tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599675.post9195511179078458150..comments2023-09-12T00:03:13.226+10:00Comments on Melbourne Dreaming: I've gone a bit country since I met you, baby*melbourne dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044717713978744095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599675.post-61019166810050864362007-04-23T14:02:00.000+10:002007-04-23T14:02:00.000+10:00i come from the same 'former indie snob' pedigree ...i come from the same 'former indie snob' pedigree as you, MD, and i have a very healthy respect for dolly parton. i was listening to her recently and (lyrically if not visually) she is a feminist! and some of the songs she wrote are beautiful - like jolene.susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744492864469645634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599675.post-35257819035750292007-04-20T08:40:00.000+10:002007-04-20T08:40:00.000+10:00I was raised on country music (well, when I was wi...I was raised on country music (well, when I was with mum: it was all Kenny Rogers and Slim Dusty...) so while I think I'll never like it, I do have some healthy respect for the greats of the genre. And "Barbie" Parton is one of them. Jolene is a great song - if I had a dollar for the number of times I've belted that one out in the shower...<BR/><BR/>And hey, I like to think that, at some point, you can be so UNcool that you're almost cool again. Let me live with this delusion :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780117278793200615noreply@blogger.com