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Whatever Happened to the Dixie Chicks?

With the country held in limbo wondering who will take over the presidency from George Bush, it's interesting to look around and see how things have changed. We are a country that is now used to war again. A great deal of us still don't like it, but it is a reality we all are facing.

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They cut another record and made a shitload of money.

From their website:

Dixie Chicks are the highest selling female group in any genre. They hold the distinction of being the only country group in history and the only female group of any genre to earn back-to-back Diamond Awards signifying 10 million in record sales

#1 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-09-11 10:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

history and the only female group of any genre to earn back-to-back Diamond Awards signifying 10 million in record sales

#1 | Posted by silver_ironist

And then she opened her mouth...

Ooops

#2 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

"And then she opened her mouth..."

And spoke the truth.

#3 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 10:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

The Dixie Chicks especially Nattalie Maines are the real patriots. They dared to speak out when their Country needed them to. They did not cower in a corner and remain silent.

Larry

#4 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 10:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

"And then she opened her mouth..."

And spoke the truth.

#3 | Posted by Lisa

She said she was ashamed that Bush was from Texas...

That's all.

It was a joke.

People are funny about their country.

It was kinda stupid for them to say this in another country at a time like that.

I feel sorry for her, because after all these years, I realize she really didn't mean it. It was the time, the location and all that was happening.

#5 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

Eddie:

HUH?? It was a joke??

Have you heard her speak about her comment??

How do you know if she meant it or not???

Good grief!

#6 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 10:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

I'm through with doubt
There's nothing left for me to figure out
I've paid a price
And I'll keep paying

I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I know you said
Can't you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don't mind sayin'
It's a sad sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Sayin' that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

Send "Not Ready To Make Nice" Ringtone to your Cell

THAT DON'T SOUND LIKE SHE WAS JOKING DO YOU????

#7 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 10:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

How do you know if she meant it or not???

Good grief!

#6 | Posted by Lisa

uh... She apologized twice.

#8 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

"She said she was ashamed that Bush was from Texas..."

Bush is from Connecticut.

#9 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 10:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Larry:

I heard her speak about that comment.

There was no joking around.

Eddie tries in vain to make light of the Bush era.

Thank God it's over!

#10 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 10:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

THAT DON'T SOUND LIKE SHE WAS JOKING DO YOU????

#7 | Posted by LarryMohr

LOL!!

I love this.

After they apologized.. twice. Their record sales still didn't pick up.

So they come out with this...

Nice try, there, Larry.

But, she was on the wrong end of the joke and their careers went down because of it.

People are funny that way.

Call it... The Market... I don't know.

You know? Maybe Obama should ask for a law to make people buy Dixie Chicks CDs!!!

Yeah!!!

#11 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

AMEN Lisa AMEN on that.

Larry

#12 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 10:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

Eddie tries in vain to make light of the Bush era.

Thank God it's over!

#10 | Posted by Lisa

How am I making light?

I'm pointing out that people, at that time, didn't take anything light.

#13 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

Provide a link Eddie.

I never heard her apologize.

#14 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 10:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

Lisa, In Vain?

You and Larry are arguing against the current here. Talk about in Vain.

You should pick your battles.

#15 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

hahahahah

whatever!

#16 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 10:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Bush is from Connecticut.

#9 | Posted by Zatoichi

Nice try, Zat.

Let's see, where's he living now?

Not that I blame you for trying.

#17 | Posted by TedBaxter at 2009-09-11 10:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

Provide a link Eddie.

I never heard her apologize.

#14 | Posted by Lisa

you're kidding, right?

Link? Look at the top of the page.

#18 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

hahahahah

whatever!

#16 | Posted by Lisa

WOW!!!

you really think that this dumb bitch threw her career away because she was pissed off about Bush?

LOL.

#19 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 10:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Let's see, where's he living now?"

North of the Brazos.

Almost Oklahoma.

#20 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 11:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

He ain't from here, Goober.

#21 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 11:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

LOL

Sorry Eddie.

I saw interviews with her and a special on TV.

She never apologized.

No quotes in the article about her apologizing nor are there quotes of her saying it was a joke.

I'd take the words out of her mouth over an article that she isn't quoted saying what the article claims.

The joke is on you, I'm afraid.

#22 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hey, Eddie

Did you read the entire article? Or just the first page and a quarter?

