Just to clarify: Fancy might be white trash, but Fancy is her name... Get it right, bitches... This is a classist issue that we need to root out of our society by introducing communism.
Basically her useless mother names her "Fancy" and tells her to go prostitute herself and "be nice to the gentlemen and they'll be nice to you" to feed the baby. If I met a young girl who had parents desperate enough to name her "Fancy" I'd get to know her and help her achieve her dreams, then silently eliminate her parents for being deadbeat's incapable of providing for their own children.
@TheBaconlaser just because her name is fancy wow thats judging a book by its cover. who knows maybe theres a really nice well off family who named there daughter fancy and maybe she likes her name. besides look at all the celebrities naming theres kids weird ass names.
This video moved me, and I nearly cried! then I went to comment, and saw some half-baked self-proclaimed holy roller in full attack. Can't you see that no one likes or cares about your point of view? Take your narrow, ignorant point of view elsewhere. Come back when you've walked a mile in that little kid's shoes, then tell me she's going to hell! You live in a scary, guilt ridden little world. I feel sorry for your kids if you are abusing and damaging them daily with it. Ought to be a law...
I remember this song from when I was younger and it never fails that everytime I hear it shivers go up my spine from how amazing the video and Reba's voice is. I love this song and probably will for the rest of my life!
I used to be a prostitute, and now I rich, and don't have to worry about money ever again. So you can kiss my ass if you think I'm wrong for doing what I did, but
"I Might Have Been Born Just PLAIN WHITE TRASH", but I aint any more. So bring it on!
@JD27076 Whether or not she chose or not chose to go into the profession it is her body.
Have you heard of human trafficking? !
Girls being tricked into the market. Are those girls going to hell because they did what they had to do to survive? These innocent girls don't chose this life, its force upon them. If you worship the same God I do, you know he is with them, and he wouldn't abandon his daughters who have already been through hell.
@LeahWalentosky Its not her body..God gave it to her. Its Gods. Human Trafficking? Yes, I was speaking on behalf of the Holy See of this issue. Are they going to hell? Better question, are they committing any type of sin? Of course not! If they seek "pleasure" from it, then yes. If this "Fancy" story was true, the basis of sin would fall on Fancy because she did have a chance to escape from speculation, if not, then no. Hell is only after departure.
@JD27076 You judge far too much for someone who claims to be a Christian. By your logic, a sin is only a sin if you get pleasure from it. Huh? I don't think so. What's more, was it not Jesus who said "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" when the town wanted to stone to death a prostitute? I don't even know why this has to be discussed. It's just a music video. Stop forcing your beliefs on others.
@ColibriAnna08 You misunderstood the topic. I was talking about human pleasure beyond Marriage and procreation, not every sin. Yes, I saw the EWTN animated cartoon about this. I'm not forcing, im evangelizing. Theirs a difference ya know.
@JD27076 Yes, typical fundamentalist misinformation. Pleasure = sin. Makes me wonder why god gave us the ability to feel pleasure in the first place. For your information, the Bible never says sex before marriage is wrong. In fact, it only emphasis the virginity of women before marriage. Men are free to have concubines. David did.
@ColibriAnna08 "You shall not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14, RSV). “Flee sexual immorality” (1 Corinthians 6:18). That is, do not have sex with someone who is not your spouse. Obedience requires that sex be reserved for one’s spouse.
@JD27076 I can hurl biblical verse at you, too, which say things I am sure you don't practice including that eating shellfish is an abomination, and women with premarital sex should be put to death. Don't get me started on the hypocrisy of the Bible.
@ColibriAnna08 If you knew anything of THEOLOGY. You know would that all of those things are in the Old Testament. What is the Old Testament? Like it says, the OLD testament. We do not follow the Old Testament, unless the NEW testament tells us to do so. The NEW T. tells us to follow the Commandments in the OT. So we do.The New Testament does NOT tell us to not eat shellfish, or put women to death. But, you sadly do not know anything of Theology.
@JD27076 Excuse me, you hypocrite? You quoted Exodus 20:14. That's the Old Testament! You know the Ten Commandments? That's the Old Testament! If you do not follow the Old Testament then why do you quote it? Why do you follow the Ten Commandments? I know plenty of theology, sweetheart, and for you to declare I don't without giving me a chance is nonsensical. The New Testament also preaches things we don't practice! Try me!
(cont.2) Finally, concerning the verse themselves, it says not to be sexually immoral, but WHERE does it say sex before marriage is immoral? The thing about the Bible and premarital sex is whenever it mentions sexual immorality and fortification, it never says anything about marriage along with it. The only time it mentions sexual immorality and marriage is when it says women are supposed to be virgins on their wedding night. It never says anything about male virginity.
@taylorific2 You have the option of reading my posts or not, sweetheart. I will continue any discussion I like. This is a public forum, and you don't get to censor it. If you don't like a comment, move on and get over it! Or bitch all you want. I really don't care.
(cont.) Not only that, but NO WHERE in the Bible does it say the Old Testament doesn't matter and only the New Testament does. No where! That's just a diversion for Christians who can't accept that they don't follow most of it's teachings because it doesn't fit into Western culture. Jesus always said to follow Scripture, and in his day the only Scripture was the Old Testament. He constantly referenced the Old Testament and told us to follow it's every world. You learn some theology!
@ColibriAnna08 Are you STUPID?!!? I told you, Jesus, FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT, instructed us to FOLLOW the Commandments. When Jesus instructs us to follow one thing from the OT, doesn't mean follow EVERYTHING from the OT. Jesus came to FULFILL the Law [New Testament] So yes, he did. Women are suppose to be virgins on their wedding night, so how do they lose their virginity, with a man. So, you just tore down your own argument.
@JD27076 You aren't acting very Christian-like. Jesus from the NEW TESTAMENT told us to follow every word of Scripture which mean the Old Testament. If your argument is that we only adhere to the Old Testament where the New Testament tells us to, then you need to realize in the New Testament Jesus tells us to follow all Scripture. Jesus came to fulfill the law, but NOT to abolish it. He said so himself. Why does the Bible only emphasis female virginity?? You just ignored my argument.
@JD27076 Just to clarify: Fancy might be white trash, but Fancy is her name... Get it right... This is a classist issue that we need to root out of our society by introducing communism.
They need to put the songwriter of this classic, Bobbie Gentry, in The Nashvillie Songwriters hall of fame. Her 'Ode to BillieJoe' has sold near 50 million records on a 100+ covers and her composition 'Fancy' has has sold 20 million on a dozen covers. Master jazz piainst, Bill Evans, turned her song, 'Mornin' Glory', into the signature song of his last years. Recorded on his 'Live In Toyko' concert and album, it was said to be one of his all time favorites.
I would LOVE to see Reba do the prologue song 'Fancy's Got Feelings Too' that Bobbie Gentry use to perform at 'The Desert In'' in Vegas 1971-80. It was a great build up to Bobbie's rousing ,showstopping performance of Fancy that always brough the house down.
