# Yet Still Another Dixie Chicks Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-still-another-dixie-chicks-thread/172767 "2003-05-03T01:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-still-another-dixie-chicks-thread/172767/1 "2003-05-03T01:16:32Z")
So even Faux News concedes that the "sold out crowd cheered"[the Dixie Chicks](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85808,00.html) Thursday night in Greenville SC. Singer Natalie Maines gave the crowd a chance to boo **DC** , but the crowd erupted in cheers instead. It would appear that Maines’ earlier comments were not as harmful to **DC** as many hoped or expected. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-still-another-dixie-chicks-thread/172767/2 "2003-05-03T04:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*Singer Natalie Maines gave the crowd a chance to boo DC, but the crowd erupted in cheers instead. \*\* I’m not a fan, but you gotta admire someone who stands up and says something along the lines of “You wanna boo us? Go ahead! Here’s your chance!” I thought it was a cool move. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-still-another-dixie-chicks-thread/172767/3 "2003-05-03T05:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*Singer Natalie Maines gave the crowd a chance to boo **DC** , but the crowd erupted in cheers instead. > \*\* I’ve heard this before on a recording of a performance by Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions (launching pad for the Warlocks/Grateful Dead). One of the Champions (Jerry?) says (more eloquently than this paraphrase): “For those of us who may not like us, we’re going to have a ‘boo break’. Anyone who doesn’t like us, you may ‘boo’ us right now.” _sounds of a few boos/jeers/hisses, most probably in jest_ “Ah, alright…few good hisses in there…” I wouldn’t expect much of a ‘boo-ing’ from a concert for which a ticket cost upwards of – what is it, $40US or something? – that much money. It would be something of a waste of money to attend a concert just to show disapproval…kind of like ‘screwing for virginity’ as the saying goes. Mind, that’s not to say _no_ ‘boo-ing’ will happen; I would think it’s still a tad early to tell. And, there _were_ a few protesters, nonetheless. I honestly don’t care what the Dixie Chicks think. I used to like them, but they have gotten old, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-still-another-dixie-chicks-thread/172767/4 "2003-05-03T16:29:59Z")
Why would someone buy a ticket to their show just to boo 'em? ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-still-another-dixie-chicks-thread/172767/5 "2003-05-03T17:42:59Z")
It was only a matter of time before that clever Simpsons quote would turn up. Rule! Indeed, it was a pretty smart move (not a bold or daring move, since there wouldn’t have been many boo-ers in the audience, as was pointed out). I don’t care what they said, either. Quite frankly, here in Europe, we only know them _because_ of that remark. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-still-another-dixie-chicks-thread/172767/6 "2003-05-04T00:14:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slacker \* > \*\*Why would someone buy a ticket to their show just to boo 'em? \*\* My understanding is that the **DC** shows were nearly sold out before **Maines** made her remark about Bush.