You guys should check out Kenney Rogers in his early days. Look for Kenney Rogers and the First Edition doing " Something's Burning ". Be ready for a shocker.
@@0011peaceAAS TI William Easton Corbin COR Bim that brother he does a song called. How you say a little bit more countries. The knot's what it is who's a little bit more. Countries in the Eastern Corbin, Mayanna Eastern corbin. More bottles, a little bit a little bit more country. Then not
@@dallasarnold8615Kentucky head hotter's? I know I know but there's smooth smooth. That you are Kentucky head hunters. I got a video for the song w. A. L k softly s o f t l y walk softly by the kentucky head hunters
Let's do a little more country. Jo go little more little more MIY country, the ice cream corn and a type you're an astronaut, but love that stuff a little more. I'm a little more country than my brother hara?😊😊😊😊😅😅
Exactly! And it says she must have thought he was crazy... insinuating that he didn't go through with it, and she couldn't believe it because any other guy would have fallen for her.
Its the evil mans fault. This woman cant even hear a song where another woman is obviously at fault. She goes so far to suggest to write another song to explain why Lucille left her marriage and 4 kids. Classic.
I don't think that he followed through with doing it with Lucille. The words the husband spoke got to him and so did the guilt of what he was about to do with Lucille.🔥😭😨😰😓
When we use to go visit my grandmother .. my daughter about 5 was always asked to sing for her.. This is one of those songs.. When he sings .. with 4 hungry children and a crop in the field.. she always sang .. with 4 hundred children ...lol.. and she is now 47 .. and the whole family sings it that way.
I was probably 4 or so when this was on the radio….I thought the lyrics said, ‘You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille, with 400 children and a crop in the field’..🤣
This was my moms' favorite Kenny Rogers' song. I personally prefer Kenny Rogers and the 1st Editions----Ruby don't take your love to town-----theme is very similar. Ruby was Kennys' first hit.
We used to call this song Chupeeka. My dad had a landscaping business. Me and my brothers used to work for him. There was a Mexican that knew this song and he would call it the Chupeeka song. When he sung it he would say "Chupeeka fine Time to Leave Me Lucille" so it was a running joke for a long time.
One of my favorite stories by Kenny Rogers. When i was a kid, a joke went around, "what did Evil Kaneval say, when his wheel fell off as he tried to jump the Grand Canyon? "You picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel..." My interpretation is that Kenny never did anything with the woman because he couldn't get passed the heartbreakin words the man said to his wife.
Ha! I was just going to post about that punchline! Only problem was, I had no memory of the first part of the joke until reading your post! So thanks for filling in my memory! 🤣. And I agree - I think it’s pretty clear that he didn’t do anything with her after recalling her husband’s words.
This was the start of his solo career. I met the producer, Larry Butler, and he told me how he was inspired to make it happen. In the Fall of 1992, I had the pleasure of meeting Larry Butler. He let me hold an award he had received the night before, for a Greatest Hits album he produced that had reached 20X Platinum. While I had it in my hands, he told me how it all started with the well-known vocalist, whom everyone else had turned down. He was in Montgomery, Alabama on other business when he learned an unknown band was playing at Garrett Coliseum. He said they were pretty good but nothing special until a different singer came up, whom Larry didn't yet recognize, and started the song a capella, "You painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair..." in the original voice. He said the crowd went nuts, and that's when he knew the man deserved a second chance. The song was Kenny Rogers big hit with The First Edition. RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
Gotta love Kenny Rogers! This was released in 1977. I was about 12 years old at that time. I grew up listening to this song and just absolutely loved it!
I think he said she must have thought I was out of my mind. Because I couldn’t hold her. Other words his conscience bothered him so badly he couldn’t go through with it. Classic Kenny Rogers. True greatness.
Thanks for picking this song. It is one of my favorites to his. I don't think he went through with it as he stated he couldn't hold her after the words that were said. So I don't think he went through with it :)
Kenny Rogers started out in a rock band - Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Had one big hit, a whimsical song called "What condition my condition was in" ('68), followed by a minor hit and then he went solo into country music genre. Many great songs during the 70's and 80's. I think this guy had a true conscious and could not go through with it.
