Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me (1991)

[IzuharaTiger]

'Cause Jesus knows Genesis

And he knows they're right

They're singin' about people

Using God for their own good

They're talking about people

And they're telling no lies

And they're telling you

That for God this isn't right.

[MsLindsayL]

All I know is that I gotta dance when I hear this track, so if music can make you move - or move you - then its succeeded, forget the rest...

[74joke]

very nice video....best on the best Collins :)))

[CzechAvailabilitie]

@legalglog

This song is about the hypocrisy and greed of television preachers not about Jesus as a person or as a concept.

But since your grasp of English seems to be somewhat poor I'll just chalk it up to not understanding the lyrics fully.

[legalglog]

@CzechAvailabilitie

I'm very happy to read that you're so proficient in english. Also your eloquence and knowledge (not mentioning the understand of what you could hear in this magnificent song) is so staggering that I shouldn’t even try to argue with such a wise person.

I just wonder against who an Urban guerrilla like you could possibly fight in Czech, cause as I remember from the History your country has never fought against anyone.

[CzechAvailabilitie]

@legalglog

Weren't you the guy who was all "Phil Collins should talk to Jesus and no sing" because that comic is missing and your English looks a lot better then that so I might have commented on the wrong guy or just made a wrong judgement based on a typo.

But what Genesis are trying to say is pretty obvious. Google "Jimmy Swaggart" "Pat Robertson", "Peter Popoff" or "Robert Tilton". All of them conmen all of them televangelists.

Also the "urban guerrilla"-thing was meant as a joke.

[misiurak]

Gdzieś już słyszałem tą piosnkę.. chyba w Radio Maryja

[bruzundangas36]

No Brasil existem vários desse pregadores pilantras.....touch the screennnn !!!!!!

[Trollaukinn]

Far more biting than any Deicide song could ever hope to be!

[Xenon676]

HEAVEN behold I CAN WALK AGAIN

[PlanetZelka]

2:13  Is that the president of Iran?

[Darko757]

GTA VICE CITY :)))

[Highperformance91]

@Darko757 no

[lemonyfresh26]

@Darko757 Was this on Vice City? I don't recall.

[MrAussiePride100]

jesus knows me 2 and hes a fkin top bloke

[timmhg]

Hey! Peter Popoff and Jimmy Swaggart, somebody knows your secrets.

[Dejevic]

Touch the screen :)

Brilliant!

[DannyLovesOregon]

I was in 7th Grade listening to this song from Vh1

[EsGibtEinfachAlles]

i was singing this 4 years old in my aunts car after the childs garden in germany hehe nice song nice time

[blondesgift0703]

@EsGibtEinfachAlles Childs garden gibts nicht... Das heißt auch im englischen "Kindergarten"

[EsGibtEinfachAlles]

@blondesgift0703 No i dont think so The Island Apes call it on another way hehehe but you know what i mean thats very special

[forkhead]

The scenes where they have all the people singing and playing instruments -- omg -- the church I used to go to has people that look/dress/act JUST like all those -- the stereotyping is incredible.

[inngglstoodt]

Songs and music videos with a message. Compare it to the bullshit we got today... sweet Jesus

[MrAxelTrouble]

It's funny cuz Phil's bald.

[MartinausWitten]

Touch the Screen... Touch the screen... Heal !!! Heal !!! Heal !!! in the name of jesus... touch the screen

[thejacobattack]

now i know how to get a lot of money!!!! THANK YOU GENISIS!!!

[turcooyarce]

I wonder how much money made phil collins with this song?

[sarkissamuel]

I wonder if those kids knew the alternate meaning behind this song?

[Crono1981]

I'm seriously lawling at all the people who think everyone in the world speaks english. *sigh*

[MaxiQaz1]

W 1991 powstał ten kawałek i Radio Maryja... Przypadek ??? "Jesus He Knows Me" rewelacyjnie opisuje Rydzyka, Rodzinę Radia Maryja i ich kulisy... "in the name of Jesus..."

:)

[territorygal]

The funniest thing about this song is that (apparently) it even fooled the real televangelists. For a brief time, they played it on some Christian TV stations and praised Phil Collins for converting to Christianity. LMAO.

