Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (cover)

[godzillasmother]

Sweet version you did. This is a real gem. You've sing with that touch of heartbreak this song needs.

[HEARTHEANGELSVOICES]

WOW! PLAYING GUITAR WHILE ON THE SHITTER. HOW CREEPY IS THAT?

[MrMick090909]

very good sweet



[kykdaar]

I've heard other renditions by this artist ... sheer magic ...

[shadetreeslim]

Love it great job

[HuskyCOGtnt118]

It is great not as deep but still nice

[GreenDayDookieDemos]

Does this have anything to do with Billie Joe Armstrong?

[12Riona3]

i admire you for trying a difficult song , but i think the guitar is a bit off , and the original timing was a bit better

[kaoticheart]

you did a better cover than i have heard. thank you

[jussymucky]

nice

[MrBicanek1]

nice voice...bud the guitar is not in tune ...wrong chords

[ringbolt9]

awesome job!

[ozgoog]

With those amazing eyes...make sure you always look at the camera..xxx

[butler22070]

wow not bad at all ur cute and u have a pretty damn good voice u culd go somewhere dear

[Shimmeringsmiley]

Good acoustics in the bathroom! Nice job! Glad to see this old/wonderful song covered by someone young!

[RockinRustle]

is that a bathroom?

[sethocopia]

Wow really good!

[amanda3685]

Good job!! Please post more videos of you singing!!

[pepsitech66]

Awesome job.....Ode to Billy Jo was my fav movie when i was a kid....thanx for the song :)

[KeEtMc]

You are very beautiful and you have a voice to go with it.

[justlitebeer]

great voice.smart move playin in the bathroom,gives it the right sound

[sugarhigh9984]

You have some serious talent, girl.

[meowmixX23]

wow thanx alot !!

[dancny]

Soooo, when ya cuttin' the album?? Put your name up there so we know who to look for.

[gilliangirl1]

Wow, you've got a great voice.... lots of emotion and depth. Good work!

[meowmixX23]

thank you so much girl<3

[lpride1]

Very nice! I like your voice.

[buska100]

Great Voice,5 stars*****

[corkkyle]

Nice! Keep developing your voice - you have a nice voice.

[tchaik13]

You've got some good raw talent in your voice. I see a great deal of potential in you as a singer. However, I feel that developing the steadiness of your right hand's strumming might need a little bit more attention. Alot of people tend to focus entirely on the left hand, when in truth it's often a good balance of strumming/picking and chord/melody placement that distinguishs a solid musician from an amateur. You have the potential to be really good, so don't make that mistake!

[flowerchildbjs]

I liked that a lot!

[LeastLikedCritic75]

I meant beautifully sorry

[LeastLikedCritic75]

You sang it beaufully, like Bobby Gentry did.

[barakafreaks]

i'm coming from france and i'm think that it's good but i want a version more jazz and no more folk !!

[AngelMuggleAngel]

Great job! I think you have a wonderful voice for this style of music and you did the song justice.

[tomrom7]

Great voice. You sing it well, though, with all due respect, the chords are incorrect. Nice job over all.

[LYNXVAL]

Good Voice and playing! My Favorite song!

[whitneyrae06]

you look like rachel leigh cook. that's a good thing though.

i love this song and your version is really refreshing.

[Blondencrazee]

You are great but I would love to see you do it again. I know you have it in you. I would love to hear you sing Fancy..By Reba..

[flowerchildbjs]

Fancy is not by Reba

[CINEMATAR]

tres belle voix

[KevinonHamptonBeach]

This is the second comment I make today for the same reason. If you are going to do a video, learn the song first, don't read as you go along.

it takes away from your performance.

[tomrom7]

Very nice. You have a wonderful voice.

[blueballsdotcum]

we all sound good in the brm , preferably the shower. best acoustics in the house

[soccercleatscrush]

I really enjoyed that, I always liked this song and you really did it justice. I do some of my best singing in the bathroom too, for some reason music always sounds better there lol

[spiderweb4874]

Are you in the bathroom?

[Pathofcrystals]

Awesome!!! You have a future for sure : )

[embeebutterly]

great voice, very pretty too!

[anooseholay]

I second that!

[wexdog]

I like this song you sing a very nice version of it young lady.

I will listen to other songs you sing.

[elvisload]

good job little dude...

