Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee REACTION! What is a... "H****** C******"?

[@earleycarter3521]

Alan Jackson's song "Chattahoochee", the term "hoochie coochie" refers to a county fair strip show, according to songwriter Jim McBride

[@DS-182]

true facts... Atlanta magazine did an article with jim... I was actually searching "how old was alan jackson when he sang chattahoochee" and it was the first thing that came up.... he was 30 BTW

[@richschuster1097]

Hoochie Coochie was also a sexually provocative dance from way back. So, a hot dance. Possibly a source for the strip show name.

[@allenwhitmer8192]

Yep, and in all my years, I've never heard hoochie' as a plural- hoochie's. That makes it sound like the coochie belongs to someone. Pegasus must have heard another rap "sample" to have heard it like that

[@TheCoolwhipped]

Hmm I always thought it meant a drunk chick. "Hooch" being slang for homemade booze and coochie meaning, well, ya. Lmao

[@jeannieheath8779]

I just wrote a reply about these. It was a noun for the set up and a verb for the dance. Remember the fairs as a child (with a much older brother who snuck to the back)

[@jamestate5059]

Jackson is part of the country class of 89, arguably one of the best group of country artist to debut in a single year

[@janflewelling6277]

No argument here. And IMO Alan was Best in Class.

[@jamestate5059]

@@janflewelling6277 I'm more of a Travis Tritt fan but I came from 80s hard rock and 70s Southern Rock and Travis embodied that spirit

[@janflewelling6277]

@@jamestate5059 Absolutely a great choice! Here's a Quarter, Drift off to Dream, Hard Times and Misery!! Saw TT live and it was smokin". Perhaps this is another example of trying to pick your favorite child. 🤣

[@jamestate5059]

@@janflewelling6277 yes, that class is stacked

[@saplingthrasher23]

​@@janflewelling6277I saw TT here in Billings, MT with Marty Stewart. Never understood how those two decided to tour together. Both are great; buy totally different styles.

[@CarlHasenauer]

ANY Alan Jackson song is good. HUGE CATALOG TO CHOOSE FROM🔥🔥🔥🔥. "DRIVE " IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES

[@catherinehoffpauir6323]

@@CarlHasenauer Love Drive!

[@NickGreyden]

Drive is an all-time favorite of mine and, imo, one of his best. The Eiffel tower of "three chords and the truth".

[@carson9359]

Drive is mine as well!

[@terrimobley6067]

Yes! DRIVE!

[@torres4341]

Yes you have to do Drive especially because you have kids

[@Beardest_Fishing]

In the South, that term is used exactly as you imagine. Also terms like "It's colder than a witches titty in a brass bra in December" and "He's about as smart as a screen door on a submarine". All common Southerner speak.

[@nikkirobison]

This came first, Remember When came many years later. Alan Jackson won Video of the Year for this song. Chattahoochee is a river in Georgia. Alan Jackson is from Georgia. He has a number of great videos. So glad you did this video.

[@Lunzatis_Palemoon]

I was a kid when this came out and this was the very first album I asked for and owned. That album had a TON of great songs on it. I'm going to have to look up the album and suggest some of those songs for BP to react to.

[@DavidBennett-l6d]

You need to do “It’s Five O’clock somewhere” with a special guest

[@TheDopekitty]

You'd love his song Little Bitty. It's about being a little kid and the innocence of kids (in a good way) its a great one to share with the kids too.

[@MyOthersKeeper]

Itty bitty is fire!

[@xxlordbelxx1368]

My favorite Alan Jackson song was always "Neon Rainbow" Great song about the inspiration and aspirations of making music..

[@matthewdooley7855]

Pretty much a perfect country song.

[@leannmiller7153]

As a girl dad, you would love Alan’s song Drive! Great reaction song❤️

[@think1959]

Alan Jackson has a song to fit any mood. One of my favorites is Drive. Brings back some good memories of the farm I grew up on. Good one for you daughters to listen to .

