Popdose - Latest Comments in Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

Elaine — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:42:06 -0000

I really like that Michelle Shocked album; always have. The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go.

It makes me sad to think that Jefito likes Vanessa Carlton over Michelle Branch. Really? She might "know how to breathe," but she sings in a babydoll voice that's second in irritation only to Jewel's.

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

JonCummings — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:13:19 -0000

Taking the Long Way is a wonderful album, but it certainly required an adjustment for that...oh...one-quarter of the fan base that followed them out of country and into West-Coast rock. Its charms are subtler than their previous albums.

Short of snapping up all three of the other CDs, your next move should be the Home album, because it's the most consistent of all their records. You'll find that "I Hope" is actually something of a sequel to an outstanding track called "More Love," and personally, I could just leave their version of Patty Griffin's "Truth #2" playing on a loop for perpetuity. In context of the political nightmare they went through in '03, and the super-heightened emotional bond that was forged as a result with the remainder of their fan base, that song now represents even more than a "fuck you" to Bush; it's a call to the barricades.

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

1Py_Korry1 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:19:12 -0000

I thought you'd like 'em. :-)

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

1Py_Korry1 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:18:45 -0000

Nice zinger!

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

1Py_Korry1 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:18:16 -0000

The only Dixie Chicks CD I own is Taking the Long Way, and my friends who are DC fans say that this is the one album that took them a long time to get into. I thought most of the songs were pretty solid, but not having anything to compare it to, I'm kind of flying blind here.

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:52:39 -0000

Great mix six! I'm with you on not being a big country fan, but I do enjoy the country-ish tune from time to time. All of these are great choices. :)

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

mojo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:42:28 -0000

I'd answer that but my mouth's full of Freedom Fries (ha ha). Long live the blue states!

Re: Mix Six: “Gals With That Country Sound”

JonCummings — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:35:17 -0000

Great set!

I worship at the altar of the Dixie Chicks. Fortunately, every one of the four times I've seen them perform (three in LA, one outside Boston) the place has been packed to the rafters. It's sad, yet somehow satisfying, that they've become a blue-state band. Maybe the jingoistic morons who chose the Republican Party over them will one day get a clue and come back into the fold. Probably not.