Can a personal opinion ruin your career when you’re already at the top of your game? In the case of The Dixie Chicks and their view of G.W Bush’s plan to send military in to battle and being from Texas, that seems to be exactly the case. They spent years trying to resolve the feelings of a nation after, what obviously seemed to them to be, a simple statement. Under what circumstances is it acceptable to share your personal view when you are in celebrity status? The Dixie Chicks were riding on top of the world, selling millions of records to fans. Then after one fateful night in London, The Dixie Chicks were seemingly banished from country music. A decade later, they still haven’t been able to make it back into limelight. It doesn’t matter how
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Lead singer, Mains, addressed the audience: “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. 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.” There was an initial positive reaction from the crowd they performed for, but an immediate negative reaction in the U.S. Following an uproar there was a boycott of Dixie Chicks music, which in turn caused “T.D.C.” to fall from #10 on The U.S. Billboard music chart, to #43 in a single week. Mains did attempt to clarify her statement on March 12th by saying: “I feel the President is ignoring the opinions of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world.” It failed to appease the critics, so on March 14th Mains issued her apology: “As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the upmost respect. We are currently in Europe and witnessing a huge anti-American sentiment as a result of the perceived rush to war. While war may remain a viable option, as a mother, I just want to see every possible alternative exhausted before children and American solders’ lives are lost. I love my country. I am a proud
Lead singer, Mains, addressed the audience: “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. 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.” There was an initial positive reaction from the crowd they performed for, but an immediate negative reaction in the U.S. Following an uproar there was a boycott of Dixie Chicks music, which in turn caused “T.D.C.” to fall from #10 on The U.S. Billboard music chart, to #43 in a single week. Mains did attempt to clarify her statement on March 12th by saying: “I feel the President is ignoring the opinions of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world.” It failed to appease the critics, so on March 14th Mains issued her apology: “As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the upmost respect. We are currently in Europe and witnessing a huge anti-American sentiment as a result of the perceived rush to war. While war may remain a viable option, as a mother, I just want to see every possible alternative exhausted before children and American solders’ lives are lost. I love my country. I am a proud