{"id":15153,"date":"2025-04-17T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=15153"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:53:17","slug":"3-times-dolly-parton-tweaked-cover-song-lyrics-to-stay-true-to-her-career-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=15153","title":{"rendered":"3 Times Dolly Parton Tweaked Cover Song Lyrics to Stay True to Her Career Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Country legend Dolly Parton has built her decades-long career on toeing the line between raunchy and respectable, which means that while she\u2019ll happily explain that she acquired her style from the \u201ctown tramp,\u201d she also abides by a strict career rule not to use profanity, reference illegal substances, or talk down about others in her lyrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-19\">\n<h2 id=\"video-header\" class=\"g1-delta g1-delta-2nd g1-collection-title\">Videos<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is a relatively easy rule to follow when recording and performing her thousands of original songs, but cover material is a different story. Parton has covered countless popular hits from all genres. However, she\u2019s had to make a few lyrical amendments to meet her standards.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-please-please-please-by-sabrina-carpenter\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cPlease Please Please\u201d by Sabrina Carpenter<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper video-seo-youtube-embed-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-player\" data-id=\"YiQ7qiL73aI\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-embed-loader\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"YiQ7qiL73aI\" aria-label=\"Load YouTube video\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-player-play\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please ft. Dolly Parton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YiQ7qiL73aI\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pop star Sabrina Carpenter is no stranger to a raunchy lyric or two, famously juxtaposing sugary sweet vocal melodies with gut-punch lyrics like,\u00a0<em>I beg you, don\u2019t embarrass me, motherf*****<\/em>. When the \u201cEspresso\u201d singer\u00a0collaborated with Dolly Parton\u00a0on her hit, \u201cPlease Please Please,\u201d\u00a0Parton had to lay some ground rules for their duet. \u201cShe can talk a little bad now and then,\u201d Parton told\u00a0<em>Knox News<\/em>. \u201cI told her, I said, \u2018Now, I don\u2019t cuss, I don\u2019t make fun of Jesus, I don\u2019t talk bad about God, and I don\u2019t say dirty words on camera.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of Carpenter\u2019s original\u00a0<em>motherf*****<\/em>\u00a0line, the musical duo changed the lyrics to,\u00a0<em>Heartbreak is one thing, my ego\u2019s another, I beg you don\u2019t embarrass me like the others<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-after-the-gold-rush-by-neil-young\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cAfter the Gold Rush\u201d by Neil Young<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper video-seo-youtube-embed-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-player\" data-id=\"ykMzS6ugnPI\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-embed-loader\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"ykMzS6ugnPI\" aria-label=\"Load YouTube video\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-player-play\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trio - After The Gold Rush (Official Music Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykMzS6ugnPI\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt joined forces in the 1990s for two\u00a0<em>Trio<\/em>\u00a0albums, which featured original and cover material that showcased the musicians\u2019 impeccable vocal harmonies and stylistic range. Their second album,\u00a0<em>Trio II<\/em>, includes Parton\u2019s \u201cDo I Ever Cross Your Mind,\u201d Randy Newman\u2019s \u201cFeels Like Home,\u201d and Neil Young\u2019s\u00a0\u201cAfter the Gold Rush.\u201d\u00a0The latter track is an incredible version of Young\u2019s stark piano and French horn song from the album of the same name, but Parton had to modify the lyrics slightly.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of Young\u2019s original lyrics,\u00a0<em>There was a band playing in my head, and I felt like getting high<\/em>, Parton, Ronstadt, and Harris sing,\u00a0<em>There was a band playing in my head, and I felt like I could cry<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-house-of-the-rising-sun-by-the-animals\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cHouse of the Rising Sun\u201d by the Animals<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper video-seo-youtube-embed-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-player\" data-id=\"NmrrAxS3z7I\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-embed-loader\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"NmrrAxS3z7I\" aria-label=\"Load YouTube video\">\n<div class=\"video-seo-youtube-player-play\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The House of the Rising Sun\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NmrrAxS3z7I\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In some instances, Dolly Parton and her songwriting rules have led her to change lyrics in order to inform the narrative more plainly. Such was the case for her rendition of\u00a0\u201cHouse of the Rising Sun,\u201d\u00a0a traditional folk song made famous in 1964 by the Animals. Parton included a version of the iconic song on her 1980 album\u00a0<em>9 to 5 and Odd Jobs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But unlike the Animals\u2019 version that presented the song from a male narrative, Parton revised the lyrics to emphasize what the song is actually about: a female sex worker struggling with the challenges of her life path.\u00a0<em>My father he was a gambler, mother died when I was young, and I\u2019ve worked since then to please the men at the house of the rising sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country legend Dolly Parton has built her decades-long career on toeing the line between raunchy and respectable, which means that while she\u2019ll happily explain that she acquired&#8230; 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