Oddly enough, the relationship I look back on with the most fondness was also the least attractive partner I dated ( by conventional standards.) That being said, I was with her because she had an amazing personality, was open to new ideas, and what a great sense of humor!
You have made me laugh like I haven't laughed in a long time. Ps: I love this song too. I'm a DJ, and people generally love when I play it at parties. 💕
Many years ago I was actually over Jimmy’s house with a few friends and smoked pot with him. He was a super nice guy. We were talking about the song and saying how true it was. He lived down in Rockland County NY. He was managing bands and selling pot at the time I met him. Really sorry about his passing so young. I did not know that. What he’s trying to say in the song was to stay away from the 8 through 10’s and marry the 4 through 7’s. They are the ones that had good heads on their shoulders and to stay away from the high maintenance women that were real material and selfish. The average women were raised right had good values made good mothers and were also seen as life long partners. The song really should have been titled if you want to be happy for the rest of your life marry your best friend. My parents were married for fifty years and were still in love with each other as if they had just met.
thats the gospel right there Brother, took me most of my life to realize that truth.....The Woman MUST appreciate you and feel LUCKY to have you. You will never go wrong if so.
Researching people's reaction to this song somehow I discovered this channel I'm hitting that subscribe button. Plus this song randomly play today so I guess that's why I'm here
Oh my I need to go and fan myself on my fainting couch that song has given me the vapours. Oh the humanity of it all!!. 'Clutch their pearls' - love it. You make me so happy every week.
It's talking about superficial women. It's also a rip-off of a Trinidad group with the song "Ugly Woman." But for real, it's talking about superficial people and not trying to pursue a woman who is spending all of her time selling herself on her looks and has nothing else to offer. Also...this song has some GREAT punk covers lol
The grandfather of a friend wrote this, I just discovered! It's always been such a fun, silly song to me and I've loved it since childhood. The actual story is that they were Italian immigrants and he was frustrated with his wife, who was known for her beauty and fire, because she was out with girlfriends instead of home cooking. She told him, "If you wanted a wife that would stay home and cook, you should have married an ugly woman that no one wanted to see!" They laughed about it and then went on write several #1 hits!
I have a similar fondness for "Good Enough for Now" by Al Yankovic. If I could find someone who has the same humour as I and does not take offense, I want both this song and that song to be played at our wedding reception. 😅
CARLTON'S GRANDPA? 😂 I know this video is dated, but I'm just seeing it now. I never thought I'd be able to add another chapter to the lore of this song, but here we are. haha Well done.
It's all Economics. A socially beautiful woman is seen as a liability to an emotional immature man. Instead these men chose not to change and go for the low hanging fruit. Do they use the relationship for opportunity to emotionally grow? Do they propagate the cycle of chauvinism on to their wife and children? Thanks for your reaction.
Youre right it is economics. A socially beautiful woman is more work, stress, and problems than she's worth. I'll take an ugly girl with a big nose or something. As long as she's not fat!
Good choice of you... I first listened to this song when I was watching ( Mermaids ) movie, and I was really surprised by the lyrics.. but, gradually, I liked it.. it is really funny, though, it is a little bit offensive. But, it stills a funny piece of work. By the way, ( Her eyes don't match ), it could mean she is suffering from a matter of eye-crossing, or something, may be ?!!. Who knows !!
I've heard of this song before and had a general idea of the tune and message, but didn't listen to it closely until today. My take: it's catchy, amusing, has a GREAT tune and delivery by the singers, and is 100% fun! That said, if everyone took the advice in the song, you would be stuck as a single for life...
Pug, You are very entertaining and fun to watch .....thank you for making me laugh!! this novelty song is right up there with Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling"
72 here CO69 Listen up from his gray haired, former long-haired Hellraiser I raised my self on a transistor radio. It was the best listening to songs of the 60s, so much variety with good harmonies brass/orchestras the whole cuisine of music. Just Dig IT BABY!
Pug Mugsly honey you're almost as crazy as me, note almost, yes I've still got the edge on ya babe cause I'm an officially certified lunatic so you've still got some catching up to do, sorry about that.
Loved your analysis! From a male's perspective, my modern interpretation of this song is that it is all about gratitude. About loving, appreciating and cultivating what you have, instead of chasing an illusion or fantasy that was probably never meant for you in the first place. Yeah, the jealously component might have mildly sinister undertones. But, I can also see the lyrics as liberatory for woman to a small extent, in than men are encouraged to find happiness by actively relinquishing their possessive nature. What a surprisingly clever and thought provoking song this is. Makes me smile every time I hear it.
