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Dixie Chicks win five Grammy awards, Hollyweird quote hilariousness ensues
The mediots couldn’t be happier that the no-longer-country-musicians Dixie Chicks won all five awards they were nominated for last night at the 49th annual Grammy Awards.
The theme of the day in the MSM is “vindication for the Chicks”, as though the Grammy awards they won make up for the fact that their record sales have dropped considerably, as have their ticket sales, and radio stations don’t want to play their music because their listeners don’t want to hear it. The awards last night weren’t a vindication for the Chicks, because the people who rejected them were not their like-minded lefty ‘deep thinkers’ in the entertainment industry who voted for them to win, but the bread and butter of any entertainer who wants to be successful: their fans. While the Chicks did have the 9th best-selling album last year, the 1.9 million copies they sold is a far cry from their previous album sales, and as noted here before, ticket sales for the Chicks have not been good.
While the media is busy spinning this story like a top, Lorie Byrd takes a look at some curious quotes made from controversial Chicks frontgal Natalie Maines, as well as former Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart last night. Too funny.
Allah has video of the Chicks from last night.
More: LOL @ K.Lo!:
Did anyone else find it ironic that Al Gore was praising “the music community” for their devotion to protecting the environment just after the Grammys got needlessly dumped on with what looked like a ton or so of paper…?
Update: Greg Tinti nails it:
The only thing The Chicks winning tonight tells us is that Hollywood is so f’n’ predictable that it’s unreal.
Yep.
Others blogging about this: The American Mind, James Joyner, Hyscience, Betsy Newmark, Sundries Shack
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Well ST I don’t really really pay much attention to the Dixie Chicks because if you l;isten to country music in this first place I think you’re a knucklehead to begin with
(just kidding
I may have sold only 100 CDs, and my royalties are in the toilet, but I gots my Grammy!
I could be wrong but, sounds like the fix was in. Someone at the grammys decided to make a political statement.
I think this takes away from the grammy’s and is unfair to the musicians that really deserved the awards. I will put the grammys on my list of bogus awards.
Hopefully the artists that were cheated out of thier awards understand what this was all about. I don’t know who they were competing against, but it would be interesting to measure record sales and see who the real winner was.
I just watched a short clip on hotair. Al Gore is giving out an award with Queen Latifah. What does Al Gore have to do with music. I think it’s quite obvious my above statement is true regarding the grammy’s being politically motivated and not an awards show.
I think if I ever win a grammy, I will put it right next to my bicycle safety award from the third grade. On second thought, I’d throw it away, as I wouldn’t want it taking away from the importance of my other achievements in life, such as the 5 mile hike I completed as a boy scout.
I’m not crazy about the dixie chicks’ music, but I am completely embarrassed about how the country reacted to the singer’s statements. There’s a great film documentary about the whole mess, called “Protesting the Dixie Chicks”:
http://www.myspace.com/protestingthedixiechicks
The awards given to the Dixie Chicks were one thing, sending a message.
As you know, these awards were not given by the people. This was not the People’s Music Awards, rather less than 11,000 members of professionals in the music industry. One writer brought up the idea that the vote for the various catagories was so split, that the largest chunk of votes left were the politically active members who had the opportunity to “make a statement” with what amounts to a lackluster album and a really boring song. First of all, there’s no way a song like that would take song of the year at the Grammys unless it had help, through collusion or other means, or jury nullification, just like the O.J. trial. And for them to win 5 awards if just not only improbable, but impossible! It looks like the Grammys jumped the shark last night, allowing politics to influence the outcome of not one but 5 awards and I personally could never look at them in any kind of positive light again, though that’s been coming for a long time now.
I’ve been a professional musician for over 35 years, a session player on albums and a touring sideman. I’m hearing nothing, and I repeat nothing, but disbelief at what happened last night. Some are asking for an investigation to see if there was indeed any wrong doing in the “winning” of these awards. And all along, Natalie and the world still actually think that they really won those awards.
Sad. Hope they never realize what really happened. They were used!
I think Rob has a point. Someone should investigate the grammy awards from last night and see if there is any wrong doing.
ST: Good point on their so-called vindication. One story I read called it “a defiant comeback.” Really, not so much since a comeback implies bringing back fans not the industry. It’s all political and little to do with actual musical acclaim.
Although I was pretty happy about the Red Hot Chili Peppers taking home 4 awards.
