Has anyone bought their new CD yet? You can listen to the entire album online right now. Go to their official site and you will see the link. I have always loved their music, and this new album so far sounds great.

[I listened to it on line too Pam....and it is very good. I will buy it eventually.

I bought it and finally got to listen to it today. I really like it.


Dana

I have liked the Chicks too. Think they are awesome talents. Haven't heard the new one yet but will soon.

We heard one of their new songs at the end of one of the tv shows we watch...couldn't tell you anything about the song, except that I kept thinking that the sound was familiar..it sounded kind of bluegrass to me, and at the end, it said it was a DC song...I assume it's from their new album...I'll check out the link at their website tomorrow and see if I can pick out the song...I guess I'm losing my mind, I don't even remember what show it was on now!!!

I've always liked their musical talents but, not to keen on them using the stage for making verbal and non-verbal statements but, I think that about others too not just the DC's.
I did heard part of the first single on the 60 Minutes show they recently did. Has anyone heard how sales were this week for their new release?

Becky,

I also heard a DC song playing in the background of a show I was watching the other night, but can't remember what show it was, either. We might have both been watching the same show! I do know that it *wasn't* 60 Minutes.

Valerie

No, it wasn't 60 minutes...because I don't watch that show...maybe it was Cold Case??? Gee, I just can't remember...but I know I sat there thinking who is that??? They sure sound familiar, but I just can't place them...I would have guessed that it was a bluegrass band...until they said at the end that it was the DC...I'm gonna check out their website and see if I can identify the song...I know that several of the shows we watch play alot of popular artist's songs in their episodes...if you think of it, Val..let me know..it's driving me crazy that I can't remember it now...

I don't watch Cold Case, so it couldn't have been that show that I heard it on. Could it have been Close to Home? But I keep thinking it was one of the news magazine shows like Dateline or Nightline for some reason...maybe 20/20? This has got me baffled, too!

Valerie

Nope..wasn't 'Close to Home' either...I don't watch that one!!! It wasn't a Dateline or a 60 Minutes or a 20/20 either..cause I don't watch those either...oh, it's driving me crazy!!! It had to be a season finale because it was just in the last week or so...

I was on way from work and I heard one of their new songs on the radio...I liked it, but what was odd, it wasn't on a country station...lol...It was mix96....Top 40 Billboard music....

I almost bought a copy the other day but I had just purchased a Nickelback CD and some album called "Souvenirs" by some coutry singer, so I didn't pick it up yet. I'll have to check their site to see if you can still listen to it there so I can decide whether I want to get it or not. They are such a talented group!

June

Hey Welcome back to the Vince boards June. It is hard to pass up those Vince cd's. Souvenirs is still one of my favorites!

I really haven't missed the CHICKS at all. I do agree they are very talented but never really cared for them.

I bought their cd with 'Traveling Soldier' on it..but that is the only one that I own...it's a pretty good cd, but have lost track of it in the endless bunches of cds we have around here!!!

I finally found out where I heard their song on TV...it was at the end of 20/20 when they were advertising the next PrimeTime show...plus it's been playing during the commercials for the show. The show is about saving kids in foster care.

Valerie

I'm not a big fan of the Chicks, either. I do like Travelin' Soldier and maybe a couple others, but don't own any of their albums. Now if someone *gave* me one of their albums for free, I wouldn't refuse it.

Valerie

For anyone interested,The Chicks are going to be on Larry King tonight. Check your local listings for time. I will be watching.

Thanks Anna, now I just have to see when Larry King is on

I finally found out where I heard their song on TV...it was at the end of 20/20 when they were advertising the next PrimeTime show...plus it's been playing during the commercials for the show. The show is about saving kids in foster care.

Valerie

Well, I'm glad that you figured it out, Valerie...but that is still not where I hear the new DC song...I am certain that it was used during one of the shows that we record to watch...and now that all the season finales are over pretty much, I do not remember which one it was...so, I guess it's possible that they are using the song for several different shows...I still think it might have been 'Cold Case'...they use alot of familiar music in the background of their show..depending on what time period of case they are working on...that's one of the reasons why I like the show so much..the music at the beginning already gives you a clue as to how old the case they are working on will be...and it's nice to hear some old tunes every now and then!!!

Pam, I've always liked there music too! We've all put our foot in our mouth at one time or another in our life - glad people don't hold that against US.

LOL, what, me? put my foot in my mouth? lol never, well, ok maybe sometimes! Probably tonight at a meeting I'm speaking at!

Yep, they have put their feet in their mouths, just wish they'd stop so we could just enjoy their music without conflicts

The conflict and them putting them putting their feet in their mouths haven't hurt them...in fact it looks like it actually helped them:

Dixie Chicks Return to No. 1 on Charts
By JOHN GEROME (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
May 31, 2006 5:47 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Dixie Chicks appear to be more popular than the president these days. President Bush's approval rating has plummeted, but the Chicks are on top of the pop and country charts with their first album since publicly criticizing Bush three years ago.

They did it without the support of country radio, which largely ignored the Dixie Chicks after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 that the group was ashamed Bush was from their home state of Texas.

The new album, "Taking the Long Way," took the No. 1 spot Wednesday on the country albums chart and the Billboard 200 overall chart - which are based on sales rather than radio airplay - with 526,000 units sold in its first week.

For the year, the Chicks' first-week showing is behind only Rascal Flatts' "Me and My Gang" (722,000 units), according to Wade Jessen, director of Billboard's country charts.

Jessen said the strong sales figures may show that hardcore country fans are not as bothered by the controversy as many in the music industry thought, or simply that the group is attracting a broader audience.

"There also might be a certain amount of support that may have been thrown their way by folks who are a little more liberal and that maybe never bought a country album in their lives but want to show their support," he said.

The new album hit stores May 23 amid a flurry of media appearances (including a Time magazine cover story) and its first-week sales are the trio's best since "Home" sold 780,000 units in its first week of release in September 2002.

First-week sales on "Taking the Long Way" were better than Chicks' longtime nemesis Toby Keith, whose latest album, "White Trash With Money," sold 330,000. Tim McGraw's "Greatest Hits Vol. 2: Reflected" sold 242,000.

The new album's first single, "Not Ready to Make Nice," came out in March and stalled at No. 36 on Billboard's country songs chart. It did slightly better on the adult contemporary singles chart, peaking at No. 32.

The song was co-written by the trio and addresses the controversy head on, with Maines singing in the chorus, "I'm not ready to make nice. I'm not ready to back down. I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round."

The latest single, a more conventional song called "Everybody Knows," reached No. 48.

The group did not respond Wednesday to a request for an interview.

In January Maines told Entertainment Weekly magazine that she was disappointed with country music and that she's "pretty much done" with the genre.

Jessen suspects that most country stations have already made up their minds about the Chicks' new album and probably won't come on board even if sales remain brisk.

For a lot of programmers, the group is still too polarizing.

"Programmers are directly or indirectly responsible for the health of the bottom line, and if anything happens that distracts from that in the way they run their business, they won't deal with it," Jessen said.

Ken Boesen, program director at WPOC in Baltimore, said his station played "Not Ready to Make Nice" a few times, but never added it to the playlist.

"Regardless of whether country radio plays them or not, they're going to sell," Boesen said. "There are too many ways for people to hear about and get new music these days."
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/ent?gui...60531-460595820

Ok..here's what bothers me about the DC and the way they act...

In January Maines told Entertainment Weekly magazine that she was disappointed with country music and that she's "pretty much done" with the genre.

How can you put out a country album, expect people to buy it, but say that as a group, you are done with the country music genre??? Can anyone explain that to me???

I do like some of their music, but I wouldn't buy the new album with this 'Not Ready To Make Nice' song on it...just like I don't buy Toby Keith's albums anymore...I have a standard that I like to go by when deciding what cd's we want to spend our money on...doesn't bother me at all for people to buy the DC cd's or Toby's or anyone else's...but I don't care for either of their music anymore and don't care to spend my money on their cds or going to see them in concert...I do prefer the older DC music and Toby's older music as well...

I'm with whoever said it would be nice if they just sang songs and left their political and slanderous views to themselves..and that goes for all of them that use their status to do that...I'm not pointing any fingers, it's just the way I feel...

Valerie and Becky, I'm here to save the day for you guys. You heard the Chicks song "Lullabye" and it was playing all through the finale show of "Medium." I was the same as you thinking that I liked the music and it sounded like someone I knew. I just didn't expect it to be the chicks and it was the night before the cd was being released. I've just ordered the cd.

Pam, Shirley told me that the cd is awesome and I was going to purchase it anyway. We think their music is so impressive and the critics are raving about this album. We haven't been able to do much in the way of concerts this past year, but we would see them again as they will be in Philly, but have baseball tickets that night anyway.

Trish

Thank you so much, Trish...it was Medium...YES!!! Finally!!! That was what it was...I'm a big Medium fan too...and Ghost Whisperer...we like an odd variety of shows around here!!!

I do wish the DC's well with their new cd...I just have to think of Maegan when we buy alot of music...don't want to be playing anything controversial or with lyrics that she's not ready to hear yet...just like we watch alot of these tv shows after Maegan goes to bed at night!!!

Thanks, Trish...only thing is I don't watch Medium, so I didn't hear it on there. Like I said in another post, I heard the song at the end of 20/20...they were having previews for a PrimeTime show on Foster children, and they played the song "I Hope." I don't know what album the song is on, but I'm sure it was Natalie singing.

Valerie

Trish, I'm glad to hear people that have the cd saying it is good. I haven't bought it yet, but I'm going to soon. Judging from their past cds, they don't just put one or two good songs with the rest being fillers, you usually get all great songs. I may go buy it today so I can listen to it on the airplane to Nashville

Did anyone see them on Larry King the other night ? I thought it was very good and several callers ask some pretty hard questions. They had their answers. May not be anyone elses but I wouldn't want someone else answering for me. I enjoyed them very much and have always liked the music.