Video: Dixie Chicks gloat at the Grammys
posted at 9:17 am on February 12, 2007 by Allahpundit
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They won five awards, including Best Angry Song, Most Petulant Album, and Truth-to-Power of the Year. Even the little troll who sings lead thinks it was political.
Also injecting a little political flavor: Ludacris, who gave a shout out to the man who cost him the Pepsi campaign, and America’s real president, who turned out to keep up his hipness quotient just in case he changes his mind about ‘08.
The confetti wasn’t for the Gorebot, by the way. It was left over from the Chili Peppers’ performance.
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It’s too bad the Dixie Chicks got so political. “Taking the Long Way” is a decent album.
Slublog on February 12, 2007 at 9:20 AM
Too bad I wasn’t watching.
budorob on February 12, 2007 at 9:21 AM
They win a statue or two but cannot sell water to a thirsty man. Whoop-de-friggin’-do. Your albums are in the discount bin and Hanks Ol’ Vinyl antique record shops.
CrimsonFisted on February 12, 2007 at 9:23 AM
HAHA.
Too bad Grammy’s do not equal record sales. Stay tuned for the next CMA awards, hopefully they will be a little “political”.
Theworldisnotenough on February 12, 2007 at 9:23 AM
Of course they were going to win! But, I think it wasn’t their album that won, it was their politics. What else is new, the liberal judges vote with their politics.
bloggless on February 12, 2007 at 9:24 AM
Heh, did anyone doubt they’d win? So predictable of these stupid awards (see Nobel Peace Prize).
Benaiah on February 12, 2007 at 9:24 AM
C’mon, they could have farted on that album & they would have been given the same awards. Who doesnt know that?
Enjoy it pity grammy girls, its your last one.
DwnSouthJukin on February 12, 2007 at 9:24 AM
No surprize here. That’s what we all expect from the left coast.
I’m going out on a limb and make a prediction: Al Gore will get an Oscar for his movie about the end of the world. Remember where you heard it first.
OBX Pete on February 12, 2007 at 9:26 AM
Yeah there was so much outrage over Ludacris’ replacement that Pepsi was able to buy off the Black “leadership” with a $25,000 donation to some charity. Echoes of Selma…Pfft.
Theworldisnotenough on February 12, 2007 at 9:26 AM
Totally predictable. No story here. It’s Hollyweird folks, drooling all over themselves as usual.
I’m sure the Chixie Dicks will pack the arenas on their concert tour now. Well, maybe in Canada, France and Dearbornistan, huh?
fogw on February 12, 2007 at 9:28 AM
I bet their was a whole lot of animal testing for all those skanks to look “good”. Where is peta?
bloggless on February 12, 2007 at 9:28 AM
They, like some Republican politicians, abandoned their base and if you notice they received a Grammy and not an award by the Country Music Association, which was a done deal…kinda like Jimmah Carter winning an award for “Best Spoken Word Album”…he got that the same way he got the Nobel Peace Prize…because that strata of our country hate GWB.
DoctorDentons on February 12, 2007 at 9:28 AM
Who choses the Grammy wins?
Pam on February 12, 2007 at 9:28 AM
So they get another chunck of mediocrity on the mantle. The grammy’s are obsolete. Outdated. Irevelant.
They never even came close to outselling the soundtrack to Disney’s “High School Reunion” for pete’s sake.
CBarker on February 12, 2007 at 9:30 AM
I am looking forward to the day when every award/poll/election is not a “referendum” on GWB. The very little bit of the show I watched was the set up for the song of the year award. They rolled out that creaky communist Joan Baez to make sure we didn’t miss the connection between Iraq and Viet Nam. How could they have telegraphed their play any more clearly???
I used to love the Chicks. They are truly great musicians. But as they say in country music, you need to “dance with the one who brung you.” They are just like the high school sophomores who get invited to sit at the cool girls table. All they have to do is look down on all their old friends.
Spurlee on February 12, 2007 at 9:38 AM
I thought I’d puke when I saw Al Gore with Queen Latitia…
Babs on February 12, 2007 at 9:39 AM
How much can you pawn a Grammy for?
Limerick on February 12, 2007 at 9:40 AM
This is the very first time I’ve refused to click on one of your clips. Not a chance I’m watching that. I’d prefer another Rosie O’Donnell clip.
And no - not a big surprise that they were big winners. The opposite would have been more surprising.