@narniaslan47 This song is about her mother putting her into prostitution so they can have money to live, then Fancy getting herself out of that situation.
@CanAm0418 Fancy's prostitution had NOTHING to do w/saving her mother/brother. It was for saving her own life: as she leaves..."that was the last time I saw my ma when I left that rickety shack; the welfare people came & took the baby, Mama died & I ain't been back.." --"but the wheels of fate had started to turn & for me there was no way out,/it wasn't very long b4 I knew exactly what my momma'd been talking about." Fancy hadn't returned til she bought the land/building 4 home for runaways.
@PaisleyPlace Just to clarify: Fancy might be white trash, but Fancy is her name... Get it right... This is a classist issue that we need to root out of our society by introducing communism.
@CanAm0418 If you pay attn to the video, you will see 2 headstones. It's common knowledge in the song that the kids' "Pa run off," leaving them in squalor. It stands to reason that the 1 stone was where her mother as buried & the other was where her brother was buried. Given that baby's get sicker b/c of lack of immune system build-up, it makes sense that the baby caught whatever the Mom had & likely died young or from malnutrition. Either way, it makes sense. She survived no matter the odds.
This song is epic. What I love about country music is that most of the good songs tell a story and have a deeper meaning and evoke emotion and discussion in people. It is hard for me to listen to this song and not get choked up and I am a man. I also like the Kenny Chestney (sp?) song, Don't Blink. Kinda makes you think, huh? I also like, Brad Paisley, Welcome to the Future and Alabama's, Song of the South. And I am from Seattle, Wa where country music is not exactly played all over.
This song is epic. What I love about country music is that most of the good songs, anyway, tell a story and have a deeper meaning and evoke emotion and discussion in people. It is hard for me to listen to this song and not get choked up and I am a man. I also like the Kenny Chestney (sp?) song, Don't Blick. Kinda makes you think, huh? I also like, Brad Paisley, Welcome to the Future and Alabama's, Song of the South. And I am from Seattle, Wa where country music is not exactly, played all over.
I always get shivers when she sings, "here's your one chance, Fancy don't let me down." It just has a sense of desperation and finality in it, and most of all hardiness. This has always been one of my favorite songs, because to me it means you have do whatever possible to become...I suppose accepted.
ok i know the moral of the sorty is wrong but i understand if i was in that posishion id understand if my mom did that to me better me then a lil sister i mean im 14 shes only 4
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Hi everyone love reba and people say I look a little like her:-) major compliment but see for yourself Im a singer songwriter this is my own song hope you can take the time to check it out, hope you have great day;-)
Im 24 years old, I ran my first demolition derby when I was 15. I remember listening to this song before I ran my heat. I now put this song on before every derby, it reminds me so much of were I came from and how fourtanute I am to have the people and posessions in life. I get goosebumps still to this day. Thanks Reba. An amazing woman
When you listen to the lyrics of this wonderful song. The "female voice" of this song is describing how she overcame poverty through prostituting herself through "Aristrocrats." If you look up the word "aristrocracy," in the dictionary, you will find something akin to "government by the best or most outstanding citizens of society, or 'ruling body of nobles'." Yet, as we see in the media, those government officials are taking advantage of the very vulnerable citizens they claim to protect!
Literally anyone with access to the internet can post comments on these threads. This is why you and the other "lovely listeners" are "being able to read a conversation between two individuals about marijuana". Now, whether or not you read this conversation is your choice. I'm just explaining what gives you the capability.
THC (Rick Simpson's Cancer Cure Hemp Oil) achieves this wizardry by binding to protein receptors on a cancerous cell's surface. Once attached the THC induces the cell to make a fatty substance called ceramide, which prompts the cell to start devouring itself. "We see programmed cell death" Velasco says. What's more, noncancerous cells don't make ceramide when they come into contact with THC. The healthy cells don't die.
Biochemists Guillermo Velasco & Manuel Guzmán, Complutense University, Spain
Reba's tha shit =] I love her singing, I really dont care what this song is about, her voice is perfect for it and is what makes it great. You dont like it, well, simple, DONT WATCH IT! =] K? Thanks
What's wrong with prostitution? Seriously, I would like to hear somebody come up with a reason why prostitution is wrong. It's not. It's a career. They already can't do hard labor. Why would we take away another way for them to support themselves?
@georgejungismyhero what's wrong with prostitution?!?!?! How can u say that and say u have morals? or do u have morals? the Bible DIRECTLY states that premarital sex is BAD, it might be a career or way of life to you, but to many others, it is very offensive, I like this song, and I'm not trying to pick on you or be mean or rude, I'm just stating my beliefs and telling you that a comment like this can seriously offend some ppl.
@PheonixStar2000 I accept your opinion and I'm glad you stated it but that still doesn't answer my question. What exactly is wrong with prostitution other than the fact that you've been told it's wrong your whole life? We also been told that Cannabis use is wrong and we now know that Cannabis use literally cures cancer. Just cause somebody says something is wrong doesn't mean it's wrong.
@georgejungismyhero Cannabis doesn't cure cancer, it helps alleviate the side effects of chemo. And maybe prostitution itself itsn't wrong but exploitation of women and the dangerous situations prostitutes are put into are. I mean, if you can GUARANTEE that they're safe and they're okay with selling their body I suppose it's like a grown woman choosing to be a stripper. It's her body, her choice. But it isn't safe for most women and a lot didn't get a real choice, like Fancy. And that is wrong.
@crazymars2u I'm talking about women who engage in prostitution willingly as a career. Of course it's sad when women are forced into prostitution. But you think we should punish them for it? Why? In that case the women is a victim and you want to put them in jail for it?
On the other point, Cannabis not only helps with chemo but it literally does CURE CANCER. Look up the movie "Run FROM the Cure" with Dr. Rick Strassman. Many people have CURED THEIR CANCER USING CANNABIS.
@crazymars2u You seem like an intelligent person. Please, watch "Run FROM the Cure" and inform everyone you know. Cannabis cures cancer and people are needlessly dying for purely monetary gain.
Please also watch and share "Cured: A Cannabis Story (A film by David Triplett)" Please share this information with everyone you know. Cops, judges, doctors, teachers, ect. The world must know the truth.
@georgejungismyhero If I can find those I will watch them as I am trying to learn more about Cannabis. But you should watch "Marijuana: A Chronic History", which was featured recently on the History Channel. I have done my research and there is nothing to suggest that Cannabis actually CURES cancer. It may make it so much easier to deal with that, once it's gone, it seems that way, but I doubt that it really cures it. I will try to watch the things you recommended though.
@crazymars2u I really appreciate you being open and looking into this. If you watch either of those videos you will undoubtedly see more than enough evidence to legitimize the conversation about Cannabis and Cancer.
If you're interested in learning about the politics/history of Cannabis, you should watch "The Union: The Business of Getting High" It's a very good, unbiased documentary made by a non-Cannabis user.
