Over 50 years ago. In the Day the PTA thought that they were Child Protective service, especially in small towns. Momma put the whole board of Front Street. This was pre Roe. The Late Great Tom T. Hall wrote it, try his King Of The Road, England Swings.

@sarasotarebel2445

2 ай бұрын

Today, the CPS (part of the United States Corporation) can take your kids because they actually own you and your kids via the birth certificate. We are all slaves in the system, owned by the corporation, traded on the stock exchange, and this song only hinted at what was coming.

@devonbell6795

2 ай бұрын

Tom T Hall was awesome! I’m pretty sure Roger Miller wrote England Swings and King of the Road.

@mikematusek4233

2 ай бұрын

@@devonbell6795 If so my bad.

@elizabethfranco1284

2 ай бұрын

Wrong yes Tom T. Hall wrote Harper Valley PTA,but Roger Miller wrote King of the Road and England Swings.

@hookedonreactions7649

2 ай бұрын

Tom T Hall has said this is loosely based on true events

According to the writer, this was based on a true story. And yes, people back then did think they had the right to judge everyone.

@baconsuzy

Ай бұрын

When I was a 5th grader (1974) I went to the Halloween party dressed as Hester Prynne. Those older ladies at the school couldn't believe that my mother let me do that!

@2nd_of_3

Ай бұрын

Nothings changed

@barbaramatthews4735

Ай бұрын

Back then? People still get in other people's business. They just do it online now.

@melodielovesjesus3658

Ай бұрын

This song kills the “it takes a village to raise a child” doctrine.

She is spilling ALLLLLLLLL the tea.

@Cathidee

2 ай бұрын

Yaaaassss

@FirstSuiGeneris

Ай бұрын

For sure, for sure! : )

Love your reviews...i am a 73 yr old woman ...was there for these song

Shon, the secretary had to leave this town because she was pregnant great reaction ❤

If you like story telling songs, you have to listen to "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."

@jeaniejoseph940

2 ай бұрын

Yes, but listen to the audio, not the video. The video has conversations going on and you can't hear all of the lyrics.

@sylvanaire

2 ай бұрын

I was going to recommend the Piña Colada Song by Rupert Holmes as another fun story type song, lol.

@SandraSealySeawomanBDS

Ай бұрын

​@@sylvanaire This is my pic too. Lol

@christimeyer718

Ай бұрын

For a story, try What's Your Mama's Name by Tanya Tucker.

The song is from the late 1960s. Back then, the consensus of opinion was that it actually was the business of others to criticize those who weren't conforming to the social norms of the time. The song actually served to delegitimize that attitude...but only for a time. Modernly, that attitude has again become ascendant...but the social norms being enforced are rather opposite to what they were 60 years ago. So, different day, same evil...but with the dominant social norms reversed.

Peyton Place was a Prime Time soap opera from the 60's

The instrument is called a dobro or a resonater guitar. It can be played flat(like you see) or like a regular guitar.

@kurtfox4944

2 ай бұрын

the same instrument that Curtis Lowe used

@aircap

Ай бұрын

Harold Morrison playing it there, a fantastic picker of many instruments and a comedian too

@terryfall8915

Ай бұрын

And he's playing it with a bottleneck slide.

There was a movie about this song. Actress Barbara Eden played the lead. There is a video to this song

@michellecobb8403

Ай бұрын

Yes! Loved that movie!

The introduction of the miniskirt back in the 1960s caused a lot of consternation. Women had never shown that much leg before in public, so it was viewed as scandalous by the moralistic. It was all a part of the break in cultural norms that occurred in the 1960s, along with war protests and disrespect for authority by youth, easy-to-use birth control, liberalization of pre-marital sex, the use of psychoactive drugs, the embrace of rock and roll music, etc.

I thought I’d fill you in on some of the lyrics- Mrs Taylor using a lot of ice when hubby’s away refers to the ice delivery man delivering more than ice (if you know what I mean😉)and “this is just a little Peyton Place” refers to a 1960’s prime time soap opera called “Peyton Place” which had all kinds of drama and scandal.

@SandraSealySeawomanBDS

Ай бұрын

Ohhhh! Thx for explaining the ice reference.

@donabaypro6782

Ай бұрын

I always took it that she was drinking a lot. She would use a lot of ice for her drinks. She knew husband was cheating. They did not have ice delivered in the 60’s, refrigerators had already replaced the icebox.

