Dixie Chicks Should Perform at the Inauguration Ball

[samsingh]

Does anyone know if the Chicks have been invited to perform at Obama's Inauguration?

It would be a great thing and the Chicks deserve this.

[ogneopasno]

1. Noooo! My ears, my ears!

[jmowreader]

6. Thank you.

While they deserved our support for standing up to the Shrub junta, such standing up doesn't change the fact they make my ears bleed every time I hear them.

[ogneopasno]

7. Frankly, I was pretty much "whatevs" all through the Bush brouhaha/make nice thing. TDC do nothing

for me, and I have to say it cracks me up that so many people love them.

[Hissyspit]

12. Yeah, the whole risking death threats and their career to stand up against tyranny thing.

Why would people like them?

No, they're not my musical cup of tea, either, but within the genre they chose to work within and within their personal limitations they stood out, stretched their limits.

Having them show up at the inauguration wouldn't be about listening to them, anyway. It would be about them BEING THERE.

[newtothegame]

24. Going to another country to badmouth your leader isn't standing up against anything..

that's cowardice. What they did didn't take any guts; they made a statement in a venue where they knew everyone would cheer. Groups like Code Pink take the real risks every day, standing up against war and injustice not only in OUR COUNTRY, but IN OUR NATIONAL BUILDINGS WHERE THEY CAN BE ARRESTED AT ANY POINT FOR NOTHING.

edited for clarity

[Hissyspit]

26. Oh, good grief.

You're pitting Dixie Chicks against Code Pink? With a freeper talking point to boot?

For the record, I think the Dixie Chicks AND Code Pink should be invited to the inauguration.

[samsingh]

30. the Chicks could have apologized and gone forward

instead they stood up to the idiot right wing.

for that i am grateful to their bravery.

[awoke_in_2003]

36. Yep, they could have apologized...

to appease their base, which, coincidentally, tends to vote republican, but didn't.

[samsingh]

41. the Chicks are true heroes.

[awoke_in_2003]

45. That is a word...

that gets thrown around a bit too easy these days.

[samsingh]

61. in their case i think it is appropriate

they completely put their careers on the line to speak out against bush. they went from selling tens of millions of records to not being able to get radio stations to play their music. they did not back down.

heroes.

[liberal1973]

38. Idiot freeper

It took courage to say anything at that time. It didn't matter where the hell you were.

Especially considering the corrupt companies ,who own the radio stations, who with help from bushco blacklisted the Dixie Chicks.

It just shows how un-American republicans truly are.

Natalie Maines attended and supported Obama fundraiser early on.

Their music is great and Natalie Maines is clearly one of the best female singers around today.

[newtothegame]

39. A little less time desperately searching for trolls...

and a little more time putting together your thoughts, might do you some good.

Good luck. Hugs and kisses.

[samsingh]

42. i hate the bullshit about not critisizing the president when not

on American soil. Does freedom stop at the oceans?

according to the imbecile repugs, aren't the thousands being killed in Iraq for the cause of spreading freedom?

[Bjorn Against]

44. George Bush was never a leader, and I wish more people would have badmouthed him.

Nice right-wing talking point you have there, but we have an obligation to speak out against injustice and that obligation does not end when we travel overseas. Bush is a tyrant, and I am glad that the Dixie Chicks spoke out against him.

[sundog]

53. lol

[walldude]

57. Get a clue. They didn't "make a statement" and they didn't want this

one of them said something onstage in passing. It wasn't some kind of statement or anything, it was a joke in passing that got blown up way out of proportion. Watch the movie Shut Up And Sing there is tape of what she said, after I saw it I thought the whole brouhaha was hilarious. Your claim that they travelled to another country to badmouth their leader is just total ignorance. Try learning what you are talking about before you go making a fool of yourself.
Oh and BTW in case you think I'm a big fan or something understand that I never liked them in the first place, they have a rep among roadies for being real Diva's on the road and I can't stand people who don't respect their crews.

[salguine]

62. They stood their ground, even when it cost them, which is more than the Democrats in Congress did.

[Ohio Joe]

13. Agreed

I have a ton of respect for them but their music... blech.

[mzmolly]

33. Their last CD is very good.

IMO.

[liberal1973]

37. Their CD is great

Dixie Chick music keeps getting better.

[trudyco]

2. Love it. Can they change "good bye Earl " to a more suitable name?

[Crazy Dave]

3. There's about 20 different balls that Obama will be attending in Washington

They may be doing a gig at one of them

[blue_onyx]

4. Yes, it would be great

I'm not a big fan of their music (or country music in general) but I love the Dixie Chicks and their song Not Ready to Make Nice.

[lame54]

5. Actually I thing he's planning on having these guys there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-z2D9lo9-8

[mcctatas]

8. I wonder how thier career is going now...

:rofl:

[samsingh]

29. they did very well on the tour.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Why has Obama shamefully snubbed the Dixie Chicks?!

Has he at long last no sense of decency?!

[Hissyspit]

11. Have they been invited? Has Rick Warren been invited?

It's not as ridiculous as all that.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. You just made it even more ridiculous.

Great job.

[Hissyspit]

18. In what way?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. By taking it seriously.

[Hissyspit]

20. It's symbolic.

It's all symbolic. That's why Rick Warren was invited.

