Dixie Chicks Poll in Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock or Leave It) Please DU!!!!

[WiseButAngrySara]

This poll needs help! Let's shock the heck out of this city that still bans Dixie Chicks music, even though the lead singer was raised there. 80% say they won't buy the CD. Let's change those numbers! I've included the lyrics to the song "Lubbock or Leave it" and a link where you can listen to it. I've also included some of the comments that were posted on this news topic on their message board.

http://www.kcbd.com/

Do you plan to buy the new Dixie Chicks album?

Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far.

Yes 20%

No 80%


http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=4935097
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The song "Lubbock or Leave it" is fast paced and upbeat. Some listeners may not like what the lyrics say, while others won't get the chance to even hear it. Most Lubbock country stations are still not playing their music.

Country Radio station 99.5 The Bear is the only station playing the song in Lubbock. Radio personalities, Jane Prince-Jones and Rick Gilbert say for the most part, people want to hear it so they are playing it. "We don't like to sensor things around here and there has been a lot of publicity with this song. .....

KLLL and 105.7, The Rebel say they will not be playing the Dixie Chicks. They say it's simply because their listeners do not want to hear it.

"Lubbock Or Leave It"

Dust bowl, Bible belt
Got more churches than trees
Raise me, praise me, couldn't save me
Couldn't keep me on my knees
Oh, boy, rave on down loop 289
That'll be the day you see me back
In this fool's paradise

Temptation's strong
(Salvation's gone)
I'm on my way
To hell's half acre
How will I ever
How will I ever
Get to heaven now

Throwing stones from the top of your rock
Thinking no one can see
The secrets you hide behind
Your southern hospitality
On the strip the kids get lit
So they can have a real good time
Come Sunday they can just take their pick
From the crucifix skyline

Temptation's strong
(Salvation's gone)
I'm on my way
To hell's half acre
How will I ever
How will I ever
Get to heaven now
Get to heaven now

International airport
A quarter after nine
Paris Texas, Athens Georgia's
Not what I had in mind
As I'm getting out I laugh to myself
Cause this is the only place
Where as you're getting on the plane
You see Buddy Holly's face

I hear they hate me now
Just like they hated you
Maybe when I'm dead and gone
I'm gonna get a statue too

Temptation's strong
(Salvation's gone)
I'm on my way
To hell's half acre
How will I ever
How will I ever
Get to heaven now
Get to heaven now
How will I ever

Get to heaven now

Listen to the song here: http://www.kqbr.com/main.html

Examples of the message board on this topic:

Bless your old hearts.
Born and raised right here Lubbock
The album is great. In some instances it strays from their beaten path of bluegrass, they've traded in their fiddles for guitars, and while it's somewhat darker and more driven than previous endeavors it still manages to stay true to it's bluesy tail feather shakin roots. Lubbock or Leave it is exceptional.
Can any of you point out anything in the lyrics to "Lubbock or Leave It" that isn't true about our city?
I admire anyone who can stand up for what they believe and when the world spits in their face, they spit back.
So if Natalie has "made a mistake" and is now "paying the price" --- when willl Bush atone for his own sins?
This may be hard pill for you all to swallow, but try it with water.
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You don't have to do anything. You don't have to buy their music, nor do you have to tune in to 99.5 so you can "listen & note every advertiser" and contact each one by telephone threatning to "boycott" their business if they continue to advertise their services on a station that airs the Dixie Chicks, as you've said you will do. Who has the time for this? Are you employed? And why on earth would you do something so creepy and radical? Does it hurt you that deeply? The feelings must still be raw.
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Wonder when all of you objecting to the Dixie Chicks are going to start turning off Jay Leno and David Letterman???? they say and have said MUCh worse about Bushy than Natalie ever has! Yet, you keep watching them. Get off it, grow up, don't buy their music if you want, but stop depriving those of us who have nothing against them from hearing their music on ALL the radio stations.
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Ok, I was willing to let the Chicks slide after Natalie apologized. My problem with them is this: if you want to gripe about the president, fine. The protest happened outside of this country, and Natalie should have known better. Being a grown-up means knowing when to keep your trap shut, and poor Nat has yet to learn that lesson. As far as the song goes, so? What town does not have hypocrites? What does the song prove about Lubbock that isn't true about every other town in this country?
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Why do we care so much what these people in Hollywood think, like who you like but don't push it on me! The President of the USA deserves our respect, He is our commander and cheif do you want to live like they do in Iraq or China be glad you have your freedom of everything. Love your family and love your life, don't try to live through some movie star or a singer they are just people like you and me! The dixie chicks really??? I mean can you not see its a publicity stunt to spark their career so go ahead buy into it but i am not going to, there is too much life i want to live! i don't want to spend it fighting with random screen names about stupid issues!
Praise his name
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Ok, I agree that the death threats are over the edge. I would never threaten the lives of artists even if I strongly disagreed with their views. The first backlash that the Chicks experienced should have been enough. The right to speak does not automatically assume the right to be heard, or the right not to be offended. I think what we're seeing from the band now is just a tit-for-tat reaction. Stop throwing a fit, girls...just leave it be and go on with your singing. Entertainers have a habit of thinking that just because they can draw a crowd means that the audience wants their opinion on politics, the poor, minorities, etc. No. Most audiences go to a concert to be entertained and escape the world for an hour or two, not to hear some know-nothing spout off about world events.