If you could send a message to Shania Twain here, what would you say? (Keep it clean, gentlemen.)
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Congrats to David Wilson for not being so blinded by lust he would fail to notice that this is not Shania Twain, but Chickasaw County, Mississippi's own Roberta Lynn Streeter, known to the world as Bobbie Gentry.
She came a long way from the days when her toys were the tails her grandfather would cut off of dead possums. Her "Ode to Billie Joe" has been made into two films, and was the first song ever to have had that treatment. It's been covered by Sinead O'Connor, Tammy Wynette, Ike & Tina Turner and Patti Smyth, among others; and it entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Her composition "Fancy" was a major hit for Reba McEntire.
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Hey, I'm an ol' man but I ain't dead yet.
But, I can't tell you what I would say, cause my Mama taught me never to say things like that in public.
Posted by: Papa Ray at September 25, 2005 10:22 PMIn the words of the late, great Lewis Grizzard, a great American, and a true Southerner...
"don't bend over in the garden, granny...them tater's got eyes"
oej
Posted by: oej at September 25, 2005 11:02 PMWhy do you look like Bobbi Gentry?
Posted by: David Wilson at September 25, 2005 11:20 PMAnd we have a winner!
Posted by: Donnah at September 25, 2005 11:21 PMThank you for re-enforcing my memory of what a great-looking woman Bobbie Gentry was in her heyday. My fondest memory of her was when, at the height of her "Ode to Billy Joe" fame, she appeared on a Smothers Brothers show and sang "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" while actually wearing an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini. Spectacular.
Posted by: Bilwick at October 4, 2005 01:06 PM