This is for New Orleans. If U2 and Green Day are the only artist in the world to help a city in need than they deserve respect. They brought my city a million tears of JOY in place of a trillion tears of SADNESS. Just look at what they did at the Superdome. It brought out my tears too. I saw it live well T.V. and it was the most moving thing I have ever witnessed. That city needed this song. They need the Saints. This is for NEW Orleans the greatest city in the world. PEACE!!!
I was there when they first sang it in the Superdome. I am proud to say that I live in New Orleans are very happy they made this song to bring back a little bit of our strength after Katrina hit.
People here complaining must not be familiar with the timeline of this video. Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans August 2005. It was a ghost town here. Not long after we were given coach Sean Payton & QB Drew Brees where they have compassionately dedicated their lives to bring our soul back to this city. Our love for our Saints has always been profound. Without our Saints there would be no city of New Orleans 💜
thunderr649xdm40 Then that says a lot in and of itself. As long as we follow that ideology of fatalism, we will never try to make the world better for our children. However, I personally will keep on working to make this world a better place. Even if it is a fools errand.
next time you are on you tube type in 'John Perkins" or " Confessions of an economic hitman". You dont stop wars by listening to "Imagine" by John Lennon .
This song is awesome. This video is awesome. I remember seeing them do it live at the Superdome. Billie Joe was like, "there is a house in New Orleans.. they call the superdome" then he pointed out at the crowd and they screamed. It was badass.
my god, i remember being a freshman when this song first came out, listened to it all the time in computer class, loved it then and i still love it 6 years later :)
i almost cry when i here billie joe sing the intro every time to this song...it just sounds so sad :( i love this song :D the combination of Green Day (my favorite band of all time) and U2 is just awesome and for a good message too
probably my two favorite bands of all time. i swear, it chills me to the bone every time i listen to this. i just wish they kept in the brass from the live version
omg! i absolutley LOVE this song this is like my favorite song at the moment love green day and u2 an wen u put them 2gether u apparently get beutiful magic!
It proves that she's an artist in a time of vast improvements in music promotion, a higher public interest into her genre and being able to buy songs with great ease: online and on CDs (a good chunk of U2 songs were originally on vinyl).
I've heard another answer for It: the house of the rising Sun was a brothel...that's a good reason for ruin of those boys ....and God, i know, i'm one.
This song gave me hope. When it first came out I had just taken my 3 year old to get his glasses fixed. We couldn't afford a spare pair, and when we walked out with no glasses he said, "But mom, I can't see the colors..." Absolutely broke my heart, I got him in the car and started crying. I turned on the radio and Live 105 was playing this song for the first time.
The video is disingenuous. I get what they were trying to say but a lot of military did actually go down there, it just wasn't as flashy as all the aircraft flying over the city. I was in the Marines, most of my unit volunteered to go and they sent half of us.
The MP's were fantastic! You always called them first before NOPD at that point. One of the many things that haunt me from this was that it started to feel "normal" when the MP's would bump into in the deli on Frenchman St with the butt of their guns. They weren't doing it on purpose, it was a tiny place. But you honestly saw the absolute best in people, and you also saw some of the worst. One of my favorite parts of the video is the tag of Not as seen on TV. True Dat!
I'm 15,000kms away and I hear you mate. I'm certainly aware that New Orleans is no where near recovered. Thanks for being a true local and shouting out!
I like the apache attack helicopter with it arms that carry weapons humbled to be lowering supplies to those who are in peril rather than persuing alleged aggressor ( imaginary enemies of the US), I wish all our military aircraft would be utilized to this extent
Our military is not a defense force. In a perfect world, yes it would be nice to provide humanitarian aide, but the U.S. Military is designed to blow stuff up, and that's it.
Yeah, Obama, the ony president since Clinton that doesnt make America look retarded. Gave a national healthcare system to a country claiming to be a superpower but a third of that nation lives like they were in a third world country.. and the dumbasses hate him for it. Im betting you vote Trump? DUH!
lezaran1 Yes, the great Obama who armed the rebels who became ISIS. The great Obama who made a nuclear deal with Iran, one of many nations who would destroy Israel in a heartbeat.
i remember when this song came out, green day was my favorite band and u2 was my dad's favorite band so it was cool to see them both do a song together :)
This song is a cry even stronger that one entire government, even stronger that one charity. This song is the cry of all people that we can't heard. This is the song for all people who must not speak.