My opinion of you was already reasonably high after the Vibes review. Now I am officially a fan and have subscribed. The world could use more women of your caliber ma'am.
That certainly is an... interesting song. I think you have a point about how when viewing something from history you need to learn to shed your current-day perspective and learn to view things in context. The lyrics of this song, were they released in a modern day song, probably wouldn't fly but I also don't think they're THAT offensive. I imagine the spouse of any person singing it may feel differently though. I also think our tolerance for offensive entertainment greatly depends on our exposure to it from a young age. I don't think this is a song I could listen to because the lyrics would bug me, but there's quite a lot of stuff I know is offensive, or at the very least problematic, that I enjoyed in my youth that I still enjoy today. Especially when it comes to music. I also love songs where the meaning is something deep or dark or irreverent or just generally bad but it's played to an upbeat backing track. The fact that 99 Red Balloons is about the destruction of civilisation and the end of man-kind still tickles me. It's just such a fun song. I'm gunna put a petition together to get you to sing a cover of this song. Frankly I can't believe you recorded a video about, what is apparently, one of your favourite songs and you didn't even sing a line of it.
La Grange by ZZ Top, I Aint Got No Home by Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin, maybe half the stuff put out by Talking Heads, Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll Long John Baldry ... the long version with the introduction story
I’m from Monterey, California and worked for the FBI but married an absolutely gorgeous girl from the Mountains of Kentucky. She was so poor she wore vanilla extract for perfume. In our younger years I’d get so mad when all the guys would look at her, speak to her and flirt. Even after 50 years my Kentucky Wildcat is still a head-turner…but she sure can cook good too.
I don’t know how the reception to this will be, but in my experience there’s merit to the song. Beautiful women, and even still beautiful people in general, tend to get their way. Otherwise batting your eyelashes when you want something wouldn’t be a human behavior. It may not even be intrinsic attraction, but how the person is treated which decides their outlook and personal dealings with others. I will now losten to the rest of the video, but before I do I wanted to say thank you for not immediately just haranguing the song for being old and “out of touch” or some such nonsense.
You get a like for: A) not being offended to the point you can't enjoy singing along with it. B) fun facts at the end C) seeing the disconnect between ugly looks and good cooking
A dj I heard acknowledged If You Wanna Be Happy is blatantly politically incorrect. The song I've always found offensive is Lightening Strikes, recorded by Lou Christy. The message is clear--be a good girl and wait for me, honey, while I go out and sow some wild oats. For the life of me, I can't understand why this one doesn't make the ladies writhe with fury!
Ugly is harsh - think more plain or average - but they don't rhyme well. I heard this as a teenager (now 65) and in that context, always thought there was a great deal of sense to this logic. Pretty (well above average) girls are very hard work and will probably leave you (average man) at the first opportunity. Great for lusting after, great for one night stands or affairs... but marriage? Stress and worry and insecurity awaits. Beauty is only skin deep - and "pretty" girls often don't have to learn to be nice people (often - not always!) Pretty sure TikTok and OF have pretty much proved the point. 😁
I like it because this song also works in reverse. We all know that pretty men or very handsome men are heartbreakers. If you want to be happy for the rest of your life never make a pretty man your husband. So from my personal point of view get an ugly man (who you’re still attracted to) to marry you.
Ugly dudes cheat more than good looking ones. For one, because many women have the same sgrategy. And good looking guys don't need to cheat. They just don't commit in the first place until they want to.
Great reaction, especially the 'value added' part with Roaring Lion. But you are leaving us hanging here. Are you planning to marry an ugly woman, or not?
The only thing offensive is the word ugly. Perhaps it would have been better had he said homely or even average. We would still get the point he was making which I believe is valid. BTW, eyes don't match means while her face is ugly, her eyes are beautiful. Google the song, When You Are In Love with A Beautiful Woman, by Dr Hook. Great song, same theme.
I used to think the song just sounded awesome but having seen the lyrics I love it even more, People can hate it all they want, but these bruthas were dead on with the lyrics. The lyrics are right. That's the way things really go in real life 80% of the time.
