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Keith Says He Feels 'Vindicated' By Strong Awards Showing For Hawkish Anthem
NJ.com ^
| 4/8/03
| By JOHN GEROME
Posted on 04/08/2003 5:25:13 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Edited on 07/06/2004 6:38:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country singer Toby Keith feels vindicated by the three video awards he won for his hawkish anthem "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)."
"The night we had tonight vindicates me for the controversy from that song," said Keith, who won video of the year, cocky video and best male video for the song during Country Music Television's 2003 Flameworthy Video Music Awards on Monday.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: cash; cmt; countrymusic; dixiechicks; faith; gill; keith; mcgraw; msbride; nichols; rascalflats; tobykeith
Other Headlines Read:
'Bombing' song wins awards - BBC
Keith: Honor for 'Angry' 'vindicates me'- CNN
Hawkish Anthem Wins Country Award - CBS News.com
The Dixie Chicks were nominated in four flameworthy categories...but NO AWARDS TO THE CHICKS AT THE CMT FLAMEWORTHY VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS!! I couldn't find any evidence of their attendance in the stories I perused.
To: fight_truth_decay
Patriotic CD
Hank Jr., Wynonna, McGraw, Rimes on Patriotic CD
Heres the tentative lineup for the patriotic album from Curb Records'.. Its called Best of America, Vol. 2 -- God Bless America 2003 and will be out June 3.
The singers and songs are Lee Greenwood, God Bless the USA 2003; Hank Williams Jr., America Will Survive and Dont Give Us a Reason; Tim McGraw, Please Remember Me; Jeff Carson, I Can Only Imagine; Steve Holy, A Long, Long Way From Home; the Bellamy Brothers, Lets Roll America; Wynonna, Freedom; Jonathan Pierce, Go in Peace; Ronnie McDowell, Dont Mess With America; the Mike Curb Congregation, America the Beautiful 2003; and LeAnn Rimes, The National Anthem.--CMT.com
To: fight_truth_decay
I couldn't find any evidence of their attendance in the stories I perused.Had they shown up THAT would have been the story, the reaction to them, that is.
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posted on
04/08/2003 5:30:00 PM PDT
by
Mister Baredog
((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
To: fight_truth_decay
But America doesn't like patriotic songs. Susan Sarandon, The VICHY CHICKS, etc. all said so. </sarcasm off.
V
....my second favorite pic of the war is the "COURTESY OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE" painted on the barrel of the 120mm on the M1A1 of the 3ID.
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posted on
04/08/2003 5:31:58 PM PDT
by
Beck_isright
(FLASH: CNN hires Baghdad Bob as new Operation Iraqi Freedom Military Analyst)
To: fight_truth_decay
Did Pam get one of them A-wards for "BEST RACK" of the show?
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posted on
04/08/2003 5:36:00 PM PDT
by
jaz.357
(2 wrongs don't make a right,,,,but 3 lefts do!)
Gill: Maines Has Been Bashed Enough
04/08/2003
Vince Gill told reporters backstage at the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards that its time to forgive Natalie Maines for her remarks about President Bush during the Dixie Chicks London concert on March 10. Theres political leaders that have said a lot worse things about George Bush than Natalie did and nobody rips [them] for it, Gill said. I feel like shes been bashed enough. If she made a mistake, or if she feels that way, its past the point. Theyll have to deal with the consequences that come from that.
I cant jump into the fray to say I think this persons wrong and this persons right, because I think being decent and kind and forgiving and all those things are much better things to possess than being right.
http://www.cmt.com/cmt/event/flameworthy03/vgill.040803.jhtml
To: fight_truth_decay
Comedian Brett Butler drew some boos when she mentioned the Dixie Chicks.
LOL! It's looking like that little gesture of Natalie's will go down in music history as one of the great career-killing moves, like Jerry Lee Lewis's marriage to his thirteen year old cousin....