@robynmatheson7687

Ай бұрын

@@donabaypro6782 there were still ice delivery companies in the 1960’s. My friend’s grandfather had an ice delivery, with a huge square truck with sawdust in the back to help preserve the ice. He used to chip off chunks for us in the summer. This was in the Northeast, so there had to have been plenty of other areas that had the same. The old blues/ novelty songs all had lyrics of innuendo re the ice man and the wives taking advantage of the delivery “services”, and the implication that the husband wasn’t at home during the delivery times.

@scorpius4881

Ай бұрын

Also, the reason the secretary had to leave town was because boss got her pregnant.

@evalehde3869

Ай бұрын

Used a lot of ice, simply meant she did a lot of “entertaining” it was not referring to the ice delivery man. 😂

She sang this song in 1968. 56 years ago. When the GO GO shirt became popular in the 60's and 70's.

Harper Valley was written by Tom T. Hall. That's a rabbit hole you need to go down. Starting with Tom's song, Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine. He had great titles: Ballad of Forty Dollars, Salute to a Switch Blade, A Week in a County Jail; to name a few.

@kpiperjr

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget "I Love"

@shannonordonez481

2 ай бұрын

my mom used to sing sneaky snake to my kids when they were little :)

@user-jw3cv6zl5g

2 ай бұрын

And “I Care”. But yes, “I Love” such a good song it’s the first thing I learned to play on my mandolin❤️

@mslisadianemorse

Ай бұрын

Oh, and Sneaky Snake! Loved that song as a kid!

@jetphoenixx

Ай бұрын

Yes! Tom T Hall is amazing.

"Sock it to me" was a big saying at the time. It was made famous by Richard Nixon who got savage treatment form the press before he was elected President. His answer after he got elected was to go ahead, "Sock it to me". The TV Show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in, kind of the SNL of the time used the saying so often it became a catch phrase. In good humor, Nixon went on the show and was taped saying it and it became more famous. So good for Jeannie's character for Socking it to the PTA!

Back then the social norms were completely different than today. You could be sent home from school for hair too long, skirt too short, and if a woman complained she was patted on the butt she was told "calm down honey, you're being emotional." This song was a protest song that many people were sympathetic to at the time. I know, I was there.

Closer to almost 60 years ago

"Over 30 yrs ago.." oh child, you so sweet. :)

this is how diss tracks were made back in the day. No cussing, no violence... just classy way of putting someone in their place. I love seeing all these young people checking out older classics. If I recall correctly, this cam out in the 60's before color television.

I love your reactions! So genuine and fresh. You’re totally opened to ALL kinds of music. Appreciate and enjoy your channel.

This was written in 1968 by Tom Hall.....people were a lot different back then. It was a hugely popular song!!!🎶🎼🎵🎸🎹🎙🥁🎧🎤🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣

This song is over 50 years old and the "guitar" he's playing is called a Dobro and they are configured a little differently from a regular guitar in that the strings sit a little higher from the neck on some and it is playing with a slide.

I loved this song, when it came out and love it to this day. Nobody can call out a hypocrite than a Southern woman, who's been disrespected.

The guitar is actually called a DOBRO and makes beautiful sounds and as widely used in country music❤

This was written by Tom T Hall. Jeannie C Riley recorded it in 1968. In 1970 she started singing gospel music. She didn't like the message this song sent. In 1984, Tom T Hall wrote a sequel that takes place years later in which Mrs. Johnson is now a grandmother and she talks about how all the PTA members straightened up. Jeannie recorded that also

PTA'S back then were the HOA'S of today !

She’s calling them all out for their hypocrisy. There is a follow up song about this called returning to Harper Valley.

Now u have to do part 2 “Return to Harper Valley” 😉

@debrablumrogers5096

2 ай бұрын

What didn't know there was a #2 ty for that info.💗🎶🎵

@tiacalhoun3841

2 ай бұрын

@@debrablumrogers5096 yes ma’am, you’re welcome….enjoy!!!! ❤️

Great reaction! This is one of the many great story telling songs written by Tom T Hall.

There is an album called Harper Valley PTA. Tells the story of each person in the town. Really good album

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.

They actually made a movie based on this song way back in the day and it was hilarious!

@AmandaRhodes1993

17 сағат бұрын

Exactly, Barbara Eden played Ms. Johnson...I remember watching it with my mom when I was little😂

That is exactly the way that it was back in the day😂😂

unfortunately, back in the 60s, this kind of crap did happen. my dad told me "what you do can get your mother fired". my mother was a local grade school teacher. he was not exaggerating.

