The Chicks - Goodbye Earl (Official Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024

Комментарии • 11 тыс.

  • @RFP15
    @RFP15 3 года назад +2858

    “Ain’t it dark wrapped up in that tarp” is just a purely savage line.

    • @b.k.r.doggielover5449
      @b.k.r.doggielover5449 3 года назад +13

      Awesome!👍

    • @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD
      @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD 3 года назад +75

      My favorite is “We’ll pack a lunch!”
      The look on Natalies face always brings the lols

    • @katherineberger6329
      @katherineberger6329 3 года назад +34

      Dennis Franz in zombie makeup is one of the most hilarious parts of the video.

    • @autumnbritten2280
      @autumnbritten2280 3 года назад +34

      The entire song is fucking amazing. “We’ll pack a lunch, and stuff you in the trunk” lyrical genius. Lol

    • @tanyawade5197
      @tanyawade5197 3 года назад +23

      The fact this song was written by a man is even better😁.

  • @justinrosengren4750
    @justinrosengren4750 4 года назад +3001

    "Right away Maryanne flew up from Atlanta on a red eye midnight flight" is the line that brings me back. So many victims of abuse don't have a Maryanne, which makes the emotion conveyed here so much more poignant to me.

    • @drama85007
      @drama85007 4 года назад +113

      Absolutely. That line is the heart of the entire song/story. That’s why we root for them to make dirt out of Earl. The female friendship is so special 💜

    • @Ten13Grl
      @Ten13Grl 4 года назад +93

      I haven't even seen my best friend in person in a decade. If I called her because someone was abusing me, both she and her wife (who I've only met twice in person) would drop everything and drive/fly from Illinois to come and be by my side. I can't say the same for most of my family members, most of whom live less than a 3 hour drive away from me.

    • @Lillpixeychic
      @Lillpixeychic 4 года назад +38

      I’ve been that person for several people and if anyone of my friends said they got an earl id be down in a heart beat to give him some black eyed peas!

    • @rcbeamer
      @rcbeamer 4 года назад +11

      Women, choose better men.

    • @Ten13Grl
      @Ten13Grl 4 года назад +111

      @@rcbeamer, Victim blaming isn't cool. Also, a lot of abusive partners (because women abuse men, too, in addition to the abuse which can occur in same sex relationships) don't reveal themselves to be abusers until they've already got their victims solely dependent on them.

  • @StonedHunter
    @StonedHunter 2 месяца назад +201

    I will always respect how they didn't sugar coat anything in this song, they called everything exactly what it was and didn't hide it with flowery language.

    • @iamsherlocked345
      @iamsherlocked345 Месяц назад +7

      It’s why I remember the song after all these years… hard to forget.

    • @kathyrobertson4493
      @kathyrobertson4493 Месяц назад +4

      That was before the world went Woke.😊

    • @procrastinator6902
      @procrastinator6902 10 дней назад

      ​@@kathyrobertson4493 Not really. Imagine men writing a jovial sounding tune about planning to murder one of their wives, hiding the body, and then following thru with it. It definitely wouldn't fly today but it wouldn't have when this was released either.

    • @anp-1075
      @anp-1075 9 дней назад +1

      Also, for the people taking this song too seriously, it was written bay a man. The upbeat melody and music which features such dark comedy is pure genius.

  • @BDubs1976
    @BDubs1976 Год назад +511

    I know this is supposed to be a lighthearted look at a serious subject, but I still cry at the imagery of "Earl walked right through that restraining order and put her in intensive care." Every damn time.

    • @jinx8870
      @jinx8870 9 месяцев назад +39

      its so sad people assume a piece of paper is enough to prevent such a thing. If someone has that mindset, nothing stops them.

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 8 месяцев назад

      With Trudeau in power, this line has even more significance here in Canada: perpetrators of assault are committing assault getting arrested, bailed, and arrested again, same day. One guy in Vancouver was arrested 3 times in one day, once less than an hour after being released. Innocent people should not have to live in fear like this!

    • @scarletamazon3455
      @scarletamazon3455 8 месяцев назад +35

      Because it's so often true. Usually an abusive partner who the courts agree to grant a restraining order against is exactly the kind of person who will completely ignore, or toy around with the restraining order in order to terrify their victim, when the abused partner is also at the highest risk time - when they leave and draw a boundary.
      The song does make the struggles clear. That she tried to do it the lawful way, it didn't protect her and he almost ended her, so they made a plan. The only way she'd be safe, since the courts won't lock them away, and they'll plot revenge even if they get a long sentence and victim is left in fear or in hiding for the rest of her life... Goodbye Earl!
      At least in the US, women can have weapons to defend themselves in their own homes. Those of us in countries where we cannot have a firearm, a taser, or even pepper spray, and abusers ignore restraining orders here too...

    • @Ad40hoops
      @Ad40hoops 8 месяцев назад +6

      Same. It gave me pure chills

    • @archervine8064
      @archervine8064 8 месяцев назад +19

      @@scarletamazon3455 I don’t think people necessarily expect that a RO will perfectly protect them, but it does at least mean the victim can call the police without having to wait for another specific threat or assault to occur.
      And, you may not be that much better off. Abuse victims here in the US may have more access to weapons, but so do their abusers. And the abusers tend to choose more lethal methods.

  • @cutiepatoot8864
    @cutiepatoot8864 Год назад +1433

    I remember my mom playing this song when I was kid and we'd just look at eachother with unspoken hate for our situation. We didn't do it but he did pass away in a very fitting way in the end.

    • @user9267
      @user9267 Год назад +83

      I'm glad it all worked out and I'm sorry you had to deal with that

    • @Logitah
      @Logitah Год назад +34

      Whoa! That's some sweet cathartic rage!

    • @CLL21
      @CLL21 Год назад +73

      I'm glad he passed away in a way you see fitting. It can be cathartic. Some people act like you should never feel that way but when someone has brought you nothing but hell, especially when you're at their mercy, I see nothing wrong with wishing them out of your life completely.

    • @TheMissuz82
      @TheMissuz82 Год назад +74

      And May he rest in shit….no remorse for abusers.

    • @robmca9265
      @robmca9265 Год назад +3

      A rather one sided story so glad that you folks are not on a jury as I'd like to know much, much more detail. As they say, it takes two to tango.

  • @drama85007
    @drama85007 3 года назад +2766

    “Right away Marianne flew in from Atlanta on a red eye midnight flight...”
    I have heard this song hundreds of times for close to 2 decades and that line still brings me to tears. Every time.

    • @heydeanie
      @heydeanie 3 года назад +123

      It's beautiful, that's why... She doesn't even make it through the word "Maryanne" before I'm sobbing lol

    • @REZIX233
      @REZIX233 3 года назад +134

      Ride or dies don't quit.

    • @shannonhood922
      @shannonhood922 2 года назад +22

      Me too

    • @laurencastellaw8727
      @laurencastellaw8727 2 года назад +70

      Me, too! I thought it was just me!!! But I also know my best friend would've done the same for me, and she passed away when we were 20. 😔

    • @jamedlock83
      @jamedlock83 2 года назад +1

      this song is dumb

  • @marioncapriotti1514
    @marioncapriotti1514 2 года назад +1612

    I just love that the actor playing "Dead Earl" is dancing enthusiastically with everyone else at the end, in his "Dead, Decomposing Earl" makeup and costume! Somehow it makes the solidarity of all the artists involved with this Chicks hit even more heartening.

