and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!
Posted on 09/25/2011 5:32:09 AM PDT by raccoonradio
Neither could I fault anyone for speaking their mind with their wallets or purses.
A sign they were connecting with liberals was when “Traveling Soldier” got picked up for airplay by the folk show at Kent State (WKSU), which a friend had sent me (cassette airchecks). The host of the show, Jim Blum, was on the day Clinton was impeached and referred to it as “this sad day in our nation’s history”.
I mentioned WKLB in Boston; it was interesting when they switched frequencies with longtime classical station WCRB
(which has since gone non-commercial and is owned by giant
Boston public TV/radio station WGBH). WKLB moved from one frequency to another by playing Rascal Flatts’ rendition of the Star Spangled Banner (the last note or so went on the
new frequency). WCRB’s program director took it tongue in cheek: the last song on the old freq. was Aaron Copeland’s
“Rodeo”, a fiddle-based tune heard on the old ads “Beef:
It’s What’s For Dinner”. (Hallelujah Chorus first song
on the new spot on the dial)
http://formatchange.com/102-5-wcrb-becomes-country-wklb/
The Chicksie Dicks.
(oops actually it was Ricochet who did the National Anthem rendition they played. The first song under the new
frequency was Rascal Flatts’ “Life is a Highway” from
the Disney movie Cars)
Indeed though there are certainly some country artists who may lean left including Steve Earle and even maybe Merle
Haggard (who came out as anti-Iraq war I believe. “We don’t
smoke marijuana in Baghdad...”?) But true, mostly
conservative.
Rock artists like Pearl Jam do things like burn effigies
of Bush on stage. And let us not forget this gem from
Akron Ohio’s Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders:
“Are we at war yet? Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!
Down with the economic s-— this country represents!”
Visiting Akron recently, I had a great sausage pizza
at Luigi’s and my friend there pointed out we were near
Chrissie’s vegetarian restaurant. Glad I ate at Luigi’s! :)
And since REM has split up I can mention that on MTV
(some awards ceremony or something) lead singer Michael Stipe had a bunch of T shirts on and each one had a politically correct statement on it. He read it as he took each shirt off...
I haven’t listened to the Dykie Chicks since Natalie spoke her ugly mind. I can’t even listen to anyone with a similar sound if it reminds me of them.
It’s interesting how the radio stations are still trying to work them back in. Might say something about who’s running them.
When you are in the entertainment business it doesn’t make sense to piss of your audience.
That isn’t entertaining it is just plain stupid.
When you are in the entertainment business it doesn’t make sense to piss off your audience.
That isn’t entertaining it is just plain stupid.
However, no one ASKED them for their opinion. And they chose an entirely inappropriate venue to give it. They forced it on people who had paid money to hear them perform, and in another country to boot.
True and thats why the radio station doesnt play them. The public is speaking their mind
funny vid. Interesting, the directors name is Bill O’Reilly.
Their first two albums (pre-Natalie, with much more of a bluegrass sound) are -great- and are still in my personal rotation.
I was ticked more when the lead singer wore that shirt for Toby Keith that read FUTK or TKFU not sure.
That was funny when it happened.
I guess they thought all that money came from liberals! LOL!
Long memories are a good thing.
Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines rips country music, fans - National Ledger
Maines says she’s finished with the genre and is none too pleased with the fans, basically labeling them as redneck hicks. She tells Entertainment Weekly, “the stereotype is true.”
“So I’m pretty much done. They’ve shown their true colors. I like lots of country music, but as far as the industry and everything that happened… I couldn’t want to be farther away from that,” Maines told EW.
Ah, but she’s not done. Not only does she hate country music (the genre whose fans lined her pockets with money), she turns on the free market and democracy that made her rich as well.
“The entire country is controlled by money. And I think that’s what people feel, they don’t — their voice isn’t heard. They don’t have a say. It’s corporate America. My friend made up the word corpocracy. I love that word.”
http://www.nationalledger.com/pop-culture-news/dixie-chicks-natalie-maines-r-637817.shtml
“For me as a person, [The incident has] completely altered the course I was on,” Maines tells Entertainment Weekly. “For me to be in country music to begin with was not who I was. I liked Martie and Emily’s (the talented Dixie Chicks) playing, but I did not grow up liking country music.”
“And I guess I was ignorant to the fact that the stereotypes behind country music were true and it was disappointing.”
and the funny thing is... they don't even get any airplay on NPR
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