Redneck music lovers hate the Dixie Chicks again ...I'm buying the cd!

[NVMojo]

I'm still waiting to buy the cd myself ...May 23rd is the release date:

Dixie Chicks don't stick at country radio

Barnett played the song for a week, but pulled it after listeners called to say it sounded like the Chicks were "gloating" or "rubbing our noses in it," he reports. "We didn't need to pick at the scab any longer."

He and other country programmers were upset that the group chose to launch its new album with a single that rehashed all the angst of three years ago.

The two singles have had a striking lack of impact at radio, considering the band's history. Between 1997 and 2003, it notched 14 top 10 country singles, including six No. 1 hits. In addition to eight Grammy Awards, the group has won 10 Country Music Assn. Awards and eight Academy of Country Music Awards. The trio has sold 23.4 million albums in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The Dixie Chicks and reps from their label, Columbia Records, declined to participate in this story. But -- at least as far as Maines is concerned -- the drop-off at country radio was part of its plan.

more...

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-05-20T004905Z_01_N19245830_RTRUKOC_0_US-DIXIECHICKS.xml&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage1

[muntrv]

1. This is what you get when

you have Bush supportin' Clear Channel owning all the radio stations in the U.S..

[muchacho]

2. no thanks...

I think most country stations will play it, even though it sounds more like adult contemporary (yuck) than the great country they've done up until now. I won't get the CD because I hate the genre....it's dull as dirt.

[NJ_Lib]

3. The Dixie Chicks got guts... Much respect...

... for those talented ladies...

Incidentally, Bill O'Leilly stopped at their table recently after a performance, to tell them how much he enjoyed their show, then leaned in to tell Natalie that he wishes she said what she said back in 04 on home ground and not overseas... She countered: "Oh, I would have said it at home too..."

Love ya, Nat...!

[laundry_queen]

4. Rednecks will soon find...

that no one gives a shit what they think about the Dixie Chicks. The DC are loved by a very loyal fan base (I know quite a few who are bushbots too who hold no ill will towards the DC about that and plan on getting the new CD) and will come through this just fine, whether or not the big wigs at the radio stations decide it should be played.
It also goes to show just who controls the stations and that a lot of good music isn't being played b/c of what higher ups decide what the line ups should be. So what if they don't get played on some right wing station. Aren't they #1 in downloads?? We don't need no stinkin radio, we got the internets! :D

[acmejack]

6. For now. Write Congress about COPE

Save the Internet! Net Neutrality!

[MnFats]

5. i think i'll have to buy it just to spite the f****rs.

so there.

[rodeodance]

7. gee, that is like picking at the scab!! te he.

...."We didn't need to pick at the scab any longer."