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Dixie Chicks "Travlin' Soldier" Is MIA
CMT.Com ^
| 03/31/03
| Calvin Gilbert
Posted on 04/01/2003 12:31:15 PM PST by legman
The Dixie Chicks remain atop the country albums chart, but the recent controversy surrounding the band hasn't helped CD sales or radio airplay. Some radio programmers and fans initiated boycotts after the trio performed a March 10 concert in London. During the show, lead vocalist Natalie Maines noted that they were ashamed that President Bush is from their home state of Texas. Maines later apologized for the remark. However, because of the radio boycott, "Travelin' Soldier" has now disappeared from Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks just two weeks after topping the chart.
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Are these Chicks fried?
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:31:16 PM PST
by
legman
To: legman
Awesome!
2
posted on
04/01/2003 12:32:41 PM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: legman
The PEOPLE have spoken......
3
posted on
04/01/2003 12:33:12 PM PST
by
smiley
To: legman
nah, when it comes to $$$ they'll grovel out a 'real' apology
To: legman
Are these Chicks fried?
Yeah, over easy.
5
posted on
04/01/2003 12:33:53 PM PST
by
Lauratealeaf
(God Bless Our Troops and President George W. Bush)
To: legman
Proof positive that the right of free speech also carries responsibilities.
Too bad Maines was too wrapped up in pandering to a foreign audience to remember that.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:35:01 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Mr. Avuncular)
To: legman
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:36:15 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: legman
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:36:45 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Sua Sponte)
To: legman
Please post your comments on her guestbook at nataliemaines.com. I think she needs to hear a bit more from us.
To: legman
The other 2 chicks are actually talented musicians (one plays banjo, dobro and steel guitar, I think; and the other plays mandolin and fiddle) have fired their lead singer before when they thought it would suit their careers. Do these 2 other chicks not realize that firing Maines right now would likely win the hearts of Americans?
10
posted on
04/01/2003 12:39:10 PM PST
by
hispanarepublicana
(successful, educated unauthentic latina--in Patrick Leahy's eyes, at least)
To: Libertys Kid
The Dixie Chicks were amongst the first in the fallout
for "giving aid and comfort to the enemy", but now that list has grown and some others need attention.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:40:12 PM PST
by
tessalu
To: tessalu
I agree but you just cant forget your first love.
To: tessalu
This is amazing, though. A "hit" song by a top country act has disappeared.
I think this is news. If the song were still #1 the media would hype the anti-war angle. They should tell the MIA story.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:44:48 PM PST
by
legman
("If God is for us, who can be against us?")
To: legman
Jeanine Garafalo tells me that dissent is being criminalized in the USA. I think this means that you will go to jail if you refuse to buy the Dixie Chicks' CD.
To: legman
It's a real bitch when us common folk exercise our 1st amendment right, huh? Too bad, Ditzy Chicks!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:47:40 PM PST
by
Don Carlos
(NO! Next question?)
To: legman
You know, if she had kept her big fat mouth SHUT the Chicks would have had the number 1 selling country song for WEEKS! I like the song "Travelin Soldier". It is not an anti-war diatribe or anything, just a little story about a girl who falls in love with a guy who's on his way to Vietnam. It would have touched the hearts of so many who have loved ones serving in the military. Unfortunately, there are lots of folks who won't even give the song a listen, now, and the Chicks have no one to blame, but themselves.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:47:48 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: hispanarepublicana
Do these 2 other chicks not realize that firing Maines right now would likely win the hearts of Americans? It would win mine!
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:48:12 PM PST
by
legman
("If God is for us, who can be against us?")
To: legman
It's historic for a song to be #1 on the country charts for only one week-- like Travelin' Soldier.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:48:24 PM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: Libertys Kid
Lipton is feeling the heat. See the disclaimer.
http://www.nataliemaines.com/
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:53:06 PM PST
by
legman
("If God is for us, who can be against us?")
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