"The biggest surprise came when the Chicks won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Album, Best Country Best Record and Best Song ("Not Ready to Make Nice." The album then rose to number 8 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the country album charts. "Not Ready to Make Nice" returned to the charts at number 4 on the Hot 100."

#23 | Posted by TedBaxter at 2009-09-11 11:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

I was born in Oklahoma.

#24 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

Almost Oklahoma.

Funny

#25 | Posted by TedBaxter at 2009-09-11 11:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

threw her career away

If you are going to talk about the Chicks, you need to catch up with the times.

Their new album, made long after the infamous comment, is excellent and their careers are soaring as they move away from Country to Pop. They won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2007.

From their wikipedia page:

The group had sold 30.5 million albums in the United States through August 2009, making them the best-selling female group in the country... As of 2009, they have won 13 Grammy Awards, with 5 of them earned in 2007 including the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Taking The Long Way.

#26 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-09-11 11:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I was born in Oklahoma."

Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:04 PM

That's nice.
It appears you escaped.

I was born in Frankfurt Germany since my dad was a part of of the Berlin Airlift Task force.

What's your point?

#27 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 11:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sorry TB, you were posting while I was typing.

#28 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-09-11 11:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.youtube.com

I hate country music. I spent 18 years hearing it because we could only pick up one station. I still have every dixie chicks cd and I listen to them often to piss off the dip shit red necks around here who've suddenly become concerned about government intrusion into our lives.

the "why are you listening to them" debates border on comic gold.

#29 | Posted by Axiom at 2009-09-11 11:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'd take the words out of her mouth over an article that she isn't quoted saying what the article claims.

#22 | Posted by Lisa

nice try...

Again, do you really think that she threw her career away just so that she could say something like that?

Who else do you know did this?

I really don't care...

But you are passionate that you are right about her crusade, so more power to you.

The people (who buy her CDs) are on my side, BTW.

Your on her side and that's really sweet.

#30 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 11:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

I have no point Zat.

Just offered a bit of useless trivia.

I was born at an army base.

Useless trivia #2

#31 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

Frankfurt am main, to be exact; Frankfurt am Oder would be a rather dissonant conclusion but there are some rather fascinating cases of cognitive dissonance here.

I may get a PhD yet.

Alas, psych major prof has retired.

#32 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 11:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The biggest surprise came when the Chicks won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Album"
#23 | Posted by TedBaxter

yeah, that organization is not swayed AT ALL by politics.

Nice try, though.

#33 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 11:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

I am sweet Eddie...by the grace of God, sweet.

Never, ever forget it!! : )

#34 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hey My Mom was born in Guthrie Oklahoma where bouts for You Lisa??

#35 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 11:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The album then rose to number 8 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the country album charts. "Not Ready to Make Nice" returned to the charts at number 4 on the Hot 100."

Nice try, yourself.

#36 | Posted by TedBaxter at 2009-09-11 11:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I was born at an army base."

Me too.

Figures.

Gotta go.
Off to Houston early: www.nationalgeographic.com

#37 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 11:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

#23 | Posted by TedBaxter

They only had one album since the mishap.

That's it.

Career's over.

#38 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 11:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

That's right! Have a great time Zat!

#39 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The album then rose to number 8 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the country album charts. "Not Ready to Make Nice" returned to the charts at number 4 on the Hot 100."

Nice try, yourself.

#36 | Posted by TedBaxter

New Sound

New Genre

New Audience - HuffPo Liberals -- LOL!!!

Oh! And Al Gore.

#40 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

You do realize that one of them was pregnant and perhaps they are simply taking a break to raise children.

#41 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

ZAT -

Re your #37 -

I'd love to be able to see the Terra Cotta soldier exhibit in Houston.

Tell me all about it when you get back.

#42 | Posted by CalifChris at 2009-09-11 11:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

Lawton, Ok, Larry.

#43 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

You do realize that one of them was pregnant and perhaps they are simply taking a break to raise children.

#41 | Posted by Lisa

Ok...

I'll let it go.

#44 | Posted by Eddie at 2009-09-11 11:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

btw. see the documentary done about the group after the whole thing went down.

if she is apologetic, it doesn't show.

the reaction to her comment borders on insanity. it was pretty fucking dumb of her to say it, knowing how country fans are, and she should have known that it wouldn't just blow over.

That aside, I'm glad they didn't bombard their fan base with nonsense to save their country music careers. It really pisses me off when someone is so greedy that they'll sacrifice their values to keep the green stuff rolling in.

