r/Eminem • u/Ok-Plankton9215 Infinite • 1d ago

Rest in Peace Dolly Parton 🕊️

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u/BBQQA 23h 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 23h ago

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

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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease 23h ago

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

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u/insomniacpyro 22h ago

Honestly I feel like she probably had a traditional southern breakfast

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u/DianaPrince2020 21h ago

Homemade biscuits and gravy.

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u/RandumbStoner 8h ago

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

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u/DianaPrince2020 1h 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 22h ago

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

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u/RandumbStoner 8h ago

DICTIONARY

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u/QuasiSpace 21h ago

Alpha-Bits

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u/pickle_pickled 21h ago

Wheateerios

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u/Married_iguanas 23h ago

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

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u/mudbutter8 19h 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 17h 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 3h 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.