Shut Up & Sing

So, I recently watched a documentary called Dixie Chicks: Shut up and Sing. I was never a huge fan of the Dixie Chicks but loved a couple of their songs. Including "Not Ready to Make Nice". What I didn't know was that the song was written as their come back song after that whole Bush criticism thing.
After watching the documentary I couldn't believe it. They were being threatened to be shot if they got up on stage and played their shows.  
During a show in London the lead singer had said : "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."
Apparently that just sent people way over the edge. They ended up needing to cancel shows and tours because of it. Radio stations stopped playing their music because of hateful phone calls and threats. There were even some protesters who resorted to publicly trashing their CDs. The song, Not Ready To Make Nice, is a reflection of how they feel about making that statement. By saying they are "not ready to make nice" means they are not going to apologize for what they said even though it was potentially devastating to their careers. Learning the true meaning behind why they wrote the song and the powerful music video and lyrics, has made it that much more of an amazing song for me and changed my opinions of them. You should give it a listen :)



"I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’
It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pojL_35QlSI