Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons (Go-Go Version)

Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons (Go-Go Version)
From Hollywood Palace
Aired: 5/22/1965

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tennessee
• Ernie
• Ford
• 16
• Tons
• 1965

[kennedynut]

You know the best part of being a coalminer? The dancing girls......

[Mortoknredd]

I prefer the original, but it was cool to see that he made an effort to make his classic song popular with a younger crowd 9 years after it originally came out.

[CallMeNiel]

@Mortoknredd or 19 years after it originally came out.

[jacquelinethegreat]

@kennedynut Yeah it's seriously ridiculous to see that. i'm not judging Ernie ford or anything or saying that he sold out, but just in general i feel really awkward watching this.

[simplyscrummy]

@KancerKowboy I don't think I'd care to know the contents of your imagination.

[beatlesenforcer]

Thank god ernie ford can't sing badly, otherwise this would suck.

[larrydonguy]

Terrible concept as Kennedynut put it quite well a year ago. On the plus side, however, Tennessee Ernie was pretty much incapable of singing badly.

[catholicpriest1]

Columbia Records is right across the street from the Hollywood Palace on Vine Street. I've been there.

[MrZacSpurgeon]

I can't tell if this is a travesty whose existence defies comprehension and logic, or if it cycles back around to being fantastic.

[iriegnome]

What is really cool is that Ernie realized there was a new audience and was eager to revamp his very classic hit song to put it into a new context to reach out to a new audience. Brilliant!! Forward thinking and very progressive...

[KancerKowboy]

I definitely like the look of the girls in those days. They left something for the imagination . . .

[navrozlal]

... I like this...