When The Worship Band Is Really Into The Goo Goo Dolls 

My man, as a former worship leader, current worship drummer, and massive Goo Goo Dolls fan... this is so spot on. Your band humor is so perfect. Hats off.

Haven’t been a Christian for many years but I cannot deny the warm hug I get from the vibes of a worship song. It’s a very conflicting feeling lol

I need a whole Emo Worship album please and thank you. So incredible

All jokes aside, that classic “worship sound” is always so uplifting. The ambient guitars, the big drums, the powerful vocals, it all comes together for this BIG sound that I try to implement into my own song writing. I love it.

I'd love to hear you turn this theme around and play worship songs in the styles of other bands. Give me O Come To The Altar in the style of Paramore or something.

When I was a kid I had a bad experience with church. I was surrounded by people who 'felt' Gods presence, who knew God and had a relationship with him. I was maybe 10 years old when during a service I asked God to come in to my life, to speak to me, to make himself known to me but I felt or sensed nothing. I was always told that God knows your heart and feelings so in that moment, knowing how desperate I was for God's connection.. to feel nothing was to me, rejection from God. I cried my eyes out because I thought I must be so bad God doesn't want me. I'm 40 years old now and am once again trying to build a relationship with God. I do believe that he has always had his hand on my life, he never let me stray too far from the path and I'm pleased to say I've learnt to recognise Him. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

Man this is so good! The barely audible acoustic, the stock standard drum loop, the ambient guitar, the Ableton tracks doing half the work, the extra bar into the second chorus and the 20 million bridges of the same thing. Brings a tear to the eye. Also, I don't know who the female vocalist is but definitely a welcome addition to the Alex Melton band! She smashed it.

Love hearing Maddie getting in on those vocals some more! Please tell her how much we love her on these!

"Ableton sounds great today". This series of "when the worship band is really into _____" may be my favorite series on youtube.

As a worship director and being the weirdo at church who loves punk and hardcore. These videos always make me happy but this one in particular is so incredibly accurate with the meeting beforehand and just the rendition of the song. Makes me feel like I’m not alone especially in church world.

As a church bassist I can confirm that lick in the last chorus was completely accurate for what we all do.

These are always a favorite haha as a worship director I find them hysterical. And the La Crox on the keyboard stand is such a nice touch haha

My boyfriend walked into the room last night laughing going, "Look, this guy made xyz into a country so--" and at the same time I was like, "Are you listening to Alex Melton?!" And it was a ✨️moment✨️.

“Not really sure about the theology presented there but honestly I’m not really sure about any of the songs we do in that regard.” I involuntarily laughed out loud.

I saw the Goo Goo Dolls play Iris a few years ago at Polandrock Festival whilst high as balls on MDMA surrounded by thousands of people screaming the lyrics and have to admit, this comes pretty close to that transcendent experience.

You should do covers of old christian bands like Five Iron Frenzy, Pillar, Relient-K etc... that would be fun to watch

Bringing up youth group PTSD

Came for the Blink 182, stayed for the worship. Haha seriously incredibly talented. Can't believe you don't have a million subscribers. Definitely wanna hear more emo type songs as worship.

The pastoral outro was a long list comfort I didn't know I missed. Wonderful cover.

The female backup vocals are simply angelic

You sir have just created a sitcom around music creation and I love it. Keep them coming!

“Honestly I’m not really sure about any of the songs we do in that regard” is the most truthful line.

I love all your covers, but it's the skits before the worship ones that get me every time 😂😂😂 they're so accurate lol

Iris was my wedding dance song. Unfortunately as the song says, everything's made to be broken - currently divorcing after a long separation and this song has hurt me for a long time Thank you for bringing it back to me

Just lost my uncle this week and I'm not a big church goer but I do believe "in the big man upstairs" and this was honestly just what I needed to be reminded that sometimes when you're best friend dies, they're still here, just hanging out upstairs. Thanks you guys for doing this for us, I personally appreciate it. 🇨🇦

I have played in a lot of worship bands in a lot of churches, and this hits so close to home in so many ways. I know this is all done in good fun and it was absolutely hilarious; but more impressively incredibly well done and produced. The song itself was extremely impressive, and capped off by a perfect impression of probably 95% of Protestant church endings right now (other than maybe a reference to a football game). Kudos on what was undoubtedly a lot of work!