[@cindymccomb4531]

Yes, I love drive

[@samuel72113]

You can't go wrong with Alan Jackson. Here in the real world is one of my favorites.

[@beedeegee9374]

For a fun song, I like “Don’t Rock the Jukebox”

[@bradjbourgeois73]

Great song!

[@x0539p]

Love Alan Jackson. Saw him in concert and when he walked out on stage I was surprised to see he was all legs. He is so talented and it’s sad that he can’t tour or sing anymore due to an auto immune illness.

[@michaelsemones7539]

Drive and Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning are great songs.

[@Justmisunderstoo]

Came here to say exactly this!!!❤❤❤

[@etcurran3107]

I am a Country Bumpkin and this is how we had fun. Still live the country life, free and enjoying life. Love Alan Jackson, he hits the nail on the head for a lot of folks. Hee Ha!!

[@danielslover8669]

Alan broke out around 1990. He has a TON of great songs. Some are sad, some are funny, but they are all great!

[@DAnimal316xMGDx]

Alan Jackson “Remember When” is awesome ballad. Garth Brooks “Ain’t Going Down Till The Sun Comes Up” is another fun song should definitely listen to.

[@jamestate5059]

You are not finding actual Garth Brooks versions on KZbin

[@JasonGilbert-yl8hf]

Do Garth concert of Ain't going down!!!

[@Befree898]

He did that one already.

[@emmef7970]

Remember When was done about a month ago. You can always use the search engine to determine if a song/video has been done. 😁

[@RichardKennedy-m5w]

The Home Free version of "Ain't Going Down till the Sun Comes us" is amazing, Adam Rupp's "Nomonica" solo is mindblowing.

[@bd9375]

Back in the day, some traveling carnivals had strip shows called "Hoochie Coochie Shows". I imagine things did get a little hot in them tent shows.

[@Freedom_Half_Off]

Well ... what you were likely to actually see was less than what the average trollop post on her Instagram page for attention on any given day . Different times ... different mindset for society in general . The "forbidden" is commoditized and cheaper than 2 dollar wine today . It is twice as foul

[@NightBear01]

Charo made the term "Hoochie Coochie" a part of the American vernacular in the 1970s ... we all know she was talking about something a little bit sexy, but she never explained exactly what it was. It was later I learned about "Hoochie dancers" in traveling carnivals ... no women or children allowed

[@bd9375]

@@NightBear01 Yes, if I remember correctly the carnival shows preceded Charo but she definitely had some hoochie to her coochie!

[@bigreenize]

Hoochie coochie just meant a little bit of a naughty woman. Not that big of a thing. I feel like you missed so much of the song because you dwelled on it a bit.

[@alexharbison4411]

Nice reaction, When I was young the word Hoochi Coochi was the girly show at the local fair. "The Hoochie Choochie show". First time and last time I saw a women smoke that cigar. 😁😁😁

[@beappleby]

If you are thinking of doing a reactions in memorial to September 11, be sure to save Alan's song "Where were you when the world stopped turning" for that.

[@lalindadutschke7391]

Absolutely

[@kathieovercash8414]

And Toby Keith's Courtesy of the Red White and Blue (An Angry American)

[@reno145]

Love the style of country that Alan Jackson does. Real country.

[@Jude_196]

LOVE ME SOME ALAN JACKSON!!! SUCH a GREAT CATALOG!! ENJOY, BP!!

[@brendajackson913]

And YES Alan did the sking in the video

[@catherinehoffpauir6323]

Yes, he did!

[@brendajackson913]

@catherinehoffpauir6323 We grew up doing that stuff, stunts and all. He sang in church and had the lead in his Sr class play, a musical... Sing out sweet land. I still have some of the rehearsal tapes 😉

[@roush243]

The song writer specifically said it refers to county fair strip shows called a Hootchie-Coochie. Growing up in Texas, we used the phrase "Hotter than a hootchie coochie." long before this song came out. It was a phrase meant to mean it was so hot that you broke out in sweat as soon as you walked outside.

