It almost reminds me of the conundrum involving Caitlin Rose’s video for her song “Own Side Now.” Her well-produced, professionally-made video has half as many hits as does a little girl singing the song standing in front of the kitchen table. Many songs sung by females and set in a mid-tempo work with this trick. There’s actually an older version of slowed-down “Jolene” that was uploaded over 2 years ago too. I was convinced I was the very first human to ever discover this wonderful vinyl speed-switching phenomenon, and since the internet didn’t exist, there was no proof I wasn’t (though later I’d learn on the internet that the The Chipmunks’ perfected their high pitched voices through speeding up the playback of normal-toned vocals).īut there’s something just a little alarming about a slowed-down song that first surfaced on YouTube over a year ago all of a sudden going viral. I later graduated to tinkering with Top 40 music, and when I put a 45 of Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock n’ Roll” on the slower speed to sludge it out, I figured myself a damned genius. It changed the perspective of my entire little music world. But hell, I remember at some point when I was a little kid, I figured out how I could make all those boring family Christmas albums sound like they were sung by the bad asses of Christmas music known as The Chipmunks by kicking the speed up to 45 RPM on a 33 platter. It’s not that the slowed down song isn’t cool. I don’t know if it’s a bigger commentary on the state of social networking, or the serious depravity of truly meaningful modern songs that the most talked-about country music composition in the last week has been a version of Dolly Parton’s legacy recording “Jolene” put on a record player at a slower speed setting than normal, making it sound like it is sung by a man, and striking a deep 70’s era half-time groove. Despite appearing on the show, and being her godmother, we doubt Parton has taken a leaf out of Hannah Montana's book with this one.“Hey, have you heard that version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”?!? You know, the one that’s all slowed down and stuff?!?” Parton's closeness to Hozier's singing voice has even had fans second guessing if there's a deeper conspiracy to it all. In fact, Parton's ability to change her singing voice is one of her performance tricks, with the singer frequently going full-on Alvin and The Chipmunks on stage, impersonating herself as a 45 rpm record played at 78 rpm. Comments on the video question the legitimacy of the video, wondering if it's really Parton singing. In 2011 a YouTube channel posted "Jolene" slowed to 33 revolutions per minute (rpm), and has gained over 11 million views in the time since. Parton slowed down has long impressed the internet, with it simply taking on a whole other voice rather than sounding like her slowed down. "If you squint your ears, you can kind of hear Hozier, but mostly Dolly Parton mocking Hozier," joked one user. Smith instead tried it with the Parton classic "Jolene" and relatively unknown "Love, You're So Beautiful Tonight" which was reminiscent of Hozier, but according to fans, had too much twang. That time around, the Hozier to Parton conversion worked impressively well and was almost indistinguishable from her real singing voice for some with Here's a Dolly Parton 45 played as a 33! (sorry for my shaky hands and dusty set up) #dollyparton #9to5 #hozier #music ♬ Take Me to Church - HozierĪnother user responded in February, suggesting "9-5" can be turned into a slow ballad-style Hozier track by simply slowing it down on the record player. Smith went on to try out "Take Me To Church" sped up too, but the result wasn't half as effective as the original and fans found it sounded more like Parton's goddaughter Miley Cyrus.ĭespite Smith's attempt at making a Parton cover of "Take Me To Church" not proving as successful, TikTok user did it in February, writing, in a video that can be viewed here, that they "just accidentally discovered that if you play a Hozier 33 as a 45 you get Dolly Parton." Parton makes Appalachian music, which is deeply influenced by Irish and Scottish music at its core, while Hozier, who is Irish himself, is heavily influenced by folk. To I’m absolutely shooketh in my bloomin’ pantaloons y’all #hozier #dollyparton ♬ original sound - Danielle SmithĪs noted by many fans, the similarity between the surprising pair likely comes from the Irish folk influence they both have in their music along with a whole load of coincidence.
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