U2 performs the song with this choir at Madison Square Garden on the version of this on the Rattle & Hum album. So bass, drums, guitar, and all those voices together. Awesome! The first time I saw U2 in concert was in San Francisco in 1984 on their Unforgettable Fire tour. I'll never forget that Bono sang Amazing Grace in the middle of their song MLK -- and the entire concert hall lit up with people holding up cigarette lighters. That was before doing that became a cliche.

Recorded at The Greater Calvary Church, in Harlem. The choir absolutely takes this song to the next level. Their upbeat spirit of their united voices blended with U2's great instrumentation completes this song into a masterpiece. Love it. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and David. Fabulous rendition. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

U2 is great alone, but the choir just makes it so much better.

There were dates during the 1987 Joshua Tree tour when U2 played this song along with the choir in this video. And you are right Harri, the choir along with the full band playing this song live was/is amazing!! Thank you for featuring this song on your channel, Harri, I'm glad that someone requested that you react to this performance!🎶🎶🎶

What a great choice Dave. I just love listening to gospel music it’s just so lively and upbeat. 💜

I have always loved this version of this song. The choir is Magical

The Harlem Gospel Choir is legendary!

"Rattle & Hum" is a must watch film.

This song has great spiritual significance. I love the part when all the colors will blend into one. It's all the individual things, all the long-suffering and loads we carry. Like finally one day it will all make sense. I love this gospel song because it wasn't hidden in a church. No, it was out in the open like Jesus was out in the open. I respect that greatly.

Loving your channel. All these 60s and 70s obscure artists. Im 53 and I've heard things i didnt know..artists...great job.

One of my favorites and first time hearing this version. Thanks Harri

The choir made it so much better. The gospel choirs were a big inspiration to Elvis. RIP

Oh man!!! Thanks for putting this out. I remember seeing my first gospel choir. I cried right in the church. I smiled all the while too. The choir and the soloist were fantastic 😮🎉

Rock and gospel goes well together, this is sublime, just like The Band's version from the Last Waltz with the gospel Staples singers, both 2 of my favorites.

This is from U2's movie "Rattle And Hum" ,which was filmed in multiple locations during their Joshua Tree tour across the U.S. It's well worth watching the entire movie if you like U2 and haven't seen it. I saw it in a theater in Japan and the Japanese audience loved it.

Pleasantly surprised to see you do this one....the man singing behind Bono is George Pendergrass ,he sang for a long time with christian acapella group called Acapella, great group and he is very good singer, and man.

My favorite song by U2!

yeh i would love to have seen this performed on stage at a concert, with the band playing the original and then the choir singing every other chorus.

Yes, the full concert version that they included on the soundtrack album is well worth the listen and maybe even another reaction.

Great rendition and reaction.

I'm so glad you did this. Absolutely love this & the live concert version over the studio version. Talk about GOING TO CHURCH. BEAUTIFUL.

This is so good! Thank you Harri

This remains one of the most moving pieces of music I’ve ever heard. Brings me to tears every single time.

Amazing voices add strength to an already powerful song. Thank you Harri for another winner ❤

Love this. The theology of the song is so interesting. That faith is a journey. "LIfe is a desperate quest through dangerous country to a destination that is beyond our wildest hopes." -- John Eldredge.

Wonderful! All of it, the incredible song which I've always loved, and your thoughtful and fun reactions! Thank you!

In fact they performed together live. The choir is called New Voices of Freedom

WOW so good Thanks Harri

Interesting fact: The old building you see the Edge sitting in at the start of the video and throughout the Rattle & Hum album is an old train station in the docklands that serviced the Dublin Port and called the Point Depot in Dublin which after this was developed into 1 of the most famous concert venues in Dublin, the Point Theatre before again being redeveloped into the O2 arena.

You should check out the version they did with the Soweto gospel choir if you want to hear them giving it the full band/choir sound.

Wow!

I found it years ago.....nothing like it....

Perfection!

Beautiful ❤❤

Beautiful

Great reaction!

I’ve been looking an actual live performance of this for 30 years

Chills! The best instrument is still the human voice.

this was recorded while on tour promoting the album this is from

I saw The Joshua. Tree tour, many times in the sports' arenas, then at the football stadium. The reason Bono is wearing a sling is that he slept on a rainy stage and dislocated his shoulder. When U2 came to the football stadium, he was still wearing it. He did an amazing job acapella singing this song, with the whole stadium sang along. Just amazing! They also had the best opening band: The Beatles. The stadium's PA just blasted their songs and everyone there just screamed out the lyrics. It totally brought the place together, making everyone ripe for U2's entrance. What a night!!!

Another beautiful song and great reaction! God bless you.

They did this with the band on that tour included that was recorded for ‘Rattle & hum’

This wasn't a recent video; you can see looking at Bono's age this must have been right about the time the Joshua Tree album came out, so it didn't take him long to come onboard to making it a spiritual song. Bono has always been a spiritual man.