An Alex Melton worship album would be a great pregame before adoration

Y’all keep killing these worship band covers. Can’t wait for more

I love how real this is. In highschool, the majority of the musiciansin the worship band, including me, were actually a metal band outside of church. So the whole exchange between the leader and the back-up singer with the dummer is absolutely something that that was actually said in a worship team meeting

Spent almost the entire last decade playing on a team and this entire thing is spot on 😂

How can something be so triggering and so comforting at the same time? 😅 I’m from the UK but this is very, very accurate for me and my experience in the youth church band in the early 00s. It’s throwing up some interesting feelings and emotions this morning 😂

Awesome, those female harmony parts are amazing!

Thank you for the wonderful service and good word today, Pastor Melton.

Worship music's craftsmanship is on another level, the amount of swells, echo, delay, build up is superb. I listen to the instruments more than anything.

That inverted chord at 6:09 hit hard 🤣🤣

As a worship musician for most of my life this is just seriously the BEST 😍😍 absolutely love these videos bro 😀 God bless Alex

Great video! This is a perfect example of how music can be arranged to manipulate emotions and how often the church takes advantage of that. The lyrics don't matter if the music moves a certain way.

loving this series!! hope you could do Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds to Mars for this series. first time i heard it was when a friend in youth church snuck it in the playlist during band setup and i legit thought it was a worship song lol

Played in a worship band for about 6-7 years. This hit ALL the right notes, EXCEPT you forgot the part where the band comes in with one final chorus after the closing prayers/statements 😂🙌🏻 This was incredible though, made me almost miss all those years, keep up the amazing content!

Love how you turned the typical youtube like & subscribe memo into the pastor's closing notes. Oh, also the cover was pretty cool too :D

The water bottle got me lol! You know you're an actual band when everyone has a sort of connection like that LOL! 5:56

I'm an apostate of about 13 years or so now and I have to admit. I do miss the experience of leading worship and how moved everyone is by a talented team of musicians really putting passion forward. That heartfelt feeling is so intoxicating and pure, it's an unmatched sense of belonging and security. Great work as always Melty.

This was so good on so many levels. Well done as always.

Thanks for the remix. Iris is mine and my wife's wedding song from the same year that song came out! Nicely done, it worked well as a gospel song. Jesus already knows who I am, so I want to live so that I can know who He is!

You've managed to make this more intimate and impactful than the original while keeping the original vibe of the song and its idiosyncrasies. Goddamn musical genius you are mate, absolutely top notch work.

The worship covers you're doing have been my favorite songs of yours. I keep coming back to Hero/Heroine and Only One. You make them sound so big and uplifting.

Loving this series! Can’t get enough. Thank you.

So glad these became a series!

oh my gosh.... this is my favorite series you've done. it's so gooooood. keep it up man!

I love these videos! Some of my favorite covers you have done. Keep up the good work man!

This was a fantastic reimagining! I also love the female vocals you've got layered in the chorus - very well done!

This is an amazing cover! I hurts so bad knowing that the state of worship has reached the point of parody. You’re right to poke at it. The elevation of self, the promotion of emotionalism, and abandonment of theology in our music has led to an anemic church. This has been a great video all around. I hope that it’s been a gut check to any Christian who views it.

You Sir are a creative genius. This series of songs are great. I love the dialogue at the beginning of each one. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

This is killer as always, Alex! Great to hear your wife on backing vox again too. looking forward to more!

Thank you for everything you do buddy ❤️

This is absolutely beautiful, you've managed combine one of my favourite songs with my favourite genre of your videos, incredible job

Honestly in the context of a Worship song the song itself works lol. It unironically a good cover.