I remember being there in 2008 when the Dome opened and how we cheered when this played. All the emotion of burying loved ones, losing everything and having to pick up the pieces this was a ray of hope.
Everytime i watch this video. I get a huge smile on my face and think to myself. That is all completely possible. because with a couple of modifications to the gunships, and Harriers and B-2's it is possible. and i just smile at myself and think... too bad we didnt respond with this great of an effort..
great song!!!!! im a total green day fan and my dad likes u2, so its nice it all works out together and makes out an awesome song!!! ROCK ON GREEN DAY!!!! and, since i hav nothing against u2; ROCK ON U2!!!!
A profoundly moving video that epitomises human failure to prioritize compassion for human life over beauracratic strategy. U2 + Green Day rock this version! xXx
i've always liked this song, just now realized i've never looked for a music video, this is bad fucking ass! thank you so much for putting this up on youtube!
@btklamf This song had nothing to do with money unless the money it brought New Orleans. This song is for New Orleans. That used to be my home town and I miss it dearly. The people of that city needed this song as they need the Saints. This song is for New Orleans and the people that needed something to believe in.
this song is awesome! :D love it... found it by accident and now i cant stop listening to it! i was searching another green day song and clicked this one by accident! talk about luck lol
As we speak I'm working as a Missionary in the Lower 9th Ward. If you're thinking "oh it's been seven years, it's gotta be recovered." THINK AGAIN!!!!!!
This is for New Orleans. If U2 and Green Day are the only artist in the world to help a city in need than they deserve respect. They brought my city a million tears of JOY in place of a trillion tears of SADNESS. Just look at what they did at the Superdome. It brought out my tears too. I saw it live well T.V. and it was the most moving thing I have ever witnessed. That city needed this song. They need the Saints. This is for NEW Orleans the greatest city in the world. PEACE!!!
🌹💙🙏💧
I was there when they first sang it in the Superdome. I am proud to say that I live in New Orleans are very happy they made this song to bring back a little bit of our strength after Katrina hit.
2006 was 8 years ago, but this is still giving chills today
9 years ago now
Zero Cooper you seem to be on every green day vid i see
Zach Bernstein You Seem To Be On Every Video I See
17 years and still has the same effect
2006 was 18 years ago now
Two incredible bands, one amazing song.
Billie Joe and Bono's vocals compliment each other well.
People here complaining must not be familiar with the timeline of this video. Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans August 2005. It was a ghost town here. Not long after we were given coach Sean Payton & QB Drew Brees where they have compassionately dedicated their lives to bring our soul back to this city. Our love for our Saints has always been profound. Without our Saints there would be no city of New Orleans 💜
I remember being a 13 year old kid crying my eyes out when greenday and us preformed live the night the saints came HOME. WHO DAT!
two legendary bands, awesome colab
A very simple yet powerful message:
"What if, instead of spending our money and time waging wars, we instead helped one another?"
Dream on genius........as the Christian God said when he was here " I came Not to bring Peace, But a sword"
thunderr649xdm40 Then that says a lot in and of itself. As long as we follow that ideology of fatalism, we will never try to make the world better for our children. However, I personally will keep on working to make this world a better place. Even if it is a fools errand.
next time you are on you tube type in 'John Perkins" or " Confessions of an economic hitman". You dont stop wars by listening to "Imagine" by John Lennon .
thunderr649xdm40
Hmm... that's strange, You even know about these things and still it seems You think we should just leave everything like it is?
DerEchteBold
lol, my thought exactly.
these oldies still can keep it up with the young ones... awesome
This song is awesome.
This video is awesome.
I remember seeing them do it live at the Superdome.
Billie Joe was like, "there is a house in New Orleans.. they call the superdome" then he pointed out at the crowd and they screamed. It was badass.
The power of music to heal.
Without U2 and Greenday recording this song, the whole song wouldnt be known!
keeping on running after my dream..... Bono you are fantastic
One of their best songs. It brings tears to my eyes.
my god, i remember being a freshman when this song first came out, listened to it all the time in computer class, loved it then and i still love it 6 years later :)
This video reassures me that humanity is not without empathy and compassion.
i almost cry when i here billie joe sing the intro every time to this song...it just sounds so sad :( i love this song :D the combination of Green Day (my favorite band of all time) and U2 is just awesome and for a good message too
I love this song, green day and u2 are like the greatest bands ever, and to see them play together is awesome!
