Shut Up And Sing

# 8327 Comment from jeff muessig November 11, 2007, 10:24 am have been a casual fan of country over the years. # 8333 Comment from Texas Veteran November 11, 2007, 11:20 am Wow ! Thanks for posting the video. After several readings and re-readings of the 1st Amendment I’ve concluded that if “shut up” is all you’ve got, you’re not much of an American. Right now, I’m listening to a whacked out Rap/Jazz fusion that my son sent to me. Identity (Identity Theft Prevention) Select Month December 2007 (44) a href=" title="Desperately wanted: Really wealthy GOP candidates, Presenting our latest Scrogue: Randall Forsberg, champion of reason and sanity, We Berate, You DerideDemandDebate. # 8321 Comment from Anon November 11, 2007, 3:12 am I was very annoyed by the recent country music quiz at dailykos.
Mike Sheehan November 10, 2007, 5:43 pm Tancredo? # 8311 Comment from Darrell November 10, 2007, 6:31 pm I saw this doc, it was pretty sweet. Hands down that album is one of the best country albums in the last 10 years even if they did adultery latin lorena sanchez have to throw in a popular cover song.

There really is nothing more "An interesting mix the bloggers are brilliant. But we don’t live that world anymore, do we? These days the pressure to shut up and sing is greater than ever, and those who benefit most from our silence have engineered newer and more effective means for muzzling the consciences of those whose voices can actually be heard above the deafening white noise. Damned fine in my uninformed, backward, west-coast-centric opinion. A firestorm of backlash from legions of ignorant country music fans. That’s why country doesn’t simply seem more vital than rock nowit is more vital in many ways. No change there, city map of calgary alberta over the centuries, These are awesome musicians, and deserve all the accolades plus moreand I am not a Country music fan. ” I’m not a country music fangrew up in the midwest, amongst “goat-ropers,” real cowboys and lots of good people, but I never developed a taste for what was then country.
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” Although I’m a fan of rock, I still like to listen to a lot of country music. ” I didn’t put much stock in the Dixie Chicks until I saw a PBS concert they did a few years ago and was blown away by their performances. I’ve heard rock records that were nearly this country. But I grew up among the toothless hillbilliesyou’d probably play hell finding a Dixie Chicks record in my old neighborhoodand I feel more than okay in talking about my own in straightforward terms. It took a while to shake out, but the music emerged as alt.

So I highly recommend Shut Up and Sing, and their latest release, Taking the Long Way, is now perched at the top of my to-buy list. Listening to country music does not mean you have to sit on bales of hay while twangy-voiced hillbillies play the jug or the mouth-harp. Thank you for singing, and please, don’t ever shut up. Slammy This was written by. To their credit, bandmates Martie Maguire and Emily Robison have her back at every step along the path.
It was no shock to me when they got ousted like that. Sorry, gotta end this post, return to the top of the thread and restart the music.

Still, somewhere in here they ceased being a country band, and the deftness with which they reached this realization and adapted to face a new audience is a credit to their intelligence. I wish I had the link to an article a music critic for the Buffalo News wrote about a Toby Keith concert.
In 2003, the female country band, The Dixie Chicks, are at the top of their game being one of the most successful bands of all time. John Lennon, a documentary chronicling the extraordinary lengths the American government went to in order to silence an artist who had the audacity to speak out against corruption and injustice. In a way, I’m glad that some audiences are too refined in their musical tastes to enjoy country music. Country music, like salsa, is delightful.

I lived in Nashville and worked in the industry, need I say more. Lots of country today would be “pop” on an earlier playlist. "Mike Rogers, blogActive "One of my favorite political blogs.

Sony was giving them crap becasue they thought it was too bluegrass and it wouldn’t sell.
Oh yeah for the record “Goodbye Earl” is one of the all time great country songs, period! # 8312 Comment from Darrell November 10, 2007, 6:50 pm Oh yeah before I forget. Slammy November 11, 2007, 10:53 am It demeans both you and us to refer to a segment of the public as “toothless hillbilly former fans”.

There ain’t much music out there any more that puts tears in my driving after a c section eyes, but this one did. I like the old Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.
Rock’s loss was country’s gain. � Saturday Video Roundup: All the young dudes of 2007 The sorry state of skepticism in St. As far as the last Chicks album, I personally didn’t like “Taking the Long Way” as much as the others. I only wish our so-called Democratic party would display this kind of love of country and refuse to make nice with the liars, thieves, torturers, and muderers who have stolen two elections to massively enrich their families and cronies, and sent our nation into a death spiral. It was “home cookin’. The oath of office has been subverted in the extreme, and good people must shout outThe Emperor Wears No Clothes ! Mike Sheehan November 11, 2007, 2:20 pm “I’m not bothered when people call a spade a spade. # 8378 Comment from elaine November 13, 2007, 11:05 am All the comments and original article were fantastic to read.
When I first heard the Dixie Chicks I was absolutely amazed at their musical virtuosity, their incredible voices, and their genre defying lyrical content.

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as with jack riverview hotel mobile alabama nicholsons trite line in “a few good men”, ” you can’t stand the truth ” these sheep will continue their march over the cliff, while the chicks and the rest of us miscreants will thrive and watch these poor impotent throngs continue to try to absolve the sins of this dastardly administration. ” I think the west-coast experience expands their musical horizons but that may be why country fans don’t think it is their best work while others like me enjoy this album so much. They all borrowed from country music (along with blues and other influences) to create their own sound. It allows us old rednecks to have it all to ourselves:) Of course, we’re willing to spread the gospel. Toward the end Angela asked me a good question: “do you think it would have been this bad for them if they’d been men?” Well, let’s seewhat do we know about the Dubya-worshiping country music base in the US? Natalie Maines is a genuine hero who understands better than most, I think, exactly what it means to stand up for the rights that her toothless hillbilly former fans say are the most important things in the world to them. Maybe it’s because they’re relevant. It’s not just self-consolation when they say that this is the best thing that could possibly have happened to them. This statement sparks a firestorm of organized and personal right wing attacks against the Chicks for daring to think they have the right to express a negative personal opinion about the President. It’s one of the greatest reviews i’ve ever read, just classic. Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007, at 1:24 pm. I find it funny that some of the the “classic” country artists like cpr class in orange county Hank and others were at some point in their life basically hated by the Nashville establishment. I’ll be buying their CDs soonest.