This was one of the first crossover hits, Jeanie is country, but this was so popular EVERYONE loved it. ❤️🔥

@user-gt2uf8cq9y

Жыл бұрын

Written by the great Tom T Hall.

@Amaberean

Жыл бұрын

Sigh. Must be a generational thing.

@GathKingLeppbertI

Жыл бұрын

@@Amaberean actual artistry strikes a chord even beyond the artist's generation.

@GathKingLeppbertI

Жыл бұрын

@@user-gt2uf8cq9y sneaky snake goes dancin

I always took the “ice” line as having the ice delivery man coming around for more than an ice delivery. No drug reference. I love y’all’s channel. Thanks for all the smiles and memories!!

@PHILPOP2

Жыл бұрын

I've taken it that she uses a lot of ice because she is entertaining

@pauld6967

Жыл бұрын

She was using a lot of ice because the men she was having over like to have their drinks on the rocks, i.e. ice cubes in the glass of alcohol.

@markcerio498

Жыл бұрын

Sherri Brock; spot on. A fling with the ice man.

@peetwine4018

Жыл бұрын

This is from '68, long after the "ice man" was just a distant memory. It just means that she and her "guests" were doing a lot of boozing

@garysmith3037

Жыл бұрын

@@peetwine4018 , that depends on the area. In a small country town, there might not have been a lot of homes that had new freezers, so they still relied on ice deliveries.

As a kid back in the mid 60s, I remember this being played at least every half an hour on the radio. It was a cross-over hit on both Rock/pop, and Country Western radio. Thanks

@kerrylewis2581

Жыл бұрын

Born in 1960, and yes I remember this song always being played.

@kentclark6420

10 ай бұрын

This one and Ode to Billie Joe.

Mama was pointing out what a bunch of busybody, judgmental hypocrites everyone in that town was, then to have the audacity to point her out as an unfit mother..She let them have it. Love this song. It reminds me so much of the little hamlet I lived the first 12 years of my life in. Sounds like the very same folks.

@glassontherocks

Жыл бұрын

You just described the democrats. Now Jeannie C. Riley is a Terrorist.

@allisonoconnor8055

Жыл бұрын

This truly happened a lot back in the '60s and '70s! My mom divorced my stepdad when my sister and I were 10 and 11, my mom was asked to take us out of Girl Scouts! They didn't want to sex crazy divorced mother to be involved or their children in their honorable institutions!

@littleogeechee223

Жыл бұрын

@@allisonoconnor8055 so sorry to your mom, Allison! That’s just crazy! Yes, though, it was like that for my mother, too, and I bet your mom was really pretty? My mom was, and it was so hard for her to have married friends and be a young widow. I can imagine it was much worse for a young, divorced woman. The thought was that a divorcee or a widow had to be on the make because they don’t have a man. They’ll try to take mine! Ridiculous!

Guys remember the year…….you use a lot of ice in drinks, especially when you are “ entertaining “ someone, while your husband is away. This was a real crossover hit between country and pop. Everyone knew the words, and would sing along whenever it came on the radio or tv. Thanks for playing it!

@nickbangs2140

Жыл бұрын

I got the same reply, do you know what this is? Is it even real or is it a scam?

@MundoDragon

Жыл бұрын

It's actually referring to her cheating on her husband. Back then, there was an ice truck that would come door to door to deliver blocks of ice. Her mother was insinuating that the board member was sleeping with the ice delivery driver while her husband was out of town, so she would order more ice than usual, or maybe even more than she actually needed just to, well, you know.

@reginafromtexas2314

Жыл бұрын

@@nickbangs2140 Definitely a scam. They're doing it in the comments on all the channels that I watch.

@Amberhx1

Жыл бұрын

@@nickbangs2140 always a scam. Even when people put links to other videos in the comments it's always best to never click them just in case to keep your information safe.

@markfll

Жыл бұрын

Eyes, eyes, she was always eyeing other men.

You need to understand that Peyton Place she's talking about is a widely watched soap opera at the time. The whole story is a soap opera. She was a rebellious woman who called out hypocrites.

