'We are deeply sorry': Country group Lady
Antebellum changes its name to Lady A due
to association with slavery in America
Daily Mail (UK),
by
George Stark
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
6/11/2020 1:01:46 PM
Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum is changing its name to Lady A, with members saying they are regretful and embarrassed for not taking into consideration the word's associations with slavery. The band, made up of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, made the announcement Thursday on their social media. The statement said that they chose the name after the antebellum style home where they shot their first band photos, and it reminded them of Southern styles of music. But they said in recent weeks, their eyes have been opened to 'blindspots we didn't even know existed' and 'the injustices, inequality and biases
Reply 1 - Posted by:
chance_232 6/11/2020 1:06:21 PM (No. 441161)
Im sure that album sales among the Black community will just soar!!! /S/
Just asking, but what percentage of the American population actually knows what antebellum means?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 6/11/2020 1:07:20 PM (No. 441162)
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Muguy 6/11/2020 1:08:44 PM (No. 441163)
Is this their "Dixie Chicks" moment?
And what about the "DIXIE chicks? For that matter, what about Dixie Cups drinking cups and paper plates?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rather Read 6/11/2020 1:08:55 PM (No. 441164)
Off my listening list. Quit with the pandering people. Be like Terry Crews and don't apologize.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LadyHen 6/11/2020 1:09:31 PM (No. 441166)
Say "Hi" to the Dixie Chicks for us.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rama41 6/11/2020 1:19:12 PM (No. 441189)
Other than Lady Antebellum, who under the age of 50 even knew the meaning of the word "antebellum"?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 6/11/2020 1:20:45 PM (No. 441191)
Hey, Ladies:
See that light blinking in the corner of your left eye? That’s your Career Dissipation Light. It blinks when it gets to the critical stage.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 6/11/2020 1:21:18 PM (No. 441192)
They will go the way of the Dixie Chicks.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bad-hair 6/11/2020 1:22:19 PM (No. 441193)
Tepid snowflake music anyway. Go home and learn to play the guitar.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
seamusm 6/11/2020 1:24:15 PM (No. 441197)
The artists formerly known as successful.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Ben Around 6/11/2020 1:34:44 PM (No. 441214)
I'm confused. Never heard of her or her group. Am I supposed to care?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
qr4j 6/11/2020 1:35:51 PM (No. 441215)
Stupid. It means "before the war," and often refers to the time before the American Civil War. I suppose the name could be construed to mean the group wants the treatment of African-Americans to return to what it was before the Civil War. But that's stupid too.
Just because your first name is Adolf, doesn't mean you're Hitler. It is a name. There was only one Adolf Hitler who gassed the Jews and murdered millions of others.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ginadee 6/11/2020 1:36:41 PM (No. 441216)
I believe antebellum means pre-war or before bedlam.
I think the country has descended into madness all because a non law abiding thug was breaking the law which applies to all of us. He unfortunately lost his life during his resistance in doing so. (I would much rather have had him arrested, tried and sent to jail for 5-10 years.) Instead his death resulted in country wide destruction and mayhem. It also revealed the dark character of many we trusted, from generals to mayors and governors. It also destroyed flags, statues and other memorials. That's ok, the history cannot be denied. Statues and memorials destroyed, history remains in the hearts and minds of all God fearing Americans. All this over a thug who now rests in a solid gold casket. If this isn't madness then what is?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 6/11/2020 1:39:24 PM (No. 441222)
Dear Hillary, Chuck and Dave,
They tell you that your life doesn't matter.
Your apology doesn't matter either.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 6/11/2020 1:39:45 PM (No. 441223)
I thought the music industry was already dead? If not, this will help do it in.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
NYbob 6/11/2020 1:47:17 PM (No. 441237)
Congratulations you just helped the PC fascists put another notch on their belt and you gave away every ounce of self respect. Enjoy the rest of your 'careers.'
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
cor-vet 6/11/2020 1:48:33 PM (No. 441241)
I'm going to toss and turn 10 to 15 seconds before I go to sleep tonight, worrying about what all these pandering fools think will save them. Country music, now, has turned into un-listenable trash. I love country music, but it's the good stuff, way before these snowflakes time.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
NYbob 6/11/2020 1:48:58 PM (No. 441242)
I forgot, NWA is still right as rain, so this all makes sense. It is about seeing who are weak and how for they can push everything. ALL of it cheered on by an evil media.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Safari Man 6/11/2020 1:53:40 PM (No. 441248)
Now I'm going to get them confused with Auntie Em from Wizard of Oz.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
pearlyjo 6/11/2020 1:54:27 PM (No. 441251)
Just change your band name to Lady Antifa. Problem solved.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 6/11/2020 1:56:20 PM (No. 441256)
You can't use the letter A either. Since it is the first letter of the alphabet you're showing your supremist attitude. You'll need a name like The Grovelers.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 6/11/2020 2:01:08 PM (No. 441262)
Ha! For years now I've called them Lady Anti-Poo-Poo, for the simple reason that their music is largely crap.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/11/2020 2:04:01 PM (No. 441264)
Suppose there hadn’t been slavery. Where would all these protesters be now?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
coyote 6/11/2020 2:07:38 PM (No. 441270)
tail between her legs, she whines.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 6/11/2020 2:32:44 PM (No. 441297)
It's not like their name was "Lady We Love the Fact that Before Those Nasty Yankees Came We Could Have Slaves"
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
TXknitter 6/11/2020 2:33:40 PM (No. 441299)
Can I ask a question? Will there ever come the moment when God-fearing patriots will actually surround and patrol or at leadt try to stop the destruction? Or are we to let all our history go ahead and disappear? We have President Trump standing firm but our Republican party has given in. I am respectfully asking, in light of all that is happening, now this group caving, is this it?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
kono 6/11/2020 2:51:57 PM (No. 441323)
Why don't they just change the 'e' to 'i' and be against war, rather than before the war?
