bingo... but you'd think they would maybe play them out of RAT Solidarity
Posted on 09/25/2011 5:32:09 AM PDT by raccoonradio
If I had a buck for every artist I’ve met who thinks the world owes him/her a living, I’d be a rich woman.
Judging by the response they received at the first of two Chicago concerts from a capacity audience, the Chicks will be clucking all the way to the bank for a few more years, at least. Nary a boo bird or a catcall was heard, and scattered signs of support were in evidence. One handmade poster simply read “1st Amendment.”
Maines mentioned the “incident” only once, as if referring to an indelicate piece of surgery. But there was one bit of Chicks hokum, when the “incident” was linked to the Patty Griffin song “Truth No. 2.” While video footage of civil rights marchers and suffragettes paraded across the screens overhanging the stage, Maines sang, “You don’t like the sound of the truth/Coming from my mouth . . . I don’t think that I’m afraid anymore, say that I would rather die trying.” For the Chicks to equate their public-relations dust-up with the historic fight against discrimination takes the kind of hubris associated with out-of-touch rock stars, not down-home country acts.
http://www.baylorfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33490&page=1
Maines paws the stage like a filly with her black boots, and when she leans into “Long Time Gone” and laments that the music she hears on the radio “ain’t got no soul,” she could use some of her own songs as evidence.
It’s interesting in that it is very clear that the audience has no interest in this group (whatever they put out) yet the stations are still trying to ‘squeeze’ a song in here or there.
If your business is target based and you have a product that has a negative response from a vast majority of your targeted base then why even look at the product?
The question then one asks is; whose running or whose is making the decisions for the business?
comment one of the Dixie Chicks made to Newsweek. One member stated, “Would Bruce do The View?” referring to Bruce Springsteen and his career path, which the Dixie Chicks hope to emulate. I’m not sure which is stranger to me, their attack on The View or that they actually think they’re in the same league as Bruce Springsteen
http://www.aoltv.com/2006/05/23/dixie-chicks-slam-the-view/
Dixie Chick Martie Maguire’s $6 Million House Is For Sale
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1718841&SM=1
Taylor made tattoo: Miss Swift inks song lyrics down her arm
The line is a lyric which comes from Grammy-award winning Country Music Group , The Dixie Chicks, and their 2008 single titled, ‘Favorite Year.’
In the past, Taylor has named the group as being one of her musical influences, crediting the women for the impact they have had by ‘stretching boundaries.’
“I never could fault them for speaking their mind”
Me neither. I just never buy their CD’s or listen to their music.
Remember Benedict Arnold? So does everyone else. But it's only been 230 years.
Well the NPR audience isn't exactly known for liking Country and Western music....:^)
She attacks the group of people who she sold songs to and then everyone is asking why CW stations dont play their songs anymore.
Maines also said she didnt want Dixie Chicks CDs next to Reba Mcentire CDs. Well, That dont sound a problem anymore. Since Reba has class and sense enough not to offend the people who support her, she still has a following. The Dixie Chicks couldnt get gigs playing Childrens Birthday party unless they brought along a pony and a clown.
bingo... but you'd think they would maybe play them out of RAT Solidarity
I couldn't either. But I hope no one will fault me for speaking my mind when I fault them for the content of what is in their tiny little anti-American minds. I hope no one will fault me for speaking up with my dollars. When a station I listen to plays the Dixie Chicks, I call them immediately, point out that I am not fond of that group, and that if it shows up even once or twice more I will delete their station from all my radios and never listen again. I also call their advertisers from the same segment and point out that they are paying for ads that associate them with a rather controversial position. We all exercise our free speech rights, freely. Fortunately, when we all speak freely, the Dixie Chicks lose. I've forgiven them and no longer hold a grudge, but I have not forgotten, and I never will. To me they are the moral equivalent of the nationalized "new" GM - dead to me because they are anti-American.
As Sid Sodnagel once said,
“The Dipsy Chix are a threat to the country & western civilization.”
” there are certainly some country artists who may lean left including Steve Earle”
Steve Earle admits that he’s a communist!
I don’t have a problem with the sisters. I just think the little fat one has a big mouth. Sure you can speak your mind, and wear FUTK tee-shirts, but you also might have to suffer the consequences.
They disgraced themselves, so why would I ever want to listen to them? If I want to hear Liberals spewing their garbage, I’ll watch C-SPAN, CNN, MSNBC or Family Guy.
Guess i didn’t edit that one down enough. Or is Yahoo on our do not post list now? I couldn’t find it on the list. Anyway, I was gonna say that the DChicks will try to make their upcoming charity event for Texas wildfires about themselves somehow.
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