Jolene

Got any interesting thoughts on a set of lyrics? Any that don't involve the word "indeed"? Find yourself struggling to decipher all those obtuse references Von makes? Read "1959 And All That" and still no clearer? Nope, us neither. Postcards found lying in a skip around the back of the Chemists can be found here... Don't say you weren't warned.
Post Reply
User avatar
Michael aka Emilien
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 131
Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 08:31
Location: Russia, Moscow
Contact:
Contact Michael aka Emilien

As far as I know, the original singer of that song is Olivia Newton-John.
So, what it is about? Love story? Neeeee... It can't be... But who knows?...

P.S. Original: http://muzudar.ru/files/0/75.mp3
markfiend wrote:I didn't compose it, I don't even remember how good it is.
Michael aka Emilien @ My Opera Community: http://my.opera.com/michael_aka_emilien
Michael aka Emilien @ My Space Community: http://myspace.com/michael_aka_emilien
Top
User avatar
eotunun
Overbomber
Posts: 3730
Joined: 06 Aug 2005, 22:24
Location: (X,Y,Z)(t)=huh!²

I thought it was by Dolly Parton!?
"These are my principles! And if you don't like the just says so, I have others, too!"
~Rufus T. Firefly
Top
User avatar
Michael aka Emilien
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 131
Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 08:31
Location: Russia, Moscow
Contact:
Contact Michael aka Emilien

I'm not very sure about it...
Is there anybody who knows?
markfiend wrote:I didn't compose it, I don't even remember how good it is.
Michael aka Emilien @ My Opera Community: http://my.opera.com/michael_aka_emilien
Michael aka Emilien @ My Space Community: http://myspace.com/michael_aka_emilien
Top
Dark
Underneath the Rock
Posts: 6605
Joined: 27 Oct 2004, 21:26
Location: People's Republic of Glasgow
Contact:
Contact Dark

It's Dolly Parton alright. Just about her husband being madly in love with a woman named Jolene, and she's begging Jolene not to take him, as she is so beautiful, she could have any man she desires.
Top
User avatar
stefan moermans
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1042
Joined: 04 Jul 2006, 22:36
Location: rotselaar, belgium

dolly it is. 8)
MUSICA È
Top
User avatar
Badlander
Overbomber
Posts: 3566
Joined: 16 Feb 2006, 20:17
Location: At the Edge of the Deep Green Sea

It's a very simple and very straightforward song. No big secret or hidden meaning here.
As to why the Girls decided to cover this particular tune, I have no idea. Maybe just because it's a nice song ? Or maybe because Von wanted to sing a song from a very girlish point of view ? A man in the same position wouldn't say "Oh please don't take my girl". He'd rather say "I kill you if you take my girl". Testosterone and all that... :roll:
I'd end this moment to be with you
Through morphic oceans I'd lay here with you
Top
User avatar
Michael aka Emilien
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 131
Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 08:31
Location: Russia, Moscow
Contact:
Contact Michael aka Emilien

Ha-ha-ha-hah!!!! Indeed! :D
markfiend wrote:I didn't compose it, I don't even remember how good it is.
Michael aka Emilien @ My Opera Community: http://my.opera.com/michael_aka_emilien
Michael aka Emilien @ My Space Community: http://myspace.com/michael_aka_emilien
Top
User avatar
lachert
Overbomber
Posts: 3142
Joined: 30 Jul 2002, 01:00
Location: is it a womb or is it a tomb?

jesus, me always think that it's about war :eek: :|
long live rock'n'roll
Top
User avatar
Badlander
Overbomber
Posts: 3566
Joined: 16 Feb 2006, 20:17
Location: At the Edge of the Deep Green Sea

lachert wrote:jesus, me always think that it's about war :eek: :|
Yeah but which one ? :innocent:
I'd end this moment to be with you
Through morphic oceans I'd lay here with you
Top
User avatar
scotty
Overbomber
Posts: 4880
Joined: 10 Jun 2005, 23:03
Location: Behind the Door.........