[@ShaunaB]

Love Alan Jackson ❤ i finally got to see him August 2nd in Boston. Amazing show! On his final tour... less than 10 shows left to see him... so if you can go... please go. So happy I was finally able to.

[@rafalmeidas]

Another band worth listening to is Zack Brown Band and Alan Jackson has a small but nice participation in their song As She's Walking Away. A song about a situation I bet a lot of us have been there, you spot a girl or boy in a place and you are mesmerized that you just want to talk to her but she or he walks away.

[@RussellParris]

You gotta check out Midnight in Montgomery, definitely one of the songs that put him on the next level of greatness!!!

[@unical76]

Hanks always singing there!

[@MaryEvans-e5z]

According to the internet “hoochie coochie” came into use in the 1880s. It originally referred to belly dancing. Check the lyrics to see the exact words.

[@tonidarcy5515]

I saw Alan Jackson years ago!! He had the cutest round cowboy butt!!!! He's one of the greatest country singers that's been around for at least 40 years now!! ❤🎶🎤🎸🤠

[@JaniceMagenheimer]

Alan Jackson's song "Good time" is a good one to listen to and "Midnight in Montgomery"

[@brendaclark8344]

yeah, Good Time is about line dancing..do the original vesion

[@christarpley6861]

Now this is country music it's hard to beat the 80s and 90s this came out in 91 and it's hard to believe he's 65 now

[@marybreiner5]

I have been on that river more times than I could count. They used to call it "Shooting the Hooch" The local radio station used to sponsor special rides down the Chattahoochee River on innertubes 😂

[@halhortonsworld5870]

The Chattahoochee River runs from up in the Blue Ridge mountains and ends down here in Florida in the town of Chattahoochee. It is part of the Florida/Georgia border. My father is from Chattahoochee.

[@belvagurr403]

My late BIL was David Turnage, Chattahoochee’s chief of police for 20 years. I lived there for 10 years with my mother.

[@jayhank5838]

I lived for 20 years on the Chattahoochee and talking about fun. Man, that was Deep South heaven. Alan Jackson is the Country Music Hall of Fame for a reason. He is as good as it gets. The Chattahoochee River starts as a stream in the North Georgia mountains and is dammed up to form Lake Lanier. past the dam it becomes a very important river for three states, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. As far as the "hoochie" part, we always related that to a strip "teaser" at the County Fair. After about 3 days the Sheriff would show up and close her down.

[@auburnkim1989]

I grew up further down river, near West Point Dam and lake. After 56 years, I still love it with all my heart; I went for a boat ride just yesterday. Funny how most people would think of us as 'poor' when we are the ones actually living the dream!

[@jayhank5838]

@@auburnkim1989 So true, I lived in Cumming, GA on Lake Lanier. Not much money but sure had fun.

[@aura81295]

@@auburnkim1989 There is a difference between urban poor and country for sure. Only a few years of my life have I lived with an income above the federal poverty level. Those were also the most stressful times when I had to rely more on industrial things and found myself getting more trapped by sickness. Luckily, I figured it out before it was too late. Happy and healthy back in the sticks. 🤠

[@auburnkim1989]

@@aura81295 Well said!

[@sflo2310]

I don’t even know your name by Alan Jackson is one that makes me laugh every time I hear it.

[@samanthahatcher750]

I feel like this one is underrated and it’s one of my very faves!

[@anderslekander5508]

Why isn't all music this simple and happy 😊 ❤

[@kimconley4679]

I love Alan Jackson's cover of Blues Man. His voice is so smooth and warm. The Chattahoochee is a River that starts in northern Georgia and ends in the Gulf of Mexico. I've been lazy river tubing on it. It's so beautiful.

[@GrandmaShirley-op4jm]

Can't go wrong with Alan Jackson.

