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Favorite DC song: Traveling Soldier.

My favorite is “Tonight The Heartache’s On Me”

“Not Ready to Make Nice” is my favourite Dixie Chicks song.

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I’ve never attended any of their concerts, but they did create a documentary type where I was able to see them perform (I know…not the same thing) and discuss their issues in the wide open. I believe they are talented and very strong-willed. I only hope them the very best they can offer. I also think my favorite song is “Traveling Soldier” because it says a lot about love and gives a view point on soldiers in good light. May the duo continue their passion and love for music. My second fave is the controversial “Not Ready to Make Nice”…I don’t have to reiterate the reasons why here, it’s pretty obvious.

Early on in their career, I was able to see the Chicks at a horse racing track in Cherry Hill, NJ. I went with my GF at the time, now my wife. She was not a huge country music fan but I can vividly remember Natalie thanking the fans for making Wide Open Spaces the number one song that week and dedicating it to all the girls out there leaving home.

We were going to go to see them as part of the Eagles/Keith Urbad set of concerts in Philly but they canceled the concert. damn!

My favorite memory of the Ditzy Twits was when some radio stations had “Dixie Chicks CD Burning Parties” after Natalie made her derogatory comments about then President Bush from a stage in London! That was a truly amazing marketplace response to the foolish public domain utterance of a confirmed “useful idiot”…

Favorite song – “Thank Heavens For Dale Evans”
Favorite album – THANK HEAVENS FOR DALE EVANS

Favorite Song: “Am I the Only One (Who’s Ever Felt This Way)”

Heard them for the first time on BBC Breakfast in England and they were brilliant, an immediate fan and looking forward to getting to know their work.

I could never pick a favorite song by the Chicks. They’re all so great. But one song I do love is Godspeed(Sweet Dreams)…I don’t have children yet but this song really tugs on my heartstrings as to how a mother feels about her children. The same goes for ‘Lullaby’ off of Taking The Long Way. :)

I have loved the Dixie Chicks since their first album, “Wide Open Spaces,” was released when I was in fourth grade. I remember listening to that album over and over. My favorite song is “Wide Open Spaces” because it influenced me to follow my dreams and to realize the world is full of opportunities. I also saw the Chicks in concert during their “Fly” tour, and the concert was amazing! And now, as a college graduate, I still love the Dixie Chicks. I supported them when it seemed like no one else did, and I will continue supporting them. They are very talented and will always be my favorite band.

Favorite song is Easy Silence…largely in part to this section…
“Easy silence that you make for me
It’s ok when there’s nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay

I would have to say my favorite would be between Landslide because it has a lot of meaning for my family and Travelin’ soldier because it is an amazing son.

Anything Dixie Chicks or Court Yard Hounds is Great!

My favorite Dixie Chicks song is “Wide Open Spaces”. I’ve followed them faithfully since ’98 and will continue to!

My favorite DC song is “Wide Open Spaces” because it gives me strength everyday and my fav dc album is “Fly”!

Best memory- Getting in a cab at 2:30am in New York City, then waiting outside of ‘The Today Show’ with 4 of my friends for the Dixies to perform on the Plaza to promote the release of the “Home” album. There was nothing better than being there and hearing the opening chords to my favorite song, “Long Time Gone”, as they had been away for too long!

Hearing the Dixie Chicks for the first time, from my best friend Dave. First song was “I can love you better” and I loved them instantly!

“Fly” is my favorite Chicks song. My best friend and I used to sit in the car in the driveway and sing it! Thanks for the memories :)

Miss hearing Dixie Chicks being played on the radio. Cowboy Take Me Away is my favorite song and so happy to have at least part of the Dixie Chicks back. :)

My favorite song is “Not Ready to Make Nice” — a great cathartic song.

Favorite song: Let ‘Er Rip. DCX performing this song on The Rosie O’Donnell Show was my first exposure to their music; my Metallica listening, hard rock loving self did not know that this is what country sounded like, and I’ve been a fan ever since.

Favorite memory: meeting Martie and Emily when they were presenters on the Billboard Music Awards, two of the nicest stars I have ever met.

