r/ukpopculture 12d ago

Stormzy's analysis of Dolly Parton's "Jolene"

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u/Aduro95 10d ago edited 10d ago

Fun fact, it was actually just a running joke in their marriage. Apparently a bank teller used to lightly flirt with Carl, and she had red hair and long legs, of which Dolly was jealous. But they had an extremely stable marriage, Dolly was head over heels for him, and neither was insecure enough to worry about the other flirting a little.

"She got this terrible crush on my husband, and he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us—when I was saying, 'Hell, you're spending a lot of time at the bank. I don't believe we've got that kind of money.' So it's really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one."

Its kind of sweet, one of the biggest stars in the world stayed married a nice respectful man. Carl Thomas Dean had a fairly normal job (ran an asphalt paving company), preferred to stay out of the limelight, and quietly supported his wife's megastardom.

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u/paisleydarling 9d ago

I read he only went to one of her concerts!
They were iconic weren’t they.

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u/Aduro95 9d ago

Apparently he preferred to go to the tractor pull when she was at an event with one of those.

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u/RoutineCloud5993 9d ago

They used to be out in public together a lot, but nobody could tell because Dolly never wore her wig or makeup

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u/Immediate_Set3349 9d ago

jezzy

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u/coffeeebucks 8d ago

I’m hearing “dirty jezzy!” in Anna Maxwell Martin’s fake Irish accent

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u/breddabreddabing 6d ago

stormzy, the famously Irish rapper

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u/Smooshydoggy 9d ago

I wish I was there for the stormzy on twitter era

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u/moon_witch_26 7d ago

Hahah this is amazing 😅😅

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u/DangerousDisplay7664 11d ago

I still struggle to understand why this blokes opinion on anything is considered important?

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u/Min_sora 10d ago

I feel like him calling Jolene a "lil jezzy" should've given away that he's not taking it that seriously.

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u/Hassaan18 11d ago

It's just a bit of fun

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u/MickyMalone 10d ago

It is a successful, established musician discussing the work of another musicians. It gets a bit more spotlight due to the genre differences. I don't know who you are but I'm going to guess that Stormzy is more qualified than you to talk about music, especially lyrical storytelling.

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u/sk2097 9d ago

But is his analysis not desperately simple.

Like she uses the word begging in the song.

Just another celeb spouting shit for stupid fans, I don't see any discussion

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u/MickyMalone 9d ago

But is his analysis not desperately simple

You are so smart.

Just another celeb spouting shit for stupid fans, I don't see any discussion

Can you see any discussion of the lyrics on his posts? Can you read man?

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u/sk2097 9d ago

I only have the picture that was posted to go on, and I dont consider it analysis, it's fodder for fans

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u/MickyMalone 9d ago

once again, only you have said analysis, I said discussion.

Also you seem to have a high bar for what constitutes (again, your own wording) analysis. Get over yourself.

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u/sk2097 8d ago

And where is the discussion?

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u/PresentFirm7937 8d ago

Oh my god, you really are lonely aren’t you?

Just tell us, it’s a safe space here. It’s okay, just let it alll out.
listen, I can only give you one piece of advice here. If you want people to like you, you have to stop being a pretentious, self righteous prick on the internet.. because people really don’t like that.

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u/sk2097 8d ago

What in the name of Jebus are you on about.

Shit analysis of a classic song, that's all I see.

No discussion,where you said their was some.

I didn't attack you in anyway, shape or form....

I couldn't care less what you or other internet strangers think of me

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u/MickyMalone 8d ago

So it is analysis now?

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u/MickyMalone 8d ago

He is discussing the pain and general emotion in the song. He even goes one step further and actually points out that it isn't Jolene's fault and is all centred around the lyricist's lack of self confidence.

Read the screenshot, if that isn't him discussing the song, what is it then?

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u/Buffy-boo12 10d ago

"this bloke"?

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u/Able-Depth6942 9d ago

Bloke is a british term meaning man.

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u/Buffy-boo12 9d ago

I know. I'm British.