Dolly Parton

I adore Dolly!

@RuggyPeg What has my age got to do with the price of chips?

I was in and out of the room while the documentary was on. IIRC she's written more than 3000 songs. The remark above about her never working 9-5 is laughable. She has clearly worked insanely hard all her life and she comes from a very poor farming family. 9-5 job would be a cushy number in comparison. She's great.

Timberoo, how old are you?

She’s very tongue in cheek about her own image - ‘it costs a lot of money to look this cheap’.

I love Dolly. She is surely one of the greatest living songwriters. So many great songs both for herself and others. ‘Joelene’ is one of my favourite songs.

She also famously turned down Elvis when he wanted to record ‘I will always love you’ because he wanted her to give up the rights. She is clever and strong despite her image.

I think she’s great - and she's never hidden that she has had a lot of work done, which I think is honest. She works hard. She can play loads of instruments. She has done good work for literacy and hasn't forgotten her roots. She may not be perfect, but she's got a pretty good idea of what she stands for. I have a lot of time for her.

Thanks for this thread OP btw. Refreshing.

Probably!
I've never seen a man apologise for having a dick and the testosterone to go with it.
I avoid the feminism board usually, as to me, we all have to grow balls etc according to most posters here.
Why can't we show our tits proudly and use our femininity? Men use their masculinity!
I'm quite happy to use what God has given me. And he surely has given us more than he's given men to be fair. ;)

She is the epitome of feminism. Maintaining her femininity while being strong

I'm a big fan of country alt/country and I've always had the impression there is a definite sisterhood amongst its female performers.

She is the epitome of feminism. Maintaining her femininity while being strong. I think some people think we as women have to renege on our femininity in order to be feminists. The clue is in the name really...

She's interesting, on the one hand she seems to make a real point of not saying or doing things that will alienate or offend people needlessly. She doesn't really take sides politically, or religiously, or anything like that. But she manages to always seem like she's true to her beliefs, you never get the impression she's taking a stand to be seen by others, or will change her view due to public pressure.

She seems to have a strong line between her public and personal sphere, she has a strong sense of both what she owes to fans, and what she ows to herself. And she sets a high bar in both cases.

I find the plastic surgery etc kind of weird but I appreciate that really it's none of my business and she doesn't give two hoots what I think.

The idea that she isn't talented is laughable. She's considered an amazing songwriter, and a great businesswoman and performer, and by all accounts she works really really hard.

You're just a step on the bossman's ladder.

Wisest words spoken in my generation.

She has one song that breaks my heart (not sure if she wrote it herself) it's called My Jeanie's afraid of the dark.

Here it is, but expect to cry... She did write it incidentally

I will always love..her.

She has a great work ethic. Bizarrely, I never knew she had a husband lol!

Dolly is seriously kick arse. A proper role model for my young daughters amongst a terrifying sea of shit influencers.

We have a saying in this house: WWDD - what would Dolly Do?

It's on Catchup BBC2

She is mostly known for her big boobs and singing style
No offence, but that statement just makes you sound a bit ignorant. Here's a critique from a professional musician

She is brilliant, my 9yr old daughter absolutely adores Dolly. If anyone hasn't seen Dumplin' on netflix you need to it is such a feel good film.

What documentary? Is it available on catch up?

A brilliant songwriter as well. I heard she wrote Jolene and I will always love you on the same day (don't know if it's true or not).

Absolutely adore her!

Dolly’s fab!

David Brent on Dolly's philosophy

She is mostly known for her big boobs and singing style

Country music/alt country is actually an extremely collaborative genre, particularly for women

For example Parton is a very old friend of Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt and made 2 albums with them. But generally country musicians collaborate with and support each other in a way which doesn't happen in other genres. Emmylou Harris would probably have never had a career after Gram Parsons died had it not been for the encouragement of Ronstadt.

YouTube is awash with amazing joint performances by Parton/Harris/Ronstadt/Iris DeMent/Lucinda Williams/Bonnie Raitt/KD Lang/Loretta Lynn/Roseanne Cash/Nancy Griffith to name just a few big names.