Too bad. I used to be a big fan, had all their albums. Those CDs are at the bottom of some Tennessee landfill by now.
I did learn one important thing from their treason, though: the power of the “shrug.” I learned that you can elimate something from your life so very easily by just shrugging and turning the channel. I haven’t heard a word of their music in 3 years. In fact, I had no idea they even had an album out until pretty recently, thanks to the “shrug.”
It’s a powerful weapon, my shrug. These loons don’t even exist in my universe, until they pop up someplace like here.
Professor Blather on February 12, 2007 at 9:41 AM
I have a suggestion as to what the Trixy Dicks can go do with three of those trophies, but I’ll keep it to myself.
Parley on February 12, 2007 at 9:41 AM
I really like their music - although their politics overwhelm their music. I can’t even listen to them anymore. I wish they would just shut up and sing.
Dr. Gecko on February 12, 2007 at 9:42 AM
When Jethro Tull won best hard rock/metal performance in 1989 (beating Metallica, back when they were still metal), all credibility was lost to the Grammy’s.
Neo on February 12, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Sounds like a good title for a book!!
OBX Pete on February 12, 2007 at 9:46 AM
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DwnSouthJukin on February 12, 2007 at 9:48 AM
I’m not a fan of the Dixie Chicks or country music so I couldn’t care less what you say about them, but to avoid making yourself look like an uninformed ass, you might want to check your facts.
Their most recent album debuted at #1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Billboard Country charts, went Gold its first week, and has since went on to go 3x Platinum. I don’t know about you, but I’d settle for those album sales.
JaHerer22 on February 12, 2007 at 9:53 AM
The Dixie who? You’d think with all these “awards” the looney left is giving themselves, there would be at least one whole good brain among them, alas, that’s not the case.
NRA4Freedom on February 12, 2007 at 9:56 AM
Interesting lesson we are teaching our children…
The things our Fathers considered treason? Are now celebrated!
Romeo13 on February 12, 2007 at 9:58 AM
Good for the Chicks! Taking the Long Way is a terrific album, and one which I am very happy to own. The fact that some people on the far right are unable to get over what is now a four year old faux pas is pretty sad.
John on February 12, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Really, we should all thank the Grammy voters for not picking that James Blunt song.
Slublog on February 12, 2007 at 10:05 AM
I can’t wait for their Egyptian Tour.
Griz on February 12, 2007 at 10:06 AM
IF their album went triple platinum, then my bet would be that the record company paid for them all and paid radio stations to play their songs like they were busted for last year or the year before I cannot remember. Sony anyone?
jdsmith0021 on February 12, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Yawn.
When is the next award show that I’ll be skipping?
JammieWearingFool on February 12, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Agreed.
spmat on February 12, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Lenin would be proud of our radical leftists today.
They are successfully using mass media to re-write and re-shape history, and ardently working to crush any dissent in order to control the gulible masses.
Erode the will. Distort the facts. Make promises you can’t possibly keep. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
Enslave the People.
Good thing they’re vastly overestimating the level of actual support they have in this country. Boy is that gonna be a surprise when it finally dawns on them.
Eyes and ears open, my friends.
techno_barbarian on February 12, 2007 at 10:16 AM
When they won their first award, they got a standing ovation. It was obvious that it was their politics and not their music that gave them their awards.
CookeyD on February 12, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations, Jaherer22: in a moment of endlessly amusing ironic self-parody, you just made yourself look like an uniformed ass.
Has the album sold well? Of course - UNLESS you compare it to EXPECTED sales for the biggest selling female group of all time. By those standards - by the record company’s expectations - sales were dismal, you uniformed ass.
Despite perhaps the greatest publicity blitz in music history (frickin’ 60 Minutes even), this album sold a full 33% less than the preceding album (”Home” 2002) in its first week; not one single from the album got decent airplay or even cracked the top 20 - which is stunning considering the prior popularity of this gaggle of goons.
Their second album sold almost 800,000 copies the first week; this one sold 526,000, and dropped to half that by the second week. Arguing that this is a “success” requires impressive stupidity. It’s like being impressed when Stephen King’s next novel is a best-seller. They’re *all* best-sellers the first week.