Symbols are serious AND ridiculous.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. It's symbolic that the Dixie Chicks have not been invited?

What does KC and the Sunshine Band have to say about the issue?

[Hissyspit]

22. No, it's symbolic that they could have been invited, but weren't.

But Rick Warren was. See my initial post.

Of course, the Dixie Chicks don't have to be there. But it would have been a nice symbolic gesture.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. What about the Men at Work?

Have they been invited yet? Or should I be outraged?

[Hissyspit]

25. And now you are being ridiculous.

And the OP never said anything about shunning, just that it would be nice for the Dixie Chicks to be at the inauguration. Which it would.

But we get Rick Warren instead.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

27. Oh, yes, I'm being ridiculous. You probably want me to "just get over it."

Rick Warren got invited, but Men at Work didn't?

I've never been so angry.

[samsingh]

31. what did the Men at Work do?

[Captain Hilts]

10. DENYCE GRAVES - WHERE THE #$*! is DC'S HOME GIRL?!?!?!?!

[MADem]

14. And Madison the Opera Dog, too!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5laN_XG760

[kevsand]

15. Yesss!

I don't even care if they sing. They should just be there on stage, smiling and waving...

[LostinVA]

17. You know, for those inn this thread who say their music sucks, it doesn't

You don't like it, you don't care for it, it's not your cup of tea -- but they don't suck. They are very talented musicians, songwriters, and singers.

I don't like either Annie Lennox or Springsteen at all, but I would never say they "suck," because they don't.

[Postman]

28. I like the Dixie Chicks. Bluegrass rules.

although they aren't traditional bluegrass most of the time...

[LT TX]

32. I agree

They a very talented. I didn't particularly like their other CD's, but the last one they put out - Taking the Long Way - the one with "Not Ready To Make Nice" is a great CD.

[samsingh]

35. i'm not a country music fan, but i've always liked the Chicks

even before the incident with bush-the-idiot.

[lonestarnot]

55. The Earl tune.

:evilgrin:

[TWiley]

49. I saw the movie "Shut up and Sing" about their life.

It was FANTASTIC

[sundog]

54. i think "home" is a pretty good album

i don't like to stick my head in the sand when it comes to any music genre

i'm sure the people who write dc's off as "suck" haven't listened to anything of theirs all the way through

martie maguire & emily robison are both quite good at what they do, even if you don't like their tunes

plus i think it's pretty cool that they didn't get destroyed by free republic - they have a pretty intelligent team around them

[DailyGrind51]

34. Yes they do!

[jillan]

40. They should change the words of "Goodbye Earl" to "Goodbye Bush"

"na na na na na na naaaaaaaaaaaah"

Then again, Earl dies from eating poisined black-eyed peas in that song . . .


I love the Dixie Chicks and think their music is great.

[spanone]

43. they were and STILL ARE blackballed from country radio....they don't even play their previous hits

[TWiley]

48. Fuck country music ..... yer making the wrong ones rich there.

[spanone]

52. intelligent post

[Mean_Barbie]

58. My aren't you the bright one? What is so intelligent about your post?

The country music industry is mostly supportive of conservative republican politics. Everyone with a brain knows that. Which music genre was most vocal in support of the war btw?

[blues90]

46. I think at this point in time .

The entire inauguration should be toned down and never should have reached the level it has become.

Yes you can say this is some sort of historic event but so is the state of this economy an historic event of complete horror.

I doubt FDR would have allowed such an extreme gala in thoses times and we are in those times once again. Hell even when the mighty US attacked Iraq the movie awards toned it down saying it would not look good with all this horror to see expensive gowns and jewelery and red carpets while people suffered and died.

It was made a huge event when Obama accepted the nomination in Denver and now this.

It is also a shame tht only the privilaged people who are known have a voice in all of this.

Bash me all you desire but I think this is way over the top considering the timing .

I see tent cities and people more now than in resent memory or all races and many look like they just lost it all pushing shopping carts filled with tin cans and bottles just to buy food and I doubt they care one bit about this extreme gala and all the dinners balls. They very people who payed the politicians salery.

I don't blame Obama for the situation we are in but this is just too much. Once this grand event is over what then and what will it mean in the grand scheme of things other than a memeory in some future CD burned history of the 21st new american century. So much for every man is created equalor equal rights for everyone or even a collective humanitarian conscience.

[TWiley]

47. Wouldn't that be great? Pardoned by an "incomming President"

[samsingh]

50. exactly

[lpbk2713]

51. And Streisand

I'd really enjoy that.


:rofl:

[samsingh]

64. definitely

[Phred42]

56. Great symbolism - if nothing else

[samsingh]

59. it would be an acknowledgement of improvements in the future

[alarimer]

60. That would take too much courage on Obama's part to invite them.

All the fundy freaks would froth at the mouth and, since he is in the business of sucking up to those fundy freaks, no Dixie Chicks.

[samsingh]

63. i don't think Obama nees to care what the fundie's think anymore

the fundies and their stupid leadership has brought America down economically, diplomatically, educationally, and in every measure that's out there. they have lost all credibility and should shut up and let the adults and true patriots save the country.