They are so loved, they are making a comeback….where? With who?
Link
Interesting question, if country stations aren;t playing your music, how do you win country album of the year?
If the DC music is now playing for a different genre, then perhaps they should have won the award for that genre, not country, especially if country stations are not even giving them air time.
Aren’t these the same doorknobs that gave Jethro Tull the “Heavy Metal” album of the year??? I remember as Ian Andersen accepted the award, he basically said, you people are idiots. I think that sentiment still holds true today. – Lorica
“Interesting question, if country stations aren;t playing your music, how do you win country album of the year?”
If most country music stations are owned by the right-leaning Clear Channel, then I can understand why they aren’t playing it…
But they aren’t and your attempt to obfuscate is a swing and a miss.
Not even a nice try, really a pathetic attempt to say most country stations are owned by the right.
Stations live and die by their audiences, no audiences to listen to them, no advertisers will support the station.
106.7 here in Metro Detroit is a country station, recently bought, they changed the format from the heavy metal it was before. One of the things they ran during the whole DC thing was if the listeners wanted to have the station play their music, call in and let them know. An overwhelming majority said they did not want to hear them.
Country music fans tend to be more of the red state mentality than the blue.
Though I am more of a smooth jazz type, I like listening to a variety – no rap though, can’t stand it.
Latest song I am addicted to though is Miranda Lambert’s – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Call me old-fashioned and crazy, but I believe music should be emotional art, fun, and a celebration of life, love and country. High brow maybe, but that’s what drew me to country music. Sure it’s fun to be a rebel and cutting edge in music – that was the attraction of the DC at first. Kind of a dumpy trio, but sassy with a fun sound. That is, until she opened her big, political mouth. Then she became bitter and nasty with her barage of spite. Especially tacky was her behaviour to Toby Keith and the flack caused by her insult of the song he wrote for his Dad, Angry American. And not only did she have to dump on him but, Reba McIntyre, Dolly Parton and the country music industry and its fans. What I saw then was a spiteful, arrogant, jealous, rock performer wannabe who gave country music a bad name. The political left wants to protect and reward her for her Bush hatred, but I’m glad the DC are gone off the airwaves because that kind of hate and nastiness shouldn’t be rewarded. These grammys seem more of a political statement than anything else.
Last time I saw a mouth like this it had a hook in it.
ST, can you kill my previous post, the link didn’t come through, this one did. Thanks.
Last time I saw a mouth like this it had a hook in it.
Nice girl, nice girl, now I know why tigers eat their young!
LOL, very good guys!
Although, I’d put a disclaimer on that picture before it’s opened by the unsuspecting in case someone has a weak heart or just ate.
Who cares what Natalie Maines thinks about the president? So she doesn’t like the president, why is this such a personal issue with people? Yeah, she has no tact, gloating with increasing arrogance at the Grammys with each proceeding win was a bit sickening but the country music establishment’s criticism of the Grammy victories is enormously hypocritical. After all, the country music establishment had no problem with banishing the Dixie Chicks for their politics (which has nothing to do with their musical merit) and then criticize the academy for rewarding the Dixie Chicks for their politics on the basis that their victory wins have nothing to do with musical merit. Which isn’t even proven anyway since I thought they won a grammy in 2003 for Home and since Taking the Long Way is a fine record in its own right regardless of politics while the country music establishment freely admit that their banishment from country music airwaves is their political viewpoint.
All I can say about the liberal lovefest at the 49th annual Grammy awards is that it pays to have friends in high places if you’re the Dixie Chicks. This is the outcome of:
Playin’ Politics With the Dixie Chicks
Dr BlT (c)2007
http://www.drblt.net/music/DixieChicks.mp3
This may not bring me a Grammy, but it’s all that the Dixie Chicks’ Grammy-award-winning song, Not Ready to Make Nice would inspire in me:
Not Ready to Make Rice
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT
http://www.drblt.net/music/MakeRice.mp3
What’s been lost in all the grammy hoopla is the fact that the biggest female music act OF ALL TIME managed to isolate and infuriate more than half their core audience. Their stupidity and arrogance is breathtaking. They Dixie dimmwits can spin it any way they want, but the truth is they are finished as a major act. By this time next year they will be yesterday news. And the funny thing is all they had to do was shut the f… up and it all would have gone away soon after the Bush remark. Pride cometh before the fall…..