Call me when total sales figures are compiled in year or two. In the meantime, these twits are still consistently underperforming by significant percentages compared to their last 2 albums, with far more publicity, and their concert sales are downright embarrassing. The ininformed asses like Jaherer22 may be impressed, but a guarantee you that their label is less than pleased. Ask Stephen King’s publisher how they’ll feel if his next book is at the top of the best-seller lists but sells 33% less than his last book.
And all of this information is a Google search away, for anyone who’d like to avoid being an “uninformed ass.”
Thank you for my laugh of the day, Jaherer22, you truly uninformed ass. Seriously. Good stuff. Cheers, mate. You the man. :)
Professor Blather on February 12, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Inertia. It’s common for bands on the way down from an extended period of popularity to do well for an album or two. They’ll continue to be popular, as well, though not nearly at the level they were when they were a country act. Country fans don’t want to hear them and rock/pop stations can’t. From now on, they’ll be a lefty pop staple staple and as polarizing as the President they hate so such. Still, it must suck to realize that the award you just won came because people feel sorry for you.
Basically, they’ve jumped the shark. Time to move on.
spmat on February 12, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Feh.
WriterMom on February 12, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Those 5 Grammys given to the Ditsy Twits will not earn them any money. The Twits are has-beens whose career has about as much of a chance of a “comeback” as Meatloafs.
PoliticallyIncorrectSandy on February 12, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Too bad that won’t buy them fans.
This is true. Because of their faux “truth to power” and trashing their own fans by calling them all “rednecks” (and not in a kind way), they gained a huge following from the Left and got their albums sold at Starbucks stores around the world, a place you aren’t likely to find many country music fans (or “rednecks” if you’re a chick).
And their concerts (in America) were cancelled due to a lack of ticket sales.
They’ve been picked up by the Lefty elites solely as a political statement. I hope for their sakes that it lasts, but it could just be a novelty. I mean Bush will only be in power a little while longer.
Esthier on February 12, 2007 at 10:28 AM
Not surprised at all. As soon as I saw they were nominated I knew they had a better then average chance to win. All it means is that some really deserving artist did not get the award and recognition they deserved just so the Grammy voters could have their little childish moment. So to the entertainers who work really hard and produce some real quality music you now know that isn’t enough to get you the trophy.
One question on the side, it is well known that the Grammy voters are very out of touch when it comes to country music anyway but when was the last time they awarded a Grammy to a living country music performer?
LakeRuins on February 12, 2007 at 10:28 AM
I gave up on giving a rat’s a** about awards when Yasser Arafat got one for Peace. Libs giving libs little pats on the head for sticking to the script. Sorry, don’t care.
austinnelly on February 12, 2007 at 10:29 AM
Look man, it’s not that they are political, it’s that they’re leftist.
I can see myself fully supporting them if they came out FOR Bush.
And it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the Grammy’s is a farce. When Gore got the Nobel Peace nomination, I knew this awards season was going to be pure partisan theater.
I find that my Xbox360 and I will avoid all the BS awards shows this season just fine.
unamused on February 12, 2007 at 10:29 AM
To make it a little simpler and easier for the truly uninformed asses like Jaherer22:
Any questions, you King of All Uninformed Asses?
Professor Blather on February 12, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Ah, but if they had just treated it like a faux pas, we probably would have gotten over it. Instead, they obsessed over it to the point of even writing a song that was rather in-your-face about it. Our continued dislike of them is merely pushback.
James on February 12, 2007 at 10:35 AM
I have never in my life watched a second of the grammy awards.
T thought that the Dixie Chicks were being repressed, then how did they win an award?
Hilts on February 12, 2007 at 10:41 AM
They only won ’cause there was no “Broke Back Mountain - The Musical” album.
Mojave Mark on February 12, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Zeppelin never won a grammy; therefore, they are a worse than useless indicator of musical talent.
JohnW on February 12, 2007 at 10:45 AM
I’m disappointed. OK maybe not.
Who , outside of the music industry watched the Gammys?
shooter on February 12, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Do the Chicks realize they are still tools of the Hollywood crowd? I would bet they won because of the “message” Hollywood gets to send to the Administration and the conservative crowd beyond any musical talent the gals may have shown. It could have been any group, the Chicks just happen to be there at the time.
In the 1980s I realized the Grammys are irrelevant to quality, taste, and creativity in music, and I haven’t watched them since.
Mallard T. Drake on February 12, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Maybe they can sing to their Grammys ’cause there’s no one at their concerts!
And AL, I remember you! Didn’t you LOSE the big one?
