Not sure if y'all got the full meaning of those lyrics. The young girl was a piccolo player in her high school marching band and they used to read out the names of the dead in wartime. "One name read but noone cared but the pretty little girl with the bow in her hair".. And the letter said " the soldier's coming home" which was true. But in a casket. My hubby is a Vietnam Army combat vet. He and I love this song so much! Thanks again RSR! And check out another tune by The Chicks too please, Sin Wagon! 👍
Thank you for choosing this song for Veterans Day. My dad was a Coast Guard during Korea and my uncle served in Nam. The Chicks can weave together, music like no one else! I would also like to recommend the Chicks Sin Wagon Live.
My dad is a Vietnam Airforce Vet. He and his best friend from a small town volunteered together. My dad came home, the best friend did not. This song tears me up every time I hear it! God bless our military and the families who have the strength to let them go and the courage to endure the long wait.
I think they missed it too. Would love to see them do a follow up video on songs that they missed something on the first time around and how they now see differently.
@Moon Lite, it has nothing to do with generation. Stop that nonsense. It is their first time hearing it, and they are taking in the music and lyrics at the same time. They just need another listen or two.
20 years Navy here... My response to "thank you for your service" is this: Thank you be being the kind of person I was proud to serve for. Keep up the reactions. I look forward to them each day.
The Chicks singing this song always makes me cry. Fabulous! Country acappela band Home Free recently released their version. Their video flips it around, with the soldier being female and the one waiting being male. It's very rare that female vets get any coverage. Their video makes me cry, too.
Cry every time I hear this song. My mom told me stories of her friends who had husbands/boyfriends who died in Vietnam. My Dad was a Marine during that time & did 4 tours. And it broke my heart listening to him & his friends talk. I once heard him say "the lucky ones didn't come home". They were treated so badly when they came home by their country & the people. But he was a Great Daddy and I am glad he came back to us.
Disgraceful treatment. My great uncle was a career soldier and served in Korea and Vietnam. He said on his return home after Vietnam they were greeted at the airport and spat upon and called baby killers.
Sgt Infantry VEV. Completed my tour in 68'. When I came home to San Francisco i was not spat upon or called a baby killer. in my humble opinion there may be an isolated case of that happening but i believe they used it to gin up the war, you know propaganda. I became an anti-war veteran and it was never about the soldiers, it was always about the war.
Even though I am Canadian, this song gets me every time. My paternal grandfather was in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII and this song makes me think of him being overseas during the war. Fortunately he came home to marry my grandmother and build a family. To me, this song is for all those who never made it home. 🙏🏽✌🏼💜
l cry every time l hear this song, l think of my cousin Duane who was killed in Viet Nam in 1970 at 21 yrs old. Thank You Duane and all others who gave all.
my fave thing about the dixie chicks is when they were forced to apologize to the president, then took back their apology!!!! they used their platform to speak, were almost beaten, then stood on their morals and their beliefs and stayed true to them!
Family with USAAF 492nd BG KIA and 5th Ranger Co/Airborne Korea WIA decorated. Thank you all for your service. This song brings tears to an old man’s eyes.
So sad that the man died and she was the only one who cared. Broke my heart. The have a very powerful song called, March, March, March. You should check it out
Please listen to the third verse again starting at 5:47. Natalie's voice goes down to a whisper so it's hard to hear but you need to understand every word because it's the heart of the song and clearly the first time you guys missed it
Just saw this one- I was in Vietnam in 65-66. Letters from home were always sought, especially ones from a girl and it had perfume on it. Sure raised ones spirits. I lost friends over there so this song always brings tears to my eyes.
Never hearing the song before you would have no way of knowing that it's more of a Memorial Day song than a Veteran's Day song. Spot on with the reaction though, they sing and play so well and with such emotion.
I don't know how musicians do it. I am in tears whenever I hear this song. How do they get through without a tear when it is a personal sad love song or a song about someone who passed away? The show must go on as Freddy Mercury said, but I guess that is one of the reasons why I am the one in the audience.
My mother met my dad while she was a senior in high school in 1968. My dad was a few years older and was sent to Vietnam in 1968 , 28 days after they met. My mother wrote him and waited for him to return. After 16 months in country my dad returned to her.
This song will always remind me if my wife. She sent me this song on cassette when I was underway in the US Navy. We were already married, but his song hits me in the heart.
The Chicks are from Texas, and pretty much got banned from radio, country radio dropped them like a ton of bricks. Their crime? In concert, Natalie Maines (The lead singer) said to a crowd that she was embarrassed that George W. Bush was from Texas. They fell off the map after that. They are back, but not as big as they used to be. The two sisters recorded a couple albums with the name "The Courtyard Hounds".
This was a wonderful choice for Vetrans Day!! Thank you to our vets for your service. The Chicks are lead singer Natalie Maines and sisters Martie McGuire and Emily Strayer. They are amazing musicians and you really should check out more of their music. March March is great as is Gaslighter and I Don't Wanna Make Nice. They also have a beautiful cover of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide.
