{"id":3269,"date":"2008-01-30T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/where-the-streets-have-no-name-a-stunning-super-bowl-moment.html"},"modified":"2008-01-30T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T13:48:00","slug":"where-the-streets-have-no-name-a-stunning-super-bowl-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/where-the-streets-have-no-name-a-stunning-super-bowl-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"Where the streets have no name: a stunning Super Bowl moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

While doing a little search for more memorable Super Bowl moments, or at least some cool ads, I stumbled upon the one below. I didn’t see it when it first aired in 2002. But it is a stunner. Audacious, and brilliant, and practically poetic. It will give you chills, goosebumps, and tears. <\/p>\n

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The city’s a flood, and our love turns to rust.
We’re beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust.
I’ll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While doing a little search for more memorable Super Bowl moments, or at least some cool ads, I stumbled upon the one below. I didn’t see it when it first aired in 2002. But it is a stunner. Audacious, and brilliant, and practically poetic. It will give you chills, goosebumps, and tears. 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