Dixie Chicks

[Scalliwag]

Last night capped a pretty big comeback for them in the music world. Except for closed minded inbreds of country music that were never able to grasp their foresight or the foresight of how many of us saw through GW's bullshit a long time ago.
I see it as a victory for those that despised GW before it was popular.
They did pay a price for their stance because a lot of ignorant people, but that time has passed and the GW supporters are paying the price now. Most likely for many more years to come.
Him and his supporters are not nearly as cocky these days except for the straight up sociopaths.

History is going to be much kinder to the Dixie Chicks than it will to GW and his ilk.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/1...ards/index.html

[[LB]]

wow, ilk is such a good word, and underused too.

EDIT: they deserve it all, and your absolutely right, all the fans that dumped them are totally close minded. I hate how everybody for at least a year or two swallowed everything GW said without even thinking twice, i mean it just makes me furious! im so happy the dixie chicks said something at least! Edited February 14, 2007 by [LB]

[Scalliwag]

It would be pretty interesting to have a list of all of the entities, radio stations, etc. that promoted boycotting them and turn the tables on them or at least threaten to just to see their reaction. Let them explain why they should not be boycotted since they seemed to think it was such a great idea to do it to the DC's.
Now that would be some good healthy turmoil with some of those cocky bastages.

[Lakemonster]

I was rather pissed when Clearchannel country stations around here decided to pull their stuff.

I dont mind them saying what they did in the least.... I wish that they had decided to at least do it on US soil. I feel it was their right to do so no matter what.... but I thought tact was off on a personal level.

It came off like they were afraid to tell it to his face, does that make any sense?

I admire the "spunk" back here at home defending their position. FYTK.

[Scalliwag]

My understandng is they were already on a European tour and they had been taking flack from people over thre because Bush announced his intent. The didn't agree with him and she knew that people associated GW from her country and state.
That tour was long planned and GW was pretty short-noticed. He was denying his intentions to go to war until after the 2002 midterm. Then Jan 03 state of the union he made it very clear.

[shisha fan]

if you stop being a fan of someone because they just speak their mind (in a free country) then you`re just a stupid closed minded redneck.

[sicklecow]

if you stop being a fan of someone because they just speak their mind (in a free country) then you`re just a stupid closed minded redneck.

While I agree with you in this case, I'm going to go off topic for a second and say that in general that's a horrible principle. If someone starts talking about how they like child porn, or spouts off racist comments at their concerts, should you continue being a fan of them?

/hijack

[shisha fan]

if you stop being a fan of someone because they just speak their mind (in a free country) then you`re just a stupid closed minded redneck.

While I agree with you in this case, I'm going to go off topic for a second and say that in general that's a horrible principle. If someone starts talking about how they like child porn, or spouts off racist comments at their concerts, should you continue being a fan of them?

/hijack

good point, but in this case they only gave their point of view on something political.

[Scalliwag]

heck I like to listen to Ted Nugent's music. I am a fan of his music. As a person I think he is an American terrorist as far as his mentality is. He thinks he is a patriot and I believe he is quite the opposite.
I don't go to his concerts and I would not go to one for that reason. But if I am driving down the road and one of his songs comes on I am probably going to crank it way up.
It may have something to do with I listened to his music for over 20 years before finding out he is most likely bi-polar or has rabies and managed to live with it

The real piss-off is what Natalie said was not nearly as harsh as rightwingers made out. And it did not matter where they said it. Most just used that as another excuse.
Since when did people have to support a president? I remember very well before Clinton took us into Bosnia a helluva lot worse being said about him. I could wear you asses out with links to bac that up but everybody knows that nothing was off limits when it came to criticising Clinton anytime anywhere.
Now granted the Clinton administration actually had a plan and the war lasted no time.

That whole situation there proves that republicans arguments during that time about supporting a president when are troops are being sent to a war zone was a crock of shit. Only if it is a republican president would they abide by those rules. They will always have excuses.

[DarthHookah]

what are you talking about? Nuge is the SHIZNITE! Fucking Ted Fuckin Nugent!

[Krautle87]

How many of you actually think the Dixie Chicks' music is any good? This is just another chance for Hollywood to flip off the President. Couldn't they have given Grammys to some seditious traitors who can actually sing?

[Scalliwag]

Well... I wonder how many awards they have actually won before the Grammy's bro? How many would it take for you to dismiss what you said as pretty much BS? Well, I will do your homework for you so here ya go;

GRAMMYS
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group for "Top of the World” (2005)
Best Country Album for Home (2003)
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group for “Long Time Gone” (2003)
Best Country Instrumental Performance for “Lil’ Jack Slade” (2003)
Best Country Album for Fly (2000)
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group for “Ready To Run” (2000)
Best Country Album for Wide Open Spaces (1999)
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group for “There’s Your Trouble” (1999)
Nominated: Album Of The Year (All Genres) (2003)
Nominated: Best Country Song for “Long Time Gone” (Award to Darrell Scott) (2003)
Nominated: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Award to Gary Paczosa) (2003)
Nominated: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - “Walk Softly” with Ricky Skaggs (2001)
Nominated: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - “Strong Enough” w/Sheryl Crow (2001)
Nominated: Album of the Year (All Genres) for Fly (2000)
Nominated: Best Country Song for “Ready To Run” (2000)
Nominated: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - “Roly Poly” with
Asleep At The Wheel (2000)
Nominated: Best New Artist (All Genres) (1999)