U2 and Green Day. Can't go wrong there.
Brilliant blend of talent and cause...you can't *not* feel something...it compels the viewer/listener.
one of my favorite songs ever Green Day and U2 are amazing.
I like that they started it off with "The House of the Rising Sun"
yeah.. i thought this was the cover of House of Rising Sun..
RIP Stuart Adamson
The saints are coming! Timeless impact.
Two legendary bands. Great song
I Cry every time I watch this.
Me too
I was in the Superdome and I tear up when seeing this video too.
Still do.
This song is so badass.....
u2 and green day fantastic ..............forever......
greatest expresion of musicians.......
probably my two favorite bands of all time. i swear, it chills me to the bone every time i listen to this. i just wish they kept in the brass from the live version
one of the best songs green day
SEAN GRIGSBY are you fucking serious? The original song is by the skids
The song is actually by "The Skids" a Scottish band.
Way better version Richard jobson way better singing it
The Green Day / U2 version is not bad it will never beat The Skids' version.
omg! i absolutley LOVE this song this is like my favorite song at the moment love green day and u2 an wen u put them 2gether u apparently get beutiful magic!
It proves that she's an artist in a time of vast improvements in music promotion, a higher public interest into her genre and being able to buy songs with great ease: online and on CDs (a good chunk of U2 songs were originally on vinyl).
What happened to that house in New Orleans...that house of the rising sun?
Sauzan Neupane the house of the rising sun is a famous jail in New Orleans Google it
I've heard another answer for It: the house of the rising Sun was a brothel...that's a good reason for ruin of those boys ....and God, i know, i'm one.
There's no conclusive evidence as the address OR what type of building/institution it was. My favorite New Orleans song, though!
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot. ;)
Who else listen to this before each saints game ?
Right .....? koshi loco
koshi loco, You need help.
Love this song. Both bands are phenomenal.
This song gave me hope. When it first came out I had just taken my 3 year old to get his glasses fixed. We couldn't afford a spare pair, and when we walked out with no glasses he said, "But mom, I can't see the colors..." Absolutely broke my heart, I got him in the car and started crying. I turned on the radio and Live 105 was playing this song for the first time.
2:21 HEY LOOK! Its Queensland!
grande energia
br?
These guys remind us to not forget and to always stand up for people.
For people of Iraq that were killed by USA bombs especially!
Two amazing bands in one song. Love it! :D
0:01 by milk
i'm guessing thats the company that recorded this....
@ÁUß Code i just went to the store to do that
this video came out 2 days prior to my birth.
I perfectly remember the first time that I watched this video and song when I was 5 with my mom
This original came out 9 years after my birth. I dont feel old
love this song, sooo high energy!!!!!!
I love this so much both bands are very talented
.Probably one of the most patriotic song ever.
+jt16ify you mean patronising?
The video is disingenuous. I get what they were trying to say but a lot of military did actually go down there, it just wasn't as flashy as all the aircraft flying over the city. I was in the Marines, most of my unit volunteered to go and they sent half of us.
The MP's were fantastic! You always called them first before NOPD at that point. One of the many things that haunt me from this was that it started to feel "normal" when the MP's would bump into in the deli on Frenchman St with the butt of their guns. They weren't doing it on purpose, it was a tiny place. But you honestly saw the absolute best in people, and you also saw some of the worst. One of my favorite parts of the video is the tag of Not as seen on TV. True Dat!
I was in the Superdome and the military came in Friday night, so I know firsthand they showed up.
Its one of the best songs ever!
I'm 15,000kms away and I hear you mate. I'm certainly aware that New Orleans is no where near recovered. Thanks for being a true local and shouting out!
I like the apache attack helicopter with it arms that carry weapons humbled to be lowering supplies to those who are in peril rather than persuing alleged aggressor ( imaginary enemies of the US), I wish all our military aircraft would be utilized to this extent
And the Harrier jump jets hovered to drop some supplies.
Yeah, they dropped it directly into the flood water instead of the land right beside it
Our military is not a defense force. In a perfect world, yes it would be nice to provide humanitarian aide, but the U.S. Military is designed to blow stuff up, and that's it.
Jei Christian dude do more research
I did, great attack helicopter.
I'm glad George W. Bush isn't president anymore.