My favourite Dixie Chicks song is “I Like It”. It just shows their solid attitude of not backing down, and as the song tells, almost liking everything. It clearly portrays how the whole controversy didn’t make them lose hope. It’s just amazing how they handled everything!

Favorite CYH song is “Delight”. Such an uptempo song. Can’t help but get in a good mood

I love “Cowboy Take Me Away.” It’s what the Dixie Chicks is all about — Natalie’s voice accented with great harmonies, the beautiful fiddle solo from Martie, and the solid banjo playing by Emily.

“Cold Day in July” is probably my favorite DC song but I think I like Court Yard Hounds even better!

Best concert ever – Top of the World Tour, Phoenix, AZ. I had 3rd row seats on the floor. I made a sign that said, “Natalie, I’ll trade you picks”(I had gotten Martie’s & Emily’s from other shows) – she obliged in between songs! She called me up to the front of the stage and switched with me. I was floored. When the show ended, a guy who was sitting in the front row came back to me & my mom and gave us his meet and greet passes! We went backstage and got to meet The Chicks- Natalie remembered me from trading picks, and told me she “didn’t have a house of blues pick, so that was a good trade!” We took a couple pictures and the could not have been any more nice! They signed all of the photos I had with me as well. SUCH a great group of girls, and I will never forget that day!

Being in MSG in the chick pit and listening to the Dixie Chix triumph this grand arena & the audience after all that happen to them the year prior. It was amazing and unforgettable the entire performance felt so personable.

Favourite song: So many but The Long Way Home really feels so close to my life.
Favourite memory: Two
1) When the Chicks played Toronto for the Taking the Long Way CD it was Hallowe’en. Just before the concert started, their children came on stage with their caretakers and left jack-o-lanterns they had carved as decorations.
2) Watching for the first time an audience singing “Goodbye Earl” along with the band and thinking that men must be really nervous to see so many women singing about killing a man with so much delight! :)

My Fav ´Top of the World`. My Goddaughters Fav ´Mississippi`.She try to sing but she is only one Year old! :-)) She saw the Top of the World DVD complete at the age of ten months.
I love walk softly, too.I know this is with Ricky Skaggs but it´s one of the best.
P.S. I know my English is lousy :-)

My favorite Dixie Chicks song is ‘Hello Mr. Heartache’ that is if I have to choose for I like listening to all their work. As for the new CD…so far ‘Fairytale’ has me…although the entire CD gives me goose bumps…great sound…great work. Thanks for sharing:)

My first memory of country music really hitting me was driving with my from Denver to Copper Mountain pumping “Wide Open Spaces” back in 2000. Good times.

Favorite Album: “Wide Open Spaces” – That was just such a special album. It had beautiful vocals and breathtaking production from start to finish. Every song on the album was special in its own way, and they all sounded like potential hits. There were no songs on that album that could be labeled as “filler.”

Favorite Songs: It’s a tie, and ironically, neither song is from the “Wide Open Spaces” album. “Long Time Gone” and “Landslide,” both from the bluegrass-tinged “Home” album, are my two favorites. The Chicks took a bit of a career gamble in releasing “back porch music” to country radio, but they beat the odds, scoring several big hits from that album. I love “Long Time Gone” because, besides being a fun and upbeat bluegrass romp, it has very clever lyrics that tell a story of one person’s journey in pursuing dreams of stardom. They even namechecked a few legends while they were at it, and commented on the boring state of country radio. That song was truly one of the greatest country songs of the decade.

I also loved how they put a bluegrass spin on the Fleetwood Mac classic “Landslide.” Despite being a huge Fleetwood Mac fan myself, I think that the Dixie Chicks outdid the original version of that song. The banjo and mandolin just sounded gorgeous, as did their harmonies. They totally reinvented the song, and made it sound better than ever.

My favorite memory of the Dixie Chicks is when my family tuned into CBS a few years ago and watched proudly as the Dixie Chicks won five well-deserved Grammy Awards. That was a proud night, not just for Martie and Natalie and Emily, but for country music. I was thrilled that, despite the controversy surrounding the group, they were still being given due recognition for their talent and artistry.