Wasn't about Burt Reynolds.............well..........the woman he was seeing while with Dolly Parton? :urff:
Being brave is coming home at 2am half drunk, smelling of perfume, climbing into bed, slapping the wife on the arse and saying,"right fatty, you're next!!"
Top
User avatar
weebleswobble
Underneath the Rock
Posts: 5875
Joined: 09 Feb 2006, 06:57
Location: The Bat-Milk Cave
Contact:
Contact weebleswobble

scotty wrote:Wasn't about Burt Reynolds.............well..........the woman he was seeing while with Dolly Parton? :urff:
I'm begging of you please don't take my bandit? :eek:
‎"We will wear some very loud shirts. We will wear some very wrong trousers."
Top
nick the stripper
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1732
Joined: 16 Dec 2004, 01:02
Location: Somewhere between Athens and Jerusalem.
Contact:
Contact nick the stripper

Something to do with Von not liking "cock rock".
Top
User avatar
James Blast
Banned
Posts: 24699
Joined: 11 Jun 2003, 18:58
Location: back from some place else

It's just a cover version.

Learn and move on...
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
Top
User avatar
lachert
Overbomber
Posts: 3142
Joined: 30 Jul 2002, 01:00
Location: is it a womb or is it a tomb?

Badlander wrote:
lachert wrote:jesus, me always think that it's about war :eek: :|
Yeah but which one ? :innocent:
i don't know, may be first... same rules. guys go and womens cry "oh please don't take my man"
long live rock'n'roll
Top
User avatar
pikkrong
Overbomber
Posts: 3929
Joined: 19 Aug 2002, 01:00
Location: Estonia

there was a question about that on the I Was Wrong promo CD (including an interview). cause I'm miles away from home (having some Sisters CDs with me but not the one) I can't quote.
do i drive
or am i driven
Top
User avatar
James Blast
Banned
Posts: 24699
Joined: 11 Jun 2003, 18:58
Location: back from some place else

see post #13 Indrek :(
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
Top
User avatar
pikkrong
Overbomber
Posts: 3929
Joined: 19 Aug 2002, 01:00
Location: Estonia

James Blast wrote:see post #13 Indrek :(
well, but Von's answer wasn't very different of yours - it was something like "It's just a cock rock song" or something :)
do i drive
or am i driven
Top
User avatar
canon docre
Overbomber
Posts: 2529
Joined: 05 Mar 2005, 21:10
Location: Mother Prussia

I'd think it's simply that Eldritch has a certain fondness for campy heartbroken lovesongs. (Emma anyone?) Not unlike many others who seem to the outside a bit cold-hearted and cynical. I expect a cover of "All by myself" anytime soon(ish). ;D
Put their heads on f*cking pikes in front of the venue for all I care.
Top
User avatar
originalgoth
Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 502
Joined: 05 Mar 2006, 03:15
Location: Originally from NOTTINGHAM
Contact:
Contact originalgoth

My ex GF & me named my first Honda Prelude Jolene because she thought I cared more about the car that I did her.

I do miss that Prelude.

My second Prelude was called Hector after the lead charactor of the Morrissey song First of the Gang.

I haven't got a name for the Pontiac Firebird yet.
And I ride down the Highway 101
By the side of the ocean, headed for Sunset

Black Planet according to originalGoth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hYeYgNIntQ
Top
User avatar
Esoterica
Road Kill
Posts: 99
Joined: 22 Aug 2023, 05:22
Location: Andromeda Galaxy

Dolly Parton, a legend in Country music in the U.S., is famous for “Jolene.” It’s a very catchy tune that people love to sing in at least three different keys while drunk. In Memphis. In a mobile home. But, like so many things in life, it’s all backwards. The problem is not with Jolene; the problem is with the man. There will always be more “Jolenes” for this guy, and that’s what has to be faced. Sigh. Btw, Dolly Parton’s new album, “Rockstar,” should be out by November.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Lyrics”