"She was built like a 'fridgerator with a head" truly great line for a love song!

@ericfoutch2606

2 жыл бұрын

She was 5'6", 215, a bleach blonde bomber with a streak of mean... My dream woman, right here!!!

@uncommonsensor

Жыл бұрын

very romantic

@antlerking69

Жыл бұрын

Step aside William Perry...

@jugglinggoth

Жыл бұрын

Incidentally also my roller derby fitness goal

@chrisdickens8233

Жыл бұрын

Poetry, genius and wit collide!

Jim Croce left us far too soon. He was one of a kind. Loved his character songs.

@oneoddduck777

3 жыл бұрын

Very much in agreement.

@timekeeper46

3 жыл бұрын

@@oneoddduck777 I play drums is a couple local bands. Our bass player loved "Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown" and we did it at almost every jam. Sadly, he passed away a few months ago. Haven't played it since. maybe we need to.

@hellohowdy226

2 жыл бұрын

How long should he have waited to leave ?

@tompadilla589

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best singer song writers

@danterosenberg7506

Жыл бұрын

@@hellohowdy226(did) you know he died in a plane crash?

I just made this the ringtone for my daughter, who was the second fastest derby skater in the world until she broke her leg in 7 places in 2012. Muffin 350, this song is for YOU!

@johndavenport6782

2 жыл бұрын

will she ever be able to go back to participating in roller derbies?

@CC-pj3mm

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndavenport6782 Sadly the roller derby industry is very similar to the horse racing industry and she was turned to glue

@MicroCrawdad

2 жыл бұрын

ah a fellow redditor

@skinnyslims5327

Жыл бұрын

@@CC-pj3mm yo I’m done 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@battastic1684

Жыл бұрын

Tell her to stay out of those places! Dang!

Grew up listening to Jim Groce on my father's 8 track stereo. Life was so much simpler then. What a tune.

@user-di8sb8np7y

3 ай бұрын

Me too.1977 Chevy 3/4 ton 3on the tree cruising down they country roads of southwestern Ohio

Still listening in 2023❤️ this man's music is eternal

@michaelsaritelli

Жыл бұрын

Amen

"The roller derby program said that she was built like a 'frigerator with a head".....that's just craftsmanship right there.

This man was a genius. 1 of the most gifted storytelling musicians in American history. & I love this song, don't let the humorous angle overshadow the FANTASTIC music on this little dittie.

What a talent. So sad he died so young. He did more in his short time than most in a lifetime.

Made a promise to a homeless dude by a gas station I'd learn this and sing it with him after he played it for me and my friend. So here I am.

@malmnn

7 жыл бұрын

KerpKowspi .

@jaydendiemorde564

6 жыл бұрын

KerpKowspi of

@sauce3639

3 жыл бұрын

did you do it

@jessepate8049

3 жыл бұрын

@@malmnnlududdadadljdaddudl. #>[flfjfldldledjldljĺp PM

RIP Jim Croce, I was born in 1986 and I grew up listening to this man hes one of the best to ever hold a guitar and take a mic ,have to thank my dad for his taste in music.

Watched him on TV for the first time in the early 70s. Fell in love with his music instantly. He was a fine singer and a great writer. His songs were all about real life and were fantastic. Died too early like other great musicians.

This is myyyy song !!! 10 years a derby girl!!

This song incredible. One of the rare musicians that near every single song created I vibe with. I mean who writes a song about a roller derby queen! Way better then the repeated troupes over and over again.

I miss roller derby. It came on after wrestling. My parents would watch the greatest in country and western entertainment LIVE from Panther Hall in Fort Worth, Texas with Bill Mack. I would get to stay up late and watch wrestling and roller derby if I could stay awake. The TV would sign off and play the National Anthem.THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!

what is interesting about this song. is Jim Croce in an interview before he past away said he met a guy in a bar and the guy told him his gf was on a roller derby team. Jim said do you mind if i right a song about it. and 5 minutes later this song was born. Croce had a talent of taking everyday events and put them in a song

@jeffweskamp3685

2 жыл бұрын

And each song is a complete story unto itself.

