Dixie Chicks get apolitical
They dug themselves a hole when they criticized President Bush ten days before Operation Iraqi Freedom started up. Record sales in the USA tanked and they have been getting minimal air-play. This is something that they should have figured as they play country music and the fan-base there is fairly conservative.
Now, Natalie Maines hits bottom and keeps digging.
From the
UK Telegraph:
How the Chicks survived their scrap with Bush
Will it be the salmon teriyaki with organic greens, or asparagus tempura and tuna sashimi? As the waiter hovers with pencil poised, the Dixie Chicks debate the menu with the practised air of professional restaurant critics. The Chicks have traditionally been branded a country band, but clearly it's some time since their diet consisted of ribs, tacos and pancakes.
Sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire project a polished Fifth Avenue elegance, and vocalist Natalie Maines is a vision of sculpted cheekbones and smoky eye-shadow.
And the meat of the article:
"The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism," Maines resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don't see why people care about patriotism."
She doesn't have a clue -- been living in Noo Yawk for too long and has lost touch with her roots... Hat tip to Charles at
LGF
Posted by DaveH at June 17, 2006 10:10 PM