LOVE IT!| FIRST TIME HEARING Jeannie C.Riley - Harper Valley PTA REACTION,

[@Leethebee62]

Ultimate shade. She gave it right back.

[@raymondohlsen5054]

Love this old song.

[@tchampagne1494]

The way she did her hair, her a-line dress and the white boots were very popular in the sixties.

[@johnnyborealis]

she puts the whole town on blast 😆

[@StormyPeak]

A lot of the younger generation, never get the 'Payton Place' remark in this song. Back in the early 1970's it was still a well known book and movie from the late 1950s. It was about a small town, Payton Place, where everything on the surface looked perfect...but behind the scenes there were incidents of incest, suicide, drunkenness, cheating spouses, and even murder.

[@rebeccaeisenhuth]

And I believe it was a soap opera too.

[@StormyPeak]

@@rebeccaeisenhuth Yeah, I think you are right... or if not a soap opera a night time series ???

[@starsailor9774]

They've replaced Peyton Place with Buckingham Palace.

[@TonyM1961]

I remember Return To Peyton Place also

[@pgemperl]

Tom T Hall grew up with my mother and her older sister, dated my aunt, in fact. He wrote this song about their home tow of Olive Hill, Ky, which at that time was a sweet little Mayberry type town. But like lots of little towns, had its gossipy groups. Brings back memories of my mom, aunt and grandmother telling these stories❤

[@matthewmarcinko9157]

This song was so popular that actually made it into a film of the same name, and it starred Barbara Eden of "I Dream Of Genie" fame.

[@petercourtien4581]

I was just going to say.😊

[@Carln0130]

Yup, I was going there too Matthew.

[@patrickdowdle5121]

Same here Matt . A fun film about a single mother getting her revenge , on the close minded school board in Harper Valley

[@mitchrobinson3076]

There was even a television series on NBC with Barbara Eden that lasted one or two seasons.

[@Deborahtunes]

It was also made into a series, with Barbara Eden. Lasting 2 seasons. I remember watching it in the early 1980's...

[@laurashelton5942]

She is awesome!

[@chrisedwards7095]

Tom T Hall wrote this song - they called him The Storyteller for good reason. Some of his songs are: "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died", "I Love", "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine" and "I Like Beer".

[@juliewhite7469]

Is "I Love" the little baby ducks song?

[@jonathanguthridge1768]

@@juliewhite7469 yes it is. I absolutely love Tom T. Hall.

[@jonathanguthridge1768]

I came here to say this. Tom T. Hall was a songwriter’s songwriter and a storyteller’s storyteller. No one could tell a store in song like him.

[@johnnacourtway8305]

I didn’t realize Tom T Hall wrote it. That makes it even better!

[@laurin4405]

Like all those mentioned, but "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine"🐕‍🦺🧒🍷 Is prob my Favorite Tom T Hall song

[@rogerwaterman8153]

If Tom T. Hall is a storyteller, then you have to revisit the storytelling icon HARRY CHAPIN! Mr. Tanner - will make Amber cry Cats in the Cradle- will make Jay appreciate fatherhood I Want to Learn a Love Song- a great story of what might have been Love you guys! Happy 2 year anniversary! Much love from sunny So. Cal!

[@magic8ball1982]

There are two songs that I consider the greatest female story songs in country. This one and "Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry

[@walterrutherford8321]

Add Genty’s Fancy to that list.

[@jambrunelda]

I LOVE Ode to Billy Joe!! Robbie Benson was so good in that movie. ❤️

[@emmarz8934]

I was just wondering if they've reacted to "Ode to Billy Joe" yet.

[@leephillips2837]

Ode to Billy Joe would be great

[@Hobodeluxe960]

Reba's "The Christmas Guest" , Dolly's "Coat of Many Colors", "Independence Day" - Martina

[@kengunter6903]

This song has stuck with me for 40 yrs. Not sure why except its a slap ure face story song.