@zigmonger6646

2 жыл бұрын

Well I certainly hope it was an interview 'before' he passed away...in all seriousness Jim Croce is one of the greatest American songwriters ever; right there with John Fogerty and Alice Cooper and Jim Morrison

@gwynnethsmith9226

2 жыл бұрын

The gf was probably excited to have a song written about her.... untill she heard it

@davidalexander828

2 жыл бұрын

​@@zigmonger6646 also Neil Diamond, Rodney Crowell are also in that list.

@kathykisthardt3282

2 жыл бұрын

Very Entertaining I love this song it is so funny

Jim Croce and Harry Chapin. We lost them both way to soon.

@ScandinAsian524

26 күн бұрын

Yes!! 😭😭😭

Love this song and Jim Croce.

Five foot six....215 Love em thick AF

Can there be a more FUN song than this??!!!!

I got me a derby girl!!! She's no slouch!

My grandma likes Jim Croce

Its country music with a twist its all about great stories ,much like jimmy buffet

The One and Only Jim Croce LEGEND BEFORE TIME

Loved this man. Died way too young. The good ones always do.

@hellohowdy226

2 жыл бұрын

How old is not too young ?

@tonithenightowl1836

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellohowdy226 Well I'm real close to 69 and if I died tomorrow I still got a lot more years than many others. I'm already seeing limitations and I don't expect it to get better, if you get my drift.

This guy made it look easy like just picked up a guitar and started playing a guitar. He was an underated genius, everybody knows at least one song and sings along

This song always makes me smile. ;)

@jeanannkerr6386

9 жыл бұрын

;)

@jeanannkerr6386

9 жыл бұрын

We need better emoticons on here!

Ive ben playing this song for about 30 years now

Time in a Bottle was our class song in '76!

@cazgerald9471

17 күн бұрын

Ours was "Philadelphia Freedom", probably selected because of the bicentennial. I voted for "Kung Fu Fighting" because I thought it would have been hilarious 8-P

@SW-mc2zx

17 күн бұрын

Our school board "suggested" red, white and blue as our class colors.

This song kicks ass. Used to play this black water ride captain ride on a jukebox in a bar I used to hang out. After those three songs everybody in there was in a better mood. Love me some Jim Croce

This is a favorite of my parrot, Cool Beans. He has danced so hard that he has fallen on the floor. ;)

@thatguycalledbuggy680

3 жыл бұрын

How is he doin right now xD

Yes it was a tragic and Mr Jim Croce love this music because a lot of good music back then was folk music that would present real life mostly is such a beautiful way with music. 😊👍

J C was a tremedous influence for me and my life of making music

This song perfectly sums up my last ex. And she actually was a Derby Queen.

First time I saw Jim perform was on a Saturday afternoon on American Bandstand...I believe that I was 8 years old (?) when Leroy Brown came out and I've been listening ever since....

This song is for my granddaughter...future roller derby queen.

Love Jim's music & lyrics

Why aint songs written like this anymore. This tells a story.

@1jimmybonz

6 жыл бұрын

Little to no talent out there

@davidalexander828

3 жыл бұрын

because people do not take ordinary life situations and turn them into a song anymore. And their arent very many good wordsmiths left

@kardiackids2999

3 жыл бұрын

Because there's no soul and heart in musicians anymore there's good songs and sound but the heart and soul has died and has been dead for a long time

@tumbas299

3 жыл бұрын

WAP told a story too. It just wasn't a very good one.

@gavinjurewicz8848

3 жыл бұрын

Style changes. Not because there is no talent anymore. Taste just changes.

LOVE THIS SONG very COOL

Classic right there!!! ❤️ My brother and I would always jam this and laugh our asses off!!

The seventies were a perfect time to grow up

What a loss when he was taken.

best song to play on the jukebox at the pub

Jim Croce and Harry Chapin, two great storytellers gone too soon.

