April 24, 2003
Naked makes it ok?
Not sure what to think about this cover. I don't agree with thier comments, but I never have listened to them either so it makes no difference, I think the hub-bub is a bit overblown by the media looking to exploit them from both sides. But something just strikes me as funny about this cover, it is almost like they know that this will disarm people... I want to critque this somehow but I am having trouble.
UPDATE: Funniest tagline for this found by a commentor at LGF "Rec. Execs sell Tex-Sex: Slick Pix don't Fix Dixie Chicks Nix by Hicks in Sticks."
Comments
Hell yeah, naked makes it OK.
Seriously, though, you're right that the cover is too calculated and manipulative, too "look-at-me-I'm-a-martyr-for-free-speech." What Natalie Maines said in London was in itself perfectly unobjectionable in a free society -- we should all be allowed to mock the president. What grated was that 1) it was during wartime, when the natural instinct of people on the home front is to hunker down, and 2) she was on foreign soil, flattering Brit anti-American prejudices (this annoys me the most). While this wouldn’t phase most Indie, R&B, or Metal fans, any idiot could predict it wouldn’t play well with the Country & Western set. But in the end, while the comments still grate, I will defer to The Boss:
Plus, I'm quite partial to "Travelin' Soldier" and "White Trash Wedding."Posted by: Martin | April 25, 2003 09:37 PM
I agree with all these comments, and the fact that they are, as you might say "lilly-white, spoiled, and profoundly un-serious." after listening to the diane sower interview. It is just too bad they got a public stage for there opinons and really did not know what they were in for or talking about in my opinion.
Posted by: Anthony Ianniciello | April 26, 2003 10:02 AM