“Cowboy Take Me Away” inspired me to start learning the violin 2 years ago. Martie’s fiddling is always fantastic, but there’s something about CTMA that is both inspiring and unique. Maybe it’s because Martie wrote both the song and the fiddle parts. Her technique is extraordinary. 2 years later, and I have only mastered the riffs, nowhere near as hard as her two fiddle solos. I love how her fiddle solos lift the song to a whole new level. It makes me want to “sleep on the hard ground… on a pillow of blue bonnets, and a blanket made of stars”!
Best country love song ever. I can listen to it over and over again.

I have several favorite Dixie Chick songs. It would be hard to pick. I LOVE “Goodbye Earl”. I got a front row seat at the Dallas 2006 DCX concert. It was unbeleivably exciting. Some othe friends that met on the MSN Dixie Chcik blog flwe down and we went together. Then we also went to the 2 of the October 2007 Dixie Chicks/Eagles concert in Los Angeles. both were great experiences.

My adoration for my Texas girls has never wavered. Each song is my favorite and now I have the beautiful new Court Yard Hounds CD with the awesome cut-out and lyrics book, plus the handwritten frameable lyrics poster. I just thought I was in heaven and then I found the “Very Best of the Dixie Chicks!” I wish you were coming to Houston for the Eagles Summer 2010 Tour! I’ve written a special article in my column (website above)for you all I hope you will read. It’s the way we all feel about you…we love and miss you! God Bless You, Martie, Emily and Natalie.

I can’t pick a favorite song, because my favorite changes so often depending on what is going on in my life. My favorite chicks moment has to be the Entertainment Weekly cover shot. I was very proud you did not back down and crumble, and came back stronger then ever.

Wide Open Spaces my fav but much prefer the vocals of Courtyard Hounds. Coming to see you at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville Or this summer. Can’t wait.

I love the Dixie Chicks. I’ve been listening to them since I was about seven. I love their harmonies, and vocals. My favorite DC songs are Wide Open Spaces, and Cowboy take me away. I love Wide Open Spaces and Cowboy Take Me Away because of the way Emily plays her banjo on those two. Her banjo skills on those two songs are awesome. I should mention that I’m now 18, and I’m blind. I’m trying to become the first ever blind person to play the banjo just like Emily. She is my hero. I also love her voice.

traveling solider..

but love the bruce robison version.

my favorite memory would be when my cousin and amber and I annoyed the crap out of our grandparents as we sung “good bye earl” for 3 hours straight as we drove to PA from DE. …. we were 11

“Not Ready To Make Nice.” She said what others wanted to and took the beating. Then, she stood back up and gave ‘em hell.

Cowboy Take Me Away.
Ever since hearing that song I have had a rule that I won’t think about any relationship with a girl who doesn’t like the song.
Also the line ‘Fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue’ really appeals to a pilot, who can do just that.

When I was 13, my family spent part of one summer in a vacation cabin with some good family friends. My favorite memory is driving around the back roads and blasting “Goodbye Earl” and singing along at the top of my lungs!

I love the Dixie Chicks. Seeing them in concert are great memories. My favorite song is Sin Wagon. My favorite CYH song is Then Again. I hope they come to Alberta!!!!

I love all the chicks songs cant pick just one. I love the home album the most because my husband (bf at the time) bought it for me for my bday. i had never owned a chicks cd i was so excited! he also took me to the home concert and the seats were GREAT. The chicks songs really helped me through my teenage years (which were hell). And as an adult and mother i still love them and the songs still get to me. The Chicks are the greatest and court yard hounds is going to be just as great. THANKS CHICKS!

My favorite memory of the Dixie Chicks is when i am walking through the family land, checking the crops, and listening the song Cowboy take me away, especially the part when it says, “i wanna touch the earth i wanna break it in my hands i wanna grow something wild and unruly”.
It’s so inspiring!!!

“Cowboy Take Me Away” still sounds like perfection to me. Beautiful intro, exceptional imagery. That’s a song that has aged well.

Was so difficult to pick just one song!

My favorite memory of the Dixie Chicks was on August 4th 2003 when I saw them in concert for the first time. Watching these three women that I had loved for so long rise up out of that stage and sing to me for a few hours was truly an awesome experience and is an awesome memory.

