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By M&C News Aug 8, 2006, 21:29 GMT
Dixie Chicks face slumping ticket sales again and cancel shows
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It would seem to me that if the Dixie Chicks had a clear No. 1 hit on this new album that ticket sales would be up. There political views aside, Americans generally want good music whether the media pimps it or not. It seems in my humble opinion that American music fans declare this lastest outing subpar and hence, the slow ticket sales.
I just saw the dixie chicks in concert a couple weeks ago on their tour that they are doing now. They were amazing, and not ONCE did they speak of their political views. Their music and performance were awesome, I had a great time. I don't care about their political beliefs, because we all have them and they all differ. They have a right to their views. They are just in the public's eye so of course everyone is going to focus on them and their views.
Everyone has a right to their views, and should be able to say what ever is on your mind. BUT…. When your views are different from 85% of your audience, you might re-consider voicing your opinion. Especially under the bright lights. If they (Dixie chicks) truly don’t care about what people think, then they need to be prepared to pay the price.
I hate country music, so therefore I don't listen to the Dixie Chicks, but I sure have heard about them and I think that they are way cool for putting out their political opinion. The country music scene is doused with conservative Republicans, it IS the crowd that needs to hear the anti-war message. If I ever do decide to listen to country music, it will be the Dixie Chicks, because at least I know they have their heads screwed on right!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who want to look at three guys in drag sing no matter how good they are?
Reading through some of these comments speaks volumes - those of you criticizing the DC for having an opinion about the state of our country need to pull your heads out and look what the Nitwit in Chief has done to this country, to our economy and most important to the US in the eyes of the world. He has destroyed our credibility with his cowboy antics. They were right, they were right to speak out and they are 100% patriots - I challenge any of you 'critics' to prove how we're better off now having charged into a country and started a war. 'Blind faith in bad leadership is not patriotism'.
Oh, and some of you posting hurling epithets and criticism of intelligent women who actually have a CLUE what's going on in this country need to reintroduce yourselves to Miss Grammar and Mr. Dictionary. Bush's 'No Child Left Behind' program seems to have left quite a lot of children behind.
Smart Chick,
Obviously your not. If you were so, then you would know that the economy is stronger now than it has been for many years, despite the high energy costs. Unemployment is at record lows, in fact, at a level most consider full employment. That means everyone who wants to work does, for those who don't quite get it. You can believe the DNC when they day Iraq never had WMD, but history proves them wrong. Iraq gased the Kurds and the Sunni. The UN reported that Iraq moved their WMD to Syria shortly before the war, but many have never heard of, much less seen that report. Even Bill Clinton knew it. Bill Clinton says they exist, even after the war: in a July 2003 interview with Larry King, the ex-president uncharacteristically defended George Bush, saying “it is incontestable that on the day I left office, there [was]…a substantial amount of biological and chemical material unaccounted for” in Iraq. Every intelligence agency in the world — French, British, German, Russian, Czech, you name it — agreed before the war; Jordanian intelligence can certainly confirm their opinion today. You might want to do a little more reading.
Everyone in AMERICA has the right to speak their mind. If you don't like what you hear turn the radio off or don't go to the concerts. I think the Dixie Chicks said what more than half of America was or is thinking now.
Okay, my two cents.
I'm liberal, have never voted Republican, and likely never will. But you know what? I like Arnold Schwarzenagger (spelled right?) movies. And Bruce Willis movies. And just because I disagree with their conservative, republican politics, doesn't mean I'm gonna stop seeing their movies. So I can't understand how people who used to like the DCs music suddenly don't when they find out (shockingly!) that they have opinions.
I don't know-I guess it's just this slash and burn mentality I hate, where if you disagree with someone suddenly you have to divest yourself completely from them.
We live in a free country. Not a free society. You can say what you want and not be arrested. But you could be chastised by the people.
Frankly, I'm baffled that the Dixie Chicks have received the kind of backlash they have simply because they expressed displeasure with a politican. I realize that we like our entertainers to stay apolitical, but is voicing an opinion on a politican really so bad? Or was the problem their particular opinion on that particular politican? Perhaps the fact that I'm not American means that I couldn't possibly understand this particular issue but, honestly folks, I really, really don't.
