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Post by erik on Jan 23, 2011 10:31:51 GMT -8
Of course, as Natalie once said, she tried to shut up and sing...and nothing came out.
As I've said, the ones that are ratting on them now have been doing it for nearly nine years and aren't going to stop now; it's a fait accompli. The newer potential fans--well, if they've done their homework, they know how Martie and Emily feel about things. If they like it and their music, fine. If not, that's fine too; just leave them alone, then. I don't, however, think they should go all-PC just to gain new fans and get back into the million-dollar earnings column. They should just be who they are, and let the chips fall where they may.
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Post by citychick176 on Jan 23, 2011 14:43:47 GMT -8
That would be so cool if they covered Forget You (I don't like the real version's lyrics haha!) I think they would do a great version of it- and hey, a Dixie Chicks bluegrass version of anything would be good! Can't wait to hear the 3 of them singing together again.
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Post by shafgirl on Jan 24, 2011 15:30:27 GMT -8
And the top secret project is.....according to THE BOOT..... The Court Yard Hounds are headed to Los Angeles for a top-secret musical project with their old Dixie Chicks pal, Natalie Maines. I've found out from my own top-secret source (I like to call him "Shallow Throat") that they're recording a bluegrass cover of Cee Lo Green's hit song, 'F--- You,' with Toby Keith making a cameo in the song's video. (Robert Earl Keen is reportedly producing the song.) www.theboot.com/2011/01/22/country-music-jokes-humor/Sounds neat. It WOULD be awesome if they were on Glee, though. Glee hasn't done much in the way of country music. They covered "Last Name" in their fifth episode and that's about it. Since they've already covered "F--- You" I doubt the DCX version would appear on the show, but an appearance by the girls, a cover of one of their songs, even just a mention of them would make me happy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 6:19:06 GMT -8
Jeez people..I havent posted here in months, yet i come back and the same discussions are still being had that were 4 years ago! Must everything revert back to the incident just because of (what seems like) a casual mention of Toby Keith by Emily? People are always saying that the world has to get over the incident and look to the music but here we are, the biggest DCX and CYH fans in the world and we still go back to the subject time and time again...8 YEARS LATER! *rant over* Hope everyone's keeping well
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Post by chicksfan4life on Feb 1, 2011 13:44:26 GMT -8
yay the chicks r comin back!
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Post by Bingo on Feb 1, 2011 13:49:35 GMT -8
Hi, Aoife, good to see you back!
Most people seem to have jumped to the conclusion that Emily brought up Toby Keith as a leftover from his past history with Natalie. (He's actually said in at least two interviews that he has nothing against the trio, and admires their music - though he also uses the term "Dixie Chicks" to refer just to Natalie, because of his acknowledged, but rather petty, refusal to ever use her name! In any case, whether he likes their music or not is unlikely to cut any ice with any of the trio, who feel a close-knit bond of sisterhood). So it may be true that this reference is an echo of the feud.
However, it's also possible that Emily was simply annoyed about the song. As I've said, Robert Earl Keen is a friend, and she may be primarily concerned that TK (who has a more Mainstream profile) doesn't steal all the thunder. It would be interesting to know whether she would have reacted in the same way if some other artist had come up with a similar song.
In any case, if you wanted an "Outlaw" song about small town misfits caught up in crime, it would be hard not to sound like REK - so I don't see it as a big deal.
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Post by Alexis on Feb 6, 2011 18:46:08 GMT -8
I may...possibly...have been...the girl...who asked about Toby. Haha.
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Post by hilb126 on Feb 6, 2011 23:43:46 GMT -8
I may...possibly...have been...the girl...who asked about Toby. Haha. How dare you! A complete travesty.
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Post by dixiechicksrocks on Feb 7, 2011 13:04:44 GMT -8
Listening to the live album right now my gosh do I miss the Chicks. I love the CYH but it's time for a NEW!!! Dixie Chicks album it's been way too long. COME BACK NATALIE!!!!!
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Post by dixiechicksrocks on Feb 7, 2011 13:09:42 GMT -8
Jeez people..I havent posted here in months, yet i come back and the same discussions are still being had that were 4 years ago! Must everything revert back to the incident just because of (what seems like) a casual mention of Toby Keith by Emily? People are always saying that the world has to get over the incident and look to the music but here we are, the biggest DCX and CYH fans in the world and we still go back to the subject time and time again...8 YEARS LATER! *rant over* Hope everyone's keeping well Problem is here I really don't think Natalie has gotten over it either. That's why she or at least Martie and Emily "claim" that she's not ready and on a hiatus. Nat is still stuck on what happened in 2003 needs to get over it and come back. Seriously the waiting for a new album that may never happen is getting old!!!!
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Post by Tony on Feb 8, 2011 6:38:02 GMT -8
Hello and welcome back Aoife!
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Post by oregonchickfan on Feb 8, 2011 16:44:31 GMT -8
Nice to see you again Aoife. As you can see, some things have changed, some have remained the same.
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Post by Tony on Feb 11, 2011 17:37:44 GMT -8
Has anyone got a 'sniff' of what this project is? Soundtrack or something like that most of us are guessing me thinks............but do we have anything 'solid' to go on as yet? By that I mean we know they are meeting for sure, but about exactly what?
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Post by oregonchickfan on Feb 12, 2011 23:46:44 GMT -8
Has anyone got a 'sniff' of what this project is? Soundtrack or something like that most of us are guessing me thinks............but do we have anything 'solid' to go on as yet? By that I mean we know they are meeting for sure, but about exactly what? RHM would know better than I would if this can be taken as a solid lead, but there was a tweet a few hours ago stating that Glee would be doing the Chicks version of Landslide. CouchesHelpUSit Hilary Taylor Oh, the stars have aligned. They're doing the Dixie Chicks cover of "Landslide" on "GLEE!" AHHHH YES.
