The problem is you're still stuck in the REAL vs. NEW COUNTRY mindset. Well, the new Country is making gobs of money so new country will be considered REAL country. But again, what's the difference..listen to what you want. Obviously their music isn't up to your standards, but for the rest of us who don't really take it all that seriously, they were pretty damn good.
Hey, I like a lot of groups and singers who don't have political views I respect. For instance, Metallica says these days that they're ashamed of their patriotic song "Don't Tread On Me". Well, too bad for them--- they already made it and I already like it. And I know tons of country stars are leftists-- that's why it annoys me when Hannity acts like that isn't the case and Country is supposed to be just-oh-so-different than other genres.
I didn't think I was taking them too seriously. Aren't there any groups you don't like? Don't you ever talk about that? Besides, weren't the Dixie Chicks supposed to be "real Country" and Shania Twian and the more pop style stars "new"? You're absolutely right a lot of people like a lot of music I don't like. That I have an opinion doesn't mean I think my opinion reigns supreme over all of those that disagree with it. I don't claim to be a country music expert or any kind of expert. To me, "Freedom Costs a Buck O'Five" is a good country song, at least for most of it.
The Dixie Chicks must have done something right to inspire so much passion in you. Maybe I'll check out one of their albums again.
First she says,
I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’
I know you said
Can’t you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like it
Then, this:
Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting
It doesn't make any sense!!!!
Just for the record, again... I thought that there previous album was pretty good, and that Martie and Emily were fairly talented, and that Natalie had been just the twist that the band needed to make it big... Hence, the reference to the Little Rascal's remake of Faust.
By the way, did anyone get that line? That episode always stuck in my head like the (now named) Michigan J. Frog episode of Looney Toons, or the "One Lumps or Two...? D'oh, three or four" episode of Woody Woodpecker and the Alligator. But a few of my local friends critiqued it as being an un-"gettable" reference.