![]() ![]() 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. I am curious what the “definition” of shit music is, as what is shit to you may be gold to another listener. 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? 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. ![]() I listen more and more to CBC’s under the covers. 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. 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. Hearing a vocal treated by autotune also drives me to change the channel too. Or perhaps Jolene is one hot female-identified tomato, and as far as the singer’s man’s concerned, his pastor and his granny can go to hell! Jolene’s the only one for him.Very few songs make me want to immediately change a station if I come across it. Perhaps the singer’s man craves the comfort of a more socially acceptable domestic situation. Or maybe the singer and his man live in a place where same sex unions are frowned on. Jolene’s prodigious feminine assets could also prove worrisome to a gay man whose bisexual lover’s eye is prone to wander. Parton told NPR that women are “always threatened by other women, period.” The pain is the same, but the situation in much less straightforward, thanks to blurrier gender lines. In the slow ass version, it’s plaintive and sad. In the original version, the irresistible chorus wherein the soon-to-be-spurned party invokes Jolene’s name again and again is plaintive and fierce. Wouldn’t it be wild if she grew up to be a bank teller? Yes, the kid had red hair and green eyes. Parton was so taken with the child, and her unusual name, that she resolved to write a song about her. Dolly Parton - Jolene (33 rpm rejiggle) Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - The Peasant Nick Drake - Poor Boy Bread - Look What Youve Done The Delfonics - Didnt I Blow Your Mind This Time Brenda Lee - Im Sorry LaBelle - When the Sun Comes Shining Through (the Ladder) Reply. Nah, it just sounds like 'Jolene' slowed down to 33 rpm. Jolene was a pretty little girl who attended an early Parton concert. A song that was maybe 60rmp slowed to 33 wouldn't sound as distorted as one that was 100 originally. I don’t believe we’ve got that kind of money.’ So it’s really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one.įor the record, the teller’s name wasn’t Jolene. It was kinda like a running joke between us - when I was saying, ‘Hell, you’re spending a lot of time at the bank. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. Discussion in Music Corner started by enocaster, Aug 18, 2013. ![]() Home Forums > Discussions > Music Corner > Dolly Partons Jolene 45 played at 33 sounds fantastic. In an interview with NPR, Parton recalled a red-haired bank teller who developed a big crush on her husband when she was a young bride:Īnd he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. Rushs Closer to the Heart 45 sounds like Tom Jones at 33 1/3. The song is somewhat autobiographical, though the situation was nowhere near as dire as listeners might assume. Instead, she appeals to Jolene’s sense of mercy: Apparently she also knows better than to raise the subject with him. ![]()
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