yeah I was pleasantly surprised by old Kenny, I expected him to sound more ragged than he does
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
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.
― estela, Friday, 20 September 2013 02:02 (ten years ago) link
Heard the slowed down "Jolene" on the radio today.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 20 September 2013 05:42 (ten years ago) link
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
― B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Friday, 20 September 2013 07:23 (ten years ago) link
Anyone wanna do a POX for tha kid
― zvookster, Friday, 20 September 2013 10:39 (ten years ago) link
kinda wish we could here Marvin Gaye doing Islands in the Stream like the Gibbs originally wanted (no knock on the Dolly/Kenny version)
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 September 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
hear
argh
Hear, my dear...
― came the time he flipped his lid came the time he flipped his lid (snoball), Friday, 20 September 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
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
― anonanon, Friday, 20 September 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
haha wait waht
I gave up on that show but would watch that
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 September 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
speaking as a complete dolly neophyte I was won over; actually thought this thread revive was about that
― anonanon, Friday, 20 September 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
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
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 September 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
― zvookster,
Sure!
JoleneJust Because I'm a WomanTouch Your WomanCoat of Many ColorsThe Bargain StoreMy Blue TearsThe SeekerHere You Come AgainDown From Dover9 to 5
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 September 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Dumb BlondeCoat of Many Colors9 to 5The Bridge(posting youtube cuz this song is fucked up and so great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93phyqr_BRE)JoleneI Will Always Love YouAs Steady As the RainAnything's Better Than NothingWhy Don't You Haul Off and Love MeMy Tennessee Mountain Home
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 September 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 September 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
Um...
http://gawker.com/oh-god-dolly-parton-what-are-you-doing-1447971263
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 18 October 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
what is the best dolly parton compilation out there please
― lex pretend, Monday, 30 June 2014 06:41 (nine years ago) link
i've got the essential dolly parton, its awesome, but i havent compared it to any others
― just sayin, Monday, 30 June 2014 09:04 (nine years ago) link
http://marcelmarceau123.svbtle.com/mimin-dolly
― piscesx, Monday, 30 June 2014 11:26 (nine years ago) link
The Essential has pleased me almost ten years.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 June 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
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)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 30 June 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
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
― Οὖτις, Monday, 30 June 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
The Dolly box set is pretty damn great.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 June 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
you mean the 4-disc one?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 30 June 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
yes. Sorry, I should have clarified.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 June 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
yep that four disk one is awesome.
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 30 June 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fxVvvHRhs
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 04:06 (nine years ago) link
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."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 04:37 (nine years ago) link
There are some clear lip-synch fails towards the start of that televised Glastonbury set.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 08:26 (nine years ago) link
"My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what is real is my voice and my heart." - Dolly Parton, 30 June 2014
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 09:57 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
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?
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
i'm more frazzled about the fake boobs thingy
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
my point is that Dolly lip-syncing at this stage of her career is not really similar to, say, Ashley Simpson lip-syncing.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
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
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
yeah I don't think you could even get fake boobs like that in the late 60s
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
Happy 70th bday!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
happy bday
but jeez with everything going on lately i was worried for a second
― nomar, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
So she and Bowie were the same age?! Doesn't seem possible.
But happy birthday, Dolly. You're underrated and underappreciated.
― Meat Sheet (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
Trying to buy "Little Sparrow" as a present for someone but it seems curiously difficult to find... in the UK, that is.
― Bottlerockey (Tom D.), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
... 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
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 February 2019 03:14 (five years ago) link
As hyperclassic as her covers.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 February 2020 02:37 (four years ago) link
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."
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."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
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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
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
yeah saw she was losing twitter today
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
Side hustles: Classic or Dud?
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
would she have accepted a Dolly Pardon?
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
Dolly is really getting baconed these days
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
9 to 5 is le epic socialist anthem
― Left, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link