[@Worldindecline690]

My dad was a huge country fan. I got introduced to so much country music as a kid. I loved Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Dwight Yoakum and so many others. You should listen to Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker - When the Sun Goes Down

[@jambrunelda]

I don’t remember seeing any Dwight reactions. He is one of my favorites! 😍

[@Sheepdog70]

Ya, look up " burger and a grape snowcone." That'll blow your mind.!

[@mekong1538]

That's what I was thinking!

[@edrrobb1988]

Exactly 😂😂

[@babyphatpenut]

I was today years old when I found out what it meant 😂😂 I only looked it up cuz you said something 😂😂😂

[@meganthompson111]

Alan Jackson is my all time favorite. He’s a Georgia boy and my daddy raised me listening to him. There is a great documentary on him on Amazon Prime I believe it is.

[@bethhutto9800]

In the song "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson, the songwriter Jim McBride explains that a "hoochie coochie" is a county fair strip show

[@mjking9019]

Love Alan Jackson. Saw him in concert once and when he performed this song, the crowd went wild!

[@annedurant6000]

Love Allen one of my favorites,love all his music, thank you for doing this song it so fun 😘🥰

[@ms.lisamarie82]

Alan Jackson has a million great songs. My mom's favorite was called Wanted... think mine is Midnight in Montgomery, or Where Were You the 911 Tribute.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

Check out “The older I get” 😉

[@robynfedalen1777]

Loved AJ since he first came on the scene ❤️✌🏻🎶

[@walrusking3819]

Loved this song from the moment I heard it.

[@LanaRansom-w4e]

In the 70's and 80's there was a Latina singer/actress whose catch phrase was Hootchie Coochie!! Referring to the bellt dance in your first definition. I remember most on her Love Boat appearances.

[@LanaRansom-w4e]

Her name was Charo

[@toodlescae]

Charo

[@robertutes4850]

At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair , a dance called the hoochie coochie was a big hit, and it was described as disreputable and vile, something akin to belly dancing. Such dances, or something similar, were performed at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London in 1851, the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, and the World's Fair in Paris in 1889.[ Described by the New York Journal in 1893 as "Neither dancing of the head nor the feet", it was a dance performed by women of, or presented as having, Middle-Eastern and/or Gypsy heritage,[4] often as part of traveling sideshows. a goochie man, or hoochie coochie man, either watched them or ran the show. Alternatively, from the directly sexual meaning of goochie goochie, he was successful with women. The hoochie coochie replaced the much older can-can as the ribald dance of choice in New York dance halls by the 1890s

[@Rocker1983]

It's funny. Such a generational thing with that Hoochie Coochie line. For us folks around Alan's age it is just a provocative dance. Like a belly dance or a go go dance ect. Lol!

[@leecloaked1059]

alan jackson one word for you MORE!!

[@matthewdooley7855]

There's a song "I'm a Hoochie Coochie Man". Good old electric blues song. Alan Jackson is so authentic. Love him.

[@RyanHeafner]

Takes me back to the summer of 1993, running the roads of Louisiana in my old mustang, pretty girls on the water, absolutely jamming this song all summer, good times

[@dukemom20]

The Chattahoochee is a river in Georgia. We used to drive by it all the time when we lived north of Atlanta in the early 90's, when this song came out. It is truly muddy most of the time!

[@KarlaElaine100]

“Someday” is a favorite by Alan Jackson. Love all of his music including gospel.

[@staceyeugster9260]

The reason he picked hoochee coochee is because it was all that rhymed with Chattahoochee!!❤❤😄😄😄 And I was always told hoochee coochee was a sexy dance!!

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

YAYYYYYYYY! In the South it's a way of life as a child to go out with your parents and siblings to "the river" (whatever river is in your vicinity) and play in the water with all the other kids who are out with their families on the river. All the boats are out, beer coolers are iced, the Mamas are getting sun, Dads are talking football and sipping beers and watching the kids splash around. As time passes and the kids get to be young adults weekends are made for going to the river. It's a place most Southerners equate with socializing, partying, and growing up. If you look at pictures on a Southerners social media you are going to see mad "down at the river" pics.