"I'm just a mess of contradictions and nostalgia." Me too, Pug. 🤷 P.S. If I pulled up next to you singing this in your car loudly, I'd probably follow you home. To me, hearing that would be like finding a unicorn or leprechaun. ✌🤣
I like that song too and I think it’s held up well over 60 years. It rings true to me because very attractive women tend to be high maintenance, so there is nothing wrong with a guy wanting a woman who is not exactly what you’d call a super model.
So, what is the idea behind this song? Many years ago I read a story - "The Eight Cow Wife". Look it up. It is online. It was written by a gal named Patricia McGerr. It was originally published in 1965. I read it in Reader's Digest about 35 years ago. It explains the idea behind this song in a different, more socially acceptable manner.
This isn't hard to understand, in EVERY EVERY EVERY relationship there's one more attractive than the other, she's usually hotter than him but not always. Jimmy was just saying if you prefer to get some sleep, be less stressed about where or who your mrs is with, or keep your hair, your youthful skin, stop drinking so much, stop doing so many hours overtime, stop chasing money you know lots of positive happy things in your life then be the hot guy married to an ugly bird, Simple as.
I hear you. My ex wife was actually less attractive than other women that I've been with. To be honest I chose her largely with the idea in mind that she was more likely to stay with me, similar to what this song is saying. Well guess what. She still ended up using the dual mating strategy. Totally messed up my life and I'm still trying to rebalance..
She’s not ugly, I can see her beauty come out if she wears a red/pink lipstick instead of that dark 💄 I think she’ll look way better but idk her story I just got here from a 100 songs that turn 60 in 2023 video. 🤷🏻♂️
Also to note, love your open booze cabinet, boosh \m/ I think you got the right idea of the song, but at the same time, you should listen to the original song because "Ugly Women" spells it out waaay simpler. I like your breakdown, but it's more simple than even that, and you laid it out pretty basically. But it's not about her being subservient and all that, it's more about the culture around it.
I once (and only once) heard a recording of this song that included a short intro by a girl ( girl's voice) saying something like " OK, I'll go out with you but first I need to get my hair done, will need some new shoes .......
Speaking of things that help make an Ugly woman a Delight lol the trolly or ( trolley) of alcohol behind you lol Pair that with a nice homecooked meal, that proves the point of the song haha :P Edit: indeed there are many many songs from the 50s 60' and 70s that today would be a HUGE no NO, Example Kiss Christin sixteen, They basically sing of dating a sixteen-year-old girl that still in school lol, And yet that song is just as if not a lot more known and popular than a lot of songs nowadays.
Glad I waited for the perfect wife. Cooks all my meals and takes care of me and my family. My coworkers are shocked she does all that while being extremely beautiful. I'm not a looker (just average) and met her before I had money and working an entry level job. Just got lucky.
This is fascinating. I've heard that people are naturally drawn towards symmetrical faces, but many celebrities considered attractive don't have symmetrical faces. And if you look at each decade, there's essentially a different socially-defined standard of beauty. I wonder if it's a sort of combination -- some intrinsic human attraction to a certain balance of features, with a mix of what our personal experiences make us feel drawn to, with an extra dash of what society tells us is beautiful. ....This was a much longer reply comment than your original comment, but I stand by it.
Humans are wired to be attracted to visual stimuli that follow the "golden ratio", the irrational number of 1.618... There's a mathematical principle involved in this infinite sequence of numbers that I don't understand well enough to explain. Artists use the golden ratio in the compositions of paintings and so on. And it's also why we find certain proportions more attractive in a face or a figure.
Being controversial is the pinnacle of happiness so if any killjoy's got a problem. Tell em to buy a life if the slubs' haven't got one already or to watch lots of YTPs
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Oddly enough, the relationship I look back on with the most fondness was also the least attractive partner I dated ( by conventional standards.) That being said, I was with her because she had an amazing personality, was open to new ideas, and what a great sense of humor!
You type like a robot.
Raul? Is that you? Lol
I'm here Jeanine, God I've missed you and your smell. But start showering/bathing again. I dream of Jeanie
Right there with you. The woman I miss the most was my most ugly lover. She was awesome.
You have made me laugh like I haven't laughed in a long time. Ps: I love this song too. I'm a DJ, and people generally love when I play it at parties. 💕
Growing up in a Christian household this was a banger, my sisters and I love to sing this song as loud as we could lol
Technically, this song is about marriage, which is a good Christian value, so it works. Lol!
