Sunday, February 11, 2007
The Grammies To Fly-Over Country: "In Your Face, Bitches"
In one of the bitchiest of bitch-slaps ever delivered by the Elitist Left to the rubes, hicks and hayseeds in Fly-over Country, the Grammy Awards gave the Best Country Album of the Year award to ... wait for it ... The Dixie Chicks.
That's right, the former Country Music trio, who some time ago walked away from country music after pissing off most of their fans with their Left-wing politics, received the most prestigious country music-genre award the Grammy people had to offer.
Enjoying the shocking irony of the award, and displaying the same level of "class" we've learned to expect from this crew, lead singer Natalie Maines said, "That's interesting. Well, to quote the great 'Simpsons' _ 'Heh-Heh.'"
Nothing like rubbing it in, eh Nat?
Of course, awards are one thing. Butts in auditorium seats are something else, and those numbers have been going down faster than Al Frankin on a hot date with Michael Moore. But as we've seen often before with musicians on the downhill side of their careers, Maines seems to be a bit confused about the conventional meaning of "success."
Fair trade?
In one of the bitchiest of bitch-slaps ever delivered by the Elitist Left to the rubes, hicks and hayseeds in Fly-over Country, the Grammy Awards gave the Best Country Album of the Year award to ... wait for it ... The Dixie Chicks.
That's right, the former Country Music trio, who some time ago walked away from country music after pissing off most of their fans with their Left-wing politics, received the most prestigious country music-genre award the Grammy people had to offer.
Enjoying the shocking irony of the award, and displaying the same level of "class" we've learned to expect from this crew, lead singer Natalie Maines said, "That's interesting. Well, to quote the great 'Simpsons' _ 'Heh-Heh.'"
Nothing like rubbing it in, eh Nat?
Of course, awards are one thing. Butts in auditorium seats are something else, and those numbers have been going down faster than Al Frankin on a hot date with Michael Moore. But as we've seen often before with musicians on the downhill side of their careers, Maines seems to be a bit confused about the conventional meaning of "success."
As Maines accepted the album of the year, she joked: "I'm ready to make nice!" She then added: "I think people are using their freedom of speech with all these awards. We get the message."Well, okay Natalie. You keep the message and the awards, and the real country music artists will keep the fans, the success, and the money.
Fair trade?
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