Comments on: George Strait - “I Saw God Today”

By: Maureen McCole

Maureen McCole — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:55:19 +0000

George Strait has, is, and will continue to be a man of class, grace, and endless talent.

Listening to him sing heals my soul. The single, I Saw God Today, is telling us to stop, look, and listen so as to embrace the simple miracles of one’s life.

By: ccf

ccf — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:51:55 +0000

Good points Kelly,
There is an indy artist I like named Billy Don Burns. One of my favorite song has these lines

“He rides though the night down a lost highway through a hole he made in his vein. To a platic place where desperte die on a dirty steet called shame”.

I’ve never shot heroion nor have or well I ever do drugs. So I don’t releate to the lyric but the picture he paints is vivid to what it would be like.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:00:12 +0000

Strait’s comments about how people can relate to feelings about a child being born, thus amking the song great, bring up the whole argument about what makes a song great. Yes, I can relate to the event of child birth as I am a new father, but the song still makes my gag reflex kick-in (and i do consider myself a fan of george). The generic arrangement doesnt save it for me either. If you can relate to the lyrics, but the music does little to make the song enjoyable otherwise, who gives a crap if you “relate” to the lyric. I should write a song titled “I got dressed and went to work today” then put it to the music of “what hurts the most”. It’ll be a massive hit because it has middle-of-the-road pop-rock music draped over lyrics that anyone who gets dressed and goes to work can relate to!!!!!

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:02:35 +0000

I’ve never really seen the link either.

By: ccf

ccf — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:43:06 +0000

Cami,

I’m a fan of George too I knew his daughter was killed in a car accident if I’m not mistaken it was in 1985. I will have to agree I don’t see this song being tied to it.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:35:33 +0000

I’m sure I’ll be corrected on this, but I don’t think that Strait’s tragedy has been linked to this song by him. The only thing that I’ve heard him say about it is that it’s something that anyone who has been there for the birth of their child can relate to. To me, this is quite different than the death of a child. When he sings a song about the death of a child, then this argument might work. Otherwise, you’re right, George Strait has class and he isn’t exploiting his tragedy to manipulate people into liking this song. So, neither should anyone else.

By: Cami

Cami — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:20:14 +0000

I really love I saw God today. It had to be truly a hard song for him to do. If your a fan like I am you would know that his daughter was killed. For me to sing a song like that would be so hard. I give him tons of kudos for doing this song. So what if its what everyone else is doing. Its George Strait and he can sing what he wants and true fans will love it. Think about it! Lets say your a singer and a tragedy such as this happens and it relates to your sistuation, wouldnt you find it difficult to sing? Look at your innerself and think about it. God Bless George and his family. It just shows what kind of class this man has.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:45 +0000

I will go out on a limb and say i hope “When You’re in Love” becomes a single from George’s new CD. As soon as the song started up i could hear it on the radio. I loved “House of Cash”, the duet with Patty Loveless. I know this is about “I Saw God Today” but it ties in with the CD that contains it, TROUBADOUR. The song that follows “When You’re in Love” is “Make Her Fall in Love With Me Song”, it’s a good bouncy song too and has a prominent steel guitar. The duet with Dean Dillon is a sing-a-long as well, a toe-tapper in the tradition of Bob Wills.

By: ccf

ccf — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:55:30 +0000

I liked it when AJ sang choices too. He made a great statement.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:45:52 +0000

I like that Alan Jackson is willing to ruffle some Nashville feathers. I am impressed by the time when he stopped his song and sang “Choices” in protest of the CMA not allowing George Jones to sing the whole thing on the show. He didn’t make some loud statement, he just showed how he felt about the matter with class and poignancy.