@@PugMugsly LOL We found out about it from the "My best friends wedding" soundtrack, oh the good old days.
Um it's a superficial song. Odd that your Christian family saw it fit 😅
oh yeah!
When you said you're a mess of contradictions and nostalgia, I felt that!! :) love the video and your humour!
This is a woman who appreciates good music
Many years ago I was actually over Jimmy’s house with a few friends and smoked pot with him. He was a super nice guy. We were talking about the song and saying how true it was. He lived down in Rockland County NY. He was managing bands and selling pot at the time I met him. Really sorry about his passing so young. I did not know that. What he’s trying to say in the song was to stay away from the 8 through 10’s and marry the 4 through 7’s. They are the ones that had good heads on their shoulders and to stay away from the high maintenance women that were real material and selfish. The average women were raised right had good values made good mothers and were also seen as life long partners. The song really should have been titled if you want to be happy for the rest of your life marry your best friend. My parents were married for fifty years and were still in love with each other as if they had just met.
The song is 100% truth. Looks fade but attitude is forever. Also, didn't know it was a cover. You really did your research!
The worst sense to lose is your Sense of Humor!!
Don't ever stop having those extra bits of random thoughts at the end!
Fantastic delivery, Makes me laugh every time! Bahaha
Thank you!!
I played this for a pretty girl i was dating, casually of course lol
Only marry a girl that's lucky to have you, fellas🤣
thats the gospel right there Brother, took me most of my life to realize that truth.....The Woman MUST appreciate you and feel LUCKY to have you. You will never go wrong if so.
@@volkssturm9694 when the makeup comes off there ain't much difference between them anyways lol
Researching people's reaction to this song somehow I discovered this channel I'm hitting that subscribe button. Plus this song randomly play today so I guess that's why I'm here
Oh my I need to go and fan myself on my fainting couch that song has given me the vapours. Oh the humanity of it all!!. 'Clutch their pearls' - love it. You make me so happy every week.
Good heavens! You must protect your delicate constitution!
Lol, and thank you! 😄
It's talking about superficial women. It's also a rip-off of a Trinidad group with the song "Ugly Woman."
But for real, it's talking about superficial people and not trying to pursue a woman who is spending all of her time selling herself on her looks and has nothing else to offer.
Also...this song has some GREAT punk covers lol
I just listened to it and I gotta say... I like the song. It's catchy!
It definitely is!
This song is absolutely true... It really is....
I swear to God it is.....
The grandfather of a friend wrote this, I just discovered! It's always been such a fun, silly song to me and I've loved it since childhood. The actual story is that they were Italian immigrants and he was frustrated with his wife, who was known for her beauty and fire, because she was out with girlfriends instead of home cooking. She told him, "If you wanted a wife that would stay home and cook, you should have married an ugly woman that no one wanted to see!" They laughed about it and then went on write several #1 hits!
My Italian mom and Puerto Rican wife were both pretty and still cooked at home.
From what I have heard the origin song came out in 1939.
I have a similar fondness for "Good Enough for Now" by Al Yankovic. If I could find someone who has the same humour as I and does not take offense, I want both this song and that song to be played at our wedding reception. 😅
I love this song. I think of it as quirky and fun.
I got my eyes on both this very pretty lady and the liquor bottle with the googly-eyes behind her!😊
CARLTON'S GRANDPA? 😂 I know this video is dated, but I'm just seeing it now. I never thought I'd be able to add another chapter to the lore of this song, but here we are. haha Well done.
This song was so true my pretty wife started cheating and left me our 4 kids to raise myself, she's old fat and ugly now lol justice
It's all Economics. A socially beautiful woman is seen as a liability to an emotional immature man. Instead these men chose not to change and go for the low hanging fruit. Do they use the relationship for opportunity to emotionally grow? Do they propagate the cycle of chauvinism on to their wife and children? Thanks for your reaction.
Youre right it is economics. A socially beautiful woman is more work, stress, and problems than she's worth. I'll take an ugly girl with a big nose or something. As long as she's not fat!
You and me both. I adore the song and sing it out loud and proud. It's so very tongue in cheek and fun.
Good choice of you...
I first listened to this song when I was watching ( Mermaids ) movie, and I was really surprised by the lyrics.. but, gradually, I liked it.. it is really funny, though, it is a little bit offensive. But, it stills a funny piece of work.