A tale of an impoverished mother whose husband has recently left the family. She buys her daughter a red "dancing dress" & encourages her to "be nice to the gentlemen" (implying prostitution) as a means to gain financial independence. Told from the perspective of Fancy, looking back to when she was 18, the song describes their poverty and her mother's predicament, and recalls her mother's parting words: . . . . .
. . . . ."Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down" and "'If you want out, well, it's up to you." Soon after, Fancy's mother dies and her baby sibling becomes a ward of the state. In the song, the girl ends up using connections she makes to build a better life for herself, eventually making peace with her mother, and acknowledging the complexity of the decision her mother was forced to make.
@ArialKyoSohma How many older men do you know that would just take in an 18 year old girl and get nothing in return? None. None at all. I'm all about interpreting things differently, but there's no denying this song is about prostitution.
I wonder if when the song was written they were just thinking of the way "To thine own self be true" sounds or if they thought about the context it was written in Hamlet.
i love this song and i don't get where people think its about prostitution. its about prostitution. It's not. The mother gave her just turned 18 year old daughter to a older man to live with and be with, that was financially well off. she was given every thing a woman could want. she was a mistress not a prostitute. its no different than prearranged marriages.
This is so sad it like almost made me cry n i would have but yea... geez.... I just realized that she had to go into prostitution and oh my gosh it's sad the way she left her mother and never got to see her again and she's dead T_______T so sad
To Erik in Seattle, brother you said a mouthful...who is to blame? I would suggest society as a whole, her mother's heart was broken to have to do what she did....
The amazing songwriting talents of Bobbie Gentry are as relevant today as ever. Roseanne Cash sings a stunning version of Ode to Billie Joe on her current tour and Bobbie(who has shunned all publicity for 30 years) has almost as many views for O.T.B.J On You Tube(1.25 million) as Reba does here for Fancy
I don't see how people would be hypocrites to say the mother made the wrong choice. There had to be other options. Were they members of a church who could help? Could the girl of gotten a respectable job somewhere. I mean Mcdonalds is better than being a prostitute. To anyone here who goes to prostitutes, think about this song. Most of these girls were forced into it so you are participating in something with a girl who has had a rough life. It's time for men to stand up and be good men.
"Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down... here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down...... Momma's goin to move you uptown." This song is about much more than prosititution. Its about a mother than will go through drastic meassures to save her daughter. Its beautiful. Aand Reba's voice just amplifiess it.
@anoldjukeboxjunkie I totally believe that you are a true musical fan because not many people can even understand or grasp the meaning of this song. It is very deep and it tells the story of many lives. It is about a mother who will stop at nothing to make sure her daughter moves up the ladder in life. She doesnt want her daughter to live like she has. She felt in her heart that her daughter was capable of a hell of a lot more. GLAD U UNDERSTAND IT!!!!!! I ♥ Reba!!!!
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My wife hates this song; me, well, I love it. I realize it is about prostitution--I'm not for prostitution, but who can argue against it being the oldest profession--and this turns some people off from the start, of course. But the song is brilliant!! It pits the desperation of the poor against the larger morals of our society. Who is really to blame? Mama or the larger society that continually keeps some people so down they can't hardly get up.
@eryoungbrown I think Mama...........She did the best with what she could.......and all she wanted was her daughter not to deal with what she had been dealt
@eryoungbrown Very Well Said!! couldn't have put it any better & thank you for so poetically stating the truth of what this song really is about. The snubbednose upper echelon who have worked to keep the majority down, no matter what they have to offer society, it's all about keeping what they have, acquiring more & making sure anyone else is not able to have the same. God is certainly not w/out humorous ironies...eh ;-)
@eryoungbrown This song isn't about prostitution. If it was about prostitution then why would the cab driver say that "my wife Louis had every record you ever made?" You need to listen to the song.
This song is so about that. What ever woman wants to deny it is wrong, just look how it exploits the woman getting what she wants for being young and beautiful, trust though this is a cover version of Bobbie Gentry who originally sung this song back when women were more oppressed and prostitution was more accepted as an honest living(because it is the only respectable way a woman can be called a hoe because she's making an honest back braking living, it's truely manual labor)!
no prostitution is not right, and is said not to be partaken in, in the bible. Though there was a prostitute named Rahab in the bible that helped spies. Look her up, She has a place of honor in Scripture.
Yeah well hooker or not... I had a really tough childhood. My mum had to make some really tough decisions to save my sister and I. Granted nothing as bad as what this song is about. But I guess when you love your kids you have to make a decision that you don't want to so your kids can actually have a better life.
who ever the hell dressed Reba for this video needs to be fired & never allowed to work in Hollywood or music again!! Reba is WAY TO small to wear all that big ass shit! That get up looks like it came out the musty closet of the Queen of England.....not a rich & famous Hollywood actress which is what her charactr in the video called for. its common for fat women to wear over sized jewlery to make them look smaller. Poor Reba just get swallowed up in all that big ass shit!
Let's just settle this: the girl has just turned 18, and therefore is of the age of consent. Her mother has put makeup on her, bought her a dress and has also (I note from the video) give her tights with suspenders (dunno what the American word for them is). This song is soooooooooooo about being a prostitute. Bobbie Gentry wrote the song and hers has the same thing going on. Enough wishful thinking: this is not a song about feminine empowerment, it's about your mother selling your ass.
@lexo30 Bobbie Gentry was quoted in a 1974 'After Dark' Interview stating" Fancy is my strongest statement for womens lib, if you really listen to it. I agree wholeheartedly with that movement and all the serious issues they stand for-equality,equal pay,day care centers and abortion rights"
@AliceMarr In 1971 ,the boys club at Capitol Records tanked Bobbie Gentry's masterpiece album,PatchWork, with a lackluster promotion. She had written and produced the entire set, upsetting Capitol staffers who usually did the work on a female artists album. A year and a half later, they tried to get her to sign a second tier artist contract at a much lower royality rate. She flatley refused, leaving the label for a multi-million dollar extension contract at Howard Hugh's casino's in Vegas.
It's about a bitch named FANCY. Moreover, it's about a mother who would name her daughter FANCY. I think that's the most important thing in the entire world. Fancy... Faaancyyy....
I think all of this is crazy!!! People listen to rap songs every day about a whole lot worse things than being a prostitute, get over it. Reba is a classy lady and can sing about anything she pleases and show off her talent. Prostitution is in the Bible, if you don't like it then don't listen to it!
you can view this song however you want to, thats the great thing about this song. it can be taken so many news ways, that it doesnt matter how 1 person views it.
guys wat its saying is her mom was sick and there was no money for them to eat so she got her something to wear so she could get out of that place and her mom was sick and it just didnt look good so she sent here to somewhere better
in a way it could be interpreted as her becoming a prostitute but then again do you think rich guys only go after prostitutes? No! Her mom just dressed her up so she could find someone who could give her a better life.
