In 1973 Dolly Parton released the song Jolene which was all about a woman begging her better-looking nemesis not to steal her man. The song came about after Dolly herself was worried that a vivacious (albeit smaller-breasted) bank teller (who she felt was flirting with her husband) might go ahead and snag him for herself. Needless to say, the song was a big hit and I myself was an avid listener to it whenever I got dumped for a girl who wore too much make-up and didn't fart in front her boyfriend yelling "Did you hear a tugboat?"
And even though I never thought the song could get any better than when Ms. Parton's lilting voice sang it with all the pain in the world, now, it does, thanks to it being slowed way the fuck down and turning Parton's voice from the sweet twang we know and love into a deeper, more soulful energy that transforms the song into a fucking bluesy, Billie Holliday-ish sound that will blow your socks off.
Seriously, it will ruin you.
Video/Song after the break.
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