Tracy Oldfield

how interesting!  specially since the Dixie Chicks are from my neck of the woods!!  There are songs about violence towards 'wayward' women, Lyle Lovett's LA County, eg, but something like this gets stopped, hey I don't think I've heard it on my local station, hmmm
 
Glad to hear you got out, now if I could open my sis's eyes to the emotional (and occasionally physical) abuse she's under...
 
Tracy
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Now that everyone knows that this is OFF TOPIC, I wan to share something
that is very near to my heart. Tonight, I was reading my e-news. In the
entertainment section, there was a focus on the song "Goodbye Earl" by the
Dixie Chicks (Country). It stated that 20 out of 149 radio stations chose
NOT to play this song because a battered woman plots and kills her abusive
husband in it. I wrote a letter to Lon Helton (of Country Countdown USA)
regarding that particular song. I am open to any and all comments PRIVATELY.
The letter is below. I would like to know what your thought are. thanks.
Stephanie

Lynda

Oh, I am sooo glad that someone besides me has ranted about the non-playing
of this song. There are several songs out there that are about violence
that haven't been silenced (Aerosmith's Janey's Got a Gun, the Martina
McBride song and many other's including the one about child abuse whose
name I can't remember) and none of them have been kept off the air. This
drives me crazy!

Particularly after the raising of the awareness level after "Burning Bed"
and the number of women it helped to wake up and claim control of their own
lives!

Lynda, fuming over narrow-minded dweebs!

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> Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:45 PM
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> Now that everyone knows that this is OFF TOPIC, I wan to share something
> that is very near to my heart. Tonight, I was reading my e-news. In the
> entertainment section, there was a focus on the song "Goodbye Earl" by
the
> Dixie Chicks (Country). It stated that 20 out of 149 radio stations chose
> NOT to play this song because a battered woman plots and kills her
abusive
> husband in it. I wrote a letter to Lon Helton (of Country Countdown USA)
> regarding that particular song. I am open to any and all comments
PRIVATELY.
> The letter is below. I would like to know what your thought are. thanks.
> Stephanie
> Mr. Lon Helton
> Country Countdown USA
>
> Mr. Helton,
> I am writing this in regard to the single "Goodbye Earl" from the Dixie
> Chicks. As a survivor of DV (domestic violence) I can personally relate
to
> the feelings that drove Wanda and Mary Anne to poison the black eyed
peas.
> Domestic violence is much bigger today than is heard of, and
unfortunately
> is not getting the attention it so badly needs. DV has many forms:
physical,
> psychological, and emotional; and it is extremely hard for a battered
person
> to find their way out. I cannot understand why radio stations have
decided
> not to play "Goodbye Earl", but they will play Martina McBride's
> "Independence Day". Both songs depict the end of a violent relationship.
The
> discussion of women plotting their abuser's death is not new, but the
> majority of women do not make it that far. They end up in Intensive Care
or
> die. Many women may think of "getting back" at their abuser, only to
> immediately dismiss the thought, since if caught thinking such a thought
> could (and would) provoke another beating.
> Domestic violence needs to be put into the media, and if this is a
way
> to get DV noticed, then I am all for it! Please feel free to contact me
for
> any questions or comments that you may have- I am more than willing to
> share. Sincerely Mrs Stephanie A Coomer (now married to a non abuser!)
>
> Ron and Stephanie
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