By the way, ( Her eyes don't match ), it could mean she is suffering from a matter of eye-crossing, or something, may be ?!!. Who knows !!
this song was written before the wisdom of Jerry Springer show
I really liked the FUN FACT!!!!
I remember this song but I'd honestly never paid enough attention to what the lyrics were saying or had any idea that it was a cover.
Same. I'm kind of a basic bitch when it comes to music, according to my friends with taste in music. I do like the song though.
It's such a fun song. I love the TH-cam version that shows the singers dancing .
Pug . . . . Great Job! My favorite tune from '63!
While I don't recall hearing the song, I certainly have heard the advice.
Hopefully whoever gave the advice presented it in song form anyway.
I've always loved this song! It's hilarious!
I've heard of this song before and had a general idea of the tune and message, but didn't listen to it closely until today. My take: it's catchy, amusing, has a GREAT tune and delivery by the singers, and is 100% fun! That said, if everyone took the advice in the song, you would be stuck as a single for life...
What did Jimmy's wife think of this song, I wonder...
If you think this one is bad, don't even try the "Too Fat Polka"
Herd this as a kid , And yes I dated many ladies that would be called homely don’t regret it . And would do all over again .
Good video! It gave me a good laugh. Thank you.
Pug, You are very entertaining and fun to watch .....thank you for making me laugh!! this novelty song is right up there with Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling"
Thank you! :)
72 here CO69
Listen up from his gray haired, former long-haired Hellraiser I raised my self on a transistor radio. It was the best listening to songs of the 60s, so much variety with good harmonies brass/orchestras the whole cuisine of music.
Just Dig IT BABY!
Pug Mugsly honey you're almost as crazy as me, note almost, yes I've still got the edge on ya babe cause I'm an officially certified lunatic so you've still got some catching up to do, sorry about that.
Loved your analysis! From a male's perspective, my modern interpretation of this song is that it is all about gratitude. About loving, appreciating and cultivating what you have, instead of chasing an illusion or fantasy that was probably never meant for you in the first place. Yeah, the jealously component might have mildly sinister undertones. But, I can also see the lyrics as liberatory for woman to a small extent, in than men are encouraged to find happiness by actively relinquishing their possessive nature. What a surprisingly clever and thought provoking song this is. Makes me smile every time I hear it.
My opinion of you was already reasonably high after the Vibes review. Now I am officially a fan and have subscribed. The world could use more women of your caliber ma'am.
A decade later we got _Follow Your Daughter Home,_ by The Guess Who. My dad found it absolutely hilarious to play when my sister became a teenager.
That certainly is an... interesting song. I think you have a point about how when viewing something from history you need to learn to shed your current-day perspective and learn to view things in context. The lyrics of this song, were they released in a modern day song, probably wouldn't fly but I also don't think they're THAT offensive. I imagine the spouse of any person singing it may feel differently though. I also think our tolerance for offensive entertainment greatly depends on our exposure to it from a young age. I don't think this is a song I could listen to because the lyrics would bug me, but there's quite a lot of stuff I know is offensive, or at the very least problematic, that I enjoyed in my youth that I still enjoy today. Especially when it comes to music.
I also love songs where the meaning is something deep or dark or irreverent or just generally bad but it's played to an upbeat backing track. The fact that 99 Red Balloons is about the destruction of civilisation and the end of man-kind still tickles me. It's just such a fun song.
I'm gunna put a petition together to get you to sing a cover of this song. Frankly I can't believe you recorded a video about, what is apparently, one of your favourite songs and you didn't even sing a line of it.
Ahahaha, I have a terrible singing voice! Believe me, it's a good thing I didn't include a clip of me singing!!!
@@PugMugsly That's what everyone says :p but fair enough haha
@@PugMugsly Hahaha, the "dissection" back-n-forth and lipsync bit worked out great instead though! ;P
I never knew what they said in the song all I cared about was the melody! Ngl it is pretty catchy
La Grange by ZZ Top, I Aint Got No Home by Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin, maybe half the stuff put out by Talking Heads, Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll Long John Baldry ... the long version with the introduction story
I’m from Monterey, California and worked for the FBI but married an absolutely gorgeous girl from the Mountains of Kentucky. She was so poor she wore vanilla extract for perfume. In our younger years I’d get so mad when all the guys would look at her, speak to her and flirt. Even after 50 years my Kentucky Wildcat is still a head-turner…but she sure can cook good too.