[@j7286]

When I was in junior high, I borrowed this '45' from a friend and took it home to play on my little record player with my bedroom door shut. My parents were strict, and I assumed they wouldn't want me listening to any song where someone 'socks it to' the PTA. Then I heard my parents from the living room yelling at me to turn it up. Uh-oh, I thought i was in troooooouble!. Nope, they liked it and they wanted me to play it louder so they could hear it better! Go figure.

[@Mr.Dobalina_Mr.BobDobalina]

Love your sweatshirt, Amber. Boomer Sooner!!!!! Fun reaction too. Cheers!

[@downunderveggiegardendiaries]

Using lots of ice, the ice man must have been visiting too often when her husband wasn’t in town lol.

[@popandroid]

WHOO, this one was just too good to wait for a Fine-ass Lady Friday slot!! 🤣🤭

[@pugsbella]

This was such a hit they made it into a movie.

[@BigSleepyOx]

I think there was a TV series for a while too. Not 100% sure on that.

[@Chris.Davis.2]

@@BigSleepyOx yep, only lasted one season though.

[@dennisloveland498]

​@@BigSleepyOx Yep, it sure was a TV series. It ran for 30 episodes ( 2 seasons) and starred Barbara Eden.

[@gooch0607]

Now I wanna watch it. Barbara Eden.

[@blackblake3658]

@@dennisloveland498 I remember that.🤣

[@norobbery]

Rest in Peace Tom T. Hall. Our prayers are with you. Thank you, you two for this video.

[@tracycuster4833]

As adults my kids still love this song..I was not the typical PTA mom ... my daughter says today I would not even be allowed on campus

[@kevinhoyt834]

If you want old country and story history you need to play Johnny Horton sink the Bismarck

[@kati2224]

They wouldn't let me chaperone field trips for my daughter's class... I was too scary... lol. The kids were bummed.. they said I was the coolest mom around hahaha. They didn't think so. I get it.. !!

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

That means you're a fabulous mom!!!!!😂😊

[@Kfm7]

Is nice to see young people getting into older music ,the stuff they make today is total garbage and the songs back then told many stories.

[@joeday4293]

It didn't occur to me until years later how awesome and subversive it was for my mom to let me wear my KISS t-shirt for first grade class photo day. In 1977. In south Alabama. She wouldn't have put up with any nonsense out of the Harper Valley PTA either. 🤜

[@tiffanytosh1569]

Dolly Parton wrote and sang Coat of Many Colors. Reba McIntyre sang Fancy.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Female Friday:: Vicki Lawrence "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"

[@hollypinkley]

We ALL wanted to be that mom in the PTA!!!! Love the dobro in this video.

[@bethking7348]

After being a single mom of 2 daughters for nearly 18 years, I have a deep appreciation for this song. One of my girls is an Architect; the other one has a BS in biology along with epilepsy. I could not be more proud. I certainly ran into a pile of judgmental mothers😢

[@jennifermartin7791]

The proof's in the pudding. You did good, Mom. :)

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

Sounds like you did a wonderful job!!! And, you know what those judgemental mothers can do!!!!!🤣🤣

[@bethking7348]

@@lynnschnekenburger7270 I just winged it

[@bethking7348]

@@jennifermartin7791 thank you! They are 31 and 35 now. I love them so much

[@bethking7348]

@@lynnschnekenburger7270 and I was always a blue Jean girl lol! No short skirts. Thank you for your feedback. It means a 😂

[@lenzielenski3276]

OK, I was 6 when this came out. I still remember it.

[@allanwhite5747]

"People who live in glass houses should not throw stones, because the other person may be chucking boulders!"

[@mikelamb828]

When you research Tom T. Hall you will discover that this is a true story about an incident in his Kentucky hometown.

[@gypsyroadhog]

Another blast from the past taking me back to my kiddy days

[@greg2976]

Same here!!!!

[@Bekka_Noyb]

all time classic! ♥

[@markdermody9698]

Coat of many colours is by none other than Dolly Parton ❤

[@almostfm]

A friend of mine says it this way: You wanna do this? You better bring friends and pack a lunch.

