tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post207052169232193321..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Bobbie's Motown MomentMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-29096230639776359462016-11-26T10:55:31.209-06:002016-11-26T10:55:31.209-06:00Thank you for putting my comment about Bobbie and ...Thank you for putting my comment about Bobbie and Motown in quotes. This exceptional album ,PatchWork, faced an uphill battle at Capitol Records. In the late 80's an a&r man for the label gave me a vivid account about how some worked to destroy the commercial viability of this recording.Tactics included destroying expensive promotional materials that were suppose to go to radio stations and record stores and even shifting sales to other artists in accounting. It seems the "boys club" felt threatened by a female artist who had the audacity to write and produce an entire project in the early 1970's. Bobbie Gentry's recording career was put on the back burner after the sluggish sales of this expensive project in favor of a high profile career as a top notch Vegas entertainer. She would remain a major star for another decade without hit singles, retiring shortly after the birth of her son, Tyler. Daniel R. Drownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-71491249834925975022013-05-22T22:06:22.814-05:002013-05-22T22:06:22.814-05:00Hi, Dan!
Yeah, I've heard that theory about w...Hi, Dan!<br /><br />Yeah, I've heard that theory about what is thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge but it's never quite worked for me.<br /><br />In the movie version of the song 'Ode to Billie Joe,' it's a doll that's dropped from the bridge, symbolic of the young female narrator's loss of innocence. This loss of innocence is related to the revelation that her would-be boyfriend, Billie Joe, actually enjoyed the sexual advances of his sawmill boss, Dewey Barksdale. That's why he ultimately jumps off the bridge: he cannot deal with his emerging homosexuality. This take on the events of the song/movie is also "ahead of it's time"!Michael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-13293285032865730462013-05-22T17:57:29.666-05:002013-05-22T17:57:29.666-05:00Ode to Billy Joe is an excellent song. My friend, ...Ode to Billy Joe is an excellent song. My friend, and I listened to it yesterday, actually, and we decided they threw their unwanted fetus off the bridge. That's why Billy Joe commits suicide. Gross, ahead of it's time, yet entertaining.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283623556586812225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-80512745074502614872013-05-19T13:35:20.529-05:002013-05-19T13:35:20.529-05:00You are so old fashioned - ;)
I kind of liked her...You are so old fashioned - ;)<br /><br />I kind of liked her too... Billy Joe - jumped off the Tallahasie bridge - I can't spell - but the song comes to mind quite often for some reason. I only sing it to my cat however.Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.com