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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
First off I have to say that I am a massive Dixie Chicks fan. I have all their albums and I honestly think that they have some of the greatest songs ever written.
This is a documentary about how things went wrong for them after the lead singer spoke her mind on the American President.
The biggest selling female group of all time. Then their music was banned from many stations in the US. Things were looking bad and I guess that things will never be the same for them, but you have to respect them for not backing down.
You get a great insight into how the dixies make music, what they went through when there was a death threat hanging over them............................... Its just a great doc about a band going through hard times and trying to find a way out without going back on what they believe in.
This is not a movie, this is real life. This proves that there is no such thing as free speech.
This is a documentary about how things went wrong for them after the lead singer spoke her mind on the American President.
The biggest selling female group of all time. Then their music was banned from many stations in the US. Things were looking bad and I guess that things will never be the same for them, but you have to respect them for not backing down.
You get a great insight into how the dixies make music, what they went through when there was a death threat hanging over them............................... Its just a great doc about a band going through hard times and trying to find a way out without going back on what they believe in.
This is not a movie, this is real life. This proves that there is no such thing as free speech.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I already knew the story of Natalie Maines comment about George W. Bush in the UK in March 2003. If a UK artist on tour in the US or anywhere else for that matter had made a similar comment about Tony Blair - I cannot imagine more than passing discussion in the UK.
I am a Dixie Chicks fan - I love all their albums and particularly 'Taking the Long Way' and I understood the sentiments behind 'Not Ready To Make Nice', what I had failed to understand is the significance of some of the lyrics in the rest of the album.
This film highlights the furore which followed the reporting of the comment, the bigoted, small-minded actions of a few (I would like to think) Americans, but when you witness the sheer scale of the protests, including the trashing and steam-rollering of their CDs, by their 'fans', and the boycotting of country radio, it suddenly becomes more than a documentary, more like a social commentary and harkens back to the book burnings of Nazi Germany. Free speech - not even close, it cost them a great deal.
Ask yourself the question, what would you do if you were the subject of protests, pilloried as a traitor to your country, had your livelihood and your actual lives threatened?
See the film, I only hope if I was ever in this position, I could be as brave and resolute as the Dixie Chicks, who I hope will forgive the non-country reference because they truly rock!
I am a Dixie Chicks fan - I love all their albums and particularly 'Taking the Long Way' and I understood the sentiments behind 'Not Ready To Make Nice', what I had failed to understand is the significance of some of the lyrics in the rest of the album.
This film highlights the furore which followed the reporting of the comment, the bigoted, small-minded actions of a few (I would like to think) Americans, but when you witness the sheer scale of the protests, including the trashing and steam-rollering of their CDs, by their 'fans', and the boycotting of country radio, it suddenly becomes more than a documentary, more like a social commentary and harkens back to the book burnings of Nazi Germany. Free speech - not even close, it cost them a great deal.
Ask yourself the question, what would you do if you were the subject of protests, pilloried as a traitor to your country, had your livelihood and your actual lives threatened?
See the film, I only hope if I was ever in this position, I could be as brave and resolute as the Dixie Chicks, who I hope will forgive the non-country reference because they truly rock!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I came across this documentary on an overnight flight, watching it on with little expectation of making it through the first few minutes. Wow. I was hooked from the outset; this film follows the Dixie Chicks through a couple of very turbulent years, saying more about redneck America and the music industry than anything I have seen before or since. Let me state that I would not classify myself as a Dixie Chicks fan pre watching this documentary. Since seeing it on the plane not only have I bought the DVD and shared it with my friends and family but I bought the CD too in support of the ladies.
`Not ready to make nice'? I don't blame them.
Highly recommended
`Not ready to make nice'? I don't blame them.
Highly recommended
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great!
im a huge dixie chicks fan, and i really enjoyed this film! i would recommend it to anyone that likes the dixie chicks!:-)
Published 10 months ago by emma
Carole
Interesting view of comments and how they spread. Seems rediculous that it happened at all. The media have a lot to answer for, good girl band should never have happened.
Published 10 months ago by skooter
The Dixie Whos?
I must confess to having never heard of the Dixie Chicks before watching this documentary and also to being unaware of the controversy that is the subject of the film. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Dyspeptic Spirit
A must see!
I rate this musical documentary very highly, not only because I'm a huge Dixie Chick fan, but because of how genuinely good and interesting it might be to someone who had never... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by J. W. Simpson
You gotta love the chicks
Being a huge fan of the Chicks this film is a must, but even if your not it carries as a riveting documentry. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by Smith
The truth revealed!
Ideal for those who like Dixie Chicks music and want to understand why they were banned by Americans. Unbelievable!! Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by V. Vacque
Have some great music with your fascinating documentary
The first time I heard of the Dixie Chicks was during the furore surrounding their comments at Shepherds Bush, the only track of theirs I'd heard was "Shut Up and Sing" and that... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2008 by K Soze
Land of the free?
I initially wanted to see this documentary because I'm a fan of the band and couldnt quite believe what happened to them after the lead singer made an off-hand comment in 2003... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2008 by B. Cooper
Fine documentary
Country radio dropped the band from their playlists primarily because their listeners demanded that they ban the Chicks. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2008 by Suds
Shut up and sing review
As a British fan of the Dixie Chicks I was fascinated by the uproar in the USA surrounding the off-the- cuff comment made, in jest, by Natalie Maines. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2007 by Katherine Murphy
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