I can't hear this song without ugly crying! I have loved the Chicks since their beginning...through their "scandal" and after. They are a rare talent of amazing singers and gifted musicians who harmonize so beautifully. And what country music did to them is shameful and wrong. They deserved better! Thank you guys for reacting to their music 💜
You mean the "Scandal" of them dropping Dixie from their name? If there was something to be ashamed of, they would have dropped it a LOOOONG time before.
@@empmaximus1 Never had a problem with Dixie in the name. The scandal was them going to Britain and basically apologizing for America on foreign soil. Rob Squad couldn't have picked a worse group to play for Veterans day. Particularly Natalie Maines
@@empmaximus1 ummm you really don't know? Just asking, because they were blacklisted from pretty much the entire music industry at one time.....The War in Iraq?? the Calling out the President??..The reaction...?? The Fall out...guess more like Extreme backlash would be the word. 2003, The Dixie Chicks were blacklisted by many country radio stations, received death threats, and were criticized by other country musicians. The backlash damaged sales of the Dixie Chicks' music and concert tickets and lost them corporate sponsorship. That stuff...not the name ...
You are quite welcome!! I AM a veteran and served in the U S NAVY for four years. I am proud of my service and the fact that in my family, I carried on the tradition of WOMEN VETERANS!! Sadly, the line seems to have ended with me. Our brothers and sisters in service need us to remember they are out there. I still wear red every Friday to let them know that I do care This song tears at my heart! Thank you two for thinking of "my family!"
The soldier was killed in Vietnan and his name was read at the football game. Emotional song. lead singer Natalie Maines has a great voice and is one of the best singers around.
This song by the Chicks always makes me cry.It brings back so many memories of young men,now long dead, who I knew in my teens that went to Viet Nam an those who never came home.
I can’t even imagine the day when you had to wait for physical letters. The stress of waiting. When my brother was in Afghanistan we were able to text and email from time to time so there was instant gratification that he was ok. But there was also times he was out on missions that we didn’t hear from him. Usually 5-7 days. The stress that was on my mom in those time frames. And now that he’s safe the stories he still won’t tell with her around. Thankfully he made it home in one piece and with very little mental trauma. Bless all those who fight for those of us that can’t or won’t. That we remain free.
This song brings such a tear to my eye. I've loved The Chicks since long before they dropped the southern moniker from their name. It's sad that "W" ever called their patriotism under question for speaking their minds. Songs like these show that they really do support the troops in a very loving way.
They had a great career going for them, but then they went over seas and announced that they were ashamed(maybe it was embarrassed) to be an American. They were understandably shunned by the country music fans that were their fan base. W didn’t do it. They did it to themselves.
Yes they exercised their freedom of speech, and they were not arrested, detained, or intimidated by any level of government. Freedom of speech, like all rights, comes with its responsibilities, In this case consequences. They openly insulted America, and a President that was elected by patriotic Americans, who, by in large are country music fans. You can’t go around ranting about how you hate someone, and expect that person to forget about it because you claim freedom of speech. They did it to themselves.
@@vernonhoover3060 hmmmmm. Bet Jeff Dunham's international shows don't bother you, though. This is not meant to be argumentative, just....think about it.
@@vernonhoover3060 but in the end the Chick's were right! We were lied to...There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iran..We were led to war under false pretenses..THAT is the essence of disrespecting our soldiers...Sending into war under false pretenses is terrible and shameful.
thank you so much for reacting to this version , its a tearjerker. I admit I was waiting for the part when they " read a list of local Vietnam dead". The verse after that gets me every time but im not sure if you caught it. Knowing you guys more now I was sure you would absolutely tear up. Keep on keeping on, thanx
My husband is a Viet Nam veteran. I remember when the radio stations used to call out the birthdays of those who were up next for the draft. You always held your breath hoping your boyfriend's birthday wasn't called. Lots of memories from those times. Thank the Lord everyday he came home!
Happy Veteran's Day to all my fellow veterans and those currently serving in the military. This is the perfect song for today. Thank you for reacting to this song.
I just found y'all (literally the night I'm typing this) if you like The Chicks you should check out their song "Not Ready to Make Nice" both beautiful and powerful.
Love the Dixie Chicks. Really wish you would react to the Dave Matthews Band. They are a similar band but a male version. Accoustic guitar, violin player, world class drummer, saxophone and amazing bassist. Maybe the most well rounded and eclectic bands of all time. Please check out songs Tripping Billies and Ants Marching!!!
This song is pure PERFECTION - and what a perfect day to listen to it. They have another beautiful song called Top of the World - that I think you'll both love.
Theirs is a rabbit hole you definitely need to fall into. Get tears going every time I hear this song. Always loved the way the other instruments just fade away at the end...one at a time... yeah that gets me.
As a veteran, who was a wife of a soldier, too, we always have to remember those we leave behind. The families of veterans go through so much. They sign up to say good-bye to their loved one for extended times and to live with a fearful uncertainty of not knowing what their soldier, sailor, airman or marine might be doing at any moment in time. Meanwhile, they are keeping the home fires burning, the bills paid, the children fed and living as normal a life as possible. In their honor, there are two songs I would like to request: "Come Home Soon" by She-Daisy and "Sleeping With The Telephone" by Reba and Faith Hill.
