Thanks, man. I love that song

In reply to this comment by rasch187:
*promote

>> ^paul4dirt:
hmm never saw her before although i've heard her music. what a terrible outfit (and makeup, and, hmm everything, apart from the singing obviously)


You gotta remember, this was in the 70s. Good song though.

"^you've NEVER heard of Dolly Parton?"

errrr, no i have.

"hmm never saw her before although i've heard her music."

i listened to her songs, and knew who she was, i just never saw her in a picture or moving pictures.

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^you've NEVER heard of Dolly Parton? wow..

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Dolly Parton, Jolene, live' to 'Dolly Parton, Jolene, live, 70s, 1974' - edited by swampgirl

i am just glad that nobody found out i have "Little Sparrow" and "The Grass is Blue" by Dolly Parton and they are two of my favourites.

>> ^MarineGunrock:
1) Reuben Studdard - Shining star
2) Jem - Finally woken
3) hooverphonic - Jackie Crane
4) Love and Rockets - no big deal
5) Dolly Parton - Dark as a dungeon
6) Bloodhound Gang - The bad touch (That one was easy!)
7) Drain stf - I will follow
Gorrillaz - Dracula
9) Adrian Belew - Elephant talk
10) Godsmack - VooDoo (also an easy one)
Where's my cookie?

Here you go

1) Reuben Studdard - Shining star
2) Jem - Finally woken
3) hooverphonic - Jackie Crane
4) Love and Rockets - no big deal
5) Dolly Parton - Dark as a dungeon
6) Bloodhound Gang - The bad touch (That one was easy!)
7) Drain stf - I will follow
Gorrillaz - Dracula
9) Adrian Belew - Elephant talk
10) Godsmack - VooDoo (also an easy one)

Where's my cookie?

"It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." -- Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton's cover of this: http://www.videosift.com/video/Dolly-Parton-Live-SHINE-collective-soul-cover

"It all comes down to opinion"... true-story!

Did you check out the 'Jolene' cover? Their non-linear, bluesy cover vs. Dolly's lock-step original is maybe a good example of whats cool about Meg and Jack White's stuttery drums-guitar-vocals minimalism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEbh0SWandU
http://www.videosift.com/video/White-Stripes-Jolene-Dolly-Parton-cover-live-on-Conan


I play the drums, and have in the last 4 or 5 years really learned an appreciation for drummer-as-compliment to the tone of the rest of the band. This is opposed to where my first love of the drums came from (metal and funk music, where the drums are very often the star).

I was thinking about this a week ago listening to an Interpol album. Their drummer is great, and has some interesting and difficult stuff, but never seems showy or draws much attention to himself.


In reply to this comment by JAPR:
(No worries about being too surly, we're all defensive about the music we like. )

I understand the premise of the White Stripes, but I feel as though there are just so many better bands (to me) in the same general sound area, mainly the originals. Jack has some pretty good guitaring skills, there's no denying his ability to write catchy riffs. I personally don't enjoy his voice, and the overly simple drumming just makes it even harder for me to enjoy them. I'm not a drummer myself, but even the least skilled drummers I know of in the bands that I listen to have far more variety of style and a higher skill level than she does. I didn't really mean to say that she needed to be "professional," just that the lack of variety in the rhythm drags down the song, in my opinion.

It all comes down to opinion, in the end, really. Musical quality is entirely subjective and is based only off of how much the individual listener enjoys it.

Oh, by the way, I did watch the entire clip, I just didn't enjoy it quite enough for an upvote.

oh, and I also addressed the "Meg sucks/I can play drums better!" comments directly on an old post, http://www.videosift.com/video/White-Stripes-Jolene-Dolly-Parton-cover-live-on-Conan

This is a truely amazing cover. I love stuff like this. I wonder if there is a video for Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway to Heaven....

no go.

Anyway, yeah, this is right up there with that one, and Johnathon Coulton's Baby Got Back. Great find!

what on earth could be confusing about the mother knowing her daughters answer so well that she herself is mouthing it ? like dolly parton in the movie 9-5, she knew her and everyone elses lines so well that you can see her mouthing other peoples lines while they talk.