Bobbie Gentry - Son Of A Preacher Man

[656200]

im a 16 year old guy and i listen to bobbie gentry to pump me up for varsity football games, shes the best!

[sherryrcarson]

Oh so sweet but way too short, lovely love song!

[ProdigalsonJehovah]

Awsome !!!

[ThePropellerdiver]

Check out the Joss Stone version on youtube. Yowza.

[mnmcv1]

I don't understand the negative comments. Yes, Dusty's is the definitive version (no question), but Bobbie- a great talent in her own right- does a very nice version here...

[pepperdog96]

wonder if still alive

[cskyinthalou]

My high school gf's mom looked just like Bobbie....OG MILF!

[areacodine]

The guitar riff is way cooler in dusty's version. The horns, vocals and tempo are all a perfect copy.

[MrBeezer05]

Beautiful Bobbie...........



[Myklwykl]

@jeremywells1977 yes.



[mdfslfllf101]

iam a chick and i would do bobbie lol

[crazyromanian1]

@mdfslfllf101 You got great taste!!!

[desert3347]

This Beautiful Woman was about the Hottest Women Alive

during the 60's..........

[kennethknk]

Fuck the G.O.P

[jehovahuponyou]

SAY, IS IT JUST ME, OR DOES THIS SONG SEEM A BIT SLUTY?

HMMM.

[jehovahuponyou]

@BlackMonk66 - YOU MIGHT BE CORRECT - BUT SINCE YOU DID NOT INCLUDE YOURSELF, MUST WE ASSUME THAT YOU ARE A WORN OUT TWO-BIT ROAD WHORE, WHO HAS HAD ENOUGH SEX PARTNERS TO FILL THE ASTRO-DOME, OR AT LEAST YANKEE STADIUM?

PERHAPS WE COULD GET YOU ON THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW.

OR AT LEAST YOU MIGHT TRY AND RECOGNIZE HUMOR WHEN YOU SEE IT.

[jehovahuponyou]

@BlackMonk66 - THERE IS ALSO AN ENGLISH PHRASE, USED QUITE OFTEN, TO THOSE WHO ARE SHOWING THEMSELVES TO BE ARSES - DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? WELL, APPLY IT TO YOURSELF, FROM ME.

PS - YOU ARE WELCOME.

[johndeerishere]

Fuck man, this Soul Music!

[unknownvariable1]

This is one fucked up conversation about a bunch of shit that has nothing to do with the Motherfucking song.

[Myklwykl]

@macferron. As a young boy, all I wanted to do was find someone who would let me do a BJ.

[jeremywells1977]

@Myklwykl you wanted to suck a cock sick fuck

[windstorm1000]

Here we have a real SOUTHERN singer with a SOUTHERN song (no offence Dusty, no one will top yours)

[rontemplin]

i can still play this and feel like a fag who wants a pair or heals....

[gephipps]

you guys ever hear tina turner sing this? She can make any song her own. Listen to it.

[44Magnum6]

@gephipps She can't sing it like this. Nobody can but Gentry.

[BlackMonk66]

@44Magnum6 Dusty's version was definitive, but this is the only other version I've heard where it sounds like the singer understands the song.

[GaryFTaylor]

Bobbie Gentry was a class act, but it doesn't matter who does this song or what the arrangement is: it always sounds like the singer is doing a riff on Dusty Springfield.

[dannysfreind]

One SEEEEXXXXXY voice this girl has..... You can almost watch them the way she sings

[faffaflunkie]

She's one singer that never got the credit she deserved.

[mikedonn71]

@faffaflunkie No joke. She should be nominated for queen of Mississippi or something.

[MsJanezzz]

This is going out to my husband Uepa Saipaia in Samoa..o'te alofa ie oi boogie

[MrLwhitney]

this woman is a wonderful performer

[gaawdzaambi]

Gets my vote for best album cover ever.

[pamle1]

@gaawdzaambi Yeah... really. There's more *Woman* in her pinky finger than in Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, or Katy Perry's whole body.

[ronkopald]

Sorry, "Bobby", you may have it in the 60's-updo-weirdly-sexy-pants-s­uit-red boots-ugly-ass-polka-dot-tuxed­o-bell-sleeve department, but Give me the Dusty Springfield version any day.

[dlh60]

@ronkopald Opinions are like assholes and you know the rest .....Go to Dusty's version and make a positive comment there . Don't rag on Ms Gentry.