@KevinOBryant

6 күн бұрын

Before the TV show, it was a controversial novel in the mid 1950s. Banned book in many places (back then) because of the un-vague references to recreational sex.

Peyton Place, a literary reference to a town whose quaint charm masks a complicated web of extramarital affairs, shady business deals, scandals, even murder.

That guitar played horizontally with a slide is called a dobro. It is used mostly in country and blues. There is a song called "Curtis Lowe" that is about a dobro player.

@BST-lm4po

Жыл бұрын

Generically it's refered to as a "steel guitar". Very common in country and blue grass music back in the day.

@ziggystardog

Жыл бұрын

Technically it’s a lap steel guitar, dobro was a brand name with a certain shape and originally not electrified as I recall. People tend to use dobro nowadays to avoid confusion with the pedal steel guitar

@BrassEater

Жыл бұрын

@@BST-lm4po I think "National" was to first make a "resonator" guitar. Eventually Dobro and National became one company. I want to also say that National made the first steel body resonator guitar.

@mikemiller3069

Жыл бұрын

@@BST-lm4po A dobro is not a steel guitar. Steel guitars come in two types, lap steels and pedal steels.a dobro is played similarly but it is not the same thing.

@mikemiller3069

Жыл бұрын

@@ziggystardog I have been a guitarist for 50 years and my father had a lap steel and it is very different from a dobro. They are played the same (mot sure if the tuning is the same or not) but they are distinctly different instruments.

The ice was literal frozen water ice because they drank so much.This was also made into a movie if you want to review it.

@johnnyturner8514

Жыл бұрын

Not sure where people get ice, she say has alot of EYE when his away. In otherwords she screws around when he is gone

@rsw1227

Жыл бұрын

I always took that the ice guy was making an unusual amount of ice "deliveries," implying the ice guy was having an affair with Mrs. (I forgot the name)

@fredspicker9403

Жыл бұрын

not ice but eyes, another way of flirting

@rsw1227

Жыл бұрын

@@fredspicker9403 "....And Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice Whenever he's away." (The actual lyric)

@Johnny_Socko

Жыл бұрын

And after the movie, it was made into a [short-lived] TV series with Barbara Eden reprising her starring role.

This was definitely country. It just crossed over very well in popularity. Written by the late, great Tom T Hall.

@bendyrland7213

Жыл бұрын

I didn't realize Tom T Hall wrote this song. This was well before my time, but I am familiar with this song and Tom. Thanks for the info. From the little I do know he wrote some good ones.

@Code9

Жыл бұрын

One of the best "story-telling" songwriters of all time. "Old Dogs and Children", "The Day That Clayton Delaney Died", etc. In my home state of Washington there's a highway called the North Cascade Highway that connects Western and Eastern Washington. The winds its way through a lot of wilderness. As I was driving it one summer day in the 1970s I saw a large bolder on the side of the road. Someone, using spray paint, had written on the bolder, "Tom T. Hall was here." I have no idea if he actually wrote it but it made me smile.

@bryanburton6087

Жыл бұрын

Tom T. Hall doesn't get enough respect thrown on his name. Good on you for giving him a mention.

Back then ice was delivered

@vinceruland9236

Жыл бұрын

In 1968 most homes had a freezer. Ice could be delivered, but it wasn't very common

in certain parts of the country (in the 1970s) people would recieve deliveries of ice at their doorstep. Same as milk. Using alot of ice would suggest that the woman was recieving romantic comfort when her husband was out of town. There is a song by the Kentucky Headhunters called My Daddys the milkman that you should check out also.

@jonahpedersen5429

Жыл бұрын

Kentucky Headhunters. It’s been a minute since I heard that name.

@airandmist

Жыл бұрын

The extra ice might also indicate lots of extra cocktails because she's sad/depressed/an alcoholic and her husband is catting around.

@humpy936

Жыл бұрын

EYES, not ice, no one had ice delivered anymore in the late 60s or 70s

@asierrahiker

Жыл бұрын

Maybe she was having an affair with the ice delivery man.

