10 Years Later, Dixie Chicks Right All Along

[Ken Burch]

http://us.cnn.com/2013/03/05/opinion/granderson-dixie-chicks/index.html?iref=obnetwork

CNN Commentary by L.Z. Granderson

Two days past 18

He was waiting for the bus in his Army green ...

Those are the first two lines from one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard, "Traveling Soldier." If you don't know it, I encourage you to look it up -- unless you're one of those folks who still hates the group that made the song popular, in which case, its beauty might be lost .

It was 10 years ago this week -- as the country was barreling toward war with Iraq -- that Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, stood in front of a packed house in London and said:

"Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."
Photos: Celebrities' forays into diplomacy Photos: Celebrities' forays into diplomacy

It didn't matter that the evidence to invade Iraq was questionable or that Maines later apologized. The damage was done, and one of the most popular acts in the country became its most hated. Its music was banned from radio, CDs were trashed by bulldozers, and one band member's home was vandalized. Maines introduced "Soldier" with a call for peace, but she would soon find that the group needed metal detectors installed at entrances to shows on its stateside tour because of death threats.

(If this is a dupe, sorry, but I just couldn't help posting a story with this headline.

[Diclotican]

1. Ken Burch

Ken Burch

They was right - even though they paid "the prize" for beeing right - they was right..

And by the way - the traveling soldier is one of the best songs Dixi Chics had in my opinion - maybe becouse it meant something behind the song - not just a song along other songs..

Diclotican

[AtheistCrusader]

3. All of their songs have meaning.

They just don't resonate with every person's experiences. "So Hard" on the most recent album got me, it's about a couple struggling with infertility.

"Silent House" is a gut wrenching take on Alzheimer's Disease...

[Diclotican]

4. AtheistCrusader

AtheistCrusader

I agree, but I have to say - traveling soldier - resonate more with me than many others - not that I have been a lonely soldier out for a tour of duty.. But rather that it resonate with being alone - and wanting to have someone to just talk to... It sucks beeing alone..

The songs is great - no doubt about it - sad the girls split up - and Dixie Chics are no more.. They could have had a great deal of records under their belt, as they made some great songs

Diclotican

[AtheistCrusader]

2. The Dixie Chicks were dead wrong.

That fake fucking 'Cowboy' is from Connecticut.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. The Right Wing exaggerates it's effectiveness...

http://server4.whiterosesociety.org/content/malloy/MalloyMemories/Dixie_Chicked_by_the_vast_Right_Wing_Minority.mp3

Like when Billo claimed France lost "billions of dollars" because of his boycott. (French imposts went from 29 billion to 37 billion.)

[blkmusclmachine]

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[7wo7rees]

7. Travelin' Soldier still makes me cry

The poetry, the poignancy, the story, the harmonies.

When country fans left them for their Idiot King, they kicked much ass.

[DeSwiss]

8. K&R! n/t

[duhneece]

9. Amen! The guts & heart they showed still inspire me nt

[thunderbolt brown420]

10. dixie chicks

It looks to me like they were right.I hope everyone has been watching how dumbya boosh and dirty dick chinney screwed the American people to get their claws into a good oil war,and tricky dick nixon prolonged the crisis in viet nam five extra years.It seems to me we should soon wake up and fire all these repukes

[progressoid]

11. I'm still mad as hell...