@6:00 is the moment Amber gets it. *... And one name read and nobody really cared But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair…* She realizes he is dead and not coming home, and everything changes... and @6:27, she hears the chorus and realizes all the while, she thought this might be a song with a happy ending, but the chorus, was always about his death, not him coming home... Her reaction is pure gold. I had the same reaction when I first heard this song about 20 years ago. I teared up. And 20 years later, sometimes I still do...
Thank you all veterans, yesterday, today and tomorrow. My grandparents had 5 living sons and 1 pretty girl my moomy😊. But all 5 sons was in war few different times because of their ages. But 4 come back the 5th one died wreck coming home for good after 4 years in service.. My poor grandma took to her bed w breakdown for a years. She finally got better but my Mama said they was scared they might lost her because of her grief for her Son
Natalie Maines is the lead singer... Emily Strayer plays banjo/ guitar & backing vocals, and Martie Maguire plays the fiddle & mandolin w/ backing vocals. Strayer sang lead when she and Maguire recorded 1 album as the Court Yard Hounds duo.
Another good veteran/military theme song for your list is David Ball and "Riding With Private Malone." Thank you for your kind words and acknowledgment of our active and retired military. We would not have all that we do without them. "Many thanks to your family and father for his service too."
A friend of mine was a doctor in Vietnam. When he and others returned home, they quickly threw away their military clothing and put on civilian clothes. It was a time when Vietnam vets were treated really badly when they returned. This song is great and, sad as it is, it honors those who had been forgotten for years.
Back in '79 '80, I answered the phone (it was a land line, the only kind we had) and it was a sailor who'd just stepped off the boat in CA (I was in NM) and we got to talking. Nothing came of it in a romantic way, yet I suspect everything that came out of it in an amazing way! God is GOOD!!!
I love this song. It gets me every single time. And I love the instrumentation and the way each individual instrument drops out one at a time until only the drum remains tapping out the military beat.
Let's get back to you appreciating more music from the 60's !! You need to hear the beautiful clear voice of Gary Puckett! The songs, Young Girl, This Girl is a Woman Now, and especially the tear jerker, Home! Please do us all a favor as we watch you discover more amazing talent listening to Gary Puckett and the Union Gap!! Love ❤️ 😍 💕 you and your beautiful family.....you make me smile 😊
This song makes me ugly cry every time I hear it. Every. Single. Time. My partner was one of those soldiers who never got a letter at mail call and he told me that soldiers gauge their own worth based on the amount of mail they get. Become a soldier pen pal, you could change a life! And those guys deserve it the most.
Thank you to all who have served our great nation!! Some are still with us today and many have passed, some in the line of duty. I get pretty damn emotional when it comes to our vets and service members and their families. Politics and BS aside, this nation owes a great debt of gratitude to all those who have sacrificed to see this country flourish. You will never be forgotten...thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Many thanks and many Blessings to you all for this Veterans Day podcast from a Vet sailor of the U.S. Navy. Blessings to one and all Vets checking out this podcast from Santa Fe, NM.
Yeah, this group is from Dallas, Texas. I once stood in line at the Honey Bakes Ham Company during the holidays waiting to spend the gift certificate work gave me to the place to get a turkey for Thanksgiving, and the guy standing in line behind me talking on his cell phone the whole time we were in line (which was at least 20 minutes; the line was wrapped around the building, lol) was the Chicks manager. I didn't know them all that well back then, but took more interest in the group after running into him. (I only knew who he was because he said their band name several times during his calls and was clearly busy re-arranging their travel plans for that holiday season, lol.)
I just don't understand how so many reactors to this song miss the part about the soldier dying. The girl is underneath the bleachers crying, and the boy is coming home in a casket. For a minute I thought that Amber got it. But then it was like she lost it again. EDIT: I just pulled up a list of UA-cam reactions to this song, watched them again, and 80% of reactors don't make the connection between the girl at the beginning of the song as being the crying girl under the stands at the end of the song. So they also don't make the connection that the boy at the beginning is the dead soldier's name at the end. No wonder they don't comment on it.
In general, The Chicks refer to their genre as Blue Grass, but that does fit under the country umbrella. I honestly can't think of a bad song of theirs... they're all good! Top of the World and Sin Wagon are some of my faves.
Another country girl trio during same timeframe as Dixie Chicks is SheDaisy. Their sound and tone together are unreal! Passenger Seat was a one of their hits.
I've requested SheDaisy two times already...still waiting. Although, I think they should react to "Still Holding Out For You" (written by Kristyn Osborn and Richard Marx).
I had the great joy of seeing The Chicks this summer with my daughter. We've been fans for their whole career. Not a dry eye when they did this song. Their instrumentation live is truly stunning.
I still find myself calling them "The Dixie Chicks" as that was the of the group when they first started their career. I grew up as a Navy B.R.A.T. and can remember watching the Evening News with my mother and praying that my dad's name was never read off for those military personnel listed as Missing In Action or Killed In Action in Vietnam. The news reports often times beat the officer that was tasked with Officially Notifying the family/next of kin. I knew of some Catholic schools that would read a list of names each Friday at the end of the school day and ask the students and teachers to pray for the families during mass on Sunday.