I saw Kenny live in 1987 and the audience started singing the chorus and he dropped the microphone and pretended to walk away and then picked up the mike and said he never gets to sing it because it turns into a group sing along! He said we paid to hear ourselves sing. He was a very funny guy!
This was his big comeback song and his entrance to country music. In concert he talks about half the people talk about Lucille, half the people talk about the husband, but nobody talks about the guy in the bar. Also when he sang the song in person, he would stop singing the chorus, and the crowd, would sing it.
I'll never forget the first time hearing this song. It was a TV special. When Kenny got to the chorus, the audience surprised him by singing it back to him.
Got most of it right. But, remember the line, after they got to the hotel room, he says "I couldn't hold her, the words that he told her kept going through my head" so, he probably did not go through with anything...he felt too guilty.
I’ve been listening to this song since I was a young girl, my dad LOVES country and this was about the level of country mum would listen to 😂😂😂 so this was every car trip xxxx
He took her to the motel but because of what her husband had said, he didn't want to go through with it. He said, "She must have thought I'd lost my mind" because there he was with a willing woman who was a beauty and he remembered how she had made her husband look small and he probably was thinking of the "four hungry children" and he "couldn't hold her" and said no thanks. Kenny released this in 1977 and the first time I heard it I was actually sitting in a bar in Toledo across from the depot. I was killing time while waiting for a bus from Toledo to Nashville and the little bar across from the Greyhound Bus Station served food and had country music playing so that's where I ended up and it was there that someone put a dime in the juke box and played Lucille. If you miss the part where he decides not to "hold her" because he is thinking of what her husband said to her, you miss a HUGE part of the song. Sort of like listening to the George Jones song and missing that the reason "he stopped loving her today" was because he died!
There's a song Kenny did in his later years that never gets air play but it is so darn beautiful. It's called "I can't unlove you." He sure put out some good music.
YOU DECORATED MY LIFE, is one of the most beautiful songs by Kenny but you really need to listen to the words. Also, I think all parents will love to hear his song, THE GREATEST. Trust me, you will have a huge smile at the end of the song, even if you're not parents.
Absolutely love both of you and your posts. You add some class to the internet, and God knows we need it. You are a couple who anyone would love to break bread with - and that means you "nailed it" on what you're doing.
When I was a kid, this song was kinda funny to me, for two reasons: 1) The verses were over my head, and 2) As kids often do, I mis-heard the chorus: when he said "Four hungry children and a crop in the fields" what I thought he said was "Four HUNDRED children and a crop in the fields." 🤣🤣🤣
My Mexican-American parents and their generation listen to a lot of country back then in the '50s and 60s. This was one of their favorites. There was a joke regarding this song that I remember. It goes something like this. "Do you know that Chupeeka song?" "Chupeeka fine time to leave me Lucille" I don't know if I told it right, I was just a child when I first heard it. Corney, I know...
On his "Love is strange" album 1990 he has a great duet with Gladys Knight "Crazy in love" edit: thank god for Wikipedia the duet was "If i knew then what i know now" from his 1989 album "Something inside so strong" which is another great song
I love reaction videos and you guys are in the top 3. My favorites are when you are listening to a song that suddenly goes rogue, (This song, Coward Of The County) T's facial expressions!!! He is not playing! You guys are great!
Gotta give a HUGE shoutout to the songwriters. The original talent really comes from them. My heart is telling me that that the guy DID NOT follow through.
That's the thing about country music and the blues, is that it tells a story! Kenny Rogers always tells great stories in his music, like The Gambler and Coward of the County both of which had TV movies made from them.
Well, if so many of you are going to come up with more songs, I think it's time these kids heard the name of Ben Colder. I was going to wait for a Johnny Cash song, because he did sequels to most of his, but he also did the funny 'Almost Persuaded #2'. Ben Colder did parodies to everybody's songs from the early - mid 1960's to his last hit called the 'Shaky Breaky Car' for Billy Ray Cyrus, instead of the 'Achy Breaky Heart'. He was like the Weird Al of Country music back before Weird Al was even born, maybe. Please, pick one. Any song. My favorites were 'Hello, Walls#2', 'Almost Persuaded #2', 'Ruby (Please Bring Your Love To Town)' and '15 Beers Ago'. Might be weird, sure, but I grew up on Jerry Lewis movies, too. Similar humor.
at a racetrack in the 80s the announcer came over the pa system after a tire came off a car and he said" you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel".