[ronkopald]

@dlh60 You are correct in calling me out.. I was being douchey. I apologize. I have no ill will against Ms. Gentry and I have since reformed myself in being a troll. I was trying to be partially funny, and I must assume that part of my attempt failed. Again my apologies.

[dlh60]

@ronkopald It was sorta funny. Since you made reference to her sexiness let's let this whole thing pass.She did look sorta HOT.

[dlh60]

Hey Buzzardly TMI !!! 

[BuzzardlyThings]

My first sexual encounter was with another boy who was indeed the son of a preacher man.

[mdfslfllf101]

wow such a sweet lil voice i loves it ... 

[krastiel]

quien versiono aquien bobbie gentry o dusty springfield,yo vive esa epoca y primero escuche a bobbie

[abcabc22100]

back then you could fall in love with the song, and the singer. nice music, nice looks and dressing. i would have to be very, very drunk to wake up with lady ga ga. i prefer human, and modesty and feminine. i think back then the girls liked a man who - well they could not keep a straight face sitting across the table from kid rock. i love this gal and her songs.

[SecondRisingSun]

:)

[CombatArmsReview1000]

me too damn she was just so sexy

[jonesdog100]

songs of the 50

[MagnJas]

Besides the powerful voice..Damn is she sultry and sexy..Wow.

[DragonsTooth]

@TheLazybones1 Yaba-Daba-Yep!

[82ghall]

A MISSISSIPPI GIRL

[nice1kid]

Damn.......she must 'ave been one hot chick back in the 60's....whoooooooooaaah..!!!

[ronpaul08supporter]

@nice1kid that's for sure...now you know why Elvis spent so much time with her :)  (she made his jumpsuits)

[ObnoxiousOldFart]

hmmm. Not too far off from the truth. :-/

Let's hear the Dusty Springfield version. She looks blond. Think she'll remember the words? :-/

[candyfingerss]

What a Voice - sweet - never mind America's Got Talent - or whatever TV show these days - Magic

[swmpmn85]

@candyfingerss They should play music like this and call it America had talent.

[bcc50]

Is that John Guerin playing drums?

[ihatestupidchicks]

I always wondered who sang this and Billie Joe. Now I know. I'm glad i finally figured it out. I love this woman.

[wdeatonjr]

I love this song and her version of it Thank you

[SciFiFemale]

I was named after Bobbie Gentry!

[wdeatonjr]

I love this song thank you for the memory

[Myklwykl]

As a young gay boy, all I ever wanted to be was a woman like this. I am not a drag queen, but I practiced for hours to Bobbie Gentry when I was a kid...just in case.

[12thSSGrenadier]

@Myklwykl

T.M.I..........

[windstorm1000]

@Myklwykl kid, you have class--bobbie's pretty special

[bingbong35]

@Myklwykl I like your story!!!

[shapeepster]

I enjoy listening to covers of great songs. Sometimes you can find some real gems...but other times NOT! LOL! This is okay, but the best cover I've found of this song is the one by Joss Stone.

[funny1226]

Bobbi contact me at sdiro7@yahoo.com. We are looking for you to do a legends album with such stars as Carrie Underwood.

[funny1226]

I have been trying to track down Bobbi Gentry to do a greatest hits album for a long time with current country stars but I cannot find her. I have so many who want to collaborate with her and I am reaching out to the public to find her. Email is sdiro7@yahoo.com if you can have her reach me. She is a legend that many current stars want to team up with on her original duets. Johnny first gave me this idea the year before he passed Biobbi we are looking for you.

[Stucifer]

@funny1226

It probably won't help much, but I read Bobbi is living in Los Angeles. 

[GJoeJ010841]

There is a person who looks a lot like her today, and she is very sexy. Her name is Kelly Monaco, she posed for Playboy, made Playmate videos and is now on General Hospital just about every day, and has become a great actress. She plays Jason Morgan's girlfriend Samantha, and was voted the sexiest woman in Daytime two years in a row! Joe

[doomriser]

Cant stop listening this :)

[BeezerTwo]

Shania Twain stole her look!

[BlackishMetalish]

Radical!

[TrixieBelaire]

Marlo Thomas stole her look!

[MrMustang1957]

from Russia with love

[TheJenniferrowe]

I adore her, shes fantastic,

thank you for putting this video up

check my video out, i only have one up but its me...

i want to cover a bobbie gentry song but dont want to mess it up, so going to get it REALLY good then take it on.

thanks for this video x

[bobu46]

Great artist - great voice - and a famous song - thanks !

