A SONG ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL!? | "THE PILL" BY LORETTA LYNN (REACTION)

[@rachelbrachman1510]

When birth control pills were legalized in 1960, things changed a lot for women. Loretta was not afraid of controversial subjects.

[@mlbw1966]

Gotta watch the movie Coal miners daughter .... Ya'll learn another about Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline

[@wileydr]

Came here to say this. Can’t say I’ve seen her react to a movie. But I think should try to.

[@mackbeasley526]

Birth control pills were NOT available until about 1972. I was there, I remember it being a big deal on the news. Thats when it became popular. My Mother had five of us. This was a huge topic.

[@slkinia]

Yes, things did change a lot. One of those changes was an explosion in breast cancer. Another change was the substitution of baby killing for the pill. Another change was the collapse of the family & the disappearance of marriage & responsibility.

[@johndalessandro6433]

No doubt, she sang what she felt, this song created alot of controversy back then. I know to young people now wouldn't understand how things where back then

[@leannlaplante3643]

This song was banned on many radio stations. Being barefoot and pregnant were a reality for most women. Never forget that!

[@slkinia]

Most women? Get serious.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@slkinia According to the CDC 84.3% of American women become mothers so yes, that is most.

[@Cindy-yk6lp]

K T Olson younger men

[@wilshade]

Loretta Lynn took no prisoners. Her discography is worth reading all by itself. Some of her hit songs: "Mr and Mrs Used to Be", ""You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man"; "Don't Come Home Drinkin'"; "Fist City"; "Your Squaw is on the Warpath"; "Rated X"; "Pregnant Again"; "Lyin, Cheatin, Woman Chasin, Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You", and a duet with Conway Twitty titled "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly".

[@Yowza78]

You could teach a college course on mid century feminism based entirely on Loretta Lynn lyrics.

[@tm2bee]

This reminds me of one of those K-Tel albums that had all the goofy songs on it: Purple People Eater, Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor on the Bed post Over Night, May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose, etc

[@ConspiracySmurf]

She had a pile of kids and a wild husband, you really ought to watch her movie Coal Miner's Daughter, Sissy Spacek was unknown and did her own singing and nailed it.

[@Martin-wn6px]

He wanted her barefoot and pregnant all the time.

[@tomdodds8091]

Sissy wasn't really unknown. She'd been acting since 1972 and starred in Carrie in 1976 which was her first big role, but Coal Miners Daughter was her second big film, and the first time anybody knew she could sing. She did an awesome job in that role, acting and singing.

[@ConspiracySmurf]

@@tomdodds8091 I was only 5 when I saw Carrie at the theater... Gen X lol...totally inappropriate for kids

[@tomdodds8091]

@@ConspiracySmurf That may have been a little... inappropriate. 🤣

[@danielkillian1222]

Lorena went on Carson and said Sissyvwas playing the part before being offered the role. She knew who she wanted playing her.

[@catherinesimkins6415]

Many radio stations refused to play this song because the Catholic Church condemned it. At the time that Loretta recorded this song, birth control had been sooo uncertain -- the pill allowed women finally to have control of their lives and bodies, to have careers. To plan when/if they had babies. I distinctly remember getting my first prescription for bc pills and the overwhelming feeling of relief that I had such control. What the song doesn't say is that many doctors wouldn't write a prescription without approval of the husband if the woman was married. Fortunately many hubbies supported the pill.

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

I would think conservative Baptist, Methodist or Pentacostal. We are talking country music radio.

[@bridgetlewis92]

This song was banned on country radio The late country music icon shares six children - four of whom she had given birth to by the age of 20 - with her late husband, Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, whom she married at age 15. They are parents to Betty Sue, who died in 2013, Jack Benny, who died in 1984, Clara Marie, Ernest Ray, and twins Peggy Jean and Patsy Eileen.