1977. This song was so popular, the 15 year olds I was working with would play it on the jukebox and sing along. It was number one on the pop charts in 12 countries. Before the Gambler and other hits
I remember as a kid thinking the words sounded like... "You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel. With four hundred children & a crop in the field" :-D
My favorite story about this song was back when it was on the radio all the time. One day, as the song was playing in the office I worked at, the guy at the desk next to me said "that song makes no sense, 400 children and a crop in the field." I had to explain to him that it was "four hungry children."
I really like watching yall's reaction to these old country songs. One of the old ones I would love to see your reaction to is put out by a man named Vern Gosdin, and the name of the song is Chisiled in stone. Vern was not as popular as some of the other greats. But he sure could jerk a tear.
Please get a clue: he said, “when she came to me she must’ve thought I lost my mind; I couldn’t hold her, the words that he told her kept coming back time after time”. He means he could not consummate the would be affair because he felt so bad for the broken hearted man -my God, how clear an explanation do you need??!!
The songs tells you he didnt go thru with it. As a joke, People were singing , You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel. With 400 children. With Country Music you always have to listen to the words because it always tells a story. Todays so called Country doesn't compare to the older songs. I LOVE A GOOD STORY SONG! Listen to Conway Twitty sing "You've never been this far before". Can't wait to see your jaws drop to the floor with this one. Its my favorite Conway song.
Funny thing about this song. Because the chorus is so catchy, some people who don't pay attention to the verses think it's some kind of good-time drinking song.
"When she came to me, she must have thought I lost my mind. I couldn't hold her, the words that he told her kept coming back time after time. You picked a fine time...."
Way back when , somebody brought out a song that parodies this one . " You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille ,,, they just brought in a gusher ( struck oil ) out here in the field " : )
Dont forget to check out "Ruby dont take your love to town"...I think itll be under the band name First Edition that he was a member of before going solo.
You might want to check out the sequel called 'From Your Ex-Mr and Little Kid Sister, We Say Thanks For Leaving, Lucille'. Not kidding one iota. A couple in Canada heard his song and wound up doing it. I don't know if it was ever recognized as such, but it is a hoot of a sequel. You would think it was written by Marty Robbins, because of how long it is. If you have the patience for it, you might get a real good laugh. It might be too rare for many to find, but I hope those who react to 'Lucille' can at least get the song a well deserved shot in the arm with a little attention, after all these years. I would love to hear it again myself and find out who it was who did the song and what happened to them! God bless you for your help on this one, and keep up the good work!
Kenny Rogers had a band called Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, he had a couple of really good songs, Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town, What Condition My Condition was In.
You would never believe how big the grin on my face was when he said Lucille makes him think of the guy from the walking dead. I have listened to this song basically since birth...... And after Negan Made his appearance in the walking dead..... I think about him every time I hear this song also
He rejected her. It even says in the lyrics that he couldn't hold her and that she must've thought he lost his mind. The only logical conclusion is that he couldn't go through with it.
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You guys should check out Kenney Rogers in his early days. Look for Kenney Rogers and the First Edition doing " Something's Burning ". Be ready for a shocker.
No interpetation needed he said I couldn't hold her. He didn't go through because of the husbands words
@@0011peaceAAS TI William Easton Corbin COR Bim that brother he does a song called. How you say a little bit more countries. The knot's what it is who's a little bit more. Countries in the Eastern Corbin, Mayanna Eastern corbin. More bottles, a little bit a little bit more country. Then not
@@dallasarnold8615Kentucky head hotter's? I know I know but there's smooth smooth. That you are Kentucky head hunters. I got a video for the song w. A. L k softly s o f t l y walk softly by the kentucky head hunters
Let's do a little more country. Jo go little more little more MIY country, the ice cream corn and a type you're an astronaut, but love that stuff a little more. I'm a little more country than my brother hara?😊😊😊😊😅😅
He didn’t go through with it. He said I couldn’t hold her because the words that he told kept coming back time after time.
Exactly! And it says she must have thought he was crazy... insinuating that he didn't go through with it, and she couldn't believe it because any other guy would have fallen for her.