@johnnyturner8514

Жыл бұрын

@@humpy936 thank you. That's exactly what she said.

They also made a tv movie based on this song staring Barbara Eden.

@chrisstory563

Жыл бұрын

there was also a tv series as well.

@BST-lm4po

Жыл бұрын

Barbara Eden was hot! 😜

@MsLogjam

Жыл бұрын

It was in theaters first.

I loved this song when it came out. Country music is such a great story-telling genre.

They still sold big blocks of ice door to door. Today they'd talk about getting more Amazon deliveries than usual.

Lol I love y'all! Ice back then was not drugs, I think it means she drank and went thru a lot of ice because she had a visitor!

@OriginalLictre

Жыл бұрын

Mrs Taylor was getting her heat cooled by the ice delivery driver.

Yes, Harper Valley PTA is a country song. Its from 1968.

I was so little when this aired on the radio. And I'm so proud, today, that I loved that no-bs attitude of hers at such a young age.

I love the way she sang The A with 2 syllables

Tom T. Hall wrote this about an incident that happened in his hometown. Jeannie just sang it.

Back then ice was actually just ice, as in you got blocks of ice delivered to put in the "ice box" which is what people used to call the refrigerator. The innuendo is the woman was having a lot of ice delivered, so she must be having an affair with the ice delivery man. People used to say so and so "ran off with the milk man or the mail man". For housewives that stayed home, that's who they saw every week along with the occasional traveling salesman. This song was the number one song on both the country and pop charts back in 1968 and was hugely popular around the world. It was the first country song to ever crossover to top Billboard's pop charts!

@TimBee100

Жыл бұрын

Ice boxes in the 1960s?

@Looneyintheboonies

Жыл бұрын

@@TimBee100 I was born in 1963 and the first 3 houses we lived in did not have electricity and we had an "outhouse" and chamber pots. My mom and grandma made soap outside in a big pot over a fire, and I remember when they got there hands on a wringer washing machine (which I promptly tried to put my hand through and still bear the scar, lol) after we got electricity and they were very happy to have it. I think it depends on where a person lived. What else could it possibly mean? I know we kept calling refrigerators "ice boxes" for a long time. My friend recently showed me the ice box that belonged to his mom when he was very young. I live in Appalachia. I'm really beginning to understand that people don't know very much about our culture. And the way we are portrayed in the media is horrendously inaccurate.

@Osprey850

Жыл бұрын

@@TimBee100 1950s, actually, since the story is sung from the perspective of the grown-up daughter.

@TimBee100

Жыл бұрын

@@Osprey850 - They weren't wearing mini skirts in the 1950s.

@andyfletcher3561

Жыл бұрын

@@TimBee100 There are still areas of the USA that have no electricity, or even land line phone service. The last place to have land line service made available was in rural Louisiana AFTER cell phones had become the norm around the world.

This song marked the arrival of women's lib in country music. A complete change in tone from the songs women sang up to that point. The guitar was a resonater.

@Ranman1

Жыл бұрын

She also apologized for the song and did a follow up, check it out!

Using a lot of ice while he was away: Ice used to be delivered back in the day she was hooking up with the delivery driver. Having the window shades down: widow Jones was keeping her shades up while changing clothes in order to allow people to peek in on her. The Secretary has to leave because she got pregnant by her boss.

@kentclark6420

10 ай бұрын

This was after ice delivery days. It was about her partying and drinking a lot.

The guitar is a resonator guitar, commonly known as a dobro. It’s usually played with a slide as shown here.

"Peyton Place" was a very popular soap opera that Mia Farrow starred in when she was young. I think the woman was using a lot of ice because she was having a lot of drinks on the rocks. It's country.

That guitar is a resonator guitar, instead of a single hole in the middle, it has multiple holes with slotted resonator panels, basically.

This was 70's am radio fodder, KBYG am hits. And then I heard Black Sabbath War Pigs at my friends house, on his brothers Stero and I was blown away, got a job to buy a stereo and bought my first album Black Sabbath Paranoid.

