#92
Jolene
Dolly Parton
The White Stripes
Several years ago I downloaded a live performance of the White Stripes from a British TV show (actually it may have been a Japanese TV show) and they played their hits of the time and some B-sides. The only song I remember from that performance was a cover of Dolly Parton's Jolene.
The song which is about an enchantress who the singer thinks is going to steal her man. From the description in the song I'm pretty sure Dolly was talking about Reba Macentire.
What is great about the song is the desperation in the singers words "you could have your choice of men / but I will never love again". Its so rare to see such vulnerabilty in a song. Its refreshing.
As for Jack White it seems he is in hysterics as he pleds to Jolene. "Jolene / Jolene / Please don't take my man / Even though you can". The White Stripes have such a distinctive sound they can really make any song there own. And they have done this with Jolene.
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About this Project
My daughter Olivia is crazy for music. She loves all of her musical toys. She wears them out and the songs get stuck in my head. Her favorite singer is her Gymboree music class teacher Sean. But when we drive around and I have music on, I see her bobbing her head or tapping her little foot.
I love music and I want to give Olivia a gift of the music I love. When this project is over, two years from now, she'll still be too young to appreciate it, but down the road when she is discovering her own music and making fun of me listening to the oldies channel (or Classic Rock as I like to call it) she will be able to see that I was once passionate about music when I was younger and cooler.
The seed for this is the new Rosanne Cash album "The List" which as the story goes, her father Johnny Cash gave her a list of 100 country songs that he felt she needed to know. She recorded several of them for her album. My list is not in any particular order, so song #100 Welcome to the Jungle is no more or less relevant to song #37 whatever that may be.
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