@nenben101

7 жыл бұрын

D Font And Johnny Cash except he lived fairly long

@shawns.2851

7 жыл бұрын

D Font John couldn't jam...

@rollingstopp

7 жыл бұрын

and freddie king

@valkor73

6 жыл бұрын

yep

human beings of any time….this is a soul we were blessed within our time ……..we all face this and that….all should enjoy Jim's music …its a oood place to keep speciall……...

Love Jim Croce such a Major Talent !

Love him

My fav! LOL Loved this man and his songs. Thank you for sharing this!

Simply a great sound.

I played this on a cassette tape my dad gave me, over, and over. Funny song. Jim croce was very talented. Like Richie valins, Buddy Holly, and the big bopper. Life taken too soon because of a plane crash.

RIP Jim. We lost you 40 years ago today.

TOUGHIE-my god-theres a song about Toughie-one of the first female "sport stars" when i was kid and television first came into my life-she was as famous in Brooklyn as any Brooklyn Dodger ever was-wow-i remember watching this little woman knock down and punch and pull the hair of her opponents-and someone wrote a song about her-wow-thanks so much for posting this i never heard it before

Love the guitar fills.

💜💜 Fun song.

I wish I could have been older than I was to have seen him I was four years old

@shawns.2851

7 жыл бұрын

Raul Mata OH, how you missed out on some good years! (Blame your Grandparents, for not reproducing sooner! lol!)

Truly one of the best ever

I still survive his era, and, I'm happy that I did! I also grew up with a kid that looked identical to Jim, especially in middle school and beyond. I'd be quite sure he'd be past what Jim looks like here! I'm old, so is the guy that was an identical twin to him way back then...

@waynewreck4355

3 жыл бұрын

What was his name?

this guy was great

This and leon Russell queen of the roller derby are awesome.

She caught my eye & I put it back...Oh yes🇺🇸😎👊built like a refrigerator w/a head,classic,bleach blond bomber w/a streak a mean😂Love it

Great song!

Not his most famous but one of my favorites!

I'd LOVE to see e a movie made of this song, with Melissa McCarthy as the RDQ! :)

@BugManiacRoy

6 жыл бұрын

Mellissa McCarthy? She's terrible

@sabrinaartois-davis2820

6 жыл бұрын

hog on skates indeed

@valkor73

6 жыл бұрын

there already did a movie with the girl juno off

Roller derby best sport ever

i was in a roller derby once where clint eastwood was a mayor... i was a little child but won the prize for going lower than everyone else in roller limbo contest.

2022 one of my favorite

Watched the Philladelphia Warriors on UHF in the 60's. And almost everyone from that time knew the San Francisco Bay Area Bombers. God, how time has flown. Too bad today's kids will never know the thrills and spills of the banked track with the blockers and the jammers!

true artist

@valkor73

6 жыл бұрын

i love my old self

round and round yah round round and round

Love this one😊

Gonna tell you a story that you won't believe But I fell in love last Friday evenin' With a girl I saw on a bar room TV screen Well I was just gettin' ready to get my hat When she caught my eye and I put it back And I ordered myself a couple o' more shots and beers The night (you know) that I fell in love with a Roller Derby Queen (Round 'n' round, oh round 'n' round) The meanest hunk o' woman That anybody ever seen Down in the arena She is a five foot six and two fifteen A bleached-blonde mama with a streak of mean She knew how to knuckle And she knew how to scuffle and fight And the roller derby program said That she were built like a 'fridgerator with a head The fans called her "Tuffy" But all her buddies called her "Spike" The night (you know) that I fell in love with a Roller Derby Queen (Round 'n' round, oh round 'n' round) The meanest hunk o' woman That anybody ever seen Down in the arena Round 'n' round, go round 'n' round Round 'n' round, go round 'n' round Round 'n' round, go round 'n' round Well I could not help it but to fall in love With this heavy-duty woman I been speakin' of Things looked kind of bad Until the day she skated into my life Well she might be nasty she might be fat But I never met a person who would tell her that She's my big blonde bomber My heavy handed Hackensack mama The night (you know) that I fell in love with a Roller Derby Queen (Round 'n' round, oh round 'n' round) The meanest hunk o' woman That anybody ever seen Down in the arena Round 'n' round, go round 'n' round Round 'n' round, go round 'n' round Round 'n' round, go round 'n' round

