hoofs_in_motion - 2015-11-16 11:21 AM

Swannranch - 2015-11-16 4:38 PM I loved their music.  I was not really mad about what they said as I was their total disrespect for the country and 90% of their fan base.  I won't buy tickets.  There are a million super talented people out there, I'll spend my money on someone that doesn't want to insult me.



I also disliked the FUTK T-shirt she wore the year she was up for entertainer of the year.  I'll have to look for photo's of that.



 

MS2011 - 2015-11-16 4:53 PM ^^this.  She could pick on Bush and I'd have been ok with it and happily bought concert tickets......but running down America while overseas - she'll never see a dime from me.  Overall - very talented singer and completely classless person. 

TrailGirl - 2015-11-16 3:13 PM Liked their music...could do without their politics. It wasn't that they said bad things about Bush...it was that they ran him down while performing in a foreign country. Just classless. But then again...I also ended up not liking the crappy attitude and way one of their members treated a veterinarian friend. So...I'll pass for political and personal reasons. They haven't had a new album in years...maybe they need money?

Nevertooold - 2015-11-16 7:22 PM I still laugh about the article the Quarter Horse Journal did on the dark haired one's husband. It was pathetic and even more pathetic that the AQHA printed it.

Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-16 8:03 PM I remember that, wasnt impress with it at all.  

hoofs_in_motion - 2015-11-16 2:21 PM

Nevertooold - 2015-11-16 8:52 PM I can't remember if he was breeding race horses to be cow horses or cow horses to be race horses..LOL

Frodo - 2015-11-17 8:39 AM They should go on tour in Syria.



 

Frodo - 2015-11-17 8:39 AM

They should go on tour in Syria.

 

lindseylou2290 - 2015-11-17 7:41 AM Lead singer Natalie Maines fell off the face of the earth. Laura and Robin, the sisters, went back to Courtyard Hounds and released at least one dang good bluegrass type album (that I own) after the political fall-out. I'm curious as to why the re-forming? I probably won't go see them either, just curious.

bccanchaser16 - 2015-11-17 11:03 AM


 That would be Martie and Emily, btw who had the Courthard Hounds.

Laura and Robin were past members.

Red Raider - 2015-11-17 1:47 PM  I know a lot has been written by the press about why the backlash was so bad, but no one talks about what was going through most people's minds at the time.  In March 2003, we weren't that far removed from 9/11 and the push to be a united front of support that still came from it.  Many people watched loved ones and friends join the military during the year or so before all this to make a difference and try to keep terrorism from happening on our soil again.  People had been in heated debates whether or not war in Iraq was needed or was the best move. 



The problem was that at the time Maines' made her statement, even if you were someone who objected to going to war in Iraq, it was a time when everybody was putting aside those thoughts and supporting our troops before they left.  To make a statement like she did was like a petulant child stomping her foot in protest while the adults were bucking up, putting their feelings aside and giving support to those who were about to put their lives in danger and were saying goodbye to their families for the last time.  The timing of it all was just particularly bad.  I know in my rural part of Texas, it was more about the seeming lack of support for our troops at the time than the statements about Bush and the war itself.  That's what people remembered and the way she kept running her mouth off about it just sealed the deal -- especially the comments about TK's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" that was being played extensively as our troops were heading out and going over there initially.  



I like many of their songs -- still have them in play lists -- but I won't be going to any of the concerts.   

Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-18 12:12 PM You nailed it  

3canstorun - 2015-11-17 8:13 AM One of the main reasons for the barn name Earl of my two year old - may my husband never forget...................................... 

rachellyn80 - 2015-11-17 2:46 PM My best friend still calls my ex-husband Earl.  She never called him by his name, lol 

MS2011 - 2015-11-17 3:36 PM

For those that said they only slammed Bush - On March 10, 2003, during a London concert, nine days before the March 19, 2003 invasion of Iraq, lead vocalist Maines told the audience: "We don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States (George W. Bush) is from Texas". The positive reaction to this statement from the British audience contrasted with the negative reaction including boycotts that ensued in the US, where the band was denounced by talk-show conservatives,[1] while their albums were discarded in public protest.

If they'd only made the comment about Bush - I'd have let it go....but considering what out country was going thru at the time, the comments regarding the war are not something I'll let go. 

Red Raider - 2015-11-17 11:47 AM

 I know a lot has been written by the press about why the backlash was so bad, but no one talks about what was going through most people's minds at the time.  In March 2003, we weren't that far removed from 9/11 and the push to be a united front of support that still came from it.  Many people watched loved ones and friends join the military during the year or so before all this to make a difference and try to keep terrorism from happening on our soil again.  People had been in heated debates whether or not war in Iraq was needed or was the best move. 

The problem was that at the time Maines' made her statement, even if you were someone who objected to going to war in Iraq, it was a time when everybody was putting aside those thoughts and supporting our troops before they left.  To make a statement like she did was like a petulant child stomping her foot in protest while the adults were bucking up, putting their feelings aside and giving support to those who were about to put their lives in danger and were saying goodbye to their families for the last time.  The timing of it all was just particularly bad.  I know in my rural part of Texas, it was more about the seeming lack of support for our troops at the time than the statements about Bush and the war itself.  That's what people remembered and the way she kept running her mouth off about it just sealed the deal -- especially the comments about TK's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" that was being played extensively as our troops were heading out and going over there initially.  

I like many of their songs -- still have them in play lists -- but I won't be going to any of the concerts.   

MS2011 - 2015-11-16 4:53 PM


^^this.  She could pick on Bush and I'd have been ok with it and happily bought concert tickets......but running down America while overseas - she'll never see a dime from me.  Overall - very talented singer and completely classless person. 

Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-17 2:12 PM


You nailed it  

Nevertooold - 2015-11-18 2:12 PM Funny how the sisters couldn't make it a go together and Natalie couldn't make it on her own. I guess they are broke and need to make some money..I wouldn't walk across the street to listen to them.