[@marciaramirez3791]

"Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?", was the first song about 911, Alan wrote it within a few hours after it happened. Very emotional. I still cry every time I hear it. The live version is amazing. Hope you check it out. Alan has retired due to ALS. Thank you for bringing us some of the best of country music.

[@guyray1504]

Alan's song called " Drive" is so good. About his dad teaching him to drive then him teaching his girls to drive. The video has his real girls in it. Thanks BP

[@pressendforspanish]

Chattahoochee predated Remember when by some 30 years.

[@elliekahl5305]

Chattahoochie was released in 92 and Remember When was released in 03. It's only 11 yrs.

[@catherinehoffpauir6323]

Young to after 9-11 30 years

[@lorishelstad5968]

I have this CD, love it......way to go .......

[@johnathonyount7493]

From the writer of the song. Well, it's a river on the border of Georgia and Alabama. But the song raises an even bigger question… what's a HOOCHIE COOCHIE, as in, “It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie”??? Well, here's the answer, directly from songwriter Jim McBride: A hoochie-coochie is . . . a county fair strip show.Apr 19, 2024

[@justinspeer8481]

Sounds like a convenient diversion from what he really had in mind when the pen was to the pad 😅

[@tiacalhoun3841]

BP, Google a burger and a grape sno cone….the meaning is gonna blow ur mind 🤣 Where were you when the world stopped turning by Alan is a MUST

[@sherrymurphy-kleine4592]

YES!!

[@MsAmericanMaid]

That is not what he meant as the urban dictionary meaning came way after this song was sung.

[@LynnBartlett-un2vp]

A burger and a grape snow cone is a great euphemism of love....Lol.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

@@LynnBartlett-un2vp yeah I’d say so 🤣

[@meganwoida3475]

Came here to see if anyone was gonna bring it up!

[@CarolLee-mq8er]

You read it right. That was one of his first songs. It’s a party song. And it is what you thought it was. But give your kids the definition of the belly dancer.

[@misskitty0100]

'Good Time' is one of my favorite country songs by Alan Jackson. I think you'd get a kick out of it. 😀

[@susanengland3919]

Another fun song I think you'll like is Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down At The Twist And Shout. It reminds me a lot of this song but with a cajun twist. Fun for all ages to listen to!

[@homefry707]

Yes! I’m so glad you recommended this one, I haven’t heard it in years. ❤

[@SuperDave71176k]

In either definition that's just a reference comparison.The weather is hotter than the comparison object.The hotness of the weather is what's being focused on.Even if you fool around in the hot weather 😂

[@f150bft]

"Good Times" is another good one.

[@lauraopper2571]

When I was teaching I had a group of students from Myanmar who spoke almost no English. As part of their English practice I would ask them what they did on the weekend. They said they'd gone to church and listened to 'country music'. I was confused until I realized they meant music from their own country. I played this song for them so they could hear what we call 'country music' in the US, and they loved it, even if they didn't understand all the words. Music truly does transcend cultures.

[@waitin4theworld223]

It is a very versatile term!

[@susanwahl6322]

I've always loved this song!

[@williamparrish9954]

please do Alan Jackson where were you when world stopped turning should be the next one bye Alan Jackson he wrote this right after 9/11

[@gk5891]

Live one from 2001 CMA Award Show, It's the first performance and only a few weeks after 9/11.

[@johnathanwroe2148]

I should have read some comments before copying yours lol

[@michelleussia5777]

Omg yesssssssssss!!!! I still cry when I listen to that song

[@FessaBarbie]

You wanna have us all in tears huh?

[@williamparrish9954]

@@FessaBarbie no but BP never heard it so he need to listen to it because its great song

[@Xtinakattv]

Alan Jackson was my first concert around the time this album was big. Never ashamed of it bein my first concert...he's got such great songs..he also used to sing for car dealership commercials back then.

