What do people think of a country bad named "Lady Antebellum?"

[HardWorkingDem]

In this day and age, I'm curious how this band name is taken. Is it over-reactive to see this name as offensive and questionable? And does the lack of comment on such a band being named this an indicator of the vapidness of America? Or is this name just a representation to polite, manner driven women of many years ago?

I know absolutely nothing of this band and had to look up the word "antebellum" and afterward was kind of surprised by this title.

[av8rdave]

1. All country is bad

:rofl:

[pipi_k]

6. I hate it, personally

Except for a select few songs from a small group of artists before, say, the mid 70s.

But most of it really is crap, IMO.

[av8rdave]

12. I'm not a fan, but can't say I hate it. I was mostly poking fun at the OP's misspelling

I know, I know....pot calling the kettle black!

:hi:

[Brickbat]

2. Offensive and questionable?

Manner-driven women? I think it's just a band name, and it's better than some.

[HardWorkingDem]

5. Where.....

women appreciate all good manners in all people. Sort of like an Emily Post thing - prim, proper, Victorian. Not meant to be a feminist slam, but instead to a time where all the rules of etiquette were strongly followed. That sort of thing.

[Book Lover]

10. Feminists are ipso facto impolite?

I find that opinion highly distressting, as well as inaccurate. May I recommend the entirety of Miss Manners' (Judith Martin) corpus to you?

May I also suggest that men as well as women would do well to "appreciate all good manners in all people"?

[HardWorkingDem]

28. For once, I'd like....

for one poster to ask a poster's intent if there is a question of what the intent was meant to be.

What I meant for the "manners" remark was if this band use this name to make a statement of being in a period of time where great manners/behavior or whatever, were like they were perceived back then.

I was not making any claim whatsoever that feminists are or were impolite.

[Book Lover]

43. Thank you for the clarification

If you don't want to slam feminism, then choosing words other than "Not meant to be a feminist slam..." would be a great start.

Have a nice day.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. It is a reference to the pre-war south

[Brickbat]

8. Yes, I know.

I don't think it's offensive.

[Taverner]

9. Yup

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. Quite offensive, IMO (And I like at least one of their songs)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. If it's country it's bad.

I wouldn't get my panties in too much of a twist over the name of some obscure country bad. Or band.

[Mother Smuckers]

11. country bad?

Doesn't bother me. But I have a fairly high level of tolerance for stupidity.

[notadmblnd]

13. Not very original, but hey, when has Country ever been?

[paulsby]

40. rubbish

country has been plenty original

there is a lot of crap in the country genre, but there's a lot of crap in EVERY genre. heck, that includes classical music. except generally speaking, the crap doesn't survive over the ages and gets filtered out.

[notadmblnd]

42. Rubbish is exactly what it is

Just give me one ground breaking original country song.

[Book Lover]

14. Here in coastal California, I could care less

If I lived south of the Mason-Dixon line, I'd probably have some opinion.

[sharp_stick]

15. Not a fan

but as far as a band name goes no more offensive that the "Fuck Buttons", "Nashville Pussy", "Cannibal Corpse" or dozens of others. Some people are suppose are offended but I'll wager they are offended by pretty much everything that doesn't conform to their world view.

[Chipper Chat]

16. No worse than the "Dead Kennedys."

Or "The Queers"
"Surrender Dorothy"
"Anti-Flag"
"Urinal Mints"
"Backsteet Boys"
"Abe Ortion"
etc:

[MorningGlow]

17. The band regrets it too

I read an interview with the three band members, and although they didn't say why they chose it to begin with, they said they regret having named themselves that and prefer to go by the name "Lady A" now. Nothing like the intense spotlight of a little fame (or, in this case, a lot) to really make you pay attention to your life choices.

Just IMO--I think their hit single is insipid and forgettable. Perhaps their time in the spotlight will be short-lived and it won't matter pretty soon anyway.

Oh wait...insipid and forgettable. That's the formula for "being in the top 40 forever"...
:rofl:

[Codeine]

18. Ummm, it's country.

Who the hell cares? :shrug:

[saltpoint]

19. Never heard of this band. "Before the War" may signal a very by-gone

era in which slavery and owners' rights to practice it were not questioned.

If that is the intent behind the name, it feels about the same as when I drive through a rural part of a state and see high atop a flagpole near a farmhouse the Confederate Flag.

[redstateblues]

22. Good grief people

Getting offended about a goofy band name? C'mon lighten up. And when you broadbrush a whole genre of music it just shows you don't know much about it. Granted -there's not a lot of great music on the radio but it's not just country music that's thin-get XM-there's a lot of good music out there if you're open minded.

[saltpoint]

24. My ears get around.

But my point stands.