Its the evil mans fault. This woman cant even hear a song where another woman is obviously at fault. She goes so far to suggest to write another song to explain why Lucille left her marriage and 4 kids. Classic.
Yeah he did NOT go thru with it!
I don't think that he followed through with doing it with Lucille. The words the husband spoke got to him and so did the guilt of what he was about to do with Lucille.🔥😭😨😰😓
@@audreyricci6383 - Exactly he said he couldn't hold her cuz the words that he told her kept coming back time after time! 😁
Another great song by Kenny Rogers is "Ruben James". He was still with the First Edition when they recorded this.
Ruby
YES!!!!!!!
When we use to go visit my grandmother .. my daughter about 5 was always asked to sing for her.. This is one of those songs.. When he sings .. with 4 hungry children and a crop in the field.. she always sang .. with 4 hundred children ...lol.. and she is now 47 .. and the whole family sings it that way.
I was probably 4 or so when this was on the radio….I thought the lyrics said, ‘You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille, with 400 children and a crop in the field’..🤣
Me too!!!!
The character with the bat named Lucille was a tribute to the great BB King, whose guitar was famously named Lucille.
Didn't know that! Thank you
He said no... that's why she thought he lost his mind
"Twenty Years Ago", "She Believes In Me", "Love Will Turn You Around", "Love the World Away"!!!❤❤❤❤
Aww "Love Will Turn You Around" now I need to go watch the movie Six Pack
The song “ Ruby don’t take your love to town “ awesome song !!
This was my moms' favorite Kenny Rogers' song. I personally prefer Kenny Rogers and the 1st Editions----Ruby don't take your love to town-----theme is very similar. Ruby was Kennys' first hit.
yeah, I think Ruby will shock them too
I agree. But the First Edition version. His solo version isnt as good in my opinion.
@@kevingriffin8854 I can agree with that version - it's a little tambourine-heavy (if I recall correctly), but still very good
My dad loves this
My dad is 90, growing up he would randomly sing this song.
I was lucky enough to have seen Kenny in concert and i thoroughly enjoyed it.
R.I.P Mr Rogers you are dearly missed
My mom's name was Lucille. My dad would constantly sing this to her. And she hated it.
Same for my grandmother, my grandfather did same😂😂
So was my grandma on my daddy's side who abandoned him as a baby
Your dad is a hero
😊😊
We used to call this song Chupeeka. My dad had a landscaping business. Me and my brothers used to work for him. There was a Mexican that knew this song and he would call it the Chupeeka song. When he sung it he would say "Chupeeka fine Time to Leave Me Lucille" so it was a running joke for a long time.
One of my favorite stories by Kenny Rogers. When i was a kid, a joke went around, "what did Evil Kaneval say, when his wheel fell off as he tried to jump the Grand Canyon? "You picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel..." My interpretation is that Kenny never did anything with the woman because he couldn't get passed the heartbreakin words the man said to his wife.
Ha! I was just going to post about that punchline! Only problem was, I had no memory of the first part of the joke until reading your post! So thanks for filling in my memory! 🤣. And I agree - I think it’s pretty clear that he didn’t do anything with her after recalling her husband’s words.
🤣🤣I never heard the Evil Knievel joke but that's pretty good..
Great classic country music and country artists of that time will paint that picture in your head. It is storytelling thru music at its best.
This was the start of his solo career. I met the producer, Larry Butler, and he told me how he was inspired to make it happen.
In the Fall of 1992, I had the pleasure of meeting Larry Butler. He let me hold an award he had received the night before, for a Greatest Hits album he produced that had reached 20X Platinum. While I had it in my hands, he told me how it all started with the well-known vocalist, whom everyone else had turned down.
He was in Montgomery, Alabama on other business when he learned an unknown band was playing at Garrett Coliseum. He said they were pretty good but nothing special until a different singer came up, whom Larry didn't yet recognize, and started the song a capella, "You painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair..." in the original voice. He said the crowd went nuts, and that's when he knew the man deserved a second chance.
The song was Kenny Rogers big hit with The First Edition. RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
Gotta love Kenny Rogers! This was released in 1977. I was about 12 years old at that time. I grew up listening to this song and just absolutely loved it!
