Dolly Parton Performs Rocky Top for University of Tennessee Graduates

[thegreeensky]

she's just awesome!!

[orangeclad]

I love Miss Dolly! She is a wonderful human being with a beautiful spirit!

[hurricanesoccer]

The title should be changed to "Governor reads entire wikipedia page on Dolly Parton, students sleep heavily"

[RealityCalling]

@hurricanesoccer FFS the vid is 9 mins long he babbles 7 of it. geesh

[phillyphanatic1830]

She looks like a wax figurine.

[RebaFan4Forever]

I love Dolly

[geohabe]

The Guv needs a lesson in public speaking...When you say, "So-and-so needs no introduction" the next thing you say is "Ladies and Gentlemen, So-and-so!"

[katheryncruz24]

@geohabe lol!

[csha34]

Fast forward to 7:10. thats when she sings.

[Champcelticsnumber9]

Thanks for the 10 hour long intro Governor Bredesen

[sadchad1]

the first seven minutes or so are a waste of time if u just want to hear her sing

[loneranger86]

If Dolly needed no introduction, why did this guy talk for over seven minutes?

[IrishLincoln]

This was a great graduation. Mine was horrible. When I graduated UT our guest speaker didn't even show up and the girl next to me was so hungover she almost couldn't walk across the stage. The whole floor smelled like vodka. But I got that scroll and ran! GO VOLS!

[CarmenAleXXXis]

~sigh~ I love me some Dolly, but as a professional lip sync artist, I have to tell ya, this was DEFINATELY a lip-sync performance. Watch her lips during the opening....the first like "Well I wish that I was"..................She missed the "Well I".....that and this sound quality would NOT sound "studio perfect" if it was live, there's no echo, and the mic doesn't make any noise when she claps her hands against it. Kind of disappointing, but Im sure she had a good reason.

[ybunnygurl]

@CarmenAleXXXis I don't think she is lip sinking the lack of feedback is because the person working the sound board knew how to work it properly, matched with a modern sound system and some video sound editing magic. The sound is off on the whole video due to compression.

[jessaluvsyou]

Dolly has always been a huge inspiration to me. she's from where i am & never gets a head to big for her. <3

[americanqueer]

yeah, way too much talkin typical academia

[Crazy4Dolly]

God he does go on don't he lol ! Dolly was amazing

[haydensrollercoaster]

3 PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS

[follege]

God! All that for one song! D@mn it all!

[realbeandiesel]

i'm probably a third her age, but boy she seems to have more energy than me. and she sure can sing live. wow.

[lilpeach714]

My son graduated that day, but he was in the first group and we had to listen to Al Gore, Ugh! Would have much rather listened to her. We love you Dolly!

[whittvet]

@lilpeach714 I am sorry you had to go through that!

[mrbadguy91]

GO VOLS !

[motoxKKKtm69]

WAR EAGLE!!! Auburn owns tennessee

[Herpkid56]

@motoxKKKtm69 who is the war eagles, a sunbelt team??? a shitty team in one of those shitty conferences???well you must be a shitty person if you think you can contend with a SEC team

[whittvet]

@Herpkid56 Well he may have braggin rights this year

[Herpkid56]

@whittvet since he won the heisman

[whittvet]

@Herpkid56 Sorry, I responded to the wrong comment.

[mrcrunkle]

go vandy. great season in basketball vols. wish u had upset bama in football. dolly parton is spectacular

[sdfeinstein]

Three Massachusetts transplants in Tennessee: Gov. Phil; Jo Dee Messina; and Bruce Pearl.

[utwspfan]

Phil, shut it you dern windbag. Dolly, you rock! Get that corn from a jar! Go VOLS!

[FREE6678]

Dolly makes me so proud to be from Tennessee. How in the hell did I get stuck in Texas???

[ntwchamps]

go vols

[misskris294]

Go Vols! I will always be a Vols girl

[ochinochi]

sorry we snagged ur coach...if I have to cheer for an SEC team...my fave would be the Vols...only cheered for the Tide coz I hate the gators so much...Go Trojans!

[franchise3478]

Fight On!! Go Trojans!!

[golf520man]

do you Trojan fans have to find all the rocky top and put your two cents in? kiffin is a loser...

[franchise3478]

Don't worry!! Tennessee Football will be better without Kiffin anyway!!