[TheLaughingGnomes]

@territorygal

NO it NEVER fooled them , BUT they prob thought they could use it too FOOL other sucker AGAIN

[snackpeelskin]

love this song

[thesorrow2006]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad @ 1:25 XD

[the00nightmare00]

I'm seriously lawling at all the people who think this is a Jesus song. Are you not listening to the lyrics? Google the damn lyrics if you're that derp.

[orangeyoshi64]

It's amazing how much people don't know the true meaning of this song. It's making fun of the guys on the religious news shows who constantly asking for money saying it's for God but instead they just use it on their own selfish purposes. *sigh* 

[raphweng13]

Happy Birthday, Phil.

[forkhead]

I think some of the most powerful lyrics in rock music: "If you want to get closer to Him... GET ON YOUR KNEES AND START PRAYING." Hell yes.

[CroatiasFinest1]

@forkhead haha

[spazzman90]

@forkhead

Actually, it's 'get on your knees and start paying'. Remember this entire song is sung from the perspective of a crooked televangelist, which were many in the time frame of when this video was made.

[forkhead]

@spazzman90 well if that's what it truly is -- I've been singing it wrong for 20 years.

[Bookwyrm86]

@spazzman90 Still plenty of them. Some of the more disgusting individuals managed to hang around to this day.

[bababooeylover]

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!! See, even Phil can fuck up...

[kallemick]

@bababooeylover what do you mean?

[Crono1981]

The only christian song that doesn't sucks asses!

[kallemick]

@Crono1981 its a satire about televangelism

[Jenneken84]

..sense of irony

[TheApostateNextDoor]

One of the best music videos ever made... thnks for posting it

[wingen57]

It so god. He just said like it is. Be your yourself.

[dobberdoss]

awesome! Nothing like a little home truths

[jamesthelord1]

You Tube -Battle of the Poets- Kings n Princes--Jamesthelord Motherwell !!

[jamesthelord1]

Jesus that man is me who uses the loaf of bread head to feed people knowledge to say if you don't eat your daily bread you could end up pan bread dead like the wee Government Brown Bread Winner the Sunblessed Mothers Pride and Joy the Church out sider who's planning to make plenty of doe soon as the people here he's the flour of Scotland

[120mmPAK]

1:25 Mahmud Ahmadinedschad?? :D

[klumbyhezi]

best song in the world

[fudgerolos]

russell howard brought me here XD

[etphonehome2915]

I belive and I know. I have seen to much shit to say otherwise. .. Jesus and faith aint no joke.. There are much more to the this universe than we know.. You should respect all the aspects of the universe.. If not the fine.

[rucyinski]

normalnie nasz owsiak wypisz wymaluj

[gebet2000]

w 1991 Owsiak musiał mieć WIZJĘ :)

[gingerkk1]

24 people touched the screen

[6262boja]

WOŚP?



[too0pathetic]

@6262boja to jakieś pieprzone apogeum. Dotychczas nikt nie miał wątpliwości. odejdź czasem od komputera.

[Revenant23101988]

Preachers take care Genesis has come to show ya the way! :DDDD

[MrPrjau]

Jim Carrey and oprah should watch (rewatch) this video.

[louietheduke]

back in the day when "gimme money and ill get jesus to hear your prayers" was everywhere. Now it's there but people learned Jesus don't need your money, He hears you all the time.

[Kruegerisgod]

1:02 Mr. Tony Banks the Pimp, holy shit!!

[phillNWUK]

excellent song and video and as an added bonus the yanks hated it :)

[DISMISSED375]

Phil Collins & Genesis is peeing onto the world of the fake prophets...

[DeathbringerALIVE]

If you turn your tv on, on sundays, you can chose between polishop or televangelism

I prefer polishop

[Wiesieboy]

1:53 = Kurt Cobain in the clip of "In Bloom"!

[ZAPPABLACKDOG]

Vagina Boob!!

