Petra

All I can say is I dig'em. I am younger and into a little harder music, but dude can sing, and the message is awesome. Yeah I really talented and really a blessing(I like that they sing Scriptures)

Anyone else hear ever paid any attention to this band? What are your thoughts?

I like a few of their songs, especially, "Take Me In" (to the Holy of Holies). :-)

Take me in is one of my top 10 all time :-)

Petra is still one of my favorites. I've listened to them from the first time that I came to the faith. I met a couple of band members and attended several of their concerts.

Their album that I like the best is "This Means War."

I particularly like "Not of this World" We are aliens (foreigners) on earth and the church seems to have forgotten this.

In His service,
Preacheraflame

Yes, the coloring song is a classic and it also has a good message. Another of their songs that is not necessarily cheerful but I think was one of the first Christian Bands to touch on suicide was "For Annie". But my favorite is still "Not of this World". It's a little slower but I really like the music to "Road to Zion." I am not sure of the theology of the song but I like the simple music of it.
Thanks for this fun thread!

In His service,
Preacheraflame

Yep, I like them.

One of my wife's favorites is The Coloring Song. Thats a classic.

The Coloring Song actually became the number one on the Southern Gospel charts when they released it.

Alot of those types of band were used by God in tremendous ways.to reach folks like me that were headbangers back in the day.So now in Christ I can enjoy thier music that's got some great musicianship behind as well as a right on biblical message.my buddy let me borrow thier greatest hits cd and they rock for the Rock! Stryper is another band used by God in huge ways they are my fave and still rocking with a tour and new album coming out soon as well as Michael Sweet thier lead singer/guitarist has an excellent album of Hymns out called Him.The yellow and black attack is back! It would be so cool to see Petra come back for one more tour with Stryper. :-P

Speaking of Stryper, or Michael Sweet, I just picked up 3 of his solo records from Amazon. I am listeing to "Truth" and it is awesome! Cant wait for the other 2.

John

well, I had never heard of Petra but you got be curious so I downloaded some stuff. Most of what I have I like very much. Some has almost a 50's sound to it. Very acceptable to some of us older folk. Thanks.

Petra.... man what a band! They were Beyond Belief! Anyways, I have good and bad memories of them. The bad - my parents thought they were satanic and didn't want me listening to them. The good - my cousin would sneak the music into our house when he came over and we would listen to Petra while playing basketball. Ok, so I was disobeying my parents, but man Petra was On Fire! I couldn't resist Petra, they were like Not Of This World!

What's funny now is that my parents love their lyrics and music when they hear them on the radio. Whenever I see my parents and a petra song comes up on the radio, I always remind them that Petra is satanic, and get a nice laugh out of it.

Petra satanic...? At a time when I was listening to Motley Crue shouting at the devil, and Van Halen running with the devil, and AC/CD ringing hells bells... Petra was singing "Red is the color of the blood that flooded down the face of someone who loved us so..." and "... those who wait upon the Lord they shall renew... they shall renew their strength... more power to ya..."

There truly was a difference between the holy and the profane. I think that line has been seriously blurred lately in "Christian" music... but back in the day there was an obvious difference.

Krispy

Agreed Krispy, Agreed!

Here's my Petra testimony: I got converted way back in 1981 when I was 21 years old. Needless to say, I was a typical 70's hard rocker. So when I came to Christ, I had to throw out most all of my music (Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, ect.), for conscience sake. Basically, I thought my music listening days were over, I just couldn't bring myself to like southern gospel.

But, praise be to God, about a year after I had come to the Lord, one day I was in a Christian bookstore and I got into a conversation with the owner about Christian music. I explained my dilemma to him and he asked me if I had ever heard Petra. I told him I had heard one song by them on the radio called "More Power to Ya," but that I would like something a bit more "harder" than that. He then proceeded to play "Let Everything that has Breath" for me and I was blown away! This was an answer to my prayers--there actually was Christian music that didn't sound like second-rate country music. Praise God!

Another one of my favorite groups was David and the Giants. They were awesome too! The lyrics from these bands were by far more spiritual than most of the confusion that's out there today.

Hey Krispy, where did you get the Petra MP3's from, if you don't mind my asking? I'd love to have a set.

This thread makes me remember a lot of great music from that era. Does anyone remember Harvest? David Meece? Geoff Moore? How about AD, Kanas lead singer Kerry Livgrens band. Also of note are the solo albums that Greg X Volz put out. Pretty good stuff there. "All I can do, all I can do is praise Him." And of course, my favorite was always Phil Keaggy. "Let Everything Else Go" may be my all time favorite song. I've heard two seperate stories having to do with Jimmy Hendrix.
One is that he was asked how it felt to be the greatest guitarist in the world. He replied, I don't know, you need to ask Phil Keaggy.
The other has it that Hendrix once told someone that if he was booked to play Carnegie Hall, and Keaggy was playing at the same time nearby, he'd cancel the show in order to go see Keaggy play.
Probably just urban legend.
This is to say nothing of Degarmo and Key(Love God, Hate Sin), The Rez band, who else am I missing?
Favorite Petra "Get on Your Knees, and Fight Like a man."

In His Love,

Doug

My wife really enjoys David Meece. I heard him in concert a few times. He is one funny dude. I remembered most of the people you mentioned. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I never heard "Get on your knees and fight like a man." Now I have to look for it because it sounds like a song I would totally enjoy. Thanks for the tip.

In His service,
preacheraflame

[color=660000]I never heard "Get on your knees and fight like a man." Now I have to look for it because it sounds like a song I would totally enjoy.[/color]

I believe it is on "This Means War", but I'm not sure. Krispy, you have them all? Would you mind finding "Get on Your Knees.." and post it?

Favorite overall album: Back To The Streets

In His Love

Doug

Hey Bro'

Do you have the lyrics for "Back to the Street"?

Doug

Thank you Krispy!

--preacheraflame

That's cool Krispy, I thought you might know where to buy them or something. I've got everything from "Never say Die" to "Beyond Belief" on cassette, but I've like to have them in digital format.

Matter of fact, I dug 'em all out this morning and listened to a couple of them today. I think "On Fire" is my all time favorite.