+MrTLsnow Yeah, instead you got Obama. Good job America! [This is sarcasm]
Yeah, Obama, the ony president since Clinton that doesnt make America look retarded. Gave a national healthcare system to a country claiming to be a superpower but a third of that nation lives like they were in a third world country.. and the dumbasses hate him for it.
Im betting you vote Trump? DUH!
lezaran1
Yes, the great Obama who armed the rebels who became ISIS. The great Obama who made a nuclear deal with Iran, one of many nations who would destroy Israel in a heartbeat.
and now trump is ;(
Oliver Hann I'm just about to cook some potatoes. Can you cry some more so I can salt them to taste?
U2 + Green Day = amazing!!!!
i remember when this song came out, green day was my favorite band and u2 was my dad's favorite band so it was cool to see them both do a song together :)
This song is a cry even stronger that one entire government, even stronger that one charity. This song is the cry of all people that we can't heard. This is the song for all people who must not speak.
one of the best song ever... w green day!
2 of my favorite bands together!
Awesome video
One of the most powerful collaborations recorded
Here we are, one of the first 5000 videos on RUclips.
I remember being there in 2008 when the Dome opened and how we cheered when this played. All the emotion of burying loved ones, losing everything and having to pick up the pieces this was a ray of hope.
Heute wieder drüber gestoßen, immernoch dope
estoy enamorada de esas voces por dios quedo chidisima
U2 fan forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everytime i watch this video. I get a huge smile on my face and think to myself. That is all completely possible. because with a couple of modifications to the gunships, and Harriers and B-2's it is possible. and i just smile at myself and think... too bad we didnt respond with this great of an effort..
great song!!!!! im a total green day fan and my dad likes u2, so its nice it all works out together and makes out an awesome song!!!
ROCK ON GREEN DAY!!!! and, since i hav nothing against u2; ROCK ON U2!!!!
hell yes my friend...hes gone but his legacy still lives unfortunately
Remember when this came out and this was the highlight of your entire life?
A profoundly moving video that epitomises human failure to prioritize compassion for human life over beauracratic strategy. U2 + Green Day rock this version! xXx
This song and this video are just to amazing to describe...
I mustve listened to this song atleast 20 times in the past two days and i mean at the very least
As much as this remake may be more Green Day styled, what really makes this so memorable for me is U2's work in it.
AMAZING !!! the best song i hear
God, i know I'm one of them... Love that part and both U2 and Green Day.. best bands in the whole world!!
amazing video two great bands. It's nice to see the tools of war can be used in times of peace.
at one point in 2007/8 it was number 5 on the RUclips list
100% perfection the dogs bollox,BRILLIANT
i LOVE U2!!BONOS VOICE IS AWSOME!!
Beatiful song!!
Awesome air drop for the people that needed it.
Two of the best bands on the planet
A song called "The Saints Are Coming" in spanish "Los santos vienen" by U2 and Green Day. The video shows the poverty and wars in the world.
This gives me bad memories because i lived only a few miles away from New Orleans when this happened.
Just what I need.
I remember watching this in 06 when they played it live.
i've always liked this song, just now realized i've never looked for a music video, this is bad fucking ass! thank you so much for putting this up on youtube!
Now, this song's dedicated to people in Japan! Let the Saints Come There!
@btklamf This song had nothing to do with money unless the money it brought New Orleans. This song is for New Orleans. That used to be my home town and I miss it dearly. The people of that city needed this song as they need the Saints. This song is for New Orleans and the people that needed something to believe in.
i adore this song
U2 + Green Day = Respect
this song is awesome! :D love it... found it by accident and now i cant stop listening to it! i was searching another green day song and clicked this one by accident! talk about luck lol
The most powerful song anyone could have ever made... This says a lot about my Country... Get your S*** together America..
And written and performed by Scottish musicians decades ago! Says a lot about MY country!
Green Day and U2 are great!
amazing song!!
GD AND U2 ROCKS!
2 great Voices !
This song is LEGENDARY!!
Tbh some lads from Dunfermline wrote a few cracking tunes of which this is one -boy man and soldier coyp
2 of my favorite bands
saints are angels
This song is perfect *.*
As we speak I'm working as a Missionary in the Lower 9th Ward. If you're thinking "oh it's been seven years, it's gotta be recovered." THINK AGAIN!!!!!!
THIS SONG GIVES ME THE CHILLS TO WHATS A SONG WOW