[@SadPuppySoup]

My sisters country band that played local clubs and bars got kicked out of a bar for singing this song in the early 70's so they invited the whole bar out to our farm for beer and music and they all came leaving the bar empty on a Saturday night lol Never mess with a women lol

[@lorettacarroll6015]

She named her daughter Patsy after her best friend Patsy Cline

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@lorettacarroll6015 And Peggy after another friend, Peggy Lee.

[@gregorywolford6005]

She was thirteen when she married Doolittle and had 4 children by the age of 18. She says that in many interviews

@@SadPuppySoup Her granddaughter is on American Idol this year.

[@tammyjackson3113]

Loretta had like 4 kids by the time she was 18 and she had enough. It was the 70's and the pill was new. She stayed with her husband Moony til he died. The were quite the couple😂

[@pamhodges527]

Her and Conway Twitty singing " you're the reason our kids are ugly" is so funny

[@lindamiller7399]

You have to look for the movie Coal Miners Daughter it will tell you a lot about how Loretta Lynn and her husband met. It is a great movie.

[@BlaineStewart123]

You'd LOVE her song called "Fist City"

[@Yowza78]

I LOVE that song, not just because it's feisty but also how well-written and cleverly written it is. For a woman without a lot of formal education, Loretta was such a talented wordsmith.

[@kimking6036]

They wouldn't play this on main stream radio back then. Loretta had 4 kids by the time she was 20. Then she had 2 more after that, twin girls. She meant what she said in her songs. And she didn't apologize for it. I'm so admired her❤

[@daleeladakus1966]

I love Loretta Lynn! Cutting edge for the time!! Her granddaughter also sings great! Another song to try in the same vein would be "One's On The Way" . Also try for a sad tune, "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" maybe for fun "Fist City". She also had a lot of great songs as a duet with Conway Twitty. Worthy of a rabbit hole and a lot of nice surprises!😀

[@edford1693]

"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" was a Tammy Wynette hit song.

[@laurabrevitz3944]

​@edford1693 True. Still a great song worth listening to, and Britt might like it!

[@Yowza78]

Tammy Lynette is her own rabbit hole.

[@charlesloesch2087]

I was Loretta Lynn's personal bodyguard for over ten years. Doing the advance work to traveling and arranging cross agency security details. I became one of her close confidants. Loretta was an amazing, kind, down-to-earth person who suffered many difficult issues in her life. Most of which the public never learned about. We were shot at getting off her tour bus in Bloomington Minnesota. After securing her, I caught the shooter. Her personal life was a series of events in which she suffered and grew in wisdom and her ability to laugh and engage with others that were in need and had similar but quite sufferings. It was a great loss when she passed on. Truly a beautiful person, inside and out.

[@savageman2194]

Thank you for the share.

[@matthewdooley7855]

People today have no understanding of some of the ways the world changed MASSIVELY. Birth control was a revolution, and we still haven't really figured out how to live in harmony in the post-pill era. Earlier, antibiotics were another enormous change. Transportation, refrigeration, communication - all of these things were happening in the same lifetime. Imagine a world without these things - your grandparents lived it.

[@jimcrawford3221]

The changes from 1901 to 2000 (the 20th century) were unbelievable. Communication, transportation, medicine, technology, education, employment, the role of women in non-3rd-world countries, scientific advancements and so much more. And it often happened in spurts. What will the world look like in 2099? Change is the only thing that remains constant. :-)

[@alannorris8465]

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) was when the Supreme Court recognized MARRIED people's right to privacy, and thus, their contraceptive choices were theirs. By the way, consensual same-sex intimacy was not recognized as a right until 2003! [Lawrence v. Texas] As late as 1986, the Supreme Court had allowed a felony conviction and lengthy imprisonment for Adult, Consensual, sex in the privacy of a home to stand. You know about Roe v. Wade In 1973. Yes, this is all very RECENT history.

[@maryrichardson1318]

And it was not until 1993 that marital rape became a crime in all 50 states.

