The Dixie Chicks and Signs of Aging

Last night was the airing of the 49th Grammy Awards.

For a list of all the winners click here.

I will admit that I am an awards show junkie. I love them all. The music awards shows are great especially The British Music Awards, there is always some group on the show that I have never heard before and can't wait to get there music. It was only a couple of years ago that I watched the Scissor Sisters perform there song "Take your Mama out" and instantly fell in love with that group.

Here is the video of the song. It was their first hit in '05.



Back to the point and the Grammy's last night.

Over the past summer I heard the Dixie Chicks new song "I'm not ready to make nice" while I was working out of town in Tweed. Now I had heard of the group before, they were really popular in the southern U.S., but they were country music singers and I hate country music, so I never really paid too much attention to them. After hearing the new song I had to find out more about them, it was just so good.
Turns out that the lead singer Natalie Maines made what she thought was a relatively innocent comment at a concert "We're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas".
The fact that she made this comment on the eave of the iraq war ignited a huge firestorm of controversy and boycotts from right wing fanatics in the U.S.
Here is the trailer for the documentary that was made on the scandal.



I can't wait for the movie to come out on dvd to watch it.
So last night the Dixie Chicks came back with a bang winning five Grammy Awards, one in every category that the were nominated in. Including record, album, and song of the year.

Here is the song that helped launch their comeback.

I'm not ready to make nice.



I especially like the ling form the song that says, "forgive sounds good, forget I'm not sure I could", it just has a resonance with me that I will have to explain in some later rant.

Their newest hit is called "The long way round". It's another great song, but there is no denying that its an all out country tune. The last one was kind of pop with a bit of country thrown in so I could lie to myself and say it wasn't a real country song. Which brings me to me final comment of the night.
The signs of aging. .
Starting to appreciate and worse enjoy country music is yet another step along the path of aging.

More to come later.
Night
jeffrey

Here is a live version of "the long way round".