I think he said she must have thought I was out of my mind. Because I couldn’t hold her. Other words his conscience bothered him so badly he couldn’t go through with it. Classic Kenny Rogers. True greatness.
The best Kenny Rogers song, IMO, is “Sweet Music Man”. He actually wrote that one. But he has just a ton of fantastic singles. He was a legend.
She must've thought I'd lost my mind. He didn't go through with it.
Thanks for picking this song. It is one of my favorites to his. I don't think he went through with it as he stated he couldn't hold her after the words that were said. So I don't think he went through with it :)
This was his first hit as a country solo artist after leaving the First Edition.
Kenny Rogers started out in a rock band - Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Had one big hit, a whimsical song called "What condition my condition was in" ('68), followed by a minor hit and then he went solo into country music genre. Many great songs during the 70's and 80's. I think this guy had a true conscious and could not go through with it.
I saw Kenny live in 1987 and the audience started singing the chorus and he dropped the microphone and pretended to walk away and then picked up the mike and said he never gets to sing it because it turns into a group sing along! He said we paid to hear ourselves sing. He was a very funny guy!
One of my favorite Kenny songs is Morning Desire (late '80s)
This was his big comeback song and his entrance to country music. In concert he talks about half the people talk about Lucille, half the people talk about the husband, but nobody talks about the guy in the bar. Also when he sang the song in person, he would stop singing the chorus, and the crowd, would sing it.
He did. We heard it live, too. Once he sang, "This time, we're eating oatmeal!"
Then he said, "I can't believe you sang that back!"🤣
I'll never forget the first time hearing this song. It was a TV special. When Kenny got to the chorus, the audience surprised him by singing it back to him.
Got most of it right. But, remember the line, after they got to the hotel room, he says "I couldn't hold her, the words that he told her kept going through my head" so, he probably did not go through with anything...he felt too guilty.
No that’s REAL country, words you can hear, a story, all the while making you feel part of the song, that’s why today’s country will never be as good.
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I’ve been listening to this song since I was a young girl, my dad LOVES country and this was about the level of country mum would listen to 😂😂😂 so this was every car trip xxxx
He took her to the motel but because of what her husband had said, he didn't want to go through with it. He said, "She must have thought I'd lost my mind" because there he was with a willing woman who was a beauty and he remembered how she had made her husband look small and he probably was thinking of the "four hungry children" and he "couldn't hold her" and said no thanks.
Kenny released this in 1977 and the first time I heard it I was actually sitting in a bar in Toledo across from the depot. I was killing time while waiting for a bus from Toledo to Nashville and the little bar across from the Greyhound Bus Station served food and had country music playing so that's where I ended up and it was there that someone put a dime in the juke box and played Lucille.
If you miss the part where he decides not to "hold her" because he is thinking of what her husband said to her, you miss a HUGE part of the song. Sort of like listening to the George Jones song and missing that the reason "he stopped loving her today" was because he died!
She Believes In Me...is another GREAT SONG of Kenny's!!
There's a song Kenny did in his later years that never gets air play but it is so darn beautiful.
It's called "I can't unlove you."
He sure put out some good music.
He also helped bring The Eagles together. Don Henley actually lived with him for a time after he moved to California from Texas.
YOU DECORATED MY LIFE, is one of the most beautiful songs by Kenny but you really need to listen to the words.
Also, I think all parents will love to hear his song, THE GREATEST. Trust me, you will have a huge smile at the end of the song, even if you're not parents.
Great song!! You should check out Charlie Pride’s “Does my ring hurt your finger”.
Absolutely love both of you and your posts. You add some class to the internet, and God knows we need it. You are a couple who anyone would love to break bread with - and that means you "nailed it" on what you're doing.
Thank you 😊
This was one of those country bar beer drinking song, on the chorus everybody would sing and some would rock back and forward, and would weep up.
When I was a kid, this song was kinda funny to me, for two reasons: 1) The verses were over my head, and 2) As kids often do, I mis-heard the chorus: when he said "Four hungry children and a crop in the fields" what I thought he said was "Four HUNDRED children and a crop in the fields." 🤣🤣🤣
Me too! Haha
Thought the same thing
LOL a band I used to follow always sang it four hundred children
me too.
