― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 16:55 (9 years ago) Permalink
dolly parton thoughis one of our very bestsongwriters ever
talk about someonewho's still trying new stuff nowforty years later!
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:04 (9 years ago) Permalink
― atomic horseradish (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:05 (9 years ago) Permalink
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― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:08 (9 years ago) Permalink
Hey now, that tribute album Kozelek coordinated gives me a new respect for the man.
I am listening to "The Bargain Store" right now and damn that's a good song.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:09 (9 years ago) Permalink
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― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:12 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:34 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:41 (9 years ago) Permalink
― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 17:48 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:02 (9 years ago) Permalink
..And she was great on Saturday Night Live - when she told folktales her mamma used to tell her and her siblings, about Hoss and Little Joe ..
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:07 (9 years ago) Permalink
There's a good ep in last year's album.
― dylan (dylan), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:09 (9 years ago) Permalink
Knew about her back? I wanna know about her front! HI-YO!
― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:11 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:36 (9 years ago) Permalink
― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:41 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:48 (9 years ago) Permalink
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― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:51 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:54 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 19:16 (9 years ago) Permalink
Oh, does anybody know the best comp to get??????
Well, this one I just got is called Ultimate Dolly Parton, release date this year, hour long. But those who know her work better might suggest something else.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 19:17 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 19:47 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Mike Salmo (salmo), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 20:18 (9 years ago) Permalink
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:13 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:14 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Felcher (Felcher), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:17 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Felcher (Felcher), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:18 (9 years ago) Permalink
Remind me to have you killed.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 21:19 (9 years ago) Permalink
― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 23:24 (9 years ago) Permalink
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― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:33 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 05:35 (9 years ago) Permalink
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― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 07:38 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 09:00 (9 years ago) Permalink
Sally Timms does a nice version of "Down From Dover." When I saw her a few years ago, she prefaced it by recounting a fantasy of running off to be lovers with Dolly and resting her head on Dolly's breasts.
One of my friends has interviewed her several times for assorted publications. One time, while they were walking and chatting, she turned a corner ahead of him and rammed his elbow with her breasts. "Oops," she said, "I didn't leak on you, did I?"
And the log-cabin reproduction at Dollywood of her childhood home is affecting despite the cheesiness, because you stick your head in there and try to imagine a couple of grown-ups and 10 kids all running around and it really is kind of amazing and it does tell you something about her resilience and also her affection for the place.
"Coat of Many Colors" made me all misty-eyed when I was a kid. (er, still does, actually.)
― spittle, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 09:35 (9 years ago) Permalink
Amazing film, stellar soundtrack!
― Kevin Erickson, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:28 (9 years ago) Permalink
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― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 23:07 (9 years ago) Permalink
hmmm. interesting. what would she leak I wonder?
― bakhtin, Thursday, 13 November 2003 07:39 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:47 (9 years ago) Permalink
what??
― Surmounter, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
???
― I know, right?, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
Oh this might not have made the intl press but a few thousand people who attended her Rotterdam (i think) show are trying to get their 80 euro back after discovering obv lip syncing.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
I haven't heard about that, but seems to be a common complaint on her recent tour.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
The demo of "My Blue Tears" is better than the studio version. ysi??
-- Lingbert, Saturday, 8 September 2007 03:26 (3 months ago) Link
― Lingbert, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
all the plastic surgery stuff -- it's strange, because for someone else, it would seem freakish, but something about dolly parton just seems so normal and grounded that she could do almost anything, and I would still think she was pretty cool.
I saw her on Larry King, and a caller asked if she'd had any work done. Without missing a beat, she said, "Hey, whenever's something saggin', baggin', or draggin', I gotta do what I can." Brilliant.
Major props for including "Imagine" in her sets when pro-war sentiment was at a fever pitch ('02-'03).
― Sara Sara Sara, Thursday, 27 December 2007 19:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
new album - "Backwoods Barbie" on Dolly Records
apparently it's her first mainstream country record in 15 years
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 14:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
Is Jack White involved?
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 14:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
i certainly hope not
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 15:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
Sanneh gave it thumbs-up on Sunday.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 15:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
It's my favorite album of the year so far, for whatever that's worth. (And I've never been an absolutely huge Dolly fan either, for whatever that's worth, though I've loved some of her songs in the past, for course -- mainly the poppier ones, like "9 to 5" and "Romeo" etc. Reviewed the new one for emusic, but review's not up there yet.)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 15:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
I pretty much like the straight country Dolly, around '70 on RCA. The new one--the songs where she's dispensing homilies I can do without, but "I Will Forever Hate Roses" and "Only Dreamin'" I like fine. What can you say about her, but I never really liked listening to her that much, about as much as I like to listen to Yoko Ono. Her new one isn't terrible, anyway. I talk to Dolly here
― whisperineddhurt, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 16:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
I heard "Baby I'm Burnin'" for the first time last week.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
which album should I start with? is there a good greatest hits, or do I need to work my way through albums?
― caek, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
The two-disc Essential comp is exactly what it promises, although it's got too many blah 80s numbers.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
thanks!
― caek, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
Idols singing Parton songs this week...I've only heard a few songs, but i'm youtubing her catalog now, and it's so goddamn great! I'm listening to an amazing live version of "Down from Dover" right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xal27WBGC4M
― Tape Store, Friday, 28 March 2008 07:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
Dolly Parton vs. Google. Sorta.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 November 2008 18:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
― thunda lightning (clotpoll), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 04:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
it's like tim buckley or something
― schlump, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 05:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
Is Hannah Montana's Aunt Dolly Gay? Tue., Mar. 24, 2009 1:48 PM PDT by Marc Malkin
Hannah Montana's Aunt Dolly is not a lesbian.
