If it ain't the best it's pretty damn close to it... Ha!... Old Billy Joe Shaver was a daggone legend in his own time... He was a nut and one Hell of a performer and song writer....
1. This dude's life sucks in the best way possible. 2. The lyrics are all over the place and I wouldn't have it any other way. 3. Best adult cartoon theme song ever!
It’s a funny play on country music. The man went and fought WW2 in the pacific theater and lost is testicles after being shot. Then he comes home to a poor life where he marries a woman who keeps having babies (a miracle since he has no ability to make said kids). Then he goes to jail and when he gets out he’d run off, the bank is coming to take his house, he starts using drugs but is too poor to buy drugs so he injects hairspray in his spine and then he reminisces about his kids before he says he plans to kill everyone when he dies.
"Get yer yankee ass off my property" makes me double over crying laughing every damn time I hear it, also it's the only one where he isn't really singing he's just plainly talking to someone lmao which somehow makes it even funnier
That line about getting spinal meningitis from injecting hairspray in his spine really speaks to me. One of those things we all go through at some point in life
@@connorpoole3201 That's Early the Squid! And yes Unknown Hinson is a god damn legend. Went to watch a Reverend Horton Heat show once in Tulsa and they announced there was an "Unknown" guest in the house. About halfway through the show Hinson walked out on stage and played a half hour set. It was pretty freaking cool
I've looked so long for a compilation of opening theme songs not realizing that it was just one song chopped up in the many pieces. What a beautiful day it is today.
"Since we beat back them sneaky japanese, IN THE WAR OF 1812! bring our boys home" I still sing that one all the time funniest shit ever and nobody knows what I'm talking about 😔
This man's life is in shambles. He's poor, broke, his cheating wife left him and took their only chicken, and the bank is taking his house but his resolve to take the rest of the world with him when he dies is down right inspirational.
@@LegoManiac_101 Old age, believe it or not. Both of them lived lives that woulda killed most before they hit 40. Jones and Billy Joe both made it to their 80's
This is such a great song, it fits Early so perfectly. I love that Billy Joe Shaver was willing to go all in on the performance, Also, the album they released it on has the best name "The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A."
My paw paw and I used to watch this together a lot when I was a kid, he passed last year in a motorcycle accident but this song brings him back every time.
My condolences to your grandfather. Hopefully his passing was quick and painless for him, not long and torturous. My dad who moved from Illinois to Nevada has a motorcycle, so as much as I do have some traumas my dad caused me (which have healed over the years) I pray he never gets into a motorcycle accident and dies.
Man, I found this song and my life changed. As a Louisiana native up North for too long, I found myself in GREAT need of a banjo. 3 weeks later and all I need now is a fiddle and a pirogue.
Not southern American, but Flogging Molly will give you your fiddle fix. But yeah this song really does speak to a deep and neglected part of my soul. The part I keep ignoring because I need to be a good father and productive member of society. Kind of the same melancholy feeling I get from "in hell I'll be in good company" As a matter of fact look up that song instead of Flogging Molly.
I'm sad that I never had the chance to see ol' Shaver live in concert, but glad that he shared his talent and peronality with the world. He got himself right with The Man and I think square with the house before he left. RIP Billy Joe.
I almost got to see Shaver. Was at a Texas music festival where he was one of the headliners, but when it came time for him to take the stage we got "unfortunately Billy Joe Shaver was unable to make it today". So yeah, he was drunk or high... or both. I was disappointed but they had Jack Ingram and Junior Brown extend their sets to eat up his time so not a total loss.
"Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode" made me cackle the first time I heard it because he essentially wishes that the entire solar system was just incinerated because he had a shit life. Like he's angry at literally everything lmao
@@PooAnon Indeed, Early shared more than a few traits with Unknown. Then it went down the toilet when they had Early speaking Ebonics (which itself is very out of character unless it's Early trying to disguise himself) and no other characters even acknowledge it. Tracy Morgan is a very funny actor on the likes of SNL and 30 Rock, but what the hell were Jim Fortier and Dave Willis thinking when they cast him? They could've cast a great impressionist (I could see Jess Harnell pulling it off) or at least someone who didn't necessarily sound like Unknown but still made a great fit (like Ron White). I guess the joke was that Early didn't sound anything like himself, was voiced by a big name celeb, and this change was only for the final season? What was the point of firing Unknown if this was only to last the final season?
