I like to call myself the worlds oldest pop punk kid. Played bass in youth band. Holy crap this makes me want to reach out to amour a dozen people I haven’t talk to in 20 years
Yeah! Old Hillsong tracks there was always a question of "do you want the studio or live version" or even better, the Passion cover. With Everything went from 4 to 9 minutes and Break Every Chain at least tripled (Bethel's version I think)
I died. That “sing it” killed me. The jungle toms with “only play whole notes” guitar part. As someone who spent 15 years playing in church worship groups. It’s perfection.
I've been wanting to write a paper on how contemporary worship music is largely influenced by Ambient Post Rock, U2 Edge and Pop Country. Absolutely nailed it
Oh yeah! I'm pretty sure Phil Wickham has just straight up admitted he copies U2. There's even a U2 riff that is in both a Hillsong song and a Phil Wickham song.
Bro as a worship leader, this is genius. Captured every trope in the genre, down to the “sing it again” callouts 😂 most videos like this make worship music out to be terrible and hokey sounding, this captured the anthemic feel and production level of a lot of the modern bands while also poking fun in the right places. Epic!
@@jonuncaged4341 it depends. A lot is. The guys who mix and master and play for Bethel are absolute pros. There’s a lot of great songwriting there from a musical perspective, whether it’s your cup of tea or not. As far as hokey, we’ll that depends on whether or not you believe the message. I find most songs about getting high and sleeping around hokey, but that’s cuz that’s not how I live. Also, anytime something becomes commercially successful, the genre will be full of crap.
@@andrewmorgan7770 have you listened to Kings Kaleidoscope? Dustin Kensrue? The Modern Post? Citizens? I agree that most of the pop rock stuff isn’t my cup of tea, but the stuff I listed above is what we do, much more musical imo.
Worship team guitarist here. This reminds me even more of how "worship" has become a style and not an act. Fantastic job, man. Now do the opposite direction and take modern worship songs and make them pop punk like we did back in the 90's
The floor Tom rhythm, the ad libs, vamping on the ending of the verse before a soft chorus, the long builds, repeating the bridge a million times, “my heroin, my heroin, my heroin,” the fact that this song is SIX MINUTES LONG. Amazing
I can probably play this song as background music at my church and nobody will notice. LOL well done! Please do more!! Would love to hear Bethel's songs sound like MCR.
I've been thinking the same thing, the only issue is that "you are my heroine" would refer to God in the feminine, which doesn't exactly line up with scripture, and it also sounds like "heroin". Either one would tip off a lot of people that something funny was going on. That being said, I attended a church in the past that would play Angels and Airwaves in between services, and nobody seemed bothered by it- assuming anybody other than me noticed.
As a drummer of a Southern Baptist church, I can confirm that any time there’s extra time between songs in practice our band almost always breaks out into either a Brand New or Taking Back Sunday song
More churches are becoming like this because of the youth. I've been to ones who like metal and ones who like pop and punk. Just gotta let God show ya what's out there. 💛😇
omg... the "sing it" portion slayed me. This man has listened to worship music and knows all the dorky catch lines worship pastors throw at people on stage.
Bro, did you bust out the tambourine? 😆 I'm dead.... Well done! As a 90's and 00's emo fan....and current worship leader, this is 100% Hahaha. You and your wife crushed the vocals.
I'M DYING this is so good - you hit everything! The tom intro, the Hillsong-esque lead line, the bare feet, the hands, Capo 5 so you can still play in G, the snare fill back to the verse, switching to a different vocalist for Verse 2, the octave jump in the vocals, vamp on the pre-chorus, the drop chorus into a big, the worship bounce, the gang vocals, the ad-libs, the drop bridge into a tom build, the "one more time!", the ascending harmonies in the bridge, ending on the 4... I walked away from this kind of music, but wow this brought me back. Well done!
Boys Like Girls hits me so hard, because my role model who died in 2011 loved them. This absolutely broke me, sir. You caught me off-guard. Thank you. 🙏🏼😭💜💚
As an audio tech who mixed for worship bands for years, this is so spot on. All the parts. So many parts. Gotta have someone with a tambourine. And at least 3-4 guitarists. 🤣 The one church I worked at had a 10 person minimum for their teams.
Never before has a song attacked me yet felt so personal. Boys Like Girls is one of my favorite pop punk bands that I listen to on the regular, and this is one of my favorite songs. In high school I actually went to religious conventions that had a worship band. Two aspects of my life that have been separate have just now met. This was magical, Thank You.
I've been playing in worship settings since the early 2000s and this is fantastic. I'd love to see covers of "classic" worship songs in pop-punk though I know it wouldn't necessarily get the clicks.
