TGISaturday! presents...Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billy Joe".

Love this song. Haunting. What do the lyrics mean? No one can seem to agree - not even Gentry.

It's said that Bob Dylan hated this song and wrote, "Clothesline Saga" (track nine of the Basement Tapes album), in an attempt to create a sarcastic parody of "Ode". His thought was that "Ode" was a go-nowhere song about nothing containing dull converation.

I disagree. AND - at least one can understand what Gentry is singing. Unlike the venerable Mr. Dylan.