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group (2002)
Favorite Country Album for Home (2002)
Favorite New Artist (Country) (2000)
Nominated: Favorite Country Band/Duo (2000)
Nominated: Favorite Country Album for Fly (2000)
Nominated: Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group (2003)
Nominated: Favorite Country Band/Duo (1999)

COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
*The Dixie Chicks are the only artist in the history of the CMA Awards to be nominated for the prestigious Entertainer of the Year off a debut album.
Vocal Group of the Year (2002)
Entertainer of the Year (2000)
Album of the Year for Fly (2000)
Group of the Year (2000)
- more -
Video of the Year for “Goodbye Earl” (2000)
Group of the Year (1999)
Music Video of the Year for “Wide Open Spaces” (1999)
Single of the Year for “Wide Open Spaces” (1999)
Group of the Year (1998)
Horizon Award (1998)
Nominated: Vocal Group of the Year (2003)
Nominated: Album of the Year (2003)
Nominated: Entertainer of the Year (2001)
Nominated: Group of the Year (2001)
Nominated: Vocal Event of the Year for “Roly Poly” with Asleep At The Wheel (2000)
Nominated: Entertainer of the Year (1999)

ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
Entertainer of the Year (2001)
Top Vocal Group (2001)
Video of the Year for “Goodbye Earl” (2001)
Album of the Year for Fly (2000)
Top Vocal Group (2000)
Album of the Year for Wide Open Spaces (1999)
Top Vocal Group (1999)
Top New Vocal Duo/Group (1999)
Nominated: Entertainer of the Year (2003)
Nominated: Album of the Year for Home (2003)
Nominated: Top Vocal Group (2003)
Nominated: Top Vocal Group (2002)
Nominated: Single of the Year for “Ready To Run” (2001)
Nominated: Video of the Year for “Ready To Run” (2001)
Nominated: Instrumentalist/Fiddle (Martie Maguire) (2001)
Nominated: Instrumentalist/Banjo (Emily Robison) (2001)
Nominated: Entertainer of the Year (2000)
Nominated: Instrumentalist/Banjo (Emily Robison) (2000)

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
Country Duo/Group of the Year (2002)
Country Artist of the Year (2000)
Country Albums Artist of the Year (2000)
Country Artist Duo/Group of the Year (2000)
Country Album of the Year for Fly (2000)
Country Artist of the Year (1999)
Country Albums Artist of the Year (1999)
Country Artist Duo/Group of the Year (1999)
Country Album of the Year for Fly (1999)
Best New Country Artist Clip of the Year for “Ready To Run” (1999)
Best New Country Artist Clip of the Year for “Wide Open Spaces” (1998)
Maximum Vision Clip of the Year for “Wide Open Spaces” (1998)
Nominated: Country Artist of the Year (2004)
Nominated: Album of the Year for Home (2004)
Nominated: Hot 100 Duo/Group Artist of the Year (2004)
Nominated: Duo/Group Artist of the Year (2004)
Nominated: Country Album of the Year (2002)

CMT FLAMEWORTHY AWARDS
CMT Flameworthy Award – Video Visionary Award (2002)
Nominated: Video of the Year for “Long Time Gone” (2003)
Nominated: Hottest Female Video of the Year for “Long Time Gone” (2003)
Nominated: Group/Duo Video of the Year for “Long Time Gone” (2003)
Nominated: Fashion Plate Video of the Year for “Long Time Gone” (2003)

TNN AWARDS
Group/Duo of the Year (2001)
Group/Duo of the Year (2000)
Nominated: Entertainer of the Year (2001)
Nominated: Video of the Year for “Goodbye Earl” (2001)
Nominated: Album of the Year for Fly (2000)
Nominated: Video of the Year for “Ready To Run” (2000)
Nominated: Album of the Year for Wide Open Spaces (1999)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
Favorite Musical Group or Band (2002)
Nominated: Favorite Musical Group or Band (2001)
Nominated: Favorite Musical Group or Band (2000)

OTHER AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Time Magazine named the Dixie Chicks one of the Top 100 Most Influential people in the magazine’s special issue (May 8, 2006)

February 7, 2004, the Dixie Chicks were presented with the Rock the Vote Patrick Lippert Award.

2003, The Washington Post’s Geoffrey Himes names The Dixie Chicks as one of the Top Five Concerts of the Year along with artists like Elvis Costello and Neil Young.

2004, Country Weekly gives Fly their #1 honors, in the 100 Greatest Albums of the Last Decade list.

According to Pollstar and Billboard, the Dixie Chick’s 2003 Top of the World Touris ranked not only as the top country tour of the year , but also as the best country one year gross ever grossing $62 million.

