Dixie Chicks on Howard Stern

[fflagg]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 1:57pm

The Chicks were on Howard's SIRIUS show today for about an hour. It was a very entertaining appearance: they talked about politics, the retarded reaction of country music radio stations against their music, Reba of all people taking a shot against them on the CMA show, and concluded with a nice cover of Stevie Nicks's "Landslide".

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 1:59pm

Granted, they are being pretty out there in their own opinion of country music and its fans right now. I understand, but they ought to tone it down unless they really DON'T want to be a part of mainstream country ever again.
They made a cheap shot at Reba recently, and I'm not sure if it was before or after Reba's shot at them.

[fflagg]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:01pm

You know what? They have GUTS! Good for them. And Reba should know better. She has had one face lift too many.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:04pm

I'm not defending Reba, especially since I always equated her as one of the FEW country stars who had anything approaching class. I'm just saying that the Chicks are snarking back and they could just rise above it. I'm glad they're not apologizing but now they're just offending them more by calling the people who bought 60 million records and made them rich a bunch of backwoods rednecks.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:05pm

I think if the Dixie Chicks last long enough, they'll get face lifts too!

[fflagg]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:05pm

Guess what? 90 percent of them are ignorant rednecks.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:06pm

yeah, but with Reba's face, it's like...why bother?

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:36pm

I always thought she had a pretty face. Maybe I haven't seen her recently enough.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:39pm

The Chicks shot at Reba first. They said that they were happy that Country radio and fans were ignoring them. They said they wouldn't want to be in a CD player between Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. Reba said on the ACM awards, "I don't know why I was so worried about hosting this show. I mean, if the Dixie Chicks can sing with their foot in their mouth, surely I can host this little show."

I just don't know why the Chicks are trying to alienate EVERYone. They have insulted Toby, Reba, country radio, country fans, and specific top country songs (which are really stupid, but still.) Okay, they don't want to be country anymore. I get it. But shouldn't they stop recording country music if that is the case? The new CD is country. Hard to get around that.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:49pm

oh, I'm ALL about them insulting Toby Keith.
And Gretchen Wilson.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:51pm

why, are they a-holes too?

[jlc6314]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:52pm

Just stopping in to say that I kind of hope Toby Keith gets hit by a truck.

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:53pm

Charlie Daniels deserves the most insults.

Beastly, disgusting, small-minded blob of filth.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:59pm

Toby Keith's newest album is titled, "White Trash With Money."
I hate him. I hate coming from a place where people are suddenly so proud of being backwards, undereducated, so convinced that anyone who isn't exactly the same should be bombed back into the stone age, etc.
Gretchen Wilson has some damn stupid song out about being proud of being a stupid farm girl, too.

(offense to REAL farm girls and educated southerners is not meant)

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:02pm

Sounds like Pink should go and kick Gretchen's ass!

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:08pm

oh, seriously, I would love to see the Chicks team up with someone like Pink and go over there and kick their butts.
Reba, I believe, got a standing O for her Chicks comment.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:14pm

You know something's wrong with country music fans when it falls to Bill O'Reilly to come to their aid.

I'm even MORE surprised CMT's website put the link to this article up there.


O'Reilly: Play the Dixie Chicks' Song

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:16pm

OH my freaking god!

I'm feeling queasy.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:18pm

Why? Did it turn your world upside down to see O'Reilly say something like that? I think he does it just to fill a "Fair and balanced" quota.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:25pm

oh no...not O'Reilly (for a change), it's the standing o for Reba.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:49pm

well, gee. the dixie chicks have a new cd and they are out making controversial statements. i am shocked, shocked i tell you.

less shocking is the usual stereotyping around here of country music fans.

for the record, i'll go drinkin' with gretchen wilson anytime and want toby keith on my side in a bar fight.

we'll raise up our glasses against evil forces sayin' whiskey for my men, beer for my horses!

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:52pm

Papa, you'd be surprised by the amount of country music on my Zen. But listen to any country music these days and the old fashioned "Wink and a nod" to being backwards and redneck has been replaced by such an "in-your-face-and-proud-of-my-stupidity" attitude that I'm off-put by most of it now.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 4:01pm

just because gretch's last single was a paean to getting drunk in a bar, having her tooth knocked out and wrecking her truck?

c'mon, man, that's country music!

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 4:03pm

hehe, that one is fine. I'm talking about "Politically Uncorrect." That's the last one I've seen a video of.
Trash-ay, Papa, trash-ay.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 4:06pm

eh, i got no cable. but i've heard the tune and it's a throwback to merle's ol' okie from muskogee which was pretty in your face back in '69.