Comments on: Retro Single Review: Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, “Just Someone I Used to Know”

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:49:04 +0000

I personally think the brass placement adds a bit of a unique and distinctive touch to the song, without really compromising the overall production. The way Dolly sings her solo line “…but I don’t tell ‘em how lost I am without you….”, her vibrato is astonishing to behold.

By: the pistolero

the pistolero — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:26:31 +0000

I’m almost ashamed to admit that Lee Ann Womack’s version of this song was the first version I ever heard. But I really like this one also, as well as the George Jones cut.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:23:53 +0000

I like a good brass placement, but it does sound out of place here. At any rate, they do a great version of this song and, to me, the definitive one.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:30:29 +0000

The song was a standard before Porter & Dolly recorded it. I really love the George Jones recording of it.

There was a brief infatuation at RCA with Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass, so they were used on quite a few tracks during the late 1960s-early 1970s. I don’t think their use did much harm, and I’d rather hear the brass than the current rock-guitar laden production used today. The use of brass NEVER drowned out the vocals, whereas today’s production often forces singers to scream at the top of their lungs to be heard

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:44:20 +0000

I love this song. A great performance indeed.

By: Occasional Hope

Occasional Hope — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:37:37 +0000

Great performance of a great song; I agree that the horns could be dispensed with.