Actually, the cd is getting rave reviews all around, from Spin to Rolling Stone. Go Dolly!!!!
Jerry np Barbara Cook - My Father Penny wrote: > Jimmy wrote: > > <There are some lovely songs, but I > can't > believe she attempts "Stairway to Heaven"!!!.> > > Haven't heard it yet myself - can't imagine, to tell you the truth! But > below is what Robert Plant says about it. > > Penny > > NEWS - Robert Plant Praises Dolly Parton's Cover Of 'Stairway To Heaven' > 07/14/2002 > (7/14/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Among the stranger cover versions released this > year is Dolly Parton's rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven," > from her latest album Halos & Horns. Parton's version of the song, which > includes some new lyrics that she wrote for it, was OK'd by Zeppelin > principals Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. > > Plant tells LAUNCH that he's genuinely pleased with the way she treated > the song. "You know, the thing is that she's not wailing--she's keeping it > within the genre, and she's a good singer. Maybe she didn't get the last > bit properly, and maybe that's sort of how the idioms have changed so > much, that maybe it doesn't matter--maybe that's the way to do it. That's > why we did with 'You Shook Me' or 'Whole Lotta Love,' or whatever it was. > It's just trying to move it 'round a couple, 15 degrees around from > magnetic north." > > However, Plant adds that he understands how some fans can find the notion > of Parton doing any Led Zeppelin song, much less "Stairway," to be a bit > odd. "For it to be covered here, there, and everywhere, it doesn't really > matter," he said. "I mean, it's just another time now, so it's a bit like > Kylie Minogue doing 'Smokestack Lightning.' You know, it's just so kinda > odd that the artist and the elements are not in tune." > > Plant releases Dreamland, his first solo album in nine years, on Tuesday > (July 16). He accompanies it with a tour that starts Saturday (July 20) at > Rock Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin, before hooking up with the Who on July 26 > at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, for a month of opening > dates. > > -- Gary Graff, Detroit > Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes > http://autos.yahoo.com
