That line about getting spinal meningitis from injecting hairspray in his spine really speaks to me. One of those things we all go through at some point in life
If it ain't the best it's pretty damn close to it... Ha!... Old Billy Joe Shaver was a daggone legend in his own time... He was a nut and one Hell of a performer and song writer....
1. This dude's life sucks in the best way possible. 2. The lyrics are all over the place and I wouldn't have it any other way. 3. Best adult cartoon theme song ever!
It’s a funny play on country music. The man went and fought WW2 in the pacific theater and lost is testicles after being shot. Then he comes home to a poor life where he marries a woman who keeps having babies (a miracle since he has no ability to make said kids). Then he goes to jail and when he gets out he’d run off, the bank is coming to take his house, he starts using drugs but is too poor to buy drugs so he injects hairspray in his spine and then he reminisces about his kids before he says he plans to kill everyone when he dies.
"Get yer yankee ass off my property" makes me double over crying laughing every damn time I hear it, also it's the only one where he isn't really singing he's just plainly talking to someone lmao which somehow makes it even funnier
@@connorpoole3201 That's Early the Squid! And yes Unknown Hinson is a god damn legend. Went to watch a Reverend Horton Heat show once in Tulsa and they announced there was an "Unknown" guest in the house. About halfway through the show Hinson walked out on stage and played a half hour set. It was pretty freaking cool
This man's life is in shambles. He's poor, broke, his cheating wife left him and took their only chicken, and the bank is taking his house but his resolve to take the rest of the world with him when he dies is down right inspirational.
"Since we beat back them sneaky japanese, IN THE WAR OF 1812! bring our boys home" I still sing that one all the time funniest shit ever and nobody knows what I'm talking about 😔
I've looked so long for a compilation of opening theme songs not realizing that it was just one song chopped up in the many pieces. What a beautiful day it is today.
@@LegoManiac_101 Old age, believe it or not. Both of them lived lives that woulda killed most before they hit 40. Jones and Billy Joe both made it to their 80's
This is such a great song, it fits Early so perfectly. I love that Billy Joe Shaver was willing to go all in on the performance, Also, the album they released it on has the best name "The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A."
My paw paw and I used to watch this together a lot when I was a kid, he passed last year in a motorcycle accident but this song brings him back every time.
My condolences to your grandfather. Hopefully his passing was quick and painless for him, not long and torturous. My dad who moved from Illinois to Nevada has a motorcycle, so as much as I do have some traumas my dad caused me (which have healed over the years) I pray he never gets into a motorcycle accident and dies.
"Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode" made me cackle the first time I heard it because he essentially wishes that the entire solar system was just incinerated because he had a shit life. Like he's angry at literally everything lmao
I'm sad that I never had the chance to see ol' Shaver live in concert, but glad that he shared his talent and peronality with the world. He got himself right with The Man and I think square with the house before he left. RIP Billy Joe.
I almost got to see Shaver. Was at a Texas music festival where he was one of the headliners, but when it came time for him to take the stage we got "unfortunately Billy Joe Shaver was unable to make it today". So yeah, he was drunk or high... or both. I was disappointed but they had Jack Ingram and Junior Brown extend their sets to eat up his time so not a total loss.
Man, I found this song and my life changed. As a Louisiana native up North for too long, I found myself in GREAT need of a banjo. 3 weeks later and all I need now is a fiddle and a pirogue.
Not southern American, but Flogging Molly will give you your fiddle fix. But yeah this song really does speak to a deep and neglected part of my soul. The part I keep ignoring because I need to be a good father and productive member of society. Kind of the same melancholy feeling I get from "in hell I'll be in good company" As a matter of fact look up that song instead of Flogging Molly.
My dreams are all dead and buried Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode When God comes and calls me to his Kingdom I'll take all ya son's of bitches when I go Let 'er blow! [Full version continues:] Some how I got spinal meningitis Injecting all that hair spray in my spine It's a super cheap way to party If you aim to kill some brain cells and some time (Good luck gettin' that child support check from me now) My oldest son was born an albino My youngest is covered in hair The middle one says he's a homosexual And the other seven are gone, I don't know where (I raised them right they oughta be fine) She run off and took our only chicken When I broke jail the house was burnt and bare The Japs moved the plant back to Osake Some days life just don't seem that fair (I don't care, some days life just don't seem that fair) I gave all my best years to that woman All she gave me was mouths to feed A miracle straight from the loins of Jesus Since Charlie blew off both my testes (1969 Cam Ranh Bay, it was a massacre) Get your Yankee ass off my property Don't care if the bank gave you a deed This farm has been ours for generations Since we fought back those sneaky Japanese (In the war of 1812, bring our boys home)
@@PooAnon Indeed, Early shared more than a few traits with Unknown. Then it went down the toilet when they had Early speaking Ebonics (which itself is very out of character unless it's Early trying to disguise himself) and no other characters even acknowledge it. Tracy Morgan is a very funny actor on the likes of SNL and 30 Rock, but what the hell were Jim Fortier and Dave Willis thinking when they cast him? They could've cast a great impressionist (I could see Jess Harnell pulling it off) or at least someone who didn't necessarily sound like Unknown but still made a great fit (like Ron White). I guess the joke was that Early didn't sound anything like himself, was voiced by a big name celeb, and this change was only for the final season? What was the point of firing Unknown if this was only to last the final season?
