In March, 2005, this song was performed at a Diamond Rio concert.They[/align]received an immediate standing ovation, and continue to do so every time[/align]they perform it! Sadly, major radio stations wouldn't play it because it[/align]was considered politically incorrect. Consequently, the song was never[/align]released to the public. If this song speaks to your heart, share it with[/align]friends and loved ones. Then let us cease being the silent majority and[/align]join -- not as a particular political party, but as Americans!Be sure[/align]your speakers are on.[/align]Charisse[/align][/align][/align]http://gunbarrelcityradio.com/InGodWeStillTrust.wmv[/align]
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Claim: Radio stations declined to play the Diamond Rio song "In God We Still Trust" because of its subject matter.
Status:False.
Example:[Collected via e-mail, 2006]
YOU WONT HEAR THIS SONG IN A PUBLIC BROADCAST:
In March, 2005, this song was performed at a Diamond Rio concert. They received an immediate standing ovation, and continue to do so every time they perform it! Sadly, major radio stations wouldn't play it because it was considered politically incorrect. Consequently, the song was never released to the public. If this song speaks to your heart and you want to share it with friends and loved ones, please do. Then, regardless of our ethnic origin, let us cease being the silent majority and join together. Not as a particular political party, but as Americans!
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March of 2005 was the first time this song was performed by Diamond Rio at a concert in Las Vegas. They received an immediate resounding standing ovation, and continue to do so every time they perform it! At the time, my thought was, "Everyone who loves America will be so thrilled to hear this song!" Although Diamond Rio has never before done a statement song, they felt compelled to record "In God We Still Trust." But guess what? Sadly, major radio stations wouldn't play it because it was considered politically incorrect. Consequently, the song was never released to the public.
So, America, see what you think. If this offering speaks to your heart and you feel to share it with friends and loved ones, please do. Many of us feel great concern with the movement of a dissident minority to eliminate God from the face of America! If they succeed, it will destroy the very principles upon which our nation was founded. Are we going to allow this to happen? What would that be like? More importantly..how would you feel?
Regardless of our ethnic origin, let us cease being the silent majority and join together. Not as a particular political party, but as Americans! Let us voice to the media and the powers that be how we feel about having God erased from everything that is sacred to us. If we don't do it, who will? [/align] Origins: The lyrics of the Diamond Rio song "In God We Still Trust" might best be summarized as an affirmation of the U.S. national motto, "In God We Trust":
You place your hand on His bible, when you swear to tell the truth.
His name is on our greatest monuments, an' all our money too.
An' when we pledge allegiance, there's no doubt where we stand:
There's no separation, we're one nation under Him.
In God, we still trust here in America;
He's the one we turn to every time the going gets rough.
He is the source of all our strength, the one who watches over us. Here in America, in God, we still trust.
[/align](The song itself can be purchased from a variety of music download sites.)
The notion that "In God We Still Trust" did not receive radio airplay because its pro-religion-in-America message was deemed too "politically
correct" does not stand up to scrutiny, however. In general, for a song to receive significant radio play it needs to be issued as a single and to have substantial promotional backing from the releasing label, but "In God We Still Trust" evidently satisfied neither of those requirements. It wasn't released at all until it appeared as one of the four new songs included on Diamond Rio's Greatest Hits II CD in May 2006, and even then it was primarily an album track, not a single that was being sent to radio stations and promoted for airplay. The claim that "Major radio stations wouldn't play it because it was considered politically incorrect; consequently, the song was never released to the public" therefore puts the cart before the horse: a song generally needs to be released before it can receive widespread airplay on major radio stations, not vice-versa.
When "In God We Still Trust" was finally released, it had to compete for airplay with several other similarly-themed songs released around the same time, such as Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" and "American Soldier," Brooks and Dunn's "I Believe," Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel," and Brad Paisley's "When I Get Where I'm Going." Listeners apparently didn't find the Diamond Rio song distinctive or appealing enough to make it stand out from the crowd and prompt additional requests for airplay, so "” like a lot of other music "” it quietly faded off of radio playlists without achieving even minor hit status. Its lack of airplay wasn't due to "political incorrectness," but rather to bad timing and getting lost in the shuffle[/align]
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So they did a test marketing of country stations and they refused to play a song like that. That's surprising.
Yes Charlie, very surprising!!
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The notion that "In God We Still Trust" did not receive radio airplay because its pro-religion-in-America message was deemed too "politically
So we let 1000's of LegalAmerican Hater's into the country and this Song is politically incorrect? THE WORM'S ARE CRAWLING IN THE APPLE BEFORE OUR EYE'S AND WE DO NOT SEE IT!
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Live Life in such a way that those who do not know Christ will come to know Him because they know you
The claim that "Major radio stations wouldn't play it because it was considered politically incorrect; consequently, the song was never released to the public" therefore puts the cart before the horse: a song generally needs to be released before it can receive widespread airplay on major radio stations, not vice-versa.
REbel there saying this isn't true,the song wasn't released as a single that's why it didn't get air play.
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Must Listen to this!
