If YOU FEEL POWERLESS, LISTEN TO DIXIE CHICKS. DU's NOT READY TO MAKE NICE

[Jeffersons Ghost]

By now most people at DU have heard their song, Not Ready to Make Nice but are you listening with your heart? Do you hear a rich tradition of protest music that dates to at least to the Peasants Revolt of 1381? Do you hear a voice that modern aristocracy thought they could silence by buying up ALL the media? It appears the aristocracy has failed again, because the Dixie Chicks are the best-selling female group of all time. Anyone who has ever owned a radio station will tell you it's tough to show a profit in that business, so happy trails rich kids: You just bought an outdated lemon called radio. The internet sells the songs today.


http://countrymusic.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=countrymusic&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.fanscape.com%2Fdixiechicks%2Fmediaplayer.aspx

here's a blog from someone who saw their show:

Coleen Rowley Wed May 31, 3:03 PM ET

A few weeks ago, at an event hosted by Time magazine, I had the amazing good fortune to have a front-row seat to hear the Dixie Chicks belt out a couple of their new ballads. I was close enough to see and almost feel the lightning-like defiance flash in their eyes as Natalie Maines sang:

"I'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"

Their song immediately reverberated with the audience, as nothing but a bold proclamation of truth can do. Time sent us all home with a sampler CD of the Chicks' new songs, which I've found myself popping into my karaoke machine from time to time on the campaign trail when the deceit and dishonesty of our current leaders gets me down. In 2002, Cynthia Cooper (Worldcom auditor), Sherron Watkins (Enron officer) and I (FBI legal counsel) were considered exceptional for speaking truth with power. It's amazing that simple insistence on the truth is considered extraordinary, but as George Orwell noted, "When deceit becomes universal, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. and if freepers push this down. just remember we're NOT READY TO MAKE NICE

AT DU WE'RE NOT READY TO MAKE NICE! and we're damn sick of being pushed around!

[Sydnie]

2. I have to agree - that lyric is on a loop in my head

All DAY since I heard the song. It sums up how I have felt for years!

Rock On Chicks!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. ROCK ON DU... WE WERE NEVER READY TO BACK DOWN. thanks for the kick Sydnie

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting

I'm through, with doubt,
There's nothing left for me to figure out,
I've paid a price, and i'll keep paying

I'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 should

I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it

I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
That 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
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I'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 should

I'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 should

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting

[Sydnie]

53. Just checking in to say that the loop is still playing in my head

and my daughter is now listening to the CD over and over too! It's contagious!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

54. now try this... you'll love it!

http://www.peace-not-war.org/Jukebox/index.html

don't be fooled by the first song that loads... there's a diversity of music here.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Listened to that song this morning a few times...

agreed JG, it rocks!!!!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. I'm listening now and not making nice as I kick threads up from page 2!

cause I'm mad as Hell and NOT READY TO MAKE NICE!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. and that makes FIVE VOTES thanks DU, YOU'RE NOT READY TO BACK DOWN

[cally]

7. I agree JG, this song speaks for me

More than the other great protests songs coming out now, this one captures how I feel. I bought the CD to support them.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. thanks cally, it's people like you who beat the MID-PATROL

it's folks like you that make America great!

[rucky]

9. Hooray for Feisty, Big-Haired Texas Girls!

and feisty, bespectacled Minnesotans (don't want to leave Rowley out).

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. IN DEFENSE OF TEXAS:

Texas didn't bring us gun-slinging bushpussy, he's from Connecticut. Here's two people raised in TEXAS!

[rucky]

12. TX has the finest liberals and the worst conservatives.

everything's big in Texas

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. LOL, too true rucky

[stanwyck]

14. like the sublime Ann Richards

a truly lovely Texas liberal. The Dixie Chicks are her daughters in spirit.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

19. who's ann richards, stanwyck?

[stanwyck]

23. Do I have the wrong name?

the former governor of Texas -- who Dubya beat.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

29. I don't know, I'm in a redder state than Texas, if you can believe that.

I have mixed feelings about preserving elephant symbolism.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. AWESOME!!

Two of my favorites!!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

21. how do you like this music proud? this is about the coolest thing online

http://www.peace-not-war.org/Jukebox/index.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

55. Oh yeah I saw that when it was posted here earlier this week

I am still exploring that site. Pretty cool stuff.

[VolcanoJen]

20. Texas is also the birthplace of one of my rock-n-roll heroes.

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[rucky]

25. and this one...

and this one...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

42. Roy is the musicians musician... all the great rockers revere him

[Nicole]

34. Love SRV

and Double Trouble.

