New found respect

Posted on March 27, 2006 
Filed Under Music

So many times people go out and spout off about something they are pissed off about but then, when called to task, they backpeddle, retract or come out with some spin where they were taken out of context… What a bunch of bullshit. If you got a beef and feel like going public with it, have the balls to stand behind it when somebody pushes back. I promise, no matter what you say in public, not everybody is going to agree.

If you remember a couple years back, the Dixie Chicks pissed off a ton of people by some comments they made about George Bush at a London concert. If you didn’t hear about it, she said:

“Just so you know, we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.”

You can read a whole bunch of the back story here.

Well, there was a big ‘ol backlash and people were boycotting the Chicks and all that crap…

Fast forward a couple years. The Dixie Chicks have a new album out and have released a new single titled Not Ready To Make Nice.

You can find the complete lyrics on dixiechicks.com, but my favorite parts are:

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
Can’t you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’
It’s a sad sad story when 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
Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

So, like what she said or think she’s the devil, you have to respect somebody who comes right out and says, “Yeah, I said it. I’d say it again, too!”

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Comments

3 Responses to “New found respect”

  1. Anonymous on March 28th, 2006 12:00 am

    Dixie Chicks don’t back down…

    A little something I wrote……

  2. Sean McLean on March 28th, 2006 5:32 pm

    Hell yeah. And they’re gaining ground again too.

  3. myyaonline on April 26th, 2006 5:02 pm

    i’m glad i’m not the only onw who thought that was kickass.

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