My Mother is a partially paralyzed Marine Vietnam Veteran and me entire life has been under the foot and hand of so many amazing men and women of the US military. I spent my entire childhood watching men and women die denied by their nation, my own Mother's pain and denial. This nation did nothing bit wrong to our Vietnam Veteran's! They answered an impossible call to an impossible issue...these men and women didn't ask for this hell but they still got it.
Bruce, Charlie, and Jack Ingram’s Unleashed Live Album has never left my playlist since it came out. My Brother and Me is my personal favorite. Bruce Robison however…. Such a phenomenal songwriter. I always prefer him to any covers because of his voice but The Chicks come a second close.
When I was in the U.S. Army and fought in Iraq back in 2004 most of my correspondence with my family and friends was through the mail and writing letters. We had email and phones were rare in a war zone but it was an option if one could get a phone card. We had an internet cafe on our base with computers to email or instant chat with other, but you usually had to wait an hour or two till you got into the cafe. So yes writing letters to loved ones still existed back in the early 2000's.
I was in IRAQ, and I received wonderful letters from people who I never knew. As a soldier ( retired now ) you guys are worth the sacrifice. God bless!
I used to write those letters. I always wondered if anyone got them & if it mattered. I am so pleased to know that it did. I felt silly. That I had nothing to say. but my grandparents said go ahead. Write about your boring old day. I wrote about baking cakes and learning to cook, about buying a VW bug and trying to fix it it up, about songs I liked and the most mundane stuff sometimes. I hope it made someone laugh.
@@theConquerersMama mine did make me smile and little teary. Getting a letter or two from someone you don’t know and they’re showing you their appreciation for your service. I remember getting a calling card so I could stay in touch with my wife and kids. If that person gave there number, I would have called them first to thank them. But I did respond to each letter. Over there, it’s like playing a game of death. You never knew if you were going to make it home alive. Through God, I did make it home.
Not sure if y'all got the full meaning of those lyrics. The young girl was a piccolo player in her high school marching band and they used to read out the names of the dead in wartime. "One name read but noone cared but the pretty little girl with the bow in her hair".. And the letter said " the soldier's coming home" which was true. But in a casket. My hubby is a Vietnam Army combat vet. He and I love this song so much! Thanks again RSR!
And check out another tune by The Chicks too please, Sin Wagon! 👍
Thank you for choosing this song for Veterans Day. My dad was a Coast Guard during Korea and my uncle served in Nam. The Chicks can weave together, music like no one else! I would also like to recommend the Chicks Sin Wagon Live.
My dad is a Vietnam Airforce Vet. He and his best friend from a small town volunteered together. My dad came home, the best friend did not.
This song tears me up every time I hear it!
God bless our military and the families who have the strength to let them go and the courage to endure the long wait.
I think they missed it too. Would love to see them do a follow up video on songs that they missed something on the first time around and how they now see differently.
Amber was holding back tears... I think she got it. ;)
@Moon Lite, it has nothing to do with generation. Stop that nonsense. It is their first time hearing it, and they are taking in the music and lyrics at the same time. They just need another listen or two.
20 years Navy here... My response to "thank you for your service" is this: Thank you be being the kind of person I was proud to serve for.
Keep up the reactions. I look forward to them each day.
Love Ya Bro!
Thanks You for your Service!!
former Marine, here. my response is "pay more taxes so we can adequately fund veterans' care and services."
Ditto on the Navy service. These two are great!
Navy Corpsman here...20 yrs.
The Chicks singing this song always makes me cry. Fabulous!
Country acappela band Home Free recently released their version. Their video flips it around, with the soldier being female and the one waiting being male. It's very rare that female vets get any coverage. Their video makes me cry, too.
I'm a 64 year old Navy veteran...
My eyes get misty every time I hear this song...
thanks for your service kind sir
This song wrecks me every time. Thank you to everyone who gave so much.
Cry every time I hear this song. My mom told me stories of her friends who had husbands/boyfriends who died in Vietnam. My Dad was a Marine during that time & did 4 tours. And it broke my heart listening to him & his friends talk. I once heard him say "the lucky ones didn't come home". They were treated so badly when they came home by their country & the people. But he was a Great Daddy and I am glad he came back to us.
Disgraceful treatment. My great uncle was a career soldier and served in Korea and Vietnam. He said on his return home after Vietnam they were greeted at the airport and spat upon and called baby killers.
It is so sad they were treated the way they were!
Sgt Infantry VEV. Completed my tour in 68'. When I came home to San Francisco i was not spat upon or called a baby killer. in my humble opinion there may be an isolated case of that happening but i believe they used it to gin up the war, you know propaganda. I became an anti-war veteran and it was never about the soldiers, it was always about the war.
I love this song, and it brings back so many memories of the Vietnam draftees... This is a real story for many. I cry every time I hear it!
Billy Joel Goodnight Saigon is a powerfully emotional song that relates to combat vets.
If you're reading this. By Tim McGraw. Tissues are a must.