She buys her daughter a red "dancing dress" and encourages her to "be nice to the gentlemen" (implying prostitution) as a means to gain financial independence. Told from the perspective of a woman named Fancy, approximately thirty-two years old, looking back to when she was an eighteen-year-old girl, and recalls her mother's parting words: "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down" and "'If you want out, well, it's up to you."
Reba said this on live tv when dis music vid came out.
her mother wanted her to look nice for the man so that maybe he would take her on as his woman, financially, which would possibly take her out of the poverty her family suffered from so, no, i do not think it had anything to do with prostitution.
I think it is clear she started out a prostitute. Her mother told her to be nice the gentlemen and they would be nice to her. Then as she states a man took her off the street. If you take someone "off the street" generally that is taking her out of a life of street prostitution. She then used men to climb the ladder so to speak. At least that is my take on it.
Reba is over-due for induction in The Country Music Hall Of Fame. This ,to me, is her greatest achievement in a recording studio and in concert for the stage.
@CodemusicRiley I hope they both achieve The Country Music hof.Bobbie Gentry won the grammy hof award for Ode to Billie Joe in 1999 and in 2008 she joined Tammy Wynette and Conway Twitty as a country music inductee in The Mississippi Musicans hof.
Just to clarify: Fancy might be white trash, but Fancy is her name... Get it right, bitches... This is a classist issue that we need to root out of our society by introducing communism.
lbolling11 4 days ago
im a hip hop fan but REBA IS MY GIRL ! !!!1 of the best voicesand this song is BADASS
jkocwhite 2 weeks ago
all these strange comments,and i just like the song.
55parkey 1 month ago
ya' know, when Reba(Fancy) said Ok, thanx, she sounded like my grandmother
brit182420 1 month ago
Basically her useless mother names her "Fancy" and tells her to go prostitute herself and "be nice to the gentlemen and they'll be nice to you" to feed the baby. If I met a young girl who had parents desperate enough to name her "Fancy" I'd get to know her and help her achieve her dreams, then silently eliminate her parents for being deadbeat's incapable of providing for their own children.
TheBaconlaser 1 month ago
@TheBaconlaser just because her name is fancy wow thats judging a book by its cover. who knows maybe theres a really nice well off family who named there daughter fancy and maybe she likes her name. besides look at all the celebrities naming theres kids weird ass names.
taylorific2 3 weeks ago
@TheBaconlaser haha cunt
taylorific2 1 week ago
This video moved me, and I nearly cried! then I went to comment, and saw some half-baked self-proclaimed holy roller in full attack. Can't you see that no one likes or cares about your point of view? Take your narrow, ignorant point of view elsewhere. Come back when you've walked a mile in that little kid's shoes, then tell me she's going to hell! You live in a scary, guilt ridden little world. I feel sorry for your kids if you are abusing and damaging them daily with it. Ought to be a law...
powersuitwoman 1 month ago
I love I may have been born poor white trash but fancy was my name
sbulluck 3 months ago
Anyone notice there is no 6:08?
JD27076 3 months ago
it makes me cry.
cindyartist3 3 months ago
OH I GOT IT!!!
pciklesRyummy 3 months ago
im so confused
pciklesRyummy 3 months ago
I remember this song from when I was younger and it never fails that everytime I hear it shivers go up my spine from how amazing the video and Reba's voice is. I love this song and probably will for the rest of my life!
jamminhard09 4 months ago in playlist COUNTRY MUSIC 3
I used to be a prostitute, and now I rich, and don't have to worry about money ever again. So you can kiss my ass if you think I'm wrong for doing what I did, but
"I Might Have Been Born Just PLAIN WHITE TRASH", but I aint any more. So bring it on!
PEG69FU 4 months ago
@PEG69FU Premarital sex and lust is a mortal sin, punishable by hell. So, you did do wrong.
JD27076 3 months ago
@JD27076 Thats a very jugemental thing to say. You don't people's life story.
LeahWalentosky 1 month ago
@LeahWalentosky That IS WRONG! And also a Mortal Sin..punishable by hell. Venial sins are not punishable by hell...but she did wrong.
JD27076 1 month ago
@JD27076 Whether or not she chose or not chose to go into the profession it is her body.
Have you heard of human trafficking? !
Girls being tricked into the market. Are those girls going to hell because they did what they had to do to survive? These innocent girls don't chose this life, its force upon them. If you worship the same God I do, you know he is with them, and he wouldn't abandon his daughters who have already been through hell.
LeahWalentosky 1 month ago
@LeahWalentosky Its not her body..God gave it to her. Its Gods. Human Trafficking? Yes, I was speaking on behalf of the Holy See of this issue. Are they going to hell? Better question, are they committing any type of sin? Of course not! If they seek "pleasure" from it, then yes. If this "Fancy" story was true, the basis of sin would fall on Fancy because she did have a chance to escape from speculation, if not, then no. Hell is only after departure.
JD27076 1 month ago
@JD27076 You judge far too much for someone who claims to be a Christian. By your logic, a sin is only a sin if you get pleasure from it. Huh? I don't think so. What's more, was it not Jesus who said "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" when the town wanted to stone to death a prostitute? I don't even know why this has to be discussed. It's just a music video. Stop forcing your beliefs on others.
ColibriAnna08 1 month ago
@ColibriAnna08 You misunderstood the topic. I was talking about human pleasure beyond Marriage and procreation, not every sin. Yes, I saw the EWTN animated cartoon about this. I'm not forcing, im evangelizing. Theirs a difference ya know.
JD27076 1 month ago
@JD27076 Yes, typical fundamentalist misinformation. Pleasure = sin. Makes me wonder why god gave us the ability to feel pleasure in the first place. For your information, the Bible never says sex before marriage is wrong. In fact, it only emphasis the virginity of women before marriage. Men are free to have concubines. David did.
ColibriAnna08 1 month ago
@ColibriAnna08 "You shall not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14, RSV). “Flee sexual immorality” (1 Corinthians 6:18). That is, do not have sex with someone who is not your spouse. Obedience requires that sex be reserved for one’s spouse.
JD27076 1 month ago
@JD27076 I can hurl biblical verse at you, too, which say things I am sure you don't practice including that eating shellfish is an abomination, and women with premarital sex should be put to death. Don't get me started on the hypocrisy of the Bible.
ColibriAnna08 1 month ago
@ColibriAnna08 If you knew anything of THEOLOGY. You know would that all of those things are in the Old Testament. What is the Old Testament? Like it says, the OLD testament. We do not follow the Old Testament, unless the NEW testament tells us to do so. The NEW T. tells us to follow the Commandments in the OT. So we do.The New Testament does NOT tell us to not eat shellfish, or put women to death. But, you sadly do not know anything of Theology.
JD27076 1 month ago
@JD27076 Excuse me, you hypocrite? You quoted Exodus 20:14. That's the Old Testament! You know the Ten Commandments? That's the Old Testament! If you do not follow the Old Testament then why do you quote it? Why do you follow the Ten Commandments? I know plenty of theology, sweetheart, and for you to declare I don't without giving me a chance is nonsensical. The New Testament also preaches things we don't practice! Try me!