I usually don’t comment but you’ve struck a chord lol. I love this connection. I listen to both genres, so I like this take on Hero/Heroine. I’m not taking it at a joke either. I often hear God across genres whether Christian or secular music. And this is a good example of trying to hear similarities across genres. And there are even lyrics in the song that I hadn’t previously seen as faith related (though clearly not intended). So that’s really cool. I remember there being a lot of Christian alt/metal bands at warp tour or popular in the 2000-2010s. Either their music was outright religious, or it was somewhere in the middle with their lyrics having connections to the faith, or they just were very vocal in interviews about their faith. But I think there was some sort of shift though. I’m not sure what happened. There just seems to be fewer Christian bands with that raw emo sound. But there are plenty of them with that post rock sound (like the emotional build and ambience in math rock). Or they even take on an indie sound. Like I just found this one band, Gable Price and Friends. Their song “Heretic” is a good example of that trendy indie sound. Anyways. I digress. I’m curious, especially with your baptist background, would you consider turning a popular Christian song into an emo bop? Like “if elevation worship’s X song was an emo bop.” I’d love to see that. I think it could even be nostalgic.
It isn't this genre in any way but We the Kingdom has been a wonderful breath of fresh air with their almost "Southern Rock" sound on some of their songs. Child of Love REALLY ticks that Foreigner/ Allman Brothers box for me.
The build up into the "bridge"...the drummer lean on the snare... My worship drummer self feels seen. 😂 If only I could get my students to arrange songs with dynamics like this instead of me being like, "guys hear me out, what if... we got quiet... 😂" Great job!
It’s funny because thanks to bands like Underoath and TDWP the vein diagram of worship groups and emo kids in the early-mid 2000s was much closer to a circle than you’d think lol
As I lay dying, sleeping giant, for today, memphis may fire, august burns red... i grew up on church in the mid 2000s so my worship/emo/metal core sides were all the same
I went to churches that played music like this when I was a kid. I always thought there was a strange amount of similarly between the church music and the pop punk/emo music I listened to. This video is a great example of that
Bro as a worship leader, this is genius. Captured every tripe in the genre, down to “sing it again” callouts 😂 most videos like this make worship music out to be terrible and hokey sounding, this captured the anthemic feel and production level of a lot of modern bands while poking fun at the right places. Epic
As a working musician who has been in worship music since 98 (guitar/bass/drums/piano/vocal) and an avid pop/punk guy (Mae/Acceptance/MaydayParade/WeTheKings/BoysLikeGirls/NightGame), this hit WAY close to home in the best possible way :P Thank you for everything you do!
Man, the hand gestures, the drummer’s head bow on the quiet section, the tambourine, the band vibe and more other stuffs are just on point ‼️ Definitely an awesome job mate. Please write an original song with this kind of influence/ genre. I used to play in worship band and it inspire me to play back and to write originals using this method. You’re truly like a hero mate💪🏼
This is SO ACCURATE. I feel like I'm in any hip contemporary church I've visited. Good job! Also: when are we gonna get an MCR cover? If you mention emo, they've gotta appear!
Sounds so, so good. And yeah I had to check the video to see where the Lady was when she started singing so thanks for mentioning her in your closing credits.
The only thing missing from this, is the video screens in the background with the lyrics and the moving heads with the halo gobos in gold :D Epic work!
This unironically is GOATed. I love the worship w/ pop punk, it brings a totally different energy that somehow still matches the lyrics (mostly at least). Just incredible
Your wife’s voice is INCREDIBLE! Former Christian and nostalgic emo here… And wow. This made me remember how much I love the way worship music makes me feel… nice to have the feel without the underlying message 😂
The message that one version of god is the only path to feeling joy or being good. At least in the US where Christianity dominates the spiritual realm so arrogantly as if there aren’t 5 billion people who somehow find themselves capable of compassion and kindness without it - or believing in entirely different versions of god. An entire genre of music (the only genre of music) classified by its lyrical content and not by its structure - a structure that conjures positive human emotion regardless of the lyrical content (as this song proves) - these uplifting emotions are the product of the phenomenon of music reaching us on a spiritual level.
playing worship music from like 2006-2017 it was so easy to sneak emo stuff into songs that didn't have a "full band" or especially during offering. lots of Brand New, As Cities Burn, and Manchester Orchestra riffs got ripped into songs
This so good! Been playing in worship bands for over at least a decade now and you NAILED the aesthetic and sound. Having been a giant fan of pop punk when it was in it's heyday, it's pretty wild to hear this song arranged as a worship song. Amazing work
I lead a worship team AND love this song and the whole 00s pop punk genre, I appreciate this so much. You got a new sub today after I listened to several videos. Your style in your half-time jams are everything I’ve always loved about half time emo power ballads. Thanks for being here, keep it up!
