Linda Ronstadts' uneducated audience

[ELKCHSR]

LMAO

 

[FAIRCHASEBEN]

She was booed off the stage in Las Vegas for blowing Michael Moores' horn !!! What !!!

Elkgunner , Get your Volvo down there right away and enlighten these people . Don't they realize that it's our own president who is the real enemy and not Michael Moore ?

Hey EG , It looks like Linda has dropped a couple of tons on the Michael Moore protien diet too.

 

[cjcj]

Yep i saw that on the news this morning! pretty funny stuff. Can`t wait for the Elkgunners response, should be interesting.

 

[cjcj]

Hey Buzz maybee you would like to "comment" on this story. Come on you guys entertain us.

 

[Calif. Hunter]

For more info -

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5462483/


She has the freedowm of speech, of course. And the casino has the right to kick her out...

 

[Nemont]

"This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040715/news_lz1w15linda.html

 

[Michaelr]

Linda Ronstadt ejected from casino for praising Michael Moore
US singer Linda Ronstadt was booed off the stage and kicked out of a Las Vegas casino after praising polemical filmmaker Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11," the casino said.

The management of Las Vegas Aladdin Casino and Resort evicted the famed crooner from the premises during a concert after members of the audience reacted furiously to her praise of Michael Moore, whose film bashes US President George W Bush.

"She was removed from the hotel towards the end of the concert," a hotel official who declined to be identified told AFP.

"The company decided to remove her from the property after she dedicated a song to Michael Moore."

"This angered our guests who spilled their drinks and demanded their money back," the official said.

The liberal Ms Ronstadt, 58, a 10-time Grammy Award-winner and an icon of the politically-agitated 1970s, praised Mr Moore as a "great American patriot" who "is spreading the truth."

She also dedicated the song "Desperado" to Mr Moore and urged the audience to go and see "Fahrenheit 9/11," which mercilessly slams Mr Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq and his handling of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

According to local media, members of the 4,500-strong audience stormed out of the concert hall, tore down concert posters and tossed cocktails into the air.

Hotel president Bill Timmins then ordered security guards to escort Ms Ronstadt off the premises.

Mr Moore reacted furiously to the hotel and casino's decision in an open letter to Timmins on the filmmaker's website.

"What country do you live in?," Mr Moore asked in the letter.

"For you to throw Linda Ronstadt off the premises because she dared to say a few words in support of me and my film, is simply stupid and un-American," Mr Moore said.

 

[Michaelr]

Oh I forgot the

 

[ELKCHSR]

HAHAHA!!! This is good stuff for a morning laugh....

 

[wyomingtim]

So now the Casino is un-American. Aren't the libs the ones complaining that you can't say anything negative without the un-American or unpatriotic label being thrown out? Interesting that they feel they are the only ones with a right to call things as they see it. Oh, nevermind, forgot what crowd I was talking about.

 

[Michaelr]

wonder where the MM lovers are

 

[Nut]

All I want to know is who was willing to pay for a Ronstadt concert? Greatest hits cd is all ya really need. Morons.

 

[JoseCuervo]

Originally posted by cjcj:
Yep i saw that on the news this morning! pretty funny stuff. Can`t wait for the Elkgunners response, should be interesting.

CJ,
Hope I didn't drive you crazy in anticipation....

It is funny that people would think that a Vegas audience has any education. Any High School graduate, or anybody that has ever sat in a Stats class knows that the House in Vegas will ALWAYS win. So those who think they will beat the HOUSE can't be too educated. Maybe they should shut their pieholes and listen to Ms. Rondstat and Mr. Moore....

Ronstadt's Vegas Comeback?

Forget Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion or Wayne Newton, Linda Ronstadt--and her new duet partner, Michael Moore--could soon be the biggest thing on the Vegas strip.

Just days after getting booted from the Aladdin Hotel Casino for praising Moore as "patriot" and dedicating her encore song, "Desperado," to him, Ronstadt is already entertaining offers of a comeback.



On Wednesday, one of the prospective new owners of the Aladdin, Robert Earl, issued a statement of support for Ronstadt.

"We respect artists' creativity and support their rights to express themselves," Earl said. "We were very sorry to hear about the unfortunate circumstances of this past Saturday night and want to make it clear that Planet Hollywood has never, in our 13 year history, restricted any artists' right to free speech and we will continue with that policy once we take ownership.

"Upon the assumption of ownership, and with a new management team in place, we would like to offer the use of the Theatre of Performing Arts to Linda Ronstadt for a second concert and further to take Michael Moore up on his offer to join her on stage to introduce her and sing a song," Earl continued. The group Earl represents (a division of Planet Hollywood) expects to take control of the hotel as early as September.

Neither Ronstadt nor Moore immediately responded to the presumptive invite.

And Ronstadt's not the only artist to find a sympathetic ear for her political commentary.

On Tuesday, Bonnie Raitt dedicated the Isaac Hayes-penned classic "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" to President Bush on stage at the Stockholm Jazz Festival in Sweden.

