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She's one of those crossover performers, such as Kenny Rogers and Taylor Swift who escape Country music as a genre and get mass appeal. Whenever I comment abo
by PaulHoule 2mo ago
She's one of those crossover performers, such as Kenny Rogers and Taylor Swift who escape Country music as a genre and get mass appeal. Whenever I comment about a Dolly Parton song playing in a public place I hear things like "She's a national treasure!"
- jimmySixDOF 2mo agoHer cover of Stairway to Heaven is definitely crossover at its best
- tomcam 2mo agoOh. You weren't kidding! It's good. They avoid all the traps, like not trying to outdo Jimmy Page's guitar solo.
- pseudosavant 2mo agoDefinitely my favorite version of that song!
- stasomatic 2mo agoIt's nice but the original hits more raw to me. Perhaps because I heard it first ages ago. There was a kerfuffle about the song's provenance a few year ago. I am a fan of covers, like Johny Cash's NIN "Hurt" or Marylin Manson's Depeche "Personal Jesus". If anyone has faves regardless of the genre, please share.
- jihadjihad 2mo agoThe Band’s cover of Springsteen’s “Atlantic City” is superb, particularly the addition of the accordion. A band called Lake Street Dive has a phenomenal cover of Hall & Oates’ “Rich Girl”. Scary Pockets is a group with rotating artists (formed by Patreon’s founder/CEO), their covers of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” and Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” are two I return to frequently.
- kevin_thibedeau 2mo agoRogers crossed over into country.
- mikestew 2mo agoMy ex-wife was a big Kenny "The Country Version" Rogers fan. I chuckle to myself every time I watch The Big Lebowski and hear Rogers singing his psychedelic "Just Checked In" and wonder what the ex would think of his origins.