Even though I am Canadian, this song gets me every time. My paternal grandfather was in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII and this song makes me think of him being overseas during the war. Fortunately he came home to marry my grandmother and build a family. To me, this song is for all those who never made it home. 🙏🏽✌🏼💜
l cry every time l hear this song, l think of my cousin Duane who was killed in Viet Nam in 1970 at 21 yrs old. Thank You Duane and all others who gave all.
Thank you Duane, for your service
Thank you Duane, you left this world the year I arrived. I cry for you.
Sincere thank you to our vets. Great song to tell the story. Sweet memories to Joey and Terry...who never made it home from nam.😔
Nor did my uncle that I never met. Said a prayer at the memorial in DC when I took my mom
my fave thing about the dixie chicks is when they were forced to apologize to the president, then took back their apology!!!! they used their platform to speak, were almost beaten, then stood on their morals and their beliefs and stayed true to them!
Perfect song pick! I'm glad you chose this version. I love how each instrument drops out one at a time until just the drum is playing.
Family with USAAF 492nd BG KIA and 5th Ranger Co/Airborne Korea WIA decorated. Thank you all for your service. This song brings tears to an old man’s eyes.
So sad that the man died and she was the only one who cared. Broke my heart. The have a very powerful song called, March, March, March. You should check it out
Love March March as well and the video should be watched too. It's powerful.
Agreed. Was about to suggest it myself. For some reason that song hits me.
Kudos to you two for moving on to this reaction. Could not shake the film for days. This song has its own impact. Thanks.
Please listen to the third verse again starting at 5:47. Natalie's voice goes down to a whisper so it's hard to hear but you need to understand every word because it's the heart of the song and clearly the first time you guys missed it
Bro it's not hard to understand I got it when I first heard it, when I was like 10.
Just saw this one- I was in Vietnam in 65-66. Letters from home were always sought, especially ones from a girl and it had perfume on it. Sure raised ones spirits. I lost friends over there so this song always brings tears to my eyes.
Thank you for your service.
Gotta love that master fiddlest, and that Do-Bro guitar is magical, Natalie's vocals are what put The Chicks OVER THE TOP!!
Home Free did a BEAUTIFUL cover of this with an absolutely touching video.
Never hearing the song before you would have no way of knowing that it's more of a Memorial Day song than a Veteran's Day song. Spot on with the reaction though, they sing and play so well and with such emotion.
I don't know how musicians do it. I am in tears whenever I hear this song. How do they get through without a tear when it is a personal sad love song or a song about someone who passed away? The show must go on as Freddy Mercury said, but I guess that is one of the reasons why I am the one in the audience.
My mother met my dad while she was a senior in high school in 1968. My dad was a few years older and was sent to Vietnam in 1968 , 28 days after they met. My mother wrote him and waited for him to return. After 16 months in country my dad returned to her.
What a perfect song for Veterans Day and Female Friday. Being that I'm a Veteran and love Country Music. This song gets me every time I hear it.
No it's not they hate the military..... disgraceful to use them for this. You must not know them....
Yep, probably the best song by the *Dixie* Chicks.
This song will always remind me if my wife. She sent me this song on cassette when I was underway in the US Navy. We were already married, but his song hits me in the heart.
The Chicks are from Texas, and pretty much got banned from radio, country radio dropped them like a ton of bricks.
Their crime? In concert, Natalie Maines (The lead singer) said to a crowd that she was embarrassed that George W. Bush was from Texas. They fell off the map after that. They are back, but not as big as they used to be. The two sisters recorded a couple albums with the name "The Courtyard Hounds".
This was a wonderful choice for Vetrans Day!! Thank you to our vets for your service. The Chicks are lead singer Natalie Maines and sisters Martie McGuire and Emily Strayer. They are amazing musicians and you really should check out more of their music. March March is great as is Gaslighter and I Don't Wanna Make Nice. They also have a beautiful cover of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide.
Thanks to All Vets! And Thanks VERY Much Also to ALL the Families who also Have and Continue to Sacrifice in Support of their Service Members! :)
As a veteran of the United States Navy, THANK YOU. THANK YOU for your support.
I can't hear this song without ugly crying! I have loved the Chicks since their beginning...through their "scandal" and after. They are a rare talent of amazing singers and gifted musicians who harmonize so beautifully. And what country music did to them is shameful and wrong. They deserved better! Thank you guys for reacting to their music 💜
same!! well put.
You mean the "Scandal" of them dropping Dixie from their name? If there was something to be ashamed of, they would have dropped it a LOOOONG time before.
@@empmaximus1 Never had a problem with Dixie in the name. The scandal was them going to Britain and basically apologizing for America on foreign soil. Rob Squad couldn't have picked a worse group to play for Veterans day. Particularly Natalie Maines
@@empmaximus1 ummm you really don't know? Just asking, because they were blacklisted from pretty much the entire music industry at one time.....The War in Iraq?? the Calling out the President??..The reaction...?? The Fall out...guess more like Extreme backlash would be the word. 2003,
The Dixie Chicks were blacklisted by many country radio stations, received death threats, and were criticized by other country musicians. The backlash damaged sales of the Dixie Chicks' music and concert tickets and lost them corporate sponsorship. That stuff...not the name ...
