And yet, the most famous versions are performed by two British singers.
Y'all don't like pop rock?
Is Enterprise the most US-centric Trek series?
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Y'all don't like pop rock?
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Not this particular style, no. I can't quite describe it, but it's a distinctly American blend of (country?) pop rock that's not very popular here.
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"Faith of the Heart" isn't country. I would describe it more as soft rock.
Not hearing any country. Singer doesn't even have a twang.
I don't really see what's country about it. There's no "twang" sound; Russell Watson isn't performing with any sort of American Southern accent; the instrumentation isn't traditional country music instrumentation; it the content of the song does't reflect American Southern culture... There's just nothing country about it.
I mean, you might argue that, except it's not even religious faith the song is about. It's about having faith in yourself. There are certainly country songs about having faith in yourself, but there are songs from many genres about having faith in yourself.
Also, being about religious faith would not by itself be enough to really make a song a country song, either. There are songs about religious faith from other genres. Alanis Morisette's "Forgiven" from her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill is all about reconnecting with her religious faith after trauma, but it's absolutely not a country song.
Everyone must consider WWIII Nuclear War on Earth and how it affected the racial populations. Asia was nuked, and probably most population centers/cities around the globe. Northwest America seems to have survived the nuking, so, start from there.
"There aren't many Asians in Star Trek because most Asians were nuked in World War III" would be an incredibly racist creative decision that would make Star Trek an incredibly racist TV show.
Better answer: There are plenty of Asians in the world of Star Trek, all of humanity suffered in World War III and learned to work together after; the reason we didn't see enough Asians in earlier installments was that Hollywood was systemically racist and new productions will continue to be more inclusive and egalitarian.
It's definitely not country. It's pop rock at best.
How about now? EDIT: Damned YT restrictions...
It treated them like Romulans with an additional layer of deception, which isn't far from the truth.
Whether you like that idea or not is irrelevant. It would be very racist for Star Trek to depict a future utopia as one in which Asians have been genocided.
Using that logic George Michael's "Faith" is a country song. And so is Billy Joel's "Keeping the Faith".
I would say no.
If it was still 1978, I'd call it Easy Listening. With a slightly different arrangement I could hear it on some AM station between a Carpenters and a Captain and Tenille song.
Using that logic George Michael's "Faith" is a country song. And so is Billy Joel's "Keeping the Faith".
What would we call "Spirit in the Sky" then? Or "Like a Prayer"?
Praise music.