Weren't the Dixie Chicks practically outlawed in the USA some years back ?

Sixpack · 02-12-07, 07:12 AM

4 years ago practically outlawed in the USA, look at the chicks now...

Not that I am familiar with their music, or remotely care

but it's kinda funny in a remote way

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/...rds/index.html

ReallyDedPoet · 02-12-07, 07:47 AM

Nice to see. The foundation of democracy is free speech

August · 02-12-07, 08:41 AM

They became quite unpopular if that is what you mean...

fredbass · 02-12-07, 08:47 AM

Country music as well as radio stations in general still don't play their music much anymore and because of Natalie's stupid little antics last night, radio will be playing them even less. It's really too bad she never learned how to be a lady. It's just a shame, because I had enjoyed some of their music in the past.

irish1958 · 02-12-07, 10:08 AM

Free Speech caries some downside. If you say something someone or some group of people don't like, they may react.
The real problem is if government decides what you can say or not say. The United States has had this problem in the past (Lincoln suspending individual rights in 1860; the infamous sedition act of Wilson in 1918).
The Dixie Chicks weren't outlawed; they just pissed off the wrong people who just happened to be their base. They are "country" and most country fans are conservatives and take offence with any criticism.

Sailor Steve · 02-12-07, 12:14 PM

The same thing happened to The Beatles back in 1966, when John Lennon observed that they were "more popular than Jesus".
http://www.beatlesagain.com/bapology.html

The Avon Lady · 02-12-07, 01:20 PM

Getting "Whacked" with a Grammy.

And so I leave this uninteresting thread.

ReallyDedPoet · 02-12-07, 01:22 PM

Long live the chicks, and anybody else like them

MadMike · 02-12-07, 01:33 PM

The Grammy's are BS, put out by the industry itself to promote it's own music (much like Soviet leaders who heaped medals upon themselves). The Dixie Chick's self-imposed spiral into obscurity continues...

Yours, Mike

ReallyDedPoet · 02-12-07, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMike

The Grammy's are BS, put out by the industry itself to promote it's own music (much like Soviet leaders who heaped medals upon themselves). The Dixie Chick's self-imposed spiral into obscurity continues...

Yours, Mike

Comparing the Grammy's to Soviet Leaders

fatty · 02-12-07, 01:42 PM

14 Grammies, 3 AMAs, and a movie deal... they must be doing something right :hmm:

Konovalov · 02-12-07, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMike

The Dixie Chick's self-imposed spiral into obscurity continues...

Yours, Mike

Such a spiral into obscurity that they merit their own thread on subsim.

CCIP · 02-12-07, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Comparing the Grammy's to Soviet Leaders

In fact in my view, that comparison would even favour towards the latter :rotfl:

baggygreen · 02-12-07, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by fatty

14 Grammies, 3 AMAs, and a movie deal... they must be doing something right :hmm:

Fatty, its not what you know but who you know....

and in this case, well they're a bunch of youngish, relatively ok looking females, in an industry where the major players are still men.

i leave you to draw your own conclusions...:hmm:

fatty · 02-12-07, 10:23 PM

My conclusion is that since they've managed to top the charts in sales at least once since their disparaging remarks about Bush (horrors! they broke the sacred country music sterotype!) they're doing something right

And I expect as Bush's approval rating slides lower and lower that they will find themselves on an upswing in the U.S.

02-12-07, 07:12 AM	#1
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Weren't the Dixie Chicks practically outlawed in the USA some years back ? 4 years ago practically outlawed in the USA, look at the chicks now... Not that I am familiar with their music, or remotely care but it's kinda funny in a remote way http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/...rds/index.html __________________ \"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse\"

02-12-07, 07:47 AM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice to see. The foundation of democracy is free speech __________________ Back in the Day

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They became quite unpopular if that is what you mean... __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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fredbass Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Port Richey, Fl, USA Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Country music as well as radio stations in general still don't play their music much anymore and because of Natalie's stupid little antics last night, radio will be playing them even less. It's really too bad she never learned how to be a lady. It's just a shame, because I had enjoyed some of their music in the past. __________________

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irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Free Speech Free Speech caries some downside. If you say something someone or some group of people don't like, they may react. The real problem is if government decides what you can say or not say. The United States has had this problem in the past (Lincoln suspending individual rights in 1860; the infamous sedition act of Wilson in 1918). The Dixie Chicks weren't outlawed; they just pissed off the wrong people who just happened to be their base. They are "country" and most country fans are conservatives and take offence with any criticism. __________________ Irish1958

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The same thing happened to The Beatles back in 1966, when John Lennon observed that they were "more popular than Jesus". http://www.beatlesagain.com/bapology.html __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Getting "Whacked" with a Grammy. And so I leave this uninteresting thread. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Long live the chicks, and anybody else like them __________________ Back in the Day

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MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	The Grammy's are BS, put out by the industry itself to promote it's own music (much like Soviet leaders who heaped medals upon themselves). The Dixie Chick's self-imposed spiral into obscurity continues... Yours, Mike

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fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	14 Grammies, 3 AMAs, and a movie deal... they must be doing something right :hmm:

02-12-07, 10:23 PM	#15
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	My conclusion is that since they've managed to top the charts in sales at least once since their disparaging remarks about Bush (horrors! they broke the sacred country music sterotype!) they're doing something right And I expect as Bush's approval rating slides lower and lower that they will find themselves on an upswing in the U.S.