DeadSplinter Up! All Night: Chicks

The Chicks

Way back in 2003, The Chicks experienced ‘cancel culture’ pre-Twitter & Pre-Facebook. If you look at what they actually said, it’s downright benign compared to what gets said these days in public discourse.

“Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all,” the singer said at the time. “We do not want this war, this violence. And we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.”

https://people.com/country/dixie-chicks-say-2003-cancel-comment-mild-compared-today/

Imagine the effect it would have today if we cancelled everyone who’d be ashamed to have their state be associated with the president?

Fortunately, The Chicks are on their way back:

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41 Comments

  1. True story. The chicken dance is a wedding staple around here. I loathe the tradition. My only instruction to the DJ was no chicken dance. I left the reception for a few moments… and when I returned found that the best man had bribed the DJ to play it. Not a good look for drunk people with no rhythm.


     

  2. So, maybe not quite with the title theme, but a song from the same time period, but much more directly critical of the administration at the time:
    Sleater-Kinney, Combat Rock:


     
    And, going back another decade or so, some more criticism of his dad’s administration:
    Neil Young, Rockin in the Free World:

     
    It’s almost like that entire party is shit…

  3. Since we’re goin’ with The ‘Chicks tonight, it’s GOTTA be Pink Toenails–because you’ve covered my other faves, yet I don’t see this one😉
    (Probably because it wasn’t on any of the “main” albums);


    And since the other theme seems to be “chicken” and any time I hear country music & “chicken” together, I think of the line “And when them chicken-fried steaks arrived, she said ‘I like livin’ liiike thiiis…'”
    This one,  by Sammy Kershaw😉;

    I can’t think of a single ‘Jovi song that has a reference to chickens…
    But google found me this bit of perfection, over on Reddit😉😁
    And, apparently the backstory of Livin’ on a Prayer made it into one of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, so Yes I can shoehorn my ‘Jovi into darn near *any* topic presented here, goddammit!😉😆😂🤣🤣🤣💖
     

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