Thank you again for keeping Helen's memory alive! She was one of the biggest selling female stars of the 70s and we hardly hear her music anymore. I would suggest other of her songs to react to such as You're My World and I Don't Know How to Love Him (ballads) and songs like Make Love to Me or Take What You Find (disco).
I love this song and everything about the production and delivery of it. It has probably my most favorite lines in any song: "It's so nice to be insane...no one asks you to explain." Words to live by!! LOL
Angie Baby is a great tune, and Helen's smooth delivery is awesome! She had a couple of songs about "touched women" back in the day, but her hit Delta Dawn is my favorite! Tanya Tucker had a big hit w/Delta Dawn on the Country charts.
I love Angie Baby and Helen. She’s awesome. I’m saddened that she passed and so recently too. She was a class act. When I first heard Angie Baby I was very young and I didn’t understand what it was about. I knew that I loved it and I felt it was scary. I always loved scary movies too. The cartoon video that went along with it was very freaky and it also creeped me out. I loved it. Now, I believe I know what it’s about or at least an interpretation of. I still adore it and in fact I love all of Miss Reddy’s albums. Thanks Empress for another great video reaction.
Hi, Helen Reddy was worlds most popular female singer of the 70s. This song was written by Alan ODay and he wanted to a character similiar to the Beatles Lady Madonna. His first thought was to make her mentally slow but then decided was better to make her as crazy, and keep guy inside her radio and make him appear whenever she wanted. Nothing more complex. She was a real Hypnosis expert. Play more of her songs I think they really good.
Empress, you should know who Helen Reddy is... because without her your girl ONJ would never have come to the States. And then ONJ would not have been at Alan Carr’s house party and ultimately been cast as Sandy in Grease. Helen Reddy and ONJ were BFFs, two Aussie women ruling the US pop and country charts. A lot of time has passed, and Helen Reddy, who passed away last September, doesn’t get enough credit for her contributions to pop. She is actually known as the Queen of 70s Pop. From her breakthrough hit I Am Woman in 1972 which became a cultural anthem for the feminist movement, Helen had a string of hits that had her on top of the music business for a good part of the mid 70s. I Am Woman, I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Delta Dawn, Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), Angie Baby, Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady, Candle on the Water. Helen ruled the pop charts and was a top headliner in Vegas. She also did a stint as host of The Midnight Special on TV as well as her own variety show. I remember them all (cuz I’m old) but Helen was always a classy woman- even when her no-good husband/manager was snorting away her fortune. My favorite song of hers (and probably in my Top 10 favorite songs ever) is You and Me Against the World written by Paul Williams. Melts me every time, especially when her daughter says “I love you, Mommy” at the end. 😭
I LOVE this song!! When I was a kid, it scared the HELL out of me because I had no idea how he disappeared and why people couldn't find him LOL!!! I thought....did she kill him?? Why did she do that?? How did he disappear inside the radio?? LOL!!! The music sounded eerie and Helen's delivery was PERFECT and made you feel the suspense and horror in the song, like the girl had evil powers or something. Now I listen to it and think what a cool song it is because it's a song that kind of keeps you at the edge of your seat :)
The lyrics" When she turned the volume down, hes getting smaller with the sound, it seemed to be pulling him off the ground. " The boy is being sucked in the radio and the boy is a lover to Angie inside the radio.
Angie Baby!! One of my back-in-the-day faves! So many 70s songs told stories, Ode To Billie Joe, Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, Lola, One Tin Soldier, Take The Money and Run, The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia, The Night They Drive Ole Dixie Down, The Night Chicago Died...apparently the best stories happen at night...😎 Another Helen Reddy song was one of the biggest hits of the 70s and became an anthem for the Women’s Liberation movement, “I Am Woman”. I always thought it was a catchy song that had very empowering lyrics for women. You should check that one out, Emp.
Yes, you’re spot on! Angie Baby fits into that group of songs you mention that have a strong narrative, usually surrounding some tragic event. It’s a category called Southern Gothic. They are essentially stories set to music. Add in Cher’s Dark Lady, Half-Breed and Gypsies Tramps and Thieves from that period. The category (or trope) is still used today in country music. Carrie Underwood’s Two Black Cadillacs is a perfect example. Well done, you! 💯
@@tomrobinsondc Me!? Why thank you, sir. I can’t wait to say “Southern Gothic” and “tropes” the next time someone asks what kind of music I like! Not that I have a preference for them, but just to say it. 😝 I had thought of “Dark Lady” but not the other two of Cher’s.
