At the Grammys, Making Very Nice
The Dixie Chicks Take Five, Including Album of the Year
By J. Freedom du Lac
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 12, 2007; Page C02
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 The Dixie Chicks got the last laugh Sunday night. Rejected by the country establishment, the polarizing group was tickled to find itself in the warm embrace of the broader Recording Academy, which honored the Chicks with five Grammy Awards -- including the three biggest:
album of the year,
record of the year and
song of the year.
The Texas trio also won for
best country group vocal and
best country album.
The latter award was especially surprising since they were excommunicated from the church of country music in 2003 after singer Natalie Maines popped off about President Bush and the war in Iraq. Upon bouncing to the podium after the result was announced, Maines said what just about everybody inside Staples Center was probably thinking: "That's interesting." She closed her gaping mouth just long enough to grin mischievously, then said, "Well, to quote the great Simpsons, 'HA HA!' "
The Dixie Chicks from left, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, and Emily Robison, accept the award for best country album for "Taking the Long Way" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (Mark J. Terrill - AP)
The Dixie Chicks won big at Sunday night's 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, sweeping album of the year, record of the year and song of the year for "Not Ready to Make Nice," the group's defiant answer to the angry country fans who'd criticized the group for criticizing President Bush. Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mary J. Blige were also big winners, taking home four and three awards, respectively.
"Not Ready to Make Nice," the group's defiant answer to the angry country fans who'd criticized the group for criticizing Bush, won song of the year, the industry's top writing award. "I am, for the first time in my life, speechless," Maines said. Earlier, the protest singer Joan Baez had introduced the Dixie Chicks as "three brave women who are still not ready to make nice."
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EAT , right-wing talk radio, Limbaugh, and other s bags.
All y'all backed a loser, which is what losers do.
Cool maybe they can hold a concert for their lampshade, hoover vac , pet bird, and now their grammy's.
WGAF.
I didn't know self loathing jews would like country.
What's your favorite song Boutons?
You know they usually make songs about divorces, gambling, pickups, and oh yeah....dogs dieing.
I'm pretty sure they don't make songs about going to medical school, or making a load off your totalled vehicle.
It is a sad tale of the tape:
Assad 1 Bush 0
Ahmadinejhad 1 Bush 0
Chavez 1 Bush 0
Saddam 0 Bush 1 (not hard to beat on a kid still layed out from 1st beating)
Kim Jong Il 1 Bush 0
and now:
DIXIE CHICKS 1 Bush 0
Yosemite Sam would say "What a revoltin developement"
Who votes for the Grammy's? Is it like the Academy Awards? If so, then it's no surprise that the Dixie Chicks won if left-wing Bush haters are the ones voting!
And if you win a grammy does that mean you're the best? Many of the pictures nominated for various categories at the Oscars are so bad that only a few thousand people have even seen them!
Right. It's a conspiracy.. because everybody hates Bush.
This thread makes no sense. Obviously, the widespread red-state antipathy for the Dixie Chicks has no deleterious effect upon the Grammy voters' perception of the Dixie Chicks, and probably in fact has a beneficial effect. The entertainment establishment on the West Coast is as solid a left-wing stalwart as any you will find in the U.S. The Chicks' talent has not diminished since their tiff, and their not-quite-country fusion style appeals more to the ears of Grammy voters whose cultural frame of reference stands completely separate from that of the country music establishment.
None of that changes the pariah status of the Chicks in what formerly was their core demographic.
We'll see if the Country Music Awards, obviously fully of Jews, Liberals, communists, hippies, peace-niks, and dubya-haters, also give the DC's some love.
As the Repugs know so well, perception is everything, is why they are some violently committed to lying, sliming, and swift-boating.
The DC's are perceived to be on top of their sector, while dubya perceived as a turd floating around in a toilet, with 70% disapproval ratings (AmeriKa is obviously 70% liberal peace-niks).
...whatever, btw, the dixie chicks suck.
They still can't sell tickets in their old stomping grounds -- The Red States.
By the way, any idea who votes on Grammy awards? Well, it ain't the general public and, if their "spoken word" award is any indication, I think we have pretty good idea of their political bent.
Jimmy Carter, Barak Obama, Bill Clinton, just to name a few. And, to my digging, I can't find where they've ever awarded the "spoken word" award to anyone that would be classified as a prominent Conservative or Republican. At least not recently.
dubya and head woud DIE to have some good news, even fluffy show biz news, like the DC's got.
When did we start caring about the Grammy Award?
This is the same award once given to Tony Bennett for an Unplugged album. Of course the voters are Liberals. WGAF?
I doubt he cares.
Disney chicks? Oh, Dixie Chicks! They still exist? Have they
made any new recordings, except to put their country down?
And hollow-wood, , they give awards to anyone every week.
Have they
made any new recordings, except to put their country down?
Yeah, country music blows. But that's not what's bothering you conservatives.
Are you more upset about what they said, or the fact that they were right?
Neither. In fact, I still like their music.
What's silly is that people think they're pundits and that the Grammys are a political forum.
Beyond that, who cares. I was just pointing out that getting a music award doesn't validate your political position.
I never considered them heavyweights, just celebs that speak in front of camera's. I don't think they're running for office. They just called it right.
"self-pity."
self-pity? they sould like unrepentant tough chicks to me. They were certainly slimed, bullied, and shouted at by the Limbaugh types, the red-state rabble/sheeple types.
It's clear now, and history will hammer it home as the pre-war facts come out, and post-withdrawal hits the fan, that dubya is a shameful excuse for a president, no matter which state he came from.
Nah, it was self-pity.
They're doing fine and they were always doing fine. They're just touring in some different cities these days.
A stopped watch is right twice a day. Additionally, agreement between you and the Dixie Chicks isn't really news. It just means your clocks stopped on the same time.
To much smaller crowds.
You wouldn't find me in that crowd, large or small. I've never even heard what they said back in the day, just witnessed the "rights" outrage. That alone crowned it with merit. Nothing hurts quite like the truth. Dixie chicks right, Bush wrong. ouch!
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