The chicks never said they were against our military troops. The original concert quote was “Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas', and then they went on to say they support the troops fighing wherever they're told to go(exact quote eludes me).
Renounce their citizenship? Are you thinking like an American? Sounds a little Communistic to me...but that's only my opinion...
I've seen the DC in concert I thought they were great. But after hearing what they said about our president in England I have no respect for them. I don't agree on every thing our president does but he is not the only one who is guiding our country. (Democrates and Republican) I lost a son in law in Iraq and it galls me to hear them speak the way they do. Why don't they run for office and she what they can do to fix our country. Not a darn thing.
What is really disgusting about the whole Dixie Chicks fiasco is not the opinion of one member of the group about her country's leader (I've been goddamned embarassed about the leaders of MY country, Canada, for a long time).
It is that, after their remarks received such a fallout, they and their boosters starting screaming 'Censorship! censorship!', or even worse, 'Conspiracy! Conspiracy!'. Here's a group of performers whose work has sold millions of copies, they've appeared on newsmagazine shows, appeared on the cover of `Entertainment Weekly' (naked) and then they have the temerity to allege that their opponents are `censoring' them!
Please, spare us your bleating, Nathalie or whomever. You have freedom of speech, just as others have the freedom to condemn your speech (even if they say it in a nasty way, short of threats of course).
For the record, I don't listen to the Dixie Chicks, I can't say I know their music, I don't have an opinion about it either way. If I did listen to their sort of music, I would buy their records without regard for their political views. (After all, I still love Neil Young in spite of his `Let's Impeach the President' idiocy).
Natalie Maines certainly has the right to say anything, and the people certainly have the right to not buy her records, but I think the anger against the Dixie Chicks comes from her statement that she is 'ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas'. Why? It just detracted from what she wanted to say and got most of Texas mad at her.
And for the record, I thought their cover of Landslide was a discrace.
Looking from the outside, it seems that people make a lot of fuss with very little. I am happy the Chicks come to my town in Canada. They are a great band and they stand for what they believe, which is one of the great aspects of America. Get over it and try not to forget what led to their declaration. The great show that was put together about weapons of mass destruction (that wer never found) and costed hundreds of billion of dollars, and the life of thousands of brave men and women. If only politicians were as cleaver as the Chicks.
They did not understand that not all of America has the hate for Mr. Bush they do. We are Americans and we support our country and our president. They seem to fail to have this basic understanding of America.
Josh, Same reason their so many stupid democrats.
Ticket sales are down for lack of promotion. Promotion is down for lack of airplay. (may Country stations sponsor and promote shows)Airplay is down because country radio THINKS country fans dont want to hear the Chicks. Maybe they're right, but it is an example of the power of media- and the willingness of the listeners to tolerate it. As fredoms disappear it is slow and quiet and most folks agree with it. I say let them say what they want- I'll bet they don't mention a bit of politics at their shows anyway.
Poor Soldier - are you a real soldier? I doubt it, otherwise you'd be outraged that your hero has cut your benefits, again.
First of all it's 'you're' not 'your'. Secondly, you must be from Ohio, where they seem to have swallowed the Republican Poison Pablum by the gallon and won the election, by hook or by crook. The economy is worse than it has ever been. Do yourself a favor and go read something in the news about the national debt, 8 trillion and still counting. Your kids will thank you for voting for Bush, they'll be paying off this boondoggle long after you're gone.
Unemployment is not 'low', it simply doesn't account for all the people who have been unemployed for so long that they have fallen off the official roles and can no longer collect benefits. Yeah, you want a job? There's loads of 'em. I Hope you can live on $5.15 an hour, because your buddies just killed any increase the minimum wage.
The WMD thing has long been proven to be false, and has been admitted to be a 'mistake' by Bush himself - I prefer the word 'lie', that's what it was. Do your own homework or keep your head buried where it is, you'll pay for it. We're all paying for it, and half of us aren't stupid enough to vote Rebublican. Cheers, dude, and long live the Dixie Chicks.
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