Steven d, they shouldn't have dropped anything from their name
You are quite welcome!! I AM a veteran and served in the U S NAVY for four years. I am proud of my service and the fact that in my family, I carried on the tradition of WOMEN VETERANS!! Sadly, the line seems to have ended with me. Our brothers and sisters in service need us to remember they are out there. I still wear red every Friday to let them know that I do care This song tears at my heart! Thank you two for thinking of "my family!"
The soldier was killed in Vietnan and his name was read at the football game. Emotional song. lead singer Natalie Maines has a great voice and is one of the best singers around.
This song always brings a tear to my eye. Thank you to all who are serving and all service veterans.
8th of November by Big And Rich would be another Great song to check out too:)
This song by the Chicks always makes me cry.It brings back so many memories of young men,now long dead, who I knew in my teens that went to Viet Nam an those who never came home.
This happened so often during the Vietnam War. Makes me cry every time I hear this song.
I can’t even imagine the day when you had to wait for physical letters. The stress of waiting. When my brother was in Afghanistan we were able to text and email from time to time so there was instant gratification that he was ok. But there was also times he was out on missions that we didn’t hear from him. Usually 5-7 days. The stress that was on my mom in those time frames. And now that he’s safe the stories he still won’t tell with her around. Thankfully he made it home in one piece and with very little mental trauma. Bless all those who fight for those of us that can’t or won’t. That we remain free.
This song brings such a tear to my eye. I've loved The Chicks since long before they dropped the southern moniker from their name. It's sad that "W" ever called their patriotism under question for speaking their minds. Songs like these show that they really do support the troops in a very loving way.
They had a great career going for them, but then they went over seas and announced that they were ashamed(maybe it was embarrassed) to be an American. They were understandably shunned by the country music fans that were their fan base. W didn’t do it. They did it to themselves.
I mean.....freedom of speech?
Yes they exercised their freedom of speech, and they were not arrested, detained, or intimidated by any level of government. Freedom of speech, like all rights, comes with its responsibilities, In this case consequences. They openly insulted America, and a President that was elected by patriotic Americans, who, by in large are country music fans. You can’t go around ranting about how you hate someone, and expect that person to forget about it because you claim freedom of speech. They did it to themselves.
@@vernonhoover3060 hmmmmm. Bet Jeff Dunham's international shows don't bother you, though. This is not meant to be argumentative, just....think about it.
@@vernonhoover3060 but in the end the Chick's were right! We were lied to...There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iran..We were led to war under false pretenses..THAT is the essence of disrespecting our soldiers...Sending into war under false pretenses is terrible and shameful.
thank you so much for reacting to this version , its a tearjerker. I admit I was waiting for the part when they " read a list of local Vietnam dead". The verse after that gets me every time but im not sure if you caught it. Knowing you guys more now I was sure you would absolutely tear up. Keep on keeping on, thanx
This song makes me cry every time. Such a beautiful song.
My husband is a Viet Nam veteran. I remember when the radio stations used to call out the birthdays of those who were up next for the draft. You always held your breath hoping your boyfriend's birthday wasn't called. Lots of memories from those times. Thank the Lord everyday he came home!
Thank you for this song...and also A THANK YOU to all my fellow vets and those who still serve, Honor and Respect to my brothers and sisters in arms
Happy Veteran's Day to all my fellow veterans and those currently serving in the military. This is the perfect song for today. Thank you for reacting to this song.
I just found y'all (literally the night I'm typing this) if you like The Chicks you should check out their song "Not Ready to Make Nice" both beautiful and powerful.
Love the Dixie Chicks. Really wish you would react to the Dave Matthews Band. They are a similar band but a male version. Accoustic guitar, violin player, world class drummer, saxophone and amazing bassist. Maybe the most well rounded and eclectic bands of all time. Please check out songs Tripping Billies and Ants Marching!!!
This song always brings tears to my eyes. Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt sing harmony this smoothly.
Yes! I think they'd both love songs from the Trio. My favorites are "Feels Like Home" and "High Sierra," although anything they do is magic.
This version of this song is my favorite. So glad you chose this one. So grateful and sad that our vets had /have to suffer so much for us
Totally ugly cry every time I hear this song. Thank you to all the Vets and their families for their sacrifices for our freedom! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
Sad but beautiful song and a great illustration of the pain and sacrifice of soldiers & their loved ones.
This song is pure PERFECTION - and what a perfect day to listen to it. They have another beautiful song called Top of the World - that I think you'll both love.
Yay been hoping your would react to this gem! Thanks to all the veterans and current serving military and thank you for this reaction.
Great musicality and harmonies. Cool lyrics too. Nice choice!!😄😄😄
You really need to listen to Home Free's version. It is so awesome. I am sure the Chicks would be proud! Love your reactions!
Theirs is a rabbit hole you definitely need to fall into. Get tears going every time I hear this song. Always loved the way the other instruments just fade away at the end...one at a time... yeah that gets me.
Thank you, 24 years in the military and 11 deployments here.
