jay leno vs dixie chicks

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Can someone tell me....what is the difference between this: g.msn.com/0VD0/02/26?m=Hi_2807_msn.wmv&csid=3&sd=mbr and what the Chicks did when they were in London? What made the industry shun them, when Jay can get away with this?

FYI...this will open up in your default video player, it's about 2 mins long...it's a clip from the tonight show.
Mike

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HAHAHA that's the most hilarious video I've ever seen.

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There's a big difference. The Dixie Chicks play to a conservative audience. There's just about no such thing as a liberal Democratic country artist. It's a joke.

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By conservative...u mean they were playing to country, AC, hot AC, and top 40....which, if any of these, are conservative? About 80% of the listeners I would guess would've heard Landslide when it was at it's peak.

Emancipation said:

There's a big difference.  The Dixie Chicks play to a conservative audience.  There's just about no such thing as a liberal Democratic country artist.  It's a joke.

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"Landslide" was the furthest thing from country. It was a cover of a song by a liberal band, remixed by a liberal, and sung by a liberal country group (in the closet).

Country is absolutely a conservative radio format. I'd even say Adult Contemporary is pretty conservative leaning.

Hot AC and Pop are not conservative, but they just followed suit when the Dixie Chicks's main format dropped them. It would be kind of weird for Pop to be the Dixie Chick's core format.

[kellydicted]

the difference is not in the target audiences (im sure conservatives watch Jay Leno too), but in the fact that Leno was making a joke....The Dixie Chicks are dead serious about hating Bush. Besides, Jay Leno is a comedien who frequently makes fun of both democrats and republicans...the Chicks are singers...at least they're supposed to be

[Bob]

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"Mr. President, what message do you have for the Supreme Court, now that you won?"

"You can die now!"

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[Sean]

kellydicted said:

the difference is not in the target audiences (im sure conservatives watch Jay Leno too),

The outrage over the Chicks comments were from country/conservative audiences - I don't think the entire nation was up in arms, just a small and loud minority.

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Emancipation said:

"Landslide" was the furthest thing from country.  It was a cover of a song by a liberal band, remixed by a liberal, and sung by a liberal country group (in the closet).

Country is absolutely a conservative radio format.  I'd even say Adult Contemporary is pretty conservative leaning.

Hot AC and Pop are not conservative, but they just followed suit when the Dixie Chicks's main format dropped them.  It would be kind of weird for Pop to be the Dixie Chick's core format.

But it peaked #2 at Country anyway, yes?

Despite all the above being true, well, "Landslide" fell just short of hitting #1 at Country.

As for country being a conservative format, very true, but this format has a lot of major liberal influences which many conservative artists now admit influencing them.

Jimmy Buffett is a liberal. He's not exactly dominating the country singles chart like Toby Keith, Martina McBride or Brooks & Dunn, but he has managed to chart two Top 20 hits from "License To Chill" (sure, it's probably largely because major artists are dueting on those singles) but Jimmy Buffett is also a major influence to so many country artists including Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith.

Willie Nelson is also a pioneer country phenonemon, and liberally-minded. He doesn't chart high anymore without the help of today's stars, but he also gets a massive amount of credit for inspiring so many conservative country stars today.

Garth Brooks also leans that way. "We Shall Be Free" is quite a good example of that.

There's no doubt that the Country format is currently overwhelming conservative, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's always been overwhelmingly conservative. Many of the major influential artists are quite frankly on the other side of the political spectrum.

As far as AC radio is concerned, yeah, it is more conservative, but they don't keep liberals out either. Five For Fighting went #1. matchbox twenty have hit there, etc.

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

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kellydicted said:

the difference is not in the target audiences (im sure conservatives watch Jay Leno too), but in the fact that Leno was making a joke....The Dixie Chicks are dead serious about hating Bush. Besides, Jay Leno is a comedien who frequently makes fun of both democrats and republicans...

Exactly. Leno, Letterman, SNL (etc.) do stuff like this all the time, spoofing both sides. Comparing a comedy program skit to someone (Dixie Chicks) stating their personal political stance is like apples to oranges.

[jond7699]

But the way alot of people reacted to what was said was silly anyway.

[strong4PMB!]

lol The clip was funny. (Natalie wasn't.)