This whole album is incredible. A country masterpiece. Written by Tom T Hall, it gets me every time I hear it. Thanks for this reaction! ❤️❤️❤️

Back in the stone age everyone was deep into everyone shit. Especially in small towns lol.

My mom fell in love with this song when it came out. Thanks for the memories.

The line about the ice implies that she makes a lot of mixed drinks when he is not around.... saying she sure drinks alot when she is alone... laying it between the lines of the lyrics....Tom T. Hall was a MASTER story song writer... you should check out his live video of Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine... he tells the inspiration for the song....

@Looneyintheboonies

Жыл бұрын

The line is referring she must be having an affair with the ice delivery guy.

@OriginalLictre

Жыл бұрын

It sounds like Harper Valley was a small town, and many people, possibly including the Taylors may not have gotten an electric refrigerator yet, so like many homes, would get regular deliveries of large blocks of ice for their ice-box. Implied is that the delivery driver was probably a strong, probably young man, making more frequent visits to the home when the husband's away. It sounds to me like both of the Taylors were either getting sexual action outside the marriage, or persistently trying to do so.

@Eowyn187

Жыл бұрын

No, the woman was gettin busy with the ice man.

@nealm6764

Жыл бұрын

Nah, it was that she was banging the ice delivery guy and his truck was there frequently when the husband was away.

This one goes back to the era when all genres of music could be heard together on top 40 radio. Radio today is much to specific for such a thing to happen. Can you even imagine a radio segment with the Rolling Stones, followed by The Four Tops, followed by Johnny Cash, followed by Creedence? I miss it.

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

I remember! Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" played within a few minutes of "Killing Me Softly with His Song." A real potpourri.

@alanmusicman3385

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely true - and it was a great discovery mechanism for finding out that, actually, you didn't hate all xxxx music. True music lovers find something to like in multiple genres. Far too many people now say they only like one kind of music and use heavily stovepiped radio or streaming to shut out everything else. But, such people are more like fashion victims than true music lovers.

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

@@alanmusicman3385 Strangely the thing that taught me to like all different sorts of music was Dr. Demento. He played music from all genres, as long as it was funny. It snuck in under the radar, and as a result I ended up being able to listen to and really enjoy virtually every genre of music.

The guitar is a dobro, old time country laptop slide guitar, I saw her live when this was a huge hit back in 70’s - you guys are the best 👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏

“Sock it to me!” was a huge catchphrase back in the day. Made famous on the ground-breaking TV show “Laugh-In”, it was a silly, nebulous, racy, sexually-charged phrase that meant whatever you wanted it to mean.

Ice means ice for her adult beverages, not meth! 🤣

@OriginalLictre

Жыл бұрын

Nah, man, Mrs Taylor was getting her heat cooled by the ice delivery driver.

@davemcbroom695

Жыл бұрын

@@OriginalLictre Great way to word that man.

The ice was just ice. It meant she drinks a lot and has company when her husband is away. It is country. It was written by hall of Fame songwriter Tom T Hall. Great story teller. The instrument is a dobro. It is also called a resonator guitar. Dobro was a brand name of resonators but has become synonymous with the term resonator guitar. It is played with figer picks and a weighted slide like one might use on a steel guitar. You should check out Tom T Hall, maybe either "Old Dogs and Children" or "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died". There are many great songs by Tom T.

Written by the late great Tom T. Hall.

@ivanadams3809

Жыл бұрын

Tom T Hall would be an awesome rabbit hole for them to go down, one of the greatest songwriters

@ivanadams3809

Жыл бұрын

@Scott Allen old dogs children an watermelon wine, salute a switchblade

The guitar is a Dobro or resonator guitar. They were designed to be louder to be heard over the piano etc. before electric guitars. The strings sit on sort of a metal spider-web that transfers the vibrations to what looks like an aluminum speaker inside. The distinctive tone is favored by slide players.

That was a resonator guitar, an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones, instead of to the guitar's sounding board. (wiki). And the ice was literal, for the ice in the alcoholic drinks.

