The country queen spares no criticism when hearing weak versions of her compositions, but confesses that Whitney Houston made her stop the car
“I accept anyone,” she told the magazine American Songwriter In 1990, demonstrating its opening for other artists to record their compositions. “I am always flattered when someone records my songs, even if they change them.” But this generosity has clear limits when it comes to the quality of the end result. The composer does not hide her visceral reactions by hearing certain interpretations: “Some of my songs, when I hear someone do them, I have contradictory feelings. I think ‘wow, how great, I never thought of listening to it’ or ‘my God, ruined this song’.
Even when the result does not please, PARTON maintains a pragmatic perspective on the music business. “But as a songwriter, you are still glad you have done it, no matter how it was. You’re glad someone liked your song enough to record it,” he explained. Brutal honesty comes when she confesses her business preferences: “I think those I would like to record my songs now are those who are successful and make me make more money.”
Among all versions of their songs, one stands out as a watershed in the career of PARTON. In 1992, when Whitney Houston launched his sweeping interpretation of “I Will Always Love You” (One of the favorite compositions of the Dolly), the composer’s reaction was physical and overwhelming. “My heart started beating very fast and when she arrived in ‘I Will Always Love You’when it opened and realized it was my song, it was completely overwhelming, ”he recalled on the program The Oprah Conversation (via Yahoo).
The emotion was so much that PARTONwho drove when he heard the music on the radio, had to stop the car. “I was so full of adrenaline and energy that I had to touch, because I was afraid to hit the car, so I stopped as fast as I could to hear the whole song,” he said. “I couldn’t believe how she did that. I mean, how beautiful it was that my little song turned into it, so it was really important.”
Own Dolly also ventured into the territory of others, recording versions of classics such as “Blowin ‘in the Wind”, “My Girl” and “Stairway to Heaven”. The latter was a personal choice motivated by the taste of her husband, Carl Dean. “He loved it,” she said in the book Dolly: The Biography. “He said,” You know, I’m very surprised. I didn’t want you to embarrass yourself, but it was good. And different. ” Domestic approval, it seems, is worth as much as any professional criticism for the undisputed queen of American country.
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Source: Rollingstone
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