RIP Kenny Rogers: Singer, Dolly Parton Duet-er And Roasted Chicken Impresario
Also this is your open thread!
Kenny Rogers passed away last night. He made a lot of good music, a lot of good duets with Dolly Parton, and he also made a lot of good chicken. For real, Kenny Rogers' Roasters was vastly superior to Boston Market and it is an absolute shame that they went out of business in the States.
And since we're all tired of talking about and thinking (and writing) about the 'rona, I figured it would be nice to just have a Kenny Rogers appreciation post for the open thread today.
Starting, of course with Dolly Parton:
You never know how much you love somebody until they’re gone. I’ve had so many wonderful years and wonderful times… https: //t.co/tAWYPI004G
— Dolly Parton (@Dolly Parton) 1584800734.0
And here, of course, is part of the Seinfeld episode wherein Kramer gets addicted to Kenny's chicken (which, again, was very good chicken).
YouTube youtu.be
Here are some songs! This is his most famous one, I'm pretty sure.
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler youtu.be
Here are some good Dolly duets!
KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON - ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - HQ Audio youtu.be
Fun fact, but not really, if I do a Dolly Parton-Kenny Rogers duet at karaoke, I have to be Kenny Rogers. Dolly is way the hell out of my range.
The original of this is with Sheena Easton, of course, but I prefer the Dolly version.
We Got Tonight - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers live 1985 youtu.be
Look how cute!
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - I Will Always Love You - Celebrating 25 Years Of Dollywood youtu.be
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Real Love (Official Video) youtu.be
And, of course, "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," from when he was in First Edition, before he went solo or country.
The First Edition : Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) youtu.be
My mom has always said that line "I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in" alone is the most perfect and descriptive phrase that has ever been constructed in the English language, including all of Shakespeare, and that she has thought about this at least once a month ever since the song came out. I don't know that I would go that far, but it is a very good line.
Anyway, this is now your open thread! Enjoy!
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Just watched hair drumpenshtein on CNN. I'm nauseous...I watch everything he does cause I want to see the actual moment when he seals his doom. He was not on the prompter, sob he actually threw in an obligatory five syllable word!
Someone has been rehearsing him hard. No sniffing, mostly coherent, was shitty about three times or 4 to reporters. Said a sarcastic shitty about Mitt Romney, when called on it he immediately tryed to "take it back," as someone said in the analysis after the presser.
Some Doctors are very pleased with him, although one did mention these actions should have been done two weeks ago, but followed with, "better late than never."
Does everyone have to normalize his infantile and dangerous behavior? I'm torn, either he fucks up horribly and we all die, but he doesn't get reelected, or he saves us, and we die a bit slower under his babysit shenanigans another 4 years.
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Shell. In his shell.