ColibriAnna08 1 month ago
(cont.2) Finally, concerning the verse themselves, it says not to be sexually immoral, but WHERE does it say sex before marriage is immoral? The thing about the Bible and premarital sex is whenever it mentions sexual immorality and fortification, it never says anything about marriage along with it. The only time it mentions sexual immorality and marriage is when it says women are supposed to be virgins on their wedding night. It never says anything about male virginity.
ColibriAnna08 1 month ago
@ColibriAnna08 wow im glad reba has inspired your fucking religion class discussion......take i somewhere else please.
taylorific2 3 weeks ago
@taylorific2 You have the option of reading my posts or not, sweetheart. I will continue any discussion I like. This is a public forum, and you don't get to censor it. If you don't like a comment, move on and get over it! Or bitch all you want. I really don't care.
ColibriAnna08 2 weeks ago
(cont.) Not only that, but NO WHERE in the Bible does it say the Old Testament doesn't matter and only the New Testament does. No where! That's just a diversion for Christians who can't accept that they don't follow most of it's teachings because it doesn't fit into Western culture. Jesus always said to follow Scripture, and in his day the only Scripture was the Old Testament. He constantly referenced the Old Testament and told us to follow it's every world. You learn some theology!
ColibriAnna08 1 month ago
@ColibriAnna08 Are you STUPID?!!? I told you, Jesus, FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT, instructed us to FOLLOW the Commandments. When Jesus instructs us to follow one thing from the OT, doesn't mean follow EVERYTHING from the OT. Jesus came to FULFILL the Law [New Testament] So yes, he did. Women are suppose to be virgins on their wedding night, so how do they lose their virginity, with a man. So, you just tore down your own argument.
JD27076 1 month ago
@JD27076 You aren't acting very Christian-like. Jesus from the NEW TESTAMENT told us to follow every word of Scripture which mean the Old Testament. If your argument is that we only adhere to the Old Testament where the New Testament tells us to, then you need to realize in the New Testament Jesus tells us to follow all Scripture. Jesus came to fulfill the law, but NOT to abolish it. He said so himself. Why does the Bible only emphasis female virginity?? You just ignored my argument.
ColibriAnna08 1 month ago
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@JD27076 Just to clarify: Fancy might be white trash, but Fancy is her name... Get it right... This is a classist issue that we need to root out of our society by introducing communism.
lbolling11 4 days ago
@ColibriAnna08 kudos to you.. but don't bother arguing with that freak. He's probably been brain washed with it for years!
powersuitwoman 1 month ago
Dont let me down Fancy!
Toni7859 4 months ago
i love this song its mine n my mothers!!!!! :)
pawpawsbabygirl1 4 months ago
They need to put the songwriter of this classic, Bobbie Gentry, in The Nashvillie Songwriters hall of fame. Her 'Ode to BillieJoe' has sold near 50 million records on a 100+ covers and her composition 'Fancy' has has sold 20 million on a dozen covers. Master jazz piainst, Bill Evans, turned her song, 'Mornin' Glory', into the signature song of his last years. Recorded on his 'Live In Toyko' concert and album, it was said to be one of his all time favorites.
danielrdrown 5 months ago 2
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B&B & Reba
SeattleMark1979 5 months ago
The video totally ruins the song.
caysayfla 6 months ago
Reba does this song better than Bobby Gentry..
ikasaw 6 months ago
@jesusgreyes well young fancy's all grown up now. You can find her here and there through Google searching by typing in Jonna Volz. ;)
JVHowes 6 months ago
@JVHowes hi, are you her? how do you know her?
j1965able 5 months ago
The He is Legend version is so much better!
mikevismyelement 7 months ago
I would LOVE to see Reba do the prologue song 'Fancy's Got Feelings Too' that Bobbie Gentry use to perform at 'The Desert In'' in Vegas 1971-80. It was a great build up to Bobbie's rousing ,showstopping performance of Fancy that always brough the house down.
danielrdrown 7 months ago
I wish they'd make a movie of this one!
meddetect10 7 months ago
I never thought of this song being about prostitution. She becomes and actress and a singer
narniaslan47 7 months ago in playlist sisiisis
@narniaslan47 This song is about her mother putting her into prostitution so they can have money to live, then Fancy getting herself out of that situation.
CanAm0418 7 months ago in playlist country
@CanAm0418 Fancy's prostitution had NOTHING to do w/saving her mother/brother. It was for saving her own life: as she leaves..."that was the last time I saw my ma when I left that rickety shack; the welfare people came & took the baby, Mama died & I ain't been back.." --"but the wheels of fate had started to turn & for me there was no way out,/it wasn't very long b4 I knew exactly what my momma'd been talking about." Fancy hadn't returned til she bought the land/building 4 home for runaways.
PaisleyPlace 6 months ago
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@PaisleyPlace Just to clarify: Fancy might be white trash, but Fancy is her name... Get it right... This is a classist issue that we need to root out of our society by introducing communism.
lbolling11 4 days ago
@CanAm0418 If you pay attn to the video, you will see 2 headstones. It's common knowledge in the song that the kids' "Pa run off," leaving them in squalor. It stands to reason that the 1 stone was where her mother as buried & the other was where her brother was buried. Given that baby's get sicker b/c of lack of immune system build-up, it makes sense that the baby caught whatever the Mom had & likely died young or from malnutrition. Either way, it makes sense. She survived no matter the odds.
PaisleyPlace 6 months ago
@PaisleyPlace The baby didnt die "the welfare people came and took the baby."
Mrs9r10bull 6 months ago
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This song is epic. What I love about country music is that most of the good songs tell a story and have a deeper meaning and evoke emotion and discussion in people. It is hard for me to listen to this song and not get choked up and I am a man. I also like the Kenny Chestney (sp?) song, Don't Blink. Kinda makes you think, huh? I also like, Brad Paisley, Welcome to the Future and Alabama's, Song of the South. And I am from Seattle, Wa where country music is not exactly played all over.
eryoungbrown 7 months ago
This song is epic. What I love about country music is that most of the good songs, anyway, tell a story and have a deeper meaning and evoke emotion and discussion in people. It is hard for me to listen to this song and not get choked up and I am a man. I also like the Kenny Chestney (sp?) song, Don't Blick. Kinda makes you think, huh? I also like, Brad Paisley, Welcome to the Future and Alabama's, Song of the South. And I am from Seattle, Wa where country music is not exactly, played all over.
eryoungbrown 7 months ago
this is my fav. song by reba by far. BEAUTIFUL
coulorninja 7 months ago
this is my shit
tbosslady1986 8 months ago
its about singing,not prostitution
balletlover119 8 months ago
I always get shivers when she sings, "here's your one chance, Fancy don't let me down." It just has a sense of desperation and finality in it, and most of all hardiness. This has always been one of my favorite songs, because to me it means you have do whatever possible to become...I suppose accepted.
