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Country radio nixes Dixie Chicks
UPI ^ | May 22, 2006

Posted on 05/23/2006 8:45:47 AM PDT by NCjim

NASHVILLLE, Tenn., May 22 (UPI) -- It appears the war U.S. country radio stations mounted against the politically outspoken Dixie Chicks has not abated in the least.

The band is promoting "Taking the Long Way," its first album since Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 she was ashamed to be from the same state as U.S. President George Bush. The comment sparked a radio boycott of the group's music.

Although the album hits stores Tuesday, the first two singles from the album are not getting widespread airplay, Billboard.com reported Monday.

The first single, "Not Ready to Make Nice," only peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and the second single, "Everybody Knows," is moving downward after its peak at No. 48.

WKIS FM in Miami reported it pulled "Not Ready to Make Nice" due to listener complaints after only one week.

The program director at KUBL/KKAT in Salt Lake City told Billboard he was angered by its "self-indulgent and selfish lyrics."

Neither the Chicks or their label, Columbia Records, would speak to Billboard for its article.


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KEYWORDS: boycott; countrymusic; dixiechicks; nataliemange; reba; somebodynoticeme; sonotnews; westilldontcare
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Schadenfreude!
1 posted on 05/23/2006 8:45:50 AM PDT by NCjim
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To: NCjim

They insulted Reba. That'll get you banned from mainstream country radio all by itself.


2 posted on 05/23/2006 8:47:01 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: NCjim

Anyone hear from Willie Nelson after his brokeback - gay cowboy love song?

Talk about a singer that simply vanished...

How'd that all work out for him?


3 posted on 05/23/2006 8:47:03 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: NCjim

What a shame, having to live with the consequences of their actions.


4 posted on 05/23/2006 8:47:06 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Amnesia is a train of thought.)
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To: NCjim
The first single, "Not Ready to Make Nice," only peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart

Heh.
I guess the radio stations are not ready to make nice, either.

5 posted on 05/23/2006 8:47:15 AM PDT by Constitution Day (*)
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To: NCjim

Reap what you sow. If you're going to bite the hand that feeds you, you better be prepared to get smacked by it.


6 posted on 05/23/2006 8:48:33 AM PDT by A Cyrenian
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To: NCjim

But I saw where ABC is giving them a "Special".


7 posted on 05/23/2006 8:50:52 AM PDT by L98Fiero (I'm worth a million in prizes.)
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To: Personal Responsibility

"Freedom of Speech" meet "Consumer Choice"


8 posted on 05/23/2006 8:50:54 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: NCjim

I don't think the Dixie Chicks are owed any respect whatever.


9 posted on 05/23/2006 8:52:18 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: dead
They insulted Reba. That'll get you banned from mainstream country radio all by itself.

Yeah, I read that. Why did they do it? I don't understand what they think she did to them. They trashed Toby Keith in the same breath, but at least that fight has a history to it. Why they trashed Reba, I can't figure out. They're just three nasty, arrogant women.

10 posted on 05/23/2006 8:53:52 AM PDT by Glenmerle
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To: NCjim
As an official Texan, I hear by proclaim the Dixie Pricks excommunicated from their Texas hertiage.
They are up for grabs, you can have'em.
11 posted on 05/23/2006 8:54:19 AM PDT by 12th_Monkey
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But I saw where ABC is giving them a "Special".

With any luck, the ratings for this will be lower than the recently-cancelled "Commander in Chief" POS.

12 posted on 05/23/2006 8:55:17 AM PDT by AngryJawa ({NRA}{IDPA})
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To: dead

No way!! Details, please.
BTW, I heard some of the Album on Imus this morning. They suck!! But, I'm sure they'll blame Bush rather than take any responsibility for themselves.
If they want another market, they will have to change their name (eliminate DIXIE) and get rid of the fiddle and banjo.


13 posted on 05/23/2006 8:55:31 AM PDT by griswold3 (Ken Blackwell, Ohio Governor in 2006- No!! You cannot have my governor in 2008.)
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To: NCjim

I would sure pull my ads from any radio station which played their stuff.


14 posted on 05/23/2006 8:57:03 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Join me! Every night I pray for Global Warming . (And I think it's beginning to work.))
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I don't want to buy your music
I don't want to hear you sing...anywhere
I don't want to hear you period
I don't even want to download your stuff for free

There are thousands of people far more talented than you ever were.
They would give anything just to have their music heard.


15 posted on 05/23/2006 8:57:35 AM PDT by firewalk
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And what's funny about is that these bimbos have no idea what they are saying. They are only mouthing lines given to them by some NY publicist.
16 posted on 05/23/2006 8:58:44 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry....)
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But I saw where ABC is giving them a "Special".

Last night the TV show "Medium" featured a song from their latest CD, and at the end of the show, the CD was shown. It ruined the show for me. What's amazing is how many in the mainstream media and Hollywood are now pimping for the band. They're really trying to rehabilitate their image.

17 posted on 05/23/2006 8:59:51 AM PDT by Glenmerle
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To: NCjim

I wish the Dixie Chicks luck in their new genre, Pop music. Country fans have voted them out. I'm predicting a name change for this group...The Yankee Egg-Layers".


18 posted on 05/23/2006 9:00:09 AM PDT by downtownconservative (They're illegal alien migrants, not immigrants.)
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To: NCjim

With real performers like Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent to listen to, who needs the Ditzy Hicks?


19 posted on 05/23/2006 9:00:19 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Illegal aliens, Islamic terrorists, Democrats...........are we sure the plagues haven't started?)
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To: dead
They insulted Reba. That'll get you banned from mainstream country radio all by itself.

Reba's hosting the American Country Music Awards tonight. I hope ~somebody~ gets in some good zingers at the Ditzy Chunks.

20 posted on 05/23/2006 9:01:25 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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