After all. By the time all this went down, they were already wealthy from their music and...get this shit...those cd's that people smashed...someone had to pay for them.

Fucking suckers.

#45 | Posted by Axiom at 2009-09-11 11:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hell thats where My BFF lives. That's kewl Lisa.

#46 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 11:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Don't get excited Larry. I went back a couple of years ago because I hadn't been there since I was born.

I have renamed it Armpit, USA.

#47 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

.those cd's that people smashed...someone had to pay for them.

THAT'S what's really bugging Eddie, he didn't think how much it cost him at the time.

#48 | Posted by TedBaxter at 2009-09-11 11:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

Career's over

Yeah, they have only sold 30 million records.

They are really sucking wind all right.

#49 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-09-11 11:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Tell me all about it when you get back."

Posted by CalifChris at 2009-09-11 11:17

If photography is allowed I will post pictures.

#50 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 11:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hell thats where My BFF lives. That's kewl Lisa.

you're a grown man and you're using "best friends forever"?

Is your underwear bedazzled too, Shirley?

#51 | Posted by Axiom at 2009-09-11 11:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

"30 million records"

Such failures.

;*)

#52 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-11 11:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

What I hate about it Lisa is everything is soo run down and My G-d the Cops there are totally shitty. I mean My word Shitty doesn't cover it. It's like one big ole fuck fest and not the good kind either.

Larry

#53 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 11:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh Axiom, you don't Bedazzle undies.

Sitting on those rhinestones hurts!

And they leave imprints in your butt.

Don't ask how I know that.

#54 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

I plead insanity Axiom.

#55 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 11:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yea, Larry...OK is not someplace I ever care to return to.

#56 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Bush is from Connecticut"

And it shames me everyday hahaha

#57 | Posted by klifferd at 2009-09-11 11:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

I could have said He was My BFF like totally tubular dudette Ya know like for reals.

#58 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-11 11:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

I have renamed it Armpit, USA.

#47 | Posted by Lisa

Wisconsin?

#59 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2009-09-11 11:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Wisconsin?"

Jealous?

#60 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-11 11:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

Whatever Happened to the Dixie Chicks?

They suck. I think that opposing the war wasn't done out of principal, but in a cynical attempt to gain a lot of publicity.

#61 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-09-11 11:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Of course, the strategy failed.

#62 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-09-11 11:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Wisconsin?"

Jealous?

#60 | Posted by Lisa

No if I had to live in the upper Midwest ND, SD, IA and NE would be my choices. Hell even Minnesota is better than WI.

#63 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2009-09-12 12:02 AM | Reply | Flag:

Have you been there, Gimme?

Up north is breathtakingly beautiful.

And..the Packers are there.

And...I lived there!

LOL

#64 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-09-12 12:04 AM | Reply | Flag:

What happened to Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and soon Bruce Springstein?
Political crap is not art. Ask Yoko.

#65 | Posted by Diablo at 2009-09-12 02:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

What happened to Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and soon Bruce Springstein?

Their careers are all doing quite well. Dylan's last two albums have been hits and anything Springsteen touches turns to gold. Joan is still performing and is still an activist.

Why do you righties think that a performer who makes a political statement kills their career?

Do they not play Bob or Bruce on Fox? I know they don't play Joan.

That must be it.

#66 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-09-12 08:46 AM | Reply | Flag:

"They only had one album since the mishap.

That's it.

Career's over."

Poor Eddie, tried to start a DC bashing tread and he gets it turned around on him. Most persons still respect the words fromDC and what Natalie said. Even when country music stations colluded together in their right wing media bias to not play their music, they still rocketed to #1. FUTB was the funniest shit ever, except to Toby....

I wish my career was over like theirs, then I will get to makea movie as well.

The real question is why did you bring up this thread, which chick are you secretly in love wit( I bet she plays violin)?

LM

#67 | Posted by Liberal_Mongrel at 2009-09-12 08:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

Never liked the Dixie Chicks, regardless of politics.

Country music is Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, etc.... with the crossover to Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley

It's a Memphis thang!

"Give me a white boy who sings like a negro, and I can make a million dollars."
--Col. Tom Parker

#68 | Posted by vernon at 2009-09-12 09:00 AM | Reply | Flag:

Just another example that you don't mix business and politics. Probably the first really public example though. The other ones are mainstream Media. Eventually they will all be in the same cesspool.

