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Post by chixster on Sept 23, 2006 21:18:51 GMT -8
I was lucky enough to have the delightful Melissa invite me to take part with her group. Her mom was so sweet, and nice, and Melissa is so beautiful that it was a delight. I also had the pleasure to meet Beverly, Coop?, and the delightful Angela who the chicks called out during one song. Angela was hilarious, it was so freakin hot down at the pre party we were all dripping with sweat, although thankfully mine was goose inspired, that we quickly left for upstairs....then the show started. Thanks to all the CRCR members thank embraced me, a no name from Oklahoma, and made me feel welcome. Chris from Norman, Oklahoma
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Post by Kent67b on Sept 23, 2006 21:29:53 GMT -8
I was lucky enough to have the delightful Melissa invite me to take part with her group. Her mom was so sweet, and nice, and Melissa is so beautiful that it was a delight. I also had the pleasure to meet Beverly, Coop?, and the delightful Angela who the chicks called out during one song. Angela was hilarious, it was so freakin hot down at the pre party we were all dripping with sweat, although thankfully mine was goose inspired, that we quickly left for upstairs....then the show started. Thanks to all the CRCR members thank embraced me, a no name from Oklahoma, and made me feel welcome. Chris from Norman, Oklahoma You didn't say you were from Norman! I sold some of my vinyl albums to a used record store there in 1989. Great town.
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Post by chixster on Sept 23, 2006 21:36:31 GMT -8
;D Hey now, I know if you would have put down that drink you would have heard I was from Norman. Kent, come on now...I am so teasing we were all so caught up in the moment that FIJI water and Grey Goose could be considered the same I am so glad that your group was so friendly. I was alone, and kinda scared. But this group was so nice, thanks to all!!!!
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Post by thinwhitechick on Sept 24, 2006 6:28:59 GMT -8
My hotel was waaaaaaaaaaaaay crazy. Very dim lighting, very contemporary a la Andy Warhol and downtown club mixed together. Did anyone catch American Masters: "Andy Warhol" parts 1 & 2 on PBS this past week? For bio nuts like me it was a great show. I'm gonna have to watch the movie "I Shot Andy Warhol" again.
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Post by myfavoritegirls on Sept 24, 2006 7:55:08 GMT -8
Did anyone catch American Masters: "Andy Warhol" parts 1 & 2 on PBS this past week? For bio nuts like me it was a great show. I'm gonna gave to watch the movie "I Shot Andy Warhol" again. [/quote]
yep, I saw it. As a graphic design student, I have to say that I love his early work when he was doing drawings for the magazines. His line drawings were beautiful.
Genius? I guess so. In the way he changed the world of modern art...pop art was born from his genius, and has changed the way we view art. It was an art explosion and continues to change and evolve everyday. There is no end in the eyes of the creator/designer. Anything goes.
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Post by thinwhitechick on Sept 24, 2006 8:26:41 GMT -8
A good book to read is POPism: The Warhol '60s by Andy Warhol & Pat Hackett. 1980. 310 pages.
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Post by Dora on Sept 24, 2006 10:08:23 GMT -8
Chris - nice meeting you too! ROFL "You are from Oklahoma? So they cancelled the concert in your state AND the entire state of Florida!" Couldn't believe you didn't hear about that - very upset members here, but we won't rehash as it's not something pleasant.
Glad you joined our table and loved your accent. The Grey Goose was a'flowin'. Although those girls bringin around the Cosmo's were slow as you know what. Glad you got back to OK safe and sound. I think I am still recovering from the dehydration factor from the lack of air down there. You know, I believe they invented fans - someone remind them of that in the future for the next Storytellers!
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Post by Kent67b on Sept 24, 2006 15:49:02 GMT -8
;D Hey now, I know if you would have put down that drink you would have heard I was from Norman. Kent, come on now...I am so teasing we were all so caught up in the moment that FIJI water and Grey Goose could be considered the same I am so glad that your group was so friendly. I was alone, and kinda scared. But this group was so nice, thanks to all!!!! Chris, you're right! My Fiji water had kind of a bite to it now that you mention it. ;D The six of us travelled 15, 139 miles round trip to see this show. Bev's numbers were 5,766 miles, Dora's 5,431 miles, and yours were 2,697 miles. Way to go!!
