Posted on 05/29/2006 5:31:43 PM PDT by Rodney King
I thought they didn't need airplay, and in fact preferred a smaller audience who "gets it"
And my point in posting was just to say that they are not only giving out the number to C/W stations, but pop stations as well. I just used your post as an anchor.
The Little Rock stations the Chicks listed are all Country...every last one. There are two or three major pop/adult contemporary stations that most people listen to here most of the time, and the Chicks didn't list any of them....not that they would get play time anyway.
#1 on Billboard 200. More than 500K sold first week. Far exceeding industry expectactations.
all I can say is.. DANG IT!!!! I still don't think they have the fans they used to but time will tell, maybe America is more stupid than I thought.
Plus all the Free Publicity they have gotten. They will get more free pub tonight when they hit the Larry King show.
"Did you like them before Maines spewed her hatred before a foreign audience?"
Actually when the Dixie Chicks started, they were fabulous. I remember hearing them at a private birthday party at a club on Greenville Avenue (Dallas) in the late '80s. They had another lead singer - Laura Lynch - and they were dressed up like 1940's cowgirls. Between them all, they probably played 10 instruments. They were just overflowing with talent. Their first album had just come out "Thank Heavens for Dale Evans" and they were really amazing. They put out another album with Laura, but I don't remember the name (I still have it, but it's not where I can get to it easily. I'll dig it up if anyone is interested), then Martie and Emily dumped her for Natalie. I remember reading about it in the paper at the time because the group used to play Dallas venues and festivals. I thought at the time how shabby it was that they dumped Laura for someone "younger" (their words), but Laura was very gracious about it. I never read that she had said anything negative about them. Too bad they didn't stick with her - they got "younger" as well as "immature." Well, now they have their success - they're being played on KVIL. Anyone from Dallas knows the implications of this! Hope it was all worth it...
Living in Dallas, it was strange even for me to see how successful they were in there crossover from CW to AC/lite rock. They even played "Landslide" on KHKS 106.1 (the top 40/Urban Hits format) like every hour when it came out. They will never be on that station again only because that genre is basicallly over with. 106.1 plays only "ghetto crap" IMHO. I was still in high school when there first commercially successful albums came out, and they were all the rage at that time. They were a nice departure from Britany Spears and Christina Aguilara.
Did you like them before Maines spewed her hatred before a foreign audience?
I did not like Natalie, I have known her a long time. But I did like their music. I went to their concert here in her home town, of Lubbock, Tx, it was only done because they had an open date, so they decided to slip Lubbock in. Lots and lots of little girls there who loved them. NO More! WE have had it with her and her mouth, and now she is slamming the home town she grew up in along with all small towns in America.
She has humilated her granmother, who still lives here. She is a mouth and does not care who she hurts as long as she is taking $$$$ to the bank. I don't doubt the music is good. I don't doubt that her NEW following of liberal bust haters and america haters are not flocking to purchase their cd's, but what I have seen since it came out is New Mexico (Roswell, very conservative) and Natalie the mouth Maines, home town of Lubbock is not buying their crapola.
ment to say the new Bushhaters, who are the Chicks, new following.
It will be interesting to see if the same folks buying the CDs will be willing to shell out 50-75 bucks for their concert. I had thought they would give an abnormal amount of tickets to radio stations to give out, to give the appearance of selling out shows, but if the radio isn't playing them, they won't give out their tickets.
Granaloa lovers do not have 75.00 to put on tickets ihmo.
I would bet Holliwood is buying up their cd's left and left...... Good, they deserve one another, gives them something to do with that easily earned money.
I finally saw their video during lunch on CMT. They look very angry.
And I am not one to make jokes about people's weight, but Natalie is looking a little more than pudgy. I had remembered her losing a little weight in photos of their unsuccessful Rock the Vote concerts.
dyslexia is working over time today....
"Stations and advertisers know, the dixie chix are advertising poison. "
Way back ... before they mentioned their "embarassment"
I used to like them. I have since tossed their CD's
deleted the .mp3's.
They don't exist in my world.
So nice of them to make it easier for me to tell people to remove the Chicks from their playlist. I had thought about it but hadn't looked up the numbers yet. I just voiced my opinion to all the stations in my market. :)
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