[Steviedatv]

LOL 1:23 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

[DerBarsch01]

C'mon guys, touch the sreem for the poor, crazy man

[greyfoxzero]

2:39

Genesis 3:25, refers not to the Bible but to the fact that the band had three members and had been together for twenty-five years at the time of the video. Genesis 3 has only 24 verses.

[afterGR]

23 people DIDNT touch the screen

[mBlackThunder]

@afterGR I can tell you, that alot more peeps than 23 didn't touch the screen :P hehe, nice picture your painting though :D

[roderick2105]

I did touch that screen, just like the preacher told me to !!

[too0pathetic]

@roderick2105 now just give the preacher 18 million $ in the name of jesus ! 

[romaneberle]

@roderick2105

do you have a touch-screen?

[Lonesentrymusic]

@roderick2105 yeah, but you didn't send any money....

[ThePaybackNOR]

Nop

[osckov]

did you touch the screen?



[222Slash222]

Vampire Teeth at 1.49 o.O

[Ninelifs]

7*

[Ringotata]

:)

[AJBlackjackeds]

i touched screen 8))

[Ringotata]

C'mon guys, touch the monitor's screen!

[Ninelifs]

2:39

[Ninelifs]

2:40

[Ninelifs]

maar niet alles

[Ninelifs]

true

[superduperclanmovies]

toch the screen thumbs up if jou toch the screen

[02Blackbeard]

American folks love this shit...hahaha

[Edohiguma]

Even 20 years later it's still spot on. And the wigs still crack me up.

[Kruegerisgod]

this vid gives me the chills, cause any sane person knows how televangelist work, they are full of shit, and this exposes the truth

[spazzman90]

@Kruegerisgod

hardly limited to televangelists.

[TheCanadianWanderer]

The pink bikini... :)

[LoneSoldierRyan]

I believe in jesus, nothing else, i dont care about the teachings of the bible because they complicate everything, all i want is JESUS!

Phil Collins is my hero. He makes me proud to call myself a christian.

[Kruegerisgod]

@LoneSoldierRyan you know it's a parody, it's mocking televangelists, you sure are a braindead christian

[Edohiguma]

@Kruegerisgod Don't expect them to think rationally. That and critical thought isn't allowed in their cults.

[Kruegerisgod]

@Edohiguma says who

[eltubster14]

Is that accent deep south or South African ha ha!!

[Rixar13]

Phill Collins is the only good part of this youtube paradox.

[bbproject]

One of the very best messages ever brought to people this way!

[Bytamine]

I just touched the screen.

[02Blackbeard]

Touch the screen...lol

[borisjakovljevic]

He surely made Genesis. :) The console

[FinalAuron1]

@borisjakovljevic your comment deserves a slap in the face

[FrankfurtGerman96]

Phil Collins is a Genie ! (:

[TheBigOne879]

Thumps up, if you see this in 2011 :D

[TempleOfInanna2]

"God is everywhere, he just uses me as his instrument. He speaks his powers through my voice."

[MrAgitator]

this doesn't solve anything. throwing the baby out with the dirty bath water.

[02Blackbeard]

Most US Christians have shit for brains. Sad but true :D

[02Blackbeard]

Benny Hinn

[snappycruise]

If only the world was so simple.

[ilackedtheheart]

Also, this is the song that plays in my head when ever I hear Ted Haggard's name.

[ilackedtheheart]

Phil Collins and Genesis perfectly shows the hypocracy and greed of televangelists in this video. I remember growing up listening to this song so many times (thanks to my Dad) but I never got the message until I really started to listen to Genesis a few years go. I was totally blown away by the lyrics. I have to thank my Dad for exposing myself to great music growing up.

[Nathiramisu96]

ghahaha seriously Phil isn't only a great singer, but a great actor as well!!

very funny xx

[yugoroth1]

ROFL this is one heck of a Music Video! Five stars to Genesis!

[TailstheHedgehog1]

I love you genesis. You make me feel like there is sanity in the world.

[CynicalRaven461]

Oral Roberts. Eat your heart out.

[owenbb505]

18 people only got $17,999,999.99 this past weekend...

[Jarv1s]

I seen Jesus in a dorito once!