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Post by ImJussaGrl on Sept 25, 2006 0:17:15 GMT -8
Hi all, I'm new to the board, but not to the Dixie Chicks. I too was in attendance of Storyteller's...and I must say, what a once in a lifetime event. I received tickets two days before the event, and although I was not *lucky* enough to have front row, or even third row seats, I was happy with just being there (right next to the big ol mounted camera, and had glorious views of cameramen traversing the aisle in front of me throughout the show). I haven't had the opportunity to attend any Chicks events since I caught them on the Fly Tour while I lived out in San Antonio (currently reside in Long Beach, CA). Natalie was very pregnant with Slade at the time.
Anyhow, surreal experience, loved being able to see the ladies drop their guard a lil and enjoy the evening. I enjoyed the pre-party a lil too much lol, and was in a euphoric state for the better part of the first half (they were being VERY liberal with the alcohol lol) I saw Chris Kattan, he was in the row directly in front of us (I attended the event with about 8 of my coworkers), but didn't know about Lance Bass until I saw perezhilton.com today.
My impressions of the whole shebang: Being able to hear the stories directly from the artist themselves, or hearing about the trials and tribulations of their lives that have catapulted them to be where they are today (a la VH1's Behind the Music series), Dixie Chicks or otherwise, always instills a deep sense of respect and esteem, and this event was no exception. I'm the kind of fan that is in it for the music, drifting away between albums, but always keeping the a cd in rotation or a track or two on my mp3 player. I've never been one to go full tilt and find out the facts and gossip of each artist. But being able to hear the motivation behind the tracks, deciphering lyrics whose meaning are somewhat cryptic upon first listen, (ex Silent House "The books/that you read/are in scattered piles/of paper shreds") makes me want to delve deeper into the chicks apart from just catching them onstage once in a great while. I didn't even know about the blog on MSN by Jiunichi, which is really cool! Being invited into their personal lives in a manner such as this makes me wish I knew them better. I'll admit, I bought "Taking The Long Way" when it first came out simply because I support them, and fell in love with "Not Ready to Make Nice" on first listen (from their myspace page of all places lol). But apart from having listened to the album a couple of times, it was still something that was "congealing" with me. I wasn't immediately drawn into the album the was I was with "Home" or "Fly" . Coming into the theatre that night, I didn't know the lyrics to any of the TTLW songs with the exception of NRTMN. And towards the end I was almost kind of sad they hadn't revisited more of the older material, but aside from that small disappointment, I was more motivated to hear the album cuts of the songs they preformed, and I've a total new respect for TTLW. I do miss the bouncy high-octane vibe of Fly, but am very intrigued with the introspective, "mature" sounding direction the ladies are taking. One thing they mentioned when the question of a greatsest hits question was posed, was that they are planning to do another album which showcases more of their own writing, that writing an album in its entirety is their goal for their next album. Natalie mentioned how its hard to sit down and write something everyday, even if its bad, because she doesn't want to do it if its going to be bad. That comment being made after mentioning a songwriter (whose name I've since forgotten) who does just that, sits there and writes something everday, because that his job, and if it turns out bad, he just goes with with it, becuase its part of the journey. Not an exact quote mind you, but my impression of the point she was making.
Hearing how challenging writing songs that reflect their personal experiences, yet are worthy from a business standpoint, just impresses me of their talent that much more. I can't wait to see them in November, and look forward to hearing more about them as humans from message boards such as this and in the msn blog!
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Post by redheadedmomma on Sept 25, 2006 9:01:15 GMT -8
Welcome on board!
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Post by ImJussaGrl on Sept 25, 2006 10:34:58 GMT -8
Thanks Redheadedmomma!
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Post by james on Sept 25, 2006 13:44:22 GMT -8
Welcome on board and thanks for the great review.
