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| Wilson index indicates a Bush landslide |
| 2004-09-22 |
| Gretchen Wilson that is... Films such as The Day After Tomorrow and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 were supposed to be capable of turning red staters against George W. Bush, but, almost undetected, a much greater cultural force is at work: country music. Sales of country CDs are running at 1.2 million a week, or 11% higher than last year. Meanwhile, alternative rock festival Lollapalooza has been cancelled due to low ticket sales ... What sort of values do popular country artists promote? Excellent ones, judging by Gretchen Wilson's Here For the Party, one of this year's biggest sellers (2 million units in just eight weeks). Unlike the sort of country performers — Lucinda Williams, for example — favoured by sensitive, uptight inner-city plonkers, Wilson's sound is massively popular and instantly catchy. And, as a social document, her debut album is outstanding. Wilson deals with all the major issues of the day: self-esteem ("I may not be a 10, but the boys say I clean up good"), youth employment ("at 15 I was tending Big O's bar"), religion ("Honey, I'm a Christian"), sex ("bring on the cowboys!"), overpriced lingerie ("I don't need no designer tag to make my man want me"), status conflict ("I'm a redneck woman, I ain't no high-class broad") and how to deal with any chick caught messin' with your man ("You can take it somewhere else or we can take it outside"). Forget polls; according to the Wilson Values Index, George W. Bush is going to win this election in a walk. This was just too good to pass up - and its from AUSTRALIA of all places! |
| Posted by:OldSpook |
| #3 Hopefully her newest song will ring true for Republicans this fall "I'm just here for the Party" |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-22 12:35:48 AM |
| #2 And she stomps all over the notion that being a cowboy is a bad thing. You rock, girl! |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-09-22 1:39:50 PM |
| #1 Catch her video "Redneck Woman." Ms. Wilson is one nice looking young woman; very easy on the eyes. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-09-22 12:41:38 AM |