I am not a country music fan but ever since the Dixie Chicks took their public stand against the Iraq War and President Bush - I have become a big fan. I will be first in line to purchase their new CD when it is available May 23. I would urge those who have an inclination to purchase it as well (and if you like our blog consider buying it through our Amazon link on the right). Lets support those who show the courage to take a stand. The Right claims that the "Chicks" have ruined their careers by speaking out publicly. Lets prove them wrong. You can hear the new single "Not ready to make nice" at their website. Just click this link and it will play. After a week of radio airplay on only 40 radio stations the single is number 36 on the country charts. Boy would I love to see it hit number 1.
Post a comment with your favorite protest or anti-war song and I'll compile a list for a future Left-Over poll.
That is just stupid.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying that the Chicks should run for President I'm just saying that they should have the right to speak their minds - in a free country like ours without receiving death threats for doing so.
So while you have the right to listen to Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American" on endless loop - I'll be listening to something a little more thoughful.
By the way is your name based on Toby Keith's new single - Retardo.
Sisyphus Shrugged, Body and Soul, and Suburban Guerilla posted some pretty good anti-war songs in the last couple of days.
ReplyDeleteGreen Day's "American Idiot" is my current favorite protest song that most people would recognize in a poll.
ReplyDeleteMy all time favorite, however, is "Dark Heart" by Sister Double Happiness
Sorry the SDH clip above turned out to be only about 15 seconds of the song, which doesn't do it justice.
ReplyDelete"A gabble of soil-munching hicks"?! Yow! Listen-up, Retardo; the Dixie Chicks are extremely talented musicians, and among the only artists in their notoriously-conservative genre to actively oppose the our misadventures in Iraq. And I, for one, enthusiastically endorse naked chicks, be they hick or hip, rich or poor, on the cover of corporate magazines or wherever else they might pop-up.
ReplyDeleteSorry to get so excited, but I can't stand to see 2 of my favorite subjects bagged-on; music and naked chicks. Throw-in alcohol, and Retardo would have hit the trifecta.
Whoa, sounds like you could use a heapin' helpin' of beer, nakedness and music, my closed-minded little friend. I wasn't comparing the Dixie Chicks to anyone (although if you consider record sales, which I'm sure you don't, I suspect they fall somewhere in between the Beatles and the over-rated Pixies). Funny seeing you call someone else "prejudiced", though; thanks for the laugh.
ReplyDeleteWell, here in the Infadel Nation, prejudice is never fine, and is something we do battle with every day, in others and in ourselves. But I fear that this discussion isn't going to get either of us anywhere; you clearly hate me for things other than my poor taste in music (like having the bad judgement to be born in a country founded by murderous, slave mongering hicks), and nothing I say is likely to change your mind. Even if I were to point out that the Pixies were born here too. So was rock, jazz, and the blues. And, for better or worse, country. To each his own. Put on your headphones and turn the Pixies up loud, Retardo; it's a free country! Yee haw indeed.
ReplyDeleteHey, that's just me. I never really "got" the Pixies; Frank Black's voice grates on me. Yet I can sit through hours of John Coltrane squealing on his sax; it's all subjective, and there's no accounting for taste!
ReplyDeleteObviously, I worry about my country too. I just haven't given-up on our electoral process, our Constitution, and the persuasive power of free speech... yet.