"I don't even know what's played on country radio, but when they tell me some titles, it cracks me up," laughs lead singer Natalie Maines, sitting in a swank New York hotel as the group promotes its new album, "Taking the Long Way."
"Besides, where would we fit on the playlist between 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' and 'Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off'?" asks Maines, citing two recent country hits, as the rest of the Chicks — sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison — join in her laughter.
"We don't want to be a square peg," pipes in Robison, while Maines adds: "We'd rather be the square peg on the other side!"
The Dixie Chicks (from left), Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, are releasing their latest album "Taking the Long Way." But fans won't find the album's first single, "Not Ready to Make Nice," on country radio. The Chicks' sound is now more rock than country.
"I don't even know what's played on country radio, but when they tell me some titles, it cracks me up," laughs lead singer Natalie Maines, sitting in a swank New York hotel as the group promotes its new album, "Taking the Long Way." "Besides, where would we fit on the playlist between 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' and 'Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off'?" asks Maines, citing two recent country hits, as the rest of the Chicks — sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison — join in her laughter.
This sounds like a shunned high school girl who can't keep from watching what her ex-boyfriend is doing every minute of the day.