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In reply to the discussion: What are your feelings about the song "Dixie?" [View all]Tanuki
(14,957 posts)101. Slightly off-topic, but this PBS special on Civil War-era music
includes performances of Dixie, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Bonnie Blue Flag, Rally Round the Flag, spirituals, and more. Look for some of the Oak Ridge Boys, Crystal Gayle, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, etc.
I enjoyed it and you might, too.
http://video.wnpt.org/video/2331456732/
As to your question, it's unfortunate that such a delightfully catchy tune as Dixie is tainted by association with so much pain and suffering, but that is the reality. I would never sing it or play it because I know that it causes great offense. I think that whoever programmed Dixie for "hold music" on Martin Luther King Day was being a wise ass and probably laughed about it with their racist friends.
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sorry your own thin skinned sensiblities were offended. now. thread/trashed. n/t
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#28
I could ask, but I imagine that they contract with some 3rd-party company for their hold music
Orrex
Jan 2015
#97
When it's used to glorify confederates, antebellum times, racism, etc., I don't like it.
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#7
tried to find a version w/out the triology. but, yes This Thread was not complete w/out some Elvis.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#30
Elvis had the grace to follow it with the "Battle Hymn of The Republic"
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2015
#34
Yes, I like the melody, too, whether it's the slow Elvis version or more of a march.
amandabeech
Jan 2015
#100
President Lincoln liked it so much, he claimed it for the Union almost 150 years ago. . .
Journeyman
Jan 2015
#31
Aha! I was wondering that myself. I thought it might come from the "Mason-Dixon line"
calimary
Jan 2015
#46
Believe it or not this song has lived in many lives, black and white alike, having spent time in the
Thinkingabout
Jan 2015
#64
How is Louisiana RELEVANT to a song titled "DIXIE", you ask? Are you fucking shitting me?
Pooka Fey
Jan 2015
#90