The Dolly Parton Appreciation Thread

[Princeton78]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 12:32pm

This woman is incredible.
She is a singer, a songwriter, an actress...an overall entertainer.

She is best known for singing (and for her rack), but gave wonderful turns in films such as '9 to 5' and 'Steel Magnolias.'

She wrote the heartbreakingly beautiful 'I will always love you,' 'Coat of Many Colors,' and a current favorite of mine, 'Travelin' Through' from the soundtrack of 'TransAmerica.'

I think she was robbed 2 weeks ago at the Oscars. Listening to her song from TransAmerica, really shows her depth as a song writer and her ability to really understand the film she is writing for.

Let's share some Dolly love!

[katygrace84]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 12:37pm

I currently have spies watching those "It's Hard Out Here For Pimp" clowns. No worries, Princeton darling. Dolly will have her Oscar.

[Pippin]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 12:37pm

dolly is amazing. I still listen to her christmas album with kenny rogers every year. it is one of my favorites!!!

I also think she was robbed at the awards, but it's not like she needs another award.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 12:46pm

Oy. How, how, HOW could you forget "Rhinestone Cowboy"?

[Princeton78]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 12:46pm

Hellooooo...
She needs an OSCAR.

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 1:25pm

I adore Dolly and always have. She has written some of the most beautiful, amazing songs in music history:

Jolene
Coat of Many Colors
Here You Come Again
I Will Always Love You

She is a true entertainer and as sweet as they come.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 1:36pm

one of the all time greats. i will not tolerate sh*t talking dolly in my presence.

Updated On: 3/16/06 at 01:36 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 1:43pm

LOVE her! Nine to Five! Steel Magnolias! Best Little Whorehouse in Texas!

She's terrific!

[DG]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 1:51pm

If more people shared her genuine warmth, caring heart and pure soul the world would be a much better place.

[fflagg]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 2:09pm

Her best single performance? "Starting Over Again" a track from the 1980 album DOLLY DOLLY DOLLY. She did not write it but Donna Summer did.

The cut proves that Dolly is a singer and an actress and that Donna is a helluva songwriter.

The two of them should collaborate on something.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 2:26pm

no, Tennessee Mountain Home is her best......loves me some Dolly, the only thing exciting about the Academy Awards

I must make one catty comment, I do feel her face will fall off long before Joan Rivers' will.....

[javajuly]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 2:37pm

Here's some love for Dolly! I thought she was robbed, too.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 2:43pm

Dolly looks MUCH better than Joan, I think.
but, I will say fo them both: kudos for not pretending they're not up to multiple face pulls. I say, if you want it, go for it, just don't pull yourself into a whole new you and then lie about it.
Dolly looks hot for 60! Who cares if she paid for it or not?

[Glebb]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 3:45pm

"But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennessee."
I LOVE DOLLY!

[BT]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 3:50pm

"You would be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!" Dolly Parton

[NCGuy]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 3:51pm

Do you guys remember seeing Dolly at Tammy Wynette’s memorial service a few years back (it was televised on C-span)? Several stars performed songs, but most of them were so distraught they were barely getting through their numbers. Well, here comes Dolly, dressed all in white, and within five minutes she had raised the mood of the whole hall in a celebration of Tammy’s spirit. It was just beautiful.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 3:55pm

Dolly exudes the kind of charisma that few people have and shows with every appearance why she was a household name back when country music was Country and Western and didn't sound one bit like most popular music.
Take note, Faith Hill.

[BT]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 4:00pm

I remember a great Today show moment where Katy Couric complimented Dolly's hair and without missing a beat Dolly said, "Well, Kaaaaayteeeee, you are welcome to borrow it sometime!"

[NCGuy]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 4:20pm

Back in my bar trash days, my “gettin’ ready to go out” song was Dolly’s “Potential New Boyfriend” (and when I crawled home, drunk and alone at 4:00am, it was “Single Bars and Single Women”).

God bless Dolly.

[orion59]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 6:34pm

Someone recently sent me this article:

According to an interview in The LA Daily News, the upcoming Dolly
Parton musical 9 to 5 is headed for Broadway next fall. In addition,
a musical based on Parton's life may also come to The Great White Way
in upcoming years.


"We've been workshopping (9 to 5)," according to the star, who also
stated that "for years I've been writing my life story as a musical.
I've got lots of pieces and want to get that all together. That's not
in the works as far as going on Broadway just yet, but I have lots of
people interested. So I'm excited about that, and I think that would
be a wonderful way to tell my life story and still leave some open
ends for the rest of it."


Parton, who starred in the hit 1980 office comedy on which 9 to 5 is
based, will pen the musical's score.

9 to 5 will boast a book by the film's Patricia Resnick (she came up
with the story and co-wrote the screenplay with director Colin
Higgins). When the musical was announced in August of 2005, Tony
Award-winner Joe Mantello (Wicked, Assassins, Take Me Out) was
announced as a prospective director. Robert Greenblatt, the president
of entertainment at Showtime Networks, Inc., will produce the
musical, for which the draft of a book and songs are already written.

While no casting decisions have been made, 9 to 5 would most likely
feature a cast of around 25; Resnick has stated that a workshop will
precede the Broadway run. Parton, who played Doralee Rhodes in the
film (and whose title song was nominated for an Oscar), does not
intend to star in the show. She was joined by Jane Fonda and Lily
Tomlin in the popular movie--they played three secretaries who turn
the tables on their sexist pig of a boss.


Resnick and Parton, rather than updating the musical with cell phones
and laptops, are keeping it set in 1980. The musical will also
feature more romance than did the movie, and secondary characters
have been expanded.

Resnick's other screen credits include the TV films "Hell on Heels:
The Battle of Mary Kay," "Sex, Lies and Obsession," and "The
Expendables" and her feature film screenplays include Straight Talk,
Maxie and A Wedding. She adapted her 1979 teleplay "Ladies in
Waiting" into a musical (with the help of Alan Poul and Jonathan
Sheffer); it received summer stock and regional productions in
Illionois.


Parton is a multi-Grammy Award winner whose songs include "Here You
Come Again" and "I Will Always Love You." As a screen actress, she
has appeared in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone,
Steel Magnolias and Resnick's Straight Talk; she has also contributed
songs to such films as Norma Rae, Rhinestone and Pink Cadillac.
"Travelin' Thru," which she wrote for Transamerica, is currently up
for an Academy Award.


For more information, visit www.dollymania.net.

[morosco]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 6:51pm

I think Dolly Parton would make a wonderful Dolly Levi.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 7:20pm

I love her! She deserved that Oscar! She deserved it in 1980 too!

I LOVE her in 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias.

I can't wait for that Musical of hers to hit the broadway stage!

[junglered]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 7:53pm

Love Dolly! I've seen her in concert several times - she is the consummate entertainer. Dolly is very appreciative of the success she has experienced and always remembers where she came from. She gives much back to the folks and the economy in East Tennessee.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 3/16/06 at 9:19pm

How funny---I saw this thread while I was listening to the second "Trio" cd---Dolly has been one of my favorite performers for years. She's a genuine person, nothing "fake" about her---and I mean that in a very nice way. She speaks her mind, and wouldn't harm a soul. I, for one, think the world is a better place with her in it!!

[donna_darko_23]

Posted: 3/17/06 at 12:08am

Go Dolly! She gets lots of props for simply going out there and singing her heart out at the Oscars and not have crazy interpretive dance **** in the backgroud.
When I was watching the pre-show Joan Rivers was talking to her and Dolly said, "The only real thing about me is my heart." It was a funny comment.