Shut up and sing
March 21, 2007It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter sayin’ that I better shut up and sing or my life will be over
You know, while in The Netherlands you can easily criticise the government, death threats are, sadly, common practice over here as well these days. The prime minster, cabaratiers, other opinion makers - it’s common here ever since Pim Fortuyn got shot.
I feel very, very sad for the Dixie Chicks over the “incident”.
Freedom of speech is fine, as long as you don’t do it in public.
That’s how much free speech is worth these days. Shut up and sing, indeed.
You know, the real problem for the Dixie Chicks is that their regular fans are very patriotic. There’s a lot of people who support the president in that group. Yeah, they had a right to say what they did, they probably didn’t pick the best location to do it.
But yes, sending them death threats was just plain stupid. Unfortunately there’s too many idiots out there.
I remember, I was about to buy their second album at the time, never did spend the money on it. I’m glad to see the boycott of their music & so on. I wouldn’t throw away my copy of their first CD, but I’m not going to buy their music anymore. In reality, that’s the best thing to do, they showed their opinion, their fans showed theirs.
Entertainers, whether musicians or actors are simply there to entertain us. People don’t watch them for their political views. People watch news programs and listen to talk radio for politics. Just because someone’s famous doesn’t mean they actually know a damn thing about what’s going on. And that’s their problem. They spoke up, and most of their fans said they’re full of shit.
Also, insulting your fans and doing songs like “Not ready to make nice” probably won’t prove good for a career. It’s really sad too, because they really are talented.
Comment by John S. — March 22, 2007 @ 4:37 am
“Fans” who stop listening to something because they said something political they don’t lioke are not fans. End of story.
Entertainers, whether musicians or actors are simply there to entertain us. People don’t watch them for their political views.
So, democracy and free speech are for everyone– except for entertainers? That has to be the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
Comment by Thom Holwerda — March 22, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
So, democracy and free speech are for everyone– except for entertainers? That has to be the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
They’ve got the right to say it, we’ve got the right to tell them to go to hell. And people over here did just that. Any yes, most of their fans would tell them what your headline says. “Shut up and sing”
Comment by John S. — March 22, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
“Most of most of their fans would tell them what your headline says. ‘Shut up and sing’ ”
Maybe their fan base was full of retards ? How dare you say something I disagree with !
“Just because someone’s famous doesn’t mean they actually know a damn thing about what’s going on.”
Just because they are entertainers doesn’t mean they are stupid.
Maybe they know more than the tv talking heads that you seem to love so much.
“They spoke up, and most of their fans said they’re full of shit.”
These are probably the same 1/3 of the people that would believe the president if he said Elvis was a terrorist.
Comment by mikesum32 — March 23, 2007 @ 1:21 am