[MrCocacola123456789]

@Sk8erwms

1. Please tell me why I should care for you you´re dorito

2. What has this got to do with this great song

[FellPonyFan]

OMG doesn't this just SCREAM Ernest Angely?? lmao!!!!!!!!!!!

[moniskazz]

Phill Collins looks like Robin Williams in this video

[AtheistsOwnYourAss]

@moniskazz glad you said that haha, i thought it was me. mrs. doubtfire :P

[mansoldworld]

@moniskazz No Robin Williams looks like Phil Collins :)

[thedueltruck1971]

this filmclip is taking the piss out of hillsong and benny hinn.love the song too.

[FromAgen]

@moniskazz looks like my technology teacher at the time ! lol

[Waistgunner39]

You're right - Collins definitely looks -and whats more- even sounds like Williams.

[PIENIEKHENIEK]

@moniskazz More like Benny Hinn

[Stephieleinchen]

@moniskazz No.. Williams wants to be like Phil. ;D

[cert46]

love 80's styled irony...Pop Irony ~ mainstream yet controversial...

[FrankfurtGerman96]

start at 0:50 ;)

[johnstangg]

everything is alright

[0grecorps]

"I'll get you everything you wanted, I'll get you everything you need" Oh yeah, smart guy? What if it's coke I want and whores I need, huh?! Oh... Wait... That's probably the 1 combination you can provide in excess...

[gjmjajaj]

They are all crooked, once they ask for money they are losers. If God wants my money tell him to come get it.

[gatorhighlights4]

I love the progression of the church goers from swaying to rocking out. And the lip syncing is perfect by everyone. Brilliant stuff.

[BrittJonzify]

Prove the bible is wrong because yu cant. Jesus will have the last laugh at it says in Psalms. Men have hated Christ ever since he walked the earth and it didnt change when he died and rose again. He loves all but you only get one chance to except him while your alive then you are judged. People are the currupt ones because thier hearts are bent on evil. Belive it or not.

[gatorhighlights4]

@BrittJonzify Listen here, little lady: nobody needs to prove the Bible is wrong. You say what's in the Bible happened so you have to prove it did. When you say something exists or happened then it's up to you prove it. That's how burden of proof works.

If I told you purple giraffes with six legs existed you'd ask me to prove it. I wouldn't say to you, "prove it doesn't." Right?

[rasone0104]

wait isnt that leonard from big bang theory.

[mirekkoz]

I've been talkin to Jesus all my life :))

[Wolfje777]

Jesus he knows me, and I agree with Phil.

Those fake preachers are thieves and conmen.

I think Christ would preach "brood of vipers" [Matthew 23:12 and on]

against them.

Do not buy their crap.

they are full of shit.

Bullshit that is....:P

google gita . pdf

[ashlon23]

is it wrong that this gave me a boner?

[IThinkYouLookLarvely]

He's almost Bruce from Family Guy

[GabrielGV25]

hehe .. Jesus you know me!!

[JanFormela]

Jesus sucks.

[MultiBratwurscht]

@JanFormela  than go to hell

[mickaelmadar]

let's f... the tea party, and all reborns!!!

[connor21696]

@mickaelmadar what does this video have to do with the tea party?

[AynRandFanJG]

Look, it's Rick Perry!!

[inspiredbymj]

like his wink

[willsco76]

Thumbs up for the dancing girl in the pink bikini :)

[nicobra7777777]

@willsco76 If i think carefully, she might be an old woman... right now:P

[Lightspit]

conclusion, favor the priests who have clear Christian actions and not visit expensive hotels or go by over-expensive cars.

[Retro80Lady30]

I like this video he puts the truth out there in a funny way. People use God to fill their bank account. I'm christian, and Phil is using humor to tell people that the preachers on tv are not serving God he is not making fun of christians.

[MsDeadCorpse]

@Retro80Lady30 good to see people realise that. It's a great song but it's mocking false Christianity and exploitative Christianity. Good to see people see that distinction! good on you!

[Jaahhk]

does anybody watch the religion channels past past channel 360 on direct tv?! hahah pure comedy/entertainment... "sew your seed of 1000 dollars and god will let go of a harvest" hahah... wowzers