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

The song was banned on the radio (maybe on Country stations only, I'm not sure). Loretta married at 15 and was pregnant at 16. By the age of 20 she had 4 children. After that she later had twins. As many have said below you really need to watch the movie 'Coal Miner's Daughter'. She was a fascinating woman & the movie explains a lot. Loretta spoke her mind both to your face and in her music.

[@littleogeechee223]

She married at 13. Doolittle was 22.

[@sukie584]

I’m tearing down your “brooder house” cause now I got The Pill.

[@sixpakshaker88]

LORETTA was a bad ass. I love her still.

[@JohnPaul-hm2ys]

Loretta always kept it real. Controversy did not sway her..

[@johnmaruffi6604]

Her Granddaughter is currently performing on American Idol

[@Looneyintheboonies]

Girl, you crack me up! 😅 Look at it this way, women often got married as teenagers back then.... At least in my rural Appalachian world... The first 4 of me and my siblings were "stair step children". A year and a half between each of us, and my mother had 3 of us by the age of 19. Then there's a long stretch (years..) until my youngest brother came along, lol! 😂 Loretta Lynn was a 29 yr-old grandma herself, and knows what she's singing about in this song, hehe! Before birth control pills, women were kept "barefoot and pregnant"! Again, at least where I come from, they were. I can't speak for other communities, but I can imagine they weren't much different. My grandma had 6 daughters and miscarried one, while working at a dairy farm milking cows twice a day. One of the daughters was named "Loretta Lynn" after the singer they were all proud of, that came from the hollers of KY, just like them!

[@peterzimmer9549]

Loretta had her first child at 16 and had five more before she even knew where they came from…according to Loretta.😂

[@kxd2591]

That song, like so many of her songs, was her life.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

These old country are so good and fun. Thanks

[@brittreacts]

Yes they are!

[@Pauba1946]

Now you need to react to her song “one’s on the way”.

[@Bobbo-xx3pk]

Loretta kicked in some doors.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Oh Loretta said like it is.......she never held anything back. RIP

[@christmasbaby57]

This song came in the 70's, right after a song called "One's on the Way" that is kind of related to "The Pill."

[@Orvilleyazell]

All of Loretta's songs are about REAL LIFE situations!

[@harpergras]

My favorite country female singer...Thanks for the reaction...She has a lot of awesome songs.

[@mrcurtis73]

Britt, please react to Loretta’s song, “Fist City.” I think you’d get a big kick out of it. 😄

[@sherigrow6480]

The pill came out in the 60's. At first you needed your husband's permission to get it,

[@andreasoice5905]

She was the best. She holds records for song awards and songs band in her time!😂

[@Pauba1946]

I can’t believe someone finally reacted to this song. Good job!

[@SheliaWatson-pz3iz]

Loretta Lynn was always and always will be my favorite female singer. Willie Nelson is my favorite male singer. I love your reactions. You have another subscriber.

[@candacemay7187]

Loretta mentioned "brooder house". A mama chicken who is sitting on her eggs is called "broody".

[@elizabethfranco1284]

The pill came out legally in 1960’s

[@maryrichardson1318]

But in many places, such as the south, a single woman could not get it, and a married woman needed her husbands permission, at least when if first came out. I was there and remember.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

It was illegal for single women to get it until the Supreme Court decided they could in 1972. Yes, many did but both they and their doctors could go to jail.

[@joechain7548]

The birth control pill was made available in 1960.

[@patticriss2238]

My mom had 7 kids. Her mother had 11. I have 3. Phew. Thank goodness for the pill.

[@iamnotgoldenhar8645]

When she did live shows she would sing one's on the way and the pill back to back without a stop.😊

[@webbtrekker534]

I was in High School when this song came out. so this was 61 or maybe 62. This song caused a huge controversy and it was all over the news.

[@750count]

The pill itself came out in the early 60s The song came out in 1975

[@JulieConkle]

Totally true to her life.