[@bradjohnson6134]

The song was written by Tom T. Hall, who is a great singer himself and is nicknamed "the storyteller" within country music. Some of his most popular songs were "Old dogs, children, and watermelon wine", "That's how I got to memphis", "The year Clayton Delaney died", and "A week in a county jail."

[@bobbuethe1477]

I liked Tom T. Hall's "I Like Beer." The title says it all.

[@brianadams4630]

Homecoming was another good one

[@bradjohnson6134]

I also enjoyed "Don't forget the coffee billy joe." Nobody has ever been able to write a song and tell a story like Tom T Hall.

[@IceManTX69]

Week In A County Jail is a masterpiece of a little diddy. Tom had so many good songs. So sad the way he died.

[@karinwolf3645]

I like Tom T. Hall!! Lots of good songs on his album, "Magnificent Music Machine". 💋💖💋💖💋💖😄😄😄🦄

[@allieren]

My mom wasn’t the most attentive, and there was a lot of dysfunction in my family growing up. But she had a period of time when I was in elementary school where she was consistently involved in my school activities, and volunteered to be one of the lunch monitor moms. My friends loved her because she was pretty and dressed cool-tight, acid-washed jeans (in the 80s), and cute little sweaters. My Catholic school administrators didn’t like her because she dressed in tight, acid-washed jeans and cute little sweaters 😂 They eventually asked her to step down because she didn’t fit their mold and ignored their reprimands. Which was sad, because I think being involved helped ground her even in her mental illness, and it’s some of the best times I remember with her.

[@allimaetx4315]

She is a cousin of my husband. We live in west Texas. She’s sweet as can be. Hardly recognizable though. We have get togethers now and then and she always has stories about other singers from back when she had this hit.

[@roncypert8255]

She and I were born in the same little town of Anson, Texas. She moved to Nashville after the birth of her daughter. She became born-again Christian in the 1970s and I went on to record gospel music.

[@allimaetx4315]

@@roncypert8255 We lived in Anson for awhile. My husband’s grandparents were lifelong residents there until they passed. A bunch of us sometimes meet up at the park in Anson for get-togethers and singing. Me and my husband now live and work in Abilene.

[@roncypert8255]

@@allimaetx4315 We moved when I was three. My Dad had a farm near Funston. The drought of the 50s forced him to sell. I still have family members all around north of Abilene…… Stamford, Haskell, Rochester, Weinert, Munday. Knox City….. My parents are buried at the Munday cemetery. Visits are still referred to as “going home”.

[@vanessalenorac]

There is this song called as soon as I hang up the phone. It has two artists that you have reacted to and loved which are Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. It is in certain parts of speaking song. But it helps at your heart strings and it is so beautiful. My dad used to help me call Saturday night while he was sitting in the backyard listening to classic country on the radio., The radio station to request this song. It is one of my most memories of my dad, he’s been gone for 20 years now

[@Cheryltwin2012]

This song was a HUGE Number One record for her and I'm pretty sure was Number One on the country charts, too. She was never able to follow up her success in quite the same way again. She reminds me a bit of Bobbie Gentry in that the story of the song is the thing. Of course, story telling has a long history in country music. Dolly Parton is a good example.

[@webbtrekker534]

The guitar being played in called either a Resonator Guitar or a DoBro. DoBro is a copyrighted manufacturer. It was made before guitars were amplified.

[@DianneWilliams-bz5hk]

Another story teller song is “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”. The original was done by Vickie Lawrence back in the 70s but I believe Reba did a version of it too.

[@brendachastain3681]

I met her several years ago, and she turned into Christian music and was sucessfull. I will let her know you loved it. She will get a kick out of it because she actually hated the song.

[@Paladin70]

Great story song from 1968. Then, in 1984, she released the sequel, Return To Harper Valley. You have to check it out for the rest of the story.

[@90hatter90]

I’m not sure if I ever heard that one. If I have I was young and it’s been awhile. Nothing pops to mind right away.