[sakura0emma]

YAY u awesome keep singing

[mrjasonwconrad]

Great Job!! Don't listen to that twit talking about that you should've done it somewhere besides the bathroom, bathrooms happen to have great acoustics for what you were doing. Keep it up!

[harunosakura2008]

I love your voice.

[DisappearingGirl24]

you sing so nice!!

[tuslawgirl]

i love your singing

[sbillyblues]

I love your hair-doo !

[sbillyblues]

You go girl !!!

[Tizzyman]

you made me cry! ~ your voice and guitar playing is awesome to me

I think of the movie "Little Black Book" with Brittany when she sang in the bathroom ~ your voice is sooo sweet in this video THANK YOU for sharing

~ I was old enough for the original, yet I see so much of Bobby Gentry in you ~ss~

keep on making music and sharing your sweet voice

[dancer989907]

put the BLUes back in to this Mississippi Classic. Blues is the root of this song.

[500ady]

a lovely version of one of my all time favorite songs really enjoyed that!! you have a great voice and your proper hot to!!

[tjbabygirlf]

i love ur voice but u could have went in a better place to do it like out side some were u know because some people will think ur lip singing

thats what me and my cuz thinks

lol

:p

[imloved09]

ur ridiculous it deff doesn't look like shes lip-singing look at her other stuff and ull realize its her voice -aybe u shoulda done that b4 u commented u think?

[southlanfilmsusa]

Get some rhythm girl, please!

TRY A DRUM MACHINE, OR A CLICK TRACK, AND GET OUTA THE BATHROOM...

[alpet07]

Great song and lovely voice :)

[goulsbra123456]

brilliant rendition .

[FedericoSalgado]

Great Rendition of a classic song.. good voice too.. however my only peeve is your seting for this song.. This song crys for a country setting or on a bridge.. anyways good work and much success..

[50marioD]

Very impressive! I remember Bobby Gentry performing her hit live on the Smother's Brother's back in '67.You have done a wonderful job reviving a timeless classic.You are truly great.Outstanding indeed!

[hensleyklan2007]

wow you did that better then her!!!!!!!! great voice....

[meowmixX23]

aww, thank you but no i couldnt do it better, she wrote it - i just did it differently:)

but thank you <3

[0hioGuy]

Outstanding. I joined youtube just so I could comment on this song.

[meowmixX23]

wow, thank you so very much, i really appreciate it <3

[frank1370]

it gives me goosebumps !!! nebraska loves ya !! i put you on my play list !!!

[meowmixX23]

aww, thank you Frank, i am glad u liked it <3

XX

[psychomotor]

me likey ya earrings

[meowmixX23]

lolthanx:)

[allthru4u2]

You have truly got a gift, I wouldnt hesitate to buy your cd, keep it up, let me be the first to buy a personally autographed cd

[meowmixX23]

u can buy some of my tunes on my myspace...

[kingpolaris]

r u in a bathroom

or a rhater interesting conceptualised room?

[meowmixX23]

lol its a bathroom haha, i was experimenting with the sound quality of the accoustics in different rooms of my house <3

[geomartin888]

ya got skills kid, keep it up...

[meowmixX23]

thanks so much geomartin:)

XX

[geomartin888]

one more time please, this time hear her words, tell the story, i know u have the skills... Talk to me

[Cameragirl803]

I like the way you did it because you gave it some of your original style:) You rock!

5*****Jane

[meowmixX23]

thanks Jane:)

i really appreciate the love

XoxoX

[drummerkid71]

different. Try doing it with more soul and get rid of the normal chords on that guitar. You have a perfect pitch vocal ability... trust me..learn it the original way and YOU, my dear, have the ability to nail it.

[meowmixX23]

the whole idea behind covering a song is to make it your own - that is all i did, i was not trying to do it just like Bobby Gentry...

[drummerkid71]

I didn't mean ANY offfense by what I said. I don't think the whole idea behind covering a song is to make it your own. You, as a performer, have a choice to do it exact or adding your own style. No offense but I would rather hear it done the exact way. NO OFFENSE...it's just my choice. No one can make a song that's already been written "their own"..because it's not theirs to begin with. I just don't believe in re-inventing the wheel. again..NO offense.. I think you have a great voice otherwise.