To: Welsh Rabbit
It's looking like that little gesture of Natalie's will go down in music history as one of the great career-killing moves, like Jerry Lee Lewis's marriage to his thirteen year old cousin.... Actually, it's much worse. Remember, the Country & Western audience is generally very conservative politically, and Maines' statement pretty much killed her fan base. This is unlike rock-and-roll and rap fans, which are much more liberal politically.
To: Welsh Rabbit
Natalie's "little gesture" was the last straw in her career.
Comparing her schtick to a politician is apples and oranges.
Perhaps too many awards went to her head, and she forgot us dumb C&W fans have a rudimentary knowledge of international relations.Or perhaps she is just too stupid to know about the reach of the internet.
She is still spouting off the same, lame, lethal to a C&W artists, anti-american trash talk.
Of all the segmented groups of music fans, she has alienated the one group with no short term memory loss problem.
The group that happened to be her "base".
Make that "was her base".
As far as most C&W fans are concerned, she is the new Jane Fonda wannabe in a war that is not VietNam.I look forward to protesting her appearance in Tampa, next month, if she is not cancelled.
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posted on
04/08/2003 6:36:54 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
To: RayChuang88
Way to go Toby. And I'm glad Martina picked up a nod, too.
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posted on
04/08/2003 6:37:39 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: sarasmom
I've noticed Natalie has been getting a lot of support from leftist comedians, as I've observed on SNL and The Daily Show. Unfortunately for her, those people and their fans don't buy a lot of country albums and will forget about her next week.
To: fight_truth_decay
I am so burned-out on the Dixie Cups. I read on another thread that Fatalie told some magazine or other that the more criticism she received, the prouder she became of her anti-Bush statement. What a fat snot.
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posted on
04/08/2003 8:53:41 PM PDT
by
TXBlair
(I heart GWB!)
To: fight_truth_decay
Sheryl Crow must have felt out of place.
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posted on
04/08/2003 8:57:07 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Send Al Sharpton 5 bucks so he can wreak havoc in his party)
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posted on
04/08/2003 8:58:19 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
To: fight_truth_decay
Gill better ease up or I'll start looking for the "next best thing". Maines has a track record of left wing tripe from the Bush bashing, to Toby Keith bashing to Peta.
To: RayChuang88
Actually, it's much worse. Remember, the Country & Western audience is generally very conservative politically, and Maines' statement pretty much killed her fan base. ![](http://www.nataliemaines.com/images/childhood/11.jpg)
"All my base are belong someone else now."
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:49:50 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Don't believe every prophecy you read - ESPECIALLY *** ones)
To: RayChuang88
Actually, it's much worse. Remember, the Country & Western audience is generally very conservative politically, and Maines' statement pretty much killed her fan base. ![](http://www.nataliemaines.com/images/childhood/11.jpg)
"All my base are belong someone else now."
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posted on
04/09/2003 5:51:26 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Don't believe every prophecy you read - ESPECIALLY *** ones)
To: fight_truth_decay
My wife and I were there. At EVERY mention of the chix, there was a casscade of boos that rivals that of your favorite team getting the royal shaft from the refs. If they had shown up, the stage used for the pre-show concert in front of the Gaylord Center would have been used as a gallows. After watchin a replay, the boos sounded watered down, not as intense. Toby was vindicated. At the end of "Courtesy...", he threw his guitar down and broke it. I sure hope they took it across the street and put it in the Country Music Hall of Fame. It would be fitting. As far as the rest of the evening, it was great. The only reason Pamela Anderson was there was because of Kid Rock. The only reason Sheryl Crow was there was Kid Rock. Tim and Faith were Tim and Faith. Martina, Shania, Allyson, Terri Clark, are so much more beautiful in person than on album covers. We saw them come in on the red carpet and was about three feet away so we got a good look at them. Toby Keith, Darryl Worley, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Rascall Flatts, etc. were their usual good selves. A good time was had by all (except the loosers).
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posted on
04/14/2003 8:02:25 AM PDT
by
NCC-1701
((Good luck, happy hunting, and God-speed to the US military and our allies in this operation.))
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