"Shane S. Rhyne" wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Still catching up on old P2 posts...
>
> Louise Kyme publicly admits the following about our English cousins across
> the sea: <<I don't find the success of Garth, Shania, LeAnn and the
> Mavericks makes it any worse though, because they don't really sound like
> country. It's the Dolly Parton & Don Williams era and sound that most Brits
> associate with country and laugh at.>>
>
> Ack!
>
> Dolly Parton and Don Williams are the subject of derision in the United
> Kingdom?!
Oh yes, very much so.
> I can see that my calling in life will be to travel across the British Isles
> like a country music Johnny Appleseed, leaving copies of Dolly's CDs hither
> and yon at flats, manors, cottages, and homes across the kingdom. I'll leave
> a copy of Don Williams greatest hits and Dolly's greatest hits in every
> English hotel room, like a twangy Gideon Bible. I'll make my headquarters at
> the Hotel Barbican in London and start my evangelistic tent revival show
> soon thereafter.
Well, Dolly is actually very mainstream over here, it's just that she is, well,
um, a bit of a mainstream joke. You don't need to leave Dolly's CD around for
people to have heard of her, because they already know her. She was on a
mainstream chat show late last year and was very funny - very entertaining, and
I loved her, but...but... she was definitely being humoured. Did any Brits on
here see her on the Chris Evans show (whatever it is called)?
There are a lot of Dolly and Don fans over here in country circles, but you
just wouldn't believe the mickey taking the average UK punter gives towards
anyone who says they like country music. It is one big joke.
> The English. Hmmph.
Oh god, tell me about it, and I'm one of them!
>
>
> Proving once again that their cuisine and taste in music is pretty much the
> same... <g>
Ah, well, now you're losing your argument. There is nothing like a traditional
British Sunday roast <g>
Louise
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