@@donaldstewart8342 🤣👍
Personally, this is my favorite Kenny Rogers song.
He thought about the guys words and thought, “She’s going to break my heart too”.
Me too. It seems like most people love "The Gambler" the most, but I think "Lucille" is one of the finest country music tunes of all time.
That and that she was dumping four kids.
Anyway, I think it was as much that she was abandoning her family as it was thoughts of how she might do him.
@@melissagerber7231 A real dumpster 🔥👹😠👺 of a mother to abandon her four hungry kids and a hardworking husband.🤮😈👿🔥🔥🔥💀
My Mexican-American parents and their generation listen to a lot of country back then in the '50s and 60s. This was one of their favorites. There was a joke regarding this song that I remember. It goes something like this. "Do you know that Chupeeka song?" "Chupeeka fine time to leave me Lucille" I don't know if I told it right, I was just a child when I first heard it. Corney, I know...
On his "Love is strange" album 1990 he has a great duet with Gladys Knight "Crazy in love" edit: thank god for Wikipedia the duet was "If i knew then what i know now" from his 1989 album "Something inside so strong" which is another great song
I love reaction videos and you guys are in the top 3. My favorites are when you are listening to a song that suddenly goes rogue, (This song, Coward Of The County) T's facial expressions!!! He is not playing! You guys are great!
Kenny is an amazing story teller. He mesmerizes many with his songs. No one like Kenny Rogers. He's a country legend.
Gotta give a HUGE shoutout to the songwriters. The original talent really comes from them.
My heart is telling me that that the guy DID NOT follow through.
Both of your reactions are Priceless!!!😂😂😂💯👍👏👊😅
There's a song called Lucille's answer. Her version of the song. You got to hear this one!
omagosh that growl in his voice, mercy! lol
he made it clear they didn't do anything... he said, he couldn't because of the words he'd told her.
That's the thing about country music and the blues, is that it tells a story! Kenny Rogers always tells great stories in his music, like The Gambler and Coward of the County both of which had TV movies made from them.
I heard this song in the 70’s and have loved ever since
Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town), The Greatest, and Buy Me A Rose are some of my favorite songs by Kenny Rogers.
Another great classic country song about an almost encounter is "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston.
I'll second that Donald.
Well, if so many of you are going to come up with more songs, I think it's time these kids heard the name of Ben Colder. I was going to wait for a Johnny Cash song, because he did sequels to most of his, but he also did the funny 'Almost Persuaded #2'. Ben Colder did parodies to everybody's songs from the early - mid 1960's to his last hit called the 'Shaky Breaky Car' for Billy Ray Cyrus, instead of the 'Achy Breaky Heart'. He was like the Weird Al of Country music back before Weird Al was even born, maybe. Please, pick one. Any song. My favorites were 'Hello, Walls#2', 'Almost Persuaded #2', 'Ruby (Please Bring Your Love To Town)' and '15 Beers Ago'. Might be weird, sure, but I grew up on Jerry Lewis movies, too. Similar humor.
Great song!!! Glad you guys enjoyed this!!
I love watching you guys, this is great!
He clearly said, "I couldn't hold her cause the words that he told her..." Kenny didn't go through with it.
I always felt the guy had a moment of morality and sent her home or left himself. Try "The Greatest" by Kenny Roger's. It's a nice little tune.
I've loved this song since I was a young girl.
As my truck driver uncle always sang You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel
Yay yah this is awesome and its totally a classic 👌
at a racetrack in the 80s the announcer came over the pa system after a tire came off a car and he said" you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel".
1977. This song was so popular, the 15 year olds I was working with would play it on the jukebox and sing along. It was number one on the pop charts in 12 countries. Before the Gambler and other hits
I remember as a kid thinking the words sounded like... "You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel. With four hundred children & a crop in the field" :-D
My favorite story about this song was back when it was on the radio all the time. One day, as the song was playing in the office I worked at, the guy at the desk next to me said "that song makes no sense, 400 children and a crop in the field." I had to explain to him that it was "four hungry children."
I like this couple, they are easy to spend time with. Thanks
Another great song that mentions a woman by Kenny is "Ruby" Don't take your love to town.
