― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 March 2007 10:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Surmounter, Friday, 23 March 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link
have been listening to dolly parton all day (and the great trio record). it's cool to suddenly step into about 7 acres of beautiful music.
― Dominique, Thursday, 30 August 2007 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
her recent bluegrass record is AWESOME
― chaki, Thursday, 30 August 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
The demo of "My Blue Tears" is better than the studio version.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 30 August 2007 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey, which is the better album: The Grass is Blue or Halos and Horns?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 30 August 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
is anybody bummed that she feels the need to have all that shit done to her face?
― QuantumNoise, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i have only heard grass is blue, and I like it.
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.
― Dominique, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
and Trio record is greatness
― Dominique, Friday, 31 August 2007 03:20 (sixteen years ago) link
The demo of "My Blue Tears" is better than the studio version. ysi??
― Lingbert, Saturday, 8 September 2007 03:26 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree re: surgery. doesn't bother me in the least. she seems like the coolest woman ever.
and the music, wow. subtle and moving at the same time that it is incredibly poppy and fun.
trio is breeeaaaataking!!!
wee listened to Hard Candy Christmas on xmas night the other night, and it was just perfect. perfect.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 27 December 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Getting sued by your own fans for lip syncing your entire show, classic or superclassic?
― Siegbran, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link
what??
― Surmounter, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
???
― I know, right?, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Lingbert, Saturday, 8 September 2007 03:26 (3 months ago) Link
― Lingbert, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
Is Jack White involved?
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 14:56 (sixteen years ago) link
i certainly hope not
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Sanneh gave it thumbs-up on Sunday.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard "Baby I'm Burnin'" for the first time last week.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks!
― caek, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
Dolly Parton vs. Google. Sorta.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 November 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
― thunda lightning (clotpoll), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 04:39 (fifteen years ago) link
it's like tim buckley or something
― schlump, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
no
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 July 2009 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
that is a much better analogy than the rappers.
― fakeducks, Saturday, 11 July 2009 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
holy cow
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
er nevermind
― go Nick go! Scrub that paint! Scrub it!! Yeah!! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
It almost made my top ten that year.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
"The Bargain Store" is my new favorite.
― Blue Fucks Like Ben Nelson (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link