Dixie Chicks don't stick at country radio

Reuters ^ | May 19, 2006 | Phyllis Stark

[MrLee]

Agreed. Maybe I didn't phrase that quite right!

[My Favorite Headache]

Loving this...

[Arizona Carolyn]

Who hated Buddy Holly? Thats not the way I remember it and I still remember the plane crash that killed him and the Big Bopper and Richie.

[RabidBartender]

A Dixie Chick news story ping.

The Chicks' new album goes on sale this week. They've been on 60 Minutes and a number of the morning talk shows - and are still trying to play the victim.

I still think they will have decent sales initially, however nowhere near their previous 3 studio albums. Be prepared for a barrage of condemnations from the press for not being ready to make nice with the Chicks.

If anyone still watches CMT, could you let me know if they are pumping up the Chicks' new album?

[LucyJo]

"They've shown their true colors."
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No, Natalie, you've shown your true colors.

Girl, you go on bein' who you are now, ya hear?

[Choose Ye This Day]

Vanity, thy name is Maines:


Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting

I'm through, with doubt,
There's nothing left for me to figure out,
I've paid a price, and i'll keep paying

I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it

I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting

[Aeronaut]

Maines was quoted in late January on entertainmentweekly.com, before the single went to country radio, saying: "For me to be in country music to begin with was not who I was ... I would be cheating myself ... to go back to something that I don't wholeheartedly believe in. So I'm pretty much done.

It's good to see a plan come together.

[Caveman Lawyer]

In "Lubbock or Leave It," Natalie Maines, a native of this West Texas city, sings: "I hear they hate me now/Just like they hated you./Maybe when I'm dead and gone/I'm gonna get a statue, too."

On the Chicks Web site Maines writes that the song "is not just about Lubbock, but about any small, hypocritical town."

Let's hear it for true class, everybody!

[davetex]

ROTF Man, you are so right.

[Birmingham Rain]

"They've shown their true colors."

Uh huh. Exactly. Red, White & Blue.

[RedRover]

Can you say k.d. lang?

[lonedawg]

What we have here is a talented trio lacking the common sense to know when they should have been grateful for their success. I don't hear to many rock fans chomping at the bit to hear the Dixie Chicks. I think a couple of years from now when the doors quit getting opened for them they will probably regret their arrogance.

[Keflavik76]

The old proverb “Shut up and Sing” coined by Laura Ingraham if followed to the letter would do wonders for the Dixie Chick's public relations. You would think the Chick's publicity agent would have already bought them a copy of Laura's book. They could always cross over into Christian music. They would be singing to an audience that has been commissioned to forgive.

[CheyennePress]

She actually commented to the audience at a concert that she could tell that they had a more "progressive" (I'll never use that word without quotation marks) audience and not as many rednecks as before when they were more geared towards country.

[george76]

[jbwbubba]

I'm tired of hearing about how, it was the fact they insulted Bush is the sole reason they fell from favor. It was also the fact, after insulting Bush, they tried to apologize, then said it was out of context, then they did mean it, then they were persecuted and all holy than thou. Also, they didn't want anyone taking shots at their music, but felt it was okay to publicly insult Toby Keith for his patriotic music.

[Mr. Blonde]

There album is (sadly) outselling RHCP's Stadium Arcadium on Amazon. And if you can't make a hit with Rick Rubin producing you can't make one.

[bmwcyle]

Don't know and don't care.

[Rastus]

[PeteB570]

Well I read through all the posts and can only say ditto to 99.9999% of the comments.

I'll finish with "Dixie Who?"