[meowmixX23]

thanks for watching:)

[trifarr]

this is awesome- you do it better and are way cuter too!!!! & it's all natural, in a bathroom and you sound beautiful- u rock!

[meowmixX23]

aww thanx tripp, ur sweet:)

i could never do bobbie gentry's song better than her, i just did it a little differently

<3

[mepuck]

That is a great cover of a great song. Keep up the good work.

[meowmixX23]

thank you very much mepuck:)

[Floridax187]

cute girl with a beautiful voice

[meowmixX23]

thank you for the compliments <3

[lockerdude]

great voice and playing. you rock.

[meowmixX23]

im glad u enjoyed it lockerdude

[lrgvanman]

Good job, Sami. I really enjoyed this.

[meowmixX23]

thank you so much:)

[textsize]

MeowmixX23.. Not an easy song to sing. Gentry's song is a 300 page novel in a 3 minute song. The movie is not a tale tell all version of what this song meant. Your sound is Carol King.. Good luck!

[meowmixX23]

thank u textsize! i appreciate it:)

[kampi48]

*****

rudi

[meowmixX23]

much love kampi, u are so kind...

[stud2u4me]

>> YOU ROCK AND YOU ARE GOOD LOOKING>>

[meowmixX23]

thank you!!!

[khristendenell]

your really hot

[meowmixX23]

haha thanx khristendenell:)

[6070Sound]

Seriously have you tried out for American Idol ? You are at that caliber or higher.

[meowmixX23]

hahaha lol thankx:)

[psychomotor]

lol american idol :P

i think shes abit too good for a glorified kareoke contest

[6070Sound]

I was watching Bobbie Gentry (the green dress) playing Ode to Billy Joe. Wow, here's a white woman writing and playing Delta Blues. See also Bobbie's "Niki Hoeki".

I saw your video come up in reference to hers; yours made me cry. Real heart-felt and emotional(thats everything). You have a great voice and talent. Check out 'Midnight Cowboy' & 'Everybody's Talkin', Glen Campbell 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix', LedZep 'Thats the Way'. Go with your inner feel. You beat Brandi Carlile & Jewel.

[meowmixX23]

wow, thank you very much for watching and sharing your thoughs and feelings, i am glad to have been able to reach you with my musik, and yes the version you are talking about with Bobbie Gentry is my favorite one out of hers (green dress, smothers bros show i think)

much love

[wufwufwufwuf]

ACE

[meowmixX23]

thanx so much mate:)

XX

[noliketoregister]

Thanks for doing this song and transporting me back to the seventies. In my mind when I followed along with the lyrics, I imagined the things the preacher saw them throwing from the bridge. I imagined that she threw a ring he had given her, and he threw the locket she had given him.

[meowmixX23]

thank you so much for the love and i am happy tohave been able to give you that experience haha:)

much love

[SweetLlittleInsane]

on the bathroom XD kool! haha

nice voice

[meowmixX23]

lol thank haha:) i was experimenting with acoustics lol

[Blitzsharingan]

Sami, this is a wonderful rendition of the song, i think the fact that you make every song ur own means that you have a creative side to you and because of that you show us something so special, because if u sang the song just as it was it would be boring.

~Don

[meowmixX23]

thank you very much Don, you know it means alot to me:)

i am glad you enjoy my music!

XX

[jdand43230]

Disregard the morons Sami D. As you know, this rendition is over the top amazing. Keep up the good work.

[meowmixX23]

thank you jdand:)

you rock!

xoxox

[OniShow]

you murdered that soung....you need to hit the deeper notes...

[BigBoiJC]

chill out....she didn't murder it...she did it her own way...and it's not bad at all!

[meowmixX23]

thank you BigBoiJC for the love, i am glad it was enjoyable to you:)

[pinkqtgurl]

Oh My! I had goosebumps! you are very talented I love the sound of your voice! Thank you and thanks to Seeso for the intro to your page! (~_^)

keep it up- 5*

-Sherry

[meowmixX23]

thank you so very much Sherry!

:)

[emoCJcurtis]

nice voice! what song is this?

[meowmixX23]

i am glad you enjoyed it emoCJcurtis!

[Wisegeorge]

When you become famous you can market these videos as "The Bathroom Sessions". No wonder people sing in the shower, the acoustics are great.

[meowmixX23]

thanx so much george! i am very glad u liked this::)

[sherrilynn115]

Very nice-you sound great!

