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Dixie Chicks could bring political edge to Grammys
Reuters (Rooters!) ^
| Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:19am ET
| Dean Goodman
Posted on 02/11/2007 8:44:17 AM PST by Thrusher
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To: EndWelfareToday
"The 'Dixie' who?"The Chixie Dicks, that who.
The ones who so effectively pointed out the restriction of their free speech by all those who:
* didn't go to their last concert
* didn't rush to buy their last album
* didn't give their CD's a Christmas gifts last year
* and most importantly, didn't invite her fat A$$ over to our houses for Krispy Kremes and gravy.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:04:11 AM PST
by
nctexan
To: Thrusher
The Grammys could take a rare step into the political arena Who are they kidding? It's Rainforests, global warming, Darfur, etc. etc. every year at the Grannies.
Their attempts to be "edgy" are as pathetic as the awards themselves. A bunch of people pretending to be hip will give a bunch of awards to a Norah Jones. Jones may be talented but it's doubtful any significant percentage of the academy voters have ever heard of her. It's a peer-pressure, keep-up-with-the-Joneses farce.
Is ANYONE interested in seeing corporate mainstream music pat itself on the back? The safe choices are front and center every year.
Finally, let's not forget that this little mutual admiration society is the lead show pony for the RIAA, whose futile attempt to sweep the technological ocean back with a broom is well-documented.
To: Thrusher
Aw, gee. I won't be able to watch the Grammys this year.
I'll be far too busy NOT watching the Grammys this year.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:06:52 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: Thrusher
Why anyone would want to watch this conceited liberal hollywood circle-jerk show is beyond me.
I have much better things to do with my valuable time than watch these self-absorbed idiots pat each other on the back.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:07:29 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Every time a jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings.)
To: KenmcG414
"Anyone who wishes to watch that drivel is welcome to it."
Yeah, it has been a while since I tuned in as well.
Let's see, the last time I watched the LeftGrammys, some savage with a distended belly and a bone through his nose, won the Grammy for instrumental innovation for discovering that if you stretched an animal hide over a circular tree branch and hit it with your open palm, you could make a sound.
He called it a "drum", I think.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:08:17 AM PST
by
EyeGuy
To: Thrusher
Does anyone really think that the Ditzy Chix will not put down President Bush and the U.S.A to a thunderous standing ovation.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:08:50 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
("Nothing is true,and everything is permitted"--7 th Satanic vow. Sounds like Liberalism!)
To: Thrusher
When I think of the Grammies, I remember one thing: Brian Wilson's brilliant "Good Vibrations" was passed over for Record of the Year by "Winchester Cathedral" of all things! Clueless slobs, all of them.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:08:58 AM PST
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(Big dog, big dog, bow-wow-wow! We'll crush crime, now, now, now!)
To: reagan_fanatic
Grammys & Oscars shows=The Accolade shows. Your great!! Yes I am ,but not as great as you......blah,blah....
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:12:10 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
("Nothing is true,and everything is permitted"--7 th Satanic vow. Sounds like Liberalism!)
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
The Wreckers are a better country group that the saddams chicks anyhow..
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:12:37 AM PST
by
Armedanddangerous
(The Coldest Blood Runs through my veins..you know my name..)
To: Thrusher
It's like with Noam Chomsky. You get famous doing one thing, and when that begins to crumble, you get into politics because you can't stand to be a nobody.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:13:52 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: Thrusher
All these pages of comments, and not the first one wondering how they heck they got nominated?
Their last album was crap! They were cancelling concerts across the country--Okalahoma City, Memphis, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Houston.
If you can't sell "country" music there (with perhaps the exception of Memphis), you can't sell it.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:16:48 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Thrusher
Another reason not to watch!
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:19:22 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(SAY YES TO RUDY !!!)
To: Rummyfan
I hope Matt Drudge doesn't drivel on about the Grammy's tonight but he probably will.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:20:57 AM PST
by
fkabuckeyesrule
(If a cow freezes to death does that mean we got ice cream?)
To: Thrusher
"I think people are paranoid," former Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart told Reuters. "I think that if they speak out, they think they're gonna get whacked by the government. It's pretty oppressive now. Look at the Dixie Chicks. They got whacked."I just KNEW Karl Rove was behind all those lousy concert ticket sales.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:22:40 AM PST
by
Huntress
(Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual attack cat.)
To: Thrusher
The Dixie Chicks,who cares!!
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:23:47 AM PST
by
Plains Drifter
(America First, Last, and Always!!!)
To: fkabuckeyesrule
Yes he probably wiil - especially if the Ditzy Chicks or some other artist commits some overtly political act.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:24:09 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: nctexan
didn't invite her fat A$$ over to our houses for Krispy Kremes and gravy. Ohhhh YUK!
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:24:30 AM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(Just remember, fully HALF of the people you encounter in life are below average.)
To: Thrusher
Guess I'll skip it this year.
Actually, I can proudly say I've never watched it.
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:25:05 AM PST
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: BunnySlippers
The what? The Grannies? Didn't they have something to do with those Milli Vanilli frauds? And when did the government "whack" the Ditzy Twits? What, did the Imperial GW Bush proclaim an edict against buying their music when I wasn't paying attention?
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posted on
02/11/2007 9:28:28 AM PST
by
ponygirl
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