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"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a song co-written and performed by American country music band Dixie Chicks. It was released in June 2006 as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, ''Taking the Long Way''. It remains the band's biggest hit in the US to date. The song was written by Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, Emily Robison, and Dan Wilson. On February 11, 2007, it won three Grammy Awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.〔("Dixie Chicks Soar, Blige, Chili Peppers Win Big At Grammys" ). Jonathan Cohen, ''Billboard''. February 12, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2007.〕 In 2009, ''Rolling Stone'' named "Not Ready to Make Nice" the 77th best song of the decade. == Background == Controversy erupted over the Dixie Chicks in 2003 following a critical comment vocalist Natalie Maines made of the American President George W. Bush while performing in a concert in London, United Kingdom. In relation to the forthcoming invasion of Iraq, Maines said, "...we don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." ''Taking the Long Way'' was the first studio album released by the Dixie Chicks after that. The controversy, and the band's reaction to it, is the major theme of some of the songs in the album, including "Not Ready to Make Nice". The song, which was written by all three band members (Maines, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire) along with Dan Wilson, is a statement of how they feel over the controversy, the banning of their songs from country music radio stations, and freedom of speech. The band went on to the October 25 episode of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' to promote the documentary film ''Shut Up and Sing'' and the music video of the song was quickly shown.〔("Not Ready to Make Nice: Controversy in London" ). ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''.〕 While interviewing the band, Winfrey said the song is so well written that someone cannot even tell if it concerns the controversy. Indeed, Maines said that she and the other songwriters wanted the song to have a universal interpretation. However, the final lines of the fourth verse are unequivocally about the death threats the band received during the 2003 Top of the World Tour: :''"And how in the world :''Can the words that I said :''Send somebody so over the edge :''That they'd write me a letter :''Saying that I better shut up and sing :''Or my life will be over." Some other lines in the beginning of this same verse are about a scene featured in the documentary ''Shut Up and Sing'', in which a mother, who was protesting the Dixie Chicks at one of their concerts, is goading her young child to say ''"screw 'em!"'': :''"It's a sad sad story :''When a mother will teach her :''Daughter that she ought'a hate a perfect stranger." In the song, "daughter" was used instead of "son" as a matter of poetic license. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Not Ready to Make Nice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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