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Cover to Cover: Whitney v Dolly

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  • Two versions of the same song.

    Listen to both without prejudice and say which you prefer and why. No other versions allowed.

    The 1974 original by Dolly Parton was written about her professional break up with TV show host Porter Wagoner

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKsQR72HY0s

    The song was covered by Whitney Houston, cousin of Dionne Warwick, for the 1992 film The Bodyguard and was a huge hit.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU
    I thought I'd give the Whitney one another listen in the interests of fairness.

    My ears are still bleeding.
  • bobmunro said:
    If you're looking for one genre then most definitely rooted in the blues.

    But the reality is that they varied their style - heavy rock one track, followed by country/folk - and then followed by pure delta blues. All three and more genres could appear in a single track. 

    Page described it as wanting to produce 'light and shade'. 

    They were very special in my opinion also - as special as it is possible to be.

    Jazz, by the way, can be roundly dismissed as rubbish - unless produced in a home studio.
    Bob, Bob oh Bob. Must be a tongue in cheek comment about jazz.
    You are surely writing off some of the greatest and influential jazz musician of all time.
    Billy Holiday, Miles Davis, Stan Getz etc. etc.
    If you are referring to Jazz studio productions, Blue note is arguable recognised  as the premier jazz producers since the end of the1930s.
    As a boring aside.   
    When I was younger, fitter and healthier, I was determined to experience Jazz at its highest level in the world and spent many years traveling and listening to Jazz in London, New York and Australia.
    Also blues in the Mississippi Delta down highway 61.
    This thread concerns Dolly Parton and I've listened to country music in the Smokey mountains.
    So there you are.
    Love it, Jazz, country and Blues so whatever genre it 'floats your boat' enjoy it.   

  • Bob, Bob oh Bob. Must be a tongue in cheek comment about jazz.
    You are surely writing off some of the greatest and influential jazz musician of all time.
    Billy Holiday, Miles Davis, Stan Getz etc. etc.
    If you are referring to Jazz studio productions, Blue note is arguable recognised  as the premier jazz producers since the end of the1930s.
    As a boring aside.   
    When I was younger, fitter and healthier, I was determined to experience Jazz at its highest level in the world and spent many years traveling and listening to Jazz in London, New York and Australia.
    Also blues in the Mississippi Delta down highway 61.
    This thread concerns Dolly Parton and I've listened to country music in the Smokey mountains.
    So there you are.
    Love it, Jazz, country and Blues so whatever genre it 'floats your boat' enjoy it.   

    Yes it was.
  • I think when you write it, you can do what the **** you want...  :D
    Well, I'd hope she was able to, though I suspect record company bosses were asking her to make it as polished and smooth as it is. It's great, don't get me wrong, but I'd expect a "Grass is Blue" type treatment to do the song more justice. 
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