[@SonofLiberty-zw7op]

"Woman of the World.." "Dear Uncle Sam..." Loretta was the authentic truth of Country music. The Pill was only her latest. Honest......real.....authentic. Loretta.

[@AP-gb3eh]

She had a few children before she was in her 20 , I believe she was married by 15 mom at 16. All the women were tied to children when they were still children . Families of 5-6-9 kids were common

[@Pushindazees]

What young women today cannot even fathom (thank heavens!) is that for all intents and purposes women were the property of their husbands. Even after we had "the pill" husbands had to give their permission for their wives to get the prescription up at least until the 70s. I remember when my mom needed a hysterectomy in the late 60s for health reasons my dad had to sign giving his permission! We owe so much to the women in the 60s and 70s that fought so hard for our independence!

[@d.t.r.8036]

Amen! And it is our responsibility to make sure the younger generations of women don't once again become the property of their husbands, etc.

[@patticriss2238]

You MUST watch the movie about her life. You can’t even imagine.

[@rosiethings228]

I would suggest you listen to One's on the way by Loretta Lynn. Women back then had lots of children because they didn't have a choice. She named one of her twins after her idol Patsy Cline. This is not my favorite Loretta song. But thanks for the reaction.

[@janicemabey4579]

You should check out "One's on the Way!" it's hilarious.

[@joeyrice5873]

She had her kids from about 1949 till about 1965. Her last two kids, in 1965, were born the same year as her first grandchild.

[@josephmullinax6118]

Hey Brit I figured you'd like this one. You should react to. You ain't woman enough to take my man... Or better Fist city

[@2dashville]

She got one called One’s on the way. She tells about what her life is like popping out a bunch of kids

[@hillbillydan4721]

Mrs.Britt, Mrs. Loretta Lynn is from the same county I grew up in...Johnson County Kentucky ! Just about all of Loretta's songs is about something she personally experienced !!

[@maryrichardson1318]

I saw Loretta and Conway Twitty in concert at Rupp Arena in the late 1970s. I was in high school and worked as an usher and ticket taker there. I do believe the entire population of Butcher Holler, Kentucky was in the audience that night. After the concert, Loretta and Conway sat on the stage and signed autographs and took pictures for over 2 hours. They did not want anyone to leave disappointed. They were such a class act.

[@hillbillydan4721]

@maryrichardson1318 I've been to Rupp arena for Rod Stewart,Alabama, and Dr. Hook !! I love Loretta, we used to ride horses up in Butcher Holler when we was youngins, talked to Herman Webb, Loretta's brother several times, they were all good people !!

[@amymaki2918]

I LOVE THIS! I have never heard this! My parents had a country / polka band and they never played this one. Hm. I am one of seven kids born in the 50s and 60s. What a screamer! 😂

[@davidverry9214]

She had lots of babies but now she’s free of all that she’s got the pill no more accidental pregnancies.

[@Code9]

Now you gotta react to David Frizzell's "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino (to decorate our home)" It's another country song about a woman who's come up with a way to keep her man at home. You'll love it!

[@lavenderhearts101]

I was 12 years old when the pill came on the market and my mother who had nine children said to me “it’s going to change everything”…and it did.

[@Poeticsam]

One of the best artists ever... please check out more of her songs.

[@peterzimmer9549]

The Pill was a pretty big matter of discussion in the 1960’s.

[@susangalloway3055]

Now she has the birth control pill . Around the time the pill was available to women.

[@pamagnolia]

This was great!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@littleogeechee223]

The FDA approved Enovid for oral contraception on May 11, 1960.

[@nightfall902]

Keep in mind that the FDA does no actual testing on their own. The FDA reviews the results of laboratory, animal and human clinical testing done by companies to determine if the product they want to put on the market is safe and effective. The FDA "does not develop or test products itself". They have the power to approve, human drugs and biologics (such as vaccines, blood products, biotechnology products and gene therapy), complex medical devices, food and color additives, infant formulas, and animal drugs etc.....all without any testing of their own. Just because it says FDA approved does not mean safe. The pill is a prime example.

