{"id":3733,"date":"2015-03-14T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2015-03-09T23:02:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T04:02:59","slug":"religion-is-a-country-music-trope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/03\/14\/religion-is-a-country-music-trope\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion is a Country Music Trope."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday March 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2015 was a monumental day for Carrie Underwood. Carrie and husband Mike Fisher gave birth to a baby boy, Isaiah Michael Fisher. Carrie could be said to be the most popular female country artist of the decade. Underwood started with a solid fan base after winning American Idol. This is possibly why she was so successful on the Billboard Top 100 in addition to country music charts. Carrie is one of my favorite artists but not solely because of her music. She has great style, values, and holds herself with grace. I may not know her personally but I think she just has just a wonderful presence that surrounds her. Now in class there has been discussion about whether or not religion is a trope of country music. I believe that in Underwood\u2019s case it is a very big part of her and her music. Her newest single \u201cSomething in the Water\u201d has to do with how a person\u2019s life changes after they have been baptized. The song also includes lyrics from \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d. Another attribute of the song is that it is not only on the Top Charts for the Billboard Top 100 but also is on the Hot Christian Songs Chart.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Carrie Underwood &quot;Something In The Water&quot; - Audio\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVEHJ9C-H9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In addition to \u201cSomething in the Water\u201d, a good portion of Underwood\u2019s older songs also contains some references of religion. Another example would be \u201cJesus Take the Wheel\u201d. \u201cJesus Take the Wheel\u201d was released on Underwood\u2019s debut album <em>Some Hearts <\/em>in 2005. This was Underwood\u2019s first Christian-Country crossover hit and could be said to be her most successful single thus far. \u201cJesus Take the Wheel\u201d won numerous awards, including two Grammy\u2019s and an Academy of Country Music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take The Wheel (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lydBPm2KRaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Others like \u201cInside Your Heaven\u201d and \u201cJust a Dream\u201d are two other songs that religion is a theme. Both Underwood and the runner-up of American Idol, Bo Bice, released \u201cInside Your Heaven\u201d. Underwood\u2019s version of the song excelled with approximately double the amount of copies sold than Bice\u2019s. \u201cJust a Dream\u201d is a song about loss and heartbreak. This song is sad in depressing but it clearly illustrates the emotion of denial after one finds out a love one has passed.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyRlMaCauSs<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Carrie Underwood - Just A Dream\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLntFKtR66g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Religion does not take place in all of Underwood\u2019s songs though. But seeing as how a number of her songs have religion in it, you can tell it is something she values. Also, if we look back at the birth of her son this past week we can tell she values religion in her life. Underwood and Fisher named their son Isaiah, which is a biblical name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday March 3rd, 2015 was a monumental day for Carrie Underwood. Carrie and husband Mike Fisher gave birth to a baby boy, Isaiah Michael Fisher. Carrie could be said to be the most popular female country artist of the decade. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/03\/14\/religion-is-a-country-music-trope\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,63,16,65,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-pop","category-music-videos","category-song-analysis","category-usa","category-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3770,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions\/3770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}