"My turn!"
"Hell no."
"Come on man, lemme drive that thing!"
" *DO NOT TOUCH THE TRIM!* "
You can’t touch that trim
In my 89 ford ranger I tell my hitchers not to touch the trim. And they don't.
DO NOT TOUCH THE TREEEIIMM.
*DO NAWT TAWCH THA TRIYUM!*
The trayim
Rip billy joe shaver
Just found about him this rip billy joe
Bummer. Just watched the tales from the bus about him. Quite the character
I gave all my best years to that woman. I felt that in my soul
The best that ever did it bud!
A real legend.
THE REAL DEAL.
The war of 1812... bring our boys home... cracks me up everytime🤣
Hard same LOL, the lyrics are genius 🤣🤣
Hey, what happened in 1812?😂
@@ShaneFlettbrits burned the white house canada stopped a us invasion and somehow it was a tie
@@Funstun-yk7oo oh man
Gotta watch out for those sneaky Japanese😂
As a West Virginian, even the wind sounds like this.
WV is the best place
It's true... And the air smells like coal, meth, cheap boozes, and gunpowder. If you are not from here you just don't get it.
bluegrass will forever live on.
As a fellow West Virginian, I agree. But I wouldn't change it for anything.
My daddy lives in West Virginia, spent a lot of time up there. I live in North Carolina but West Virginia we’ll always be my other home.
After listening to this song hundreds of times now, it is in my humble opinion that this the best country song ever written and performed.
Truuuuu
If it ain't the best it's pretty damn close to it... Ha!... Old Billy Joe Shaver was a daggone legend in his own time... He was a nut and one Hell of a performer and song writer....
It is not the greatest country song, he didn't say anything at all about Mama, or trains, or getting drunk
@@wubstepgrandma or trucks, or prison
@@borregano5735 eh second line is, when I broke jail the house was burnt and bare... Does that count as mentioning prison?
1. This dude's life sucks in the best way possible.
2. The lyrics are all over the place and I wouldn't have it any other way.
3. Best adult cartoon theme song ever!
This, ATHF and I'm throwing in Bob's Burger's songs for how catchy they are.
It’s a funny play on country music. The man went and fought WW2 in the pacific theater and lost is testicles after being shot. Then he comes home to a poor life where he marries a woman who keeps having babies (a miracle since he has no ability to make said kids). Then he goes to jail and when he gets out he’d run off, the bank is coming to take his house, he starts using drugs but is too poor to buy drugs so he injects hairspray in his spine and then he reminisces about his kids before he says he plans to kill everyone when he dies.
@@GTJosh64 its a nutty song dude lol
Best adult cartoon theme song ever? I think you're forgetting about superjail
@@doctorsixes8371 That's not really an adult cartoon, it's more for older kids, seeing as how all the episodes revolve around the kids
DO NOT TOUCH THE TRIM
Literally 1984
Lol the way he says "sometimes I wish the sun would just explode" always puts a stupid smile on my face
I'll take all you s.o.bs with me when I go😂
My dreams actually are all dead and gone.
For some reason I always say it like Desmond from 'Smiling Friends'
"Get yer yankee ass off my property" makes me double over crying laughing every damn time I hear it, also it's the only one where he isn't really singing he's just plainly talking to someone lmao which somehow makes it even funnier
I thought I was the only one who thought that... lololol.
I die at that every time too
Also the voice cracks are hilarious to me like no shits given mode
It’s my favorite verse. Bring our boys home.
SOME DAYS, I WISH THE SUN, WOULD JUST EXPLODE!