[vada2000]

bama= inbred

gators=suck

vols=rules

[dow78]

gators rule

[jacobyanderson]

haha but we beat yall haha

[vada2000]

@jacobyanderson :P

[lordofwrath88]

Normally, I hate this song, but Dolly sings it wonderfully. Roll Tide.

[Chicagoan444]

Now that's a commencement speech!

[utubecenseorstruth]

love dolly but the Crimson TIde is the best.

Rocky Flop youll always be second best in the sec. Good ol rocky flop bama beat tennesee

[mudhawg97]

wait till next year. hell arkansas will probably beat yall.

[utubecenseorstruth]

what are 5 things you never hear in tennesee

5, wraslins fake

4 ill have the egg white omlette instead of biscuits and gravy

3 we cant do that you are my sister/brother

2 i got it all saved on disk/cd/hard drive

1 HOME OF THE 12 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FOOTBALL TEAM

[mudhawg97]

hey dipshit, us hilbillies have more wins total than ANY sec team. ranked #9 on the all time wins list.

[utubecenseorstruth]

@mudhawg97 sorry bama is much better. those wins are tennesee math

[mudhawg97]

well, i do hate bama. but we do have to come to a truce here for a little while to beat them damn longhorns.

[utubecenseorstruth]

@mudhawg97 it is a proven fact that except florida the rest of the country is biased against the sec. I always root for the highest sec team at the end. i even rooted for auburn that one year. Dixie needs to stick together

[mudhawg97]

yeah, ive always hated florida. i live in arkansas but i was born and raised in tennessee. all of my family except me is a diehard hog fan. so i always root for tennessee and arkansas.

[shintao94]

that i will doubt we will still have Greg and Mark get some ROLL TIDE!

[shintao94]

ROLL TIDE WOOO!

[hawks31516]

go bulldawgs!!! i love dolly parton!!!

[scg325]

GAHHHHHHHh i miss tennessee!

[ozzie679]

lip sync big time

[xxxmileylovaxxx]

She sang it live, they just muted it and put different audio on the video.

[blaino66]

She sang it..no lip singing..I was there for my daughter's graduation. She was great. The best graduation I have ever attended. She was inspirational and was wonderful. Great Day!

[wg4580]

i dont think TRUE talent ever lip syncs...! and the oldies are tru talent, before the days of electronic and digital mixing..! dolly is the real deal!

[nightmare374]

THANK YOU! She says she doesn't even know how to lip sync! Maybe it's just the video.

[496gonfishin]

@wg4580 hell ya!

[maykups62]

She actually did it live, I was there for my son's graduation.

[chevyowner02]

Dont be mad because UKant !

[Dollyparton1996]

@chevyowner02  hahahahha

[ercshur]

Kentucky is like that foster child that no one wants... the south doesnt want it and neither does the midwest .. poor kentucky ... you suck at life as well as football

[MRowlcity18]

hahahahahha

[TheMemphisSlim]

definitely lip singing with a recorded band, but those tits are real, trust me. I saw her husband at an airport once and he had stretch marks around his face.

[LoveThemGators90]

I LOVE that entrance.

She is the Queen of Country, I don't care what anyone says about her. She is amazing. They just don't make em like that anymore!

[GlindaElphabaWicked]

Except for Miley Cyrus!

[chm97chm97]

@ 7:20 - 7:25..... Dolly's entrance...."Hello-o--o Governor, thank you ..you can sing too....."... Classic entrance ....all Dolly.

[wg4580]

yep... fantastic..!

[johntetzel]

If she is really singing that live, that is pretty damn astounding.

[coastercub81]

That is why Dolly is Dolly!

[DMANBellCamp]

I wish she'd sing it live... she always lip syncs these days.

[jeremyisanidiot]

nobody does rocky top better than dolly parton! she has so much energy. =]

[thejasonstewart]

"Old man talkin"? That is Gov. Bredesen....

[rtthree]

whoever video taped this should hav left out the old man talkin and went rite to DOLLY'S SINGIN!!!! im from LENOIR CITY in EAST TENNESSEE!!!!!!!

[brefaith94]

That governor Bredesen

[VealParmigiana]

Loretta Lynn recorded a good version of this song, but in my opinion, Dolly does this song the best.

[AmazingJoeJoe]

Some of us just get better with age ... GO DOLLY!!!

[wg4580]

the old timers dont lip sync.... they have the best voices.... they just belt iT!

[ercshur]

I'll never forget who my commencement speaker was

[helmutnyc]

she is so great

[MrOwlluis]

i love her voice shes awesome

[nashvillediva1983]

I love Dolly, she's been one of my role models for years!

