Garth Brooks: "Unanswered Prayers" has stood the test of time, inspired new TV movie
Oklahoma music megastar Garth Brooks feels his 1990 chart-topping single “Unanswered Prayers” has stood the test of time.
“I’m a big James Taylor fan, and James described going through soundcheck and here comes ‘Fire and Rain’ and you’re kind of rolling your eyes, you know, when you’re playing it. But then when you play it for people and they hear it, it’s like they’re hearing it for the first time, which brings back the first time you ever heard it yourself. And you know, you get all the (goose) bumps and all that stuff. And yeah, this song stayd very, very true,” Brooks told me in a recent phone interview from Los Angeles, where he was appearing on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” to promote the forthcoming TV movie based on “Unanswered Prayers.”
The telefilm “Unanswered Prayers” will debut at 8 p.m. Monday on Lifetime Television. Brooks and Lisa Sanderson executive produced the drama for their Red Strokes Productions. (The company also is named for one of his ‘90s singles.)
The song, featured on Brooks’ blockbuster album “No Fences,” tells the story of a married man who runs into his old high school crush at a hometown football game. He recalls how he prayed for God to put him together with that girl, but when he looks at his wife, he realizes the Lord was right to not answer his pleas.
The TV movie follows those lyrics and stars Eric Close, Samantha Mathis, Madchen Amick and Patty Duke.
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