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Post by ker8 on Feb 13, 2011 8:15:03 GMT -8
why Landslide? I mean, no offense, I love the Chicks cover, but I've never felt like it was "their" song. Most ppl are probably going to hear it and think Stevie Nicks. Why not choose a different song that's more "Chicks-esque"?
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Post by emiiadcx on Feb 13, 2011 9:59:22 GMT -8
why Landslide? I mean, no offense, I love the Chicks cover, but I've never felt like it was "their" song. Most ppl are probably going to hear it and think Stevie Nicks. Why not choose a different song that's more "Chicks-esque"? I was wondering the same thing and it's not a good thing if people think about Stevie Nicks when they hear it. Landslide is a strange choice.
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Post by natkins on Feb 13, 2011 11:25:12 GMT -8
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Post by ker8 on Feb 13, 2011 11:26:26 GMT -8
^hmm, well that doesn't say anything about the Chicks, lol. Are they doing something else??
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Post by natkins on Feb 13, 2011 11:27:36 GMT -8
^hmm, well that doesn't say anything about the Chicks, lol. That's why I think the super secret project is not "Glee."
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Post by asuwur on Feb 13, 2011 15:24:30 GMT -8
Well seeing as "Glee" hasn't been really good about keeping anything super secret to begin with, we'd have known by now....
Unfortunately, there has been a pattern of hinted at projects that never materialize going all the way back to their old Chick Chat newsletter back in the day.. so, I'll wait and see but not really hold my breath...
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Post by asuwur on Feb 13, 2011 15:33:32 GMT -8
I will say that the one thing that Natalie did say that offended me (I found some of the other ladies comments far more distasteful in the long run...and her "incident" comment was typical liberal dreck that we're all used to) was not understanding patiotism...she understood liking where you lived but she didn't understand necessarily loving one's country. As most of you know, I am a military wife an Army volunteer and a DOD civilian. That comment pretty much sucked in my book. I get that she was coming from a place of pain but in light of what my family's day to day life is, it was a nasty slap to the military community where lives are laid on the line for this country and it's citizens.
I think I have proven that I'm not a hater. I'm just giving y'all a fair impression from the other side of the spectrum that many of you may not have a lot of interaction with.
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Post by erik on Feb 13, 2011 17:20:44 GMT -8
Quote by asuwur:
I believe that Mark Twain defined patriotism best in this way: "Patriotism is loving one's country at all times, and supporting its government when it deserves it." I do think Natalie loves this country, as do most of us here, liberals and conservatives alike. I, for one, have a father who served with some distinction in the Army in Korea and Vietnam, so I know a little bit about how military families and their loved ones feel.
But from 9/11 until the time Bush left office, anyone who disagreed with Bush administration foreign policy methods, whether they were liberal, conservative, or independent, was frequently demonized by the administration's media friends at Fox News and the blogosphere as being un-American, unpatriotic, and unsupportive of the troops--and that includes all three Chicks as well.
All of these comments, aside from being very hurtful, were more often than not utterly false. The vast majority who opposed Bush did support the troops. They did not support the administration's policies. There is a big difference between the two, and it's a difference that those who supported Bush, whether he was right or wrong, wanted to pretend never actually existed.
Now, I'm not going to demonize anyone with conservative politics like so many "liberals" have been demonized by their opposite number over the years. I hate the kind of name-calling that is practiced far too often in the media. But we need to have a much broader view in this country of what patriotism really is; for when taken to an extreme unquestioning blindness, it becomes, in the words of philosopher Samuel Johnson, "the last refuge of a scoundrel." This kind of extremist, militant patriotism tends to get soldiers and innocent civilians alike needlessly killed in pointless wars, and discredits not only America as a nation, but the whole human race as well.
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Post by asuwur on Feb 13, 2011 18:09:20 GMT -8
I understand Erik. I was just giving my honest feeling. And not to downplay your father's valorous contributions to an unpopular miltary action, these things hit those currently involved personally in the situation differently from those who have some distance. When one is one a Family Care Team, cooking dinners and running errands for a family with a VSI or a KIA from the same unit as your spouse, you sort of lose your concern for a celebrity's hurt feelings because they lost a few million in record sales. (I know that oversimplifies things. I'm trying to explain where *I* was in the moment in 2006)
However, I didn't accuse them of not supporting the troops. Unfortunately, like many, the term "Supporting the Troops but Not the War" began to wear thin with much of the Active Component force....because the warrior ethos hears "you support me but not my mission..." and the soldier doesn't exist without a mission.
As far at the right "demonizing" the left, there was plenty of that on all side. If you were a Dubya supporter, you were an idiot warmonger redneck. If you were not, you were a peacenick, hippie, liberal elitest. No one "wins" the civility award...for every Beck, there's an Olbermann.
I wasn't trying to get into the political thing because I know that I'm of a different ilk than most of you. I was just sharing an experience. I apologize for offending you Erik.
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Post by sam625 on Feb 13, 2011 18:31:07 GMT -8
I don't think Glee as the special project makes sense. The original artist has nothing to do with the Glee recordings unless they are on the show.
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Post by asuwur on Feb 13, 2011 18:38:50 GMT -8
I think they were hoping maybe there was a "Glee" appearance in the cards....but nothing is kept secret from that set, so we'd have heard by now....could be wrong and it would be cool...but doubt it.
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