since biscuit has an ear infection and is home with his dad, i got a surprise morning off. i just remembered that the dixie chicks album came out yesterday and have been listening to clips on amazon.com. it sounds a bit slower than i enjoy (laura flowers), but i'm curious to hear more of it. so i go on to read some comments about the album and find that despite the fact that they scorned our fair president at a london concert before the war started, their album is #1 in sales right now. i guess some country stations banned their music and the chicks apologized. anyway, i'm not as interested in that as i am in the worst lyrics ever for a song by country singer toby keith. lead singer for the chicks, natalie maines, called the lyrics "ignorant" so i wanted to take a look for myself. (the angry american) courtesy of the red, white, and blue lyrics.
these lines are my personal favorites:
justice will be served and the battle will rage
this big dog will fight when you rattle his cage
and you'll be sorry that you messed with the u.s. of a.
cause we'll put a boot in your ass
it's the american way
i'm waving my american flag right now. how patriotic.
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I know. This is among the absolute worst of a lot of (at best, uincritical and uninformed patriotism -- at worst, horribly frightening and hate-filled arrogance) country music crap that has been played since 9/11.
I was proud of the Chicks when they opposed Bush, and they've paid pretty dearly for it. But of course I'd be a fan of Natalie Maines, since we went to the same high school. Scrappy west Texas woman.
I'm a country music girl -- always have been, always will be -- but I'm ashamed of Toby Keith and these other hatemongering folks. They should be ashamed of themselves.
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