Posted on 04/02/2024 1:41:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber
I had never heard her before, so I went to YouTube and listened to half of her rendition of Jolene. It had all the emotional impact of someone reading names from the telephone book (for those old enough to remember those).
“Don’t take my man but Jolene, I don’t give a damn. Guess he’s yours if you want him, Jolene.”
She’s got lots of awards and has sold a jazillion records which may be evidence our society deserves to fail.
So what revenge has been gotten on “Pat Boone”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-qHJ-Y0JXA
No one has had the guts to remake “Speedy Gonzales” in a while.
I like that and their other songs. Fun!
Dolly has gone so libtard she probably doesn’t even care
Dolly is a national treasure. Besides being singularly talented, she seems like a person one would enjoy just sitting and talking with.
Only, she’s not Whitney
^^^This^^
Not by a long shot. Stay in your lane, Beyoncé
Loved it! Where are they now?
I actually prefer Beyonce’s take. Never cared for Dolly’s helpless victim tale.
Cultural appropriation
Up until the early 1990s, country music seemed to be fading into obscurity until it was rescued by the likes of artists like Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, and Clint Black.
Now I detest Garth Brooks but I do concede that he was a major part of putting country music back in the mainstream. In fact, Boston had three country stations by 1993, where before they had zero for quite a while.
Now it is usually cringy however, when pop stars try to "go country" in order to cash in on the resurgence of country music. About 20 years back, Alan Jackson had a song called "Gone Country" which perfectly encapsulates the phenomenon of fading pop stars putting out country albums.
The Beyonce album described here is utter dreck. Her kick off single was "Texas Hold'em" which is so awfully bad, with it's "hoo's" and "ha's" that I have to jump out of my shower, soaking wet, to change the station if it comes on during a shower.
However, country stations, especially "The Highway" on Sirius/XM, plays her music out of an apparent obligation to give the black woman a chance. Country music fans are actually being called "racists" on social media for hating on this music. I really don't care the color of the artist if the songs are good. But if they are bad, black or white, I hate hearing them.
Walker Hayes is a good example of a white country artist I absolutely loathe. For example his "Applebees" song ("Fancy Like") is so over-the-top and so condescending that I also had to jump out of my shower to change the station when it was getting all that airplay a few years back.
Not only are they good, they’re FUN! They energized everybody—true showmanship.
Let Thunder Thighs have her way.
I didn’t hate it. She changed the words, but she did a good job overall.
Thanks for the mammaries
That was cute!!
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