[@funsavernetwork]

If you love great stories, this is from a very strong woman in 1968 i think . Bobbie Gentri. "Ode To Billy Joe" You will love it

[@lukasdafnas7516]

Loretta is the First Lady of country for a reason. In my opinion she is above everyone else. Male or female. I just love her. Her sneaky beautiful smile while dropping edgy stuff is so amazing. I have not researched all your reactions yet, but "One's on the way" might be my favorite Loretta song. It tells a story of struggle and a rough life. Have a listen. But enough about Loretta for a second. You look absolutely amazing. Especially in this one if you ask me. I don't know what it is, but I get butterflies watching you.

[@vkaPAUL]

The Key phrase is she's "shutting down the Brooding house now that she's got the pill" Sitting Hens Brood on their eggs until they hatch!!

[@debbysalmon2498]

I I became A fan after seeing her on the Merv Griffin show singing this song. Listening to her talk, she was great.

[@MemeWorster]

Have you heard “One’s On The Way.” It’s absolutely awesome!!

[@cog4life]

Thas right. It was a brooder house. You should watch Coal Miner’s Daughter. (Her life story) Yeah, he did. Like 6 times or so.😮😢😊

[@LuvPotter]

This is a great song, loved your reaction to this one. ❤️

[@Nyxi_Nyx]

One's On The Way is a description of her teen years with Dolittle

[@pernblue]

I recommend you watch Coal Miner’s Daughter. It’s a really good film and it will tell you a lot about those country music ladies of the 1960s and 70s. The pill came into wide spread use in the 1960s. Just for context, women couldn’t get a credit card without her husband’s or father’s signature until 1974. Different world.

[@stevenmulrooney28]

Loretta was a legit badass. Love her.

[@dawntowe5799]

you should watch Coal Miners Daughter. it is her life story and she wrote songs based on her life situations. It's very good. I love Loretta Lynn I grew up listening to her. I'm going to be 56 in a month.

[@starlawilson9011]

Music can be a history lesson.

[@sfjohnson013]

Everything on that collection is worth a listen. Fist City is hilarious. You've Just Stepped In (From Steppin out) is also iconic and One's on the Way is sort of a good companion to The Pill. She's famous for Coal Miner's Daughter but After the Fire is Gone duet with Conway Twitty is my favorite. I don't even like Country music and I LOVE her.

[@amymaki2918]

I think Britt be gobsmacked! Love your channel!

[@christianmattison6096]

My Grandmother lived in severe poverty and gave birth to 14 children, 12 of whom survived. She scraped and did without to tend and raise them all. No worlds can describe how hard it was on her. While I dearly love all of my aunts and uncles and the resulting tribe of cousins, I know that life would have been much easier for Grandma if she had had access to the pill.

[@-R.Gray-]

Before this there was also the Jimi Hendrix song "Belly Button Window", released in 1971, after his death.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

The Pill became available in 1960 but it wasn't legal for single women to obtain it until a Supreme Court decision in 1972. Yes, many single women got it anyway but they and their doctor could have gone to jail.

[@philipdickey6460]

No, she wrote this I believe about her husband Doolittle, every time she gets a break, she’s pregnant again…check out the movie Coal Miners Daughter, which is about Loretta Lynn

[@AlbertHuebsch]

Multiple times. It came about in the late 1960's or early 1970:s.