Alex, you fucking SLAYED this cover- I have goosebumps so hard they hurt! I grew up southern Baptist too, so I love seeing your interpretation of a truly ubiquitous style applied to the music we all listened to the other 6 days of the week. How do I give you money? You earn it every time you hit “upload”-
Man this is outstanding! I've always loved the "worship" sound and it lends itself to this song so perfectly. What a great idea and even better execution.
You are immensely talented! You said it at the end, this type of music makes you feel a certain way and you managed to take a pop/punk song and make it feel like a legit worship song. And it made me feel good. Well done, dude!
Nice worship song! Please turn these Foo Fighters songs, "My Hero", "Times Like This", "Best Of You", "Miracle", and, "Come Alive", into worship songs. 🙏😊
This was basically the worship band I was playing lead in circa 2012 😂 we were all into pop punk/emo and we would purposely do sections in half time just for kicks. And tell me to use more distortion lol
not gonna lie, this is absolutely AMAZING and SLAPS! spot on with the feeling of being there, I had my eyes closed the whole time and my hands up high like they do at worship 😂❤️
I’m literally rocking my baby to sleep and jamming out to this so hard. I have goosebumps listening to you cover emo songs as a worship band. I’m in love. Thank you for existing. I’m so glad I found you at almost midnight in a half daze rocking a baby to sleep.
This is awesome! Very well done..nailed it! Thank you for this video, two or my favorite things in one. I love you even more now! Keep up the amazing work! May God bless you and keep you.
I was curious how accurate the worship band vibes were gonna be in this. I'm glad you captured that sound perfectly, and I really dig this cover! Dare I say I like it even more than the original?
Even after all these years of aimlessly looking though UA-cam, I still find absolute gold. What talent you have. Thank you. Also thank you me for finding this
Dude! No shots taken! No apologies needed for this my man! You killed it! And your wife!?! OMG...ANYONE would be proud as HECK (Christian rock song...choosing my words carefully) to have her on vocals. Congrats on the recent wedding! You are absolutely my favorite. I am a huge Blink fan. I went to my first Blink 182 concert with my pregnant wife and my best friend in OCT 2001 (it was postponed because of 9/11), in Anaheim, CA. My first son was born on Nov 2, 2001. We have been married 23 (almost 24) years, and he is now 20 years old and a musician. Unfortunately my best friend passed in February of 2020 but, I live every day for him. Thank you for what you do, you are ABSOLUTELY the BEST! I hope to see you in concert some day. You have absolutely put the work in and need to be on the BIG STAGE as a headliner. I can't wait for that day! I can't say enough about what your music does for us fans, without making this a novel so, I'll end with this: Keep it up, your fans love you, your wife is awesome at vocals (can't wait to hear more collaborations), and you make thousands of people happy on a daily basis. Great Job my fiend! Love you, have a deep respect for your work ethic and ability, and will always believe you need to be among the greats! Wouldn't mind some tickets any time you're near MD...just sayin' but, love, respect, and gratitude regardless. You've earned it brother! Richard Greer
I think I'm in this video and I'm fine with this lol. This is amazing. Well done, sir! Also, I hope your wife harmonizes more in the future! She sounds epic
This has all of the elements. The cues, the unison vocals. Well done. I always maintained that worship bands and emo bands were pretty much the same thing. The ones I played in certainly were haha.
The capo so high up the fret board instead of learning new chords is so accurate😂😂👏🏻
You can play every key in G!
It’s the small touches that make this authentic
I have small hands! Some of those chords are too hard lol 😂
Listen. If I learn new chords, then all the chords I already know become less valuable. Economics 101.
Midwest emo bands and worship leaders fully supporting the capo industry since 1998.
The commitment to making it as long as a worship song. Lol
and all it took was repeating the hook a bunch (just like in worship songs)
@@mango.lightshows tastefully one would hope. XD
@@mango.lightshows Gotta go back to the bridge at least six times too.
Lol right!? Bethel would be proud!
@@north_of_52 don't forget Elevation too
As an emo kid that played bass on his youth groups worship team at a Southern Baptist church in SC in the late 2000s, I feel targeted 😂
I played drums for both Youthgroup and worship team, I’d always add a little bit more to the songs than they wanted for the same reason haha
A very specific demographic but he nailed it lol
I like to call myself the worlds oldest pop punk kid. Played bass in youth band. Holy crap this makes me want to reach out to amour a dozen people I haven’t talk to in 20 years
Dude exact same situation and time frame but different state
Are you a believer on Christ?
