Dixie Chicks to break with country scene...

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Dixie Chicks to break with country scene...

#1 Postby southerngale » Mon Sep 22, 2003 5:27 pm

The Dixie Chicks say they don't want to be a country music band any more.

Violinist Martie Maguire told Spiegel magazine: "We don't feel part of the country scene any longer, it can't be our home any more."

She said she was disappointed other country singers didn't back up the Dixie Chicks in their criticism of George W Bush's politics on Iraq.

"A few weeks ago, Merle Haggard said a couple of nice words about us, but that was it," Maguire complained.

"The support we got came from others, like Bruce Springsteen."

Going home empty-handed from the Country Awards ceremony also made them decide to break with the scene, Maguire said.

"Instead, we won three Grammys against much stronger competition.

"So we now consider ourselves part of the big Rock 'n' Roll family."

Wah Wah Wah :P
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#2 Postby JtSmarts » Mon Sep 22, 2003 5:37 pm

It will be interesting to see how all that plays out.
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#3 Postby Deenac813 » Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:18 pm

Get out of here! These "chicks" are something else.. So who cares about all the country music fans that made them all of their millions?? Well, I say as a country music fan myself.. good riddance!
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#4 Postby wx247 » Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:19 pm

They could say all they wanted to about George W. Bush and that was their right and I respected it. Now they say that they don't want to be country anymore -- that is fine. But they will no longer be apart of my cd collection. :grr:
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#5 Postby Lindaloo » Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:35 pm

They will never make it in the rock-n-roll industry. ;)
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#6 Postby Deenac813 » Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:40 pm

wx247 wrote:They could say all they wanted to about George W. Bush and that was their right and I respected it. Now they say that they don't want to be country anymore -- that is fine. But they will no longer be apart of my cd collection. :grr:


I agree with you.. I think they had every right to say what they did.. we do have freedom of speech.. BUT I disagree with what they said & think it was in poor taste.. I have not listened to a song of theirs since then & I wont..
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#7 Postby GalvestonDuck » Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:10 pm

Like I said in the "plane crash" thread, I never was a fan to begin with and I'm not now. The lead singer sounds too darned country to be anything but.

And if they're so concerned about getting support within the genre that they sing, have they checked out Kid Rock's response to them? They're going to get both sides no matter where they go -- country, rock, rap (shyeah, right).
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#8 Postby wx247 » Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:25 pm

It is ridiculous indeed. They weren't country because of their political views -- it was because of the GENRE of MUSIC they played. :roll: It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. I guess they will be opening for Barbara Streisand... oh wait, she's not touring anymore. :roll:
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#9 Postby StormCrazyIowan » Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:16 pm

Gimme a break! :roll: :lol: Good friggin luck! hehehe
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#10 Postby streetsoldier » Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:16 am

Seems to me that they gave up "country"...OUR Country...months ago. :grrr:
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#11 Postby pawlee » Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:04 am

oh they were a country band? ;)
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#12 Postby Deenac813 » Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:55 am

streetsoldier wrote:Seems to me that they gave up "country"...OUR Country...months ago. :grrr:


Great quote.. I like that!
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#13 Postby Pburgh » Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:37 am

Bill, you hit the nail right on the head.
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#14 Postby j » Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:06 am

THey were "empty handed" long before going home without any freakin' awards.

Perhaps there is a future for them in Adult Magazines.
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#15 Postby bfez1 » Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:16 am

streetsoldier wrote:Seems to me that they gave up "country"...OUR Country...months ago. :grrr:


I love it! I sure won't miss them!!!
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