@@BrettTwinSavage Wikipedia’s definition of Southern Gothic: a genre of alt-rock and Americana music that combines elements of traditional country, folk, blues, and gospel, often with dark lyrical subject matter. Songs often examine poverty, criminal behavior, religious imagery, death, ghosts, family, lost love, alcohol, murder, the devil and betrayal. Carrie Underwood is probably the Queen of Southern Gothic right now (she’s obviously more than that) especially with her Cry Pretty album. The content of When He Cheats, Wasted, Two Black Cadillacs, Little Toy Guns, Church Bells all fit into that genre. The Bullet will absolutely break your heart it’s so powerful. But if you’ve been following Empress for a while, go back and listen to her reaction of Dolly Parton’s The Bridge. Now that song will make you pause and realize the emotional power of music and the brilliance of Dolly’s songwriting ability. I’m sure we could create a trivia drinking game around this topic, naming songs which fit into the genre, which in itself could then become the storyline of a Southern Gothic song! 💀🤪🍻
@@BrettTwinSavage Btw, a “trope” is just a plot device, it’s not an actual song term. For example, the scorned lover or jealous husband is a literary trope. Also, think unwed teen mother, crazy older lady, abusive alcoholic father. These sorts of characters populate Southern Gothic literature and songs and are used to help clue in the audience that something is amiss and some bad sh*t gonna go down.
@@tomrobinsondc 🙋🏻So was the girl that went up to Choctaw Ridge with Billy Joe McCallister a trope? I heard ma and pa talkin’ ‘bout it and I heard ‘em say she was. Or at least they was usin’ a word that sounded a lot like that. 🤭 Seriously, thanks for the lesson! It was most informative! 🍎
When I first heard this song I was in the Navy and with all the girls that we'd meet off base in the bars I was careful very careful not to meet an Angie Baby.
"Living on a world of make believe, well maybe." I love how crazy insane this girl was made out to be, when in reality she was more evil than insane. She drugged him and locked him up. The confusion and the spinning he is feeling, the feeling of getting smaller as she turns the volume down is the effects of the drugs in his system. This was her biggest hit in the US.
@@graphiquejack Yep, it was her biggest selling single in the states. Helen's words, not mine. And the reason she quit performing and retired was because of the song Ruby Red Dress (Leave Me Alone). She didn't want to perform it any more, she hated it.
@@BrettTwinSavage I didn’t understand that part either. I just figured it was meant to be cartoonish, then I heard an interview where Helen Reddy explained that the girl had plenty of psyche meds that she probably didn’t take. What would she do with them? It was clever. Sounds like Helen had thought about this before. Yessir!, Hahahaha
Isn't it weird how dif we all interpret a song. To me this song is really sad. I always thought that this was a song about a young girl who got taken advantage of a lot from dif people, one of which was her father. That drove her over the edge (abused children snap and go into their own worlds) and years later she got revenge on the people that continued the abuse, including killing her parents (the part where she said that they ran away (disappeared)) 🤷. It almost reminds me of a movie from the 70's called The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane starring A very young Jodie Foster.
Never ever got the idea that her father abused her. The song was more of a horror theme that she had the ability to suck the bad boy into her radio and trap him in there.
hey Empress, I just wanted to make sure that you got my patreon request. the day I made the request I had edited it so just wanted to make sure it got to you. thank you for all you do!
Helen Reddy; unfortunately, gets lost in the deep and talented women singers of that time - early 1970's. Minnie Riperton, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Snow, Janis Ian, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, etc., etc. Even though there were so many great songs out at the same time, I still liked listening to "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" and "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy.
Thank you again for keeping Helen's memory alive! She was one of the biggest selling female stars of the 70s and we hardly hear her music anymore. I would suggest other of her songs to react to such as You're My World and I Don't Know How to Love Him (ballads) and songs like Make Love to Me or Take What You Find (disco).
Helen passed away just last September 🌼. RIP 🙏 Thanks for some great tunes, Helen.
