Lady Antebellum

[fishmongerfunk]

mannybolone said:crabmongerfunk said:uuhhh, doesn't it simply refer to a historical period that extends from the end of the colonial era to the outbreak of the civil war in america?




Nothing that "simple" about any term that touches on the Civil War.




when i say "simply" i mean "only" or "merely". doesn't the term "antebellum" just identify or demarcate a period of time that subsumes all that went on historically (good,bad or otherwise) in america during the era?

 

[barjesus]

Also, I thought, Antebellum architecture is important because it's the product of the wealth that came from the invention of the cotton gin. Which is definitely slavery related.

 

[Almond]

Decent country-pop with some crossover appeal. "Wholesome." The lady has a pretty good voice which almost uncommon in pop music these days, but I don't think they're trying to do anything too out-of-the-box. For the Taylor Swift fans' moms.

 

It's just a word. And it's a word that 98% of the population would have to look up.





I suspect that 98% includes the band.





I think they can be given a pass on this one.





(And yes, I knew what it meant, but I'm in the 2%.)

 

[LaserWolf]

Last night it occurred to me if I am going to get salty about the name Lady Antebellum, then I need to get salty about Dixie Chicks.

 

[JoeMojo]

My experience from having a bunch of cousins in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi is that the dog whistle has been blowing so long it's become part of the background noise. So you get pretty normal, well-meaning people repeating really questionable things without thinking about it.

 

[white_tea]

Bon Vivant said:barjesus said:Bon Vivant said:sweatshop said:Although I think some of their music sounds good I cant get with the name.... antebelluman -an ??te??bel??lum adj.Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. This was not a good time for my peoples...aka black folk.




The definition you cite states that the word doesn't only apply to Pre-Civil War America.




This is dumb, the word is Latin and means before the war, but in US history, the term antebellum is used to describe the period between the war of 1812 and the start of the American Civil war. Any reasonable person would assume a American group chose that name to refer to that era.




Riiiiiiigghhhhhhttt. And any time an American is named Thomas, one must asssume they are named after Thomas Jefferson.





In any event, so what if it is referring to the period before the Civil War. Hate to be bearer of bad news, but not everybody in the US in that period owned slaves, or was pro-slavery. Further, the word "antebellum", doesn't mean slavery. It means the above defintion. Other things were happening in the US besides slavery (which, of course, was awful) at that time. Nothing in the songs they write (to my knowledge), glorifies anything about America's slave-owning past.







I agree and I won't stand for the blood libel of this wonderful, prize-winning group.

 

[edpowers]

BobDesperado said:It's just a word. And it's a word that 98% of the population would have to look up.





I suspect that 98% includes the band.





I think they can be given a pass on this one.





(And yes, I knew what it meant, but I'm in the 2%.)




you sound white

 

edpowers said:BobDesperado said:It's just a word. And it's a word that 98% of the population would have to look up.





I suspect that 98% includes the band.





I think they can be given a pass on this one.





(And yes, I knew what it meant, but I'm in the 2%.)




you sound white




No, I'm an Irish.

 

[funky16corners]

BobDesperado said:edpowers said:BobDesperado said:It's just a word. And it's a word that 98% of the population would have to look up.





I suspect that 98% includes the band.





I think they can be given a pass on this one.





(And yes, I knew what it meant, but I'm in the 2%.)




you sound white




No, I'm an Irish.




You sound transparent.

 

[pabloscooter]

I live in the same town this band is from...





These people might be idiots, but it's safe to say they couldn't imagine that people would be offended by their name.





I'd be more offended by their crappy music...

 

funky16corners said:BobDesperado said:edpowers said:BobDesperado said:It's just a word. And it's a word that 98% of the population would have to look up.





I suspect that 98% includes the band.





I think they can be given a pass on this one.





(And yes, I knew what it meant, but I'm in the 2%.)




you sound white




No, I'm an Irish.




You sound transparent.




Thanks.





(Eek, a play with a racist name! http://www.woollymammoth.net/performances/show_antebellum.php )

 

[funky16corners]

BobDesperado said:funky16corners said:BobDesperado said:edpowers said:BobDesperado said:It's just a word. And it's a word that 98% of the population would have to look up.





I suspect that 98% includes the band.





I think they can be given a pass on this one.





(And yes, I knew what it meant, but I'm in the 2%.)




you sound white




No, I'm an Irish.




You sound transparent.




Thanks.







I also live in terror of the sun whilst out gathering shamrocks...