Rick Derringer - Rock-n-Roll Hoochie Koo!

@tonyapoindexter2781

2 ай бұрын

Lourdy Momma light my fuse!🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶

@suecook1326

2 ай бұрын

Then he should do another one with Rick Derringer.... Hang On Sloopy with the dancing Sloopy girl. This girl won a dance contest at a club the night before. She was told to be at this video shoot the next day to dance... with cutoff shorts and no bra. She did and she danced amazingly!. Let me find the link. Rick played the lead singer of the McCoys and he looked as if he was singing directly to her. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZaO05eilLiwk6w.html&pp=ygUOaGFuZyBvbiBzbG9vcHk%3D

I love Jeannie C. Riley - she's so sassy !

I'm 68. Girls had to wear dresses to school. Dresses had to be to the top of the knees. Boys had to wear dress slacks, button up shirts and ties. In 1972 girls got to wear a pantsuit. The top and slacks had to be made of the same polyester material. If you got in trouble or got a spanking at school the most parents gave more of it when you got home. We were taught respect. Most kids followed the rules because if you didn't the whole neighborhood called your mother. Our neighbor wouldn't let her kids come out to play so my friend and I scribbled with crayons on her house, I was 6 years old. Guess who got to scrub the crayon off? Me. My mother paddled my bottom and marched me over to clean up my mess. Candy's mother didn't do anything.

@JaquelineGoodspeed

2 ай бұрын

Uh yeah, I was marched over to a house a couple times to apologize.

@suecook1326

2 ай бұрын

Haha, I'm one of the girls who got girls allowed to wear pants to school. In '68 and '69, about once or twice a month, I'd wear pants to school. They'd send me home to change every time... a 6 block walk 1 way. Then they changed the dress code to allow us to wear pants. I think they decided I liked getting sent home!

@anitel223

Ай бұрын

Oh I remember when we were allowed to wear pantsuits, but had to go to the principal so she could approve it.

I think these story-telling songs served as palate cleansers back in the day. You did not choose your songs, you chose the radio station you listened to, so these tunes gave the brain a twist now and again.

The instrument you like is a dobro (essentially a guitar with a metal resonator attached). It is usually played using a slide (a piece of metal or glass held in the hand or tube around one finger) rather than pushing down on the frets it "slides" along the string giving "slippery" transitions.

I loved your reaction! 😂 Mama brought the smoke! Tom T. Hall wrote this song and many more. And yeah, it really was like that in some small towns USA.

There was a movie made "Harper Valley PTA" station Barbara Eden of "I dream of Jeannie" TV show When Mrs Johnson walked in to the PTA meeting in her mini skirt she walked up to the chalk board & dragged her finger nails down it before speaking, such a classic moment 😊

CLASSIC COUNTRY!!!

The made a movie and tv show about this song

Riley did a USO show at NATTC Memphis when I was there for the summer of 1971. I was assigned busboy duties at the event, so I was standing near the walkway when she entered the venue. Her body guards were about twice her size, and she came to about my chin.

You need to the 2nd song which has Mrs. Johnson’s reminiscing over the PTA and where their at years later. It’s called “return to Harper Valley “ it will probably resonate with you even more as it’s about today’s struggles in society and schools.

The 'guitar' is a Dobro. It has a metal dish under the plate that makes it's unique resonator sound.

Back in the day in the South, especially the PTA would be all up in your business.

I remember when this song came out and thoroughly enjoyed it and still do.

People love this because haven't we all dreamed of just spilling the tea on those that are judging us? Just putting it ALL out there.

Imagine her in congress. I’d pay to see that.

This was the 70s small town USA and your business was everyone's business. I grew up in a similar small town in the 70s, mini skirts and gogo boots. And the slide action on the guitar is the way they turn a regular guitar into a steel guitar.

I hear you like the harmonica. Check these out. #1 Midnight Cowboy 1969 Harmonica Theme. Midnight Cowboy was best movie 1969. #2 The Waifs - Crazy Train - Wave Aid 2005 You can thank Fred.

I remember my parents first used to turn off the radio when this came on, and then one day my Dad said you should probably listen and learn from this. The song had been out for a few years and I was like 5 at that time. I guess my Dad thought I could handle it (I had no idea what the song was about other than short skirts and something about school). Miss Ya Dad!! Lol, Peace, Love!!