I love this song and everything about the production and delivery of it. It has probably my most favorite lines in any song: "It's so nice to be insane...no one asks you to explain." Words to live by!! LOL
Good story song.It gives you goosebumps because of its creepiness
Angie Baby is a great tune, and Helen's smooth delivery is awesome! She had a couple of songs about "touched women" back in the day, but her hit Delta Dawn is my favorite! Tanya Tucker had a big hit w/Delta Dawn on the Country charts.
I think my favorite Helen song is "No Wait to Treat a Lady"
I love Angie Baby and Helen. She’s awesome. I’m saddened that she passed and so recently too. She was a class act. When I first heard Angie Baby I was very young and I didn’t understand what it was about. I knew that I loved it and I felt it was scary. I always loved scary movies too. The cartoon video that went along with it was very freaky and it also creeped me out. I loved it. Now, I believe I know what it’s about or at least an interpretation of. I still adore it and in fact I love all of Miss Reddy’s albums.
Thanks Empress for another great video reaction.
Hi, Helen Reddy was worlds most popular female singer of the 70s. This song was written by Alan ODay and he wanted to a character similiar to the Beatles Lady Madonna. His first thought was to make her mentally slow but then decided was better to make her as crazy, and keep guy inside her radio and make him appear whenever she wanted. Nothing more complex. She was a real Hypnosis expert. Play more of her songs I think they really good.
Empress, you should know who Helen Reddy is... because without her your girl ONJ would never have come to the States. And then ONJ would not have been at Alan Carr’s house party and ultimately been cast as Sandy in Grease. Helen Reddy and ONJ were BFFs, two Aussie women ruling the US pop and country charts.
A lot of time has passed, and Helen Reddy, who passed away last September, doesn’t get enough credit for her contributions to pop. She is actually known as the Queen of 70s Pop.
From her breakthrough hit I Am Woman in 1972 which became a cultural anthem for the feminist movement, Helen had a string of hits that had her on top of the music business for a good part of the mid 70s.
I Am Woman, I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Delta Dawn, Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), Angie Baby, Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady, Candle on the Water. Helen ruled the pop charts and was a top headliner in Vegas. She also did a stint as host of The Midnight Special on TV as well as her own variety show. I remember them all (cuz I’m old) but Helen was always a classy woman- even when her no-good husband/manager was snorting away her fortune.
My favorite song of hers (and probably in my Top 10 favorite songs ever) is You and Me Against the World written by Paul Williams. Melts me every time, especially when her daughter says “I love you, Mommy” at the end. 😭
My favourite song from her is "I Can't Say Goodbye to You". If you haven't heard it yet, there's a live TH-cam video you can search.
I LOVE this song!! When I was a kid, it scared the HELL out of me because I had no idea how he disappeared and why people couldn't find him LOL!!! I thought....did she kill him?? Why did she do that?? How did he disappear inside the radio?? LOL!!! The music sounded eerie and Helen's delivery was PERFECT and made you feel the suspense and horror in the song, like the girl had evil powers or something. Now I listen to it and think what a cool song it is because it's a song that kind of keeps you at the edge of your seat :)
The lyrics" When she turned the volume down, hes getting smaller with the sound, it seemed to be pulling him off the ground. "
The boy is being sucked in the radio and the boy is a lover to Angie inside the radio.
Ah, interesting!
Classic, and twisted! Her BIG hit was "I Am Woman".
Great choice. 🤍
Sang it to me Helene!!
I didn't know this singer, anyway I liked very much the song and the delivery too.
And greatt reaction as always dear Empress ❤️❤️
Angie Baby!! One of my back-in-the-day faves! So many 70s songs told stories, Ode To Billie Joe, Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, Lola, One Tin Soldier, Take The Money and Run, The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia, The Night They Drive Ole Dixie Down, The Night Chicago Died...apparently the best stories happen at night...😎 Another Helen Reddy song was one of the biggest hits of the 70s and became an anthem for the Women’s Liberation movement, “I Am Woman”. I always thought it was a catchy song that had very empowering lyrics for women. You should check that one out, Emp.
Yes, you’re spot on! Angie Baby fits into that group of songs you mention that have a strong narrative, usually surrounding some tragic event. It’s a category called Southern Gothic. They are essentially stories set to music. Add in Cher’s Dark Lady, Half-Breed and Gypsies Tramps and Thieves from that period.