According to published reports, Raitt swooned, "We're gonna sing this for George Bush because he's out of here, people!" to raucous applause from the audience.

While conservative commentators have attacked Ronstadt, and now Raitt, for speaking out, the reaction has been nothing like what happened to the Dixie Chicks when lead singer Natalie Maines made comments critical of President Bush at a London concert last year. The country group was roundly criticized over Maines' quip that the trio was "ashamed to be from Texas."

Although the remarks certainly hurt the Dixie Chicks in the short-term (several Clear Channel stations took the Chicks off their playlists, while one station in Kansas City held a Dixie "chicken toss" party, where protesters trashed the group's CDs), the trio eventually emerged a bigger, stronger band. Their subsequent U.S tour sold out in almost 60 markets and their most recent album, 2002's Home, went on to sell more than 2 million copies.

It's not just older white singers jumping on the Bush-bashing bandwagon, either. Rapper Jadakiss' record, Kiss of Death, recently skyrocketed to number one on Billboard's Hot 100 due in part to controversy surrounding the single "Why," which asks the question: "Why did Bush knock down the towers?"

 

[Calif. Hunter]

"Rapper Jadakiss' record, Kiss of Death, recently skyrocketed to number one on Billboard's Hot 100 due in part to controversy surrounding the single "Why," which asks the question: "Why did Bush knock down the towers?"


That is just plain disgusting! He needs his ass kicked for that kind of slur. No matter what your politics, it is just vulgar to try to blame Bush for the 9-11. Not to mention simply stupid. Did you run out and buy the CD, EG?

 

[2fastnaz]

She Chased off another crowd

 

[Delw]

Ronstadt gets audience walkout encore

By Bonita Brewer

CONTRA COSTA TIMES


LIVERMORE - Linda Ronstadt's political message sent close to a hundred concert-goers home early Thursday evening.

What had been a mellow evening at Wente Vineyards, with the crowd even serenading her with "Happy Birthday" at one point, turned into a rush for the exits by some fans angry by her encore tribute to filmmaker Michael Moore.

"She just had to do it," one fan steamed as he headed for the parking lot. "It was good until the end," another yelled to TV crews waiting outside the concert.

"She's getting out of line; it's ridiculous," said Cindy Williams of Livermore, as she left during the last song of the evening.

Ronstadt's encore dedication of the song "Desperado" to Moore, the controversial maker of "Fahrenheit 9/11" who she described Thursday as "a great American patriot," got her booted from a Las Vegas casino Saturday and drew cheers, some boos, and a few "traitor" yells from the Livermore crowd.

Until that last song, the concert had been an evening of good music and happy fans.

There was no shortage of conflicting opinions among the baby-boomer crowd, a sprinkling of them dressed in patriotic colors, but it was no referendum on the war in Iraq, no pro- or anti-Bush lovefest, or even a meeting of the Michael Moore fan club.

Concert-goers, who paid from $99 to $249 each for tickets, were well aware of the controversy, but said they just wanted to enjoy the songs.

"I love her music, but I hate her politics, and I hope she just sings," said Tina Uzelac of Livermore, who arrived wearing a flag sweater. "These tickets are pretty high-priced, and we're not paying to go to a political rally."

On Saturday, Ronstadt was booed by some audience members at the Aladdin hotel-casino, then booted from the hotel by management after dedicating her "Desperado" encore to Moore and his film,, which excoriates President Bush over the war in Iraq.

Ronstadt won over the Livermore crowd after her first jazzy number, backed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

"Normally we end the show with 'Desperado,' but tonight we'll end with 'Viva Las Vegas,'" the singer said, drawing laughs, a long, warm cheer and a few grunts from the crowd of 1,750.

"There are too many Republicans in Vegas," Mike Donnelly of Clayton said before the show. "I think the response (to her remarks) has been ridiculous and ludicrous."

Corey and Susan Tate of Livermore came to the concert with a gift for Ronstadt -- an American flag, with a note on its paper wrapper: "To Linda, a patriot. Bless you."

"I've been listening to Linda since 1967. She has been a standard-bearer for liberal causes, and I'm glad she spoke up ... People like her represent America; it's not just people with conservative views," Corey Tate said.

The controversy created a sellout, said Wente president Carolyn Wente.

About 20 people angered by Ronstadt's comments dropped plans to attend, but their traded-in tickets were snatched up and the show was sold out Wednesday.

"It was just a handful (turning in tickets) when you consider there are 1,700 folks coming," Wente said before the show.

Wente said she did not ask Ronstadt to refrain from any political comments.

"We don't take any position on any of our artists' political thoughts or perceptions," she said.

With her comments Saturday, Ronstadt became the latest liberal musician to use the stage for political views, and another to suffer conservative backlash.

• In March 2003, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines' comments against Bush and the Iraq war triggered a boycott by a group of more than 200 radio stations.

• At a recent John Kerry fund-raiser, actress Whoopi Goldberg made several crude puns on Bush's name, and complaints led to her firing as a spokeswoman for Florida-based Slim-Fast.

Wow just to funny


Delw