“Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging of you please don't take my man.” This versus is from the classic song “Jolene.” “Jolene” is an original by Dolly Parton, even though, thousands of artists have their own renditions of this famous song. Worldwide, people have fallen in love with the song “Jolene” because of the relatable lyrics of infidelity and Parton’s powerhouse of a voice. The punk rock band, White Stripes, were inspired by the song so much so they decided to cover “Jolene”, but made the song their own by adding their own style, beat, and raw emotion.
Dolly Parton’s 1973 iconic “Jolene” is a tale about a woman pleading her husband’s mistress to stop seeing him because she knows she can't compete with her beauty. Even though,
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The band formed in late 90’s and their music mixed classic blues with gothic punk-rock. In the White Stripes’ rendition of the song “Jolene”, the main vocalist, Jack White, blows the audience away with an emotionally, gut-wrenching performance. White’s raspy high pitched voice coupled with multiple voice cracks brings audience members to the brink of tears. Between every high pitched “Jolene”, White’s desperation and heartache is unmistakable through his emotional delivery of this iconic song. The audience can relate to his heartbreak with each note he powerfully executes. White wasn’t in perfect pitch throughout the entirety of his performance, but his off-pitch voice is thick with emotion which makes his rendition uniquely different from the Parton’s …show more content…
They have endured years of practice in order to perfect their voices and create their own unique style of singing. Parton’s perfect-pitch delivery of “Jolene” showed that she definitely practiced her vocals and body movements. However, in White’s rendition of “Jolene”, his intense, raw emotion oozes from every note he belts out. White’s raw performance of “Jolene” creates a depressing and tragic undertone. White’s passionate performance is obviously rehearsed, however, his raw emotions of anger and despair seem to be an unconscious
Dolly Parton is so much more than what people see her as. She is much more than a “Barbie doll,” that is why I am going to inform the class about Dolly Parton’s early life, her career, and about information that most people do not know about her. Additionally, I want to make the class more familiar with some of Dolly Parton’s most sensible words, which serve as valuable quotes to live by. I want people to know how wonderful Dolly Parton is so that less people will possess negative opinion about her. Dolly Parton proves that there is so much more to people than just their looks.
The entertainment Dolly Parton’s dinner show provides is outstanding. Everyone’s ticket includes a pass to the Dixie Belle Saloon Opening Act plus the main attraction. The Dixie Belle Saloon Opening Act is a pre-show featuring four-time National Banjo Champion Gary “Biscuit” Davis and Mountain Ruckus. The band entertains the audience with gospel and bluegrass classics along with child friendly comedy. Meanwhile, the performers are putting on their costumes and getting
The lyrics of the song tell a story which was extremely similar to many women’s during the war. They describe a woman who learns that a loved one (presumably her husband) is missing in action in the Vietnam War after being shot down. Six weeks later she receives a letter stating that her loved one is dead. What follows is a description of receiving her loved one’s body and medals for his participation in the war along with the comments by many that she should be proud that he served in the war. The repetition of the lyrics “and they tell me that I
Logan had played it for Darlene on the phone not more than twenty hours ago, and despite how much it had killed her to hear something from the man she still loved intended for the woman of his dreams, Darlene had been honest with him about how touching the song was. She’d also assured him that Ashley was going to go crazy over
What is remarkable about Four Women is the skillful yet overt approach to dealing with a sensitive construct. The song is
Dolly is one of the few entertainers that will follow a song from start to finish being the songwriter, the singer, and producing the songs for album production.
Josephine Baker reached the height of her fame during the 1920s, however, she still was not able to speak about her work and explain what her performances were trying to convey. This left the audience to decipher the performances for themselves, while doing so this highlighted the racism that was still apparent in France. In Phyllis Rose’s book ‘Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time’ She shows quotes from the tabloids saying, “We can’t find a way to tie the scenes together, but everything we’ve ever read flashes across our enchanted minds...glimpses of enormous steamboats swallowing clusters of Negros who carry rich burdens”. (Rose, 1991) The Parisians visiting Bakers show at the Revue Negre interpreted her show based on what they understood Africa to be. Baker was able to make a lasting impact with her unique look and style and was able to entertain crowds with her “rubber legs” (Rose, 1991) and “crossed eyes” (Rose, 1991) during a time in which racism was the norm. While “she did not exercise complete control over her own image” (Jules-Rosette 2007) she used the stage as a way of expressing herself which she could not do with her voice. In doing so Baker has influenced many performers today. Most notably she inspired Beyoncé Knowles.
Katherine Bergeron’s book, Voice Lessons: French Mélodie in the Belle Epoque, approaches French art song in a new and unique way, making it an invaluable resource for art song scholars and performers alike. Bergeron’s goals for this book are primarily abstract in nature; she aims to tell a story “about that French sound, both what it was and how it got that way” (viii). To achieve her vision, Bergeron examines the mélodie through a variety of different lenses, including musical, vocal, aural, linguistic, literary, scientific, philosophical, and cultural angles.
Music,music has so much power over us it makes us feel all these emotions and makes us act bit different when we're listening. The song that makes me fell like I have a lot of energy is "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson. The first time I heard the song was when I was seven years old my dad wad the person who showed me the song. When I first heard it I immediately fell in love with it. Ever since that day, I loved the artist and my favorite song has always been "Billie Jean". "Billie Jean" is a song that inspires and motivates me to play soccer.
This song written and originally released artist Otis Redding in 1965. It wasn’t until 1967 that this song became a hit when R&B Aretha Franklin sang it. The song itself has the perfect features of a pop song and more importantly is was a song that was perfect for a political movement theme. One of the most important messages that is being delivered is that a black and strong woman was seeking respect: “All I'm askin' Is for a little respect when you get home (just a little bit)”. Additionally, Aretha Franklin was showing her power towards men: “What you want, Baby, I got it”.
By the age of 6 I knew I wanted to sing and that is what I did. Everyone knows me as the girl with the blond wig but what about the person behind the wig? When I was growing up it was really hard becauseof the fact that my family lived in poverty. I always wanted to do music and by the age of 6 I was singing live on WIVK. In high school I was in the marching band. By the time I finished school I went straight into music by moving to Nashville to follow my dream. I wanted to be a well known singer in country music. I may be a famous country singer but did you know I also had depression and thought about killing myself? However, that did not stop me from singing and making music.
The song "U.N.I.T.Y." by Queen Latifah, released in 1994, is a hip-hop song with a theme about the harassment, domestic violence and sexist slurs against women, black woman to be specific. Should “U.N.I.T.Y” be considered literature, specifically is it a poem? I think that every song, no matter what the genre is free verse poetry. However, this artist and song are important in the hip-hop as literature genre movement because of both the artist’s credibility and the message that she is delivering.
An analysis of the key literary elements in “Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn and “Jordon’s Water hammer” by Joe Mastroianni clearly illustrates the main characteristics and classification of the dystopian genre.
Firstly, I choose the album Coat of Many Colors because of my strong love for country music. Dolly Parton is a well-known household name, and in my house is a name that is cherished. I personally believe that the 1970’s was one of country’s finest years, where the era produced many top hits. An example of one of these top hits is Parton’s Coat of Many Colors. The album also invoked my interest is learning about the ways that Parton changed country music. It is inspiring to hear about a strong female figure making her own career in a patriarchal society. This invoked my interest in the album, learning about the effects that this album had. Overall, I feel as this album personally spoke to me and intrigued me.
Comprehending her lyrics, one may perceive from the understanding that her intended audience is actually anyone who may be feeling the same way as her and the effect in which she wishes to have upon them is to be like her in the