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Post by Dora on Sept 25, 2006 16:21:10 GMT -8
The guy you were referring to is Bob Schneider (the one who writes every day). He's great and a fellow texan. He is a SXSW a lot.
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Post by mbcchicks on Sept 25, 2006 16:45:43 GMT -8
I was lucky enough to have the delightful Melissa invite me to take part with her group. Her mom was so sweet, and nice, and Melissa is so beautiful that it was a delight. I also had the pleasure to meet Beverly, Coop?, and the delightful Angela who the chicks called out during one song. Angela was hilarious, it was so freakin hot down at the pre party we were all dripping with sweat, although thankfully mine was goose inspired, that we quickly left for upstairs....then the show started. Thanks to all the CRCR members thank embraced me, a no name from Oklahoma, and made me feel welcome. Chris from Norman, Oklahoma Hi Chris, how are you? I was wondering if you were going to come visit this place! Well it was a pleasure meeting you and having you join us at the pre-party. Being a hard core fan like yourself, traveling all that way, I knew you had to be a great guy from the get-go. Love your accent! I'm just sorry you didn't sit with us during the show. It was a little crazy getting in and we kind of all lost each other for a minute. Glad you made it home safely. I'm so happy that we will have this memory for the rest of our lives!! Maybe we can all meet up again at future Chicks concerts (if they don't cancel)! Wish we could've all went out for a bite to eat together to talk about the show afterwards. I was on cloud 9 the whole way home! Melissa
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Post by kellermanhouse on Sept 26, 2006 8:41:10 GMT -8
I think the only thing I'm going to be sad about while watching the Stroytellers is that VIMH and YWM was not done. However, I understand if you told the story of VIMH you may reveal more then you want to, but what happened to YWM.
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Post by Dora on Sept 26, 2006 13:53:18 GMT -8
Here here. You Were Mine is one of my favorite songs. It's also the audition song that made Natalie a "chick" and also was their first hit that they wrote (2 of the 3). Disappointed about that one.
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Post by Forever JNo on Sept 26, 2006 18:08:10 GMT -8
It seems like they really want to focus on TTLW. It's a great album for sure, but is anyone getting a bit bothered by them eschewing their older material? I am a little.
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Post by peppermintpatti on Sept 27, 2006 9:03:15 GMT -8
It seems like they really want to focus on TTLW. It's a great album for sure, but is anyone getting a bit bothered by them eschewing their older material? I am a little. Honestly no, because many artists and bands are critical of their earlier work compared to where they are now. The Chicks are vastly different from where they started from in their early twentys to now in their early 30s. A lot changes take place during that time not just with marriages, children, and the incident, but just an overall growth of maturity. So I for one don't see any problem with them critcizing their early work as amaturish. Songs about the various stages of love have been replaced by deeper more thought provoking lyrics about life and the various situations that they've faced. But that's JMO.
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Post by mbcchicks on Sept 27, 2006 13:39:54 GMT -8
It seems like they really want to focus on TTLW. It's a great album for sure, but is anyone getting a bit bothered by them eschewing their older material? I am a little. Honestly no, because many artists and bands are critical of their earlier work compared to where they are now. The Chicks are vastly different from where they started from in their early twentys to now in their early 30s. A lot changes take place during that time not just with marriages, children, and the incident, but just an overall growth of maturity. So I for one don't see any problem with them critcizing their early work as amaturish. Songs about the various stages of love have been replaced by deeper more thought provoking lyrics about life and the various situations that they've faced. But that's JMO. I totally agree with you pmpattie! Natalie even laughed about it because they were talking so much about their newest material but she said they are partial to their latest CD. I can see why, they aren't really the types to jump around doing the running man on stage anymore. They've been through a lot and have "grown up" in the process. Although, those times were fun when they would totally rock out and run around dancing on stage. I can see her still maybe doing some head banging action, but the running man might be gone for good. I cried during Cowboy because it reminded me of simpler times when everything was still innocent and fun with the Chicks. Now it seems everything has a motive behind it, a consipiracy, an offensive or defensive approach, not only talking about the Chicks but everything relating to them as well. They probably felt like they had better grow up and say their piece or people would not take them seriously anymore.
