I do like some of their songs, though

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I watched Shut Up and Sing last night. I don't know how I'm supposed to care about the Dixie Chicks' careers when Iraqis are getting blown to bits.

P.S. We have to stop killing these things. When the giant squids take their revenge, it is not going to be pretty.

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[mistersmearcase.livejournal.com]

Well, and the Dixie Chicks are doing fine, too--it just shifted their audience from mainstream country stations to NPR sorts.

The statement was silly and basically toothless, but it made them an excellent scapegoat I think. Mainstream country music has a creepy, defensive, angry nationalist side (see also "Have You Forgotten?" by whatever that disphit's name is. I think maybe it sells records to tap into the rage of the oppressed straight white male. Not to be defensively reductioninst...that rage exists because it's politically useful, but chicken/egg.

Sorry, I completely lost the train of what I was saying. Anyway was the focus of the documentary really their loss of revenue and not the crazy political climate that made it happen?

[nom-de-grr.livejournal.com]

There's all that, yeah, and also it reinforced some fears about the dangers of politically influential media oligopolies. That was my concern, anyhow.

[mistersmearcase.livejournal.com]

That too.

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Anyway was the focus of the documentary really their loss of revenue and not the crazy political climate that made it happen?

Yes. There was very little context, which to me (since I'm not fanatical about their music) would have been the second-most interesting bit.* You were supposed to feel very sorry for them that radio stations wouldn't play their music and that they didn't sell out every single concert.


* The most interesting bit, which took up about five minutes of the documentary, was their feud with Toby Keith. Hilarity!