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on February 12, 2007 at 10:48 AM
I profess that I know nothing about music awards but isn’t winning the Grammies like winning the musical version of the Special Olympics? Sure you get recognized for trying hard but at the end aren’t you still disabled? I support the Special Olympics by the way so don’t think I’m belittling those people.
Guardian on February 12, 2007 at 10:49 AM
That’s assuming a lot, considering the overall state of the music industry. Most of the music made in studios is overproduced schlock that consists of someone either warbling or oversinging.
I don’t like the politics of the Dixie Chicks, but to their credit, they are songwriters and outstanding musicians.
Slublog on February 12, 2007 at 10:50 AM
Blather,
Well I don’t even know where to begin with you. I’ll start off by saying I’m a little confused why you got so worked up over my “uninformed ass” comment when it wasn’t directed at you or anything you said. Methinks you doth protest a little too much. Two giant rants based on trying to prove that while yes, their albums did go 3x platinum, they didn’t sell as well as their old albums? Really? Okay, I believe you, what’s your point?
Both comments I quoted made it sound like their comments about Bush alienated them and now while they might win a few Grammy’s, they are struggling to sell albums. This is clearly not the case and that is the point I made. I didn’t say their most recent album was their bestselling album, I didn’t say they weren’t underperforming, I didn’t say their Bush comments didn’t hurt their album sales; I didn’t argue any of these points but you somehow felt the need to refute them. My point, my only point, is the Dixie Chicks are still selling plenty of albums and still have plenty have fans. Why are you so defensive about this?
JaHerer22 on February 12, 2007 at 10:54 AM
(snort)
Not sure, exactly. I think it’s kind of like the crazy kids at DU going on and on about how they’re being censored while posting all sorts of vile crap … to understand that kind of obvious logical paradox, it helps to be a liberal.
Professor Blather on February 12, 2007 at 10:55 AM
The Grammy’s, like the Oscars, became completely irrelevant years ago. I fully expected the Dixie Chicks to win so I can’t get too upset about it(although it does make me a little sick to think of them winning any award over Carrie Underwood).
Somewhat off topic, I thought last years American Idol performance must have been a bad night for her, but does Mary J. Blige really suck that badly?
dementia unbound on February 12, 2007 at 10:56 AM
Defensive? Try deeply amused.
I tend to get a chuckle out of clearly uninformed people suggesting that others are “uninformed asses.”
My point, my only point, is that I really dig self-parody. And you were awesome!
Professor Blather on February 12, 2007 at 10:59 AM
This deserves repeating…
Interesting lesson we are teaching our children…
The things our Fathers considered treason? Are now celebrated!
Romeo13
NRA4Freedom on February 12, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Proud winners of the Jane Fonda, John Kerry award.
Texyank on February 12, 2007 at 11:03 AM
Why did Emily look like she came straight from a Robert Palmer video shoot?
DanCamm on February 12, 2007 at 11:05 AM
Wait a minute! Musicians garnishing awards upon OTHER musicians??? OH NO!
Haven’t watched the grammies since I was like, 12.
I also haven’t bought a cd in nearly a decade.
robblefarian on February 12, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Hammer. Nail. Head.
thirteen28 on February 12, 2007 at 11:07 AM
A more general question (channeling Jerry Seinfeld): what exactly is the deal with awards shows, anyway?
Society obsesses over celebrities for basically … nothing. For singing (usually with marginal talent) songs (that are usually mediocre, or written by somebody else). For acting (playing pretend - and reading somebody else’s writing.)
Then we pay them millions for it. Then treat them like royalty, fawning over them.
And then … millions watch them get awards, given basically to each other, for doing the same useless crap we probably shouldn’t be paying attention to in the first place?
I don’t get it. How about an awards show for nurses and teachers and firemen? Not to mention soldiers?
As in, people who actually DO something.
Professor Blather on February 12, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Grammys? Yawn.
Dixie Chicks? May they have persistent, resistant yeast infections.
georgej on February 12, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Hey Prof…I used to be a whiz at disecting frogs back in biology class but I was a piker compared to your disection of Jaherer22…Kudos and keep that knife sharp.
