The Dixie Chicks should be seen and not heard.
Posted on 08/12/2002 3:56:22 PM PDT by Katya
This is from the Los Angeles Daily news which is part of the Los Angeles Newspaper group,so I've only posted an excerpt....it's a great article. Use the link for more.
It's been years since country crooner Toby Keith cared what you thought about him. His independent attitude was born long before he grabbed headlines recently for a swaggering jingoistic anthem celebrating the kicking of Taliban butt. Although Keith has long been a top country attraction, it wasn't until ABC News anchor Peter Jennings reportedly booted him off an Independence Day special (the network denies he was ever booked) that everybody else caught on.
The flap over Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),' which contains the lines, "You'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A./'Cause we'll put a boot in your ass/It's the American way,' sparked a surge of airplay and publicity that helped bump the Oklahoma singer-songwriter's ninth album, "Unleashed,' to the top of the pop and country charts upon its release last week. The disc has given the DreamWorks label its first No. 1 album.
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The album has received its share of praise. "Keith can deliver a controversial anthem like 'Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)' in a way that's moving, even if you don't subscribe to his America-right-or-wrong flag waving,' wrote Rolling Stone magazine.
Others aren't so sure. Dixie Chick Natalie Maines said, "Don't get me started,' when asked Monday about Keith's smash hit.
"I hate it,' she said. "It's ignorant, and it makes country music sound ignorant. It targets an entire culture - and not just the bad people who did bad things. You've got to have some tact. Anybody can write, 'We'll put a boot in your ass.' But a lot of people agree with it. The kinds of songs I prefer on the subject are like Bruce Springsteen's new songs.'
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"He's got heart,' Philips adds. "He was one of the first to walk around ground zero talking to firefighters and police when the event was still very fresh. Our crew came back later and said, 'You know, this guy speaks from the heart.' '
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"I hate it,' she said. "It's ignorant, and it makes country music sound ignorant. It targets an entire culture - and not just the bad people who did bad things. You've got to have some tact. Anybody can write, 'We'll put a boot in your ass.' But a lot of people agree with it. The kinds of songs I prefer on the subject are like Bruce Springsteen's new songs.
This says it all....she prefers songs on the subject like Bruce Springsteens. I only listen to country occassionally when my daughter is in my car....boy the dj's on the country station were going off on how hypocritical this Dixie chick is.
Besides being new-aged, poppy-commercial, barf inducers, they couldn't keep up with most half-baked bluegrass musicians gigging at your local dive, and they know it.
Let's see how their doing in 5 years (or less) when they're not so cutesy anymore.
From the people who brought you that meaningful tune, "Goodbye, Earl."
Oy flipping Vey.
I guess her song about killing Earl was genius!
Bwahahaha!!!
I saw the Dixie Chicks on "Rock and Roll Jeopardy" and wanna talk about three women with a collective IQ of around 60! All the questions were music-related and still they knew nothing! They could have asked them the color of the sky and they probably would have guessed wrong. Jeez! Those chicks were so dumb that they made the celebrities on SNL's "Jeopardy" parody look like MENSA members.
"I hate it,' she said. "It's ignorant . . ."
That seems rather intolerant for a whining lib. For such a big star, Dixie Hick Natalie has only 39 members at her web forum . . . Why, I suspect that if someone were to post the link here at FR her membership might grow unexpectedly.
The Dixie Chicks should be seen and not heard.
;o)
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