[@hanssolo8795]

Thats a real buzz kill to the good original one

[@ZooterOne]

​@@90hatter90 It's…not good. Sometime in the 70s Jeannie was born again, and unfortunately it turned her into a bore.

[@edaycock9405]

“Return to Harper Valley” is a dull and disappointing apology for the original song. Zzzzzzzz.

[@Paladin70]

@@edaycock9405 You’re entitled to your opinion Eddie Boy, after all everybody has one. They’re like……………..Aw you know the rest!! 😂😂😂

[@JRPLawyeress1]

I think they may have gotten the song title from the elementary school my kids attended in Nashville, TN. Harpeth Valley Elementary School. Home of the Hound Dogs. Close enough in name. My kids got a kick out of it. They assumed their school was named after the song. The school opened in the 1930s so I think not. It’s a catchy fun song. We didn’t have any shenanigans going on in the PTA here as far as I know. 😂

[@ThePatriotPoet23]

I remember when this song was all over the radio .... HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ferdinandcastagnera794]

Amber, baby girl......I just love this song "the harper valley p.t.a. (parent teacher association) because something like this happened to me in small town Addison, Illinois!!! 🎉 ❤ 🎉 ❤

[@alfredpratt3657]

Jeannie C Riley what's a demo singer. She would make demo records for artists to hear what the song was supposed to sound like. When the producers heard her version of the song, they just decided to release it with her singing it period one of those perfect place at the perfect time stories

[@dudieb]

Another female story teller is Bobbie Gentry and the name of her song is Ode To Billie Joe. They even made a movie in 1976 based on this song. It was directed and produced by Max Baer Jr. who was one of the cast of the 1962 TV series the Bevery Hillbillies. He was also the son of the heavy weight champion between 1934 and 1935, Max Baer.

[@paulmahoney5326]

They also made a movie based on this great song. Maybe you could check it out on your movie channel?

[@anniebananie3421]

Has anyone suggested Bobbie Gentry singing "Ode to Billy Joe"? Bobbie is a fantastic country singer, songwriter, storyteller, and guitarist. She had it all. You should listen to that one.

[@cindyv1401]

OMG My Dad was SOOOOOO in love with her way back when ❣️❣️❣️😢

[@outletsongs]

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[@libbyrn8974]

She lives in my little Texas country town. She’s so kind. Loves Jesus. Friendly as heck.

[@DaveB-hg7el]

This is a sweet story. Thank you peace

[@phillipbradford6976]

didn't they make a movie based on this tune?

[@oldmanghost219]

And a TV series

[@akastarchild]

There is a movie by the same title starring Barbara Eden, of I Dream of Genie. Ms. Johnson demolishes the entire PTA, with a pink elephant along for the ride. It was a made for TV movie, very funny. 🤣🤣🤣😍😍😍

[@Shadele1969]

I lovvveeeee this song !!!!!!!!!

[@martinperry5072]

The Harper Valley PTA still rules the country.

[@johnkendall6558]

kinda shocked me, that you haven't reacted to this gem - JCR is a firecracker

[@skwervin1]

I loved this song as a kid and my kids now love this song and when it comes on, the volume goes up and the windows go down!

[@drdr76]

This song is forever connected to the memory of my mother, a teacher, having to go to work at night (the PTA). She would say that she had to go to the Harper Valley PTA. I was about 11 and asked her if it was the one in the song. LOL. I also asked her if Payton Place was a real place--it wasn't--but it was a real popular tv show.

[@deeanna3335]

Peyton Place was popular night time soap.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

I'd say every town is probably a hidden Payton place

[@emmitstewart1921]

@@deeanna3335 Actually Peyton place was a book, later made into a movie and, even later into a TV series. It was a drama about all sorts of sexual abuse hidden under the cover of an ordinary small town. It became synonymous with a facade of seeming middle class normality which is a cover for a culture of corruption and depravity.

