Country group Lady Antebellum changes name to Lady A

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Source: AP

Country group Lady Antebellum changes name to Lady A
2 hours ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 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 group’s first self-titled album came out in 2008, and included the Grammy-winning No. 1 country hit “I Run To You,” then it achieved crossover success on the pop charts with the nine-times platinum “Need You Now.” They won three Grammys for that song, including Record of the Year. They have also won numerous Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards during their nearly 14 year career.

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[mikeargo]

1. Wasn't it kinda obvious?

[lagomorph777]

2. Lady A-hole would work too.

[Jamastiene]

3. But the A will still stand for Antebellum, right?

I guess they are trying, but still....why not just completely change it instead of that?

[Blues Heron]

4. what did they think it meant?

dumb and dumber. I mean "D" and Der"

[Frances]

9. Just pretend the A stands for Antifa

I grew up in the South and white people were taught that antebellum was a good word.
So I’m glad they are moving forward to some extent.

[eShirl]

5. They just now found out.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. I always thought that was an odd name for a band,

especially one with two guys in it. The word "antebellum" means " pre-war, " of course, and I always associate it with ladies in hoop skirts walking around sniffing magnolias. Life was not that romantic back then for about 95% of southerners, though. Most people worked their assets off just to be able to eat, even those who weren't slaves. Antebellum times are nothing to long for.

[Collimator]

21. The hooped skirts comes to my mind at first.

And that fairly pretty image is probably why the group originally chose the word paired with the term, "Lady".

But I always knew what the word meant, and I did wonder about the appropriateness of the band name in this day and age.

In other ways, the word isn't good or bad in itself. One can write about "the work of abolitionists in the Antebellum period", or one can talk about "the gracious Antebellum mansions". The feeling a person brings to those phrases can certainly vary.

I think for some people the "bellum" part of the word is misleading, because "bell" sounds pretty even though the actual word is a cousin of the term, "bellicose".

Saw this online and it describes what I am saying. (And better than I am doing.)

www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/bellicose
Bellicose means eager for war. Bellicose is from Latin bellum "war." A near synonym is belligerent, from the same Latin noun. You may wonder if they're connected to the Latin bellus "pretty, handsome," which gives us the names Bella or Isabella, as well as belle "a beautiful woman." They're not.

[Marcuse]

7. "Ladies and gentlemen of the Antebellum South"

[hlthe2b]

8. "those who fail to learn (their) history" are destined to ...

become total a'holes--intentionally or not...

[yellowcanine]

10. I don't know, kind of like Washington R for the football team.

Everyone would still know what the R stood for. Sign me up as unimpressed. Why not Lady Justice?

[alp227]

11. At least they didn't use Lady G

(snicker)

[ForgoTheConsequence]

12. And Kentucky Fried Chicken changing their name to KFC made the food healthier.

Fucking hell.

[Tech]

13. I read that they got the name from when they were taking photos of antebellum

PLANTATIONS. Did that not clue them in to the connotation of the word? To be honest, I had never heard of them. But 3 white people naming their group after the era of slave owning plantations is not a group I would ever follow. No one mentioned it might be a bad name in the past 14 years? Nope, not buying it.

[Jose Garcia]

14. Are the Dixie Chicks and Confederate Railroad next?

[LudwigPastorius]

15. Let's make a deal.

You can keep your name, just stop making shitty music, mmkay?

[Crowman2009]

16. Or change it to a Fonz tribute by calling themselves Lady Eehhh!

[Paladin]

17. The country-western establishment will be shitting blue flames over this.

Therefore, it meets with my approval.

[Ford_Prefect]

19. Certainly Sinclair Broadcasting group will be.

[Javaman]

18. didn't consider the words association...

I never heard of them before this, but I certainly will not listen to their music now.

such abject stupidity and inconsideration is just fucking disgusting.

[Raine]

20. I always thought that was a stupid and insensitve name to have chosen. nt 👎

[Baclava]

22. Nobody knew how to spell that word anyway, lol

[FakeNoose]

23. This is probably a smart move

It would be even better if they start covering the Peter, Paul and Mary hits.

Just sayin'

[Omaha Steve]

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