2023-12-25 04:26:24
From “I Will Always Love You,” by Whitney Houston, to “Jolene,” by rock duo White Stripes and queer rapper Lil Nas well, one day, she records a real rock album. Dolly Parton did it just before passing the rare milestone of her fiftieth album. And she called him “Rockstar” because, even if she refuses to consider herself that way, the icon (and the term is not overused here) of American music, whether folk or country, is one of them. definitely one.
Just look at the “Rockstar” poster to be sure. Who else can boast of bringing together two Beatles on the same album, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Sting, Elton John, P! nk, Joan Jett, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, two members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bon Jovi guitarist Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow, Pat Benatar, Peter Frampton, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, the young rapper Lizzo?
Only Mick Jagger is really missing. Dolly Parton admitted to us last July during a rare interview in London that she wanted to sing “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” with him. “He also wanted… He came to record in Los Angeles and Nashville (for the Rolling Stones) but each time, I missed it,” she regrets. I chased him like a high school girl. But when it doesn’t want to, it doesn’t want to. » So she covered her favorite Rolling Stones song with P! nk and Brandi Carlisle, which wasn’t a bad idea.
Au « Rock’n’roll Hall Of Fame » fin 2022
The idea for this first rock album recorded at age 77 was born during its induction at the end of 2022 into the “Rock’n’roll Hall Of Fame”. As she explained to us last July in London, she was not initially very keen because she “did not think she deserved this honor”. But she let herself be convinced by her organizers and then by her husband, who is a big rock fan and had been urging her for years to make this album before losing her splendor and her voice.
Was he right to insist? As always, this XXL personality didn’t do things by halves. Thirty titles, including twenty-one covers, 2h21 of music, you get what you pay for! As always, she has business acumen and is making a lot of noise with this album, including in France where she is even less well known as she only gave one concert there (on November 13). 1978 at the Mogador theater in Paris, it seems). What is obvious is that she remains a great performer, a great voice, recognizable among thousands, who succeeds in making us forget Sting on “Every Breath You Take” and is on a par with Elton John on a flamboyant “Don ‘t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”, Steven Tyler on “I Want You Back” and Chris Stapleton on the superb “Night Moves”, by Bob Seger.
We also like the energy she brings to “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd in the company of two of her musicians, to “Breaking Ball” by Miley Cyrus which she sings in a duet with her beloved goddaughter… But there is no However, there is not much new under the sun of his native Tennessee. His covers of “We Are The Champions” and “I Will Rock You” by Queen, “Let It Be” by the Beatles, “Purple Rain” by Prince, “Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin do not bring much -thing to the originals. We prefer certain new songs, like her eco-anthem “World On Fire” and the powerful “Bygones” where she crosses swords with Rob Halford, the brilliant screamer of Judas Priest, and the bassist of Mötley Crüe, Nikki Six. Dolly Parton “hard rockstar”?
Editor’s note: “Rockstar”,
Butterfly Records/Big Machine, 18.99 euros for a CD, 57 euros for a quadruple vinyl.
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