I don’t know how the reception to this will be, but in my experience there’s merit to the song. Beautiful women, and even still beautiful people in general, tend to get their way. Otherwise batting your eyelashes when you want something wouldn’t be a human behavior. It may not even be intrinsic attraction, but how the person is treated which decides their outlook and personal dealings with others. I will now losten to the rest of the video, but before I do I wanted to say thank you for not immediately just haranguing the song for being old and “out of touch” or some such nonsense.
Totally agree 👍🏻
your a hoot....love this song
"clutch pearls" lololol
Great song
Something to laugh at 😂 not to be taken seriously.... Or is it 🤔😂 love it
It's only offensive to women who think they're hot, and they need the least comfort.
You get a like for:
A) not being offended to the point you can't enjoy singing along with it.
B) fun facts at the end
C) seeing the disconnect between ugly looks and good cooking
It's more offensive than "Beauty's Only Skin Deep" and less offensive than "Midnight Rambler" or maybe "Hey Joe".
In retrospect I still have to wonder if he really meant what he said!
Great video! Love your comments. ❤️
A dj I heard acknowledged If You Wanna Be Happy is blatantly politically incorrect. The song I've always found offensive is Lightening Strikes, recorded by Lou Christy. The message is clear--be a good girl and wait for me, honey, while I go out and sow some wild oats. For the life of me, I can't understand why this one doesn't make the ladies writhe with fury!
Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels did a version of this song. It's the one I was familiar with and grew up with. Kinda funny and always enjoyed it
Ugly is harsh - think more plain or average - but they don't rhyme well. I heard this as a teenager (now 65) and in that context, always thought there was a great deal of sense to this logic. Pretty (well above average) girls are very hard work and will probably leave you (average man) at the first opportunity. Great for lusting after, great for one night stands or affairs... but marriage? Stress and worry and insecurity awaits. Beauty is only skin deep - and "pretty" girls often don't have to learn to be nice people (often - not always!) Pretty sure TikTok and OF have pretty much proved the point. 😁
The only time a pretty woman has heard the word no, is from a gay traffic cop!
I really like the song, people take things too serious its just a fun 🎵
The Lemon Party song!
I like it because this song also works in reverse. We all know that pretty men or very handsome men are heartbreakers. If you want to be happy for the rest of your life never make a pretty man your husband. So from my personal point of view get an ugly man (who you’re still attracted to) to marry you.
Ugly dudes cheat more than good looking ones. For one, because many women have the same sgrategy. And good looking guys don't need to cheat. They just don't commit in the first place until they want to.
What a song, and great analysis! Question.. Did you paint the two pictures? Because I really like the one with the sparrow and R2D2 😊
Great reaction, especially the 'value added' part with Roaring Lion. But you are leaving us hanging here. Are you planning to marry an ugly woman, or not?
Depends on how well she can cook!
I love this song and I blame Cher, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci and Bob Hoskins .... Oh and Jake Ryan 😊😅
The only thing offensive is the word ugly. Perhaps it would have been better had he said homely or even average. We would still get the point he was making which I believe is valid. BTW, eyes don't match means while her face is ugly, her eyes are beautiful.
Google the song, When You Are In Love with A Beautiful Woman, by Dr Hook. Great song, same theme.
I loved this song (I was about 8 yrs old.) My auntie told me that my mother hated it.
I used to think the song just sounded awesome but having seen the lyrics I love it even more, People can hate it all they want, but these bruthas were dead on with the lyrics. The lyrics are right. That's the way things really go in real life 80% of the time.
"I'm just a mess of contradictions and nostalgia."
Me too, Pug. 🤷
P.S. If I pulled up next to you singing this in your car loudly, I'd probably follow you home.
To me, hearing that would be like finding a unicorn or leprechaun. ✌🤣
Not creepy at all
I like that song too and I think it’s held up well over 60 years. It rings true to me because very attractive women tend to be high maintenance, so there is nothing wrong with a guy wanting a woman who is not exactly what you’d call a super model.
the super model type women generally equal more problems, more heartache, more money , more worries... should I say more?
Guilty pleasure. Great song, awkward lyrics.
What happened to your soul?
Your soul is important!! Try this version of the song.
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So, what is the idea behind this song? Many years ago I read a story - "The Eight Cow Wife". Look it up. It is online. It was written by a gal named Patricia McGerr. It was originally published in 1965. I read it in Reader's Digest about 35 years ago. It explains the idea behind this song in a different, more socially acceptable manner.
