi, Bobbie! I sure wish you would tour. You are really missed by us . Such a great storyteller! I hope you and your family are well and happy!
Stunning live performance. Thanks for the music.
When I hear this song I always shed a tear for Billie Joe. 😢
She is so special and beautiful
One of the best gems out there ,can't stop playing her song.
Put Bobbie Gentry and her three quarter Martin Guitar both in the Country Music Hall Of Fame !
This song makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I love the way she played with the lyrics for the live show.
Imagine the confidence and skill necessary to play around with the phrasing -- live -- while maintaining a metronome-like quality with the music. Supreme talent.
Bobbie, you are sooo genuine & sincere, even in a public venue. Both sadness & happiness are visible in your face. TY
True talent! What a shame we can't get that today.
My wife and Bobbie Gentry use to go to the same Picture Show in North Carrollton, Ms.--Carroll County...
I used to live in Sidon. Know it well.
Very cool!
An amazingly complex song, beautifully delivered. She also wrote "Fancy", which became Reba's big one.
Incredible song...timesless. flawless performance
Great old song
ANDY WILLIAMS: knew talent when he saw it. I miss them both.
Beautiful.
👍👍👍👍 Great to listening to songs like this From a great Singer 👍👍👍👍
I got $5 Bobbie will return to music in 2024! She's so good!
Impressive! Creative.
Best Version ever !
Just straight lovely...
Damn that was amazing.
Wow. What a good-looking woman.😍 Her guitar accompaniment is fantastic.🎸
One of the greatest songs ever written, how I miss those days long ago
I do too.
Me too! The days when humanity share compassion,and love for one another,people,and musicians had class,the days when America was a blessed nation. What a wonderful time in history,brings back a unique,and certain kind feelin and emotion from the music of that time, the 50's thru the 70's,the memories, and music never get old.
I’m with you Donald. I miss those days as well. Life just seemed so much simpler and enjoyable.
We are living in the very last of days spoken of in the Bible when the love for one another will wax cold and the truth become a lie and the LIE will become the truth.
This song always gives me chills
Perfect!!
Thanks dude 😂❤
Being from the delta this song brings back great memories.
Wow ! And this was at a time when Andy Williams was the absolute pinnacle for variety shows.
Thissongisbackwhenrealylived❤🎉😊
I want to hug and kiss you, what a wonderful human being.
Hauntingly beautiful.
Beautiful song makes sense to me
Amazing!
Love her. What a great song!
Great and perfect Bobby Gentry 😀
This song has such an haunting emotional effect on most people who listen to it ,and yes she is an amazing artist who faded away from the industry in 1982 with so much promise and talent. She was ahead of her time for her ability to write, produce and perform her own music that many women artist enjoy the fruits of her labor today getting full credit for their efforts. I must correct something Andy Williams says in his introduction that her song won a Grammy for best song of 1967 is not true. "Up, Up And Away" by the 5th Dimension won that year. She received 8 nominations in 1967 and won 3 Grammy awards for: Best New Artist , Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance and Best Vocal Performance, Female.
And Ode to Billie Joe received a grammy nomination for best engineered recording and won Jimmy Haskell the grammy for best arrangement. It's then record ten grammy nominations and four wins broke down barriers for women in the recording industry. It was the #1 song of 1967 . King Curtis and The Kingpins took their instrumental cover to #26 pop and #6r&b. Five covers of the song hit the charts in 67 alone . For Gentry it was the Billboard #3 single and #4 album of 1967.
Brilliant. Fantasmaglorious.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
Bobbie gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "total package". Amazing vocals? Check. Great player? Check. Terrific songwriter? Check. Good looking? Oh dear God, check. There are very few women she would not blow off the stage.
She sure would with all the trash on today that can't sing!!
she is a wonder to be hold, but she has only one style of voice. not much range..I love janis joplin tina turner, they would some how not fit this song, but they are not blown off the stage by anyone
Excellent observation, in my opinion. Bobbie Gentry was very extraordinary.
Her humble spirit with that great Beauty she has makes it even more pleasant to see
And she does not need to wear a wig; that beautiful head of hair is hers
stirs Sooo many memories...👍
His song was amazingly powerful in its original day. It will be timeless. She is so amazingly soulful
Damn she is exquisitely beautiful and this live version sounds as good as the original sung four years earlier.
better
A brilliant improv emotrix of her self-penned lyrics.
Bobbie Gentry such talent. The “real deal”
The good stuff once again....thanks.....
Bobbie is a genius
Life goes on, that's what it's about. They stopped and thought about Billy Joe, and moved on with life.
In 2022 ,an 80 year old Bobbie Gentry(who now only goes by her birth name Roberta Streeter) inked a massive new multi million publishing deal with Universal Music Group keeping her legendary cannon of songs under their publishing umbrella until they become public domain.
Soul told tale of reality
No sequins, no skimpy dress, no immoral performance, just a great voice, great song and a timeless beauty.
Love that song for sure now amen
"It was the 3rd of June another sleepy dusty delta day." ...1967 vinyl was super crossover popular that year. Vietnam raging, great and awful drugs abounded, MLK and Bobby Kennedy still alive, Michael Jackson still just singing in the shower, voter suppression, Nixon and LBJ, what a crazy time to be alive. Thanks Bobbi Gentry.
I didn't know she was a stunner!
Bravo!!!
Yeah right enough AMERICA You owe us all so much, now don't ever forget 🙏✌️💪💯
Merci et Bravo Bobbie Gentry
Know anyone who was in that audience? What an absolute buzz it must have been