The fact that you turned a 3 min song into a long 5 min version is so accurate with all worship songs.
I was literally thinking the same thing haha
Yeah! Old Hillsong tracks there was always a question of "do you want the studio or live version" or even better, the Passion cover. With Everything went from 4 to 9 minutes and Break Every Chain at least tripled (Bethel's version I think)
LMAO too accurate
I’m always praying our Pastor comes out early so I don’t have to listen to the bridge and chorus another 20 times
Shout out to the Christian Emo kids. This is literally how every worship song sounds. Lol
😘
1:06 the "sing it" sold me on the accuracy.
Oh, hey there!
@@mattiesavannahpahl9934 Well look who has good taste in music!
I died. That “sing it” killed me. The jungle toms with “only play whole notes” guitar part. As someone who spent 15 years playing in church worship groups. It’s perfection.
The mandatory arm being raised had me 😂😭
hahahaha
Obviously this is my first time hearing this… but it feels like I’ve heard it 10,000 times already 😅
Woah, I would not expect a wild Scott here!
I literally say the same thing every time I watch one of your videos!...............itwasjustajokeiamactuallyabigfaniloveyou
200 million percent.
I bet there are.... 10,000 Reasons for that 😂
Oh Hey Guy
As a worship band director, I'M OFFENDED... at how accurate this is. Hilarious! WELL DONE.
Please do more!
Agree!!! i was like there’s no way!! And the lyrics match AHAHAHAHA
Hahahahahahaha even all the body languages are accurate, He was like acting me on worship services
@@euvelbaylon4850 and the outfit. don't forget those accurate outfit
Your wife’s voice is incredible! We need more of her
Seconded!
@@CurtisKlope Thirded!
I'm in love with that voice. So good.
Top comment?!?!
@@applejuice5272 Fourthed. Came here to say that.
I've been wanting to write a paper on how contemporary worship music is largely influenced by Ambient Post Rock, U2 Edge and Pop Country. Absolutely nailed it
I've always said Worship Music is country music with all twang removed.
Modern worship is just Coldplay with different lyrics
@@realroliver Basically Fix You
Oh yeah! I'm pretty sure Phil Wickham has just straight up admitted he copies U2. There's even a U2 riff that is in both a Hillsong song and a Phil Wickham song.
@@EthanRom I use the Fix You riff a lot in church. I'm just waiting for somebody to say "Hey, I recognize that" lol
Bro as a worship leader, this is genius. Captured every trope in the genre, down to the “sing it again” callouts 😂 most videos like this make worship music out to be terrible and hokey sounding, this captured the anthemic feel and production level of a lot of the modern bands while also poking fun in the right places. Epic!
worship music is terrible and hokey...
@@jonuncaged4341 it depends. A lot is. The guys who mix and master and play for Bethel are absolute pros. There’s a lot of great songwriting there from a musical perspective, whether it’s your cup of tea or not. As far as hokey, we’ll that depends on whether or not you believe the message. I find most songs about getting high and sleeping around hokey, but that’s cuz that’s not how I live. Also, anytime something becomes commercially successful, the genre will be full of crap.
Respectfully as I can, in a lifetime of being both a Christian and a musician, I have yet to hear a listenable worship song.
@@andrewmorgan7770 have you listened to Kings Kaleidoscope? Dustin Kensrue? The Modern Post? Citizens? I agree that most of the pop rock stuff isn’t my cup of tea, but the stuff I listed above is what we do, much more musical imo.
@@nathanielkeane8462 I think what everybody is too afraid to say is that the problem with "worship music" isn't the "music" portion of that phrase.
Your wife absolutely NAILED the 2000s emo female guest vocal. You had me checking TBS liner notes.
Bahaha Bike Scene right? I think there’s another one on Tell All Your Friends that has female vocals but I can’t remember
I never got into Taking Back Sunday, but it was reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World for me.
Wasn't the female vocals on bike scene done by John's sister?
Oh for real. I was right there with you - it’s so good!
@@WildPork taking back Sunday?.? Everyone’s showing their ignorance, this is boys like girls
Your wife has a fantastic voice! I hope she’s up for more singing in future projects!
My thoughts exactly
She sounded amazing, and added so much. :)
That was his wife?! Excuse me while I fall in love.
@@GiaMarieCarangi wait no that's his wife
I genuinely thought it was Taylor Swift's vocals
"is this like a song from church or something?"- my 5 year old son
you nailed it.
As a youth pastor I can confirm this is better than most modern worship music
haha. as another YP, can confirm.