Lady Anti-bellum...
(only half tongue-in-cheek)
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 6/11/2020 2:58:37 PM (No. 441326)
They just lost me as a fan? How 'bout you? Change it to "The Help" in honor of the movie.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 6/11/2020 3:02:30 PM (No. 441330)
This really upsets me because I’ve been a big fan and have a lot of their music on my iPad. Due to their pandering and apologizing, I will not buy any more of their CDs.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
SALady 6/11/2020 3:10:15 PM (No. 441341)
OK, I guess I never realized just how stupid so many white people are!!!
Seriously, I knew you could normally tell the really stupid white people by how lie-beral they were (the more lie-beral, the more stupid).
But now, I have come to accept that there are a lot of really stupid not-so-lie-beral white people too!!!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
kono 6/11/2020 3:14:07 PM (No. 441344)
Sorry for seconds. Growing up in Virginia I heard "antebellum" a lot, but always in reference to things of the pre-war South, and usually in reference to the mansions of the plantation-owners or the fashions of their ladyfolk. And maybe implicitly the plantation lifestyle, itself. It's never been just the literal "before the war".
To be fair, though, I don't recall the term being used a lot by southerners, but more so by the yankee carpetbaggers and travel agents booking tours of the mansions left standing or rebuilt from the time of the War Between the States.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
SALady 6/11/2020 3:21:42 PM (No. 441350)
"Antebellum" refers to the time after the Civil War when all the slaves had been freed.
So I could see where the KKK (that nice Democrat organization) would be offended.
So you are saying you don't want to offend hard core racists? Strange move to make, but if it floats your boat...
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Felinefine 6/11/2020 3:51:21 PM (No. 441381)
So, they will now be known as 'Lady A'. I think more appropriate would be 'Lady A_____le.'
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Venturer 6/11/2020 3:57:29 PM (No. 441386)
Personally I hope they go the way of the Dixie Chicks, I hate Cowards.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 6/11/2020 4:32:06 PM (No. 441409)
This is so stupid. Their premier album is named Lady Antebellum. All their musical works and awards say Lady Antebellum. You cannot ever appease the 'woke' crowd so don't even try!
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
happywarrior 6/11/2020 5:00:53 PM (No. 441436)
So what does the A stand for?
ps..Antebellum means before the Civil War, not after.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Troutgreen 6/11/2020 5:17:57 PM (No. 441449)
Vitamen D, Compound W, Preparation H, Suzie Q, Emergen C, and X ray took a knee upon hearing this.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
red1066 6/11/2020 5:36:44 PM (No. 441471)
Why not just change the groups name to Black Lives Matter. I'm sure record sales would soar. Or, they could call the group Emancipation Proclamation.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
griddog1 6/11/2020 6:00:42 PM (No. 441498)
This madness is showing us where people stand today and it's not to promising.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 6/11/2020 7:06:46 PM (No. 441575)
Enjoy your obscurity. Touch base with the Dixie Chicks when you get a moment.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
fayebeck 6/11/2020 7:10:08 PM (No. 441582)
They ain't country by any stretch of imagination. Anyway I'm muttering "lock and load" and doing my part.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
XCenturion 6/11/2020 7:22:07 PM (No. 441595)
Not a good career move considering 99% of their audience isn't black and tend to love this country.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
lakerman1 6/11/2020 9:39:07 PM (No. 441672)
lady a-holes.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/11/2020 9:57:51 PM (No. 441682)
Good grief! another one bites the dust.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Daisy Mae 6/11/2020 10:09:43 PM (No. 441692)
What are we going to do about Black Holes. Or the white stripes on a skunk? we are in deep trouble if we avoid every word that could be associated with Black. I can't believe that the majority of black people are on board with this. Most will say they are lucky, very lucky, that they ancestors were slaves. Who endured the brutal hardships so that these people could live here in the United States rather than in some tribe in Africa.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
texaspast 6/11/2020 11:10:30 PM (No. 441733)
So now they are The Scarlet Letter Band? Lead singer is Hester?
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As the saying goes: If you don't stand up for something, you will fall for anything"
This is extortion. Every time a black whines and threatens, whites apologize and bends over. How is this any different than Muzlims threatening US? Telling you right now, H-ll will freeze over first in my home.
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One can only imagine the pain this name caused to BLACK people who do not listen to country music, but whose own RAP music uses The En Word 5 or 6 times in each line.