Jody Got Your Girl and Gone Johnny Taylor

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Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, Funk Records: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrumm... • Johnnie Taylor, primarily known as a southern soul singer, also worked with other genres, such as gospel, blues, and R B. Born Johnnie Harrison Taylor on 5 May 1938 in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, he started out singing in several Chicago, Illinois based gospel groups - The Five Echoes (1952-54) and The Highway QC's (1953-57) - and later on the Houston, Texas soul scene with The Soul Stirrers (lead tenor vocals, 1956-63). He died in Duncanville, Texas (31 May 2000). In 1969, he released the song I Could Never Be President (Stax Records # STA-0046) in which he said that if elected president he would bring home all the fellows from over in Vietnam and redeploy them to protect his sweetheart from the world. Thus while not really a song about the war, it indicated the prominence of the issue. • A year later he released the song Jody Got Your Girl and Gone (Stax Records # STA-0085), which does not mention war or soldiers, but has often been associated with the Vietnam conflict, appearing on several compilations (such as Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die ). The lyrics focused on the fear of a man loosing his girl while away from home - thoughts that are closely associated with the soldier figure. This theme often appeared in Vietnam War songs. The term Jody originated from Joe the Grinder (dated c.1939) - a mythical man in blues and jazz tunes who seduced the wives and girlfriends of soldiers, prisoners, and those away from home (for work or whatever). Grinder was an old slang word for sex (dated c.1647). It is thought to have been introduced into the army by African-Americans during the Second World War, used in military cadences (marches), such as ain’t no use in going home, Jody’s got your girl and gone - shouted out by a military officer, and repeated by the group of marching soldiers in unison. This type of marching later got the nickname of jodies or jody calls . • So in this song the narrator warned the soldiers that there's a cat named Jody...in every town who snuck around, using the soldier's home, bed, and food. The narrator concluded that it ain't no sense in going home, Jody's got your girl and gone . The song reached # 1 in the Billboard R B charts on 20 February 1971, and peaked at # 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 27 February. • Every guy I know trying to get ahead / Working two jobs til you're almost dead / Work your fingers right down to the bone / There's a cat named Jody, sneaking around / In your home, there's a cat named Jody / In every town... / The ashes in your ashtray / Footprints on your carpet / While you work all day / He even got the nerve to sleep in your bed / Sit down at the table, eat your bread / When you discover your gross neglect / It'll be too late to give your woman respect / Ain't no sense in going home / Jody's got your girl and gone

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