LOL. too funny
Worship team guitarist here. This reminds me even more of how "worship" has become a style and not an act. Fantastic job, man. Now do the opposite direction and take modern worship songs and make them pop punk like we did back in the 90's
Ah, the circle of life 😅
Hillsong did that with Take It All lol
Now I want Alex to do some Reliant K covers
This please.
I think you meant like late 2000’s early 2010’s Hillsong United 🤘🏻
As a 15 year worship band veteran, the accuracy of this warms my heart.
And there are a surprising amount of former emo kids in the industry.
Represent
raises hand in agreement... and worship... and ah man... i've been so seen.
Josh Farro, late guitarist, of Paramore writes worship music now!
@@carlolololo yeah but he's a homophobe
actually it checks out that he'd be writing worship music then
@@carlolololo When someone says "late” in the context you just used it they usually mean that the person is deceased
The floor Tom rhythm, the ad libs, vamping on the ending of the verse before a soft chorus, the long builds, repeating the bridge a million times, “my heroin, my heroin, my heroin,” the fact that this song is SIX MINUTES LONG.
Amazing
I can probably play this song as background music at my church and nobody will notice. LOL well done! Please do more!! Would love to hear Bethel's songs sound like MCR.
Bahaha this is such an underrated comment.
I've been thinking the same thing, the only issue is that "you are my heroine" would refer to God in the feminine, which doesn't exactly line up with scripture, and it also sounds like "heroin". Either one would tip off a lot of people that something funny was going on.
That being said, I attended a church in the past that would play Angels and Airwaves in between services, and nobody seemed bothered by it- assuming anybody other than me noticed.
Yep. I'm the tech director at my church and I'm going to try sneaking this in to our playlist. 😂
@@justwinginit610 Do it!
@@justwinginit610 what church do you go to I'm coming to visit when you do this! :)
Repeating the chorus 5 times really sold it for me😂
Man. As someone who’s played on worship bands for years, and also loves emo music, this hits hard.
Incredible job
Gospel + Emo = Worship
@@bryanchagaspedro Ive always said a lot of worship songs sound emo. Probably why I love them so much.
Same bro.
As a drummer of a Southern Baptist church, I can confirm that any time there’s extra time between songs in practice our band almost always breaks out into either a Brand New or Taking Back Sunday song
For some reason, our Pentecostal church in the northeast routinely breaks into "Jerry Was A Racecar Driver".
Back in 2006-2009 we're playing songs from Gwen Stacy, TDWP, old Uunderoath and For Today
More churches are becoming like this because of the youth. I've been to ones who like metal and ones who like pop and punk. Just gotta let God show ya what's out there. 💛😇
@@chilledpenguins8381 amazing! Favorite song on Tony Hawk Pro Skater One
As a former emo and current Christian, this is perfect
As a former Christian and current emo, it's also perfect :)
@@wrvolkmann ;)
Totally can relate!
As both. As both emo and Christian, my dude.
Cringe
omg... the "sing it" portion slayed me. This man has listened to worship music and knows all the dorky catch lines worship pastors throw at people on stage.
Bro, did you bust out the tambourine? 😆 I'm dead.... Well done! As a 90's and 00's emo fan....and current worship leader, this is 100% Hahaha. You and your wife crushed the vocals.
You and your wife's vocals complement each other so well. Y'all killed it!
AND it adds yet another layer of authenticity. The husband/wife duo is worshipful AF.
This style would be a true and worthy successor to your “Pop Goes Country” series.
emo goes worship lol
Agreed!!!
Yes yes yes
I'M DYING this is so good - you hit everything!
The tom intro, the Hillsong-esque lead line, the bare feet, the hands, Capo 5 so you can still play in G, the snare fill back to the verse, switching to a different vocalist for Verse 2, the octave jump in the vocals, vamp on the pre-chorus, the drop chorus into a big, the worship bounce, the gang vocals, the ad-libs, the drop bridge into a tom build, the "one more time!", the ascending harmonies in the bridge, ending on the 4...
I walked away from this kind of music, but wow this brought me back. Well done!
“Capo 5 so you can still play in G” that’s the truest thing ever lol. “Because nobody wants to play a C#m to a B Kevin!!!” 🤣🤣🤣
As a worship pastor and HUGE fan of this song, can confirm the accuracy of this cover. Well done 👏🏽
Your wife Maddie was amazing on these vocals. She has a beautiful voice! I’d love to hear her featured more on your future releases. Great work!
а я и не знал. Спасибо
Another worship band musician, this hits home lol it's totally the feel.
All of the best drummers I've ever known have been church drummers 😋
hahaha same. so much! love it
You learn how to make drums sound full playing in church.
You obviously don't listen to good drummers ahaha
Haha I laugh since I still serve weekly at a church doing music and this nails the style perfectly.