The category (or trope) is still used today in country music. Carrie Underwood’s Two Black Cadillacs is a perfect example. Well done, you! 💯
@@tomrobinsondc Me!? Why thank you, sir. I can’t wait to say “Southern Gothic” and “tropes” the next time someone asks what kind of music I like! Not that I have a preference for them, but just to say it. 😝 I had thought of “Dark Lady” but not the other two of Cher’s.
@@BrettTwinSavage Wikipedia’s definition of Southern Gothic: a genre of alt-rock and Americana music that combines elements of traditional country, folk, blues, and gospel, often with dark lyrical subject matter. Songs often examine poverty, criminal behavior, religious imagery, death, ghosts, family, lost love, alcohol, murder, the devil and betrayal.
Carrie Underwood is probably the Queen of Southern Gothic right now (she’s obviously more than that) especially with her Cry Pretty album. The content of When He Cheats, Wasted, Two Black Cadillacs, Little Toy Guns, Church Bells all fit into that genre. The Bullet will absolutely break your heart it’s so powerful.
But if you’ve been following Empress for a while, go back and listen to her reaction of Dolly Parton’s The Bridge. Now that song will make you pause and realize the emotional power of music and the brilliance of Dolly’s songwriting ability.
I’m sure we could create a trivia drinking game around this topic, naming songs which fit into the genre, which in itself could then become the storyline of a Southern Gothic song! 💀🤪🍻
@@BrettTwinSavage Btw, a “trope” is just a plot device, it’s not an actual song term. For example, the scorned lover or jealous husband is a literary trope. Also, think unwed teen mother, crazy older lady, abusive alcoholic father. These sorts of characters populate Southern Gothic literature and songs and are used to help clue in the audience that something is amiss and some bad sh*t gonna go down.
@@tomrobinsondc 🙋🏻So was the girl that went up to Choctaw Ridge with Billy Joe McCallister a trope? I heard ma and pa talkin’ ‘bout it and I heard ‘em say she was. Or at least they was usin’ a word that sounded a lot like that. 🤭 Seriously, thanks for the lesson! It was most informative! 🍎
When I first heard this song I was in the Navy and with all the girls that we'd meet off base in the bars I was careful very careful not to meet an Angie Baby.
😂wow
"Living on a world of make believe, well maybe." I love how crazy insane this girl was made out to be, when in reality she was more evil than insane. She drugged him and locked him up. The confusion and the spinning he is feeling, the feeling of getting smaller as she turns the volume down is the effects of the drugs in his system.
This was her biggest hit in the US.
Interesting it was her biggest hit. I never heard it but I remember 'I Am Woman' and 'Delta Dawn'.
@@graphiquejack Yep, it was her biggest selling single in the states. Helen's words, not mine. And the reason she quit performing and retired was because of the song Ruby Red Dress (Leave Me Alone). She didn't want to perform it any more, she hated it.
I never got that she drugged him, only that she locked him up. But I think you’re right! (This is where you say, “Elementary my dear Watson”.) 🧐
@@BrettTwinSavage I didn’t understand that part either. I just figured it was meant to be cartoonish, then I heard an interview where Helen Reddy explained that the girl had plenty of psyche meds that she probably didn’t take. What would she do with them? It was clever. Sounds like Helen had thought about this before. Yessir!, Hahahaha
@@bongoboy11 As is said, “write what you know”! 😳
my mom had her music so I grew up listening to her. love the song but never understood what it meant 😂
Isn't it weird how dif we all interpret a song. To me this song is really sad. I always thought that this was a song about a young girl who got taken advantage of a lot from dif people, one of which was her father. That drove her over the edge (abused children snap and go into their own worlds) and years later she got revenge on the people that continued the abuse, including killing her parents (the part where she said that they ran away (disappeared)) 🤷. It almost reminds me of a movie from the 70's called The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane starring A very young Jodie Foster.
Never ever got the idea that her father abused her. The song was more of a horror theme that she had the ability to suck the bad boy into her radio and trap him in there.
hey Empress, I just wanted to make sure that you got my patreon request. the day I made the request I had edited it so just wanted to make sure it got to you. thank you for all you do!
Helen Reddy; unfortunately, gets lost in the deep and talented women singers of that time - early 1970's. Minnie Riperton, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Snow, Janis Ian, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, etc., etc. Even though there were so many great songs out at the same time, I still liked listening to "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" and "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy.