Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
On the eve of President Bush's decision to attack
The political fallout that ensued culminated with the major US Country music radio stations [predominantly owned by the mega monopoly Clear Channel Communications] throughout the
Caught up in the fervor of patriotism, some of these rubes even went as far as discussing raping the girls because they "didn't know their place." Imagine that, Disk Jockeys encouraging their audience to commit heinous crimes against women who simply voiced their opinion contrary to the neoconservative cacophony of chickenhawks clamoring for war.
Now THAT is family values for you; threatening to hurt, rape and kill these women because they exercised their First Amendment right to disagree with their government about the war on Iraq.
Initially, the
In retrospect, those three country girls turned out to be right because time has revealed George Bush & Co. lied to get this country in to the
I agree with them; I respect the office of the president but I do not respect President Bush. The following song, recently released on their CD, Taking the Long Way Home reflects who they are and what character they have maintained in the face of flag-waving redneck pressure.
Dixie Chicks
Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting
I'm through, with doubt,
There's nothing left for me to figure out,
I've paid a price, and I'll keep paying
I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around and I kind of like it
I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
When a mother will teach her daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger. And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over
I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting
God Bless the Dixie Chicks - they didn't sell out and they exercised their God-given, inalieanble right to speak out as protected by the First Amendment.
As historian Howard Zinn stated when speaking about Thomas Jefferson, "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."
Right on Dixie Chicks - those fools can kiss your ass because, in the end, you were right.
Labels: Music, Social Justice
5 Comments:
I don't like country music, but I almost feel like buying their music to stand in solidarity with them.
It's amazing how polarized this country has gotten.
But we need to stand our ground. The first step to totalitarianism is the attempt to silence dissenting voices. And it seems like that is the direction we are headed in.
Yes they were!
But what has right and wrong got to do with it when Bush keep doing his thing, while our boys are still dying for oil --- I would like to know what can be done to stop this madness. It seem our votes are stolen before they are counted --- but this is not new and these days I hate even discusing politic --- it's like "madness going around in circles".
Still, I am glad you posted this. I supported the Dixie Chicks by buying their album. They can sing too!
Freedom of expression, whether from the Dixie Chicks or from individual bloggers is important. You have an excellent viewpoint and I will re-post your article on mixeye for others to discover, with your permission.
I got a kick out of hearing them interviewed on NPR. They didn't even have to bother saying, "I told you so," and didn't.
My only awareness of them had been because of their remark - my reaction at the time was, "Yes!"
The NPR interview played some of their old music along with cuts from the new CD, including the song you quote. My reaction to the old stuff was frankly, "ho-hum," but I like what I heard of the new CD.
One of them said that the Bush thing had made her realize that she wanted their music to be about something.
Go Dixie Chicks!
loved your post and have linked it on my blog. Like your blog very much too.
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