Boys Like Girls hits me so hard, because my role model who died in 2011 loved them. This absolutely broke me, sir. You caught me off-guard. Thank you. 🙏🏼😭💜💚
As an audio tech who mixed for worship bands for years, this is so spot on. All the parts. So many parts. Gotta have someone with a tambourine. And at least 3-4 guitarists. 🤣 The one church I worked at had a 10 person minimum for their teams.
I need an entire album of just this
Spotify!
Never before has a song attacked me yet felt so personal. Boys Like Girls is one of my favorite pop punk bands that I listen to on the regular, and this is one of my favorite songs. In high school I actually went to religious conventions that had a worship band. Two aspects of my life that have been separate have just now met. This was magical, Thank You.
As a worship leader for a number of years, this is so spot on and 100% legit. Love your stuff. Keep it up!
I've been playing in worship settings since the early 2000s and this is fantastic. I'd love to see covers of "classic" worship songs in pop-punk though I know it wouldn't necessarily get the clicks.
alternatively, just do the opposite of this. take a generic Elevation Worship song, and play it in the style of 2000's emo.
Same bro
Jason Lancaster from mayday parade made a full length worship album that’s pretty dope lol. It’s called lncstr
Egypt - Cory Asbury as a pop punk song?…
I'd like to hear more things like this. Transports me right back to being 15 years old
Appropriate Chorus to Bridge ratio. 🔥🤘
The bare feet is what sold me on this one! Also, 5:35 - "You're my heroine... Lord." Too good! 😂😅😂
yeah.. its the icing on the cake.
I usually don’t comment but you’ve struck a chord lol. I love this connection. I listen to both genres, so I like this take on Hero/Heroine. I’m not taking it at a joke either. I often hear God across genres whether Christian or secular music. And this is a good example of trying to hear similarities across genres. And there are even lyrics in the song that I hadn’t previously seen as faith related (though clearly not intended). So that’s really cool. I remember there being a lot of Christian alt/metal bands at warp tour or popular in the 2000-2010s. Either their music was outright religious, or it was somewhere in the middle with their lyrics having connections to the faith, or they just were very vocal in interviews about their faith. But I think there was some sort of shift though. I’m not sure what happened. There just seems to be fewer Christian bands with that raw emo sound. But there are plenty of them with that post rock sound (like the emotional build and ambience in math rock). Or they even take on an indie sound. Like I just found this one band, Gable Price and Friends. Their song “Heretic” is a good example of that trendy indie sound. Anyways. I digress. I’m curious, especially with your baptist background, would you consider turning a popular Christian song into an emo bop? Like “if elevation worship’s X song was an emo bop.” I’d love to see that. I think it could even be nostalgic.
Can you please recommend me some born again Christian bands that are in this genre my friend :) thanks in advance this was really good!!!
It isn't this genre in any way but We the Kingdom has been a wonderful breath of fresh air with their almost "Southern Rock" sound on some of their songs. Child of Love REALLY ticks that Foreigner/ Allman Brothers box for me.
The build up into the "bridge"...the drummer lean on the snare... My worship drummer self feels seen. 😂 If only I could get my students to arrange songs with dynamics like this instead of me being like, "guys hear me out, what if... we got quiet... 😂" Great job!
Adding this to my church’s rotation this week! So good! 😂🤘
It’s funny because thanks to bands like Underoath and TDWP the vein diagram of worship groups and emo kids in the early-mid 2000s was much closer to a circle than you’d think lol
Then there’s Relient K, which is smack dab in the middle of the worship group and pop punk ven diagram lol
@@psychlops924 Id throw Emery, The Classic Crime, and Capital lights into that mix too.
As I lay dying, sleeping giant, for today, memphis may fire, august burns red... i grew up on church in the mid 2000s so my worship/emo/metal core sides were all the same
Demon Hunter and Hawk Nelson were my go to’s. Heck they still are haha
@@LRM5195 oh man! I forgot about Demon Hunter! You're a hero dude
I went to churches that played music like this when I was a kid. I always thought there was a strange amount of similarly between the church music and the pop punk/emo music I listened to. This video is a great example of that
Well, Michael Guy Chilsett was guitarrist and producer in hillsong united, and he was even a guitarrist in a emo band called ''The Academy IS...''
Actually it depends on the era, most Hillsong early 2000's were almost rock music, and later 2015 until now most likely into mellow rock or alt pop.
