Dixie Chicks Analysis

The Bitter Backlash
Singing the Star Spangled Banner at the 2003 Super Bowl was a true honor for Natalie Mines and all members of the Dixie Chicks. Their faces glittered with excitement, knowing that most American’s were watching their tribute to our Nation. The Dixie Chicks consisted of two sisters and a good friend, creating a unity of sisterhood. Weeks after their heartfelt performance in March 2003 the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines, a mother, a wife, a citizen, and a liberal, blurted out at a concert in London, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.” Natalie knew our country was just about ready to invade Iraq. She was very expressive of our nation’s leader criticizing him
The events that lead to this song really came out in the lyrics of “Not Ready to Make Nice.” This album has the sound effects of a new age sound for the Dixie Chicks. The group tried to concentrate on new fans and a new genre in their music steering away from their well known county, bluegrass type of music. Texas being a huge connection of country music and a very patriotic state was refusing any performances by the Dixie Chicks and so many big country singers were very opinionated about the Dixie Chicks. So the band wanted to display their music to a different type of music the tried to focus to more of a pop kind of music. At the Grammy in 2007 the Dixie Chicks were invited to perform, the girls jumped at the chance to prove to our nation that nothing was going to hold them back from being heard. As the lights brighten in the background and lighting the stage Natalie stands there at her microphone. Natalie calmly starts out with their prideful song, “Forgive sounds good, forget not sure I could, they say time heals everything, But I’m still waiting” the crowd stats roaring and cheering. As she proceeds with the song she closes her eyes and bolts of the words. She holds her microphone so firmly and shakes her head, with each new line she opens her eyes. She looks as though when she opens and closes her eyes she trying not to tear up because this song is so personable and this moment is so prideful. As the line “It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her daughter, that she outta hate a perfect stranger” the instruments get so loud and the mood is full of energy. She explodes with body language. Seeing Natalie perform this you can tell this song means so much to her and her band mates because of their experience of