@davidalexander828

3 жыл бұрын

and Croce got all that from a guy who he met that said his gf was on a roller derby team in 5 minutes flat

@hellohowdy226

2 жыл бұрын

That chick sounds fun

Five foot six and weighing 215 built like a refrigerator with a head? Damn she a heavy duty woman

like it alot makes me smile too

As a fan of the Philadelphia Warriors Roller Derby team, thrre was a woman who fits this description. Her fans did call her Tuffy and I think she was with the Thunderbirds out of Los Angeles or a team out of Detroit..she was huge and a bleached blonde. And the program described her as "built like a refrigerator with a head."

The Stratocaster in this is off the hook!

He was really popular when he died, about wore out one of his albums.

Roller Derby game tonight in Montréal ;)

Kicker down

Yeah Man !!! I definately love cookies and REALLY cold milk !!! Years ago , when I was MUCH younger ,,, my alltime favorite USED to be EMERALD TRIANGLE HUMBOLDT COUNTY 'S GENUINE BUZZ BROWNIES !!!!! UUUMMM !!! UUUMMM !!!! GOOD !!!!!! But now in later in life I now thrive on goodies like M&M's , KEEBLER chocolate chip cookies and Chocolate fudge pop tarts and cold cold white or chocolate milk !!!! Nuyhin' better !!!! CHEERS !!!!!!!!

Maurie, the guy you hear playing lead guitar, taught me how to play>>>Couldn't carry his case, he's that good. A true loss.

Last night at MoonLight RoLLerWay skating Rink in GLendaLe CaLifornia the DJ Kenedy pLayed this song ! ! !

I've tackled a couple of wildebeest in my time Good too go.

this song reminds me of my wife except she past 215 along time ago

@hellohowdy226

2 жыл бұрын

Lotta lovin'

Saudades 1970

She was five foot six 215 a bleach blonde bomber with the streak of mean she knew how knuckle and she knew how to scuffle and fight 😂

The beat cant be beat fuck yea

This is exactly how I like my women

i have all of his records so sub this

My daughter is in roller derby in San Diego now.

Refrigerator with a head haha thats hot

" Meanest hunk of woman that anybody ever seen "

Had he lived, people would be saying: Dylan? Who is Dylan?

She was five foot six , two fifteen , a beach bLond bomber with a streak of mean she knew how to knuckLe and she knew how to skuffLe and fight . . .

My roller derby queen was Skinny Minny Miller :)

Mr Croce was describing my husband's ex-wife . She big and mean and would make Chuck Norris pause in his tracks !

There's only one Roller Derby Queen and that's Annis "Big Red" Jensen. San Francisco Bay Bombers.

Is it me or does anyone else think of Joan Weston when they hear this song

mr. rice dont forget reeces peanut butter cups love them peace bro

mr . rice they have to make some money we are lucky to have this see if yoy can find another

My teacher sang this song

If you like JC then listen to some john denver

@laurarambin5517

9 жыл бұрын

Tim Moore as a child leaving on a jet plane always made me cry.....

@denniscampbell2255

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Moore Loves me some John Denver, all of it!!!

@joeboxer3365

7 жыл бұрын

Tim you are right and also pete seger, arlo guthry and many others who tell stories through their music. Folk another piece of the beginnings of rock and roll and made it so great.

@adamcarnahan8700

6 жыл бұрын

LOOOOOOOVE JOHN DENVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@4rch1tect0n1c4

6 жыл бұрын

My grandfather went to school with John Denver at Texas Tech. They didn't know each other at the time, but when his records became a hit, he saved them all and played it for me. I'm in love with his music now! :)