WTF is THAT supposed to mean?

http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?St...2-101753-8848r

Country radio nixes Dixie Chicks
NASHVILLLE, Tenn., May 22 (UPI) -- It appears the war U.S. country radio stations mounted against the politically outspoken Dixie Chicks has not abated in the least.

The band is promoting "Taking the Long Way," its first album since Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 she was ashamed to be from the same state as U.S. President George Bush. The comment sparked a radio boycott of the group's music.

Although the album hits stores Tuesday, the first two singles from the album are not getting widespread airplay, Billboard.com reported Monday.

The first single, "Not Ready to Make Nice," only peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and the second single, "Everybody Knows," is moving downward after its peak at No. 48.

WKIS FM in Miami reported it pulled "Not Ready to Make Nice" due to listener complaints after only one week.

The program director at KUBL/KKAT in Salt Lake City told Billboard he was angered by its "self-indulgent and selfish lyrics."

Neither the Chicks or their label, Columbia Records, would speak to Billboard for its article.

Of course he would say that.

:rolleyes:

I thought it was a darn good way to get their point across, but hey, who listens to me? So I'm just going to sit back with my bowl of popcorn and prop up my feet and watch as people go at each other because of a difference of opinion. Maybe that is selfish and self-indulgent, but no one is going to make me change my mind about this. The Dixie Chicks rock...and they aren't the only Texans I know of who are ashamed to come from the same state as Dubya...

no going at it from this end - difference of opinions. The only reason I posted that article was to prove that, to this day, they ARE still being banned. To each their own. Good for them, they stood up for what they believed . Now I'm standing up for what I believe. I'm not going to buy anything of theirs or support anything that endorses them. Thats my way of handling the situation. I may be the only one on GC who feels that way, but I can assure you, I'm not a needle in a haystack in this situation.

The Dixie Chicks are on the cover of this week's Time.

true - but many people believe that the reason they arent marketting themselves as country anymore is because they hacked off alot of that fan base. But, I've read articles that have also said that they wanted to go pop to get a "wider exposure" too....so who knows what the real story is?

Dixie Chicks definitely can appeal more to a pop audience. I DESPISE country but like the Dixie Chicks.

I would also say that the pop audience is a little more open to artists actually using their First Amendment rights as opposed to the country audience. The country audience does tend to be more on the conservative side of things, which lately has taken on the view that the First Amendment doesn't count if you're talking bad view against the President. Given Bush's approval ratings now, however, I wonder if they made those comments in this present time if it would cause such a brouhaha

Now that's quite the generalization...I didn't realize all of us conservatives were against the First Amendment.

I didn't say all. And I didn't say against the First Amendment. I said when it pertained to criticism of our president.

My misunderstanding then - your statement seemed to paint all conservatives as waiving the First Amendment when it comes to the President.

It does. She's just trying to backpeddle.

Anyway, all politics aside, they suck. There are a ton of musicians that are vocal against the President and actually do something about it, and a lot of them are good, like the Beastie Boys. How come they aren't getting this attention?

Oh hey maybe it's because their PR agents didn't use their connections to get them on the cover of a magazine and pretend their listeners went away because of their political views?

-Rudey

Theoretically, because the Beastie Boys appeal to a different audience that would most likely agree and pump their fists in the air if they said something negative against W.

Notice I said theoretically. I agree that they're milking this for all it's worth.

True - they have some great PR people when you hear the public use words like "courage" to describe them. They're milking this for all it's worth.

Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson also held/hold anti-war views.

The fact is that these girls are has beens. It's OK though because rarely are pop-stars, popular after a while.

-Rudey

They've also both been to prison and had much more controversy in their lives overall than the Dixie Chicks. People expect them to open their mouths and say whatever they think, and would be disappointed if they didn't (well I guess at this point they'd be downright scared if Johnny opened his mouth, since he's dead 'n all).

Not disputing your point, I think people just take it differently when it comes out of cute little Natalie's mouth than Johnny's or Willie's.