    • @edwardcorey1071
      @edwardcorey1071 2 года назад +38

      Dective Sipowicz

    • @mayhemjr.803
      @mayhemjr.803 2 года назад +33

      Dennis Franz? You never heard of Dennis Franz?

    • @marioncapriotti1514
      @marioncapriotti1514 2 года назад +24

      @@mayhemjr.803 I confess, I had to Google him -- I must have been living under a rock. But never mind me, he's terrific!

    • @mayhemjr.803
      @mayhemjr.803 2 года назад +4

      @@marioncapriotti1514 🤣😂🤣😂

    • @robertsutphen2333
      @robertsutphen2333 2 года назад +19

      Dennis Franz plays the actor. Huge star in his time. NYPD Blue and Hillstreet Blues.

  • @litakita
    @litakita 8 месяцев назад +90

    "And it turns out he was a missing person who nobody missed at all"
    My favorite line of this song

  • @noeway1987
    @noeway1987 Год назад +458

    This song has completely blown up on TikTok. Glad to see a new generation appreciate what an absolute fucking masterpiece this song is.

  • @Fred_Nickles
    @Fred_Nickles Год назад +441

    I remember when this came out and there was so much backlash to the idea a woman/anyone would kill an abusive partner, and I was floored. No lets not worry about the person sent to the hospital...
    "Turns out he was a missing person who nobody missed at all"

    • @abrawolf
      @abrawolf Год назад +19

      Wait, actually? I was so young that I was to busy jamming out to this with my brother since he likes country and this is one of the few country songs I like lol

    • @big-mb3gi
      @big-mb3gi Год назад +5

      Yeah lol i jammed out too and didnt know too. They killed her bf and hid his body lol

    • @big-mb3gi
      @big-mb3gi Год назад +3

      The dixie chicks got sued for making this song lol

    • @ewright2806
      @ewright2806 Год назад +5

      @@big-mb3gi I haven't seen proof of that anywhere? Refs?

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 8 месяцев назад

      That wasn't where the backlash came from.

  • @jenniferk.pessagno9692
    @jenniferk.pessagno9692 4 года назад +1477

    I'm a domestic violence survivor so I truly APPRECIATE someone speaking up for all us!!!

  • @sgtxbox
    @sgtxbox 11 месяцев назад +290

    My deepest condolences to Laura Lynch's family and friends. Such a terrible time to suffer such a tragedy. Your music and strength will live on forever. RIP

    • @boxingthefox
      @boxingthefox 7 месяцев назад +5

      Very sad to hear that, I went to the Grand Ol Oprey and sung to an empty hall in a tribute to the incredible George Jones............HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY.....GO DIXIES

  • @NicoleAZ145
    @NicoleAZ145 Год назад +367

    Natalie’s face at “we’ll pack a lunch!” cracks me up every time. After I’ve cried at the hospital scene. This video brings out allll the emotions! Love it so much.

    • @LGKids
      @LGKids 7 месяцев назад +3

      Thought I was the only one shedding tears at that part!

    • @BonnieHeflin-xm5kq
      @BonnieHeflin-xm5kq 2 месяца назад

      😂

  • @DjPrincessCute
    @DjPrincessCute 4 года назад +2223

    I just HAD to buy a shirt yesterday that says: Some of y'all don't know what happened to Earl and it shows! (With little piles of black eyed peas on each side of the saying)

    • @sherristonem95
      @sherristonem95 4 года назад +35

      Where did you purchase the shirt? I'd love one.

    • @somerandommonkeydude
      @somerandommonkeydude 4 года назад +12

      I saw that shirt a few weeks ago

    • @amberlee1256
      @amberlee1256 4 года назад +16

      I have the same shirt!!!

    • @clg1475
      @clg1475 4 года назад +21

      I NEED THAT SHIRT. Where can I get it?

    • @ainsley5923
      @ainsley5923 4 года назад +12

      Sherri Stonem you can also get one on Etsy

  • @jonathanannie8703
    @jonathanannie8703 6 месяцев назад +116

    Maybe if more abusers met this fate, less abuse would happen. Way to go, Chicks! Love this tune.

  • @jenniferfalk2306
    @jenniferfalk2306 8 лет назад +203

    I know a few earls that nobody would miss at all.

    • @torifurman9608
      @torifurman9608 8 лет назад +8

      Just feed them some of those black eyed peas MWA HAHA

    • @krystalharwood1807
      @krystalharwood1807 7 лет назад

      cause imma be be be rockin that body!

    • @Dafni.Cortes
      @Dafni.Cortes 7 месяцев назад +2

      Me and a few of my HS folks have encountered a good number of online Earls, well not in terms in love relationship but online friends, both me and my irl bestie were facing online harassment, verbally and even into graphic detail, it’s a long story, but the good thing is that we don’t have to feed them black eyed peas in person.

    • @Eleison23
      @Eleison23 Месяц назад

      🧟‍♂️

  • @Librarianchica1204
    @Librarianchica1204 5 лет назад +1948

    Watching men's faces in the concert audience when hundreds of women sang along to this song was a thing of beauty. :-)

    • @christar9527
      @christar9527 5 лет назад +63

      Alma Chavarria Now I’d like to see that.

    • @scottlock8846
      @scottlock8846 5 лет назад +8

      Alma Chavarria haha

    • @take1994
      @take1994 4 года назад +10

      Wow! I hope life experience hasn’t caused this warped perspective. If so, you deserve better.

    • @bimokresno
      @bimokresno 4 года назад +17

      @@christar9527 there was a live concert video of that, released oong time a go.. i have it, some faces, men's faces, that captured in the video did not show 'bad reaction'.

    • @manifestgtr
      @manifestgtr 4 года назад +18

      Yeahhh...dudes tend to make annoyed faces when their drunken, retard girlfriends shriek along to songs at concerts

  • @mizzysparrots4874
    @mizzysparrots4874 Год назад +80

    The best part of this, for me, is how the entire town danced about earl being dead, including earl. His zombie ass was there to celebrate his disappearance 😂

  • @thegriffin88
    @thegriffin88 3 месяца назад +79

    "He was a missing person who nobody missed at all." Best line, my favorite since I heard it listening to the Fly album way back when.

    • @grannym2880
      @grannym2880 25 дней назад

      Same. "Earl had to die" will randomly pop into my head more often than I care to admit.

  • @singerperson2412
    @singerperson2412 3 года назад +3909

    I cannot be the only one who thinks this would be good as an actual movie

    • @BandedRagdoll
      @BandedRagdoll 3 года назад +197

      Fried Green Tomatoes has a somewhat similar thing that happens

    • @user-jn1wm3tb8v
      @user-jn1wm3tb8v 3 года назад +39

      I actually might write a short story inspired by this. Just because I love the story.

    • @WhereIsMySock03
      @WhereIsMySock03 3 года назад +48

      @@BandedRagdoll Ah you beat me to it. I was planning to say exactly this. I second Fried Green Tomatoes!

    • @royedwards51
      @royedwards51 3 года назад +57

      Thelma and Louise?

    • @cainbrycurry9376
      @cainbrycurry9376 3 года назад

      Do m mom

  • @mavericksquid
    @mavericksquid 8 лет назад +1653

    I like how zombie Earl was dancing with everyone & not holding a grudge... he knows it was justifiable homicide.

    • @semiutopia5445
      @semiutopia5445 8 лет назад +30

      Lol yeah at least he understands ; )... ahah

    • @leahyarbrough5534
      @leahyarbrough5534 7 лет назад +6

      lol

    • @reggiepollock4669
      @reggiepollock4669 7 лет назад +72

      mavericksquid some people just need a little push to know when to admit fault. even if that push is off a building.