DoctorDentons on February 12, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Other than the critical-thinking challenged set that gets its news from Entertainment Tonight, who gives a rat’s ass ?
elgeneralisimo on February 12, 2007 at 11:15 AM
The grammys are just a way for the socialist Hollywood crowd to tell themselves how bitchen they think they are. After The Police it was all downhill except for the Chili Peppers.
infidel4life on February 12, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Billboard Country Chart lists Taking the Long Way as #5 album for 2006.
honora on February 12, 2007 at 11:34 AM
The best new album was by the Raconteurs. They were gipped just to make a political statement.
I like how the Dixie chicks made it a point to only thank their “true fans.” Maybe now they can sell out some real venues? Not likely.
BelchSpeak on February 12, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Not to mention the fact that album sales is NOT where muscians make their money. it is the touring. care to observe how many shows they’ve cancelled? a bunch.
they are going down in flames.
cawort01 on February 12, 2007 at 11:45 AM
There’s a question of context here, music sales in general have taken a real nose dive due to downloading, iPods etc. Sales via traditional channels (hard copies) peaked in 2001 and been steadily declining ever since.
The Chicks have weathered this a lot better than most so you’re correct. (I suspect you already know that!!)
honora on February 12, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Refreshing to see somebody put their money where their mouth is, ain’t it?
honora on February 12, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Hey Prof.. I too agree with you!! Haven’t watched an awards show since I was in my teens (too many years ago that I want to count). It is laughable how people fawn over these so called “stars”. My heros are our men and women in the military, firefighters, policemen, EMT’s, nurses, and the moms and dads who go to work each day even to a crappy job to support thier family. Not these idiots who walk the “red” carpet.
ChrisIansNana on February 12, 2007 at 11:51 AM
This is nothing more than the communist Hollywood entertainment industry attempting to make a political point. In the end, the Dixie Chicks remain the same anti-American, repulsive dolts they’ve always been.
rplat on February 12, 2007 at 11:52 AM
The ridiculous thing about the Dixie Chicks is that they’re still doing interviews, movies, articles, songs, and albums all orbiting around their “truth to power” moment long long after everyone else stopped caring. I saw advertisements for their “movie” about how brave they were speaking Truth to a room full of their worshippers and I thought, “they’re still talking about that?” They’re basing their career around being anti-Bush… a dangerous move for anybody wanting to be performing after 2007.
As an interesting side note, the only city in Dixie where the Dixie Chicks could get a venue after their spat was Atlanta… to a stadium full of people who didn’t live in Atlanta.
Lehosh on February 12, 2007 at 11:56 AM
I remember in 1988 Olympia Dukakis won the best supporting Oscar for her awful performance in moonstruck. I could only guess that she won because her cousin (I thought that he was her brother, good thing I did my fact checking first) was running for president against George Bush Sr.
That was my first hint that the award shows were politically motivated and leaning left.
It maybe that I just hated the character that she played, but I think she overacted in that roll. Not worthy of so high an honor.
Now they don’t even hid it anymore!!
After I typed this I thought I would save it for when Gore won the Oscar, but I’m here already so I’ll post it here. Just keep this in mind when he does.
Gwillie on February 12, 2007 at 11:56 AM
They didn’t seem to realize this would happen. They’re certainly whining about it enough to make it seem as it came as a surprise.
And they’ve tried to make money off of it with a documentary.
This isn’t the same as someone saying they could have been signed to a major record label but decided not to because of moral obligations.
They didn’t decide to leave the South (whose politics and people they clearly have a disdain for). The South chose to kick them out, out of stadiums and off the air.
They didn’t choose any of this.
And by the way, had they insulted their core base with a message that was in support of Bush or in support of the war (though this likely would not have offended their core), they would not have become the Grammy Darlings they now are. Being “silenced” for saying something Right (politically) does not get you Grammy attention.
There are several artists who are actually putting their money where their mouths are who can attest to that, many who know that if they only adopted a different attitude about politics that they’d actually get a record deal.
Esthier on February 12, 2007 at 12:10 PM
I am by no measn insinutaing that the Dixie chicks are broke. But their albumm sales are not 3x platimun their total sales for 2006 were 1,856,284. So they are not eating a at homeless shelter but the real money is in touring. While the sympathetic left will pop for an album, the Chick’s need real fans to support a tour.
Theworldisnotenough on February 12, 2007 at 12:12 PM
The Bushitler administration is shaping-up to be the most incompetent fascist regime ever!
-phil
phile on February 12, 2007 at 12:15 PM
I’m still in tears………. my money was on Hillary’s rendition of our National Anthem….