That line about getting spinal meningitis from injecting hairspray in his spine really speaks to me. One of those things we all go through at some point in life
Good luck getting that child support check from em now
I Won’t Be Up ‘Til Tuesday
Finally! Someone else who understands.
Some days life just dont seem that fair
My man
"Hey man! Lemme drive that thing! C'mon!"
Hell Naw
Unknown Hinson...is fuck idk the guy driving..hes also a Singer... Polyurethane is my personal fav of his
@@connorpoole3201 That's Early the Squid! And yes Unknown Hinson is a god damn legend. Went to watch a Reverend Horton Heat show once in Tulsa and they announced there was an "Unknown" guest in the house. About halfway through the show Hinson walked out on stage and played a half hour set. It was pretty freaking cool
@Wookiee Supremacy DO NOT touch the trim.
Do NOT touch the trim
I love how he’s not actually driving, he’s just vibing in a truck that looks like it hasn’t moved in 17 years
That was me in the summer of 1997 with an 87 lynx that had a functional radio.
@@blastyfish1393yeah me too
My dad used to do that with a 68 mustang that was rotted out
“Watch the trim”
Hillbilly wet dreams.
RIP Dale Earnhardt
"The Indimidator"
Raise hell praise Dale he ain't dead he's just a lap ahead. YEE YEE
@@bloodraven1190 god damn right cuh do it dale till we burn n die
Raise hell, praise Dale!
RIP Iron Head I spent every Sunday with you MaN 😢4 24 awesome years #3
Just acquired a 1985 Ford F-150 and this was the first song played on the drive home
"It was a massacre" 🤣🤣🤣 I could never fully appreciate this intro when I was younger but now that Im older and can understand the lyrics its SO GOOD
I've looked so long for a compilation of opening theme songs not realizing that it was just one song chopped up in the many pieces. What a beautiful day it is today.
So what? We all know things .
@@TheInternet1993 yes. We do. We do.
exact same thing happened to me!
Makes me smile, God bless Billy Joe
Frfr found this like 3 days and haven't stop listening 🤘🏾🔥🤣
There were a good 15 years that you couldn’t find the full version of this song anywhere. What a lovely thing to have been uploaded. Thank you!
It's because the "slinky Japanese" line. I'm surprised they haven't taken it back down.
@@trustworthydan Oh, god. 🙄
"Since we beat back them sneaky japanese, IN THE WAR OF 1812! bring our boys home" I still sing that one all the time funniest shit ever and nobody knows what I'm talking about 😔
Slinky. It's a slur about squinty eyes. If you're gonna be racist, do it right. 😂😂😂😂
It's a joke. I'm not racist.
This man's life is in shambles. He's poor, broke, his cheating wife left him and took their only chicken, and the bank is taking his house but his resolve to take the rest of the world with him when he dies is down right inspirational.
The War of 1812 bring or boys back"
I felt that:
we can all relate 😔
The greatest song of all time, deserves a Nobel peace prize,
“I gave all my best years to that woman…all she gave me was mouths to feed”……goddamn this line couldn’t be truer
This may be the greasiest country song of all time and I love it.
Injecting all that hairspray in my spine...
Its a super cheap way to party
@@VegasViking420 you kill some brqin cells and some time
@@XxXsupacloveXxX good luck gettin that child support from me now!
@@VegasViking420 My dreams are all dead and buried ...
@@thedawkturr4481 sometimes I wish the sun would just explode
The show, the lyrics, the voice acting, the writing, all pure genius.
Rest In Peace Billy Joe, thanks for giving us this gold. Only version that rivals this one is the one George Jones did.
Rip possum ❤
How did they die?
@@LegoManiac_101 Old age, believe it or not. Both of them lived lives that woulda killed most before they hit 40. Jones and Billy Joe both made it to their 80's
Best theme song of all time this sound is exactly how country should sound fiddle steel and banjo and acoustic guitar
Just cuz we live up here we got to like banjos stereotype😂
@@hubbyfulness 😂
“Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode” might be the most relatable lyric ever written
How am I JUST now realizing they play that "stereotypical oriental riff" at 0:20 talking about the japanese? lol that's funny.
