Posted on 06/13/2020 8:11:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
They haven’t come after the hugely successful band Alabama (lately) though years ago
the group distanced themselves from the Confederate flag on album covers.
USA Today 2015:”’To me, Alabama (the state) was always looked at as the Heart of Dixie, and it had the rebel flag there,’ says Teddy Gentry, the group’s bassist. ‘I never associated it with racism in any way. That was a symbol of the Old South, which I guess meant different things to different people. In our hearts, it meant, “This is where we’re from. We’re from Dixie.”’
The Southern Cross design is long gone from the band’s merchandise, though, often replaced by the U.S. or Alabama state flags. Manager Tony Conway says Alabama has had a clause in its contracts for several years stating that no use of the Confederate flag is allowed in any marketing or promotional materials for the group.”
One of their hits is named after a certain controversial Disney movie, Song of the South, and drops the name of another film
in the news lately:
Song, Song of the South
Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth
Gone, gone with the Wind
Ain’t nobody lookin’ back again
The melody then blends into that of
a folk song many call racist: Dixie
Its hanging on by a thread on Outlaw Country.
Really. They left chicks behind a while ago. Even a fox guarding the hen house would be insulted.
I like it!
I call them Chicks with Dix.
Lady Fruehauf
Dont recall stating it was Country.
Make stuff up a lot do ya
What are these "country radio stations" you speak of? Anytime I've spun past them it's been some bastardized version of pop/hip-hop/rap country and frankly, its unlistenable.
They should have changed it to Transgender Lady Antebellum and started crossdressing. They would have become instantly immune from modern culture grievance criticism.
Freegards
My XM channels are very few.
148 is the main one.
I wouldn’t know a Garth Brooks song if it fell out of the sky and hit me on the head.
I bought a couple of his CD’s before I realized I can’t stand him. He’s so fake and Trisha is silly too......so I’ll just be satisfied to sit here with my “Friends In Low Places” and enjoy the good life.......;)
Feminists hate the word “lady” too.
Not very woke of them.
Feminists hate the word “lady” too.
That’s because they’re too ugly inside and out to be one....;)
They could completely change their name and call themselves “The folding b**ches”
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Sounds like a punk rock or new wave band that would have played at CBGB back in the 80’s.
Just call them “The Brees”.
Only if you allow him too. I have his music out of my playlists. Garth actually makes this pretty easy as he's one of the last remaining recording artists to not allow his music to be streamed on Apple Music. Yeah, like I'm going to actually go buy his CDs!
Even if the music was good, I haven't bought a CD since around 2005.
I have heard of this group. I remember thinking their name was pretty stupid. I have never heard them perform because I do not listen to Country Music. What is really stupid is picking a name that represents the Old South, and then being embarrassed for having done so. They can’t claim “we had no idea” what their name meant. They should have just continued with what they had, rather than going all Drew Brees as they did. Many of their fans will probably desert them now. Country Music fans tend to be more conservative than the performers these days.
Over a century ago Pavlov taught us that you get more of the behavior you reward.
They should go back to their original name and defend it. Or retire it and record under a wholly new name that can’t be picked apart.
But if they’re stuck with trying to come up with Lady something-or-other, try Lady Antivenom. At least it sounds pretty close!
Great minds think alike. I too have quickly changed the channel when Dixie Chicks come on. I also have Patriot as one of my favorites. As well as Y2Kountry; Highway; Outlaw Country, Prime Country, Classic Rewind, Deep Tracks, Loft, Spectrum, 80s, 70s. And a few others.
The Highway is one of my go-to stations but a major annoyance is that morning show they do with that Stormy Warren. He's another one of those virtue signalers who is always trying to let everybody know how "virtuous" he is on every social issue. At least his sidekick "MC" tends to steer him back when he gets too far off the track.
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