PinkyBigglesworth on February 12, 2007 at 12:16 PM
kind of ironic that the only time the Dixie Chicks win something from the grammies is when they act like anti-american dolts.
Defector01 on February 12, 2007 at 12:36 PM
WoW? Am I supposed to be impressed that a bunch of Benedict Arnolds won an award from traitors?
Tim Burton on February 12, 2007 at 12:39 PM
kind of ironic that the only time the Dixie Chicks win something from the grammies is when they act like anti-american dolts.
Actually, they won a couple of Grammys for their first album, which is still their best, in my opinion; and one for their “meh” second album:
2000: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - “Ready to Run”
1999: Best Country Album - Wide Open Spaces
1999: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - “There’s Your Trouble”
Slublog on February 12, 2007 at 12:41 PM
I’m glad I didn’t watch the
GrammysBDS awards last night - looks like I didn’t miss much.Rick on February 12, 2007 at 12:41 PM
And…reformat:
Actually, they won a couple of Grammys for their first album, which is still their best, in my opinion; and one for their “meh” second album:
2000: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - “Ready to Run”
1999: Best Country Album - Wide Open Spaces
1999: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - “There’s Your Trouble”
Slublog on February 12, 2007 at 12:42 PM
Lehosh
Actually the stadium wasn’t full. A lot of tickets were sold so granted they still got the money, it is just a lot of the tickets were bought by people on purpose who were not going to attend. There were plans for a protest before the concert but there was not a big turnout for that.
Just what I heard. . .
LakeRuins on February 12, 2007 at 12:44 PM
If only Al Gore had done some sort of book on tape. He could have a won Nobel Peace Prize, a Grammy, an Oscar all in the same year. It seems the only thing he can’t win is an election.
/so which I am eternally grateful
LakeRuins on February 12, 2007 at 12:46 PM
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You think that one up all by yourelf?
forged rite on February 12, 2007 at 12:47 PM
F-them all… Just looking at them draws the bile to the back of my throat.
x95b10 on February 12, 2007 at 12:49 PM
I’m waiting for the inevitable Broadway Musical based on “An Inconvenient Truth.” I hear Streisand is doing the music.
Slublog on February 12, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Heh. The crowd will need raincoats when they simulate the sea level rising 20 feet. Better than a Gallagher show.
Theworldisnotenough on February 12, 2007 at 12:53 PM
“I loved it, it was better than Cats. I want to see it again, and again…”
Rick on February 12, 2007 at 1:03 PM
Ironically the “chucks” took a percentage of gate revenue over the industry standard lump sum payment for thier tour.
That’s the real reason poorly selling venues where cancelled in favor of Canadian locales, or changed to a later date.
Low and behold, the’re greedy capitalists after all!
An independant revue person I know of was at the Chicago show, he noted for a sellout it sure was vacant up top. I didn’t even realize they were here until I heard about it on the wifes POP radio station.
As for the show he gave the it 2 stars.
CBarker on February 12, 2007 at 1:06 PM
What’s a dixie broad…???…when was this on…???
areseaoh on February 12, 2007 at 1:12 PM
kind of ironic that the only time the Dixie Chicks win something from the grammies is when they act like anti-american dolts.
So basically 3 Grammys for their all their albums pre-Bush bash, and 5 for the one they’ve come out with since. All that time living in the gulag must have really sharpened their musical skills so that they could come up with the best album ever.
Actually the fun got started last night during 60 Minutes. They had a feature on Norah Jones, who unbeknownst to me wrote some sort of anti-war protest song. Katie Couric asked her “weren’t you afraid of a Dixie Chicks style backlash?”
I swear, our mercenaries in Iraq living in their obscene amenities could really learn a thing or two about courage from these brave young women of the recording industry who face unimaginably dire consequences for speaking truth to power against the repressive regime under which we all live.
Dudley Smith on February 12, 2007 at 1:35 PM
There have been many times in the last few years I have winced and regretted hearing entertainers use their worldwide microphones to spread their political views. They have a right to their beliefs, but not when they are supposed to be entertaining. I don’t care how good they are, they went on my “list” and they will stay on my “list” never to receive a dime of my money or a nanosecond of my ear-space.
Having said that, Nat finally got what she wanted…an audience full of progressive faces. They actually dissed the people who made them famous. Ungrateful beyoch does not even begin to cover what I think of them.
Glynn on February 12, 2007 at 1:36 PM
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