Because you are awesome. Thanks for pointing it out.
@@siractionslacks890 aaaaw geeeee
I totally missed that. Dude that is epic. 😂😂
Watched this show all the time and never caught that. This show was great.
I just had that realization too, and yeah its pretty damn funny
MY DREAMS ARE ALL DEAD AND BURIED
SOMETIMES I WISH THE SUN WOULD JUST EXPLODE
@@Gex8202 WHEN GOD COMES AND CALLS ME TO HIS KINGDOM
I TAKE ALL YA SONS OF BITCHES WHEN I GO
LET HER BLOW !
My turn
@@DHAdArchivez hell no
I loved all the different versions of this they did in the last few seasons. RIP Squidbillies
I’ve been searching for the full version for a long time.
This is such a great song, it fits Early so perfectly.
I love that Billy Joe Shaver was willing to go all in on the performance,
Also, the album they released it on has the best name
"The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made by Americans in China for Americans Only God Bless America, U.S.A."
Bless you for letting me know there’s an album
@@bigbucksrgr8
Just spreading the good news brother
I just do not give a fuck anymore.
Still better country than whats on the radio!
You ain't wrong about that! This is a serious by God country song. That tractor rap bullshit is like kids tunes.
Rusty: My Turn!
Early: Hell No
Rusty: Hey Man Let Me Drive That Thing C'mon
Early: Do Not Touch The Trim!
My paw paw and I used to watch this together a lot when I was a kid, he passed last year in a motorcycle accident but this song brings him back every time.
My condolences to your grandfather. Hopefully his passing was quick and painless for him, not long and torturous. My dad who moved from Illinois to Nevada has a motorcycle, so as much as I do have some traumas my dad caused me (which have healed over the years) I pray he never gets into a motorcycle accident and dies.
Fools ride motorcycles
actual footage of me at work.
Man, I feel every word! Sometimes I wish the Sun would just explode! He will be missed! RIP
Gotta love songs with positive, uplifting messages
Man, I found this song and my life changed. As a Louisiana native up North for too long, I found myself in GREAT need of a banjo. 3 weeks later and all I need now is a fiddle and a pirogue.
Not southern American, but Flogging Molly will give you your fiddle fix.
But yeah this song really does speak to a deep and neglected part of my soul. The part I keep ignoring because I need to be a good father and productive member of society. Kind of the same melancholy feeling I get from "in hell I'll be in good company" As a matter of fact look up that song instead of Flogging Molly.
@@LordSniggles I had to make sure I didn't type this. We are on the same wave length tbh.
hello from texas brother, i live on the louisiana border !
Rip billy Joe shaver (1939 -2020)
i wish this song went on forever
1:02-1:26 this part spoke to me. Such inspirational lyrics
I listened to this so I could vibe with you, internet stranger. ❤ And it spoke to me too.
I have found myself listening to this over and over and over I love it. Billy Joe 'By God' Shaver
I'm sad that I never had the chance to see ol' Shaver live in concert, but glad that he shared his talent and peronality with the world. He got himself right with The Man and I think square with the house before he left. RIP Billy Joe.
I almost got to see Shaver. Was at a Texas music festival where he was one of the headliners, but when it came time for him to take the stage we got "unfortunately Billy Joe Shaver was unable to make it today".
So yeah, he was drunk or high... or both. I was disappointed but they had Jack Ingram and Junior Brown extend their sets to eat up his time so not a total loss.
As someone from Georgia, I can confirm that it is legally required to play this at least 3 times a day on every single radio station
This will be played at my funeral.
Billy Joe Shaver is as good as they come when it comes to country music
There's a lot to unpack in this song
"Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode" made me cackle the first time I heard it because he essentially wishes that the entire solar system was just incinerated because he had a shit life. Like he's angry at literally everything lmao
Best intro version of Squidbillies of all time
This is my favorite hymn of all time...