    • @SiiriCressey
      @SiiriCressey 7 лет назад +44

      It seems being dead straightened him right out.

    • @kaleighrapuano8382
      @kaleighrapuano8382 7 лет назад +28

      I've literally seen this video hundreds of times since childhood and never notice zombie Earl! Lmao

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 10 месяцев назад +144

    the chicks bury him in a chorus of harmony and sass.

  • @ChelseyyMariee
    @ChelseyyMariee 23 дня назад +27

    Some men this generation saying "your body, my choice" to women don't know what happened to Earl and it is starting to show 😂

    • @rafaravioli
      @rafaravioli 21 день назад +3

      For real. These boys don't understand what humans are capable of if they get desperate enough.

    • @alyssa7867
      @alyssa7867 10 дней назад

      FAFO 🤣🤣🤣

    • @AM-ip9mk
      @AM-ip9mk 3 дня назад

      hi

  • @simonmc2348
    @simonmc2348 4 года назад +6322

    can we all just admit this is the most beautiful song about murder ever.

  • @nicoles140
    @nicoles140 3 года назад +709

    This song has me crying after recently losing someone I knew in highschool to her husband. I’m so glad to read some of these comments and stories of people getting away from such a bad situation.

    • @tanyawade5197
      @tanyawade5197 3 года назад +25

      I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend. I hope she’s in peace & beauty rn.

    • @oscarkoop2548
      @oscarkoop2548 3 года назад

      What did he do? I'm sorry for asking just curious.

    • @hannesstan4066
      @hannesstan4066 2 года назад +1

      🙏thats rough.

    • @Bloggerweakling58
      @Bloggerweakling58 Год назад +1

      I know it's a tragedy I understand your feelings

    • @SavvyMuhon
      @SavvyMuhon Год назад +4

      I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s so hard to know a friend is in a tough situation and feeling helpless to it. I hope other abuse survivors see your comment and know it’s okay and safe to leave

  • @jessicajujubean5004
    @jessicajujubean5004 2 года назад +1026

    The murder is totally noncontroversial. Earl was such a huge jerk that everyone is just like "you go girl" and then we all laugh. How lovely that is ❤❤

    • @markclifford1857
      @markclifford1857 2 года назад +4

      Hello 👋 Jessica. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I’m Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

    • @rubymeaddle
      @rubymeaddle 2 года назад +62

      Not every murder victim is a victim lol

    • @draxxthemsclounts2478
      @draxxthemsclounts2478 2 года назад +23

      Lol this song got banned on plenty a station. Yeah it was controversial and murder isn't the thing to do to abusers, but it's a fun little ditty.

    • @miketodd726
      @miketodd726 2 года назад +10

      In real life, theyd end up in jail.

    • @54raceman
      @54raceman 2 года назад +24

      @@miketodd726 not necessarily some small towns certain people just don’t get looked for and I live in one them small towns

  • @kellieshae
    @kellieshae 11 месяцев назад +74

    RIP Lauren Lynch, my heart is actually broken! You brought me so much joy over the years!

  • @Fruit_Infiniti
    @Fruit_Infiniti Год назад +86

    Good god I remember being an empowered little girl romping on the farm, listening to this. What sticks with me the most is thinking of those girls/ladies coming together to end abuse, nurse wounds, solve a problem, and live happily ever after selling produce on the side of the highway, with the murder being just a comedic bit. I like to think that the Chicks primed my generation for abuse prevention through this song alone. I've always been there for my sisters and always will be.
    And man, where did those years go?

    • @Infodumptruck
      @Infodumptruck 8 месяцев назад

      Same. I just wish I made some black eyed peas for everyone before I ran away.

  • @katmuse2975
    @katmuse2975 6 лет назад +578

    My grandmother’s name is Wanda and she just passed. But she was abused by her second husband and she loved this song so much.

    • @helenclark7876
      @helenclark7876 6 лет назад +27

      I hope yer gran got even with that "Earl"

    • @kathryncotter4933
      @kathryncotter4933 6 лет назад +8

      Let me gess his name was earl

    • @silverbullet842
      @silverbullet842 5 лет назад +10

      R.I.P to your Abuelita. If she liked this song she seemed like a fun lady. How are you Ma'm?

    • @Traciblaggblagg
      @Traciblaggblagg 5 лет назад +9

      Kat Muse It's a shame how many of us can relate to this song I'm so sorry for your lost.

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 5 лет назад +3

      Kat Muse sorry

  • @freakycaramel1754
    @freakycaramel1754 4 года назад +465

    I got out of a three year abusive relationship with a man named earl and I was crying and my family sent me this it tbh helped me feel 10000x better than I was it stoped me from crying and made me laugh and sing along so I appreciate what you guys do as music!

    • @ashleyd8775
      @ashleyd8775 3 года назад +13

      Good for you girl to get out of that relationship! Just keep singing this amazing song and you will be just fine!

    • @exxiethewriter3567
      @exxiethewriter3567 2 года назад +10

      Your family has the best dark humour comedic timing in the world.

    • @rick.locke.2946
      @rick.locke.2946 2 года назад +9

      As a male, may I please apologize for our gender. Real men don't strike women.

    • @j-hod6274
      @j-hod6274 2 года назад +1

      I have to ask why it took 3 years

    • @AdamSmith-ec5nv
      @AdamSmith-ec5nv 2 года назад +3

      Do you need a legume recipe?

  • @thesparklingunicorn8543
    @thesparklingunicorn8543 8 месяцев назад +11

    This got me through this situation 3 years ago on April 12th as I am a domestic violence survivor

  • @FallenAngel12257
    @FallenAngel12257 2 года назад +209

    I was in an abusive marriage back in 2014. I fled the state and went north to my dad. Fast forward 3 years later, I start a new job in a different part of Jersey, and found my now husband. He understands the trauma that I have been through. No one should be abused! I’m happy that domestic violence survivors have a voice through the Dixie Chicks.

    • @MetalheadChristian
      @MetalheadChristian Год назад +4

      I'm so glad you got out

    • @Crawler1978
      @Crawler1978 Год назад +1

      @@MetalheadChristian Good for you! It just a damn shame they dropped the "Dixie" part of their name., otherwise, more women would have seen the video.

    • @phiinixphyres239
      @phiinixphyres239 Год назад +2

      @@Crawler1978This song was one of their most popular and acclaimed songs ever, even after their name change. When this song came out, I promise you, it was everywhere. I grew up around a bunch of different kinds of music, but every single one of my friends knew and sang this song regularly. Such a bop, still being blasted 20 years later

    • @EamonWill
      @EamonWill 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@phiinixphyres239
      Oh heck yeah! This was one of the most popular songs from my childhood. I was so confused to see the name of the band being called "The Chicks" when I came across this video tonight.
      Something that only just now thought of, was their name a play on the word hicks?

    • @lydiaboll2872
      @lydiaboll2872 11 месяцев назад

      @@Crawler1978Apparently, Dixie is a (usually derogatory) term used for non-binary lesbians. The Chicks dropped the Dixie after learning what it meant because they didn’t want to offend anybody.
      Same with Lady A dropping Antebellum after learning the history of that word.

  • @Jmay411
    @Jmay411 6 лет назад +775

    I like how they smile so sweetly as they sing, "Earl's gotta die." 🤣 But yes, a piece of paper means nothing to a psychopath.

