![]() ![]() Nah, it just sounds like 'Jolene' slowed down to 33 rpm. She’s like an ambassador from a world where hard times make you stronger, but they’re still to be avoided where you escape your past not by running away but by planting a ladder where you stand and climbing up. A song that was maybe 60rmp slowed to 33 wouldn't sound as distorted as one that was 100 originally. As she tells it, Dolly the multimillionaire and international star is a direct product of Dolly the little girl, who decided to model herself after the local hooker in the backwoods-Tennessee town where she grew up. I had a 12 inch single I listen to for weeks and thought it was the most depressing song ever until my friend came over and told me it was the wrong speed. “It costs a lot to look this cheap,” she likes to say. ![]() She’s never tried to hide or apologize for her tackiness or her self-sculpting. Even “I Will Always Love You” (lest we forget, a Parton composition long before Whitney), is both a love song and a breakup song.Īnd then there’s Parton herself, with breasts like launching missiles and the wardrobe of a seven-year-old with resources. Many of her songs float lightly on dark currents-if you scan her compositions from the past fifty years, you’ll find plenty of dying children, abandoned women, and paralyzing poverty dished up in catchy tunes and warbling tones. That’s how Dolly Parton works, both as a musician and a celebrity. Is this another build up to say that commercially successful songs are better/worse, or that there is a definite one way that music can be expressed with regards to song structure.Of course, that can be found in the original version, but the brisk clip of the performance and the chime of Dolly’s voice bounce over the concreteness of the despair. I am curious what the “definition” of shit music is, as what is shit to you may be gold to another listener. I like the White Stripes but their cover doesnt have the emotion that Dollys has. Then there was always the late night dulcet tones of Zamfir or Kenny G as they flogged off their latest instrumental set of LPs, but were they any shittier than the played out super groups of the 70s, or the New Wave inspired sounds of the 80s, or the ever present generic pop sound since the 90s? Im a 38 year old man, Miley Cyrus is not supposed to be geared towards me, but to this day, shes the only person Ive heard do justice to that song. Demento who is considered to be a purveyor of some of the finest shit music around. I grew up on much delta blues inspired rock, but at the same time when i was a pre-teen I was absolutely enamored with Dr. This gets into some seriously subjective taste, especially re: what exactly is shit. One example that made me stop and take note of might even be an interesting exercise to refer to:ĭolly Parton’s “Jolene” slowed down from a 45 to 33rpm (from her 1973 album of the same name)Īnd here why, if you are not already Reply giving a chance to a second listen to a song I would have otherwise passed on, or not listened to in the first place. This could be considered a new genre of music. ands Click this link or use promo code TJXP9 to get an extra 15¢/gal bonus the first time you make a purchase. Playing Jolene vinyl record slowed down to 33 rpm and soloing guitar on top of it. I listen more and more to CBC’s under the covers. Check out this free app that gets you cash back on gas and other err. A song that you might like/ love might say nothing to me. shit songs by whose criteria, bad lyrics? wrong voice, commercialized, in a style the listener does not like. The Forum is a free service, and much like the 'free' content on Public Radio, we hope you will support WoodenBoat by subscribing to this fabulous magazine. Awesome at the GodlikeProductions Conspiracy Forum. Jolene at 33 rpm The WoodenBoat Forum is sponsored by WoodenBoat Publications, publisher of WoodenBoat magazine. it comes across as so fake to me, that i often don’t bother giving the lyrics a chance.īut your question also makes wonder. Discussion about Dolly Partons 'Jolene'.SLOWED DOWN TO 33 RPM. Hearing a vocal treated by autotune also drives me to change the channel too. Very few songs make me want to immediately change a station if I come across it. ![]()
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