She also does a song called "Return to Haper Valley"

The genre of the song could very well be - rockabilly!

Don’t mess with mama bear.

You totally got it Lex! Exactly what the song was about!

It's a resonator guitar also known as a "Dobro". John Dopyera invented the resonator guitar, his company and brand name became DoBro (short for Dopyera Brothers).

No, they didn't have Heisenberg's "Blue Ice" back then. To get amphetamines all you had to do was ask your doctor for a prescription for "pep" pills, which were one of "Mother's Little Helper," like the Rolling Stones song. The "ice" was a visit from the "ice man" who brought blocks of ice to the house before electric refrigerators were common.

@bendyrland7213

Жыл бұрын

Lol. My much older step brother called them "cross tops" because of the "x" design on the top of the tablet. We called it "trucker speed".

Brad, that's a steel guitar being played. Notice how he held it, unlike a normal guitar. 🤔🤗😎

The lyric that says "This is just a little Payton Place and you're all just Harper Valley hiepocrits" is a reference to a wildly controversial best-selling novel called Payton Place about an upscale suburban community in which all sorts of corruption and marital indiscretions and even murder were taking place. When this song was released EVERYBODY understood that lyric because the novel had made such a huge social impact.

The guitar is what is called a resonator guitar. The are used a lot in delta blues music. The metal on the front is basically a speaker cone that makes the instrument sound louder, they were designed to be loud enough to be heard with a full band in the days before amplification

Ice is ice to put in icebox like a refrigerator. It would be delivered by a delivery man who possible hung around for a little something extra. The instrument he playing is called a dobro guitar or just dobro

Tom T Hall song. This was big on all the radio stations back then. Ice meant ice used for drinking liquor.

The song was so big that they made of movie from it. Successful movie too.

Mrs. Thompson uses 'eyes' which means she flirts alot. The phrase "Sock it to me" became popular from the comedy show Laugh-In. Judy Carne was the sock it to me girl. The show also featured a usually bikini clad and air-headed Goldie Hawn. Look that up in your Funk and Wagnal's.

@dggydddy59

Жыл бұрын

Look that up in your Funk & Wagnals!! Lol!! Good job, I forgot about that one!! You win this week's Fickle Finger of Fate award!

It’s a dobro sort of acoustic steel guitar very cool sound she was amazing

I remember when this song came out ... My Parents loved it ... They were calling her out ... and she turned around and gave it back to them.. with receipts !!

I love that this song is from the perspective of the daughter.

That is a Dobro Resonator guitar. He's playing it like a lap steel.

I love the surprise reveal at the end; it turns out SHE"S the daughter grown up!

She said Ice , for the drinks she was mixing !

Lol back in the day when ice was just ice...♡

My grandma ♥ this song! 😆

She was using a lot of ice because the men she was having over like to have their drinks on the rocks, i.e. ice cubes in the glass of alcohol. Also, for those who don't know, _'Peyton Place'_ was a soap opera television show. Check out the movie they made when this song became popular. It starred Barbara Eden as the mother who socks it to the Harley Valley P.T.A.

Hey y'all, I remember when this came out! They were kinda ''pushing the limits'' then but yes Lex is right! She was calling them out for their hypocrisy! The instrument is a ''Steel Guitar'' and was very popular back in the day and is still used in Country music! Great reaction!

Yeah, she aired ALL of the dirty laundry. Years later, as a devout Christian, she sang "Return to Harper Valley" about her grandchildren. Her daughter (from the song) has kids of her own now, in high school. I liked it

There was also a popular TV series called Harper Valley PTA starring Barbara Eden (I Dream Of Jeanne)

There was actually a short lived TV series based on this song. Stella Johnson (Mama) was played by Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeanie). It was a short lived show but I recall liking it when I was a kid. It's a good story song.

Ice for chilling wine, champagne, mixing cocktails, etc. Having parties.

That guitar player was having a jam! Love this song!

Love that dobro playing- he's amazing! And Jeannie's voice is awesome and fits so well with the instrumentation. The story may be the focal point of the song, but it's all good!