    • @praize4kidz
      @praize4kidz 5 лет назад +23

      Yeah and I love how when they sing that, they are all happy and jumping around like it's the greatest thing in the world. But hey, Earl did have to die.....dang, look what he did to her that landed her in intensive care.

    • @nicholasmason7395
      @nicholasmason7395 5 лет назад +4

      @@praize4kidz ever wonder why Earl put her in intensive care? She most likely pushed him to do it.

    • @freedomlover9560
      @freedomlover9560 5 лет назад +7

      Thank God for the Second Amendment.

    • @lewstone5273
      @lewstone5273 5 лет назад +6

      Lizzy Nashon you’re sick. Earl needs counseling.

    • @theresadelaney8159
      @theresadelaney8159 5 лет назад +12

      @@lewstone5273 im dealing with a psycho whos done plenty of counseling narcissistic mfers can out on a face and act like it helped but they stay the same women beating pos

  • @jb111082
    @jb111082 4 года назад +2671

    Me: He fell
    Cop: But almost every bone in his body is broken.
    Me: He fell a lot.

  • @JG-vq6rd
    @JG-vq6rd 11 месяцев назад +30

    Even though she wasn't part of the Chicks when this song was recorded i still had to come listen to it. RIP Laura Lynch.

  • @uniquelyunique1
    @uniquelyunique1 4 года назад +389

    "Well the weeks went by & spring turned to summer & summer faded into fall.
    And it turned out he was missing person who nobody missed at all."
    #savagebeforesavage

    • @ashleygore4444
      @ashleygore4444 4 года назад +3

      YEP

    • @genno3714
      @genno3714 4 года назад +4

      My favorite lyric of the song.

    • @michaelstates7106
      @michaelstates7106 4 года назад +4

      I seen a bumper sticker few weeks ago that said: "Earl's in the trunk" made me smile!

  • @LAVirgo67
    @LAVirgo67 8 лет назад +1540

    I was working in a battered women's shelter when one of the counselors put this song on during our staff meeting. We just sat there in shock before we asked her to play it again...and again...and again...and again. Let's just say we danced a little. She did note that our organization does not condone killing or revenge on batterers. We all nodded w/ a smile. That was some 16 years ago & I still get a smile.

    • @alyssatobin618
      @alyssatobin618 8 лет назад +78

      I love this comment! as a child I watched my mother go through an abusive marriage and we would play this song in the car together it made us feel better too

    • @difreighterwatcher8603
      @difreighterwatcher8603 8 лет назад +56

      28 years free and I still dance with a smile to this song. Thanks for helping in the healing.

    • @jessicanicley2219
      @jessicanicley2219 8 лет назад +2

      Y thjjī

    • @jessicanicley2219
      @jessicanicley2219 8 лет назад +2

      w 8777777u47

    • @littlestangel4747
      @littlestangel4747 8 лет назад +13

      it is cathartic though.

  • @TheDukenator
    @TheDukenator 6 лет назад +848

    From their Fly album liner notes:
    The Dixie Chicks do not advocate premeditated murder, but love getting even.

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 5 лет назад +5

      The Dukenator yup

    • @timbrown4789
      @timbrown4789 5 лет назад +1

      The Dukenator their gay

    • @alexbanks8429
      @alexbanks8429 5 лет назад +20

      @@timbrown4789 I sure hope you spelled "they're" wrong to sell the joke of of an absolute idiot posting a comment, because it sure worked.

    • @wavybaby8461
      @wavybaby8461 5 лет назад +4

      Queens

    • @claireboyle7151
      @claireboyle7151 4 года назад +1

      priceless

  • @snehalgaikwad5486
    @snehalgaikwad5486 10 месяцев назад +60

    Omgg such a fried green tomatoes vibee ❤️❤️

    • @meowmocha12
      @meowmocha12 9 месяцев назад +1

      Secret's in the sauce.

    • @KentuckyLiz
      @KentuckyLiz 8 месяцев назад +2

      All that it is missing is the barbecue

    • @kimdkus
      @kimdkus 8 месяцев назад

      YES!!!

    • @maurabenson4250
      @maurabenson4250 7 месяцев назад

      omg yes!!!

    • @Kanuck1818
      @Kanuck1818 5 месяцев назад

      Yes..."Tennessee Ham"​@@meowmocha12

  • @casey9932
    @casey9932 3 года назад +326

    Why did I cry when Mary Anne rushed into the hospital room to comfort Wanda.

    • @denisespenelli8353
      @denisespenelli8353 3 года назад +13

      Because some of us don't have a Mary Anne Idk if you do but if you don't you probably wish you had one if you ever got abused like Wanda did.

    • @drama85007
      @drama85007 3 года назад +8

      That line has given me goosebumps for 2 decades.

    • @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD
      @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD 3 года назад +7

      Because you’re an empathetic beautiful soul is my guess

    • @heydeanie
      @heydeanie 3 года назад +4

      Every. Single. Time.

    • @tamikadixon623
      @tamikadixon623 3 года назад +4

      I'll never forget when my best friend did it for me.😥 She was on some good bye Earl shit.😄

  • @JargonGigantus
    @JargonGigantus 2 года назад +133

    Turns out, these three were right all along. Respect

    • @moonrunnersfestival6052
      @moonrunnersfestival6052 2 года назад +4

      the best.

    • @rossogden9920
      @rossogden9920 2 года назад

      Yes, they were. But even if they weren't, that little thing called the First amendment guaranteed their right to say what they said.
      Too bad Nashville is full of cowardly Neanderthals.

  • @skysthelimitforeveryoung3437
    @skysthelimitforeveryoung3437 6 лет назад +474

    I know a few Earls. This is a suitable ending for all of them.

    • @llarmstrong783
      @llarmstrong783 6 лет назад +4

      Sky's the Limit! Forever Young what about the guy from My name is Earl? he was ok

    • @leshagbloom4642
      @leshagbloom4642 6 лет назад +2

      Eddy Murphy

    • @kristylambert7994
      @kristylambert7994 5 лет назад +1

      Recon if anybody involved even got held for questioning

    • @consvmingimpvlse2357
      @consvmingimpvlse2357 5 лет назад

      Nobody names Earl is a good guy 🤭

    • @dirtydan1116
      @dirtydan1116 5 лет назад

      @@llarmstrong783 too bad hes a scientologist

  • @AJDaniels5298
    @AJDaniels5298 Год назад +291

    This is dedicated to my uncle Ron who, after 25 years of abusing my aunt Deanna, has finally contracted a staph infection that spread throughout his body and rendered him brain dead.
    They called Deanna about taking him off life support and she hung up on them and blocked the number.

    • @lydiaboll2872
      @lydiaboll2872 11 месяцев назад +31

      As she should 👏👏👏

    • @emrilbennett8704
      @emrilbennett8704 9 месяцев назад

      Rest in pees🚽

    • @marioncapriotti1514
      @marioncapriotti1514 9 месяцев назад

      @@lydiaboll2872 - Aunt Deanna should rock the f*ck on, and I wish her a wonderful life going forward.

    • @marymem9864
      @marymem9864 9 месяцев назад +21

      Bye bye Ron.

