Thanks for the ping :)
Posted on 02/16/2007 11:52:00 AM PST by beansox
I wouldn't count on it, unless she plans to switch from country. The Dixies messed where they live and are being kept on life support by the liberal Bush-protest dollars, but those people aren't willing to go to concerts. If Underwood's people want her to have a healthy career, they'll avoid anything political.
The same thing happened to Loretta Lynn a few years back with "Van Lear Rose." Very fine album produced by Jack White, but she couldn't get the time of day on Country radio. Also the first album that she entirely wrote or co-wrote in many years.
The same thing happened to Loretta Lynn a few years back with "Van Lear Rose." Very fine album produced by Jack White, but she couldn't get the time of day on Country radio. Also the first album that she entirely wrote or co-wrote in many years.
Thanks for the ping :)
my guess is 10 yrs from now those grammys will be for sale on eBay as the "destitute chicks" peck for scraps, LOL
Sorry about that -- I think that might be my first double post in almost nine years on FR...
Hi there,
I'm the writer of the blog u just mentioned as "an islamic blog". just wanted to let you know my blog is not "an islamic blog"! although there is nothing wrong with that! im just a girl who writs about my daily life and ecperiences...just wanted to clear that up!
Thanks
See, there's the problem.... Even the artists understand that the Grammys are simply an excuse for a party, a marketing gimmick for the record labels, and essentially nothing but a big circle jerk. Nobody takes the Grammys seriously as far as separating good music from better music. What actually happened was, the voters cut their own throats. Couldn't happen to nicer bunch. Heh heh.
Isn't this continual chipping away at the dixie chicks a bit like knawing at your own leg. They come from the same stock of people as you, they like the same music as you, they are you. Didn't they just comment on what some folks were thinking? Isn't that the whole point? Granted, the way Natalie critised the Pres. of the USA was not ideal, but the backlash was fairly extreme.
As a Brit I'm concerned you think they committed some great indiscretion by having a go at Bush in the UK. We already knew he had it wrong, so no embarrassment for you there.
And for the record so did Tony Blair. I mean if Winston Churchill had had his way we would have been a state in the union too, it was touch and go for a while.
Another thing; if George Bush or for that matter Tony Blair ain't big enough to deflect a little critisism no matter from where it comes, then we're in trouble on both sides of the pond. I for one expect my country's leader to be durable in that respect.
As for the music I like a few Dixie Chick tracks as i like a few Toby Keith tracks, I prefer Alan Jackson to both of them, he just has more fun with his lyrics.
And finally please don't take offence if I have a wrong grasp on this, to me that venting anger and frustration on three singers is misplaced, its the politicians who get paid to take the flak. Well I'm off for a cold beer, a steak and to sit my with my lady, ...oh no, I'm becomming a redneck...
"LOL. But not that much better, eh? You're here like the rest of us, reading and commenting on them."
And they don't even make a penny off of me, and I do nothing to boost their ratings.
I'd say I've been pretty honest with my values.
ping
'Not ready to make nice vs. Jesus take the wheel.
Jesus always wins.'
Very true.
I also like Miss Underwood ..she shows class.
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Welcome, N00b! With a statement like that, you won't last long around here.
Bush didn't have it wrong, even if every Brit in Britain thinks so. Having lived in your country and others on the continent, I take a jaundiced eye at anything Europeans say about Americans. Many of you are a just a jealous bunch.
If then the Dixie Chicks are allowed to criticize (note the Z, it's on purpose) the President, certainly we can criticize the Dixie Chicks.
Country music fans are "Red Staters". This means they have an almost zealous love for this country and anyone slamming her in wartime deserves their disgust. It's our way. Country music fans overwhelmingly voted for Bush. We don't like to see others go out of their way to put him down. Also, a lot of the reasons we so dislike the Chicks is due to their response to our criticizing Maines original statement. Basically, she said "Y'all are a bunch of dumb hicks to vote for Bush, so I ain't taking back nothing. If you don't like it, don't listen!" Fighting words. Bad mouthing your fan base is no way to keep them.
When that happened, fans didn't want to listen to them any longer. They demanded radio stations stop playing them. The radio stations had every right to continue playing the Chicks, or not. Those that chose to continue, lost a lot of revenue. That's the way the market works. To suggest, as certain Hollywood liberals did, that this was persecution of the Chicks is simply absurd. More accurately, it was the relentless stereotyping and ridiculing of white, Anglo-Saxon, Christian Southern Americans that finally caused so many to stand up and shout "Stop it!" The anger directed at the Chicks was part of this. They're a lot of American cultural issues in play here. You Brits don't understand them. But believe me, the Chicks insulted us and stupidly continue to do so, so they are history.
'We already knew he had it wrong, so no embarrassment for you there.
Welcome, N00b! With a statement like that, you won't last long around here.
Bush didn't have it wrong, even if every Brit in Britain thinks so. Having lived in your country and others on the continent, I take a jaundiced eye at anything Europeans say about Americans. Many of you are a just a jealous bunch.
If then the Dixie Chicks are allowed to criticize (note the Z, it's on purpose) the President, certainly we can criticize the Dixie Chicks.
Country music fans are "Red Staters". This means they have an almost zealous love for this country and anyone slamming her in wartime deserves their disgust. It's our way. Country music fans overwhelmingly voted for Bush. We don't like to see others go out of their way to put him down. Also, a lot of the reasons we so dislike the Chicks is due to their response to our criticizing Maines original statement. Basically, she said "Y'all are a bunch of dumb hicks to vote for Bush, so I ain't taking back nothing. If you don't like it, don't listen!" Fighting words. Bad mouthing your fan base is no way to keep them.
When that happened, fans didn't want to listen to them any longer. They demanded radio stations stop playing them. The radio stations had every right to continue playing the Chicks, or not. Those that chose to continue, lost a lot of revenue. That's the way the market works. To suggest, as certain Hollywood liberals did, that this was persecution of the Chicks is simply absurd. More accurately, it was the relentless stereotyping and ridiculing of white, Anglo-Saxon, Christian Southern Americans that finally caused so many to stand up and shout "Stop it!" The anger directed at the Chicks was part of this. They're a lot of American cultural issues in play here. You Brits don't understand them. But believe me, the Chicks insulted us and stupidly continue to do so, so they are history.'
Well stated and I agree!
Thanks for taking the time to explain your point of view and that of the 'Red Staters' as you put it.
And thanks for the noob! welcome.
Actually the album debuted at #1 on both the pop and country charts last May and went Gold the first week. It was the 9th overall best-selling album of 2006.
from February.
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