[Nicole]

33. In Defense of Oklahoma

Don't go giving one of our's to Texas! God knows we have so few good ones. :P

Leon was born in Lawton, OK. He got his start in music playing in Tulsa, OK, when he was in high school.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

35. sorry about that... can you find complete lyrics to BALLAD FOR A SOLDIER?

the lyrics used to be at several sites but now they've mysteriously vanished from the web. I had the album years ago but it's long gone now.

[Nicole]

40. No problem & yes I have the lyrics

If I have to claim Toby Keith I'm damn sure claiming Leon Russell! :)

Ballad For a Soldier

When I was just a young boy,
I played with swords and guns,
and I dreamed of the day
I`d become a soldier.
And kill all of the enemy,
my country`tis of thee.
I sing this anthem sadly,
won`t you hear me.

I watched the cannons blazing,
on the giant silver screen.
The swastikas were burning
and the hero was me.
The general gave the order,
gladly I obeyed.
But the movie faded quickly
all at once today.
And now I stand alone
with the charges made,
no where to run,
not a place to hide.

We`re sad little children
playing grown-up games.
Guess the time has come,
the damage has been done.

Stray dogs that live on the highway,
walk on three legs.
Cause they learn too slow
to get the message.
Just like the indians
in the early days.
Battles lost and won,
yet it still goes on.
It`s just another ballad for soldier.

I had no understanding
`till I saw my mother cry,
when they told how many babies
I had killed that night.
A dozen color photographs
inside of a magazine,
told the morbid story
like a movie screen.
But I was not the hero
I thought myself to be,
movies are much different than reality.

The general was convicted
to get off of the hook,
but the President might free me
for the chance I took.
And we all stand alone
when the charge is made,
sad way to live,
what a way to die.

We`re all little children
playing grown-up games,
can we burn the gun
before the next time comes.

Stray dogs that live on the highway
walk on three legs,
they move too slow to get the message.
Give up and win,
that`s all I have to say,
we have`t really won
till all the fightin` done,
and there are no more ballads for the soldiers.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

41. I lost a LOT of readers posting those lyrics at DU a few months ago

when I did that Haditha thread on the TIME magazine article. I'm putting pictures with it when they announce the trials and I want BIG fish to fry this time. Fuck prosecuting a few marines and sentencing Lt Cally to three years. Who covered it up... do you mean to say that I knew more than the president and secretary of defense a few months ago?

on edit THANKS BUNCHES! I spent 20 minutes NOT finding the lyrics tonight. I had them on my lap-top hard drive but the lap-top died.

[Bouncy Ball]

36. FUCK YEAH.

Texas liberals rock.

[lyonn]

37. Rowley and the Dixie Chicks makes for good press! nt

[dalaigh lllama]

10. The more I hear it, the more it resonates with me

This should be the rallying cry for libs everywhere, and for Al Gore when he finally decides to run in '08. I'M MAD AS HELL AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO ROUND AND ROUND.

Just absolutely f*cking awesome.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

16. I wish Gore wold sing a duet with Feingold about "not ready to make nice"

[dalaigh lllama]

38. That would be perfect!

They would be the ideal choice IMO, but I'll cry with joy if Gore is our candidate in '08, and just pray he picks a VP who's as decent as he is.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

44. all that is wrong with russ as running mate is we need him in the senate

Al and Russ sure would be a dynamic duo
but can anyone save Gothem Empire?
It's another cliff-hanger!

[dalaigh lllama]

45. Yup.

My mental metaphor is from the original Star Wars, where Princess Leia's hologram pleads: "Help us Obi wan Kenobi. You're our only hope." Gore = Kenobi. :)

[Jeffersons Ghost]

46. I don't know, as navy veteran I really like...

but you'll love this graphic I did:

[progressivebydesign]

17. And there are more references to it in other songs. LOVE THE CD!!!

Please consider buying it! It's reasonably priced at places like Barnes & Noble, AND it's wonderful!!

They've got Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty's band on there, John Mayer does some guitar, and Keb Mo sings on one song. You have to read the lyrics, there are some unbelievable songs, and plenty of comments in other songs about their trashing by the country music industry.

I read an article that mentioned their album, based on SALES not RADIO PLAYS, was #1 in pop and country. The country music "programmers" said.. 'we played it a few times but did not add it to our playlist'. They're the idiots that removed the #1 country act from their playlists. The AMC awards seemed so ridiculous without them.... And.. the Dixie Chicks album outsold the "nemisis" Toby Keith (AP used the term "nemisis". My husband was at Toby keith's concert (for business purposes only), and he had giant graphics behind him flashing on stage.. with Dixie Chicks photo shopped with Osama Bin Laden. I'm so glad to see that they're kicking his ass.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. HERE'S SOME OTHER GREAT ARTISTS PLAYING PROTEST MUSIC

This link is like a totally ad-free, gold-mine to liberal music lovers; rock, ballads, rap, hip-hop, all modern and all protest.
http://www.peace-not-war.org/Jukebox/index.html

[Buns_of_Fire]

27. *grin* Ready for this? WAL-MART HAS IT!