    • @jinx8870
      @jinx8870 9 месяцев назад +11

      absolutely based aunt

  • @MariahEbrown
    @MariahEbrown 3 года назад +471

    Me @ 5 unaware of abuse: why did earl have to die? 😮
    Me @ 25 after leaving an abuser: shoulda listened to that restraining order Earl🤷🏾‍♀️😂

  • @brandonrojas3999
    @brandonrojas3999 2 года назад +21

    The dead Earl at the end doing the thriller dance takes me out every time

  • @mufcgeoff5258
    @mufcgeoff5258 2 месяца назад +14

    My wife was abused and beaten by her ex husband couldn't hit a man I confronted him and he coward like a baby all you girls out there don't stay in this kind of relationship there is a good man out there that will love and care for you forever x❤❤

  • @PhantomQueenOne
    @PhantomQueenOne 8 лет назад +1584

    "Good friends don't judge you or ask a lot of questions. They help you move the body and never speak of it again."

    • @Joshy05
      @Joshy05 8 лет назад +7

      Hell yea! lol

    • @Negativenke25
      @Negativenke25 8 лет назад +65

      Friends help you move furniture. Best friends help you move bodies.

    • @Maupin001
      @Maupin001 8 лет назад +25

      Really good friends help you put the fucker on ice.

    • @tadtaija9403
      @tadtaija9403 8 лет назад +4

      right

    • @Bllssxfull
      @Bllssxfull 7 лет назад +2

      Right, lol.

  • @kristahenderson294
    @kristahenderson294 6 лет назад +1763

    After he almost killed me I called his mom up north. Told her come get him or she would be burying him the next time he hit me
    Haven't seen or heard from him since

    • @helenclark7876
      @helenclark7876 6 лет назад +63

      way to go lady, with any luck this menace will fall off the world Bllaahhhh

    • @Stillstoned1
      @Stillstoned1 6 лет назад +80

      men usually don't take woman seriously as far as threats go, but hey,, Earl had to die.

    • @midnighttennessee8904
      @midnighttennessee8904 6 лет назад +32

      Good riddance. Probably being taken care of by Mommy now. Anyway, happy you got out.🎈🎉🎆

    • @kathryncotter4933
      @kathryncotter4933 6 лет назад +1

      Ok

    • @natesmith5493
      @natesmith5493 5 лет назад +14

      Good my dad was an abusive alky wish my mom would have done something like this no jury in the world would have convicted her

  • @louisemayb1
    @louisemayb1 3 года назад +60

    Many years ago, I was to be a witness for an abuse case involving a 4yo girl - against her father (my neighbours at the time). I was also majorly harassed and threatened by the grandfather in an attempt to intimidate me into not testifying - which worked on two of the other witnesses - a babysitter and a pre school teacher. I was soooo angry about what he had done! And having experienced my own childhood and marital trauma, the emotions ran deep.
    This song was my catharsis song! I felt a bit naughty but played it over and over in my car on the way to & from EVERYWHERE, absolutely belting my lungs out to it!
    Thank you Chicks. You guys rock! You helped me express what I struggled to put words to, and that helped me to have the strength and courage I needed at a really difficult time xx

  • @jenniferralls4724
    @jenniferralls4724 5 месяцев назад +9

    I love this song it makes me giddy!! I had a handprint on my face that makeup wouldn't cover. I left him 18 years ago and I'm happy!

  • @meyta6176
    @meyta6176 4 года назад +61

    So....., goodbye Earl is "no body, no crime" elder sister? I LOVE IT!!! 🥰

  • @greenrichardg
    @greenrichardg 8 лет назад +702

    Bad ass Chicks! Country radio abandoned you when you spoke your mind but rockers and other REAL fans of music love ya!

    • @isaacandr
      @isaacandr 8 лет назад +2

      5 white Americans killing a Mexican. And not happy with that, they have to do a party as if it were the Ku Klux Klan. This song can be even more racist?

    • @isaacandr
      @isaacandr 8 лет назад +2

      Twerkenstein Dennis Franz is an American. But the character "Earl" have all the stereotypes of Mexicans. Tanned and wrinkled skin, dark hair and a mustache. Virtually is a clone of Danny Trejo.

    • @MandyBuglet
      @MandyBuglet 8 лет назад +14

      Danny Trejo puts Earl to shame.

    • @kaitlynsmith1870
      @kaitlynsmith1870 8 лет назад +12

      +Twerkenstein Bless you for this comment

    • @OnlySethDavis
      @OnlySethDavis 8 лет назад +6

      Hell yes

  • @kylajasmine4799
    @kylajasmine4799 5 лет назад +318

    I told my mom that if she went back to "Earl" this time I couldn't be around to watch her die. She's been free of him for 3 years now after 17 years of abuse.

    • @m4ryslibrary
      @m4ryslibrary 4 года назад +7

      Go her!! 😁😁

    • @birbsgobrr1619
      @birbsgobrr1619 4 года назад +3

      @@m4ryslibrary dude off topic but I love your username

    • @maxwellmarsden7273
      @maxwellmarsden7273 4 года назад

      ...i feel bad for Kyla, can see her now walking up to this clown with a 44 Magnum saying "...touch my mom ONE more time..." (and smiling SO sweetly)

  • @amandawillett1827
    @amandawillett1827 28 дней назад +4

    This song is so good I have been listening to it for hours.

  • @clg1475
    @clg1475 4 года назад +327

    FYI, this is still a bop. I don't even care that my 8 year old self had no true understanding of the content.

    • @scottparson3536
      @scottparson3536 3 года назад

      Hello friend, I’m Scott and live in San Francisco California. How are you and your family and I hope you are safe over there with all this pandemic happening all around the world.

    • @dwritesbooks5772
      @dwritesbooks5772 3 года назад +8

      I was working at a radio station at the time. The file cabinets were covered with Earl's In The Trunk stickers. *Grin.*

  • @coolohiobreeze2037
    @coolohiobreeze2037 7 лет назад +98

    YEAH!!! So, I don't need a reality check, but this song reminds me of when I was in an abusive marriage and passively would hope something bad would happen to him. (Didn't happen!) I Finally got the courage to up and leave (with some real good counselling). Today, 35 years later, I am not that person at ALL. I am strong, caring, and confident. BUT, I STILL love this song!!! YAY for the DIXIE CHICKS!!!! :)

    • @joyr6687
      @joyr6687 6 лет назад +5

      I am glad you made it out. Some people are not as lucky.

    • @haleyhamlet3996
      @haleyhamlet3996 6 лет назад +1

      GO girl! Live strong!!! (Dixie chicks r AmAzInG)

    • @robsemail
      @robsemail 6 лет назад +1

      Yay for YOU!!!

    • @SarahJay55
      @SarahJay55 6 лет назад +1

      So glad you made it out!

    • @christieburkett1607
      @christieburkett1607 5 лет назад +1

      thanks for your comment. gives me hope

  • @justnattnatt
    @justnattnatt 4 года назад +360

    Came here from Taylor Swift's no body, no crime. And must I say, this is beautiful. Almost cried on that hospital scene with Wanda with the red eyes because that's a fucking true shit that happens. I called it "eyes bleeding from inside" as a kid. I love this. I love this. I hope this gets back to mainstream.

    • @russelljones3221
      @russelljones3221 3 года назад +8

      that song reminds me a little bit of this, but more of "The lights went out in georgia"

    • @paigecasey7910
      @paigecasey7910 3 года назад +6

      Swift and Dixie Chick's should not be from the same breath. TSwift has no talent. These women are GOATS!

    • @justnattnatt
      @justnattnatt 3 года назад +28

      @@paigecasey7910 people are able to appreciate them both and TSwift has been mainstream these days. No good in comparing in this instance. If one artist can help bring back another artist's glory days, then so be it. Whatever negative opinion you have spawns nothing nice.

