# Bobby Goldsboro: "Honey" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165 "2014-08-22T04:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/41 "2014-08-24T04:34:19Z")
I heartily endorse the Hell’s Angels interpretation mentioned earlier. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/42 "2014-08-24T07:47:17Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > There are many things that make this song utterly detestable, but near the top of the list for me is the fact that the singer is a complete dick. > > His wife plants a tree and he laughs at her. Then later she “came runnin’ in all excited/slipped and almost hurt herself/and I laughed till I cried.” Really? What other misfortunes amused you? Her having an incurable disease? Maybe that’s why you couldn’t be bother to be with her the day “the angels came!” She died “One day while I was not at home/While she was there and all alone.” How charming! She died alone. > > What an asshole! No joke. The POS probably missed her because he was too damn lazy to get his own beer, the fucker. If he laughed when she almost hurt herself, he probably shrieked with joy when the angels came. Although, I suspect she engineered some sort of “Living With the Enemy” escape, and some of the neighbors, who’d realized what a bastard he was, told him “the angels came and took her away.” Honey wasn’t the one who was a simpleton. Barely related: In 1969, I got a poster that had a black background, and green house (neon/blacklight paint) that was sort of a strange picture of a face and a tree and a house all as one element. It was called “The House Where Honey Lived”. Kinda creepy, and I loved it! ETA: Found it! I loves me some google! [http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOUSE-WHERE-HONEY-LIVED-BLACK-LIGHT-COUNTER-CULTURE-POSTER-1972/301268193371?\_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&\_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24641%26meid%3D48dc10cbce8447c9a41788bc3fe30bdc%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D10413%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D291201819795#ht\_22wt\_1362](http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOUSE-WHERE-HONEY-LIVED-BLACK-LIGHT-COUNTER-CULTURE-POSTER-1972/301268193371?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24641%26meid%3D48dc10cbce8447c9a41788bc3fe30bdc%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D10413%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D291201819795#ht_22wt_1362) Pretty cool for a 12 year-old kid in the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/43 "2014-08-24T07:56:48Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > \<\< clipped \>\> > Barely related: In 1969, I got a poster that had a black background, and green house (neon/blacklight paint) that was sort of a strange picture of a face and a tree and a house all as one element. It was called “The House Where Honey Lived”. Kinda creepy, and I loved it! > ETA: Found it! I loves me some google! [http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOUSE-WHERE-HONEY-LIVED-BLACK-LIGHT-COUNTER-CULTURE-POSTER-1972/301268193371?\_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&\_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24641%26meid%3D48dc10cbce8447c9a41788bc3fe30bdc%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D10413%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D291201819795#ht\_22wt\_1362](http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOUSE-WHERE-HONEY-LIVED-BLACK-LIGHT-COUNTER-CULTURE-POSTER-1972/301268193371?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24641%26meid%3D48dc10cbce8447c9a41788bc3fe30bdc%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D10413%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D291201819795#ht_22wt_1362) > Pretty cool for a 12 year-old kid in the 60s. Out of sight! I had actually done an image search looking for that very thing and you found it before I could post to say I had had no such luck! That’s one fine poster! Makes me wonder how many similar ones there must be “illustrating” songs of the day… ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/44 "2014-08-24T08:13:05Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Out of sight! I had actually done an image search looking for that very thing and you found it before I could post to say I had had no such luck! > > That’s one fine poster! Makes me wonder how many similar ones there must be “illustrating” songs of the day… It makes ME wonder how many people on this board would remember that poster! ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/45 "2014-08-24T08:16:08Z")
Of course, OTOH, the cocksucker could have murdered her, himself. It seems like something that somebody as heartless as he would pull. He seems a bit like Shakespeare’s actress who doth protest too much: “Of course, while I was away, the angels came and took her…” Of course, he can’t establish where he had been, only 'I was not at home". And, the old depression bit could totally put about by him, in his drug fueled frenzy of looking for to take the blame away from himself. “I came home and she was crying for no reason!” “She almost slipped…AND HURT HERSELF!” “Then, when it was freezing, she went outside to brush snow off of a tree!” This son of a bitch has so many stories, that it should be easy for a blind man to see. Nope. If you’re looking for the killer, you only have to look for Bobby Goldsboro. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/46 "2014-08-24T08:23:17Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Of course, OTOH, the cocksucker could have murdered her, himself. It seems like something that somebody as heartless as he would pull. He seems a bit like Shakespeare’s actress who doth protest too much: “Of course, while I was away, the angels came and took her…” Of course, he can’t establish where he had been, only 'I was not at home". > And, the old depression bit could totally put about by him, in his drug fueled frenzy of looking for to take the blame away from himself. “She almost slipped…AND HURT HERSELF!” “Then, when it was freezing, she went outside to brush snow off of a tree!” This son of a bitch has so many stories, that it should be easy for a blind man to see. > Nope. If you’re looking for the killer, you only have to look for Bobby Goldsboro. Amen to all that! Ought to be easier to prove than OJ! FWIW, your description just sounded too cool not to check out, but I never saw that poster before. Maybe others have, though, and it would be fun to hear other accounts. I wonder if Bobby reads SDMB and has a posse ready… Then again, the blame may lie with the songwriter and not Bobby. “Oh, what a tangled web we weave…” 😃 (see the link I posted at Yesterday 08:44 AM). ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/47 "2014-08-24T08:31:53Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Amen to all that! Ought to be easier to prove than OJ! > I wonder if Bobby reads SDMB and has a posse ready… > > Then again, the blame may lie with the songwriter and not Bobby. “Oh, what a tangled web we weave…” 😃 (see the link I posted at Yesterday 08:44 AM). lol! ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/48 "2014-08-24T10:57:20Z")
Little known fact: She was a groupie from Mississippi, known as [Tupelo Honey.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1snKFyZ_8-I) Continuing the sapfest: After Honey was gone, Bobby thought [Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCgP-6mzz00) Later, at the gravesite, it started precipitating (of course), so he had [Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crgtWomWg90) > [@Labdad](#): > > There are many things that make this song utterly detestable, but near the top of the list for me is the fact that the singer is a complete dick. > > His wife plants a tree and he laughs at her. Then later she “came runnin’ in all excited/slipped and almost hurt herself/and I laughed till I cried.” Really? What other misfortunes amused you? Her having an incurable disease? Maybe that’s why you couldn’t be bother to be with her the day “the angels came!” She died “One day while I was not at home/While she was there and all alone.” How charming! She died alone. > > What an asshole! After years of mistreatment, Honey told Bobby she’d been thinking of ending it and realized there must be [50 Ways To Leave Your Lover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298nld4Yfds), to which he sang out [Honey Don’t!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TMF3eK2ojY) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/49 "2014-08-24T11:49:13Z")
In addition to Honey and Light Went Out In Georgia, Russell also wrote [this lovely ear worm song.](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ee3_1337080487) ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/50 "2014-08-24T13:36:02Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I heartily endorse the Hell’s Angels interpretation mentioned earlier. Honey was in reality a seasoned LAPD Lieutenant who was recruited by the Townsend Agency to be the _real_ brains behind the operation. Charlie was just a front man. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/51 "2014-08-24T16:26:57Z")
So what happened to the dog? That puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/52 "2014-08-24T16:28:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > So what happened to the dog? That puppy. Cujo? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/53 "2014-08-24T16:33:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > So what happened to the dog? That puppy. Lives at a “farm” now. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/54 "2014-08-25T17:42:58Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > In addition to Honey and Light Went Out In Georgia, Russell also wrote [this lovely ear worm song.](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ee3_1337080487) Not having followed the thread close enough, I thought you meant Leon Russell wrote Honey. I thought :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/55 "2014-09-11T23:40:56Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Not having followed the thread close enough, I thought you meant Leon Russell wrote Honey. I thought :eek: I think he would do a great cover of it. I can just hear it now. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/56 "2014-09-11T23:45:59Z")
[QUOTE=Son of a Rich] Not having followed the thread close enough, I thought you meant Leon Russell wrote Honey. I thought :eek: [/QUOTE] > [@Ulfreida](#): > > I think he would do a great cover of it. I can just hear it now. I’ll see your proposed Leon Russell of “Honey” and raise you a proposed Tom Waits cover of “Honey”. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/57 "2014-09-11T23:51:45Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I’ll see your proposed Leon Russell of “Honey” and raise you a proposed Tom Waits cover of “Honey”. Okay, I could start Kickstarter to bribe… errr entice Waits into doing that! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/58 "2014-09-12T00:08:14Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I’ll see your proposed Leon Russell of “Honey” and raise you a proposed Tom Waits cover of “Honey”. Two words. Leonard Cohen. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/59 "2014-09-12T00:13:24Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Two words. Leonard Cohen. If we’re going that way: Louis Armstrong! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165/60 "2014-09-12T00:40:20Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > . . . Barely related: In 1969, I got a poster that had a black background, and green house (neon/blacklight paint) that was sort of a strange picture of a face and a tree and a house all as one element. It was called “The House Where Honey Lived”. Kinda creepy, and I loved it! > > ETA: Found it! I loves me some google! [http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOUSE-WHERE-HONEY-LIVED-BLACK-LIGHT-COUNTER-CULTURE-POSTER-1972/301268193371?\_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&\_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24641%26meid%3D48dc10cbce8447c9a41788bc3fe30bdc%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D10413%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D291201819795#ht\_22wt\_1362](http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOUSE-WHERE-HONEY-LIVED-BLACK-LIGHT-COUNTER-CULTURE-POSTER-1972/301268193371?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24641%26meid%3D48dc10cbce8447c9a41788bc3fe30bdc%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D10413%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D291201819795#ht_22wt_1362) > Pretty cool for a 12 year-old kid in the 60s. I have never seen that poster before but it is Addams Family spooky. Thanks for the link. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-goldsboro-honey/696165.md?page=4)