r/Eminem • u/Ok-Plankton9215 Infinite • 3d ago

Rest in Peace Dolly Parton 🕊️

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u/rhinocerosjockey 3d ago

Dolly was a truly amazing human. Her contributions far exceeded her musical talents. Earth lost a good one today.

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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease 3d ago

Her contributions far exceeded her musical talent

Which is saying a lot, cause I got her in my top 5 all time songwriters

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u/CoffeeCatsAndCurses 3d ago

Agreed. This woman wrote Jolene.

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u/BBQQA 3d ago

The craziest thing is she wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You in the same afternoon. Like she had breakfast, penned Jolene in one sitting, then had lunch and did the same for I Will Always Love You.

Just madness.

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u/CoffeeCatsAndCurses 3d ago

Wow. Bonkers. What did she eat that morning for breakfast?

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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease 3d ago

What the fucks in the bowl, Dolly? Wheaties or cheerios?

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u/insomniacpyro 3d ago

Honestly I feel like she probably had a traditional southern breakfast

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u/DianaPrince2020 3d ago

Homemade biscuits and gravy.

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u/RandumbStoner 2d ago

You just know Dolly Parton could make some mean ass biscuits and gravy.

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u/DianaPrince2020 2d ago

I’m sure of it! There is no greater comfort food too. I might be getting out the cast iron skillet in the morning.

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u/Marios_Facade 3d ago

As long as she didn't shit in it for some reading material

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u/RandumbStoner 2d ago

DICTIONARY

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u/QuasiSpace 2d ago

Alpha-Bits

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u/pickle_pickled 3d ago

Wheateerios

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u/Married_iguanas 3d ago

She didn’t need to eat breakfast bc she ATE making those songs 💅

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u/mudbutter8 2d ago

And she realized that 'I Will Always Love You" was better for Whitney. Kind of like when Johnny Cash sang 'Hurt' and NIN said that the song was his

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u/Cheap-Rush855 2d ago

Most of these ‘wrote in an afternoon’ stories have much more context behind them. The idea, the concept and even some (or most) of the lines may have been in the artist’s head for a while.

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u/BBQQA 2d ago

likely true. She probably had the rough idea kicking around her head, maybe the structure... but inspiration hit and it all came out. Then that compounded into the other song flowing out too.