    • @awesomeblossom5214
      @awesomeblossom5214 3 года назад +15

      @@paigecasey7910 I mean Tswift's collab with the chicks is really good... also you obviously haven't listened to no body no crime

    • @roxassora2706
      @roxassora2706 3 года назад +8

      @@awesomeblossom5214 She just wants to put others down whilst bringing others up. Sad.

  • @KYearwood
    @KYearwood Месяц назад +4

    This was one of the most important songs ever written. 😊

    • @jukesters123
      @jukesters123 Месяц назад

      Most Important?
      Stay away boys.

  • @revuutube
    @revuutube 5 лет назад +60

    Geez a lot of times I hear a song and then don't wanna look up the music video because nowadays they usually do something stupid that ruins the way I imagine the song. This is one of those times it gets it right. This video should've won an award....oh it did. Good

  • @jermaenjoyer
    @jermaenjoyer 2 года назад +109

    I'm 19 and can't believe I just heard this song for the 1st time ever when it came on the radio in the garage with my dad last night. The second it started I said "ooo this sounds good" loved the melody/singing instantly. We were in the middle of moving stuff when the chorus hit "That Earl had to die!", I immediately paused and went "😯 Oh my gosh I love this". Immediately put it on my playlist. Watched this vid about 3 times now. You know when a song is so good, that it makes you cry from how good it is? Not even just sad songs. I'm just getting choked up smiling at how good this deceptively upbeat song about getting rightful revenge is!!

    • @ElizabethT45
      @ElizabethT45 Год назад +3

      And as soon as that last "nah nah nah nah NAH, NAH, NAH" hits you have to jump up and down. An infectious revenge song!

  • @lfk6370
    @lfk6370 5 лет назад +68

    i just started a new job where no one knows i was in an abusive relationship a few years back and today this came on the radio and it was the first time i had heard it so i started crying but was trying to hide it, and i looked at my coworker and he was crying too. we both teared up at the wore sun glasses and long blouses part and the other two guys in the truck with us didnt get it but damn dv has touched so many of us.

  • @kristi9
    @kristi9 Год назад +25

    Saw them sing this live tonight in KC, still one of the best songs of all time!!! ❤️

  • @neoneherefrom5836
    @neoneherefrom5836 6 лет назад +253

    Legend has it they are still looking for Earl.

  • @wayne3302264
    @wayne3302264 4 года назад +315

    This song always makes me think of "Fried Green Tomatoes"........

  • @katietaylor4332
    @katietaylor4332 5 лет назад +73

    I love this song. I still remember being surprised it was so controversial when it came out. Half the movies in the '80s and '90s featured the bloody, graphic deaths of villains at the hands of righteous heroes, who really enjoyed doing it. I guess it's because women did (and enjoyed) the killing in 'Goodbye Earl,' and a frightening number of American men didn't consider a guy like Earl a villain.

  • @caitlin-zz1cm
    @caitlin-zz1cm 4 месяца назад +3

    My ex has just been put in prison for r*pe, GBH, coercion and theft. After 6 years I am so so so happy and playing this song on repeat. Happy fucking tears man

  • @dawnofchromatica9684
    @dawnofchromatica9684 4 года назад +1191

    My best friend of 15 years was in a relationship with an “Earl” about 5 years ago. One night things got so bad he beat the living crap out of her she called me in tears to come rescue her I went right away to the house picked my friend off the floor and drove her straight to the hospital. The next morning we went back to the house packed up all her things and got her the hell out of their and she moved in back with her parents until she got back on her feet again. She’s now in a loving relationship with a wonderful man and have a beautiful daughter together I couldn’t be more happier for my BFF!

    • @katiecrook2773
      @katiecrook2773 4 года назад +1

      My Name Isn’t Alice that’s good for her

    • @baylinkdashyt
      @baylinkdashyt 4 года назад +29

      Of course your name isn't Alice.
      .
      It's Maryann.

    • @dwyatt975
      @dwyatt975 4 года назад +39

      Good for her! She's INDEED, EXTREMELY LUCKY to have you as a friend! ANY male who assaults a female is NOT a real man, but a pathetic COWARD.

    • @bea4156
      @bea4156 4 года назад +3

      💚💚💚💚💚

    • @keymaster430
      @keymaster430 4 года назад +19

      Wonderful ending, but we want to know what ya'll did to the "Earl". Don't worry, we won't tell.

  • @Jaggededge112
    @Jaggededge112 Год назад +41

    my best friend Cari and I would sing along to this all the time. It brings back all the fun times I had with her. I miss you Cari. I hope you are resting in peace. You died saving your kids and you are my hero for that.

    • @ginapatterson5410
      @ginapatterson5410 Год назад +6

      Oh my stars this just broke me. I am so sorry for your friend and for your loss.

    • @Jaggededge112
      @Jaggededge112 Год назад +1

      @@ginapatterson5410 thank you.

  • @MakenzieAddams
    @MakenzieAddams Год назад +33

    I just love Natalie's voice and I'll forever love her and the support she showed with the West Memphis 3 💕

  • @sethhollowell8493
    @sethhollowell8493 3 года назад +921

    Lol, this is the badass girl country songs we need back
    "He treated me poorly and assaulted me, so we killed him"

    • @zacharyradford5552
      @zacharyradford5552 3 года назад +4

      Besides the message the songs shit and also the video.

    • @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD
      @ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD 3 года назад +57

      @@zacharyradford5552 go back to sleep

    • @heydeanie
      @heydeanie 3 года назад +45

      @@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD Im guessing Zach here is some poor chicks Earl...

    • @sherribreen9298
      @sherribreen9298 3 года назад +13

      It is sheer genius that will stand the test of time

    • @jessicah9974
      @jessicah9974 3 года назад +9

      Taylor Swift just made No Body No Crime which fits this genre

  • @PurpleRupee
    @PurpleRupee 27 дней назад +8

    Who here in Project 2025 (kidding, lets hope for the best regardless of anything.) Stay strong, sisters and brothers of planet earlth~

  • @country_chic
    @country_chic 2 года назад +256

    These ladies are AWESOME! Been a fan since the 90's, and will be a fan forever! Their music has helped me so much over the years! 💗

    • @markclifford1857
      @markclifford1857 2 года назад +1

      Hello 👋 Christy. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I’m Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

    • @devinreis5811
      @devinreis5811 Год назад +7

      This song came out when texting was in its infancy. The Tulsa, OK and Oklahoma State Troopers recommended that people in domestic violence have a code word to use with friends and family to text as a cue to call the authorities, in case they take your phone. "Goodbye Earl" became a popular code word for people in all 50 states, and the Tulsa PD and Oklahoma State Troopers helped a lot of people nationwide without thinking about it.

    • @dottiesunshine8339
      @dottiesunshine8339 Год назад +2

      I'm 29 now but the Dixie Chicks were the first favorite for my little ass in the 90s 💋🖤😎👯🏼‍♂️

    • @AlwaysAwesome001
      @AlwaysAwesome001 Год назад +1

      Let me guess. 🤔
      Still not married or divorced.
      🤣

    • @joeben55
      @joeben55 Год назад +2

      must have a bad ear because we took our RA group to see them and they all said they wanted to go back to the buss early because the music was so bad many of them was in our music group and said it was so off key and they were not in sinc at all it looked like they were drunk

  • @Kat-tr2ig
    @Kat-tr2ig 3 года назад +391

    This song reaches you on a different level when you've had (and escaped from) a violent husband. You sing CAUSE EARL HAD TO DIE with intensity

    • @jeffharding5725
      @jeffharding5725 Год назад

      So you would have pushed him down the cliff, too?