Right now my favorite is “Not Ready to Make Nice”. I’m hoping the Chicks will cross on over to rock’n'roll and let us love them for who they are and their immense talent and heart. It had to hurt to be so abused by the fickle country bumpkin fans, but fools are to be more pitied than hated. Our hearts are open, our tent is large, and we will overcome the evil that has lodged itself in the souls of our conservative republican fox-watching neighbors. Thank you, Emily and Martie, for the new songs. Please sing for us again soon Natalie. I hope you and yours are happy and well.

My wife and I and two friends went to see the Dixie Chicks in Philly during the Fly Tour. I went with my wife, who is a huge fan, just to have something to do. Well, I was blown away by the show and have been a big fan ever since! I love that Marty!!!!!!!

My favorite songs would be “Top of the World” and “Cowboy Take Me Away.” I’ve seen them in concert once and I am amazed by how well they play! Love, love, love the Chicks!

brilliant album !!!!!!!

Wow, there are so many fantastic Dixie Chicks songs, but my favorite is probably ‘Top of the World’. Such simple yet poignant lyrics and that haunting violin…a few months ago, I was suffering from a long-term illness (I still am) and was letting myself use it as an excuse to do very little and feel sorry for myself. I was listening to my ‘Home’ CD and was crying by the end of the song, feeling that I myself had broken the wings of the little songbird with so much potential, myself. Cheesy as it sounds, it definitely made me stop and think and was pretty the spark for me to start trying hard again despite my illness, enjoying life, working a lot, and not getting complacent.

That said, many if not all of the Dixie Chicks’ songs are fantastic, beautifully constructed, and as often amusing as they are sad. I love them.

To choose a favourite among the Dixie Chicks songs, are very hard. There are so many good songs, like “Easy Silence”, “Travelin’ Soldier”, “Cowboy Take Me Away”, “Top Of The World”, “I hope” and “Cold Day In July”. If I have to choose though, I think I’ll say Easy Silence”. Such pretty lyrics, and wonderful message. It brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it, as does the others. Thank you for making such wonderful heartmoving music!

My favorite Chick is Emily Robison. Courtyard Hounds CD is awesome and I love the Skyline. Dixie Chicks, Godspeed, is my fave from all 3 together. They rock!!

The song “Taking the long way” really means a lot to me because it says exactly what my life is and was like. It means to me that I can take the long way and still survive. Life is not over even though I don’t do it the typical way that everyone else does it. My life has been so crazy trying to live with my bi-polar disability has been a big struggle but that song gave me hope. So even if I don’t win this contest that song saved my life and I am ever greatful for that. I want to thank the Dixie Chicks for their inspiration and encouragement. Thank you

Truth number 2 is my favorite D.C. song. It makes me wonder that Truth number 1 is. Oh, that and what the “pearls of water on my hips” might entail. Just one more reason the world’s dangerous, I guess.

The long way around is one of my favorite songs. I love how the song starts from the beginning of their career and how they have always had each others backs and always will, and that they aren’t out to kiss anyone’s butt. Fabulous role models for females of all ages.

My Favorite Memory is the Dixie Chicks sweep of the 2007 Grammy Awards.

My favorite song is Taking the long way around. I feel like it’s telling a lot about life aswell, and I love when you can see your self in a song. Greetings Katrine

Choosing a favorite album is near impossible as they are all almost perfect (IMO). Typically, I like the newest one the most so I’d probably go with that. However, if you haven’t checked out their documentary, Shut UP and Sing, you need to. Its required viewing.

Favorite song is the first Chicks song I ever heard (actually “SAW” the video) “Wide Open Spaces” – loved it then and love it even now!

My favorite Dixie Chick memory was the moment Natalie, Emily and Martie rose up from beneath the stage and began to play “Goodbye Earl” on their Top of the World Tour. That tour was SO amazing and every time I hear that song I think of how pumped I was that they didn’t back down and they still went on tour that year! I LOVE YOU NATALIE!

I have to say that I love “You were Mine”. But I also love “Lubbock or Leave it”.

Hi,

Really wonderful album. Great that they are back.
Keep on.

