No Dolly Parton thread? Well then -- classic or hyperclassic?

Okay as long as this has been revived:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/20e1a4102aa27e25c1cd76649e780bde/tumblr_msl2snhLKF1qar3r2o1_500.jpg

layin' on the schmaltz but jesus christ how is it her voice is *still* this good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTmi6v0Sy2s&feature=youtu.be

Don't know if it's actually true, but I've been told she wrote 'Jolene' and 'Coat..' on the same day. Imagine that.

'Why do you come in here looking like that' rules forever, by the way.

Beyond classic, of course. Amazing lady.

aw man I'm such a cornball, that made me kinda teary. What a set of pipes she has.

and Rogers don't sound bad either

yeah I was pleasantly surprised by old Kenny, I expected him to sound more ragged than he does

i saw her two years ago in brisbane and she was in astounding voice and also ridiculously gorgeous, her entire band and the audience were wreathed in cartoon hearts.

Heard the slowed down "Jolene" on the radio today.

That live TV with Emmylou/Linda video was great. Have been on a Dolly buzz since I was in the Mission in SF a few weeks ago and was looking for a bar with a nice beer garden - ended up in a mostly-lesbian bar with an all-day Dolly tribute running. If you didn't like the Dolly in question there'd be a different one up in 5 minutes to sing a different (or occasionally the same) song.

Also yeah the slowed Jolene is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYHllLv_IE

Anyone wanna do a POX for tha kid

kinda wish we could here Marvin Gaye doing Islands in the Stream like the Gibbs originally wanted (no knock on the Dolly/Kenny version)

hear

argh

Hear, my dear...

there was a segment about her and Porter Wagoner on the recent Nashville episode of Drunk History; not sure how accurate of course but it was actually quite touching/she was badass

haha wait waht

I gave up on that show but would watch that

speaking as a complete dolly neophyte I was won over; actually thought this thread revive was about that

just watched it - it's not too far from the truth. actually that's one of the things I got bored with about Drunk History, it's not *wrong* enough

Anyone wanna do a POX for tha kid

― zvookster,

Sure!

Jolene
Just Because I'm a Woman
Touch Your Woman
Coat of Many Colors
The Bargain Store
My Blue Tears
The Seeker
Here You Come Again
Down From Dover
9 to 5

Dumb Blonde
Coat of Many Colors
9 to 5
The Bridge
(posting youtube cuz this song is fucked up and so great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93phyqr_BRE)
Jolene
I Will Always Love You
As Steady As the Rain
Anything's Better Than Nothing
Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
My Tennessee Mountain Home

It's super hard to hate on Dolly, who is awesome - got an autographed album cover hanging to my left as I type - but per her voice, she's been pretty open about using some degree of sweetener and canned vox live. "It's not to fool you, it's to entertain you," goes her line of reasoning.

Um...

http://gawker.com/oh-god-dolly-parton-what-are-you-doing-1447971263

what is the best dolly parton compilation out there please

i've got the essential dolly parton, its awesome, but i havent compared it to any others

http://marcelmarceau123.svbtle.com/mimin-dolly

The Essential has pleased me almost ten years.

she really deserves a quality box set; the closest is (duh) from Bear Family: http://www.bear-family.de/blog/BearWordPress_EN/2014/02/07/dolly-parton-porter-wagoner/

I've gotten by with a lot of downloads+vinyl scouring (primarily because my favorite stuff is from her pre-disco period - although there is plenty of great stuff during and after that as well)

altho I should point out that Bear Family box is all w/Porter and doesn't cover her (also great, possibly greater) solo material from the same period

The Dolly box set is pretty damn great.

you mean the 4-disc one?

yes. Sorry, I should have clarified.

yep that four disk one is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fxVvvHRhs

What I love about Dolly is not whether or not she's actually playing the sax (um ...) but that she recognized that there is a time and place for everything, and that that was the perfect time and place for "Yakety Sax."

There are some clear lip-synch fails towards the start of that televised Glastonbury set.

"My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what is real is my voice and my heart." - Dolly Parton, 30 June 2014

Who gives a fuck. Is there really anyone who thinks Dolly cant really sing? I mean maybe she cant belt em out anymore and if so whatever she is old but she has 50 years of beautiful singing behind her its not like she's some talentless ingenue that's been faking it and hoodwinking the audience this whole time.

i'm thinking at this age there might be a few of the higher register faster songs where she has a bit of "help", but there are definitely only a few - seen her twice in the last few years and there's been definite adlibs in middle of songs, slightly missed notes, improvs reacting to crowd etc. and both shows have been amazing.

and also, who gives a fuck?

i'm more frazzled about the fake boobs thingy

my point is that Dolly lip-syncing at this stage of her career is not really similar to, say, Ashley Simpson lip-syncing.

baaderonixx she had a reduction at one point and then i believe had a bit of extra work done some time after that, but no, the large-osity is famously real

yeah I don't think you could even get fake boobs like that in the late 60s

Happy 70th bday!

happy bday

but jeez with everything going on lately i was worried for a second

So she and Bowie were the same age?! Doesn't seem possible.

But happy birthday, Dolly. You're underrated and underappreciated.

Trying to buy "Little Sparrow" as a present for someone but it seems curiously difficult to find... in the UK, that is.

... on CD, that is (again).

I probably think about this Ebert and Siskel exchange about Dolly Parton every month and should probably do it more often. pic.twitter.com/SySz9ydMnm

— Vinegar Mike 🏳️‍🌈 (@VinegarMike) February 11, 2019

As hyperclassic as her covers.

Last fall, former President Barack Obama told Stephen Colbert that he was "shocked" Dolly Parton hadn't gotten a Presidential Medal of Freedom during his time in office. "That was a screwup," he said. "I think I assumed she had already got one."

Now, the country icon says the Trump administration offered her the honor, not once but twice — and she turned it down both times. "I couldn't accept it because my husband was ill, and then they asked me again about it and I wouldn't travel because of the COVID," she said in an interview with the Today show.

Only two weeks into his term, President Biden has not yet announced any new Medal of Freedom recipients. But Parton says she'd be hesitant to accept a possible third offer. "Now I feel like if I take it, I'll be doing politics, so I'm not sure."

And, she added, "I don't work for those awards. It'd be nice, but I'm not sure that I even deserve it. But that's a nice compliment for people to think that I might deserve it."

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Dolly Parton has re-recorded her hit song 9 to 5, in a Super Bowl ad for Squarespace, as "5 to 9," as an ode to having a side hustle https://t.co/tmfbUbJqaA

— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) February 2, 2021