I don't think I've ever seen this performance before, but I know I've heard them do this with a choir before. Beautiful song.

Great song Harri. I love your insights and reactions! There’s nothing quite like a choir to bring a song to the next level 🌺✌️

Fantastic find

Awesome request, DaveBZen. Had never seen/heard this version of the song before.

Classic song and very fine awesome gospel choir🙏

they did perform this with them at MSG and i was there

beautiful plus i love this song ♥️

I just paused at the part where you said I the band had done this song with the choir "properly" it would have been amazing. Of course I'm not the first to tell you that they did, but let me quick tell you about the first time I heard it. It was 1988. I was driving. And I had to pull over! I was so c9mpletely floored by the power of that version on Rattle & Hum, in MSG, that I had to stop EVERYTHING... and just listen. One of my most vivid musical memories of all time.

They choir kinda steal the show, imo (and I love love love Bono's delivery, too)

The Harlem Gospel Choir is as famous in Gospel music as U2 is in rock. what a soul hitting performance

DaveBZen, thanks for sponsoring this, I've never liked the song so much as I do now!

This was recorded during the tour immediately after the release of the album. Yes they’ve performed it several times with Gospell Choirs I the years since.

This is my goodbye song when it comes time ❤️has to be this version

There are dozens of videos on KZfaq of various choirs performing this song... There is an outtake from the Rattle & Hum concert film where Bono talks about this song at the Sun Devil stadium show.

Part of Rattle and Hum , late 80s.

I never heard this before

What you said at 5:40 sounds more like Queen. lol But yes if they would have done that it would have been awesome.

I mean, come on! How can you not be moved by this

Love their voices. If you want a different gospel version of this song watch Postmodern Jukebox with Rogelio Douglas, Jr.

Check out their “Rattle & Hum” album. Then you will have found what you are looking for

I found this video many years ago. And I STILL haven’t found what I’m looking for… kinda sad sometimes…

This was actually the late 80’s when this came out!

Correction Harri: This was recorded quite a few years ago

We in the UK are probably the most un religious people in europe, but we love music, and gospel choir is so much a sound we like, we are also the most non racist country in europe, well we used to be, i hope we still are, not that religion is gone here, or racism, but i still think we are the most musical non racist, non religious country in the world, they bare not the first band from britain to visit America and sing with gospel choirs, we have a history :)

Edge.

Here's that Live performance with the choir at Madison Square Garden in New York, it's amazing: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iqeoppOirqjbYJs.html

U2 actually played it live on stage with the choir: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8CXmtlhutbLp30.html

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A live version of the song performed live in '87...quality is isnt great...Search KZfaq for..."U2 (September 1987) - Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For + New Voices of Freedom choir"

Is that a Henri Matisse?

A great performance, but if he still hasn't found what he's looking for, is it REALLY gospel?

Here is the live version they played with the church choir: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8CXmtlhutbLp30.html

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Not released you never reacted to U2. If you will follow with this "spirit" - e.g. in the Christmas time - react to Angel Of Harem (tribute to thefantastic Billie Holiday) and When Love Comes To Town with the genious B.B.King - perhaps both from the film Rattle And Hum, One - the official video or/and the version with Mary J..Blidge (from time to time I love it, but for me a little bit "art for art sake"); I'm sure Mary blows you awayI Only a few chronological U2 songs: New Year's Day / Live Red Rocks 1983; The Unforgettable Fire + Pride (In The Name Of Love; tribute to Martin Luther King) / official video or Live from Rattle And Hum; Sunday Bloody Sunday + Bad / Live Aid 1985 - both so epic and you will be estonished; With Or Without You and the original I Still Haven't .... - both nr.1 in US / official video or Live R&H; Bullet The Blue Sky + Running To Stand Still as a song package / Live Paris 1985 or R&H. U2 is absolutely one of the biggest live band; all upper song have deep lyrics and are musically so different. Finally a great compliment I have overlooked and only now discovered your reactions of the songs ELP (so positiv confused as a child), one of my favorite band in the 70ties along with Pink Floyd, Genesis (with Peter+Steve), Yes, Who, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple ... and of course Stevie Wonder (genious albums Innervision+Songs In The Key Of Life) and Bob Marley. All the best TO YOU!!!

I highly recommend checking out this performance by Bono on Steven Colbert - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odiepMaX0OCqgHU.html

This song is essentially Celtic music done in a gospel style...to label it 'gospel' is really a form of cultural appropriation because it will automatically be assumed that it is a product of American culture. Further, the assumption that by doing the song in a Gospel style it is elevated above the original is merely cultural imperialism because Gospel isn't intrinsically superior to Celtic music. In fact Gospel itself has roots in Scottish culture both in the religious format and the Gaelic Psalms of the Hebrides.

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