KristinHarmony 8 months ago
This song is more about desperation and social views than about prostitution Per Se
JessicaHayes02 9 months ago
ok i know the moral of the sorty is wrong but i understand if i was in that posishion id understand if my mom did that to me better me then a lil sister i mean im 14 shes only 4
lady1998theresa 9 months ago
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MMAgurl18 9 months ago
This song makes me cry
LadyAmaroq 9 months ago 3
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Hi everyone love reba and people say I look a little like her:-) major compliment but see for yourself Im a singer songwriter this is my own song hope you can take the time to check it out, hope you have great day;-)
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MsRud123 10 months ago
We used to listen to this to get pumped up for football.
NickHannula 10 months ago 4
i love reba mcentire, she always knows how to put lyrics to a song together perfectly. no matter what the song is about, i love all of her songs!
DevilinDisguise18 11 months ago
reba's video is hilarious!!
bobbie gentry, thank you for Fancy
prudence1126 11 months ago
this video is hilarious!!
bobbie gentry, thank you for Fancy
prudence1126 11 months ago
woah! it's about prostitution?
nharri22 11 months ago
This day and age, we don't really know what hardship is, do we?
inflatableclown6 11 months ago
You know I mighta been born just plain white trash but Fancy was my name!
almeeranathoo 11 months ago
Im 24 years old, I ran my first demolition derby when I was 15. I remember listening to this song before I ran my heat. I now put this song on before every derby, it reminds me so much of were I came from and how fourtanute I am to have the people and posessions in life. I get goosebumps still to this day. Thanks Reba. An amazing woman
mutton1986 1 year ago
When you listen to the lyrics of this wonderful song. The "female voice" of this song is describing how she overcame poverty through prostituting herself through "Aristrocrats." If you look up the word "aristrocracy," in the dictionary, you will find something akin to "government by the best or most outstanding citizens of society, or 'ruling body of nobles'." Yet, as we see in the media, those government officials are taking advantage of the very vulnerable citizens they claim to protect!
rolliebee 1 year ago 10
Reba's kinda a badass.
vichiousfishes 1 year ago 16
This song has always had a dark shadow to me. I'm 49, so u can understand how many times i've heard it!
whowouldofthunkit1 1 year ago
so why are we lovely listeners of this song, being able to read a conversation between two individuals about marijuana? it makes absolutely no sense
beautifulXdisaster94 1 year ago 2
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@beautifulXdisaster94 First, I'd like to welcome you to the internet.
Literally anyone with access to the internet can post comments on these threads. This is why you and the other "lovely listeners" are "being able to read a conversation between two individuals about marijuana". Now, whether or not you read this conversation is your choice. I'm just explaining what gives you the capability.
georgejungismyhero 1 year ago
THC (Rick Simpson's Cancer Cure Hemp Oil) achieves this wizardry by binding to protein receptors on a cancerous cell's surface. Once attached the THC induces the cell to make a fatty substance called ceramide, which prompts the cell to start devouring itself. "We see programmed cell death" Velasco says. What's more, noncancerous cells don't make ceramide when they come into contact with THC. The healthy cells don't die.
Biochemists Guillermo Velasco & Manuel Guzmán, Complutense University, Spain
georgejungismyhero 1 year ago 4
Love this song and this video. Sad, but heartening also.
crazymars2u 1 year ago
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crazymars2u 1 year ago
i love this song i have loved it since 1992
iunderstand09 1 year ago
Reba's tha shit =] I love her singing, I really dont care what this song is about, her voice is perfect for it and is what makes it great. You dont like it, well, simple, DONT WATCH IT! =] K? Thanks
viperklynn 1 year ago
What's wrong with prostitution? Seriously, I would like to hear somebody come up with a reason why prostitution is wrong. It's not. It's a career. They already can't do hard labor. Why would we take away another way for them to support themselves?
georgejungismyhero 1 year ago
@georgejungismyhero what's wrong with prostitution?!?!?! How can u say that and say u have morals? or do u have morals? the Bible DIRECTLY states that premarital sex is BAD, it might be a career or way of life to you, but to many others, it is very offensive, I like this song, and I'm not trying to pick on you or be mean or rude, I'm just stating my beliefs and telling you that a comment like this can seriously offend some ppl.
PheonixStar2000 1 year ago
@PheonixStar2000 I accept your opinion and I'm glad you stated it but that still doesn't answer my question. What exactly is wrong with prostitution other than the fact that you've been told it's wrong your whole life? We also been told that Cannabis use is wrong and we now know that Cannabis use literally cures cancer. Just cause somebody says something is wrong doesn't mean it's wrong.
georgejungismyhero 1 year ago
@georgejungismyhero Cannabis doesn't cure cancer, it helps alleviate the side effects of chemo. And maybe prostitution itself itsn't wrong but exploitation of women and the dangerous situations prostitutes are put into are. I mean, if you can GUARANTEE that they're safe and they're okay with selling their body I suppose it's like a grown woman choosing to be a stripper. It's her body, her choice. But it isn't safe for most women and a lot didn't get a real choice, like Fancy. And that is wrong.
crazymars2u 1 year ago
@crazymars2u I'm talking about women who engage in prostitution willingly as a career. Of course it's sad when women are forced into prostitution. But you think we should punish them for it? Why? In that case the women is a victim and you want to put them in jail for it?
On the other point, Cannabis not only helps with chemo but it literally does CURE CANCER. Look up the movie "Run FROM the Cure" with Dr. Rick Strassman. Many people have CURED THEIR CANCER USING CANNABIS.
georgejungismyhero 1 year ago
@crazymars2u You seem like an intelligent person. Please, watch "Run FROM the Cure" and inform everyone you know. Cannabis cures cancer and people are needlessly dying for purely monetary gain.
Please also watch and share "Cured: A Cannabis Story (A film by David Triplett)" Please share this information with everyone you know. Cops, judges, doctors, teachers, ect. The world must know the truth.
georgejungismyhero 1 year ago
@georgejungismyhero If I can find those I will watch them as I am trying to learn more about Cannabis. But you should watch "Marijuana: A Chronic History", which was featured recently on the History Channel. I have done my research and there is nothing to suggest that Cannabis actually CURES cancer. It may make it so much easier to deal with that, once it's gone, it seems that way, but I doubt that it really cures it. I will try to watch the things you recommended though.
crazymars2u 1 year ago
@crazymars2u I really appreciate you being open and looking into this. If you watch either of those videos you will undoubtedly see more than enough evidence to legitimize the conversation about Cannabis and Cancer.
If you're interested in learning about the politics/history of Cannabis, you should watch "The Union: The Business of Getting High" It's a very good, unbiased documentary made by a non-Cannabis user.
Another documentary on the subject is "Grass".
