I caught the tail end of an opinion piece on KERA, our local NPR affiliate this morning. The author was talking about the release of the Dixie Chick’s new single and how no country stations in the metroplex (or state) are playing the song.
Most stations say it’s still in backlash from Natalie Maines’ comment during 2003 that she was not proud that President George Bush was from Texas.
The commentator said maybe one of the funniest things I’ve heard on radio in a while, “The Dixie Chicks have parts of the male anatomy that I can’t mention on radio. And they’re huge.”
Like them or not, they are standing by their convictions and not backing down to pressure.
Lyrics to their latest single, “Not Ready to Make Nice”
Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waitingI’m through with doubt
There’s nothing left for me to figure out
I’ve paid a price
And I’ll keep payingI’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 shouldI know you said
Can’t you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like itI made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’
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
Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be overI’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 shouldI’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 shouldForgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting
So what about you? Still mad at the Dixie Chicks for their comments? Did you burn their CD’s?
I was never mad at them, however I did think their statement was pretty hardcore considering their genre. Never owned a cd, so nope, no burning. I never liked their stuff anyway.
Nah, I’m well beyond that. Life’s just to short.
Like the saying goes, ” I don’t let people rent space in my head.”