Was never a Kenny Rogers fan but wow this song....
this was kennys 1st major country hit
I really like watching yall's reaction to these old country songs. One of the old ones I would love to see your reaction to is put out by a man named Vern Gosdin, and the name of the song is Chisiled in stone. Vern was not as popular as some of the other greats. But he sure could jerk a tear.
Yall are the cutest reaction couple ever! I absolutely love y'all!!!!
Please get a clue: he said, “when she came to me she must’ve thought I lost my mind; I couldn’t hold her, the words that he told her kept coming back time after time”. He means he could not consummate the would be affair because he felt so bad for the broken hearted man -my God, how clear an explanation do you need??!!
The songs tells you he didnt go thru with it. As a joke, People were singing , You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel. With 400 children. With Country Music you always have to listen to the words because it always tells a story. Todays so called Country doesn't compare to the older songs. I LOVE A GOOD STORY SONG! Listen to Conway Twitty sing "You've never been this far before". Can't wait to see your jaws drop to the floor with this one. Its my favorite Conway song.
"Ruby" will break your heart even more than this, highly recommend.
Funny thing about this song. Because the chorus is so catchy, some people who don't pay attention to the verses think it's some kind of good-time drinking song.
"When she came to me, she must have thought I lost my mind. I couldn't hold her, the words that he told her kept coming back time after time. You picked a fine time...."
Back in 67or 68 he sang a pop song it was called ( To see what my condition my condition was in, before he became a country singer.
Loved the word "floozie"! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yay! Reminds me of childhood❤❤❤
You'll enjoy listening to "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town". It was one of Kenny Rogers' first hits.
Another awesome song Kenny Rogers does is called...I am the Greatest!!
Way back when , somebody brought out a song that parodies this one . " You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille ,,, they just brought in a gusher ( struck oil ) out here in the field " : )
Poignant and graphic. The best country songs are. Thanks guys.
Dont forget to check out "Ruby dont take your love to town"...I think itll be under the band name First Edition that he was a member of before going solo.
Went to a Kenny Rogers concert years ago. On the way home my truck lost a tire. Just flew off. I said Ya picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel!
You guys doing a great job on your country journey
He said she must of thought I'd lost my mind. I COULDN'T hold her cuz the words that he told her kept coming back time after time!!
Listen to it again. He said "I couldn't hold her".
You must review Kenny Rogers “Ruben James” and “Ruby”! The song “Ruby” was released during the Vietnam war!
This song always makes me cry
Ey you couple this is why country is so good, it tells a story of happiness anbsad I love it all. The old ones
Back in the day we thought he was saying you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel, with 400 children and the crops in the field. LOL
When I was young misunderstood the lyrics. I would walk around singing "four hundred children and a crop in the field "
You might want to check out the sequel called 'From Your Ex-Mr and Little Kid Sister, We Say Thanks For Leaving, Lucille'. Not kidding one iota. A couple in Canada heard his song and wound up doing it. I don't know if it was ever recognized as such, but it is a hoot of a sequel. You would think it was written by Marty Robbins, because of how long it is. If you have the patience for it, you might get a real good laugh. It might be too rare for many to find, but I hope those who react to 'Lucille' can at least get the song a well deserved shot in the arm with a little attention, after all these years. I would love to hear it again myself and find out who it was who did the song and what happened to them! God bless you for your help on this one, and keep up the good work!
One of his later songs was "The Greatest"...the lyrics drew you in, then knocked it out of the park at the end.
Kenny Rogers had a band called Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, he had a couple of really good songs, Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town, What Condition My Condition was In.
I don't know if y'all have already done this KR song (new to these REACTION videos), but "Buy me a rose" is an amazing song. ❤️
"My Guy Had To See It Through!" Great line for women to say!.....
You would never believe how big the grin on my face was when he said Lucille makes him think of the guy from the walking dead.
I have listened to this song basically since birth...... And after Negan Made his appearance in the walking dead..... I think about him every time I hear this song also
That's why they call him a great balladeer because of these songs!
Ruby is a 1969 song referring to a disabled man home from Viet Nam. That is also a good song.
"I couldn't hold her" Pretty much says it all.
“Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town” is one of my favourites! ❤️
He rejected her. It even says in the lyrics that he couldn't hold her and that she must've thought he lost his mind. The only logical conclusion is that he couldn't go through with it.