[mitchum]

20. I think "Scarlett and the Windbags" would have been a better name

[Glorfindel]

21. It's right up there with Cherry Popping Daddies from a few years back

There are so many bands with so many tacky names, who can keep up with them?

[Kalyke]

23. Who cares? It's a band. Big whoop.

[lib2DaBone]

25. Their hit song "I Run To You" has a haunting melody and a great hook..

.. the first time I heard it.. I thought it sounded a lot like Fleetwood Mack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXf4QLqnROU

[customerserviceguy]

26. I like their music

And I doubt that few people outside the South really would relate to the name. Just the fact that you had to look it up means that others will, too, if they really care that much. It might get them to do a little historical research, and that's never a bad thing.

My impression of the word "antebellum" is that it is used to conjure up an image of the beauty of the old South, and not a call to return to plantations and slave quarters. I have a feeling that this band had a similar impression when it chose the name.

[Iggo]

27. You must really hate Megadeth.

[HardWorkingDem]

29. And the Disney channel....

is running cartoons all day....give it a look see....

[Iggo]

30. Why? When I can just read your posts?

Oh! Burn!

[HardWorkingDem]

31. What got me thinking of this was a Eugene Robinson column...read this if you think this is a joke...

This column is what got me thinking about this band and how ignorant we are becoming when it comes to history. If you think it's a joke, then try reading this column and if it doesn't change your perspective, then I'll sit down in front of Disney with you for the day.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/12/AR2010041203297.html

[Iggo]

34. I responded in kind to your oh so clever Disney quip.

THAT was a juvenile joke, so I answered with a juvenile joke of my own.

Some of us paid attention in school and didn't have to look up "antebellum", so I think you may br right about how ignorant "we" are becoming.

And I'll let you watch Disney for an hour, but then you have to clean your room.

[HardWorkingDem]

36. Must be wonderful to be a know it all....

your Megadeath answer was the start of the juvenile joke. So if you want to toss them, be up to catch them.

Next, the reason I brought up the looking up reference was because I wanted to be sure to get a correct context of the word before piping off. I had the idea of the time frame and such, but wanted to be sure. The surprise came through that context and the apparent lack of criticism that has not came forward.

Oh well....

[Iggo]

37. I'll accept that..

[Stevenmarc]

32. Must be a slow day

[raouldukelives]

33. Not a country fan. Sounds like lite 70's rock now

Stay away from my western music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUWjxG8hGAA

[Canuckistanian]

35. I guess since "Butthole Surfers" was already taken

They went with the next worse name.

[Warren DeMontague]

44. ....Gibby Haynes is a genius.

Don't you say nothin' bad about the Butthole Surfers, man.

[Canuckistanian]

47. My apologies

I know they're good, but.....

[donco6]

38. First of all, they're country. And that's as far as I go. n/t

[NaturalHigh]

39. I don't care one way or the other.

It's a band name - no big deal.

[Radical Activist]

41. Maybe they're honoring Hariett Tubman?

:shrug:

It's a time period in American history with dark spots and bright moments, like any other. I'm not sure why someone would be offended by its mention unless they have bad memories of the time period. Or, they're just trying too hard.

[Union Yes]

45. They seem to be stuck in a pre-civil war fantasy. With a name like that.

Or that they prefer women of the pre-civil war mentality; barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen.

Ante-bellum means before the war.

knr

[Crabby Appleton]

46. How about Dixie Chicks?

[AnnieBW]

48. I thought they were making fun of Lady Gaga

Seriously.

[Skip Intro]

49. When in doubt, be outraged.

'cuz if there's anything DU and society at large lack, it's thin-skinned outrage.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

50. Good thing they didn't go for Lady Cretaceous

The creationists wouldn't appreciate that one,

[AuntPatsy]

51. Isnt that the band that simply saw an old style victorian house and took the name of it because they

liked not only the house but how the name sounded?

[Crabby Appleton]

55. Yes, and added the "Lady" because they had a female

in the band.

[PM Martin]

52. Imagine a German music group named "Fraulein Nuremberg"

Outrage would abound across the board.
But since we are dealing with KKKountry, enough said....

[Quantess]

53. Maybe they want to offend. Or want to be controversial, at least.

Ever thought of that? Maybe they're trying to inject some shock value into country..? I have not heard their music, so it's just a guess.

[liquid diamond]

54. Well the band is from the South. Some of those people can't

get over the fact that we kicked their asses in the Civil War. You lost. Get over it.

[Cid_B]

56. I think...

that there are quite a few broad brush idiots in this thread who are looking for outrage or a chance to excel at being a stereotypical liberal.

[PM Martin]

57. kick just to see some more responses