Bro as a worship leader, this is genius. Captured every tripe in the genre, down to “sing it again” callouts 😂 most videos like this make worship music out to be terrible and hokey sounding, this captured the anthemic feel and production level of a lot of modern bands while poking fun at the right places. Epic
As a working musician who has been in worship music since 98 (guitar/bass/drums/piano/vocal) and an avid pop/punk guy (Mae/Acceptance/MaydayParade/WeTheKings/BoysLikeGirls/NightGame), this hit WAY close to home in the best possible way :P
Thank you for everything you do!
ahaha this is so good. I kinda thought you were into worship music as well. Maybe some Hillsong gone Pop-Punk next?
In the style of blink-182?
If blink wrote oceans!
@@19Angelo93 it would have to be MXPX
This would be amazing!
@@TheGlobalWarVeteran Totally would be in favor of some MxPx videos.
you are SO anointed, brother
"ONLY YOU LOOOOORD" MADE ME FUCKIN DIE
Man, the hand gestures, the drummer’s head bow on the quiet section, the tambourine, the band vibe and more other stuffs are just on point ‼️
Definitely an awesome job mate. Please write an original song with this kind of influence/ genre. I used to play in worship band and it inspire me to play back and to write originals using this method. You’re truly like a hero mate💪🏼
The drummer head down got me.
We need more Maddie (apologies for probably misspelling her name) on the channel. Love your voice and music, but her voice is magic.
Oh my god. I was NOT expecting BoysLikeGirls
This is SO ACCURATE. I feel like I'm in any hip contemporary church I've visited. Good job!
Also: when are we gonna get an MCR cover? If you mention emo, they've gotta appear!
absolutely brilliant.the drums at 3:30 feeling the spirit is my favorite little easter egg
the female vocals on this song and some of your others is so so graceful and beautiful
Sounds so, so good. And yeah I had to check the video to see where the Lady was when she started singing so thanks for mentioning her in your closing credits.
As a worship leader myself this is so accurate 😂🤣. “Come on sing that one more time” is what sold me 🤣
As someone who's spent a looooooot of time in worship bands, I feel seen, and I love it.
Haven't heard any Boys Like Girls in ages! What a trip down memory lane. Thank you Alex.
The only thing missing from this, is the video screens in the background with the lyrics and the moving heads with the halo gobos in gold :D Epic work!
This unironically is GOATed. I love the worship w/ pop punk, it brings a totally different energy that somehow still matches the lyrics (mostly at least). Just incredible
This is perfect! And it's so cool that your wife sang with you. Her voice is beautiful.
Your wife’s voice is INCREDIBLE!
Former Christian and nostalgic emo here…
And wow. This made me remember how much I love the way worship music makes me feel… nice to have the feel without the underlying message 😂
What’s the underlying message?
@@makemulletsgreatagain522 a religious one, and many people dont think god exists
I know it’s a religious one, I was wondering what he thought the horrible underlying message was.
The message that one version of god is the only path to feeling joy or being good. At least in the US where Christianity dominates the spiritual realm so arrogantly as if there aren’t 5 billion people who somehow find themselves capable of compassion and kindness without it - or believing in entirely different versions of god. An entire genre of music (the only genre of music) classified by its lyrical content and not by its structure - a structure that conjures positive human emotion regardless of the lyrical content (as this song proves) - these uplifting emotions are the product of the phenomenon of music reaching us on a spiritual level.
@@TheCrashingDad 1John has a lot of wisdom and truth about God's heart and love.
playing worship music from like 2006-2017 it was so easy to sneak emo stuff into songs that didn't have a "full band" or especially during offering. lots of Brand New, As Cities Burn, and Manchester Orchestra riffs got ripped into songs
That’s amazing, the nostalgia
I remember going to see As Cities Burn at the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge when they were just a local rock band back in 2005. They're so good!!!
This so good! Been playing in worship bands for over at least a decade now and you NAILED the aesthetic and sound. Having been a giant fan of pop punk when it was in it's heyday, it's pretty wild to hear this song arranged as a worship song. Amazing work
I lead a worship team AND love this song and the whole 00s pop punk genre, I appreciate this so much. You got a new sub today after I listened to several videos. Your style in your half-time jams are everything I’ve always loved about half time emo power ballads. Thanks for being here, keep it up!
As a worship leader myself, this is incredibly accurate.
Alex, you fucking SLAYED this cover- I have goosebumps so hard they hurt! I grew up southern Baptist too, so I love seeing your interpretation of a truly ubiquitous style applied to the music we all listened to the other 6 days of the week. How do I give you money? You earn it every time you hit “upload”-
Man this is outstanding! I've always loved the "worship" sound and it lends itself to this song so perfectly. What a great idea and even better execution.
You are immensely talented! You said it at the end, this type of music makes you feel a certain way and you managed to take a pop/punk song and make it feel like a legit worship song. And it made me feel good. Well done, dude!
