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Dolly Parton: 'I have a song called Just a Wee Bit Gay. It's a great little
dance tune.' Photograph: Pablo Gianinazzi/EPA
DollyPartonhasrenewedherdesiretoreleasea
dancealbum"atsomepoint"soon,statingthatshe
hasrecorded"severalsongsthatareverypositive
towardsthegaycommunity".
"Iwouldliketodoadancerecord,"thecountry
legendconfirmedatapressconferencelastweek."I
haveasongcalledJustaWeeBitGay.It'sagreat
littledancetuneit'sfunnyandit'sgotalotofcomic
init.Idowritealotofsongsalongthoselineswith
peoplethataredifferentandarejustthemselves."
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WeeBitGay."Aftershereleaseshernewcountry
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neverknowwhichone'sgoingtocomeupfirst,"she
explainedtoQMI."Ihavedonealotofdancesongs
andIwillputthatoutattherighttime."Againshe
drewaconnectionbetweendancemusicandhergay
fans:"IhavealotoffansthatlovetodanceIhavea
hugegayfollowing."
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mostlovingattentionofherfivedecadecareer.
Boostedbyaperformanceatthisyear'sGlastonbury
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LuDux22
Rednex style?
If it hadn't been for silicon job
I'd been retired long time ago
Where did I come from where did I go
Where did I come from silicon job
Not true, but funny
15 July 2014 8:50am
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liberalcynic LuDux22
Give it a rest. She makes far better jokes about her appearance than that.
15 July 2014 9:46am
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LuDux22 liberalcynic
I know, I read her statement
15 July 2014 10:54am
2
liberalcynic LuDux22
She's funny and talented and also extremely shrewd, I suspect. Too readily
15 July 2014 11:46am
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Haigin88
"...."I would like to do a dance record," the country legend confirmed at a press
conference last week. "I have a song called Just A Wee Bit Gay......."
She's cool ('9 To 5' is a brilliant film; 'Jolene' is a stupendous song and she's a great
song-writer in general) but she definitely knows where to panhandle.
15 July 2014 9:49am
3
liberalcynic Haigin88
Her (original) version of I Will Always Love You is sweet, sad and
understated - so much better than Whitney Houston's overblown effort,
which appeared to be mainly about showing how loud she could go.
15 July 2014 10:00am
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panpipes liberalcynic
Houston had great pipes but no sensitivity. Her bel canto style aria version
of Dolly's sweet, heart-felt love song is a virtuoustic marvel but it has no
heart.
15 July 2014 4:44pm
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kahalaman
It's hard not to love Dolly Parton.
More of an alt rock guy, but have to give her respect...
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15 July 2014 1:44pm
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chrisf242
Time to dust off the AutoTune used by Cher and give it to Dolly.
15 July 2014 2:32pm
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Buddy Guy
Uh, she's got a gf...so I guess that counts as a "wee bit gay"...
15 July 2014 4:08pm
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andynyc
Is this her way of gradually coming out? She's getting a little old to be coy about it.
But the country music scene can be quite unforgiving of gay or lesbian honesty.
After Chely Wright came out, most all of her country gigs dried up. But what has
Parton got to lose at this point?
15 July 2014 6:20pm
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