1969 | Peak: #9
Perhaps the least satisfying Wagoner & Parton singles are the ones that fall in the “let’s pledge our true love” category.
This shouldn’t be a surprise. Stop and think about the very best solo songs by Parton and by Wagoner. How many of them are sweet love songs?
Nah, we’d all rather hear them hurtin’, bickerin’, losin’, and leavin’. Or even better, spinning a good third person yarn about characters even more outsized in personality than these two singers.
So this isn’t a bad song, but it simply doesn’t play to their strengths.
Written by Harlan Howard
Grade: B-
Listen: Yours Love
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLLR1e4xIAw
It’ not my favorite song of theirs, but it’s still a pretty good one. It lacks the spunk of some of their fightin’ and scratchin’ songs but they probably realized that they couldn’t release that sort of record all the time.
I sorta agree with you Kevin, but what about “Tomoorrow is Forever” and “Lost Forever In You Kiss”? These are too very good love songs.
Tom,
Here are links to the reviews of the two other songs you mentioned, in case you were curious.
https://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/09/05/retro-single-review-porter-wagoner-dolly-parton-tomorrow-is-forever/
https://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/01/11/retro-single-review-porter-wagoner-dolly-parton-lost-forever-in-your-kiss/
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