[edom7]

Wow, I would love to go to a commencement like this.

[kengkaru]

I'm second to you.... i love her voice.

[tombom21]

I was here for my sister. I wasn't paying attention before she came up and she really caught me by surprise. It was odd at first since it was my first time hearing her, but it was an entertaining experience. She sure has a way with the crowd!

[noskedem]

HAWAII LOVE'S DOLLY

[hannahalal]

Precious!

[leewilliams93]

Love her.

[fidoeinstein]

Talented, beautiful and oh so inspiritional.

Woof, woof, Fidoeinstein

[harryp1996]

You're awesome, Ms. (Dr.) Dolly!!!! AMAZING speech AND song!!!! :-)

[bigshowleeper]

lol that is funny she isn't saying the lyrics!

[pokidots]

it must be awfull to be jelous

[iambac]

Don't anyone listen to that retard, She is definitely singing, she's Dolly Parton, I guess he doesn't know

who she is or what she has done, and will be doing

for many more years, she's the BEST

[pokidots]

please dont call people retards you may have a child like that some day they are special children

[theezacharyandrew]

Actually watch her lips before she starts singing, and she isn't saying the lyrics, it appears as if she's counting off.

[emilypops]

greatest graduation ever

im so jealous

[kirkenes]

Dolly is a goddess!

[purplewhiskerz]

You are an INSPIRATION!!!!

Loved the Commencement Speech!! woo!

[purplewhiskerz]

woo!! Dolly!!! Rocky Top!!! 5!

[SonofEmmy2]

"Rocky Top" was 100% mimed...."Try" was live.  She does rely quite heavily on backing tracks while on tour, but in this case, and in many instances during the tours, she lip-sychs. Anyone remember the 2004 "Hello, I'm Dolly" Tour? She mimed the WHOLE freaking show! She saved face by singing to backing tracks during "The Vintage" and "Backwoods Barbie" tours.

[xXxShawn8xXx]

Well she proved she can sing with "Try" so drop it already. 99% of singers lip sync and what?

[woode699]

man those are some bull shit numbers. 99% of people who make up shit are fucking retarded

[imonaboatproductions]

well if she is lip-syching then she does a DAMN good job at it

[rtthree]

u r weird, get a life

[langleywil]

Yeah...i hate it, but she's lip syncing...not that i blame her. Big day for her and for those graduates!!! I love her big time! LOL

[HOOYANOE]

Great bit of (clearly) live singing (over the top of a backing track). Now this is what I call a graduation ceremony! *****

[tomo1tanker]

She's so clearly lip synching here.

( Not that I care, she still sings great when it's live )

[MarilynRouth]

dolly is lip synching here no question still brilliant though

[dalexx80]

I think she is singing live, maybe I am wrong but I think it sounds live and normally when Dolly does lip-sync the vocals are just too perfect. The vocals here certainly sound live as not the best I have heard her sing.

[MarilynRouth]

at the beginging she goes to sing before the song starts and has trouble starting once the lyrics start i love her and have seen her twice but i wish she would stop lip synching

[dalexx80]

I see what you mean, hmm not sure, maybe she was going to start singing and then realised she was too early in relation to the music and so stopped herself? She sang another song called "Try" at the presentation and she sang that live so maybe a bit strange if she sang one live and lip-synced another. Either way, still ove her to bits :-)

[dalexx80]

"love" not "ove" lol

[blondekaylee22]

im hard die dolly fan.. i have been to over 68 dolly concerts and dolly is not not not lip synching... so stop trashing dolly... she is brillant!!!!

[blondekaylee22]

and u dumbasses will notice... look at the veins in her neck..... she is fucccckking singing... get over it

[MarilynRouth]

i am not trashing her you idoit i have seen her and she lip synchs all the time it is obvious it doesn't matter she is still Dolly i love her no matter what

[MarilynRouth]

and if you knew so much about Dolly you would know that she uses a guide track, which she has openly admitted to which is nearly the same as lip synching

[BryceluvsDolly]

Correct! I was there! And She was live singing beacsue they acidently started the muic to early before the ceremony started and there were no words just music. HA!

[MillisaAnn]

Love you Dolly!!! Go Lady Vols!!! Go Vols!!!

[SovaySovay]

Forward to 7:15 for the good stuff!

[DollyLoverForever]

Thank you!!