[@cassandrawright-mq5kp]

Peyton Place WAS a REAL place! Author Grace Metalous was from New England, New Hampshire to be exact. After the book was written there were lawsuits filed against her for defamation (So, perhaps Gracie 'Hit the Nail 'a little too close to the head writing her 'novel.') She was said to become a hard drinker, dumped her husband and went to Texas. Somewhere along the line she pulled herself together, went back to her husband, It was reported the community members in New Hampshire blocked her family from burying her there. THAT's how far her book deeply enraged her community.

[@donaldmurray4853]

Rumor say that she did NOT want to do this song since "It was not country". But she was under contract so she had to. Her agent told her to go into the studio and just sit still and let all her anger at being made to do the song out through the song. She did that. And the rest is history. All of her other songs I have heard are Very country values based.

[@oldmanghost219]

Harper Valley PTA Was a big hit and it later became a film and a TV series.

[@douglasthurber4250]

Greetings from a fellow Okie!!!! I know how you guys like story telling type songs, and I was watching this reaction, I thought about the song "Convoy" from C. W. Mcall and I thought I would recommend it. GO SOONERS and THUNDER UP!!!

[@alleykeosheyan4779]

YESSSSSS!

[@andymageen5308]

Such an honest song that unfortunately still fits even today. ✌️

[@atf-am-music]

I like the movie.

[@loiskondo8349]

A classic!

[@stephanieweisbart777]

I absolutely love this song. It came out when I was quite young and it shows the incredible hypocrisy and she calls it out

[@suzie4417]

A big hit for Jeannie and about 20 years after she did a sequel Return To Harper Valley !! This song was played a lot on the radio 💜☮️

[@outletsongs]

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[@throwback888]

She's a distant relative of mine from Anson, TX. She turned to gospel music after this.

[@davidmiller3168]

Amber, you really need to have your mom on the channel to do a reaction with you. I believe most all of us would love to meet her .

[@outletsongs]

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[@Marcus-ki1en]

I believe in the vernacular of the young today: "they just got read". Glad to see you know what it is like in a small town.

[@themajicman745]

What about an artist like the Contours doing their classic "Do You Love Me" You will dance your tails off especially if you play the live version. If you want a great story telling song check out "Toby" by the Chilites or "I Ain't Going to Bump No More With a Big Fat Woman" by Joe Tex...the live version on Soul Train.

[@bostonvair]

This is classic. Some "southern Gothic" aongs for your story-telling reaction pleasure: Bobbie Gentry "Ode to Billy Joe" (I can't remember if you've done that song already) and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence (you might want to use a lyric video for that one so you can follow the plot better).

[@erikagholston6610]

This song was made into a movie & a tv show. I used to watch the show with my mom when I was a kid.

[@brownie1341]

Everyone loved this song back in the day!

[@lloyd28khz43]

That guy on the dobro just kills it in this . incredible

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

Love that song, love that woman. Great singer and so adorably cute. And props to the dude doing the slide guitar.

[@CathleenMJennings80]

My favorite "story song" is The Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia, by Vicki Lawrence. She co-starred in the Carol Burnett Show (variety/musical show in the 70s)... her husband was a music producer and he had that song but no one wanted it. Vicki volunteered and it became a huge hit! Please react to it!

[@00flats]

Coat of Many Colors was written and sung by Dolly Parton. That is the only song she will not let anybody sing. It is based on her true life, being the youngest. Elvis wanted to sing it, and she said NO.

[@justtere]

You should find the whole album, named Harper Valley PTA. It's all about Harper Valley, and the high jinx they got up to. Incredible.

[@jennyjenny4501]

Don’t mess with mama!

