Will Country Radio Play Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

[John1]

As a follow-up to the Dixie Chicks post:
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw in a press conference this week were critical of state and federal disaster aid to Hurricane Katrina victims, both of them having grown up in that region.

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw — two stars who usually stay out of politics — blasted the Hurricane Katrina cleanup effort, with Hill calling the slow progress in Louisiana and Mississippi "embarrassing" and "humiliating."
McGraw specifically criticized President Bush. "There's no reason why someone can't go down there who's supposed to be the leader of the free world … and say, 'I'm giving you a job to do and I'm not leaving here until it's done. And you're held accountable... This is what I've given you to do, and if it's not done by the time I get back on my plane, then you're fired and someone else will be in your place. '" "To me, there's a lot of politics being played and a lot of people trying to put people in bad positions in order to further their agendas..."

Hill, who grew up in Jackson, Miss., echoed those sentiments. So overwhelmed, she uncharacteristically unleashed an epithet, calling the situation, "Bull- - - -" "It is a huge, huge problem and it's embarrassing," she said.

The Dixie Chicks were on of the top acts in country radio rotation when Natalie made her statement. Would country fans or country radio now have a problem with these two top stars voicing their opinion of the current administration?
The differences - the statements were made here (some were upset Natalie spoke her opinion overseas), this is about a domestic issue, and if the polls reflect popular opinion, then a lot more Americans agree with Natalie then they did a couple years ago, and a lot also agree with McGraw & Hill about the recovery - so will country radio be smart wnough to not let this blow up out of proportion and not lose two more core artists to the opinions of some fans?

 

[RFLA]

>
> The Dixie Chicks were on of the top acts in country radio
> rotation when Natalie made her statement. Would country
> fans or country radio now have a problem with these two top
> stars voicing their opinion of the current administration?
> The differences - the statements were made here (some were
> upset Natalie spoke her opinion overseas), this is about a
> domestic issue, and if the polls reflect popular opinion,
> then a lot more Americans agree with Natalie then they did a
> couple years ago, and a lot also agree with McGraw & Hill
> about the recovery - so will country radio be smart wnough
> to not let this blow up out of proportion and not lose two
> more core artists to the opinions of some fans?
>


I think it's exactly as you said at the end of your comments... Public opinion decides what gets killed.
Natalie IMO has been a liberal leaning person for a long time and her comments wasn't from what she saw just in Europe as I beleive she claimed but IMO from what she felt from before. She just said it in front of an audience that wouldn't want to skin her alive for her opinion. And her comments came at a time right after 9-11 when everyone was gung-ho for revenge... Since more Americans are feeling like her these days, I have found some country stations actually starting to rotate some of their songs again (that and public outcry from their stunt has died in the few years also)

Tim and Faith were just giving their opinion on something that most Americans have already found to be a BS situation. Miracles in the Gulf Coast case won't happen overnight (like they wish it would) but at the same time, Katrina exposed certain problems that showed that status quo ain't what it's cracked up to be.

RFLA

 

[Jay_F]

> As a follow-up to the Dixie Chicks post:
> Faith Hill and Tim McGraw in a press conference this week
> were critical of state and federal disaster aid to Hurricane
> Katrina victims, both of them having grown up in that
> region.
>
> Faith Hill and Tim McGraw — two stars who usually stay out
> of politics — blasted the Hurricane Katrina cleanup effort,
> with Hill calling the slow progress in Louisiana and
> Mississippi "embarrassing" and "humiliating."
> McGraw specifically criticized President Bush. "There's no
> reason why someone can't go down there who's supposed to be
> the leader of the free world … and say, 'I'm giving you a
> job to do and I'm not leaving here until it's done. And
> you're held accountable... This is what I've given you to
> do, and if it's not done by the time I get back on my plane,
> then you're fired and someone else will be in your place. '"
> "To me, there's a lot of politics being played and a lot of
> people trying to put people in bad positions in order to
> further their agendas..."
>
> Hill, who grew up in Jackson, Miss., echoed those
> sentiments. So overwhelmed, she uncharacteristically
> unleashed an epithet, calling the situation, "Bull- - - -"
> "It is a huge, huge problem and it's embarrassing," she
> said.
>
> The Dixie Chicks were on of the top acts in country radio
> rotation when Natalie made her statement. Would country
> fans or country radio now have a problem with these two top
> stars voicing their opinion of the current administration?
> The differences - the statements were made here (some were
> upset Natalie spoke her opinion overseas), this is about a
> domestic issue, and if the polls reflect popular opinion,
> then a lot more Americans agree with Natalie then they did a
> couple years ago, and a lot also agree with McGraw & Hill
> about the recovery - so will country radio be smart wnough
> to not let this blow up out of proportion and not lose two
> more core artists to the opinions of some fans?
>



Tim and Faith will be fine. Their comments were more constructive than mean spirited. Their comments also come across as non-political, yes they were criticizing the President, but it didn't seem they had any type of "liberal vs conservative" type of agenda. Also, they (and just about everyone else you can think of) are let's say "less abrasive" sounding than Natalie is.

So two core artists will not be lost. As far as losing the Dixie Chicks as a core artist, you have to admit the country format is doing just fine without them. In the end, they need radio more than radio needs them.

 

[raccoonradio]

Did Tim and Faith also lay some blame on the Democratic mayor of NOLA (Nagin) and
Democratic gov. (Blanco) of La.?<P ID="signature">______________

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[smashedcd]

they said nothing wrong. but i dont like their music ..



