Dolly got a haircut

[ruskin51]

Poopy Lungstuffing's great song, and your video inspired me to have a go too.

[ruskin51]

Great interpretation of Poopy's excellent song. You really did it justice. The chords are Dm A7 & Gm I think, though. Not the G7 mentioned in your notes.

[Rutle]

Love your version, cool vocals.

[Rutle]

I love this, cool vocals, great song.

[ruth7784]

Wow, deep stuff! Going to check out the original now :-) X

[GCEAtuning]

Brilliant, need to check the original now.

[Little6ster]

Great Dolly's blues! and perform too ;°)

[pytheus77007]

Awesome!!

Thanks for sharing!!

[DearOldNutjob]

I like your suggestion to consider the psychology of this song. We have all heard little girls unconsciously speaking of their dolls as extensions of themselves, attributing their feelings to the dolls. It's an ingenious mechanism, allowing both role play and distance. This song is something, and this performance is yet another example of how ably you reinterpret things. Always thought-provoking.

[weegingayin]

@DearOldNutjob

Very perceptive Don... I was just wondering about why so many of the doll owners and dolls were dressed alike. Also there is one girl at about 2:15 that is sorting through a big pile of her dolls clothes and wigs and I thought if they come from a family where they are not allowed to express themselves through dress or hair styles then they can experiment safely on their dolls and live an outrageous and ostentatious life vicariously through their dolls

[ctrymaus]

I really like this cover of Poopy Lungstuffing's song. I think this is even creepier than her version. Great interpretation!

[weegingayin]

@ctrymaus

From some of your videos I see that you have got quite a collection of dolls, or have you sold some of them off to buy a new uke?

[ctrymaus]

@weegingayin Actually, I have hardly any dolls. DH has some dolls. I have a lot of stuffed animals, but recently many went out in search of new adventures. They did not bring any money: we gave them to the good people of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Cat'r says the stuffed animals are doing fine (I was worried) and have been sending b-mail back to the others here at home. It was the selling of books that bought my Denim Flea ukulele. :-)

[weegingayin]

@ctrymaus

We hardly ever think about dolls and toys and stuffed animals and their function in society. They are just there, and always have been. Children especially seem to draw comfort from their soft toys. It gives them something to hug and to hold.

I wonder what the very first doll ever made by a caveman looked like, and more importantly why did he make it. Apparently Egyptian graves dating back to 2000 BC and belonging to wealthy families contained dolls made of pottery.

[ctrymaus]

@weegingayin Dolls used to serve the function of helping little girls learn to be mothers--how to care for a baby. I'm not sure about "fashion dolls". Maybe how one "should" look? I never cared for dolls. I wanted to be a cowboy, NOT a cowgirl! I started being attracted to stuffed animals in my 30's. They have personalities of their own, lives of their own, are a comfort but also are fun and amusing and give joy. :-) They're cute naked or dressed, which is more than can be said for dolls!

[poopylungstuffing]

furthermore..I like everything you did with the words/structure, and if you don't mind might modify the end of the song when I play it to something similar to how you did it....

[weegingayin]

@poopylungstuffing

Thank you I am glad it met with your approval.

[poopylungstuffing]

wow!!!!!!....That is truely amazing!!!!You completely transcended the song!!....now...if i ever have the time, I wanna make a video that features my collection of old dolls......

[weegingayin]

@poopylungstuffing

Well it was news to me that in America you have doll conventions. I have often wondered about your use of Puppetrina in your videos.

It almost seems that she can say things that are only floating about in your subconscious. For example if she is unhappy she will say so, whereas the social mores would dictate that we all suffer in silence

[poopylungstuffing]

@weegingayin Yeah...Puppetrina is a much better "talker" than I am...I have never been to a doll convention...I have only been to the Sock Monkey festival that happens annually in Rockford Illinois

[UnluckyMum]

this is a very good song indeed and I like your version a lot :)

[floydbluethereal]

Great stuff!

[russbuss415]

great recording. what a creepy video!

[weegingayin]

@russbuss415

Well that was my fear that I would take some innocent footage of a dolls convention and turn it into something other than it was intended.

[russbuss415]

@weegingayin i think it's impossible to have a video with dolls that isn't creepy. same goes for clowns.

[weegingayin]

@russbuss415

True, after listening to Sufjan Stevens song "John Wayne Gacy Jr" clowns have become completely sinister.

[YoppyKyabetsu]

I just heard MsPL sing this on YT yesterday And really loved it. You done good with it.

[weegingayin]

@YoppyKyabetsu

Yeah I saw her live version on stage as well, but the link I have put in the infospace below is to a version she did about 6 months ago, and it was that version I used to get the lyrics... though I am sorry now that I missed out the thrift store line. I didn't quite get it when it was sung. Pity

[poopylungstuffing]

@weegingayin sometimes I remember that line, sometimes I don't....I am a little messy with words when I play

[lescowplunks]

Cool song great track

[revdrjim]

wow! that was cool

[nidgetucker]

Excellent song goin on my Favs Thumbs Up

[krabbers]

great song sorry thats only two words

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Wonderfully done, Robert. The song really suits your laid-back singing style.