[meowmixX23]

thank u sherrilynn!! ur a sweetheart:D

XX

[shatterdwing]

fantastic!you sound beautifull!

[meowmixX23]

thank you:)

[ButlerKarl]

Will try and get a video response for you of me doing my version on Karaoke !! Deep voice English Country Version. Love my parents for being Country fans... !!!! My mates all laugh coz I know em all.. Nice voice x

[meowmixX23]

that would be wonderful!!!

i cant wait;)

[ButlerKarl]

Hey one of my fave old songs and love your youthfull sound along with acoustic of playing on bathroom floor.... Karl B

[meowmixX23]

im so glad u enjoyed it karl, u are very kind!

[tadstar]

Great voice, had to listen a few times. Being locked in the bathroom never sounded so good... Thanks Tadstar

[meowmixX23]

hehe thanks so much tadster:)))

[Ethan2Rock]

wow great version, you go girl, rock on, like tyo hear this on a steel string. 5*****

[meowmixX23]

lol thanx:D

i really do appreciate all of your support!

[jigsawyouth]

your voice gives me chills. you should play for people instead of bathroom floors.

[meowmixX23]

hhaha lol thanx!

[Xentiussound]

heLLo I`M From turkey/iStanbuL

you Super

NumberOne Gril

[jdand43230]

wow

[cyberwanderer]

This song really suits your voice, pass the biscuits please.

I remember this song from my childhood. It's nice to see it being kept alive. (There was even a Movie of the Week based on it. I also recall a bit of a mystery/controversy about what it was that 'she and Billy Joe were throwing off the bridge?'

I'll have another slice of apple pie and more Sami-songs, please. (With ice cream!)

Thanks for posting!

[meowmixX23]

haha thank you so very much:))

[BarefootCowboy]

Great job! Love this style. Kind of folk and country fusion. Let me catch my breath.

[meowmixX23]

thank u barefootcowboy!

[thetoy79]

I have not heard this song in years! Nice version. Keep it up

[meowmixX23]

thank u so so very much

[romapsychic]

very nice sami! 5 stars ,lol

[slippereal]

nother nice one sami. wish i couls sing like you.  xoxo

mb

[seeso]

You're too young to know this song!! Awesome rendition of an awesome song.

[meowmixX23]

lol i could say the same for u and your jimi hendrix cover lol

rock on and thnx so much:)

[peytonplc10]

Get it girl!! That's the best cover version I ever heard! You Rock!!

[meowmixX23]

thnx so much trish!

[mnsunman]

loved the song, loved your version, best of luck in all your life choices, i am new to you tube but will check out more of your stuff

[meowmixX23]

thank you osvery much!

[raceme29]

i think you sung that very well.. along with the guitar playing... very good.!

[danieldrownr]

I hope Bobbie Gentry gets to hear this. Heartfelt,soulful. A great cover of a classic song.

[meowmixX23]

thank you so much i really appreciate all of your comments!:)

[LongIslandEddie]

Sami-

Let me post a copy of this video on my channel, would you? I put some echo into the audio and touched up the video. If you don't like it after it's posted, I'll delete it. Whata ya say kiddo???

[meowmixX23]

awesome i'll check it out u rock eddie!:D

[woofwoof456]

You should deff. go big go all the way if singing is your dream then go because you are so talented

[imloved09]

I think this might be my favorite cover of yours :)

[LongIslandEddie]

Sami-

Thanks for turnin' me on to your serious stuff and good to see you outside of mr. pregnants turf!

I'm impressed by your vocal and your acoustic. I'm subscribing to you because you have a good heart and real talent.

[Tannerfozz]

Very nice work. Voice is exceptional!

[thevinhluong76]

Wow, really enticing cover. Good playing and great singing as well, some deepness in voice, i like that.

[juliemusic87]

very good

[LuvAnjelMusikBabie]

breathtaking...

[iggy35]

top marks again

how long you been playing guitar?

[meowmixX23]

thnx! about 4 yrs

[Blinku22]

u have a pretty voice

[Ramborol]

That was very beautiful as always. I never get enough of your singing. I look forward to more. By the way what is your favorite type of music? Well got to go. You have yourself a wonderful day! Oh and by the way my birthdays tomorrow.

dajsauce

[btownballer911]

great vocals...keep posting stuff your really good