Dolly Parton and Jessica Simpson: What a pairSomeone, somewhere told Jessica Simpson to don some turquoise jewelry, some cowboy boots and a big ’ol belt buckle to make the leap from flailing pop singer to country music star. It was probably the same person who told her to pucker her lips and get her brewski on with a no-name beer called Stampede Light, but that’s not the point. The point is that Jessica Simpson is a country music singer now, and her new album features a duet with Dolly Parton that has some seriously bizarre lady-lovin’ lyrics.
On the title track, Jessica sings to Dolly: "Lying here beside you in the dark/I feel the steady rhythm of your heart/Feel your face against my shoulder/Breath upon my skin/Embers barely smoldered/I make love to you again." Then she and Dolly join their voices: “Do you know how beautiful you are here in the afterglow ... Do you know how much it means to me/The way you make me feel/Like I could soar the heavens/Gathering shooting stars/Place them in a bouquet/In a rainbow-studded jar." Simpson’s new album, and indeed this very song with Dolly, is called Do You Know? Do I know what exactly, Jessica Simpson? That “Nothing in the world compares to this/The way our bodies fit/The way we kiss” in reference to another woman? Yeah, I know. Do you know? (I’m thinking probably not) Listen to Jessica and Dolly’s duet, and let us know what you think.Submitted by on August 29, 2008 - 3:00pm. |
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Do you know?
Yes I do! Very dykish... But I prefer 9 to 5 :)
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wow
I wonder if she is trying to save her career by creating lesbian country? Or at least thinking she is leading the charge? I alsways wanted to produce a Country verison of tATu. But I am evil.
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If there had been *anyone*
If there had been *anyone* other than Jessica, I would have been excited. Because I really love Dolly, and it's cool that she does a "lesbian" tune. The song is kinda forgetable though. And Jessica doing the "lead singing"? No thanks...
LOL
Haha
I love Dolly Parton but...
I see this as a way for the record companies to initiate Simpson into country music.
What better way to bring attention to this than to have Dolly Parton duet with her.
The Jessica and Dolly Duet ... I Like It!
What a cool country song. Both ladies sound great.
I think that saying this song has "some seriously bizarre lady-lovin’ lyrics" is really trying to create smoke where there's no fire. Like a lot of duets, the performers are just singing with each other, not necessarily to each other.
Several other examples of this can be found on Anne Murray's new album "Duets: Friends & Legends" -- A Love Song with K.D. Lang, Could I Have This Dance with Amy Grant, Nobody Loves Me Like You Do with Dawn Langstroth, You Needed Me with Shania Twain, etc.
Hmm..
As much as I hoped this would be a 'lady loving subtexty song', I just don't see it. To me it isn't as if Dolly and Jessica are singing to eachother- but with eachother. As if Jessica is singing this song to someone and Dolly is backing it up just like any other song. *shrug* Just my take.
Maybe when the video comes out, we'll see what they really were going for. I have a feeling- even if they were trying to go for the girl on girl card in the song- the video would just be single shots of each of them frolicking in a field somewhere.
Why?
What a strange combination, surely Dolly doesn't need to be paid off to sing with JS so why would she do that? Maybe for the same reason why Madonna made an album with Pharell (but on a slightly different hipness scale)? And look how that turned out (Madonna's worst album ever) (except for give it 2 me of course :-))...
But hey, if it gets people to listen to Dolly Parton's excellent last album Backwoods Barbie it's all good for me (because then at least I won't feel so alone anymore in my Backwoods Barbie adoration). :-p
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huh
Jessica is so not worthy of
Jessica is so not worthy of Dolly!
O....M.....Country GOD!....
WTF was that?!?!?
Dolly should fire her manager.
How truly bizarre
For the life of me I can't figure out why Dolly would duet a love song with Jessica. It's apparent that they aren't singing to one another, but with each other. But why a love song on all things?
I love Dolly
Having been raised in the eastern part of Tennessee myself, I love Dolly, and she does very little to make me question her motivation. But I'm really stumped about why she would do this duet. It's not like she needs the money. I know she likes to help the down-and-out, so I'm guessing that maybe Jessica Simpson is her latest cause.
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