[blwin2]

...stealing kisses with me on the sly...

Now who would not want to do that? ;-)

[briteness]

I remember riding in my Dad's car, listening to this song on the cassette tape he bought of one of her albums. It doesn't feel like that was almost 40 years ago.

[Covellos1]

What is Bobbie up to now? I LOVE her still!

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@Covellos1 I read in various online bios that she retired from show business prior to 1980 and is living a private life in the Los Angeles area.

[Covellos1]

@ChicagoSouthDan ...Thanks for that bit. I'd love to know what her kife is like now and how her and Jim Stafford's son turned out. With those two as parents he must be something! (O:

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@Covellos1 I did an Internet search just now on Tyler Stafford and came up with a link to a singer-songwriter in his 20s in Reno, Nevada. However, it made no mention of Bobbie or Jim Stafford, so I don't know if that's their son and he does not want to cash in on their names or it is just some guy who happens to be named Tyler Stafford.

[Covellos1]

@ChicagoSouthDan Thanks alot for working on this! Bobbie was my favorite! I loved Jim Stafford's Mr Bojangles where Bobbie comes in at the end. I loved the movie Ode To Billie Jo. I thought it was great that they used Robbie Benson in it. I have all of Bobbie's Capitol LPS. Bobbie really sang some off the wall, but great music. Thanks again.

[beyondthevastforest]

Beautiful Bobbie

[salinagrrrl69]

Thanx to Pulp Fiction this song is re n re n reintroduced to younger generations.

[benedictines]

This women can sing. like no one else. Her style is just that, hers.

Reba, Dolly, Tina and others can try and only fail . There is no substitute

for Bobbie Gentry.

[elijahlucian]

um... how is this country? sorry i have no clue. but it doesn't sound anything like country...

[luckybear3822]

@elijahlucian This was how country sounded, then it turned into crap. :[

[gyrene75]

Yeah, I heard lots of others sing this song, but Bobby Gentry was the only one who made me breathe real hard!

[spock8131]

Everybody that likes is ok.

[urmthrshldknw]

i turned 26 on the 27th of june 2010... bobbie gentry still turns me on... call me what you will... i'll just say i respect class and style...

[theseventhprotocol]

Hey I still want Bobby ! There is no woman like Bobby.She was one of a kind.So much beauty and soul.White hot soul !

[poetbjc64]

my mom used to listen to her music. I remember this song well

thanks for posting it.

[danielrdrown]

This track was from Bobbie's 1969 masterpiece album, 'Touch Em With Love' which produced Bobbie's biggest international hit' I'll Never fall In Love Again'. That track went #1 pop in the U.K and Australia, #5 in New Zealand and was a hit all throughout Europe even charting in Hong Kong.

[salinagrrrl69]

@danielrdrown She was so American and so popular with the Common Wealth including Canada.

[Bluesman9830]

"Son of a Preacher Man" is a song recorded by Dusty Springfield in September 1968 and featured on the album, Dusty in Memphis. Written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins, "Son of a Preacher Man" was originally offered to Aretha Franklin, who turned it down. It was only upon hearing Springfield's version that Franklin reconsidered and recorded the song herself.

[Bluesman9830]

I love Bobbie but nobody can touch Dusty Springfield on this song.

[ReggiesReply]

@Bluesman9830: Amen brother, amen.

[2c4u22]

How ever did you get such EXTRAORDINARY writing skills? LOOOOOOOOVE your songs!!! All of them!

[jackieo46]

janis joplin did this song justice.

[OjaiRoy]

I've had a crush on this hottie since 1967!

[StreeterFilms]

Composed and performed by Bobbie Gentry aka Roberta Lee Streeter Dad's First Cousin.

[jackstone72]

Thanks for posting this, I used to wait for Ode to Billy Joe to come on the radio everyday when i was little, I loved that song and fell in love with Bobbie, got the album that year for xmas and wore it out/

[TheJenniferrowe]

@jackstone72 This is such a nice comment, remembering such a beautiful song such as ode to billy joe on the radio. what a great memory for you! :)

[MrSuedehead72]

great version!!!!

[UandMeKid]

Hey, I've been trying ffor days to see this clip but it keeps saying "error occured, try again". Is there anyway to get this back up and runnin' 'cause I love Bobbie?!