(At least they do in my little corner of Appalachia.) Tomorrow, I'm driving a little-ol'-person down to "the big city" to do their shopping. Thay'll tell me, as they always do, to "pick out something you'd like."

Guess what I'll come back with! :thumbsup:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

32. are you trying to get flamed? this is DU, remember?

[Buns_of_Fire]

57. I just thought it interesting that they'd carry it AT ALL

Personally, I buy NOTHING at Wal-Mart. If it was my money, I'd pick it up at a Barnes and Noble or a local Mom & Pop-type store or online -- but, since the little ol' person I'm taking is the one with the cash, they get to decide where they want to go. (I just follow along and do my best to hold their purchases to an absolute minimum. :-) )

[Jeffersons Ghost]

58. maybe if the little person listens to the right kind of music....

they'll make other choices when they're older.

[dalaigh lllama]

39. I just got my copy today

I'm not a country music fan, but I got it to support them and I've already listened to it three times. Talk about empowering! Talk about pissed! Those gals are DUers in spirit if not in actuality. That last peace on there -- "I Hope" -- was like gospel music (which I normally gag over, sorry), but it was absolutely beautiful and so poignant. I may not be a country music fan, but I am now a Dixie Chicks fan. Dayum!

[RebelOne]

22. Here's the entire album online

http://www.dixiechicks.msn.com/

[Jeffersons Ghost]

24. start a new thread with it Rebel one

it's worth it! I'll give you a vote. plenty on DU have been asking for the whole thing.

[WiseButAngrySara]

26. What a great post! I cried when I saw them on Larry King Dead last night!

What a courageous group. "It's amazing that simple insistence on the truth is considered extraordinary, but as George Orwell noted, "When deceit becomes universal, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.""

I posted this thread on Clear Channel Stations with links for complaints, but it's dropping like a dead weight!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1329157&mesg_id=1329157

:kick: & R!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

28. actually you got lots of attention compared to many threads I start

this morning, I wrote an OP that got NO COMMENTS OR VOTES. You can't win them all. hang in there. It's a numbers game some days. Your thread also gave some of the newer people a chance to learn why media now fails America to such a large degree these days. While Clear-Channel is currently focusing on buying up all the outdoor (billboards) it can lay it's grubby paws on, TV is another media the company is keen on acquiring.

[Cha]

31. It is

"larry king dead"!

[WiseButAngrySara]

50. Chuckle! It fits, no? ....n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

59. I like it, but elizabeth taylor might take exception, since she's about 99

and interviewed with King recently

[Cha]

30. LOVE It! Love this..

"..but as George Orwell noted, "When deceit becomes universal, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

The Dixie Chicks are a gift from the Universe!

[cascadiance]

43. The DLC apologists should be made to listen to this song daily!

To remind them that wimps are NOT needed now!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

60. what a great idea, calipendence

[proud patriot]

47. Dixie Chicks Your Song Is My Anthem

I know what it's like to be told to my face
that I should "be hung from a tree as traitor"

Swerved at , flipped off ,cut off, screamed at , Mocked
with the "L" sign ...I've received hate mail for
my LTTE's . I've had Spit on my windshield , fog lamps
kicked out . Yard signs Stolen key scratches on my
car windows . I've gone through a Tire and had an exhaust
pipe kicked loose. All since 2001 .

I'll never Back Down , not ready to make nice
either . The first 5 times I heard the song I
cried . It's My song and it's awfully nice to
know that someone else out there knows what I've
been going through .

[Jeffersons Ghost]

48. where do you live, MS, AL, GA or TX?

[blonndee]

56. My anthem too. Definitely a song to

reinspire me, in this red state, when things look sour.

[Ksec]

49. I fished that Time magazine from the trash can at my Docs office today

I happened to sit next to a waste paper basket , while sitting at a doctors office today. I saw the new Time magazine with them on the cover in that basket. I pulled it out and said "some idiot threw this away." A man sitting across from me said they have been vindicated . I agreed and said Ive known that all along. I put the Time back on the table before I left/

Ive always liked their music and I will be buying a copy of their CD this weekend. I recommend we all do it.

[WiseButAngrySara]

52. What state do you live in Ksec? Hatred appears rampant in

certain parts of Texas, but it must be more widespread than I had thought!

I agree; they have been vindicated!

:thumbsup:

[WiseButAngrySara]

51. Another kick for the Lovely and Courageous Chicks!

:kick: