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Music : Taking the Long Way
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- The Dixie Chicks' Finest Hour.
"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.
It's too late to make it right,
I probably wouldn't if I could,
`Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should."
Taking the Long Way was released in May, 2006, three years after the infamous March 10, 2003 "Incident" in which Natalie Maines criticized President Bush Iraq during a Dixie Chicks' London concert (chronicled in the excellent 2006 documentary Shut Up & Sing). Taking the Long Way sounds more like rock than country. In fact, the CD includes Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers on drums. Produced by Rick Rubin (known for his work with Metallica, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, and the Beastie Boys), the album features some of the best music of the Dixie Chicks' twenty-yeat career, including the brilliant songs "The Long Way Around," "Not Ready to Make Nice," "Favorite Year," and my personal favorite, "Silent House."
"The Long Way Around" is an intelligent anthem of nonconformity. "Not Ready to Make Nice," the album's first single, offers a defiant response to the controversy surrounding Maines' comment three years earlier, with an anger in her voice that rivals Alanis Morrissette. "Favorite Year" was written in collaboration with Sheryl Crow, and "Silent House" was written in collaboration with Neil Finn of Crowded House. (Finn's own more haunting rendition of the song may be found on his Crowded House album, Time on Earth). The lyrics are pure poetry:
"And I will try to connect
All the pieces you left
I will carry it on
And let you forget
And I'll remember the years
When your mind was clear
How the laughter and life
Filled up this silent house
Silent house.
In the garden off the living room
A chill fills the air
And the lilies bloom."
Proving perhaps there is justice in the universe of public opinion, The Dixie Chicks swept the 2007 Grammy Awards with Taking the Long Way, winning all five categories for which they were nominated including Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. Complete album tracks include:
1. The Long Way Around
2. Easy Silence
3. Not Ready To Make Nice
4. Everybody Knows
5. Bitter End
6. Lullaby
7. Lubbock Or Leave It
8. Silent House
9. Favorite Year
10. Voice Inside My Head
11. I Like It
12. Baby Hold On
13. So Hard
14. I Hope
G. Merritt
Rating: - Taking the Long Way
This is a great album! The Dixie Chicks are very talented. The fact that they are able to express their life experiences in song is a distinct advantage. I think that the "rush to judgment" against the Dixie Chicks was wrong-headed and cruel. Their displeasure with GWB is now being expressed by a majority of Americans!
Rating: - Chicks rule
I am not a country fan but, have gained respect for the Chicks over the past couple years and have contemplated buying their albums. Having said this, I heard this album while visiting family and really liked what I heard. I can now say I like some country music and that the Chicks really do rule.
Rating: - Earls' having the last laugh!
A conspiratorial retrospective of a young lady sticking her foot in her mouth and then watching an entire industry trying to help her unjam that big foot from her tiny little mouth.
I listened in secret, sorry folks, the ship sailed off before this one could get on board. This one just plain stinks.
Nothing like their first few albums.
Rating: - Why is everyone so stupid?
You know the Chicks made it perfectly clear that they are not "country" anymore. They are more of the "pop/adult listening" line of music. All the people out there that believe that they are just showing their political views are right. What happened to them was a tragedy. I don't see the backlash happening to Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, or any other outspoken artist today.
The album itself was a great listening experience to enjoy. It was completely different from their beginning albums and showed the depth at which they where not only damaged by what Maines said, but the growth that each has had from the experience of motherhood, friendship, and the fan mentality of "George Bush" is right. I'd like to know now how many people out there still believe that he is right.
This album was a wonderful change of pace for any of the Chicks' fans. The songs are amazing and I look forward to the next album.
- The Dixie Chicks' Finest Hour."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.
It's too late to make it right,
I probably wouldn't if I could,
`Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should."
Taking the Long Way was released in May, 2006, three years after the infamous March 10, 2003 "Incident" in which Natalie Maines criticized President Bush Iraq during a Dixie Chicks' London concert (chronicled in the excellent 2006 documentary Shut Up & Sing). Taking the Long Way sounds more like rock than country. In fact, the CD includes Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers on drums. Produced by Rick Rubin (known for his work with Metallica, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, and the Beastie Boys), the album features some of the best music of the Dixie Chicks' twenty-yeat career, including the brilliant songs "The Long Way Around," "Not Ready to Make Nice," "Favorite Year," and my personal favorite, "Silent House."
"The Long Way Around" is an intelligent anthem of nonconformity. "Not Ready to Make Nice," the album's first single, offers a defiant response to the controversy surrounding Maines' comment three years earlier, with an anger in her voice that rivals Alanis Morrissette. "Favorite Year" was written in collaboration with Sheryl Crow, and "Silent House" was written in collaboration with Neil Finn of Crowded House. (Finn's own more haunting rendition of the song may be found on his Crowded House album, Time on Earth). The lyrics are pure poetry:
"And I will try to connect
All the pieces you left
I will carry it on
And let you forget
And I'll remember the years
When your mind was clear
How the laughter and life
Filled up this silent house
Silent house.
In the garden off the living room
A chill fills the air
And the lilies bloom."
Proving perhaps there is justice in the universe of public opinion, The Dixie Chicks swept the 2007 Grammy Awards with Taking the Long Way, winning all five categories for which they were nominated including Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. Complete album tracks include:
1. The Long Way Around
2. Easy Silence
3. Not Ready To Make Nice
4. Everybody Knows
5. Bitter End
6. Lullaby
7. Lubbock Or Leave It
8. Silent House
9. Favorite Year
10. Voice Inside My Head
11. I Like It
12. Baby Hold On
13. So Hard
14. I Hope
G. Merritt
Rating:
- Taking the Long WayThis is a great album! The Dixie Chicks are very talented. The fact that they are able to express their life experiences in song is a distinct advantage. I think that the "rush to judgment" against the Dixie Chicks was wrong-headed and cruel. Their displeasure with GWB is now being expressed by a majority of Americans!
Rating:
- Chicks ruleI am not a country fan but, have gained respect for the Chicks over the past couple years and have contemplated buying their albums. Having said this, I heard this album while visiting family and really liked what I heard. I can now say I like some country music and that the Chicks really do rule.
Rating:
- Earls' having the last laugh!A conspiratorial retrospective of a young lady sticking her foot in her mouth and then watching an entire industry trying to help her unjam that big foot from her tiny little mouth.
I listened in secret, sorry folks, the ship sailed off before this one could get on board. This one just plain stinks.
Nothing like their first few albums.
Rating:
- Why is everyone so stupid?You know the Chicks made it perfectly clear that they are not "country" anymore. They are more of the "pop/adult listening" line of music. All the people out there that believe that they are just showing their political views are right. What happened to them was a tragedy. I don't see the backlash happening to Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, or any other outspoken artist today.
The album itself was a great listening experience to enjoy. It was completely different from their beginning albums and showed the depth at which they where not only damaged by what Maines said, but the growth that each has had from the experience of motherhood, friendship, and the fan mentality of "George Bush" is right. I'd like to know now how many people out there still believe that he is right.
This album was a wonderful change of pace for any of the Chicks' fans. The songs are amazing and I look forward to the next album.