Michael Knowles didn’t like Beyoncé's version of the Dolly Parton song, Jolene. He tweeted:
“Beyoncé's ‘Jolene’ cover is BAD.”
But it wasn’t just a cover - it was a revision. At YouTube you can watch lyric videos of both Dolly’s version, and Beyoncé's version. And at NME on April 1, 2024 there is an article by Hollie Geraghty titled Beyonce gives Dolly Parton sole songwriting credit on ‘Jolene’ that is subtitled The country icon previously gave Beyoncé's new version her seal of approval.
I don’t think we should we pay much attention to a negative evaluation by a political commentator like Mr. Knowles. He’s not an expert on music or songwriting. His review reminded me of my December 28, 2012 blog post titled Soapbox Guru is a web site for posting videos of speeches or presentations and receiving evaluations. In it I mentioned that back on January 23, 2010 consulting expert Alan Weiss had panned Taylor Swift’s live performance on the Help for Haiti telethon. A week later Taylor won four Grammy Awards – Album of the Year and Best Country Album for Fearless, and Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for White Horse.
The thumbs down was adapted from this image at Wikimedia Commons.
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