In 2003, the Dixie Chicks were honored by the VH-1 Awards, for Best Quote of the Year

In 2003, the Dixie Chicks were honored by People for the American Way, with the Defenders of Democracy Award

In 2003, the Dixie Chicks landed on Entertainment Weekly’s Power List which lists the most powerful people in the entertainment industry.

2003 Country Music Critics Poll -Best Artist; Best Duo, Trio or Group; and Best Live Act

Radio & Records Magazine’s 2002 Reader’s Choice Country Album of the Year for Home

Radio & Records Magazine’s 2002 Reader’s Choice Country Group of the Year

Us Magazine’s 6th “Most Unforgettable Story of 2000” for “Goodbye Earl”

British Country Music Award - International Album for Fly (2000)

British Country Music Award - International Group/Duo (2000)

Canadian Country Music Award - Best Selling Album Fly (2000)

Blockbuster Music Award - Favorite Country Duo/Group (2000)

National Association of Record Merchandiser - Best Selling Recording by a New Artist (98-99)

British Country Music Award - International Rising Star (1999)

Canadian Country Music Award - Best Selling Album for Wide Open Spaces (1999)

WB Radio Music Award – Country Artist of the Year (1999)

WB Radio Music Award – Country Song of the Year for “Wide Open Spaces” – 1999

Billboard’s 1999 Top Country Artist

Rolling Stone’s 1999 Country Artist of the Year

Entertainment Weekly’s 1999 Entertainers of the Year

Us Magazine’s “99 Stories of 1999”

Pollstar - Best New Artist Tour (1998)

Entertainment Weekly's “Breakout Acts of 1998”

Rolling Stone's 1998 Essential Records

People Magazine's “25 Most Intriguing People of 1998” Issue as Breakthrough Act

Billboard’s Top New Country Artist of 1998

Country Monitor’s Most Significant New Country Act of 1998

ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS:

Music Video Producer’s Association – Top of the World for Best AC video (2004)

Tony Award – (Martie Maguire) Best Original Score - “Cowboy Take Me Away” from Urban Cowboy the Musical (2003)

Blockbuster Entertainment - Favorite Country Duo/Group (2001)

Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice - Favorite Band (2001)

Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice - Favorite Band (2000)

Blockbuster Entertainment - Favorite New Group (1999)

Nashville Music Awards - Video of the Year for “There’s Your Trouble” (1999)

Hmmmmm, just the Hollywood types aye? HAHAHA!!! You are too funny!

[Scalliwag]

oh, and dissing GW by saying your ashamed of him is no more traitorous than being ignorant enough to support GW to begin with.

[Zerodynamic]

oh, and dissing GW by saying your ashamed of him is no more traitorous than being ignorant enough to support GW to begin with.

My problem is... I am acutally a conservative.... but I HATE GW. Its like in america, you have 2 different kinds of republicans.... traditional conservatives that actually believe in smaller government and LESS government intervention, and acutally look out for the middle class..... and then you have neo-cons... with their ploys on "traditional" values, when in the end they lie only to increase the pockets of their supporters and the most wealthy in our nation. (GW) It disgusts me to have that liar SOB as president... we all know he favors the wealthy, and had colin powell lie to the UN.... not to mention that man is a fucking retard and butchers the english language.... he made me vote democrat for the 1st time in my life a few months ago. (I have only been voting since the 2004 election, so ya'll will have to give me a break)

I think what the dixie chicks was right. While I dislike country with a passion (guns n' roses anyone?) they had a right to say what they wanted to say, and it was unfair for their music to be pulled off the radio.

[Scalliwag]

What should have really bothered a lot of republicans is how no republican politicians came to defend their right of free speech at the time. That should be yet another black spot on their history. The so-called defenders of the constitution putting caveats when they did remark about it. Things like they have a right to say what they want but it may come at a cost instead of saying that people do not have to agree and nobody should get death threats because of something like this. So I view it that in their silence they condoned it as an entire party.

[Zerodynamic]

What should have really bothered a lot of republicans is how no republican politicians came to defend their right of free speech at the time. That should be yet another black spot on their history. The so-called defenders of the constitution putting caveats when they did remark about it. Things like they have a right to say what they want but it may come at a cost instead of saying that people do not have to agree and nobody should get death threats because of something like this. So I view it that in their silence they condoned it as an entire party.

Well, In retrospect, at the time GW had a 90% percent approval rating. then when it slowly slumped.... it stayed in the 70% range during the Iraq war... and lets face it, the only people that spoke out (and I am ashamed to say this) were the far left. The conservatives and the moderates and even a few outlying leftists all supported him.

[Scalliwag]

Approval ratings should never interefere with constitutional rights. It's like if someone takes up for GW now that his approval has tanked should not have to worry about that type of treatment either.
Although it would be interesting if an artist spoke out for Bush now and started getting death threats maybe the "other" side would see just what fuggin morons they were.
There was not any excuse for it.

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the left and right was created to divide us'; they both are controlled by the same think tanks. Edited March 7, 2007 by stitcherman