If y’all haven’t been to alabama, lemme tell you this is how it is
i was thinking the hills of Kentucky, but good to know its universal
The crazy cameos on the opening to this show is the best thing I’ve seen or heard in my life yo funniest show out there on some heavy hitting shit.
Best Squidbillies Theme Singer Eva!
Rip Coy Lewallen. Best powersports mechanic west of the Mississippi.
Ohhhh. They play parts of the song for some episodes
RIP Shaver.
Died on my birthday :(
It’s your fault.
@@kgpspyguy how'd you guess.
😆 y’all are funny
Sorry though. Glad it wasn’t mine. 😁
The last stanza will forever be my favorite
Have to listen to this at least twice a day.
Holy shit it all goes together to make the best song ever bjs
My brain plays this song everytime I put a dip in
This song speaks to me in a spiritual way
I love this song so much. This is something a Rebel veteran would say to some lawyer or something.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've wanted a copy of this tune for years...love me some BJS and squidbillies
Great song! Love Billy Joe .
This song always made me feel at home and comfortable. Reminds me of my family
I like how you can hear him chuckle when he says spinal meningitis
I love the spinal meningitis verse because my mom absolutely hated when I sang it... completely out of context from her perspective.
This song is something I listened to alot while working at a gas station down here in Texas, encouraged by my boss who grew up on Squidbillies.
Can’t wait to tell my grandkids”this show was called SquidBillies”💔
Don't touch the trim.
This is the best song ever!
I've just discovered this guy and am in awe.
Cuyler owned for generations lol what a good song
One of the coolest songs ever 👍
What's it called
I don’t all I know is Billy Joe Shaver sings it
@@PoetrySlam16 Warrior Man
RIP Billy Joe Shaver. A true Texas hero and Outlaw
You made something great creator of this song. Everyone involved good job. You did good anyone who was involved and is now reading this
Good job
Bill joe shaver. God respect you man.. and the band.
Good job on this review. Bring our boys home.
My dreams are all dead and buried!
Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode!
Beautiful Texas slapper
Best song ever
RIP Shaver!!! You were the man.
Good luck getting that child support, I laughed at that.....
RIP
I never watched this show much, but billy joe is a legend
Rusty:my turn
Early:hell no
Rusty: hey man let me drive that thing come on
Early:do not touch the trim
Wow my childhood right here!
This is a god damn masterpiece thats written on the hearts of the broken everywhere
This song talks about life
This song really speaks to me
This is my spirit animal
A beautiful truthful song from Northern alberta Canada 🇨🇦
I'm taken all you son a bitchs when I go . That line just cracks me up every time 😂💀💀
I remember they played this entire song as the intro, or maybe it was a bump, on Adult Swim and I lost my shit and couldn’t find the song for years.
This is song is great!!!❤❤❤
they should bring this show back
sadly they couldn’t with how things are now
And I wouldn't bring it back without Unknown Hinson.
You can’t. Unknown = Early …. Perhaps the best casted cartoon character in hist’ry.
@@PooAnon Indeed, Early shared more than a few traits with Unknown. Then it went down the toilet when they had Early speaking Ebonics (which itself is very out of character unless it's Early trying to disguise himself) and no other characters even acknowledge it.
Tracy Morgan is a very funny actor on the likes of SNL and 30 Rock, but what the hell were Jim Fortier and Dave Willis thinking when they cast him? They could've cast a great impressionist (I could see Jess Harnell pulling it off) or at least someone who didn't necessarily sound like Unknown but still made a great fit (like Ron White).
I guess the joke was that Early didn't sound anything like himself, was voiced by a big name celeb, and this change was only for the final season? What was the point of firing Unknown if this was only to last the final season?
The oldest; the youngest; and the middle one, the other seven fit in there somewhere!
Best theme ever
sometimes we all have those days, and Billy Joe gets it
It was today that I found out this is one whole song. I thought these were all seperate little intros made for the show.