Posted on 06/09/2006 9:15:45 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
Agreed.
Its more than red state/blue state... there are plenty of dems in red states.. certainly enough to make a music show profitable.. the problem is the chix decided in an even greater fit of stupidity than bashing Bush on stage was to then follow it up by saying "We are through with country music"....
That just took already gaping wound and turned it into a festering puss filled amputate it now sort of problem.
That act expanded their stupidity from people who didn't politically agree with them, to the virtually their entire fan base in one small swoop.
Can't give 1/2 to 2/3 your fan base the finger and expect to not pay a price.. but then then basically give the finger to 90%-100% of your fan base right after that just was beyond stupid.
Now here they are relying on those same fans of country music that they said they were done with, and then advertising for their tour on those same stations that play country music that they said they wanted nothing else to do with....
They look like hypocrites, and rightly so... Entertainers are entertainers.. you step and fetch for money! You need to shut up, and know your damned role.
Let this be a lesson to anyone coming up, just because you get lots of money and are surrounded by yes men, doesn't mean you are godlike.. you aren't. Shut up and play.
I had their early CD's, and used to listen to them all the time while I walked. They have since gone in the garbage. I won't listen to them ever again. I hope they go bankrupt.
Don't mess with Texas!
We just want y'all to know that we're ashamed that the Dixie Chicks are from Texas.
I'm sorry to report that there's no cure for the European Geophysical Society (EGS).
Currently there are treatments which, thanks to modern scientific research, improve every year, but, alas, no cure.
'Zackly!
;-)
LOL! Very good!
Good point. Their ticket to the mainstream was Country, and now they've blown it.
Thanks for the info on BATR.
First, they dissed Pres. Bush in England a couple of years ago.
Then they made an apology, sort of.
Then, just recently and in conjunction with this new album and tour, they announced that they were taking back their apology.
Aren't they just brilliant!!!
Let's see,is it....
I guess maybe it's all three, lol!
So long, Ditsy Twits! Don't let Florida hit you in the a$$ on your way (Mid-)east!
On another thread on this subject, yesterday, a person with insider info said that the Chick's label is Sony, and Sony has a "no returns" policy (oh, I'd love to work in Sony's distribution center! a dream!).
Dixie Chicks are hot, taste great, and go well with cold slaw.
You're welcome - they have a page on their website where you can listen to some of their songs.
Actually, there is. EGS doesn't exist any more (since 2003), the EGU took over.
Until this politcal storm came up, I'd never heard of them. Maybe I'm out of it, but I don't listen to anything written after 1791, that's the year Mozart died.
ROTFL!!! During one of their pledge drives!
How about the Lard As* Loud Mouths of Lillith Fair?
Folks like their sound as record sales would indicate. They don't like the chicks as concert ticket sales show.
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