[@michaelleclair8278]

The coat of many colors is written and sung by Dolly Parton. Jennie c Riley made a part 2 to Harper valley PTA

[@seraiharper5553]

Peyton Place was first a book, then a movie, about the hypocrisy of American life, and the name became synonymous with the kind of thing going on in this song. At the time this song came out, many places in America still used icemen to deliver ice to one's home. The idea that Mrs. Taylor would "use a lot of ice" when her husband's gone is that she's got a man on the side. This was a thing throughout the early to mid-20th century - because so many things were delivered (ice, milk, groceries, etc.) it was much easier for a wife to get into an entanglement if she had a mind to. So a whole crop of metaphors and innuendo grew up around the delivery guy, the handyman, the plumber, etc. (Oh god, the plumber. He's still a staple of crappy p0rn.)

[@bethepperson5363]

Country of the 70's for women was hard, but this song went a long way to making it better.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, "The Girl Most Likely" was another one of her top 10 US Country chart hits!

[@chibirenee14]

“The wedding cake”,”There never was a time”, and “Generation Gap”.Are great Jeannie songs. My favorite is “Shed me no tears”.

[@outletsongs]

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[@tgzmrhat]

One of my mother's favorite songs she would always dance around the house on Saturday mornings cleaning the house great memories as she would pulling us up and dance with us

[@magnificentfailure2390]

The guitarist is a genius, and his jacket is the absolute shizzle. I would wear that thing every day until I died.

[@francesmarinapatarangawhik4702]

🥰Love to who requested this. A Mum singing memory. Loved the reaction too. Bless yas 🥰☝️🤓

[@rosenars6665]

Ms Johnson had ALL THE SMOKE 😂😂

[@karenmova5199]

One of my favorite songs from the Harper Valley P.T.A. album is 'The Cotton Patch' - her songs are amazing because of the clever story-telling and the passion she puts into 'em!

[@shanenolan5625]

Amazing song . Guitar playing is incredible

[@teej0813]

Jay has it exactly right... this is old-school, Grand Ole Opry country (although the drummer is using a more rock pattern). This is very different than western swing / 2-step, Willie n Waylon cowboy music. And FYI... this really does seem to be a live performance. She's got a really good voice. Fun song. Great reaction, you two.

[@gkiferonhs]

On past videos Jay had asked about various slide instruments. The instrument at the start of this song is called a dobro; it's characterized by the metal disc over the opening in the guitar. It is one of the classic country and blues instruments.

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

A dobro is a brand it is a resonator guitar. I hate when people call a resonator a Dobro cause that is not what they are.

[@DelmarLarue]

The instrument is actually called a Dobro. It has strings that are set higher than a guitar over the fret board and is played with finger picks and a steel slide. The Metal disc on the main body resonates and gives it that "tinny" sound. It's held flat and played over the top as you see in the video. It's the acoustic equivalent of a steel guitar.

[@klb9142]

Harper Valley PTA was also a movie staring Barbara Eden as the mother, Stella Johnson. The movie was such a hit that she reprised her role for the tv series that lasted two years.

[@TheKiwiTraveller1993]

Fun fact: this is called country folk music. Folk music is also known as story telling music and has a long history. Back in the dark ages Folk Singers were known as Bards if memory serves.

[@cathyortiz1280]

Huge hit. I loooove this song!! Inspired a movie. She owned those hypocrites!!! ❤ PTA - Parent Teacher Association.

[@nathueil1]

Had a friend whose mom called our principal a Harper Valley Son of a Bitch one year.😒

[@rottenkidd8042]

“Hey. Mama said hold up now”. Lol. Yup. You two make me laugh. And that’s priceless. Rock on you two. 😆👍🏻

[@kellyreiterman]

Thanks for the reminder about how much I LOVE this song!

[@glendathegoodwitch6987]

Super sweet and wolderful folk you two are!

[@charlesdavis7461]

I love this Mother. They threw stones, she threw rocks.

[@paulfoster897]

Roses for Mama, good story song. Love your mama while alive.

[@medicbabe2ID]

One of those songs I will ugly cry to every single time 😭

[@rachellyadao531]

Awesome song!! She sings so clearly and socked it to them !! Plus she puts a smile on her face

[@alexhorsburgh5986]

Great story, great song...just a genius track .

[@superneilcomics8196]

I have always liked this song. Jeannie does have a beautiful voice🙂