I appreciate diversity. I'll just have to endure this.

yes, compared to what passes for country music these days, a high score would be warranted - but in the context of Paradise I can only give it a 5.

I thank the dixie chicks for speaking their mind. And i like their music as well. Just because it is country doesn't mean it has to suck. Even though i agree, most contemporary country has lost its soul. If you want to see just how good country can get, check out Niko Case....

The Dixie Chicks ain't country... well, maybe if you nix the "o" in "country"

Remember when country music was good and drunk and ugly? Before the Dixie Chix were even born, and before Garth Brooks was old enough to grow his first mullett???

Never mind their politics... just don't play the Dixie Chicks on general principles!!!

I'm sorry, I just can't groove on the Dixie Chicks, or most country music. I know they're a bit more "mainstream" but... no.

aiyee!

Sounds physiologically challenging, to say the least.

your comments are none other than an expanded reiteration of what i already replied to. i think you are jumping to too many conclusions about what my understanding of lyrics are and how i apply them to daily life.(2112 is science fiction by the way, by it’s very nature means fiction based on plausible theories). i believe peart’s lyrics are amazing. in theory, life would be grand if all could be as he professes. i also have a life to live. there is no utopia! that doesn’t mean i cannot believe in his lyrics, nor does it mean i cannot tell you when a song stinks and why.
when it’s all said and done, music is for entertainment, not a way of life! now if lyrics are your only basis for liking an artist or song, have at it! but, don’t tell me you know who i am and how i should act based on my preferance in lyrics.

the larger irony is how the first amendment only applies to those that support what you believe. others like myself are scrutinized.
:) have a nice day!

You can be whomever you wish to be, whenever you wish. You can even keep SHOUTING ALL THE TIME.

However, your consistent extreme of sentiment, anger, "evil" emoticon and, while not so much in this thread but others, "meanness" does stand in sharp contrast to your deep devotion to the lyrics of Neil Peart. It is your right, of course, to be so inconsistent. But it does call into question either your understanding of his lyrics or your depth of belief in them. Your behavior in Paradise reflects much more Peart's description of the "priests" of 2112 than the higher ideals to which Peart has more generally committed to song. Maybe your understanding of his lyrics is deeper and more complex (twisted) than anyone else, even Neil!

Then again, maybe you just don't get it.

Bill, why have you forsaken us?

Yeah, i hear you. And this whole thing about "cross-over". With Shania Twain and Garth Brooks, etc. It all sounds like watered down pop and rock. Screw that, give me the real deal. and whats funny is when a rock musician makes a country tune, it sounds better than what anyone else could do!

You're a singer so shut up...and just sing dammit.

The thing I hate about country music JCJ, is that very few of the artists write there own music. And those who do are usually collaborating with someone else. Country artists are a bunch of talentless hacks.

Whats going on with country music today is complete souless crap. I'm not a country fan by any means, but i'd much rather hear stuff like Willie Nelson or even Johnny Cash than this

Simma Down Francis
(pimp)

I feel the exact same way!

I have a version of Patty doing this song - also excellent. More subdued.

this song makes my breathing pattern go all spastic

Love this whole CD and I am NOT a C&W fan, normally!

correction: speaking their mind is not stupid- the time and place was!
they are just songs man, not a way of life or the bible. (though some believe neil is god) also, i was not being mean, just expressing an opinion. i can still do that right? this is the time and the place.

The problem with Moveon is that their recent ads(perhaps all of them) dealt with Fox and Murdoch. That's a loser. Although i don't care for fox, I know a lot of people both conservative and otherwise that like them.

And the arguement about the smalltown where all the stations were clearchannel wasn't great.

Better is to use Dallas. Where we have a Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Rock/hard rock, 80's/90's "Mix", and top 40 station (to name just a few) stations, and they're all Clear Channel. I'm not sure how many of the country stations are owned by them as well, but it's at least 1 and may be 2.

They own a few talk radio stations as well.

The only station that competes that's not owned by them is "the Bone," which is a classic rock variant.

Those that argue for consolidation will say that this proves that another voice wont' change anything.

I'd argue that the reason there's so much homogenous crap formats is because all these huge corps paid so much for the stations that they have to pander to the LCD so as to generate enough money.

I know that the quality of the modern rock station has gotten progressively worse in the 6 years I've been here....I don't believe CC (AM/FM and Chancellor before that) always owned the station.

Kevin

"stupidly said what was on their mind." ahh, the irony. :p


(btw, for one professing such devotion to Neil Peart, your statements, anger, meanness and embrace of the "evil" emoticon seems quite a contradiction with the lyrics of his songs. or do you misinterpret those as well?)

Not being a fan, what do I know, but I was under the impression that prior to Maines joining the band, this is what they were doing on the streets of dallas.

What's more, I thought that the reason for the more traditional bluegrass sound was more a tribute to bluegrass than anything else. There might be a slight political statement about the state of country radio. I don't listen to country radio, but I can't imagine that Clear Channel is doing a better job there than they are on their other formats.

Kevin

That's amazing: I thought it was Patty Griffin at first, then, do my ears deceive me, the Chicks on RP? Nicely done. I like their nod to traditional country, and I DO NOT CARE what they think about ANY politician.

i generally respect your comments though i don't always agree. i also left caps on just for you. lots of love :p

and if gore was selected, he would have been duly elected? the president is still the president- so screw you. . .

Thanks for airing(hmmm?) my hometown gals. Now, please forgive for being a RBAM, but if they walk down MY street, nekkid, well Lay Me Down on the Sidewalk!!!

Oh well, at least he didn't post in ALL CAPS as usual. He could use a spellcheck though in addition to some basic grammar lessons.

you never fail to impress us with your insight and limitless wisdom (and, oh, by the way, "our president" wasn't even duly elected so screw him)

here is the thing about these chicks. they stupidly said what was on their mind about our president. now that it blew up in their face, they are back pedling and spinning their statements and backing it up with the first amandment! shot themselves in the foot and still walking.
good for them! but the truth is out and the chips will fall here and there- who cares! i never liked this group or country (pop) music. their statements just solidified my opinion. i don't care if they walk down my street naked- let alone a airbrushed mag.cover.