Dixie Chicks still taking their licks - did quip kill goose that laid gold records?

The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 6, 2003 | By MARIO TARRADELL / The Dallas Morning News

[MeekOneGOP]

Uh, Maines never really apologized. She meant what she said and now they are paying the price. Note this article:

Dixie Chicks launch full-frontal attack -
"not...standing their ground...pushing it even farther"

Now then, check THIS out from the article. Makes my heart bleed! < /sarcasm >

Home had already sold a whopping 6 million albums when Ms. Maines slammed the president and the CD was six months old, which meant a steady sales deterioration would be no surprise. But sales have plummeted, and the disc's latest single is foundering. The fallout for the Chicks has been considerable:

• In the three months after the remark, the Grammy-winning Home album went from selling 124,000 copies a week to about 15,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Home had been a Top 10 seller since its August release, so its decline was imminent. But such a precipitous sales drop is a direct result of the controversy over the anti-Bush comment.

< snip >

It didn't help that Ms. Maines wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the letters F.U.T.K., which was widely interpreted as an expletive toward fellow country artist Toby Keith. Ms. Maines and Mr. Keith have traded barbs since August 2002, when she slammed his patriotic song "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)."

[Burkeman1]

Still like their music (at least the last CD). But boy- I wonder if the other two wish they could put a muzzle on that plump blond one? Talk about not knowing your target demographic and shooting yourself in the foot!

[A_perfect_lady]

I wonder if the other two wish they could put a muzzle on that plump blond one?

One that's hard to eat through. That would serve two purposes. (meow)

[MeekOneGOP]

[MeekOneGOP]

[Dont Mention the War]

But boy- I wonder if the other two wish they could put a muzzle on that plump blond one?

They could if they wanted to. They own the band; Natalie is merely an employee. By choosing to stick beside her and with her, they are 100% as culpable as she is. To hell with all three of 'em.

I like how the data in this article seems to indicate that their rumored jump out of country and into pop/rock isn't going to work for them either if they try it.

[Burkeman1]

It is weird. We only have one country station in the Boston area and the "Chicks" were only played on that station before the dust up over the plump one's remarks about the war and Bush. Now I hear them on "mixed" stations and easy listening.

[MeekOneGOP]

Check out the bottom pic, here - speaking of 'plump blonde' . . .

Dixie Chicks launch full-frontal attack -
"not...standing their ground...pushing it even farther"

Courtesy of Registered.

[MeekOneGOP]

[Burkeman1]

And who told them to appear naked on the cover of Entertainment Magazine with magic market all over them? Do they have a clue as to who their audience is? This is even more bizarre than Garth Brooks and his descent into weirdness.

[Joe Boucher]

Only one country station in all of Boston? That in a nutshell explains the problem with boston.
Probably have 15 rock, 5 or 6 black and 3 or 4 latin and at least two N.P.R. stations and only one country.
Wish the whole liberal home of ted would fall into the big dig.

[Clara Lou]

Natalie the-Mouth Manes deserves what she's got. And the others do too. All of this could have been avoided if they'd stuck to entertainment.

[mtbopfuyn]

Just so you know, I'm ashamed Natalie is from Texas.

[Burkeman1]

Used to be three about 5 years ago. One good station for the Boston area. There are more out west near Worcester and Springfield but don't come in to well. Hew Hampshire of course has several. There is a latin station and there is a "rap" station (still not that many blacks in Boston compared to other big cities.) A lot of "classic rock" and easy listening with a hard rock station- a pop station- and an "alternative" station.

[txzman]

"I don't think there's the passion on each side that there was before," Mr. Williams said. "The best thing to happen here is for them to go away for a while.""

Yeah - like 25 or 30 years.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

THis is more like it...All the liberal fishwrap editorials have been claiming that their popularity is soaring after the pro Saddam comments. Maybe in the small liberal circles.

[RikaStrom]

Oh now give Garth a break. There was supposed to be a movie that came out the same time that CD did, to tie it all up, but the studio wimped out. ;-)

As for the Plucked Hens, my radio station here in Houston doesn't play them, and hasn't since March. I love it.

[Recovering_Democrat]

I was a new fan, and liked more of their stuff as I heard it.

Then, **poof** the idiot Maines had to start bashing the President, and by extension, the country. See ya, Chix. You're not that damn important.

[goodnesswins]

Yeah....like Michael Moore's circles....the other night he claimed on Cavuto that NOTHING has HURT their concert ticket sales....soooo....they're fine.

[nopardons]

btt