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(4,400 posts)Thanks, kpete.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)are backing Trump for Fuhrer.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)We're all Hillary.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)And during intermission they play a pre-recorded bluegrass version of Motorhead's "Ace of Spades."
Lochloosa
(16,065 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)The intermission video is most definitely The Chicks, though. The accompanying video is of one of the sisters (can't remember which one offhand) in a psychedelic car chase.
(Check out Hayseed Dixie's version of Gin n Juice, by the way. One of the greatest covers ever.)
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Landslide .....soon
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)IMO
2banon
(7,321 posts)Bar None!
These two girls are Dixie Chicks' biggest fans ever. just went to their concert on the shoreline last month, and they were in heaven. They know every single lyric to every track on every CD they own. Not sure if they own them all. but that would be my guess.
my youngest can cite every name and all of the instruments each member plays on each track. She even managed to get herself a mandolin so she can play along! the older one plays fiddle. mostly air play, but you know they're working on it!
They're just so adorable and talented too.
Oh, and yeah ... so are the Dixie Chicks.
ladym55
(2,577 posts)Natalie Maines is fearless!
Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)calimary
(81,272 posts)For the Dixie Chicks, though, I'll happily make an exception. On principle.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)She's one of the many great people who have come from Texas.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)That!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)cpwm17
(3,829 posts)One of many reasons to not like country music (except the Dixie Chicks)
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)I mean Cash, Haggard, Willie, Waylon, and the boys... and Patsy Cline, of course.
Almost all of the "country music" they play today is just standard pop with affected Southern accents.
Raster
(20,998 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)Onyrleft
(344 posts)Just sayin'.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)'Cause they know they are stronger that way.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)I love the Dixie Chicks for that great album, and Natalie for her spunk.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)hellbound-liberal
(3,745 posts)Incredible show. Very well done and they all seemed to love playing together! If you haven't seen them lately, you need to make plans to do so! I'd go see them tomorrow night if I could!
nikto
(3,284 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)And I say the same thing.
Hekate
(90,692 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,289 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)the overwhelming majority of M$M "journalists."
Hugin
(33,148 posts)Lochloosa
(16,065 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)Pretty much the only song I've heard by the Dixie Chicks, but it sends chills down my spine every time I hear it.
Can't imagine the shit they went through during the W regime.
BlueCollar
(3,859 posts)Lead with "Not ready to make nice"
MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)Natalie Maines got so much crap not just for what she said, but because she said it. Right or wrong, the ol' "shut up and sing" or "shut up and act" thing runs strong in this country. There are a lot of people out there that simply don't want a rich and privileged celebrity preaching politics to them. A great comparison is Tim McGraw/Faith Hill. They are well known to be Democrats, but they rarely say a word on politics.
Trump, as extreme as his statements are, is, at least attempting, to be a politician; thus people expect and accept that he will say negative things about other politicians.
trc
(823 posts)because they said something against a Republican president, period. No false equivalence. If they had said the same thing about Obama (see comments by Hank Williams Jr) their album sales would have soared. I have a close friend who was in country radio at that time who admitted it was who she criticized not what she said. "She went against her market." It's not that Trump is trying to be a politician, it's that he is saying crazy things this audience agrees with, which I believe is much worse, and very dangerous.
blueseas
(11,575 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Strong women scare so many people! I LOVE that she is a strong woman! Go, Natalie!
Bethany Rockafella
(952 posts)I support her and still do! Her base apparently vote republican. It could be why I don't care for country music. Never did.
lark
(23,102 posts)She tells the truth and the wingers just think it's hell. Hell is what would happen if their favorite asshole gets elected.
Also - Of course, they are hypocrites. They are repugs and hypocrisy is mandatory to be a true part of the party. You can't promote obvious lies unless you are a hypocrite and that's what repugs do each and every day.
pamela
(3,469 posts)That's my claim to fame. Love her, though. I saw her perform with James Taylor at the 2004 Vote For Change Grand Finale concert and she was unbelievable. Her performance of Sweet Baby James was a stand-out and that's really saying something in a concert that included REM, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne...
Paladin
(28,262 posts)The way the Chicks have been treated by the right-wing C&W establishment is unforgivable.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)The treatment they got on top of the standing ovations for Grand Wizard Hankkk Jr. at the 2011 CMA's, sealed the deal for me against them.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)C&W music has been in a downward spiral for some time, now---both as to the quality of the music, and the character of the "artists." So glad that the Dixie Chicks are staging what looks like a solid comeback after all these years. Their talent and principles offset some of what's happened to C&W.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)These Bro-Country jackals love Trump. They are all following the little Nazi on Twitter.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)This is the price you must pay when catering to stupid people.
I wish them all the future success I the world!
KMOD
(7,906 posts)K&R