Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!

[blueflame]

Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#0

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:33pm

YIPPPEEE!!!
Honors are conductor Zubin Mehta, country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson and film director Steven Spielberg. The surprise was Andrew Lloyd Webber.

"You can't just leave a meringue once you start it!"

Updated On: 9/6/06 at 12:33 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#1

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:39pm

Yay! I will not be missing this one.

Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

[Unknown User]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#2

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:48pm

[SueleenGay]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#3

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:50pm

1978
Marian Anderson
Fred Astaire
George Balanchine
Richard Rodgers
Arthur Rubenstein


1979
Aaron Copland
Ella Fitzgerald
Henry Fonda
Martha Graham
Tennessee Williams



1980
Leonard Bernstein
James Cagney
Agnes deMille
Lynn Fontanne
Leontyne Price...

Flash forward to:

2006
Zubin Mehta (deserving)
Dolly Parton?
Smokey Robinson?
Steven Spielberg?
Andrew Lloyd Webber?


This show used to have such class.
Why not Joni Mitchell? Lily Tomlin? Robert Altman?

PEACE.

[SorryGrateful]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#4

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:53pm

Has Sondheim ever been honored? I should think that he should be before ALW.

I have no problems with Dolly being honored. I think she and her music are fantastic. And I'm still bitter about the Oscar That Should Have Been.

You promised me poems. ~Tricky

[SueleenGay]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#5

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:55pm

Yes, Sondheim has been honored. Could you imagine the uproar here if ALW received one before Sondheim?

PEACE.

[SorryGrateful]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#6

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:56pm

I figured he already had been, but I just thought I'd ask. It would have been sheer madness had he not been. Phew!

You promised me poems. ~Tricky

[Craig]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#7

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:58pm

Wait, Gerard Allesandrini hasn't been honored yet Sueleen?

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

[Bettyboy72]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#8

Posted: 9/6/06 at 12:58pm

I can't speak for other nominees, but I can't see how someone would begrudge Dolly Parton a honor and then request that Joni Mitchell or Lily Tomlin be given one. I love both Joni and Lily but Dolly has had far more of impact on music and culture than both women combined. Combined with the fact that she rose from abject poverty with nothing but a dream and talent speaks volumes about her character.

It seems like if someone doesn't fully understand the scope of an artist's life or career then they deem that they are unworthy. It sounds like the previousposter doesn't deem them worthy because they don't like them. What would make Lily Tomlin a better choice? Or even Joni Mitchell?

Like I said, I can't speak to or defend the other nominees. But if you ask a fan about Smokey or Spielberg they will tell you all the ways in which they are deserving and have had an impact.

I think honoring Dolly Parton for everything that she done and represents show A LOT of class.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[SueleenGay]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#9

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:23pm

It's a matter of opinion. I think if you ask people in the music business/arts who was a bigger influence more of them would site Joni Mitchell than Dolly Parton.

PEACE.

[papalovesmambo]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#10

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:26pm

not if you ask folks in country music, sueleen.

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pray to st. jude

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he was the gimmicky sort

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[StageManager2]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#11

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:27pm

They don't count, papa.

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Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

Updated On: 9/6/06 at 01:27 PM

[bwaysinger]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#12

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:27pm

They might cite them, too.

I would still say Dolly has had, if not bigger, then at least as big a cultural impact as Joni.
So more "artists" (and I use the quotations on purpose) are influenced by Joni. There's no denying the very large imprint Dolly has left on country music, mainstream music and entertainment, and on the lucrative bleached blond wig and breast implant industry.
So give her credit.
Plus, I can't help but love that woman. I smell a 9 to 5 movie night coming on.

[papalovesmambo]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#13

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:33pm

maybe not around here, sm2, where we're all too sophisticated to listen to, ew, country music, but someone bought the estimated 316 million albums sold in the first half of 2006. i mean besides me.

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective

[StageManager2]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#14

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:36pm

Wow. That's A LOT of CDs for one person.

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

Updated On: 9/6/06 at 01:36 PM

[blueroses]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#15

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:37pm

I think she's incredible. Congratulations to Dolly.

[bwaysinger]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#16

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:38pm

I bought two of her albums this year.

[Garland Grrrl]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#17

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:40pm

Dolly Parton is one of the greatest live performers of all time, as well as being a fantastic and prolific songwriter, talented actress and astute business woman. She is also one of the most whip-smart, quotable people in the public eye. She came from humble beginnings and has always kept a humble heart.
She is an American original.
Dolly's influence is not to be sneezed at. She is incredibly well respected in the industry.

Mind is Mantra.

Updated On: 9/6/06 at 01:40 PM

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#18

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:40pm

I also bought two this year. I own her on album, cassette, and cd and dvd.
Updated On: 9/6/06 at 01:40 PM

[blueroses]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#19

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:41pm

I especially love her collaboration on Trio with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.

[MrMidwest]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#20

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:41pm

Now if we can just get Doris Day that honorary Oscar...

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[SueleenGay]

dolly parton to be kennedy center honoree!!#21

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:42pm

Sold albums, had a huge cultural impact, influenced lots of people...
the 2007 Honorees will have to include Paris Hilton, right?

PEACE.

[Garland Grrrl]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#22

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:42pm

Doris will not leave Carmel to accept it.

Ps. Paris's CD is a bomb.

Mind is Mantra.

Updated On: 9/6/06 at 01:42 PM

[Bettyboy72]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#23

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:48pm

To delineate that Dolly has only made imprints on country music and it's fans is pure insanity. If you look at the list of women and men who have drawn inspiration from Dolly it extends far beyond country music.

The women on her tribute album all ASKED to cover a song as a homage to her. It is a diverse group indeed including Sinead O'Connor, Me'Shell N'Degeocello, Joan Osbourne, Melissa Etheridge.

Let's not forget the basics: she is at heart a female singer/ songwriter (just like Joni Mitchell) with a guitar who was never formally taught how to read or write music. She learned via "pick up."

She is an international phenomenon, a force of nature, and a gentle spirit. Don't make me even get into how she has, from day one, been a vocal supporter of the LGBT community and disenfranchised folks from all walks of life and an advocate for neglected and abused children.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[SueleenGay]

re: Dolly Parton to be Kennedy Center honoree!!#24

Posted: 9/6/06 at 1:51pm

Oh alright, Betty, you convinced me. I was just being pissy. No one really gives a rat's ass about those things anyway.

PEACE.