Will Country Radio Dixie Chick Hank Williams Jr.???

[otohara]

do pigs fly?

I plan on calling our two country stations tomorrow and urge others to do the same.

[midnight]

1. K&R......

[theophilus]

2. If by that you mean play his songs a lot more than they have been.....Yes. n/t

[me b zola]

3. What did Hank do?

Isn't he conservative?

[otohara]

He Compared the President

to Adolph Hitler.

[me b zola]

10. Thanks

I just found it on the front page. Yeppers, Hank is quite the booty-wipe. Guess he's trying to get publicity as I imagine his music still sucks.

[teddy51]

12. lol You got that right, his daddy he is not! Now Hank Williams Sr. music was great. n/t

[MatthewStLouis]

23. Ha ha! Is he hangin' with Glen Beck now or something?

Hank Williams Junior is the idol of every stupidity-admiring redneck I went to high school with...

[MADem]

6. He called Obama Hitler and "the enemy." On Faux. Batshit crazy. nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. SHUT UP AND SING!!!!!!

You won't hear any of that.....

[txwhitedove]

11. I just did on FB. Let's all troop over to his FB page and tell him what we think.

[calimary]

33. Only problem is - you have to "Like" him to post. I just can't do that.

[txwhitedove]

35. I went on the wall and posted without clicking Like, even got an answer

about Free Speech, etc., but got a couple of Likes myself.

[calimary]

40. Hmmm maybe I'll try that.

Thanks!

One reason why I haven't given sarah palin's Facebook page a piece of my mind. I just simply cannot bring myself to indicate publicly to anyone that I "Like" sarah palin. Not possible.

[PeaceNikki]

5. I'll bet they put him on a pedestal. He'll go on a media blitz, get all kinds of attention

and hailed a hero.

Hope I am wrong but I detest country music with the intensity of a thousand burning suns so I will have to take your word for it.

[otohara]

9. Yep - Hero Hank

might even kick start the sales of his CD's.

[panader0]

14. There is a lot of good country music

I am a blues fan personally, but I really like some (especially the old) country music.
Hank Williams senior had some great songs. Try 'The Highwayman" by Willie Nelson.
Country music includes bluegrass, music that is hard to "hate with the intensity of a thousand burning suns."
Open up a bit. The new country music is shit, but the real country has some great stuff.

[PeaceNikki]

17. ok, I was being a *tad* hyperbolic.

I do give props to the old guys like Hank Sr, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. But I hate MOST country music with the intensity of a thousand burning suns. :)

[WCGreen]

48. It's right wing pop music.....

I love country music, the roots of it...

It's so simple and yet speaks of a yearning that touches most people who want something better...

Remember, Woody Guthrie was a country music guy.

[CANDO]

7. Yeah, what did he do?

?

[INdemo]

15. Here is a link that explains it

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/10/hank-williams-jrs-comments-gets-him-booted-off-monday-night-footall-.html

[CANDO]

8. Yeah, what did he do?

?

[msongs]

13. mabye he put out another album full of fake corporate country music? hmmm nt

[jmowreader]

29. That's next month

He needs to stir up some shit among his fan base, at least 90 percent of which have "don't tread on me" flags in the front yard, before he drops his "new for the Christmas Season" album of horrifically bad songs on the public.

[RZM]

36. Self delete, wrong spot n/t

[RZM]

37. Self delete again n/t

[INdemo]

19. I watched the you tube segment and he should be kicked out

of Nashville,his record contract canceled..He talks about healthcare a liitle bit but being a little hypocritical because when he has his mountain climbing accident most of his bills were paid..another story indeed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eF6vCv13bw

This is awful

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Wetbrain Williams.

People with so little remaining cortical tissue should not be allowed to opine in public.

[madrchsod]

18. he has`t had a hit in years....

[spanone]

20. country radio moved on from hank junior years ago

[Control-Z]

21. Well, if that wasn't the most

convoluted message I've ever read on DU... I didn't know if it was about a guy named Will, country radio, the Dixie Chicks, Hank Williams Jr. or flying pigs. I'm still not sure of what you actually intended to write. But, after reading through the thread, I get the gist. You certainly made me think. LOL

[Hassin Bin Sober]

30. "Dixie Chick" is a verb. Hope this helps.