[@wendygen]

As a kid in the 70s, this was one my favorite songs. After my sister was born, the doctor told my mom it was dangerous for her to have another one. To me it was always a hopeful happy song

[@Gary-f4m]

Great video pick today thanks 👍👍👍👍

[@looneytube2325]

Loretta Lynn was way ahead of her time musically. She wrote all of her own songs. Her husband was much older than she was and he married her when she was just 15 years old. Because the pill wasn’t available back then she got pregnant right away and went on to have six children. One set of twins. She has another song about having so many babies called One’s On The Way. Also a funny one with her and Conway Twitty called You’re The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly. 🤣😂 RIP Loretta Lynn 💔🙏🏻🕯️ I pass by her ranch all the time because I live just down the road from it. I should stop by to pay my respects someday soon. 💐

[@lorendastokes4148]

Loretta had 4 kids by the time she was 18. She got married at 13. My mom had her record. I haven't heard this song since the early 70's, I was a kid. So thank you. Some good memories.

[@hobbypassion]

Ken Burns did a series about country music and a quote that sticks is 'Country music is 4 bars and the truth'

[@bcojr1074]

Fist City is a must

[@michellejackson6679]

from what I understand this was a very ground breaking song because back in the day.. this was not talked about... at all.. but Loretta put it out there and gave a voice to women.

[@HuntingViolets]

This song was released in 1975, although it was recorded in 1972.

[@pamward1623]

Broader house is alot of chickens..meaning slot of babies being a wife

[@livelovelearn-pv5mo]

he first oral contraceptive, Enovid, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 9, 1957, but it was only approved to treat severe or painful periods. In 1960, the FDA approved the pill for birth control purposes, and within two years, 1.2 million American women were using it.

[@debbiemcclure2874]

Loretta Lynn was one of a kind. She has alot of great songs, some with Conway Twitty. This was back when country was worth a darn. Can't say that about today's country. Some is ok but it doesn't hold a candle to back in the day country❤❤❤

[@beverlystufflebeam5731]

You need to see the video Coal Miners Daughter about her life. She had 6 kids including 1 set of twins. And was building her career at this time.

[@michaelfarmer9472]

Now you need to hear ONE'S ON THE WAY...about before she got the pill. Loretta Lynn had 4 kids by the age of 21, then had twins just as her career really started taking off.

[@ZitaZone]

Only Loretta lol

[@ednafenton7558]

Loretta Lynn always wrote about life & what she experienced....her own life. She had 14 of her songs banned by Country radio. That's how you get a country hit. Lol. Ban a song & all the fans (mostly woman) want to hear & know why it's not being played on the radio. They went out & bought the song. Radio stations had to play it because of the fans loving the songs. Loretta didn't care what people/the industry thought. She wrote want she wanted to say/cared about. I remember her on a talk show(Mike Douglas show l think) talking about this song. She didn't understand what the big deal was about. She just wrote about life. Loretta also sang the song on the show. This show was bigat that time, on national tv. Loretta never backed down when she believed in something. I can't explain to you how big Loretta was in the 60s/70s. Then the movie came out, "Coal Miners Daughter," 1980. Loretta was & still is an amazing singer/ songwriter who broke down the doors for future female singers in mostly Country Music, but also in other genres of music. A lot of singers know who she is & what she accomplished. If you think Loretta is a great singer, try listening to her duets with another legend in Country Music, Mr. Conway Twitty. They are on fire together. Their chemistry together is beyond words. They were the best of friends & had fun singing together! I know this is long. So, l will end here by saying, WATCH THE MOVIE, "Coal Miners Daughter." You will love it.

[@Shazjgus]

For all her talk in the song, Miss Loretta always dressed modestly. When other performers came out in short dresses, she wore a floor-length gown.

[@heinrich817]

You are so much fun.

[@iamnotgoldenhar8645]

This song was band. She had many songs band but was a power house

[@Nellian]

I recommend listening to Sniper soon. One of his most intense songs

[@SadPuppySoup]

Women were tired of being baby makers and staying home all the time, and I don't blame them. My oldest sister was a country singer in small bands her whole life (60's-90's) and two of the songs she loved to sing was this one and harper valley PTA which I'm to watch you watch. She loved Patsy Cline, Reba, Loretta Lynn and growing up we had a piano and she would play and we would all sing and dance, that's 5 kids and two adults, even more on Friday and Saturday nights after the bars closed lol