Those Were The Days - Dolly Parton

...'day'.

For those of us with a great affection for Dolly as she was in her 1980s heyday - "9 to 5", "Potential New Boyfriend", "White Limozeen" etc - this represents a very big change. When did she ever indicate to us that she was a hippy chick with a great affection for the social justice movements of the 1960s? Well, actually, she probably sort of did it's just that as with matters of religion so with ...
...first lady of country will go on the record as saying.

After listening to the whole thing through it becomes apparent that Dolly was completely aware of how Willie became an outlaw and how Bob Dylan became the voice of a generation. Her cover of John Lennon's Imagine escapes me completely but "Crimson and Clover", " Where have all the flowers gone", "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "If I was a carpenter" ... more

Miss Parton has given some very interesting interviews about this latest project. She has been quoted as saying that this is her most reflective album ever as, though other releases like "The Grass is Blue" and "Little Sparrow", look back at the music of her childhood and the roots of Country, this album has allowed her to look at her formative years and cover the music of her 'day'.

For those of us with a great affection for Dolly as she was in her 1980s heyday - "9 to 5", "Potential New Boyfriend", "White Limozeen" etc - this represents a very big change. When did she ever indicate to us that she was a hippy chick with a great affection for the social justice movements of the 1960s? Well, actually, she probably sort of did it's just that as with matters of religion so with matters of politics there isn't all that much that the first lady of country will go on the record as saying.

After listening to the whole thing through it becomes apparent that Dolly was completely aware of how Willie became an outlaw and how Bob Dylan became the voice of a generation. Her cover of John Lennon's Imagine escapes me completely but "Crimson and Clover", " Where have all the flowers gone", "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "If I was a carpenter" are legendary.

Her collaboration are as usual top notch and Keith Urban, Norah Jones and Alison Krauss are notable.

Die hard Dolly fans will know that she has spent an enormous portion of her fortune creating opportunities for young people in the area where she grew up. This is the only possible excuse I can think of for the shmaltz of "Where do the children play"... Then again as the environmental agenda first embraced by the flower children of the 1960s becomes more important as nuclear power is again a real option perhaps the times aren't so much a'changin and Miss Parton isn't lookin back at all.  

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