[lib2DaBone]

22. Hank Jr. sucking up to the R/W masters.....

He must be listening to Toby Keith.

Hank's daddy would be pissed.

[Recovered Repug]

24. ESPN pulled him from the MNF intro.

Whether it goes beyond this week is unclear.

[hobbit709]

25. If you believe that, I got a bridge.

[mysuzuki2]

26. are you kidding?

they'll give him an award.

[Bake]

27. Well, he did have that accident where he fell and screwed up his face

Hence the Just for Men beard and omnipresent big sunglasses.

Maybe he hit his head and screwed up his brain. It doesn't seem to work too well.

Bake

[lib2DaBone]

28. REAL country Music... Americana Radio

Dont listen to Clear Channel Rupublican Radio.

Check out down-home Bluegrass and REAL country at Americana...

(No.. I am not part of Americana or do I get paid anything from them.. I only Listen... and I like what I hear at Americana)


http://americanaradio.org/ama/displaychart_beforetracks.asp?mode=lw&dtkey=

[marmar]

31. Only if he apologizes.

nt

[Tom Ripley]

32. Nocephus is a no-talent shitheel who stole his shtick from David Allan Coe

However, Coe actually has talent.

[bluedigger]

34. He's a washed up neverwas.

Faux was really chumming when they booked him.

[RZM]

38. Problem with this type of thing is that it's hard to be consistent

What he said was asinine. I despise most Nazi references in contemporary American politics because I think it cheapens the memory of the tens of millions of people who died because of the Nazis. It's also incredibly disrespectful to the person you are leveling the accusation at.

But in the end, it was just speech. I have a much lower opinion of artists who have actually committed heinous crimes.

Just take Chuck Berry for example. If you don't know what he did to get in trouble, you probably don't want to, because it involves cameras and toilets. Nonetheless, the man is still a legend and I don't enjoy his music any less or think it shouldn't be played just because he has a penchant for recording women taking a crap without their knowledge.

If you think Hank should be drummed off of the airwaves because he said something stupid about the president, what about all of the other musicians who have actually hurt people or worse? There's no shortage of people accused or even convicted of rape in the music business, for instance. If you think Hank Jr's career should get the death penalty for calling the president is a Nazi, how can you give a pass to people who have done worse things?

That's why I say fuck it. Keep the criticism to his comments and leave his music out of it. If a consumer chooses not to purchase his music because of this, that's their business, but I think it should end there.

I said the same thing when the Dixie Chicks were railroaded and I have no problem saying it now.

[Tom Ripley]

41. But the difference is that Chuck Berry is a genius

and I am aware that Chuck's proclivities extend beyond just toilets and cameras.
Randall Williams is a no-talent buffoon.
I am far more willing to overlook someone's (Eliot or Pound for example) repugnant views if the work is outstanding.
Call me an elitist, but Nocephus doesn't make the aesthetic cut.

[RZM]

49. I can't argue with that

I don't think Hank Jr. is a legend either, but I'm also not a country fan. I think some country fans probably do think he's awesome.

But there's many more examples of non-legends misbehaving as well. Rick James, Boy George, Axl Rose, Courtney Love . . . and on and on it goes. I also have no problem with ESPN canning him either. That's their business. But I draw the line at radio stations I guess.

[Erose999]

39. Quite the opposite. This will bring his career back from the shitter. Couple weeks ago my roommate

was listening to the local corporate country station and some righwing cocknuckle called in and requested "Welfare Cadillac" which was pretty much the anthem of the "Southern strategy" set during the Nixon era.

Its been in steady rotation ever since. Its a really shitty song. Even aside from the disagreeable subject manner, its just bad.

[Uncle Joe]

42. Hale No!

+ No!

Thanks for the thread, otohara.

[Johnson20]

43. Yank Hank! n/t

[Rex]

44. Of course not, racism is okay with Country Radio.

The Dixie Chicks are female and therefore easy prey too.

[ileus]

45. He hasn't played on the radio in years....when was his last new CD?

[Tom Ripley]

46. If those militia nuts are still using shortwave, I imagine he gets airplay there

[Major Hogwash]

47. Bocephus has been out of touch for so long, he never made any CDs.

A few records, vinyl is what they call them these days, but I don't recall ever seeing any CDs by him in the record stores, something else that has went the way of the dodo bird.