Regards from Iceland :-)

Thomas

I love Good bye Earl. It’s fun and it shows women shouldn’t stand of every thing… Greetings from Denmark Love you all

My favorite would be “The Long Way Around.” It’s just a great song, and it connects with the heart.

My favorite song is “Am I The Only One (Who’s Ever Felt This Way).”

My favorite is “Voice Inside My Head” and the fond memories of first love.

Well that and the superb use of instrumentals to make it so.

Sin Wagon, Natalie seems to have so much fun with it when she belts it out…maybe the song has something to do with the little devil in her..I would like do do a little mattress dancing with ??? if you know what I mean!

My favorite Dixie Chicks song is “Top of the World”. It brings back memories of my Mom; who I lost only 2 years ago.

My favourite songs is cowboy take me away, the first song I heard from chicks. It was the first song I heard just after I recover from my heart attack. So, it remembers me how happy I am to be alive. Great cd the new one, and happy to hear from emily and martie again

If I HAD to choose a favorite Dixie Chicks song it would have to be “The Long Way Around”. It just really speaks to me as far as where I am in my life right now as a college student taking such a long time to find her way.

Wide Open Spaces is my fav song. it came out right about the time i was going to college to make my own way, always brings back those memories to makeing my own way

Like many others, favorite DC song is Not Ready to Make Nice. It’s such a great commentary on the sad segment of the population that has moved so far away from one of the the founding principals of our country – tolerance and acceptance of opposing ideas and ideals.

Favorite song: Travelin’ Soldier, which I’ve also enjoyed playing on guitar with friends. Plenty of good memories go with this song.

Always knew Emily was a lead vocal.
Saw all their concerts in Columbus, OH.
Fave song – Travelin’ Soldier
Fave Album – Fly

I started listening to the Dixie Chicks when I was four and still haven’t stopped. I started playing the Violin in 6th Grade and was inspired by Marty to play as good as her and have fun with it. I love the Dixie Chicks, their vocals, their natural melody, and the messages in their songs. My favorite Dixie chicks song is “Hole In My Head” and its my favorite because it remindes me of the idiot boys out there and i’m lucky that right now none of them are after me…
My favorite Album is “Home”

‘Top of the World’ is my favorite DC song. It’s deep and moody; it gives me chills and leaves me wanting more.

I love “not ready to make nice”. I love most of their music.

Favorite album – FLY
Favorite song – Goodbye Earl since it introduced me to the Chicks.
Favorite memory – was in the studio audience when they appeared on Letterman the first time!

I love all of the Dixie Chicks albums, and I also love the new one from the side band, Court Yard Hounds!!!!!! All of the albums are great, and the songs are great too. I love all of the songs, and I think that my all time favorite song is cowboy take me away. I love that song because it’s so romantic, and sweet. It reminds me alot of my boyfriend, and me. My favorite Dixie Chick is Emily. She is my favorite because she plays banjo. I am blind, and I want to learn to play the banjo because she has inspired me to want to learn how to play.

Saw the Chix “open” for the Eagles at the New Meadowlands stadium….blew the Eagles away..favorite song? All of them. Need to check out the Dogs…

I LOVE Goodbye Earl. Great song and I loved the music video.

My favorite Chicks’ song is “Not Ready to Make Nice” for so many reasons, but primarily because here they were, exercising one of the very principles we in this country (USA) say we live and die for, and then to have been treated so harshly by “fans”, people, radio, and the industry…well, it was just refreshing to see all of that put into a song that summarized so beautifully and melodically that entire period. I get emotional every time I hear it, and thinking about what it means, what they went through, how strong they were together and supportive of each other…that song is amazing and a gift.

I attended the concert at the united center in Chicago on my birthday… my favorite was Landslide…I could swear Natalie winked at me when she was singing…I tried to get her number but I guess she didn’t hear me…ahh the luck of the Irish. Natalie, maybe next time we can have coffee with a touch of that Irish whiskey …

Well!!!!! My favorite Dixie Chicks(<3) Song would have to be… "Without You" because I can relate to this song…. I mean there is many other ones I can relate to but that would have to be the most relate-able one for me!!!!!!!!!

Dixie Chicks- “Fly” (Audio CD; 1999)