Here is the great classic "The Haircut Song (Original)" by Ray Stevens, from the "I Have Returned" album. I will be posting more of original Ray Stevens songs, so subcribe to keep up to date.
This song hits home, especially now! I recently learned that my barber of 14 years resigned. He’s now working in a restaurant. Today I’m trying a barbershop three blocks west of my apartment. Being that I keep my hair short, I will look like Curley. I don’t think a barber could go wrong with that haircut. I could live with a born again barber, myself! Sounds the safest out of the Ray Stevens worthy barbers!!
A barber shop with a steeple. An usher led him to the barber chair- HILARIOUS. That's almost possible in some of the little southern towns I've been in.
This song is so right..The other day I went to a barber whom Id never been to before.He was deep in conversation with someone behind me.I wanted a beard trim no hair cut..The first thing he did was take a huge swipe right up the side of my head!!! I was so surprised I couldn't say a word!! went in looking for a beard trim came out looking like ww2 commando with a beard half an inch long...$60 bucks ...sigh..and everyone loved it lol...
This song just came flying back into my mind. Just started talking to someone who, when asked what he did for a living, he replied "I'm a logger" 😂😂😂😂😂
@@rexfariss5653 I suspect that at 6 minutes plus a lot of radio stations had a tough time fitting it into their formats! Take a verse out, it fit better!
But for real the second verse is the fulcrum of the song. It goes macho to weird to religious. The running a church for loggers isnt as funny without the second verse. The juxtaposition makes it better because the first two verses are about masculinity.
First heard this song while playing darts in a pub in Seoul, South Korea, back in 1988. Couldn't help but laugh - and ended up losing the game. Darn musicians...
I'm a musician science 1987 revisited 1991 I now play guitar full time I was trained by a student of Dr. music for 3 years I would like to go full time!
This IS the original version of this Ray Stevens song.. The newest one leaves out the second verse, (I think they must have received flack from the Gay folks) thats pathetic..
Well the second version also has a music video, and with the nazi references they might have wanted to cut it so they could possibly play it on TV. That said that second verse does go a bit far in some regards, I'm bisexual and adore dark/offensive humor so really doesn't bother me at all, but I can see why some people wouldn't take too well to a lot of it.
What's sad is that he doesn't even really say anything negative about the second guy. It's more of a parody of the dark, gothic extremist lifestyle than about his sexuality. And it totally ruins the joke about Ray not being comfortable in his new environment. Gone is the second reference to the logger joke (the third being in the southern church barber) and the funny description of his haircut and how he fit in at the West Coast. In actuality, the Josie Cotton song "Johnny Are you Queer?" is more offensive in that it could be interpreted that that being gay is not okay. It's just overly sensitive nonsense. Just wait folks. Pretty soon we're all going to get offended by the word Taco because of the negative connotations it has on Mexican people. Which means all Taco Bell's will become Spanish American Bell.
Talk about your 'bad influence' on the internet. How about we all just sit back, relax, check all our uptightness at the door, smile at everyone sincerely, (no matter what their colour, creed, political affiliation, sexual orientation, man, woman, old, young), and just enjoy a man who writes and sings songs, (and he is no 'songbird'), about simple things in life and how we need to step back from all our useless personal ideals, and just have a giggle or simply smile at so many 'Real' things made fun of, or just plain hilarious, tongue in cheek, unbridled Ray Stevens. Try it, yea that's it, squeeze your arse cheeks and bellow out a good hearty laugh at ourselves and the world....I think it's time we all just 'EXHALE' !!!!!!
Love the random latin domnius master possum - I am able pax - peace post mortem - after death et duci and led puella - girl can't catch the other 2 words