Dixie Chicks: Classic or Dud ?

I really don't like the Dixie Chicks at all. It goes with the thread about being convinced out of liking things: my answer was that it's hard to convince me to not like something by telling me it's crap, but it is easy to convince me to hate something I find average if people really masturbate over how great it is. The Dixie Chicks fall under that category. For the most part, I could ignore them but the way everyone goes on and on about them like they're the second coming makes me LOATHE them.

And that Goodbye Earl song really irritates the hell out of me, to be honest. Whichever one is singing the chorus should be punched.

Granted, I'm hung over right now so I'm overreacting.

I must say, I'm somewhat surprised to discover that someone else doesn't understand the fascination with the lead singer. I mean, she has a decent voice but she is rather emphatically NOT all that. Most people I know who talk about them talk about her as being the best part of the band. YIKES. Musically, I find them infinitely more intersting when they're doing bluegrass stuff. I saw a "Behind The Music"-style program on them and their rise to fame and the old clips where they were a four-piece that wore unabashedly tacky Grand Ole Opry-style spanglewear and did ferocious bluegrass were easily the most enjoyable parts of the program.

Had they broken into the mainstream with their bluegrass stuff, they'd be a classic. As it stands, I sometimes have problems telling them apart from The Corrs. DUD.

And as much as most riot grrls annoy me, I still think it would be really insulting to them to say that the short one looks like one. Ally is spot on in the treasure troll comparison.

I take offense to the Corrs comparison, Dan. The Dixie Chicks are far too offensive for anyone to mistake them for the Corrs. Turn your radio up. Shitty singers, comely outfits on unattractive people, wretched lyrics, a novelty hit that wasn't even as good as their other singles (not that it's bad - mention of the 4H club and the "Earl had to die" line punctuated by na na nas and the obligatory banjo makes it good enough, better if you remember that Earl is DMX's real name). I recommend (drunkenly, to Tom) Sheryl Crow doing "Strong Enough" live with the Dixie Chicks' inexplicable karaokeishness sending a duff song over the top into the land of surprisingly touching bittersweet tear- in-my-beer proto-nostalgia, lines like "please don't leave" being sung from the day before yesterday, when things were good, when their man's strength was still in question. But their best moment is "If I Fall You're Going Down With Me", an absurdly upbeat candidate for the Cruellest Lines thread, rivalled as new country's best moment by only that mockingbird song by the jailbait girl from a few years back and the new SheDaisy single, which if you haven't listened to on my recommendation, is Chuck Eddy's good enough for ya? (If that's still not enough: the chorus features hand claps! Not to mention buried punctuative oscillator hits.)

Oh yeah, and the lead singer is great, looks aside.

The Dixie Chicks RULE!!!!!

I feel the same way about Ani DiFranco.

I didn't like them at all until I heard "Home", which is less slick, more acoustic/bluegrassy and a decent enough listen if you're in the mood for that. Some of the songs are kinda corny, but that goes with the territory...
I have no desire to hear their other CDs, especially the one with that godawful annoying "Goodbye Earl" on it.

I mean, people talk about Jenny Lewis and here we've got the real deal in Natalie, singing like a velvet flamethrower with Rick Rubin Cashing the production and where's the love? Hello?

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Dixie-Chicks-Let.wmv

I think you'll find it grows on you. "Voice in My Head" is gorgeous; "Baby Hold On" has a chorus that reminds me of ELO but I'm weird.

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/09/20/dixiechicks_wideweb__470x305,0.jpg

they should do something with mellencamp, Tim mcGraw & all the red state anti-bushites, some sort of We Are The World-style hootenanny.

What a hilariously horrible thread.

"Travelin' Soldier" is killing me today; it's perfect in every way, the singing, the playing, the song's twist that's so obvious from the start & yet pow! each time it comes.

this thread is always a good opportunity to fp people who are hopefully gone forever from ILM

this thread is always a good opportunity to fp people who are hopefully gone forever from ILM

― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, January 30, 2016 11:20 AM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Euler otm

"Not Ready To Make Nice" is the one's that knocking me out today. And the "Daddy Lessons" remix.

"Gaslighter" is so good. it is KILLING me that she says "you broke me" because it's a flip from the pose of "Not Ready To Make Nice" and yet comes out feeling even tougher.

god damn, "Top Of The World" is so sad