This song was my absolute favorite for a really long time, including the period when I was in Youth Group and went to worship band concerts. Also reminds me a lot of a friend of mine who I miss dearly. Thank you for this cover, as always!

Keep these coming, I love every one of them

These are honestly so good, and bang on. Keep up the great work

Goo Goo Dolls are probably my favorite all time band - I love this Alex!!! You are truly a blessing to us all!!!

Growing up my family would go to these churches with this contemporary style of music and they all sounded like this! From the opening notes I instantly got flashbacks. You absolutely nailed it sir.

Thank you for doing these! They are fantastic and I love the banter that worship teams will totally get!

Bro, this was amazing! Your covers and original songs are absolutely incredible! Keep up the great work!

Soooo good! I’ve been playing in worship bands for many years…you nailed it! Great touch with Pastor Melton temporarily questioning the theology!

Straight up, we're playing "This I Believe" on Sunday and the solo breakdown is the EXACT same rhythm of the solo from Iris. Also, for what it's worth, there are lots of churches like mine that dislike the musical emotional manipulation and needless repetition. We play songs (both ancient and modern) that are great musically/lyrically without purposefully whipping people into a cult-like frenzy.

These videos are absolutely amazing... they keep getting better and better

So fun to see one of my all time favorite bands make your channel! And as part of the worship band lineup...I love it. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world, Alex!

It took me 8 years to realize I was in it for playing music on stage and not for "god," but dang did it feel good to make everyone feel exactly how you wanted them to feel just by pressing buttons on a synth.

Yesssssss another worship band cover 😂😂. Brings me back to my teen years playing on the worship team.

You finally did a cover from my favorite band! Amazing as usual!

Amazing stuff !!

As a worship pastor, this is freaking hilarious. Well done!

This was killer, all the 'comical' stuff was spot on. Everyone always has something to drink nearby. Only 'trope I haven't seen yet is turning yourself up last minute bc you know the sound guy has you so low in the mix. #wealldidit

This is amazing!! Everything about it!!

This mix is so good!

Female harmonies are so good and match this vibe perfectly!

You keep nailing these Alex! Make your way up to southeastern Virginia one of these days. I wanna buy you a beer. Also, laughed so hard at, "not so sure about the theology presented there, but I'm not sure about any of the songs we do in that regard.". Finger on the pulse of the reformed crowd vs Bethel, Elevation, Hillsong, etc. debate, huh?

What a fun way to present a beautiful cover. I loved it

You have seriously inspired me to get back into music. Thank you for all the incredible content. Love all your videos!

I love these, man! Your music is great

everything about this is so spot on...per usual. absolutely amazing stuff.

This here.....is pure gold! Alex Melton you are amazing! and remember, be blessed

So good man! Everything is spot on.

Amazing work!!!! Alex you rock!!

enjoying the series of worship band..more to come. thanks for sharing.

been looking forward for this worship versions of your covers

These Worship band videos are great. Keep them going!

Bro, this new stuff with the skits is NEXT LEVEL! I love it! You constantly amaze! Thank you for being just UNREAL! You’re living my dream! And I love to watch it and hear it! Every time you just blow my mind. Clap clap clap!

Very well done!

“Not really sure about the theology presented there…honestly not really sure about any of the songs we do in that regard…”. Brilliant

This is so amazing 👏🏼😂 blends both my worlds of worship and alternative so perfectly. Well done my dude. 🎉

Been listening to Alex since his 2k subs.. glad to have seen him gaining success.. he's very underrated

Perfect sound! Really! And very well presented. Magnificent!

Wow bro! That's just amazing!

I spent a few years playing in a a worship band and that pre-set meeting caused me some flashbacks. The cover was 100% spot on for sure. Another "nailed it" for alex.

Bro this video is genius! So well done and thought out!

I really love these worship band songs !! Absolute bangers !

such a nice news to know that you're uploading your stuff to spotify! finally!

This is GREAT content!