Country Star Kacey Musgraves Angers Homophobes **MUST SEE VIDEO!**

[William769]

A gay-positive song from the rising star makes her enemy of the far-right and a hero of GLAAD.



Country star Kacey Musgraves is making waves with her new song, "Follow Your Arrow," thanks to its message of acceptance — "Make lots of noise, kiss lots of boys/Or kiss lots of girls, if that's something that you're into." The song is riling conservatives and also netting her a spot at GLAAD's upcoming awards ceremony in New York City.

The song, off her album Same Trailer, Different Park, was greeted with hostility by Colorado pastor Kevin Swanson, who said in a radio broadcast that Musgraves was promoting homosexuality and would have been killed if she performed the song in an earlier time.

"If she had sang [sic] that thing in a country bar in the 1920s or 1880s in Denver, Colorado, somebody would’ve called for a rope," he said, reports The Huffington Post. "She would not have made it out of town."

Musgraves, a 25-year-old Texas native who's already performed at the Grammys, will perform "Follow Your Arrow" at the GLAAD Media Awards on May 3 in New York. Musgraves will be introduced by out country singer Chely Wright.

http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2014/04/26/country-star-kacey-musgraves-angers-homophobes

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...for...well, just for.....

Anything that pisses off the fundies is good in my book. Sounds like a talented and thoughtful young woman.

[William769]

3. Yes indeed.

Watching the video, I can see why their heads are exploding.

[hrmjustin]

2. Huge K&R!

Good for her!

[William769]

4. Great Video!

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Already a fan, this makes me more so

nt

[William769]

7. I hate to admit it because I love Country music, but I did not know her.

I do now!

[Bluenorthwest]

13. Well, I have a friend who keeps me up to date on the country artists because he

interviews lots of them, so he hips me to the cool ones....I also adore the title of the CD Same Trailer, Different Park.
Country music has changed quite a bit and it is helping to change the culture around it, which is what music and the arts are supposed to do. Country music was never my first choice but I've come to love much country and folk over the years.

[William769]

15. Thats a good friend to have.

I also adore the title of the CD.

I have an appreciation for most music but was raised on Country and given my early years the songs resonated with me.

[Lars39]

6. Song so reminds me of the Harper Valley PTA, sung by Jeannie C. Riley.

Rabble raising women. Love it!

[William769]

8. They do what they got to do, and I don't blame them one damn bit.

[Lars39]

9. People either move with the times or they get run over.

My mom used to love this song.

[William769]

17. I still sing it all the time!

[Lars39]

19. I still think back to how her and that song were perceived as being "racy".

[shenmue]

10. Good song

[jmowreader]

11. That cannot be the only thing they're pissed off about

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kaceymusgraves/followyourarrow.html

Apparently they missed the order to fire up a joint and the religion slam...and did they even HAVE country bars in the 1880s?

[William769]

18. Thanks for the link.

[rhett o rick]

12. k&r thanks for posting.

[William769]

16. My pleasure.

[RLP1862]

14. Yeah, they'd hang you

if you were a snake oil salesman, too. Something Pastor Swanson should think about.

[Politicalboi]

20. But what about the children

If the children sing it, it's going to make them gay.

[William769]

21. We are not Mother Russia, thank you very much.

[DirtyDawg]

22. Kacey...

...just remember The Dixie Chicks. There's no end to the wing nuttery of this bunch.

[William769]

23. And the dixie chicks are back on the road again (Sorry Willie).

It's never wrong to stand up for what's right.

[countryjake]

24. Very nice!

I like her whistle, too. Going out to buy that album as soon as I post this!

Kacey Musgraves’s Rebel Twang
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/magazine/kacey-musgravess-rebel-twang.html?_r=0

I'm not a fan of much country music, but after I read that NYTimes article about her, I just had to go looking cause of this:

...and her songwriting hero, the country maverick John Prine, about whom she wrote a song that contains the line “My idea of heaven is to burn one with John Prine.

A woman to my own heart; he's always been my songwriting hero, too. Kacey says the things she sings and writes songs about aren't controversial to her.

"I talk about things that have made an impression on me that a lot of people everywhere are going through." ~ Kacey Musgraves

Thank you for telling DU about her, William. I'd never even heard of her! Listening to that song you've posted gives me much hope for this country, our young people, the world.

Lyrics to "John Prine"

You get a little drunk, get a little loud
Stupid me and my rebel mouth
Ain't all wrong but I ain't all right
Don't see no world in black and white.