The Dufont hair dews of the 60's still crack me up. I'm 63 also.

This style is Country; Capital C Country. The guitar-like instrument is called a Dobro and is played with a slide. The metal disc gives it the extra-twangy sound. It is a common instrument in country, bluegrass and folk music.

@airgunfun4248

Жыл бұрын

dobro is a brand of resonator guitar

Been waiting for this one

Fooling around with the ice delivery man-not drugs, lol

She did a remake many years later where she is the Mom for her daughter dealing with the PTA.

Oh man y'all taking me back to my childhood.....loved this song especially when she spilt the beans on them 😁. They actually made this into a movie...y'all should check it out. Btw Brad that is a steel guitar used in most country music. And this was based loosely on a true story 🕊️💗

Love your tshirts, my 1st concert 1973 Grateful Dead, and seen the Stones 4 times since 81

Delivery man was delivering more than "ice"

Yes, it's country music and that there is a steel guitar. Thank yous for your reaction 🎉

My mother loved this song when I was a little kid. She didn't want to explain what the lyrics meant to us four young children. LOL

Hats off to Jeannie C Riley, that was not lip syncing!

Tom T. Hall was a Nashville legend, both as songwriter and singer. I got to hear him play at a reception in Fayetteville, Arkansas, hosted by the University of Arkansas Press, which was run by the poet Miller Williams (father of Lucinda), who was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Williams and his Press had just published Tom T. Hall's collection of short stories, and Mr. Hall gladly signed everyone's copy.

@johnmcguigan7218

Жыл бұрын

I tried Telegram for the first ti

@johnmcguigan7218

Жыл бұрын

Telegram wants a phone number. How do I connect?

I believe the verse that mentions she was using a lot of ice was insinuating she was drinking a lot of alcohol.

"Is ice a drug or something" holy crap! I love you guys!

Cool song. Thanks for introducing that to me, cats.

.....that guitar he's playing is called a resonator guitar. It 's made for slide guitar playing which is what he is doing with his fretting hand. It has a metal tube that he uses to make the notes and it has a unique 'sliding' sound, A maker of these guitars is the Dobro company which also is another name these type of guitars are known by. There's even an all-metal acoustic guitar called the Nashville that is used for sliding, too.....

@strategicplanetxmuzik4384

Жыл бұрын

...tried to but couldn't get thru. Love your channel !!!

Definitely a Country song, with the guy playing a National Guitar. BTW, I think the "ice" reference was that the PTA Board Member's wife had a black eye when he left town. She was getting beat up, a common issue back in the day, if not now. Or maybe she was getting drunk a lot, either way, as they say people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Wouldn't surprise me one little bit is the ice was for an ice box, the forerunner of the refrigerator, and the woman was buying extra so that she could get it delivered when her husband left. Ice from frozen lakes, etc., used to be exported all over the world from USA and Canada. (It's not always drugs, Brad.)

There's a sequel to this song called " Return To Harper Valley PTA "

Jeannie C Riley’s raised eyebrow speaks volumes

Watch the movie Harper Valley PTA with Barbara Eden. It’s a classic!

Had to subscribe. This couple is cute as they come!

Back then, in a lot of small communities, ice was for cocktails, we didn’t put it in everything we drank. It came out for parties

Awesome Song Awesome Singer Awesome Reaction 💖💯

Harper Valley sounds like a fun little town.

Yes, this is a Country Ballad. The guitarist is playing a Dobro with a slide. The metal piece in the center is called a Resonator. It's usually played in your lap while sitting.

And that "guitar with the metal" is called a Dobro and it's always played flat and with s slide. You'll see them a lot in bluegrass.

Can we just appreciate how gorgeous she was, lol. Awesome song!

The man playing the dobro is Jerry Kennedy. One of the great session guitar players of all time. 100's of hits recorded with him on guitar.

She was using ice making cocktails. In the 60s and 70s most home bars had a bucket of ice for the cocktails.

Jeannie C was a total firecracker.

Hot song back in the 60’s! Love it!!