[BlackMonk66]

I still like Dusty's version better, but this is the only other version where the singer seems to know what the song is about. Most of the time, it ends up just being a showcase for the singer to belt it out, and all the yearning and seduction gets lost.

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

I'm a big fan of this version and Miss Bobby. Have you checked out Joss Stone's Music Hall of fame appearance doing this song? She has the same kind of appeal.

[BlackMonk66]

I was thinking of Joss Stone as one of those singers who just belts it out. Her version is fine as a vocal showcase, but it seems like the song gets lost. I guess making the song celebratory instead of longing is a valid take on it, though. Maybe I should hear more of Joss to get a better idea of what she sounds like.

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

Look speciffically for the video of Joss performing Son of a Preacher Man Live At UK Hall Of Fame. She gets it. Unsual for young women performers to be truly sexy these days, but she is. In an alluring way, rather than painfully blatant .

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

I just watched her again. She is what I call believable. You believe every word she's singing and every emotion she's feeling. It reminds me of the Righteous Brothers' studio version of Unchained Melody or You're My Heart and My Soul Inspiration, Bobby Hatfield's belting. You believe with all your heart that he feels that way.

[BlackMonk66]

I just listened to a few more songs by her. She's definitely talented, but she's never going to be one of my favorites. That's just a personal preference. She's more out of the Aretha school where I'd rather listen to Dionne or Dusty. Still, I have to admit she's one of the better young singers around.

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

I don't know if I think she is a perfect singer or anything, it's her very powerful presence, self assurance and keen sense of what it truly entertaining. Janis Joplin was not a perfect singer either, but she definitely stood out. I hope you got to see the youtube I mentioned, from the UK Hall of Fame ceremony.

[BlackMonk66]

Yes, thanks for pointing it out. I think you're right about her performance, powerful and self-assured. Plus, as a Beatles fan, I got a kick out of seeing George Martin in the audience.

[GamerNx]

@BlackMonk66 I dont like her take on "Fell in Love With a Girl" or in her case boy.

[macferron]

As a young boy, all I ever wanted was a woman like B. G.

[can1neperson]

@macferron You mean "As a young boy, all I ever wanted to be was a woman like B. G."

[pattyaaron]

@macferron that is a very sexy pic of her in the red jumpsuit!

[acidsunrise]

@macferron AMEN.

[slamahammer]

they ain't nobody got shit on bobbie

[petecus88]

Dusty ain't got shit on Bobbie

[Nanpiper]

you are right....she aint got nothing on Bobbie

[canlitgal]

When I was 10, all I wanted was Bobbie Gentry hair. Oh, and Glen Campbell.

[danielion999]

when I was 7 All I wanted was Glenn Campbell hair and Bobbie Gentry

[JuLyLeiny]

Bestes. (:

[paultinsel]

i loved bobbi when i was a kid...still do

[ottowes]

Have mercy, Miss Bobbie!

[dustysmith7]

There is a little bit of Dusty in her voice , don't ya think ....

[bugsyopp]

you rock bobbie...beautiful & original voice!

[lakeseminole]

This is how innocent things were years ago. Look at her posture on the chair. Today, even with as open as we are, I don't think many females would pose like this for their album.

[lakeseminole]

As she aged, she had more of a cabernet voice. Very nice.

[rachelfyre]

I gave Joss Stone's version a listen and it IS a corker. I'll stick to my guns about the late Dusty Springfield's version being the best though. Bobbie Gentry's and Joss Stone's renditions are both very good and both are different enough to not be a carbon copy of the original and both of them are worth owning.

[Beatkpr]

Mississippi Delta is awesome as well.

[monkeytutz]

can't find it on here mate!

Can you post a link?

[Beatkpr]

it's really a shame Bobbie chose to drop out of sight as early as she did. She'll always be one of the top female vocalists of all time in my book.

[gazzer97]

totally gree she was one of my favs ever

[monkeytutz]

did she ever do anything else?

This is the only thing I have ever heard of hers, she makes it her own

[Beatkpr]

check out Niki Hoeky. You'll love that one.

[jjminella]

she wrote "ode to billy joe"..."fancy"... she may have wrote this...

recorded them as well...

[rachelfyre]

Of all the versions of this song out there, the late Dusty Springfield's is still the best,

but Bobbie Gentry's version is a very close second in my book. I'm glad that I have it on a CD.

[martinw600]

Try Joss Stone's: it's an absolute corker!