    • @Kat-tr2ig
      @Kat-tr2ig Год назад +3

      @@jeffharding5725 I'm not putting that down in writing

    • @Rubysoho907
      @Rubysoho907 Год назад +19

      The night I left my husband, I had to take a 2 hour bus to the next city over to get to my mom's house, and I blasted this song over and over again.

    • @Twister-Tales
      @Twister-Tales Год назад +9

      Earl, for me, was this kid who sexuallly assaulted me in high school. I never was in a relationship or even really knew the guy, but I still sing that lyric with passion

    • @sinneadfert
      @sinneadfert Год назад +1

      Oh and then some!

  • @deweybaltzer8599
    @deweybaltzer8599 2 года назад +100

    One of the greatest songs ever written! Go Dixie Chicks!

    • @rolnadkettle4gmail233
      @rolnadkettle4gmail233 2 года назад +1

      I honestly love your posts and always enjoy reading them in my lonely spare time. I'm so sorry I invaded your privacy, but I'd love to be friends with someone who could share such sensitive post content, which means you're a woman of integrity. I wanted to add you but sending you a friend request without your consent is inappropriate because I'm a public figure and it wouldn't take much either, I'd appreciate it if you send me a friend request now so we can be friends and text better here on RUclips ❤️

    • @rolnadkettle4gmail233
      @rolnadkettle4gmail233 2 года назад

      Hi

    • @souldeep69
      @souldeep69 Год назад

      "One of the greatest songs ever written. Go _Dixie Chicks_ " ????
      The Dixie Chicks didn't write this. It was written by the great songwriter Dennis Linde, whose previous biggest hit was 28 years earlier, the #2 Hot 100 song "Burning Love" by Elvis Presley in 1972.

    • @ronmorgan8214
      @ronmorgan8214 7 месяцев назад

      Written by Dennis Linde in the 90s.

  • @bellevans
    @bellevans Год назад +7

    There has been a solid list of historical and popular songs which justify men murdering women. Both men and women, for a long time, have believed the reasoning of those songs--because they are on the air, in our lives. Part of the culture. The question recently came up in a group of women singers: are there any songs about women killing "men who done women wrong"? Without a blink, we all said, " Earl." Thanks, Chicks, for giving a voice to the Other! You had the balls and the words!

    • @ultravioletpisces3666
      @ultravioletpisces3666 7 месяцев назад

      Independence Day by Martina McBride… although it’s sadder

    • @OriginalCaliKitty
      @OriginalCaliKitty 7 месяцев назад

      I've always thought of this as a contemporary murder ballad, like the really old folk tunes in which the girl gets murdered and the perp sings about it.

    • @ronmorgan8214
      @ronmorgan8214 7 месяцев назад

      Written by Dennis Linde in the 90s. Originally on "Sons of the Desert" band album and covered by chicks in 1999 album.

  • @NiGHTSaturn
    @NiGHTSaturn 2 года назад +15

    Guys, it’s my first time hearing this song, 1:37… _WAIT WHAT_ 🤣🤣🤣

    • @ruto4422
      @ruto4422 2 года назад

      Earl had to die

    • @melissahughesmusicnutritio8849
      @melissahughesmusicnutritio8849 2 месяца назад

      LMAO!!!! This has been my anthem for years!! Sure, I am lonely and would love to have someone to hold me and "love" me, but I have had to shutter my heart and have not had anyone in my life for 6 years 😉

  • @봉봉-d8j
    @봉봉-d8j 2 года назад +80

    Learned a lot of songs in American music history course in my university. This song is the only one that pops on my mind from time to time. Such strong impact

    • @hankjones2975
      @hankjones2975 Год назад +1

      this song was written to be funny. Earl the rotting corpse dancing to the music too. no depth or imagination to it. kind of write words that rhyme and meaning comes later.

    • @lindastucki7164
      @lindastucki7164 10 месяцев назад

      It truly is a woman's ballad. Right up there with legendary Divinyls. Pleasure and pain, I touch myself. Chrissy Amphlett music lives in every woman's heart.❤❤❤❤

  • @Kellieslife29
    @Kellieslife29 4 года назад +131

    I remember my mom showing me this song about 5 years ago, my eyes went wide as the lyrics went on and I got hooked! Can't wait to show my future daughter this!

    • @Kellieslife29
      @Kellieslife29 4 года назад

      @Mira Image if she does I'm hurting him

    • @AlexTheDragon
      @AlexTheDragon 4 года назад +1

      My sister showed me this. She was in a relationship with an Earl and her friends husband is in law enforcement (dont remember the name but ik its higher than cops) when they were driving to the hospital the husband had his gun out the whole time.

    • @pablodelsegundo9502
      @pablodelsegundo9502 3 года назад +6

      It should be part of every girl's curriculum. Hell, even the boys should get it as a cautionary lesson.

    • @LumaLena23
      @LumaLena23 3 года назад +4

      my girlfriend showed this to me (we're both girls) because she shipped Mary Anne and Wanda and we're always looking for WLW content and I was not disappointed

    • @carlyedwards1422
      @carlyedwards1422 2 года назад +2

      Hell I'm showing it to my sons as a cautionary tale not to be an earl

  • @bradthegigachad7120
    @bradthegigachad7120 26 дней назад +4

    The Dixie chicks are goated it not even up for debate.

  • @matthewvillarreal9359
    @matthewvillarreal9359 5 лет назад +491

    This song actually raises some interesting questions about victims of trauma and whether we have a right to judge them for taking matters into their own hands when they are failed. Even if we may not agree with the ethics of vigilante justice, if these ladies got caught and I were the judge, I might give them some kind of "slap on the wrist," like 30 days of community service or something.

    • @katymoore4678
      @katymoore4678 4 года назад +67

      Look up Spousal Abuse Syndrome (AKA Battered Women Syndrome). It's a legitimate murder defence.

    • @45andALIVE
      @45andALIVE 4 года назад +18

      Yup! If a man ever beat me, he would dead for sure!

    • @wallacechrstensen7406
      @wallacechrstensen7406 4 года назад +7

      Me too. Oh wait Minute, they already did a public, they got rid of Earl.

    • @wallacechrstensen7406
      @wallacechrstensen7406 4 года назад +2

      @@45andALIVE good.

    • @wallacechrstensen7406
      @wallacechrstensen7406 4 года назад +3

      @Sharon Jensen good.

  • @lillyanderson6338
    @lillyanderson6338 3 года назад +201

    Watched this video 1000 times just now noticed zombie earl dancing around😂

  • @charlieboy1087
    @charlieboy1087 3 года назад +2261

    Mary-Anne and Wanda are the ones truly in love

    • @sumemohmad5584
      @sumemohmad5584 3 года назад +58

      Yess

    • @brayleerieth80
      @brayleerieth80 3 года назад +45

      No

    • @brayleerieth80
      @brayleerieth80 3 года назад +23

      I am not aloud to talk about gae

    • @kaylasmith8411
      @kaylasmith8411 3 года назад +16

      True

    • @kaseylawson8934
      @kaseylawson8934 3 года назад +128

      Cassidy truth. They had a deep loving friendship. A bond that a lot of people will never experience. To the other commenters, you don't have to be gay to experience a special bond between someone of the same sex. All relationships don't have to be sexual. My best friend and I are thick as thieves, but we're not gay for one another.

