favorite 80's band!! EVER!~! i loved this album when it came out and i love it still today and now even more that these guys and other Christians are covering these songs... named my oldest boy after this U2 album....
Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income based on the street on which they lived, particularly in Belfast.
@G 84 wrong,on the deluxe version in the lyrics Bono sings to the Holy Ghost,both mercy med meaning and this commenter is correct about two of the meanings.
Growing up my mom and dad had this album on cd. We played it at top sound every Sunday before church. My parents were raging addicts who couldn’t save themselves. Christ was their only reprieve. This song was the last on the cd. We turned it as loud as it could go on our massive speakers and we shook our tiny house. We shook moms china off the piano. She was furious. Dad thought it was more important that we felt the music of God. He was right. Mom died of a suicide overdose in 2008. Dad died of cancer after a 60 year battle with addiction in 2017. Although I lost him in 2009 too. This drumming is the core memory that I feel today when I turn it up in my car and I feel God holding me. I feel my parents holding me. If that drummer is only going that hard for me and me alone. He has done his service in Christ. That is the reason Christ inspired him so much that night. So it could impact my life in a small North Carolina town.
How is this song about heaven? It’s a song of hope in THiS lifetime - where there’s no division of religion, wealth, class and race. In heaven, there is no need to hope for unity because everyone is united by the blood of Christ. To me, the reason for this performance is a lame excuse to cover this song in a Christian concert. I understand that it’s fun to play bc of the musicality, but misinterpreting this song and using that to play this song in concert is pretty sad...
I can understand that. It does have a sense of hijackinf to it. For me, the song speaks of my desire for part of heaven to be realized on Earth. Where neighborhoods aren’t divided by wealth, religion, class, race. That will happen in heaven. But what am I doing to help “thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” become a reality? U2s song is a catalyst for me to do what I can - while I Hope for the future.
U2 itself has interpreted it in this way.During the Elevation tour, Bono prefaced it with Psalm 116, and during 360, Amazing Grace led into it. In both performances, the streets were basically heaven.
Yeah this song is most definitely not about "all of the attention in heaven being on Jesus," and the lyrics don't go "dance in that HOLY rain." McChristianity at it's most cheese dick. We've done this song at my church for decades, and we do the real song; I.e. without the televangelist monologue before and the lame lyric changes.
An iconic U2 song done by a truly iconic band, Thanks be to GOD!!
awesome song. . one day i will walk with jesus christ on those streets with no names. awesome totally awesome. jhudson
I am being blessed by this band. Glory be to God
Good job
Amen Amen Amen!!
The best cover ever for this song!!
I cried-- not ashamed to admit it.... awesome awesome performance.
favorite 80's band!! EVER!~! i loved this album when it came out and i love it still today and now even more that these guys and other Christians are covering these songs... named my oldest boy after this U2 album....
Awesome Version!! I was there great version so unique.
I met these guys just as they were starting to take off and be super popular... They were sweet, humble, and everything else good!!
Praise God above!! All the praise and glory belongs to JESUS CHRIST.
A great band playing a song from another great band!👊
Love this cover...
🙏🙏🙏 Thank God I understand this song. Thank God I have overcome the world 🗺
If this was at Rock The Universe in Orlando I was there. Thanks for posting it !!
Powerful
It is very amazing
A U2 classic very well done, love it!
vive notre seigneur jesus christ bravo
Love this song!
Love the Chris Tomlin version; this version's just as good.
Brilliant
Awesome! How can this only have 3294 views???
Beautiful
pretty good cover! good job MercyMe!
Amen
que bello!!
❤❤❤
Glória Deus
Jon Doe, U2 singer Bono professes he is a believer
They did this at the New York state fair...it was powerful....better than this video...sounded like U2.
I am a fan of both U2 and MercyMe. I understood this song was actually written about Africa.
Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income based on the street on which they lived, particularly in Belfast.
@G 84 wrong,on the deluxe version in the lyrics Bono sings to the Holy Ghost,both mercy med meaning and this commenter is correct about two of the meanings.
👍👍
la rencontre de jesus dans le desert
Drummer needs to be more simple. He's over doing it
Robby knows exactly what he’s doing.
@@GoldRangerFanGirl35 nope. Obviously you never heard U2's far superior version
Growing up my mom and dad had this album on cd. We played it at top sound every Sunday before church. My parents were raging addicts who couldn’t save themselves. Christ was their only reprieve. This song was the last on the cd. We turned it as loud as it could go on our massive speakers and we shook our tiny house. We shook moms china off the piano. She was furious. Dad thought it was more important that we felt the music of God. He was right. Mom died of a suicide overdose in 2008. Dad died of cancer after a 60 year battle with addiction in 2017. Although I lost him in 2009 too.
This drumming is the core memory that I feel today when I turn it up in my car and I feel God holding me. I feel my parents holding me. If that drummer is only going that hard for me and me alone. He has done his service in Christ. That is the reason Christ inspired him so much that night. So it could impact my life in a small North Carolina town.
Fact; 2 guitar players and 1 keyboardist is needed to do what only The edge is capable. lol
Isaac Pizarro pretty sure Edge is using tracks to cover parts. He still is awesome - just not super natural, yet. 👍
Tell me more. Why is this offensive?
How is this song about heaven? It’s a song of hope in THiS lifetime - where there’s no division of religion, wealth, class and race. In heaven, there is no need to hope for unity because everyone is united by the blood of Christ.
To me, the reason for this performance is a lame excuse to cover this song in a Christian concert. I understand that it’s fun to play bc of the musicality, but misinterpreting this song and using that to play this song in concert is pretty sad...
I can understand that. It does have a sense of hijackinf to it. For me, the song speaks of my desire for part of heaven to be realized on Earth. Where neighborhoods aren’t divided by wealth, religion, class, race. That will happen in heaven. But what am I doing to help “thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” become a reality? U2s song is a catalyst for me to do what I can - while I Hope for the future.
U2 itself has interpreted it in this way.During the Elevation tour, Bono prefaced it with Psalm 116, and during 360, Amazing Grace led into it. In both performances, the streets were basically heaven.
Yeah this song is most definitely not about "all of the attention in heaven being on Jesus," and the lyrics don't go "dance in that HOLY rain."
McChristianity at it's most cheese dick. We've done this song at my church for decades, and we do the real song; I.e. without the televangelist monologue before and the lame lyric changes.