Alright, let’s talk about this Dolly Parton thing at the football game, you know, the Thanksgiving one. Folks are squawkin’ about whether she was really singin’ or just movin’ her mouth like a fish outta water. I tell ya, I watched it with my own two eyes, and it was somethin’ else.
Was Dolly singin’ live? Well, that’s the million-dollar question, ain’t it? Some folks on the internet, those young’uns with their fancy phones and their twitters and whatnots, they’re sayin’ she wasn’t. They sayin’ she was lip-synchin’, you know, pretendin’ to sing but the music’s already there. They’re fussin’ ’cause they didn’t see no microphone, like that’s the only way a person can sing.
Now, I ain’t no expert, mind you. I just like a good tune and Dolly, well, she’s always been a sweet little thing with a big voice. But I gotta say, it did look a little… slick. Too slick, maybe. Like when you see them fellers on TV sellin’ them cars, all shiny and perfect, but you know deep down it ain’t real.
But here’s the thing, even if she was lip-synchin’, so what? The woman’s 77 years old! Seventy-seven! That’s a whole lotta livin’, a whole lotta singin’. Maybe her pipes ain’t what they used to be. Maybe she just wanted to put on a good show for them folks at the game and the millions watchin’ at home. And let me tell you, it was a good show.
- She was wearin’ that sparkly outfit, all shimmery and bright. Reminded me of them Christmas lights we used to hang up back in the day.
- And them Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, they were somethin’ else too. All that jumpin’ and twirlin’, made me dizzy just watchin’ ’em.
- And Dolly, she was right there in the middle of it all, smilin’ and singin’, or pretendin’ to sing, whatever.
Some folks are gettin’ all worked up about it, sayin’ it ain’t right, that she shoulda been singin’ live. But I say, give the woman a break. She’s a legend, a national treasure, like them old paintings they got in the museums. You don’t go fussin’ at a paintin’ ’cause it ain’t movin’, do ya?
And let’s be honest, most of them young folks singin’ on the radio these days, they ain’t singin’ live half the time neither. They got all them fancy machines and computers fixin’ their voices, makin’ ’em sound better than they really are. So why are they pickin’ on Dolly? Just ’cause she’s older? That ain’t right.
Dolly’s Thanksgiving Day performance had a lot of people talkin’. People were fussin’ about this and fussin’ about that. Some said she was too old, some said she was sellin’ out to the “big pharma,” whatever that means. Sounds like a bunch of hogwash to me. Folks just like to complain, I guess. Can’t ever just enjoy a good thing without findin’ somethin’ to gripe about.
Anyways, whether she was singin’ live or not, it don’t really matter to me. I still enjoyed watchin’ her. She’s still Dolly, and that’s good enough for me. She brought a little bit of joy to a whole lotta folks on Thanksgiving Day, and that’s more than most people can say. So let them internet folks squawk all they want. I’m stickin’ with Dolly.
And another thing, that whole bit about her standin’ in front of that star thing? Apparently, there was somethin’ wrong with the stage. They said she was supposed to be on top of it, but somethin’ broke or somethin’. I don’t know, sounded fishy to me. But hey, she handled it like a pro. Didn’t even miss a beat, or a lip-sync, whichever way you wanna look at it.
So, at the end of the day, it’s all just a bunch of fussin’ over nothin’. Dolly Parton at the Cowboys vs Commanders game, that’s what matters. And you know what else? She looked good doin’ it. Sparkly and happy and full of life. That’s more important than whether she was singin’ every note herself or not. So let’s all just calm down and be thankful for Dolly, and for Thanksgiving, and for football, and for all the good things in life. Amen.
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