Well, at least the country legend who plays her isn't.
Dolly Parton knows that she's been the target of gay rumors for years and years because of her close relationship with lifelong best friend Judy Ogle.
And once again, for the umpteenth time, she's setting the record straight...
"We're absolutely totally honest, open and comfortable with each other," Parton says in the new issue of AARP magazine. "We've been accused of being lovers. We do love each other, but we've never been like that." (For the record, Parton has been married to her retired businessman husband, Carl Dean, for 43 years!)
― velko, Thursday, 26 March 2009 07:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
is the dolly parton vs loretta lynn good vs evil thing codified? dolly as the blonde wronged wife vs loretta as the raven world-weary other woman? e.g. "jolene" vs "coal miner's daughter" albums. east vs west coast w country songstresses?
― fakeducks, Saturday, 11 July 2009 01:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
no
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 July 2009 01:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
well i'd like to officially codify it then.
that done, "here i am" is a stone cold classic. i can't stomach pop dolly.
― fakeducks, Saturday, 11 July 2009 03:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
you are mistaking Dolly & Loretta for Betty & Veronica, which is sooooo wrong.
― A Fox TV Executive With Nothing To Lose (Dr. Superman), Saturday, 11 July 2009 05:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
that is a much better analogy than the rappers.
― fakeducks, Saturday, 11 July 2009 14:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
holy cow
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
er nevermind
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
i went to dollywood last month. i saw the actual Coat Of Many Colors. i almost cried tears of joy.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 00:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
Backwoods Barbie, despite the kinda awful title, is really great. The FYC cover works better than the big pop covers on the bluegrass trilogy (e.g. "Shine", "Stairway").
― Euler, Thursday, 28 January 2010 10:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
It almost made my top ten that year.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
And deservedly! I don't remember hearing of the songs on country radio in 2008, which is a pity. The songs would have sounded totally normal there.
I'm listening to the new box set now. Even her greatest hits albums were in disarray before this, in that there are so many of them that you might get stuck with rerecordings if you're careful (for instance, of "I Will Always Love You").
― Euler, Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Well, the country old guard doesn't get played much except new old guard member George Strait.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
You're right, but in Dolly's case I'd think there's room for an exception; never mind her extraordinary musical talent, she's a household name without compare in country.
― Euler, Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
been loving "love is like a butterfly" lately. ignored it for being to sweet for a long time, but there's some little turns in the melody that are fantastic and keep me glued.
― andrew m., Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
"The Bargain Store" is my new favorite.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
love that one too!
― andrew m., Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
The really early sides on the box set are eye-opening; her voice was quite different on the first two songs, much higher. And the sound of the songs in the first half of that first disk is more like "Dumb Blonde" and the song "Don't Drop Out" (that you might know from the One Kiss Leads To Another Rhino box set from a few years back). That's to say, more girl group than honky tonk. Her range as an artist is broad (no pun intended), more like Ray Charles or Aretha Franklin than Merle Haggard or George Jones.
― Euler, Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
"the bargain store" is great. uses an a-minor/g-major progression similar to "jolene," she likes those minor chords.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
my parents saw dolly at merlefest the year she put out that bluegrass album and LOVED her - they weren't expecting much one way or the other but they said she sang her heart out and had great stage presence, made light of herself and her "assets" continually until no one could hold them against her, and just basically won over a crowd of bluegrass purists who were probably ready to hate her guts at the slightest misstep...
i didn't really realize "here you come again" was her - i always liked that tune, maybe i should dig up some of her other stuff
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
Your digging will be amply rewarded.
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west---or at least, when I hear this song from 1975, on disk 3 of the box:
― Euler, Thursday, 28 January 2010 16:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.omgblog.com/2010/08/omg_a_dolly_parton_fashion_sho.php
― I drink your milksteak (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 August 2010 21:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/v/LNcDXOemlRA&border=1&color1=0xcc2550
― I drink your milksteak (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 August 2010 21:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
pure gold. now i know what to wear to a hog roastin' or maybe a rooster fight in the country.
― jed_, Friday, 27 August 2010 21:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love her new album!
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 21 July 2011 13:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK so I am finally getting around to listening to The Grass is Blue, which I copied off my Mom on my last visit. This is my first time listening to Dolly other than on the radio.
First song fucking SLAYS, then side 1 sags for awhile until 'Steady As the Rain' and 'I Still Miss Someone' (a song which I'll listen to anyone's version of, frankly). Then 'Silver Dagger' fully kills it and holy crap the lyrics and affect of 'The Grass Is Blue'. This album has more than its share of awesome.
― QUOTE sampling at a higher rate UNQUOTE (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
Grass is Blue and Little Sparrow are both great, I think I prefer the latter more except it has that Collective Soul song on it which, even though she acquits herself admirably with her take, is just such a shitty song.
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
The Grass is Blue is awesome in stretches.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
"Heartbreaker" is generic L.A. crap but wow her performance.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 December 2012 00:58 (5 months ago) Permalink
i saw her in brisbane last year, she was completely wonderful.
― estela, Saturday, 1 December 2012 01:24 (5 months ago) Permalink