What Natalie should have done by the way was say something like "Well, we just don't like the President and what he did. Sorry but that's how we feel". Eventually country radio
might have welcomed them back (and in some cases stations have), but insulting their fanbase (country fans)
was what really made some people turn against them. I'm sure they were upset that some stations put a boycott on, spurred by fans, but they should have just said what I just mentioned and waited it out.
"Oh, we're not considering ourselves country (any more), we're rock/pop."
The "Not Ready to Make Nice" song referred no doubt to people getting upset over the 'We're upset Bush is
from Texas comment' but people can also interpret it as their giving the finger to their country fan base
ON TOP OF the post-remark comments.
Basically:
We're upset at what the President did and we're ashamed he's from Texas.
We're upset country radio boycotted us.
We're upset that those ig'nant redneck dumba-- country fans got upset at us.
We're upset that people stayed away from our tour and we had to cancel some dates.
What Nat should have done was just leave it as "OK, this our opinion, for what it's worth"--the further
insult of their fanbase is what turned off many people. And the expectation that they're entitled
to the airplay and people buying their albums. People used their right to NOT buy the album or NOT
see them on tour, and the gals say "oh! You're violating our free speech!"
I'm not from Texas but if I were were, I'd be ashamed of the Dixie Chicks for THAT alone.
You guys really need to stop wasting your time on earth complaing and bashing the chicks and get on with other things in your short time on earth. Just go home, and forget the chicks even said that. It's just one opinion out of the 6 billion people on earth. Just sad you guys spend your time on here doing the krap.
Yeah, but I figure that whoever put them up to it knew exactly what they were doing. They are playing for Hollyweird now. They will probably win a bunch of Grammy's for their new songs and even an oscar for their performance in the movie. Then they will win an Emmy for a show on PBS.
After that they will go on all the talk shows and the new congress will even give them a medal or some special recognition for speaking out against the President.
Then we'll see pictures of them with Jesse Jackson and Cindy Sheehan at some rally somewhere complaining about the war.
This is soooooo predictable.