All vids mentioned are on YouTube.
georgejungismyhero 1 year ago
A tale of an impoverished mother whose husband has recently left the family. She buys her daughter a red "dancing dress" & encourages her to "be nice to the gentlemen" (implying prostitution) as a means to gain financial independence. Told from the perspective of Fancy, looking back to when she was 18, the song describes their poverty and her mother's predicament, and recalls her mother's parting words: . . . . .
wahgwanwidcha 1 year ago 2
. . . . ."Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down" and "'If you want out, well, it's up to you." Soon after, Fancy's mother dies and her baby sibling becomes a ward of the state. In the song, the girl ends up using connections she makes to build a better life for herself, eventually making peace with her mother, and acknowledging the complexity of the decision her mother was forced to make.
wahgwanwidcha 1 year ago 2
@ArialKyoSohma How many older men do you know that would just take in an 18 year old girl and get nothing in return? None. None at all. I'm all about interpreting things differently, but there's no denying this song is about prostitution.
ScudlyMcWaffles 1 year ago
I wonder if when the song was written they were just thinking of the way "To thine own self be true" sounds or if they thought about the context it was written in Hamlet.
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ArialKyoSohma 1 year ago
i love this song and i don't get where people think its about prostitution. its about prostitution. It's not. The mother gave her just turned 18 year old daughter to a older man to live with and be with, that was financially well off. she was given every thing a woman could want. she was a mistress not a prostitute. its no different than prearranged marriages.
ArialKyoSohma 1 year ago
This is so sad it like almost made me cry n i would have but yea... geez.... I just realized that she had to go into prostitution and oh my gosh it's sad the way she left her mother and never got to see her again and she's dead T_______T so sad
AmberRose666 1 year ago
To Erik in Seattle, brother you said a mouthful...who is to blame? I would suggest society as a whole, her mother's heart was broken to have to do what she did....
jlmichael9958 1 year ago
This is the worst song I have ever heard :D
dmaassizzle 1 year ago
@dmaassizzle Thanks for watching!!! 1,402,222
leelou641 1 year ago
The amazing songwriting talents of Bobbie Gentry are as relevant today as ever. Roseanne Cash sings a stunning version of Ode to Billie Joe on her current tour and Bobbie(who has shunned all publicity for 30 years) has almost as many views for O.T.B.J On You Tube(1.25 million) as Reba does here for Fancy
danielrdrown 1 year ago
I love this song
spunsara1 1 year ago
Awww I cry every time i hear this song! Just a good song!
DarlaInMoncton 1 year ago
I don't see how people would be hypocrites to say the mother made the wrong choice. There had to be other options. Were they members of a church who could help? Could the girl of gotten a respectable job somewhere. I mean Mcdonalds is better than being a prostitute. To anyone here who goes to prostitutes, think about this song. Most of these girls were forced into it so you are participating in something with a girl who has had a rough life. It's time for men to stand up and be good men.
vanmoody 1 year ago
"Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down... here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down...... Momma's goin to move you uptown." This song is about much more than prosititution. Its about a mother than will go through drastic meassures to save her daughter. Its beautiful. Aand Reba's voice just amplifiess it.
anoldjukeboxjunkie 1 year ago 70
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As A momma I'd kill for my children, so I agree who can blame....
MissLablugrl 1 year ago
@anoldjukeboxjunkie I totally believe that you are a true musical fan because not many people can even understand or grasp the meaning of this song. It is very deep and it tells the story of many lives. It is about a mother who will stop at nothing to make sure her daughter moves up the ladder in life. She doesnt want her daughter to live like she has. She felt in her heart that her daughter was capable of a hell of a lot more. GLAD U UNDERSTAND IT!!!!!! I ♥ Reba!!!!
PAGGYMPRINE 1 year ago
You can get this mp3 at instantmp3s..com
route98775 1 year ago
Reba is an epic woman! :D
redneon06 1 year ago 2
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williamemery1 1 year ago
people aways mis understand this song. its not just about prostitution. why cant ppl see that!!!
carebears5152 1 year ago
Jodie Sweeten?
iwannabeacullen768 1 year ago
I love this song too! The story behind it is touching in some way.
thebody143 1 year ago
I love this song, and especially the end of the video
MKandAsh23 1 year ago
Everyone has their own interpretation of this song. I guess she sang it for those that love it.
MSSEXYBUSTOS 1 year ago
I like this song, but the message of 'I found a rich guy to take me in!' is not very impowering to me.
FleetingWispsOfGlory 1 year ago
i cant hear this song without crying
kitty32397 1 year ago
damn
bocephus831 1 year ago
My wife hates this song; me, well, I love it. I realize it is about prostitution--I'm not for prostitution, but who can argue against it being the oldest profession--and this turns some people off from the start, of course. But the song is brilliant!! It pits the desperation of the poor against the larger morals of our society. Who is really to blame? Mama or the larger society that continually keeps some people so down they can't hardly get up.
Erik, Seattle, WA
eryoungbrown 1 year ago 101
@eryoungbrown I think Mama...........She did the best with what she could.......and all she wanted was her daughter not to deal with what she had been dealt
oilergirl99 1 year ago 3
@eryoungbrown no offense but what the hell is your wife been smoking lol just kidding. But I totally agree with you and I love this song as well.
TarHeelGuy115 1 year ago
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Very well said Erik! The rich get richer and the poor get poorer until desperation sets in.
Subaruguy8508 1 year ago
@eryoungbrown this hasn't got a God damned thing to do with prostitution. if that's what you think, you missed the entire point of the song.
dhoffutt 1 year ago
@dhoffutt Then what's it about, smarty pants?
komplik8dchik 1 year ago
@eryoungbrown Very Well Said!! couldn't have put it any better & thank you for so poetically stating the truth of what this song really is about. The snubbednose upper echelon who have worked to keep the majority down, no matter what they have to offer society, it's all about keeping what they have, acquiring more & making sure anyone else is not able to have the same. God is certainly not w/out humorous ironies...eh ;-)
HigherWaysWoman 1 year ago
@eryoungbrown i so agree with u
sexysadie2487 11 months ago
@eryoungbrown ahhh your not married
ikambor 10 months ago
@eryoungbrown This song isn't about prostitution. If it was about prostitution then why would the cab driver say that "my wife Louis had every record you ever made?" You need to listen to the song.
connerskeen 10 months ago 3
@eryoungbrown Sorry but prostitution is not the oldest profession......its gardening. *wink*
jmc74346 8 months ago
@eryoungbrown
This song is so about that. What ever woman wants to deny it is wrong, just look how it exploits the woman getting what she wants for being young and beautiful, trust though this is a cover version of Bobbie Gentry who originally sung this song back when women were more oppressed and prostitution was more accepted as an honest living(because it is the only respectable way a woman can be called a hoe because she's making an honest back braking living, it's truely manual labor)!