That is a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.
As an ugly woman I’ve always loved this song lol.
Watch this video! Her insights are amazing. She speaks from education as well as humor and human habits and traits Very funny..
The thing is that the minds of before were retrograde.
It's alright to be conflicted about this song. 😂🤣😭😆😜
This isn't hard to understand, in EVERY EVERY EVERY relationship there's one more attractive than the other, she's usually hotter than him but not always. Jimmy was just saying if you prefer to get some sleep, be less stressed about where or who your mrs is with, or keep your hair, your youthful skin, stop drinking so much, stop doing so many hours overtime, stop chasing money you know lots of positive happy things in your life then be the hot guy married to an ugly bird, Simple as.
Amen brother. Nobody has mentioned hypergamy, women are happier when THEY LIKE THE MAN MORE THAN VICE VERSA.
Nice video lol. Sometimes you just like what you like haha
I like your shirt.
Got to keep your humor
My ex was extremely attractive and she cheated on me, lesson learnt is never marry an attractive woman
I hear you. My ex wife was actually less attractive than other women that I've been with. To be honest I chose her largely with the idea in mind that she was more likely to stay with me, similar to what this song is saying.
Well guess what. She still ended up using the dual mating strategy. Totally messed up my life and I'm still trying to rebalance..
🤣 You’re not ugly, by the way 🌹🙂
She’s not ugly, I can see her beauty come out if she wears a red/pink lipstick instead of that dark 💄 I think she’ll look way better but idk her story I just got here from a 100 songs that turn 60 in 2023 video. 🤷🏻♂️
She seems to have large booze collection in the corner there...😅
To funny! 🤣👍
Cute shirt. I like the frillies
Thank you! 😄
Also to note, love your open booze cabinet, boosh \m/
I think you got the right idea of the song, but at the same time, you should listen to the original song because "Ugly Women" spells it out waaay simpler. I like your breakdown, but it's more simple than even that, and you laid it out pretty basically. But it's not about her being subservient and all that, it's more about the culture around it.
I once (and only once) heard a recording of this song that included a short intro by a girl ( girl's voice) saying something like " OK, I'll go out with you but first I need to get my hair done, will need some new shoes .......
7:47 hey I like it 👍🏽
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This song is honest :) real
Speaking of things that help make an Ugly woman a Delight lol the trolly or ( trolley) of alcohol behind you lol Pair that with a nice homecooked meal, that proves the point of the song haha :P Edit: indeed there are many many songs from the 50s 60' and 70s that today would be a HUGE no NO, Example Kiss Christin sixteen, They basically sing of dating a sixteen-year-old girl that still in school lol, And yet that song is just as if not a lot more known and popular than a lot of songs nowadays.
That's true my bro
Glad I waited for the perfect wife. Cooks all my meals and takes care of me and my family.
My coworkers are shocked she does all that while being extremely beautiful.
I'm not a looker (just average) and met her before I had money and working an entry level job. Just got lucky.
Well you wont have to worry about me proposing after this.
I wonder where this ability to see the difference between pretty and ugly faces came from? Are we born with it or we get it during our life?
This is fascinating. I've heard that people are naturally drawn towards symmetrical faces, but many celebrities considered attractive don't have symmetrical faces. And if you look at each decade, there's essentially a different socially-defined standard of beauty. I wonder if it's a sort of combination -- some intrinsic human attraction to a certain balance of features, with a mix of what our personal experiences make us feel drawn to, with an extra dash of what society tells us is beautiful.
....This was a much longer reply comment than your original comment, but I stand by it.
@@PugMugsly Good answer.
Humans are wired to be attracted to visual stimuli that follow the "golden ratio", the irrational number of 1.618... There's a mathematical principle involved in this infinite sequence of numbers that I don't understand well enough to explain. Artists use the golden ratio in the compositions of paintings and so on. And it's also why we find certain proportions more attractive in a face or a figure.
I find nothing offensive about this song. I am a man. That is all
I hear no lies being told. 😂
Being controversial is the pinnacle of happiness so if any killjoy's got a problem. Tell em to buy a life if the slubs' haven't got one already or to watch lots of YTPs
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Does the lyrics not equally apply targeted to women as to men?
Best Song ever for Woman and for Man even so..