I love the song. Man, this brings me back to when I was a kid singing it as a kid and not realizing the content til about 20 yrs later. LOL

They actually made a movie out of this song. It would have you rolling on the floor. 🙂

It was a hit in 1968...when many parents were PRUDES...I love the Mother's SASS BACK AT 'EM.

You made this song so fun. I am 74

The song was so epic, it actually inspired a t.v. series.

Lady had some killer eyes and smile.

You are CONTAGIOUS, I love your content. Your delight in music and attention to lyrics. FANTASTIC WORK looking forward to seeing your next one.

Oh i love this song!!! This is how you shut people up!!!

grew up and sing all this stuff...great memories. Thanks for this.

TOM T HALL, the story teller, wrote this song. He has many many great songs.

They even made a movie based on this song, starring Barbara Eden

They open the bag now she is spilling the beans

Jeannie was the receptionist at the recording studio when she recorded this record.

I love Jeannie C.Riley, great song.

Shon, My Friend! If you like OG Dis Tracks thrn you got to hear "Short People Got No Reason" from Randy Newman Jonny Cash, Cocaine Blues is kinda Dis Track. I mean, thr dude in the song pretty much disses every fool he encounters.

The pad thing he was sliding across the top of the guitar turns that into a "Slide Guitar". They're very common in country music. You will often see a sit down version in country music videos and such.

Shon, from the 1940s to the early 1950s people didn't have fridges like we do now with automatic ice makers and putting bundles of tiny cubes in bags in the freezer. Back then, they only had huge cubes that fit in the freezer that refrigerated everything. So when she eludes to Mrs. Johnson using a lot of ice whenever he's away, she means the ice box man comes around a lot more when hubby's otherwise entertained, eh hem.

She did a follow up to this in 1984, it's called "Return to Harper Valley PTA"

Mic drop! Barbara Eden the beautiful actress in I Dream Of Jeannie played the momma in the movie Harper Valley PTA❤

Couldn’t WAIT to get Home to watch this, and start reading the Comments. Always a Fun Song. Hysterical. Watched it 3 times. Good stuff. As always. Btw…in 1974 the “Equal Credit Opportunity Act” passed in the US. Until then, Banks required single, widowed, or, divorced women to bring a man along to cosign any credit application, regardless of their income. Truth! Times were different. BIG Different.

Not only did Bobby Taylor ask her seven times for a date, he was married. His wife used a lot of ice [ahem] whenever he was away.

Thanks, Shon! This an awesome story-song! I LOVE it.. calling out all the hypocrites.. lol .. and love your reaction...

Yep, she called them out by name.

Once this became the hit that it is, they made a full movie by the same name about this song. Take the time to watch it sometime.

Honey I was a single mom of 2 girls in teh 1980's and yes, this is how single moms were treated. I can testify. Dolly Parton wrote this song.

Excellent choice for a song!

This was written by the great Tom T Hall

She is beautiful.

A great, "hold my beer" moment 😂

Check out Hank Williams Jr. “Man of Steel “. Great reactions! Fantastic channel you have here! 👍👍👍👍👍

This came out like I was like a teenager probably like 1968 and back then they would have written a note and sent it home pin to your search for your mom and Dad

such a fun song!

I love the story telling songs too 😊 thanks....great reaction!

It's a good movie too

She's so beautiful..

Shon, that is a steel guitar🎉 it is very popular in country music. I so love your reactions The are so real❤🎉

I grew up with this song and then attached show. Watch it, moass of fun.

"It's gotta be over 30 years ago..." - Oh. Ouch. Ya, this is even before my time. The song came out in 1968. That's... 56 years ago.

This song was written by country legend Tom T. Hall and there was a movie that come out in 1978

Barbara Eden played the role of Mom in the movie named the same, forget what year. Yeah...this was early to mid 70s. This kind of thing happened in small towns.

Dolly Parton coat of many colors

This is back in the 60's. Ice used to be delivered.

This one was made for your reaction, Shon. Loved it. This song is still in heavy rotation in my truck. Now I will think of you when it comes on again! As I’ve said before, I would have liked it if we could have hung out during the 70s 🧨 I guess we are doing that now though.

Yep, PTA thought they we the voice of what was proper. I remember this song so well.I think there was TV show too.

small southern towns did do this to some extent

So many great songs. April Wine Roller us the bomb.

This is 1968..alot different back then..boy have times changed! Please take me back! ( if I had to choose )