#69 | Posted by mysterytoy at 2009-09-12 09:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

I believe they are still making money but they have basically gone the way of the FAT broad..whats her name..had a talk show...

and charlie sheen is in jeopardy of going the same route

#70 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2009-09-12 11:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

The Dixie Chicks are still successful, but the giant corporations that own the country music stations stopped playing them when they criticized President Bush. Many of these radio networks are extremely cozy with Republican candidates. Connect the dots.

#71 | Posted by rcade at 2009-09-12 11:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

Maybe regular folks just didn't like their bullshit music, especially after spewing their bullshit opinions. I'd never been a fan, anyhoo.

#72 | Posted by American1st at 2009-09-12 11:41 AM | Reply | Flag:

The Dixie Chicks are still successful, but the giant corporations that own the country music stations stopped playing them when they criticized President Bush. Many of these radio networks are extremely cozy with Republican candidates. Connect the dots.

#71 | Posted by rcade at 2009-09-12 11:37 AM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose)
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Yep the God damned fuck weasels of the Republican Party don't believe in Free Speech until it's them speaking then they whine and cry if You don't allow them their Constitutional Rights and You had best not penalize them either. Fucking useless shits.

Larry

#73 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-12 11:46 AM | Reply | Flag:

Saw them many years ago on 6th street in Austin TX. Great band. Liberal need to support the good they do. Fuck the evil republican singers. Support liberals when you can.

#74 | Posted by jackass at 2009-09-12 12:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's time they make another album. Pop music stations will play them. I bet they sell out a shitload of places.

#75 | Posted by jackass at 2009-09-12 12:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

Dixie Chicks kick ass.

Luff them gals.

Laws yes!

All controversy aside they got the skillz to pay the bills in terms of their singing and other musical talents.

Now they're bringing a much needed country sensibility to the pop world.

Spud sez It's a beautiful thing.

Be Well.

#76 | Posted by dethspud at 2009-09-12 01:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

Dixie Chicks kick ass.

Luff them gals.

#76 | Posted by dethspud at 2009-09-12 01:03 PM

Aw, Tater, who knew all this time you were a good ol' Canadian country boy. : )

#77 | Posted by CalifChris at 2009-09-12 01:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

Aw, Tater, who knew all this time you were a good ol' Canadian country boy. : )

Thank the FSM Ima Country Boi!

Spud's musical taste are eclectic and have wandered far afield from country to rock to rap to pop to classical to opera to punk to bluegrass to jazz to prog to art rawk to techno to trance to house to world beat to Dread Zepplin and beyond.

But me Spuddish roots are old country tuneage.

Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Carl Perkins, Buck Owens.
Lorretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton.

Yeaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaw!

There's some good new country too, of course.

That noted Spud seems to like the more poppy country acts tho like the Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain.

Likee the fiddle music as well.

Be Well.

#78 | Posted by dethspud at 2009-09-12 01:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

I believe that the majority of their fans (country) tend to be on the right, so they pissed of a lot of people who once bought their albums.

Boycotts can be a real B****.

#79 | Posted by MSgt at 2009-09-12 10:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hank Williams Jr. is truly representative of Rtard nation.

"A country boy can survive" has been his rallying cry for decades, but as the singer has grown older, Williams has become more overtly political, more conservative and completely distrustful of most media.

"I listen to Laura Ingram and Mark Levin," he said. "It's the only place you'll hear the truth."

In 2008, he supported Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain's bid for the presidency. He appeared with McCain on the campaign trail, where he sang a revised version of his song "Family Tradition," called "A McCain-Palin Tradition." When the Republicans failed to retain the White House, Williams didn't take it well.

"If it wasn't for the Electoral College, Obama wouldn't be president," he said. "Let's face it. That's the problem right there."

sundaygazettemail.com

#80 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2009-09-13 04:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Seems as though Hank Jr. 'ain't real good' at math in light of the fact Obama won the popular vote by millions too.

#81 | Posted by Timex at 2009-09-13 04:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

They (the Dixie Chicks) are enjoying their wealth and living their lives, something most Americans aren't able to do at this moment.

I recently saw one of the sisters "Emily" at a local down-town Nashville music store and she seemed to be doing great.

#82 | Posted by Sluggo at 2009-09-13 06:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hank Jr. 'ain't real good' at math

About the only thing Hank Jr. has ever been real good at is drinking until he passes out.

He came by that naturally, but at least his daddy could sing.

#83 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-09-13 09:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

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