Dixie Chicks’ Brave Stand Pays Off
February 13th, 2007ROEBUCK, Ala. - Thanks to a good friend who supports the objectives of this independent news Website, I got my hands on a copy of the Dixie Chicks’ CD “Taking The Long Way Home” as I took the long way home last night from using a remote wireless location to update the Website.
 |
| The Dixie Chicks at the Grammys |
We drank a toast to the chicks for their brave, early stand against President Bush and the war in Iraq, a stand we shared at that time and still do as we watch the U.S. House of Representatives on C-SPAN today debate Bush’s proposed escalation of the war with more troops.
If you have not picked up a copy of the album, go out and do it today - and not just to support this group who had the guts to take a stand. Turn it up loud and listen closely. The lead song and the title song will send chills up your spine and bring tears to your eyes.
And, this just proves something else I’ve been saying for a long time about art: Put your heart and soul into it and it just might pay off.
The Dixie Chicks completed a defiant comeback on Sunday night, capturing five Grammy awards after being shunned by the country music establishment over the group’s anti-Bush comments leading up to the Iraq invasion, according to the Associated Press.
The Texas trio won all the biggest categories, including record and song of the year for the no-regrets anthem “Not Ready to Make Nice.” They also won best country album, which was especially ironic considering they don’t consider themselves country artists anymore.
“I’m ready to make nice!” lead singer Natalie Maines exclaimed as the group accepted the album of the year award. “I think people are using their freedom of speech with all these awards. We get the message.”
The Dixie Chicks won all five awards they were nominated for, sweet vindication after the superstars’ lives were threatened and sales plummeted when Maines criticized President Bush on the eve of the Iraq war in 2003. Almost overnight, one of the most successful groups of any genre was boycotted by Nashville and disappeared from country radio.
With “Taking the Long Way,” the women relied on producer Rick Rubin’s guidance for an album that was more rock and less country. (Rubin, who also produced “Stadium Arcadium,” was honored as producer of the year.)
The standing ovations the Chicks received Sunday illustrated how much the political climate has changed regarding the Iraq war - and President Bush.
Tags: Music Reviews
February 14th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Give me a break…the people who voted for these awards are no doubt the moral-less freaks who sat in the seats of this ridiculous waste of air time. These people are the most unrealistic people in the world. They live in a non reality and you want to let them determine the course of a nation. No wonder this country is in the mess that it is in. We allow Hollywood to swing opinions like they even know what in the world they are talking about…living in over indulgement and pampering so far from any sort of suffering known to others. I’m sure their mansions are missile proof, so they think they are!! Think about it…and “Hollywood” please get a real life before you start trying to play the role of national security advisors!!
February 14th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
OK, you’ve got a break…
To each his own. How does it feel to be in the vast, or should I say vacuous, minority?