  • @jasonrodgers9063
    @jasonrodgers9063 Год назад +2

    GREAT video! I LOVE how Dennis Franz (dead Earl!) is dancing along at the end!!!

    • @timm4930
      @timm4930 Год назад +1

      Agreed , proof zombies do exist and they can dance !

    • @jasonrodgers9063
      @jasonrodgers9063 Год назад

      "Dead Earl" dances WAY better than I do!@@timm4930

  • @brookmarie2845
    @brookmarie2845 3 года назад +42

    I would definitely help my sister get rid of that abusive piece of crap. While singing this like it's my battlecry. 😍

    • @tybg-
      @tybg- 3 года назад +2

      Do it

    • @danacarter9147
      @danacarter9147 Год назад

      You have a heart of gold, the world needs more good people like you around.💛👍

  • @2Bdiscovered
    @2Bdiscovered 7 лет назад +57

    ONE OF THE FUNNIEST SONGS AND VIDS OF ALL TIME.

  • @heatherwhite8849
    @heatherwhite8849 4 года назад +62

    These women were comical and musical staples of my generation. Her voice is amazing and the harmonizing is on point. I miss them and I hate that the only reason today’s kids don’t know of them is because Natalie made a statement regarding a president most of us were upset with at the time.

    • @PatriotForThePlanet
      @PatriotForThePlanet 4 года назад +1

      Well, fortunately, they're back! :)

    • @seanlane7520
      @seanlane7520 4 года назад +4

      Which is funny, considering what celebrities and media is allowed to say about our current president.....

    • @AirborneAshes
      @AirborneAshes 4 года назад +1

      Icons of their time

    • @AirborneAshes
      @AirborneAshes 4 года назад +4

      And pioneers in president bashing lol

    • @articulatedkat6608
      @articulatedkat6608 4 года назад +2

      At the time? Nope. At the time, they weren't remotely the only people who got slapped for refusing to support Bush Jr. and the war. Michael Moore got booed at the Oscars, Martin Sheen was fired by Visa. Being anti-war was being anti-troop. If you didn't have a yellow ribbon your car and Toby Keith's "boot up their ass" music playing on your radio, you were unAmerican. And we all had an obligation to support our President in war-time, especially after 9/11, regardless of whether or not we actually agreed with his decisions.
      It wasn't until years later, after the war was deemed a disaster that never should have been started, and everyone had proof that they'd lied about the reasons we started the war, that most people were against it and happy to hear people crapping on Bush Jr. and his administration. But at the time, ESPECIALLY in country music, what happened to The Chicks is precisely what you would've expected to happen to them. Their experiences were the emblem for the anti-anti-war sentiments at the time.
      It didn't devolve into full McCarthyism, but from those who had lived through both periods, it was deemed eerily familiar.

  • @elizabethlocklear3709
    @elizabethlocklear3709 Год назад +3

    This reminds me of my BFF from hs who was in the same situation seeing the black eye makes me cry every time I love her and would gladly help her any way I can to get away

  • @sunshinejividen2832
    @sunshinejividen2832 4 года назад +54

    2:03 I've seen this video sooooooo many times but *just now* noticed that Wanda poked Earl in the face with a fork at 2:03 lmao

    • @25djw13
      @25djw13 4 года назад +3

      Amazingly I only watched it for the first time today. I noticed the fork - which I assumed would be poked in his eye to check that he was really dead and not faking.

    • @GemGoddess1
      @GemGoddess1 4 года назад +2

      OMG, SAME!!! And I've been a Chicks fan since WAY back.

    • @sunshinejividen2832
      @sunshinejividen2832 4 года назад +1

      @@GemGoddess1 Me too !! I live in Ohio now, but I used to live in south Florida. Every year in Davie, Florida, there was an event called "The Chili cook-off". In 1998 (the only year I went), my boyfriend & I went on the 2nd day of it and were in the 2nd row, maybe 40 or 50 feet away from each performer...Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Trace Atkins, Deana Carter, & "some new girl group" who nobody had even heard of yet, called the "Dixie Chicks", lmao. Deana Carter performed first (Strawberry Wine....which I hate that song because it was "played to death" on the radio stations and I'm still sick of it, lol), but then when the Dixie Chicks got on stage and the first song they did was "I Can Love You Better", we were all like "Oh, okay....we know who they are *now !!* " 😂 (having recognized the song from it being played on the radio). 😀

    • @sunshinejividen2832
      @sunshinejividen2832 4 года назад

      @@25djw13 I do believe you're absolutely right regarding the reason for the fork in the eye !! 😂 🍴 👀👍🏻

  • @tayj857
    @tayj857 Год назад +37

    This song and album… I have vivid memories of my mom picking me up from pre-school in the early 2000s and we would play The Chicks and vibe lol.. they’re so talented and I hope I can see them live some day🤞🏻

    • @emily4gov
      @emily4gov 8 месяцев назад

      Your mom kicks ass : )

  • @brettsatterberg1679
    @brettsatterberg1679 3 года назад +29

    This is an awesome song -- all abusers deserve to be held accountable, sometimes ultimately. Good job Chicks!!!

  • @MyOwnPersonalFantasy
    @MyOwnPersonalFantasy 11 месяцев назад +8

    I've always thought this song was so unique and important. This, Janie's Got a Gun, and Independence Day by Martina McBride. All of them explicitly share stories about domestic violence and abuse and that's such an important topic that is not sung enough about, especially considering the time periods those songs were made.

  • @krystallynx
    @krystallynx 6 лет назад +1073

    "Turns out he was a missing person that nobody missed at all"

  • @DrgnMage2536
    @DrgnMage2536 7 лет назад +88

    This is such a great video! Love how the scenes were shot; how Wanda was shown being thrown to the ground and then walking into the lawyers office without the need to cut. Everything was shot to match the flow of the song and story. Videos aren't filmed this way anymore.

  • @nopolleyanna
    @nopolleyanna 6 лет назад +855

    Friends help you move, best friends help you move BODIES !!!

  • @lividluxury1
    @lividluxury1 11 месяцев назад +5

    I love how this beautiful masterpiece of a song has better transitions than current videos circling around youtube.

  • @louriewylde9293
    @louriewylde9293 2 года назад +29

    I'm in Italy in 40 degree C weather and this song still gives me major goosebumps

  • @carolcarol9982
    @carolcarol9982 5 лет назад +343

    I think people find Earl all the time. They just roll him up in his tarp again and throw him back.

  • @nardo218
    @nardo218 7 лет назад +129

    I was in college in a rural area when this song came out, and my dorm was on a female-only floor. Prolly the first time a lot of those girls had lived in a female-only space. After classes, in the evening, we'd open up the doors and someoen would put this on, and EVERYONE would sing. Just ... sing out the demons.

    • @davanyo1
      @davanyo1 6 лет назад

      Did you ever learn how to spell probably? Prolly not.

    • @vihaze6725
      @vihaze6725 2 года назад +3

      @@davanyo1 We get it. You've never been invited to a party.

  • @remylee1612
    @remylee1612 Год назад +4

    This is storytelling perfection. I remember bouncing on the trampoline to this as kid. Brilliant.

  • @imhuemankeepURcolorsforcrayons
    @imhuemankeepURcolorsforcrayons 6 лет назад +36

    Yo as a young black girl I had to hid my love for this song. But I swear this use to be my ish back then. Lol I’m only 28 now. But those were the good ol’days!!