> > As a follow-up to the Dixie Chicks post:
> > Faith Hill and Tim McGraw in a press conference this week
> > were critical of state and federal disaster aid to
> Hurricane
> > Katrina victims, both of them having grown up in that
> > region.
> >
> > Faith Hill and Tim McGraw — two stars who usually stay out
>
> > of politics — blasted the Hurricane Katrina cleanup
> effort,
> > with Hill calling the slow progress in Louisiana and
> > Mississippi "embarrassing" and "humiliating."
> > McGraw specifically criticized President Bush. "There's no
>
> > reason why someone can't go down there who's supposed to
> be
> > the leader of the free world … and say, 'I'm giving you a
> > job to do and I'm not leaving here until it's done. And
> > you're held accountable... This is what I've given you to
> > do, and if it's not done by the time I get back on my
> plane,
> > then you're fired and someone else will be in your place.
> '"
> > "To me, there's a lot of politics being played and a lot
> of
> > people trying to put people in bad positions in order to
> > further their agendas..."
> >
> > Hill, who grew up in Jackson, Miss., echoed those
> > sentiments. So overwhelmed, she uncharacteristically
> > unleashed an epithet, calling the situation, "Bull- - - -"
>
> > "It is a huge, huge problem and it's embarrassing," she
> > said.
> >
> > The Dixie Chicks were on of the top acts in country radio
> > rotation when Natalie made her statement. Would country
> > fans or country radio now have a problem with these two
> top
> > stars voicing their opinion of the current administration?
>
> > The differences - the statements were made here (some were
>
> > upset Natalie spoke her opinion overseas), this is about a
>
> > domestic issue, and if the polls reflect popular opinion,
> > then a lot more Americans agree with Natalie then they did
> a
> > couple years ago, and a lot also agree with McGraw & Hill
> > about the recovery - so will country radio be smart wnough
>
> > to not let this blow up out of proportion and not lose two
>
> > more core artists to the opinions of some fans?
> >
>
>
>
> Tim and Faith will be fine. Their comments were more
> constructive than mean spirited. Their comments also come
> across as non-political, yes they were criticizing the
> President, but it didn't seem they had any type of "liberal
> vs conservative" type of agenda. Also, they (and just about
> everyone else you can think of) are let's say "less
> abrasive" sounding than Natalie is.
>
> So two core artists will not be lost. As far as losing the
> Dixie Chicks as a core artist, you have to admit the country
> format is doing just fine without them. In the end, they
> need radio more than radio needs them.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>

 

[RFLA]

> Did Tim and Faith also lay some blame on the Democratic
> mayor of NOLA (Nagin) and
> Democratic gov. (Blanco) of La.?
>

All I've been able to find is the portions printed on CMT.Com ... but if their comments are like most others, my vote would be yep... Funny thing is, Nagin was actually put on a high horse of public opinion in the New Orleans area until his famous "Chocalate City" comments that will seemingly be attached to the city by the natives for many a years to come as a joking references like "the Big Sleazy" has been...


On a side note relating to New orleans and country music, The New Orleans Jazz and heritage festival is putting it's first current mainstream country star on stage in as long as I can remember..Keith Urban is supposed to perform in concert (funny considering how they are hyping up the regionallity of most of the acts, considering Urban is from Australia). Another showing up is occasional country charter Jimmy Buffett (as late with Alan Jackson and Martina Mcbride) who has interests in New Orleans and is actually from Mobile,Alabama (a area that gets overlooked for Katrina damage)


RFLA

 

[radiochickpa]

> > Did Tim and Faith also lay some blame on the Democratic
> > mayor of NOLA (Nagin) and
> > Democratic gov. (Blanco) of La.?
> >

They made a blanket statement, as I understand it which would include all forms of Government....
And now, it's a fact that ALL forms of Government did in fact drop the ball..

 

[Marv-L.A.]

Re: Will Country Radio Play Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Absolutely not---Tim had a superb year in 2006, he's still among the most-played country artist of the past decade, he's had the most #1 singles over the past decade, and Ms. Hill had a very good year in 2006 as well.

 

[john77]

Re: Will Country Radio Play Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Tim and Faith will be fine. Their comments were more constructive than mean spirited. Their comments also come across as non-political, yes they were criticizing the President, but it didn't seem they had any type of "liberal vs conservative" type of agenda. Also, they (and just about everyone else you can think of) are let's say "less abrasive" sounding than Natalie is.

So two core artists will not be lost. As far as losing the Dixie Chicks as a core artist, you have to admit the country format is doing just fine without them. In the end, they need radio more than radio needs them.

Exactly. And one only need look to the sales dropoff for the chicks with this album in comparison to the last studio album to see just how badly that they did need radio.

One other thing to note. Tim & Faith had the guts to have their say on American soil, while Natalie was too cowardly to do the same -a lot of the reason there was such a furor in the first place.

 

[RFLA]

Re: Will Country Radio Play Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

That and more people agreed with Tim and Faith's opinions than they did with Natalie Maines at the time.

Also what really crashed the chicks was instead of pushing it off and coming back, they said (blank) you to all their fans basically with the "Not ready to make nice" song....

RFLA

 

[OnTheAir123]

Re: Will Country Radio Play Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

> > with Hill calling the slow progress in Louisiana and
> > Mississippi "embarrassing" and "humiliating."

The progress on the disaster IS embarrassing and humiliating. I agree with them.

 

[Smittian]

Re: Will Country Radio Play Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Tim & Faith have a little more knowledge of the situations behind their remarks. Tim is from Louisiana, Faith from Mississippi. The storm greatly affected their homelands. They saw the damage first-hand. Their remarks were made more from a "constructive criticism" angle. Natalie went to a foreign country and made her remarks because she knew the audience would be more receptive. Would she have said the same things at the Houston Rodeo???