#dolly parton's coat of many colors

[villainesses]

i fucking love this movie

[hard--headed--woman]

This song makes me cry everytime. It's honestly one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I absolutely love it ; Dolly Parton is a genius

[fayegonnaslay]

Dolly Parton in Joelton, Tennesse.

Photographed by Jim Herrington in December 1997.

[0rb0t]

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

fell asleep with the dolly parton bear

[personal-blog243]

Slightly disappointed that the song “9 to 5” is still the go to idea of a radical leftist communist anthem when most people easily gloss over any of the vaguely radical sounding lyrics and turn it into an apolitical, de-fanged love letter to middle class, suburban, boomer, conservative, republican, white women with cushy, salaried, air conditioned office jobs. 🙄

There are better country, rap, gospel, blues, and rock songs that address leftist themes better.

Even “coat of many colors” does a better job of addressing poverty (in a cutesy romanticized way)

[primeministerofantarctica]

like i'm not big on celebrity worship but it is so wild to me that everything swifties claim to love about taylor, dolly parton has already done ten times better

[thatwritererinoriordan]

[culturevulturette]

Back through the years I go wanderin' once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my momma put the rags to use...

[quitecontraryy]

Back through the years

I go wonderin' once again

Back to the seasons of my youth

I recall a box of rags that someone gave us

And how my momma put the rags to use

There were rags of many colors

Every piece was small

And I didn't have a coat

And it was way down in the fall

Momma sewed the rags together

Sewin' every piece with love

She made my coat of many colors

That I was so proud of

[villainesses]

first thing i thought of when dolly parton announced her makeup line

[libinih28]

"perhaps because I rejoice in what I have, and dont bother about what I haven't"

-- Leo Tolstoy

"one is poor only if they choose to be"

-- dolly parton 💛

[rickyschrodertribute]

Ricky Schroder, Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors”, 2015 interview

[creature1959]

🦋 Miss Cookie Dolly Parton!!! 🦋 This maybe the best cookie run thing I ever did she's the so beautiful. 💕

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Sierra Ferrell - “Coat of Many Colors”

Sierra Ferrell’s reverence for Dolly Parton is evident in her cover of “Coat of Many Colors.”

Recorded and released as an Amazon Original to celebrate Parton’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it finds Ferrell leaning heavily toward the Parton side of her voice, while still sounding like herself.

The arrangement, too, hews closely to Parton’s original without resorting to mere copying. And when her bandmates’ voices join Ferrell on the chorus, the result is sublime.

Just in case Ferrell’s awe isn’t obvious in the track, she issued a statement in which she called Parton “so generous and kind” and marveled at her concern for others.

“I’ve admired pretty much everything about Dolly Parton since the first time I heard that one-of-a-kind voice,” Ferrell said. “From her work ethic, to how she balances her personal and professional life, to how she’s helped pave the way for women in music; she inspires on so many levels.”

The way things are going, some young singer is likely to say similar things about Ferrell sometime in the future.

Grade card: Sierra Ferrell - “Coat of Many Colors” - A

Hear it here.

11/22/22