TheNzfroggy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah well hooker or not... I had a really tough childhood. My mum had to make some really tough decisions to save my sister and I. Granted nothing as bad as what this song is about. But I guess when you love your kids you have to make a decision that you don't want to so your kids can actually have a better life.

megamanmaniac (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@suebee63 Prostitution is in the Bible, if you don't like it then don't listen to it! But is it condoned in the Bible? NO!

aroundtheworldticket (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

check out those Lady Gaga shades-AGES before! Love REBA!

danielrdrown (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@AliceMarr In 1971 ,the boys club at Capitol Records tanked Bobbie Gentry's masterpiece album,PatchWork, with a lackluster promotion. She had written and produced the entire set, upsetting Capitol staffers who usually did the work on a female artists album. A year and a half later, they tried to get her to sign a second tier artist contract at a much lower royality rate. She flatley refused, leaving the label for a multi-million dollar extension contract at Howard Hugh's casino's in Vegas.

AliceMarr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@danielrdrown Great quote. I think Ode to Billie Joe was her first abortion rights song though. I love Fancy as well. Wonderful performer.

demonsrhot (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this video rocks

danielrdrown (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@lexo30 Bobbie Gentry was quoted in a 1974 'After Dark' Interview stating" Fancy is my strongest statement for womens lib, if you really listen to it. I agree wholeheartedly with that movement and all the serious issues they stand for-equality,equal pay,day care centers and abortion rights"

SUPREMEQUEEN09 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

who ever the hell dressed Reba for this video needs to be fired & never allowed to work in Hollywood or music again!! Reba is WAY TO small to wear all that big ass shit! That get up looks like it came out the musty closet of the Queen of England.....not a rich & famous Hollywood actress which is what her charactr in the video called for. its common for fat women to wear over sized jewlery to make them look smaller. Poor Reba just get swallowed up in all that big ass shit!

lexo30 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's still a good song, mind. Although I prefer the Bobbie Gentry version.

lexo30 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Let's just settle this: the girl has just turned 18, and therefore is of the age of consent. Her mother has put makeup on her, bought her a dress and has also (I note from the video) give her tights with suspenders (dunno what the American word for them is). This song is soooooooooooo about being a prostitute. Bobbie Gentry wrote the song and hers has the same thing going on. Enough wishful thinking: this is not a song about feminine empowerment, it's about your mother selling your ass.