[@pyroishere]

I don't think "hoochie" and "coochie" would be the same in a country song as it would in the urban dictionary, hahahha! I personally thought it was like getting romantic with your lover, but, @johnathonyount7493 said earlier the song writer said it's a "county fair strip show", who knows. In the end you weren't too far off? "Mercury Blues" is a great song too! 40!

[@cog4life]

Yes. His songs are soooo meaningful.

[@cog4life]

So glad you decided to do this one! So much fun! He’s such a great entertainer! ❤

[@TribalQueen905]

Yes it means what you think and this was his first song ever. Chattahoochee is a river we all hung out there. It's a teen hangout the Chattahoochee river. It's a 90s song filmed on the Chattahoochee river. Check out good times fun video filmed across the south line dance.

[@kimberlymigliorato8755]

I remember seeing Alan Jackson in Texas a couple of years before he made it big. Super nice guy, put on a real good show.

[@kimberlymigliorato8755]

​@JacksonEugeneAlanas if you're actually Alan Jackson. 😂 Nice try scammer

[@DAnimal316xMGDx]

Alan Jackson “Remember When” is awesome ballad. Garth Brooks “Ain’t Going Down Till The Sun Comes Up” is another fun song should definitely listen to. Love all your reaction videos.

[@sharonkempf1276]

The Chattahoochee is a river between Alabama and Georgia. I was born and raised in Columbus Ga. and right across the Chattahoochee was Phenix City, Ala. I spent many of hours on the Chattahoochee.

[@Divinerainzz]

This was when I used to listen to country for an iddy biddy while. Loved Alan Jackson.. still do.

[@bryandamkaer3646]

Such a great song.... love it.

[@Killvoid13]

Love the shirt. ODB forever!!!

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

He was such a hunk!!!

[@matthewhunt7665]

I live in Northwest Georgia.I can't tell you how many times we used to shoot the hooch.

[@creinicke1000]

I love this fun song. DRIVE is another favorite.

[@JStfyd13]

Love this song!!! ❤ can you react to Watermelon Crawl And Callin Baton Rouge Those two are really fun songs as well.

[@billofalltrades2633]

Ahhhh yeah I love some 90s country !great reaction

[@MotownCrypto]

Loved your reaction. Such a great song

[@kathieovercash8414]

Alan Jackson's Here In The Real World and I Climbed The Wall.

[@philippdegood6117]

Love these song also makes me wanna listen to Blackhawk such a great band too

[@anitawright7169]

Love this song! Love your reaction!

[@Gutslinger]

This is the song that made Alan Jackson my first favorite artist, when I was roughly around 4 years old in the 1990's. I remember spending several days in an insanely boring empty car shop with my dad with absolutely nothing to do. This song and George Strait's "Carrying Your Love with Me" airing on the shop radio was the only highlight of my boring day.

[@girlonaswing9439]

Great video with the water splash!!!! Of course excelllent song

[@manda_lynn75]

As growing up in the South we used the word as a slang for it being extremely hot outside, although if my memory is correct the song writer said upon writing the song he used the word for the county fair strip show. I guess depending where one is from the word/slang has different meanings ,however it is interesting to know what it really means. lol Thanks so much for another wonderful reaction to a great song.

[@kayeragdull217]

My earliest remembered reference is from vaudeville. Dancers between acts. Fan dancers to scantily dresses women to strippers. It has evolved through the century+.

[@hurricane7479]

This song incorporates a take on a Zydeco-style beat. Another excellent example of that style is Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Down At The Twist And Shout". (Beausoleil is band from Southern Louisiana that is famous for their Cajun roots and Zydeco-style music") ✌️😎

[@heatherpike7443]

Yes sr love this all the way yes sr

[@patprescott1818]

Omg that's when I fell in love with him❤🤗🎶🎵

[@ktriddle2]

The strip shows at county fairs used to be called hootchie cootchie shows

[@sherryramirez6329]

oh my gosh this is my era and i listened to some country as well as rock but this stuff was GOLD still is .