First song you ever heard?

e5c4p3artist · Post by **e5c4p3artist** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:48 pm

The teacher at the christian school I went to for one year in 6th grade was railing against Christian Rock and Petra in particular - a pretty typical 80s thing to do. So guess what we bright attentive students did?

Yep - ran right out after school and bought More Power To Ya. Actually my best friend bought it and played "Judas Kiss" for me over the phone. And that, my friends, is the first Petra song I ever heard (and the start of a life long obsession).

BForm · Post by **BForm** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:10 am

The first Petra song that I can recall hearing was The Coloring Song in about 80 or 81. The first and LAST Petra concert I saw was in 1983 I think, and I bought the cassettes for More Power To Ya and Not of This World. I wore them out in about three years, Greg left, and that's the last I thought of Petra until coming back in 1997. I've since purchased every Petra studio CD except Unseen Power. Just haven't gotten around to picking it up yet.

r_karlsson22 · Post by **r_karlsson22** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:00 am

"Somebodys ganna praise his name"

...still my favorite

charl · Post by **charl** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:51 pm

Run For The Prize. It was the theme song at our camp one year-the director there was an old Petra fan (one year we had I can be friends with you). Didn't know it was Petra until years later though. I wish I still had that shirt...

lucydog · Post by **lucydog** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:55 pm

Beat the System

I actually got introduced to Petra through Columbia House records. I was in 8th grade and vaguely remember hearing about a band named Petra. No idea why. Anyway, I always had a soft spot for bands none of my friends had ever heard of, and had just gotten introduced to Christian Metal (Stryper, Bloodgood, Messiah Prophet, etc.), so I thought I'd give Petra a try. I had Beat the System for about 2 weeks before I started upping my collection as fast as I could (which wasn't easy considering I lived in a very small town in the middle of western ohio).

HudsonPethead · Post by **HudsonPethead** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:06 pm

My first Petra song was 'Love' from Beyond Belief

Hudson.

Pethead1 · Post by **Pethead1** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:48 pm

So many kids around here. The first Petra song I herd was Why Should The Father Bother.
It was on a reckord and skiped. Boy, it was great.

3rd_DAY Fan · Post by **3rd_DAY Fan** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:18 pm

I believe the first Petra song was I Love the Lord. When I was 5 or 6. But I never really understood what rock was at that time. My first rock album was Jesus FreakI got it for my B-day. I liked rock from then on. I grew up listening to Mylon and Broken Heart and Dc Talk and my dad had Petra Praise. Which was I THINK his first C-rock record. I also grew up on Carman. His video Our Turn Now made me a Petra fan.

e5c4p3artist · Post by **e5c4p3artist** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:40 pm

Hudson, you are missing Jekyll and Hyde in your animated avatar picture. You'd better fix that! =)

misterbob · Post by **misterbob** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:33 pm

..."The Rock Block" which is the medley that kickoff on the CD version of The Rock Block. It was interesting because I had never listened to Petra before and was looking for a "Christian" replacement for my "old" music. Even more interesting was that I read the liner notes before I listened (which I almost never do) and got into the explanation of the backmasking that starts Judas' Kiss. Then, as most of us know, the backmasking is translated as the start to The Rock Block before Angel of Light kicks in.

I know y'all hate the compilation albums but in this case it was definitely what got me hooked!

See ya!

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