Grandma cried when I pierced my nose
Never liked doing what I was told
Don't judge me and I won't judge you
'Cause I ain't walking in your shoes

'Cause I ain't one to knock religion
Though it's always knocking me
Always running with the wrong crowd
Right where I wanna be
I'm not good at being careful
I just say what's on my mind
Like my idea of heaven
Is to burn one with John Prine

Maybe he would sit a while
And render me an illegal smile
And I bet that he would understand
Just how I feel and who I am

'Cause I ain't one to knock religion
Though it's always knocking me
Always running with the wrong crowd
Right where I wanna be
I'm not good at being careful
I just say what's on my mind
Like my idea of heaven
Is to burn one with John Prine

I play my life like truth or dare
I'm not all here but I'm all there
And all the colors people paint me
Don't they know they'll never change me, yeah?

'Cause I ain't one to knock religion
Though it's always knocking me
Always running with the wrong crowd
Right where I wanna be
I'm not good at being careful
I just say what's on my mind
Like my idea of heaven
Is to burn one with John Prine
Like my idea of heaven
Is to burn one with John Prine

[William769]

25. Thanks countryjake.

[flying rabbit]

53. That woman gets it...

... <--- no lighter smiley, sorry. Freebird!

[handmade34]

26. hopefully a new up and coming...

Kristen Merlin... love her!

[William769]

28. Wow! Agreed.

[OKNancy]

27. just listened. All the lyrics probably make the tight-asses cringe

[William769]

29. A great added benefit.

[Martin Eden]

30. "in the 1920s or 1880s in Denver, Colorado, somebody would’ve called for a rope"

Sounds like the pastor approves of lynching.

[madamesilverspurs]

31. Not familiar with her,

but had to chuckle at her name. Our former congresswoman, Marilyn Musgrave, gained her portion of fame by pushing her 'defense of marriage' crap that very much relied on homophobia to energize it. Somewhere dear Marilyn is crapping her lily white unmentionables at the similarity of names, and that's a delightful thing.

Keep up the good work, Ms. Musgraves!

[William769]

32. I remember the one you are talking about.

[maindawg]

33. They want blood

They wont be happy till they get it. They keep on threatening, and calling for and talking about killing. They are to that point. The name calling is not effective. These people are very dangerous.

[jtuck004]

34. GREAT LYRICs. LOL LOL LOL - gonna make ass-clown preacher heads explode from

coast-to-coast.



She calls out for acceptance and appreciation of others and what they do. They are gonna just hate that.

[William769]

35. Yep.

[jtuck004]

37. I grew up churches like that, and it couldn't happen to more deserving group of bigots.

I'm gonna have to get some of her music, especially now that I see the John Prine reference.

[William769]

38. I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church.

[jtuck004]

51. LOL - My mom sent a note to my 5th grade public school teacher

that I was NOT to be allowed to learn to dance when she heard they were teaching dancing (I swear I think it was square dancing?)

That plays HELL with your social life, but it began to help me look at things from the outside, and gave me more time to read, so I can't say it's was all bad.

The church...well, that was pretty much bad. The people anyway. The building was ok until a tornado knocked it down a few years after their collections had dropped. It just missed the services by a few hours, and I am sure god knew what time they started that crazy singing so I don't think it was a deliberate assassination attempt, I still suspect it was to send a message...

[sheshe2]

36. What a beautiful voice, Kacey has!

She will be going places, and I admire her for pissing off the "pastor." All I can say is you go girl~

Thanks for that sweet music, William.

[William769]

39. Anyday I put a smile on your face is a good day for me.

[sheshe2]

45. I thank you for that...

It was grueling day at work. I ran my butt off and had nothing to eat until I got home.

LOL, I am getting way to old for this~

[William769]

46. Let calgon take you away.

It works wonders.

I guess now is not the time to tell you what I spent all day cooking was.

[sheshe2]

47. It's okay if you share the leftovers~

I'll stop by after work tomorrow~

[Cha]

40. Brilliant of Kacey Musgraves, William! And, wtf is

up with that pastor kevin swanson?! talkin' about killin' .. maybe even putting evil thoughts into some of his brainwashed flock of sheep? Disgusting.

thank you, William

[William769]

41. Thats the Christian right for ya.

Seems like God is there to serve them, not the other way around.

When they meet their maker and Gabriel is blowing his horn, boy are they in for a surprise.

I'm glad you liked it.

[Cha]

42. I call them the anti-Christians..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101691349

I love it!

[William769]

43. Thanks I didn't see that.

And I love that graphic!

P.S. sorry for the misspelling in the post you responded to.

[Cha]

44. Yeah, that's another good one from Nance!

I told her when I responded to her OP that henceforth they will be dubbed the "anti-Christians".. and so be it.

The graphic is brilliant~

[spanone]

48. l.o.v.e. kacey!

[Owl]

49. Never heard of her, but love her now!

[William769]

50. Ditto.

[treestar]

52. nice

and she's perfected the whistle!