Thank you
One of the best song of The Chicks (Dixie Chicks).. Great tune, great voice, brilliant message...❤️❤️
As a female vet here; home free's version made me more emotional and omg...heartfelt ( thank god for our veterans, and their families)🇺🇸🙏😘
As a veteran, who was a wife of a soldier, too, we always have to remember those we leave behind. The families of veterans go through so much. They sign up to say good-bye to their loved one for extended times and to live with a fearful uncertainty of not knowing what their soldier, sailor, airman or marine might be doing at any moment in time. Meanwhile, they are keeping the home fires burning, the bills paid, the children fed and living as normal a life as possible. In their honor, there are two songs I would like to request: "Come Home Soon" by She-Daisy and "Sleeping With The Telephone" by Reba and Faith Hill.
There’s a great documentary about them and how they met, grew up, and came together. They are SO talented!
This album was out 20 years ago and this takes me back. I love this song.
Another wonderful song that paid tribute to our veterans is More Than A Name On The Wall performed by The Statler Brothers
I've never gotten through that song without crying.
@6:00 is the moment Amber gets it. *... And one name read and nobody really cared But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair…* She realizes he is dead and not coming home, and everything changes... and @6:27, she hears the chorus and realizes all the while, she thought this might be a song with a happy ending, but the chorus, was always about his death, not him coming home... Her reaction is pure gold.
I had the same reaction when I first heard this song about 20 years ago. I teared up. And 20 years later, sometimes I still do...
Thank you all veterans, yesterday, today and tomorrow.
My grandparents had 5 living sons and 1 pretty girl my moomy😊. But all 5 sons was in war few different times because of their ages. But 4 come back the 5th one died wreck coming home for good after 4 years in service..
My poor grandma took to her bed w breakdown for a years. She finally got better but my Mama said they was scared they might lost her because of her grief for her Son
Natalie Maines is the lead singer... Emily Strayer plays banjo/ guitar & backing vocals, and Martie Maguire plays the fiddle & mandolin w/ backing vocals.
Strayer sang lead when she and Maguire recorded 1 album as the Court Yard Hounds duo.
Another good veteran/military theme song for your list is David Ball and "Riding With Private Malone."
Thank you for your kind words and acknowledgment of our active and retired military. We would not have all that we do without them. "Many thanks to your family and father for his service too."
I love that song, another great story!
Check out the Ballad of the Green Beret.
Barry Sadler a war medic that wrote and sung the song. I've suggested it in the past. Hope they get to this one.
Maybe to get both sides they should play the Ballad Of Lieutenant William Calley.
To all the veterans thank you for your service.
A friend of mine was a doctor in Vietnam. When he and others returned home, they quickly threw away their military clothing and put on civilian clothes. It was a time when Vietnam vets were treated really badly when they returned. This song is great and, sad as it is, it honors those who had been forgotten for years.
Back in '79 '80, I answered the phone (it was a land line, the only kind we had) and it was a sailor who'd just stepped off the boat in CA (I was in NM) and we got to talking. Nothing came of it in a romantic way, yet I suspect everything that came out of it in an amazing way! God is GOOD!!!
I love this song. It gets me every single time. And I love the instrumentation and the way each individual instrument drops out one at a time until only the drum remains tapping out the military beat.
Let's get back to you appreciating more music from the 60's !! You need to hear the beautiful clear voice of Gary Puckett! The songs, Young Girl, This Girl is a Woman Now, and especially the tear jerker, Home! Please do us all a favor as we watch you discover more amazing talent listening to Gary Puckett and the Union Gap!! Love ❤️ 😍 💕 you and your beautiful family.....you make me smile 😊
Not a single excess or wasted word in that song, but it tells a complete story with a wide range of emotions.
This song makes me ugly cry every time I hear it. Every. Single. Time.
My partner was one of those soldiers who never got a letter at mail call and he told me that soldiers gauge their own worth based on the amount of mail they get. Become a soldier pen pal, you could change a life! And those guys deserve it the most.
Jay and Amber, if you want some real raw emotion in a song, try The Chicks (Dixie Chicks) Not Ready to Make Nice.
Thank you to all who have served our great nation!! Some are still with us today and many have passed, some in the line of duty. I get pretty damn emotional when it comes to our vets and service members and their families. Politics and BS aside, this nation owes a great debt of gratitude to all those who have sacrificed to see this country flourish. You will never be forgotten...thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Many thanks and many Blessings to you all for this Veterans Day podcast from a Vet sailor of the U.S. Navy. Blessings to one and all Vets checking out this podcast from Santa Fe, NM.
March March is one of their most powerful songs
SO Powerful 💪
Yeah, this group is from Dallas, Texas. I once stood in line at the Honey Bakes Ham Company during the holidays waiting to spend the gift certificate work gave me to the place to get a turkey for Thanksgiving, and the guy standing in line behind me talking on his cell phone the whole time we were in line (which was at least 20 minutes; the line was wrapped around the building, lol) was the Chicks manager. I didn't know them all that well back then, but took more interest in the group after running into him. (I only knew who he was because he said their band name several times during his calls and was clearly busy re-arranging their travel plans for that holiday season, lol.)
I loved this. My dad and uncle were in Vietnam. You guys are awesome! 💜
I just don't understand how so many reactors to this song miss the part about the soldier dying. The girl is underneath the bleachers crying, and the boy is coming home in a casket. For a minute I thought that Amber got it. But then it was like she lost it again.
