XPost: rec.music.country.western, alt.gossip.celebrities, alt.fan.prettyboy   
   From: parula6@hotmale.com   
      
   On Mon, 22 May 2006 01:29:51 -0500, Fred Hall    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 21 May 2006 19:49:58 -0500, parula    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sat, 20 May 2006 13:20:53 -0400, Rick and Debbie Caudill   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 20 May 2006 08:49:28 -0700, Polonius_the_Wise@excite.com wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> >>   
   >>>>> >> The Dixie Chicks and reps from their label, Columbia Records, declined   
   >>>>> >> to participate in this story. But -- at least as far as Maines is   
   >>>>> >> concerned -- the drop-off at country radio was part of its plan.   
   >>>>> >>   
   >>>>> >> Maines was quoted in late January on entertainmentweekly.com, before   
   >>>>> >> the single went to country radio, saying: "For me to be in country   
   >>>>> >> music to begin with was not who I was ... I would be cheating myself   
   >>>>> >> .. to go back to something that I don't wholeheartedly believe in. So   
   >>>>> >> I'm pretty much done. They've shown their true colors. I like lots of   
   >>>>> >> country music, but as far as the industry and everything that happened   
   >>>>> >> ... I couldn't want to be farther away from that."   
   >>>>> >>   
   >>>>> >> Maines also said, "I don't want people to think that me not wanting to   
   >>>>> >> be part of country music is any sort of revenge. It is not. It is   
   >>>>> >> totally me being who I am, and not wanting to compromise myself and   
   >>>>> >> hate my life."   
   >>>These are actually two of the most important paragraphs in that   
   >>>article. Natalie saying for her to be in country music was not who she   
   >>>was......Well isn't that nice to be used to get rich and famous then   
   >>>dumped because you're no longer needed?  As far as I'm concerned,   
   >>>Natalies nasally voice can go to rock, R&B, Pop, whatever, I'm sure   
   >>>they will make millions there. (said dripping with sarcasm)....and to   
   >>>put the blame on the Country Music Industry for her big mouth is a   
   >>>sham. Radio had no choice but to stop playing them, it was their fans,   
   >>>the ones "she" duped into believing she was a country artist who   
   >>>didn't want to hear them any longer.....This chick really needs to get   
   >>>a grip on reality.   
   >>   
   >>I don't think you're reading her correctly. She's not talking about   
   >>the genre of country music per se, she's talking about Country Music   
   >>the Industry. It's its own world, and it's tight-knit and closely   
   >>controlled. It's harder than hell to get into unless you've got the   
   >>right combination of looks and pliability (so you're easy to package   
   >>and manage). You've got to be willing to espouse both right-wing,   
   >>protestant Christian values and a taste for partying when you're not   
   >>in church. I'm talking about Music Row Nashville here. The industry   
   >>panders to what they believe is country music's core audience by   
   >>promoting only those musicians that fit a strict profile, particularly   
   >>female performers. Someone like Carrie Underwood is their wet dream.   
   >>Gretchen Wilson isn't really pretty enough, plus she's not blond, but   
   >>she's got the right value system of highly visible and vocal   
   >>beer-drinking and flag-waving. Plus she's got a great set of pipes,   
   >>which actually isn't that necessary in country music (Shania Twain   
   >>being exhibit #1),   
   >   
   >Shania sucks, but I believe she made it without the support of the   
   >Nashville cabal.  Mutt may have had something to do with that, dontcha   
   >think?   
   >   
   >> but doesn't hurt either. And the system has always   
   >>had room for one wild woman; Tanya Tucker filled that position in a   
   >>previous era.   
   >   
   >Perverts, aren't they?  Once she reached legal age they dumped her.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>This isn't personal cynicism. This is how the system works in   
   >>Nashville. And those same panderers also think you ardent country fans   
   >>are idiots, by the way, for continuing to worship the standard issue   
   >>product, both songs and artists, that they put out. But they also love   
   >>you, because your lack of discrimination is making them incredibly   
   >>rich.   
   >   
   >So, are you saying you agree that the Dixie Cunts should go fuck   
   >themselves?   
      
   Assuming your question is real and not just a weak attempt to twist   
   things around to your way of thinking --- no, that's not my point.   
      
   All I'm saying is someone not being embraced by country radio or the   
   country music establishment means only that whoever it is doesn't   
   conform to the cabal's rules of engagement. It says nothing about   
   their talent or views or anything else, only that they can't/won't be   
   packaged into the standardized white bread product that Music Row   
   demands. Hell, Hank Williams wouldn't make it in Nashville now if he   
   were starting out. Johnny Cash, either.   
      
   parula   
      
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