Nice worship song! Please turn these Foo Fighters songs, "My Hero", "Times Like This", "Best Of You", "Miracle", and, "Come Alive", into worship songs. 🙏😊
Great job man! The wife's vocals were bang on as well.
This arrangement is SO good. Every time I listen and her vocals come in I get goosebumps.
No need to explain yourself about your creative process on this rendition man! Sounds great! Keep doing what you’re doing through God brother!
this is so good. and that starting line sweatshirt is 🔥
Just discovered this page. It fits listening to it on a Saturday morning. So easy and relaxing, and a cup of coffee.
I actually love the worship production vibes in this so much
This was basically the worship band I was playing lead in circa 2012 😂 we were all into pop punk/emo and we would purposely do sections in half time just for kicks.
And tell me to use more distortion lol
not gonna lie, this is absolutely AMAZING and SLAPS!
spot on with the feeling of being there, I had my eyes closed the whole time and my hands up high like they do at worship 😂❤️
I’m literally rocking my baby to sleep and jamming out to this so hard. I have goosebumps listening to you cover emo songs as a worship band. I’m in love. Thank you for existing. I’m so glad I found you at almost midnight in a half daze rocking a baby to sleep.
back a month and a half later and this is still a HARD joint. nicely done dude. the extended bridge is the business
That was really well done musically and still hilarious at the same time.
This is awesome! Very well done..nailed it! Thank you for this video, two or my favorite things in one. I love you even more now! Keep up the amazing work! May God bless you and keep you.
I was curious how accurate the worship band vibes were gonna be in this. I'm glad you captured that sound perfectly, and I really dig this cover! Dare I say I like it even more than the original?
Even after all these years of aimlessly looking though UA-cam, I still find absolute gold. What talent you have. Thank you. Also thank you me for finding this
One of the best parts of your videos is seeing how much fun you seem to have making music and putting these together. All around awesome vibes!
Dude! No shots taken! No apologies needed for this my man! You killed it! And your wife!?! OMG...ANYONE would be proud as HECK (Christian rock song...choosing my words carefully) to have her on vocals. Congrats on the recent wedding!
You are absolutely my favorite. I am a huge Blink fan. I went to my first Blink 182 concert with my pregnant wife and my best friend in OCT 2001 (it was postponed because of 9/11), in Anaheim, CA. My first son was born on Nov 2, 2001. We have been married 23 (almost 24) years, and he is now 20 years old and a musician. Unfortunately my best friend passed in February of 2020 but, I live every day for him.
Thank you for what you do, you are ABSOLUTELY the BEST! I hope to see you in concert some day. You have absolutely put the work in and need to be on the BIG STAGE as a headliner. I can't wait for that day! I can't say enough about what your music does for us fans, without making this a novel so, I'll end with this: Keep it up, your fans love you, your wife is awesome at vocals (can't wait to hear more collaborations), and you make thousands of people happy on a daily basis. Great Job my fiend! Love you, have a deep respect for your work ethic and ability, and will always believe you need to be among the greats! Wouldn't mind some tickets any time you're near MD...just sayin' but, love, respect, and gratitude regardless. You've earned it brother!
Richard Greer
Waiting for this to hit Spotify so I can play it on repeat..
I used to love this band. Haven't heard this song in a long time. Would love to hear a rendition of their song 'The Great Escape' by you.
YOU ARE SO TALENTED! I just felt the holy spirit from listening to "thunder". I don't think that should be happening :D
I needed this in my life today I’ve been thinking about this band so much lately omfg this is EVERYTHING
Your wife has a great voice. This was incredible!
As an Emo kid that played in worship bands, I find this is just beautiful
I think I'm in this video and I'm fine with this lol. This is amazing. Well done, sir!
Also, I hope your wife harmonizes more in the future! She sounds epic
This has all of the elements. The cues, the unison vocals. Well done.
I always maintained that worship bands and emo bands were pretty much the same thing. The ones I played in certainly were haha.
All the hand raising omggg haha spot on! Reminds me of the worship team back in youth group when I was a kid. I was dyinggg
Dude - fantastic. As a worship director in a small church, this is insanely accurate ... Plus I was a bit of an emo kid. 🤣
Your wife has a great voice! Nice job all of you!
I’m sorry but this is too accurate like even down to the gestures I lost it at the tambourine player
Notice the barefoot guitar player? 🤣
And the drummer swaying back and forth when he isn't playing hahaha
This plus Jerod's drums make for a truly *_DIVINE_* experience.
MORE! PLEASE MORE! 😂 this was so on point but also sounded amazing and i’d love to hear more