EDIT: I just pulled up a list of UA-cam reactions to this song, watched them again, and 80% of reactors don't make the connection between the girl at the beginning of the song as being the crying girl under the stands at the end of the song. So they also don't make the connection that the boy at the beginning is the dead soldier's name at the end. No wonder they don't comment on it.
How do u know they missed it
Wife here..Thank You to All Vets Today!!❤..Great Song choice for today..Always Love The Chicks!!
BTW, that instrument is called a dobro. It's doing both the "mandolin" sounds and the steel-like slides.
I come from a family of veterans, I’m very thankful for them
Don't always makes me cry. God bless who served and who have the ultimate sacrifice
In general, The Chicks refer to their genre as Blue Grass, but that does fit under the country umbrella. I honestly can't think of a bad song of theirs... they're all good! Top of the World and Sin Wagon are some of my faves.
Being fellow Okies, I'm glad you have figured out the difference between a violin and a fiddle.
A violin has strings.
A fiddle has STRANGS!
Another country girl trio during same timeframe as Dixie Chicks is SheDaisy. Their sound and tone together are unreal! Passenger Seat was a one of their hits.
I've requested SheDaisy two times already...still waiting. Although, I think they should react to "Still Holding Out For You" (written by Kristyn Osborn and Richard Marx).
Love SheDaisy....What This Woman Needs is Fire!! 🔥
They changed name to "The Chicks".
Nice!
How about One Tin Soldier the The Legend Of Billy Jack!
Also a good movie for you to react to!
I definitely agree that One Tin Soldier is a great song.
Amazing song and movie, still listen to that song and still watch that movie.
I had the great joy of seeing The Chicks this summer with my daughter. We've been fans for their whole career. Not a dry eye when they did this song. Their instrumentation live is truly stunning.
I still find myself calling them "The Dixie Chicks" as that was the of the group when they first started their career.
I grew up as a Navy B.R.A.T. and can remember watching the Evening News with my mother and praying that my dad's name was never read off for those military personnel listed as Missing In Action or Killed In Action in Vietnam. The news reports often times beat the officer that was tasked with Officially Notifying the family/next of kin.
I knew of some Catholic schools that would read a list of names each Friday at the end of the school day and ask the students and teachers to pray for the families during mass on Sunday.
I know a song Amber will love (Jay too)... "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" by Confederate Railroad
Good choice I second that!
My Mother is a partially paralyzed Marine Vietnam Veteran and me entire life has been under the foot and hand of so many amazing men and women of the US military. I spent my entire childhood watching men and women die denied by their nation, my own Mother's pain and denial.
This nation did nothing bit wrong to our Vietnam Veteran's! They answered an impossible call to an impossible issue...these men and women didn't ask for this hell but they still got it.
Sisters Emily, the dobro player and Marte, the fiddler grew up in Dallas and the lead singer, Natalie, grew up in Lubbock, Texas.
Written by the great Bruce Robison. He and his brother Charlie (who was married to on of the Dixie Chicks) are both great Texas singer/songwriters
Bruce and Charlie are amazing! All the way from Bandera,TX!
Happy to see someone mention Bruce (and Charlie). Bruce’s version is a serious tear-jerker.
Bruce, Charlie, and Jack Ingram’s Unleashed Live Album has never left my playlist since it came out. My Brother and Me is my personal favorite. Bruce Robison however…. Such a phenomenal songwriter. I always prefer him to any covers because of his voice but The Chicks come a second close.
Two of a long line. Guy Clark, Mickey Newberry, Townes Van Zandt, Joe Ely, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Waylon, Willie, Ernest Tubb,……….
Y’all are awesome, very genuine. I love your sign too, music does hit your feelings better than words alone!
I had friends that died in Viet Nam and others that were never right again when they came back. This song always makes me cry.
When I was in the U.S. Army and fought in Iraq back in 2004 most of my correspondence with my family and friends was through the mail and writing letters. We had email and phones were rare in a war zone but it was an option if one could get a phone card. We had an internet cafe on our base with computers to email or instant chat with other, but you usually had to wait an hour or two till you got into the cafe. So yes writing letters to loved ones still existed back in the early 2000's.
I was in IRAQ, and I received wonderful letters from people who I never knew. As a soldier ( retired now ) you guys are worth the sacrifice. God bless!
I used to write those letters. I always wondered if anyone got them & if it mattered. I am so pleased to know that it did.
I felt silly. That I had nothing to say. but my grandparents said go ahead. Write about your boring old day.
I wrote about baking cakes and learning to cook, about buying a VW bug and trying to fix it it up, about songs I liked and the most mundane stuff sometimes. I hope it made someone laugh.
@@theConquerersMama mine did make me smile and little teary. Getting a letter or two from someone you don’t know and they’re showing you their appreciation for your service. I remember getting a calling card so I could stay in touch with my wife and kids. If that person gave there number, I would have called them first to thank them. But I did respond to each letter. Over there, it’s like playing a game of death. You never knew if you were going to make it home alive. Through God, I did make it home.
Glad you did. Thank you so much