TheHornsfan37 7 months ago
@eryoungbrown Prostitution is not the oldest profession!, negoiation is the oldest,after all somone has to set the price.
frogeyeful 7 months ago in playlist country faves- w
no prostitution is not right, and is said not to be partaken in, in the bible. Though there was a prostitute named Rahab in the bible that helped spies. Look her up, She has a place of honor in Scripture.
comatose2009 1 year ago
i<3 u momma:)
soujaboy04 1 year ago
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fancy gave good deep throat
hexum4201 1 year ago
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Reba gives good head
hexum4201 1 year ago
This is my fav vid of Reba's I LOVE YOU REBA...she is the most amazing entertainer EVER!
imjustme0925 1 year ago 2
Wow, believe it or not this is the first time I heard this song. It made me cry too, amazing.
amsterz14 1 year ago 2
this song always makes me cry though
Lucidamy74 1 year ago 2
Yeah well hooker or not... I had a really tough childhood. My mum had to make some really tough decisions to save my sister and I. Granted nothing as bad as what this song is about. But I guess when you love your kids you have to make a decision that you don't want to so your kids can actually have a better life.
TheNzfroggy 1 year ago
check out those Lady Gaga shades-AGES before! Love REBA!
aroundtheworldticket 1 year ago
this video rocks
demonsrhot 1 year ago
who ever the hell dressed Reba for this video needs to be fired & never allowed to work in Hollywood or music again!! Reba is WAY TO small to wear all that big ass shit! That get up looks like it came out the musty closet of the Queen of England.....not a rich & famous Hollywood actress which is what her charactr in the video called for. its common for fat women to wear over sized jewlery to make them look smaller. Poor Reba just get swallowed up in all that big ass shit!
SUPREMEQUEEN09 1 year ago
It's still a good song, mind. Although I prefer the Bobbie Gentry version.
lexo30 1 year ago
Let's just settle this: the girl has just turned 18, and therefore is of the age of consent. Her mother has put makeup on her, bought her a dress and has also (I note from the video) give her tights with suspenders (dunno what the American word for them is). This song is soooooooooooo about being a prostitute. Bobbie Gentry wrote the song and hers has the same thing going on. Enough wishful thinking: this is not a song about feminine empowerment, it's about your mother selling your ass.
lexo30 1 year ago 3
@lexo30 Bobbie Gentry was quoted in a 1974 'After Dark' Interview stating" Fancy is my strongest statement for womens lib, if you really listen to it. I agree wholeheartedly with that movement and all the serious issues they stand for-equality,equal pay,day care centers and abortion rights"
danielrdrown 1 year ago
@danielrdrown Great quote. I think Ode to Billie Joe was her first abortion rights song though. I love Fancy as well. Wonderful performer.
AliceMarr 1 year ago
@AliceMarr In 1971 ,the boys club at Capitol Records tanked Bobbie Gentry's masterpiece album,PatchWork, with a lackluster promotion. She had written and produced the entire set, upsetting Capitol staffers who usually did the work on a female artists album. A year and a half later, they tried to get her to sign a second tier artist contract at a much lower royality rate. She flatley refused, leaving the label for a multi-million dollar extension contract at Howard Hugh's casino's in Vegas.
danielrdrown 1 year ago
It's about a bitch named FANCY. Moreover, it's about a mother who would name her daughter FANCY. I think that's the most important thing in the entire world. Fancy... Faaancyyy....
Mehranathon 1 year ago
I think all of this is crazy!!! People listen to rap songs every day about a whole lot worse things than being a prostitute, get over it. Reba is a classy lady and can sing about anything she pleases and show off her talent. Prostitution is in the Bible, if you don't like it then don't listen to it!
suebee63 1 year ago
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Prostitution is in the Bible, if you don't like it then don't listen to it!
But is it condoned in the Bible? NO!
megamanmaniac 1 year ago
you can view this song however you want to, thats the great thing about this song. it can be taken so many news ways, that it doesnt matter how 1 person views it.
lydster30 1 year ago
it is about her being a prostitute she even said it was on her one on one interview but who cares i LOVE this song :)
rebaloverXO 1 year ago
guys wat its saying is her mom was sick and there was no money for them to eat so she got her something to wear so she could get out of that place and her mom was sick and it just didnt look good so she sent here to somewhere better
michealjacksonRIPful 1 year ago
in a way it could be interpreted as her becoming a prostitute but then again do you think rich guys only go after prostitutes? No! Her mom just dressed her up so she could find someone who could give her a better life.
MadisonAtMidnight 1 year ago
The very fact that this song has sooo very many interpretations shows how brilliant this song is.
victoryforthepeeps 1 year ago
Does it matter if its about her being a prostitute or not????????
turtal125 1 year ago
Ton chanson est tres triste :....(
yoitsbrennan 1 year ago
this is my favorite reba song and video
heartbreaking and good at the same time
greenleaflink 1 year ago
Totally agre with tylersmom0889!
lbriones24 1 year ago 2
She buys her daughter a red "dancing dress" and encourages her to "be nice to the gentlemen" (implying prostitution) as a means to gain financial independence. Told from the perspective of a woman named Fancy, approximately thirty-two years old, looking back to when she was an eighteen-year-old girl, and recalls her mother's parting words: "Here's your one chance, Fancy, don't let me down" and "'If you want out, well, it's up to you."
Reba said this on live tv when dis music vid came out.
lovemess69 1 year ago 3
her mother wanted her to look nice for the man so that maybe he would take her on as his woman, financially, which would possibly take her out of the poverty her family suffered from so, no, i do not think it had anything to do with prostitution.
babyblueartest 1 year ago
I think it is clear she started out a prostitute. Her mother told her to be nice the gentlemen and they would be nice to her. Then as she states a man took her off the street. If you take someone "off the street" generally that is taking her out of a life of street prostitution. She then used men to climb the ladder so to speak. At least that is my take on it.
AliceMarr 1 year ago 2
@AliceMarr like the movie "pretty woman" were he takes her off the street. i get what ur saying and i agree with you.
badgal342 1 year ago
um she says turns me out. where i come from that is all about prostitution
beerworshipper2 1 year ago
The song said people criticized her mama "turned her out "
like put her out of the house not like that
but yes she did "entertain" men
TechHouseScorpio 1 year ago
omg! this song always makes me cry everytime i watch it
DeathsSecretary 1 year ago
Haha, this song is ABSOLUTELY about prostitution!
If you can't tell that, you're either not listening to the lyrics or you're in serious denial.
joshkeller206 1 year ago 3
How come Fancy didn't send money to her mom and brother??
jawjjj 1 year ago
@jawjjj " the welfare people came and took the baby,mama died and I an't been back"
danielrdrown 1 year ago
@jawjjj I think her mother was already dead by then, and she didn't have money until later in her life anyway.
Tubes12AX7k 1 year ago
Reba is over-due for induction in The Country Music Hall Of Fame. This ,to me, is her greatest achievement in a recording studio and in concert for the stage.
danielrdrown 1 year ago
@danielrdrown I think both reba and bobbie gentry should be in the country music hall of fame
CodemusicRiley 1 year ago
@CodemusicRiley I hope they both achieve The Country Music hof.Bobbie Gentry won the grammy hof award for Ode to Billie Joe in 1999 and in 2008 she joined Tammy Wynette and Conway Twitty as a country music inductee in The Mississippi Musicans hof.
danielrdrown 1 year ago