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Post by Dora on Sept 27, 2006 13:43:54 GMT -8
JNO - I agree. This is something another fan and I have been talking about. I miss the "fun" music, the "fun" concerts and the older material. The Chicks will always be affiliated with "I Can Love you Better" and "There's Your Trouble." These are the songs that "made" them the superstars they are. While the songs maybe amateurish, is that supposed to mean you just write them off as not worth playing? I don't see people like Billy Joel doing that. He still plays the older hits and the ones off his first album. I think it's an excuse to make them feel as though "Okay, this album we co-wrote everything. We only wrote a few on the last albums so they aren't worthy." That's bull-cocky. They didn't seem very amateurish when they were playing them in concert and getting paid. It's not a sin to revisit older material, especially since that's what your fans know you by and love.
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Post by peppermintpatti on Sept 27, 2006 14:53:42 GMT -8
JNO - I agree. This is something another fan and I have been talking about. I miss the "fun" music, the "fun" concerts and the older material. The Chicks will always be affiliated with "I Can Love you Better" and "There's Your Trouble." These are the songs that "made" them the superstars they are. While the songs maybe amateurish, is that supposed to mean you just write them off as not worth playing? I don't see people like Billy Joel doing that. He still plays the older hits and the ones off his first album. I think it's an excuse to make them feel as though "Okay, this album we co-wrote everything. We only wrote a few on the last albums so they aren't worthy." That's bull-cocky. They didn't seem very amateurish when they were playing them in concert and getting paid. It's not a sin to revisit older material, especially since that's what your fans know you by and love. I agree with that. I don't think they should stop playing their older stuff, I just don't see anything wrong with saying that it is "amatureish". Many artists who've been around for years still play the big hits off of their previous albums, eventhough they may not like them as much as they did then. There's nothing wrong with admitting that you've may have outgrown some of the earlier material but many of those songs are fan favorites and should continued to be played.
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Post by Dora on Sept 27, 2006 18:20:48 GMT -8
That's what I meant.
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Post by peppermintpatti on Sept 27, 2006 19:46:07 GMT -8
Cool.
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Post by Jeff & Nancy on Sept 28, 2006 6:46:57 GMT -8
I tend to be a "quiet" member of this wonderful board, but when the subject is music, I like to chime in now and again. Hope you don't mind my two cents...
One thing to keep in mind is that, especially with the Chicks, every tour has been wrapped around the new album. TOTW Tour featured every song from "Home" with the exception of "I Believe In Love" and "More Love." Thankfully, the Chicks' music, whether it's songs they have written or chosen from other writers, is and always has been extraordinary quality from start to finish. So when they tour and the bulk of the show is from their latest and greatest, to me anyway, it's all good. That is a rare commodity in an industry where most artists have only a few great songs on any one album. Not to mention that they are now at a point where they have so much material, something has to be left out of the show. Two of my favorite performances from the last tour were "Am I The Only One" and "Cold Day in July." Would I have liked to have heard those in Columbus this past July? Absolutely. But I still left that show knowing that I had seen and heard the best concert I had ever attended in my lifetime.
One other thought. The Chicks are so talented, they are one of only a handful of acts who can revamp an older hit in a way that it is true to the original song, yet it gives it new life, and it probably gives more interest and energy for them as they perform it. If you've seen a show on the Accidents & Accusations Tour, you'll know that "Ready to Run" is phenomenal. It was one of many highlights for me. And if you're on deck to see the show, fasten your seat belts!
Jeff
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Post by chixster on Oct 10, 2006 21:16:14 GMT -8
Thanks all for the nice things about my accent and all. I was glad that I met you all, even if nothing more comes of it, we had a wonderful time and a nice great experience that most people will not have. I prob would have been invited on stage with the girl group I was sitting with if the nail tech that was trying to hide my hideous blackened nail from the car door could have done her job. If anyone is close to Melissa, and she and you are single, then you should talk to her. She is a beautiful person inside and out. As are most of Chicks fans....
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